Susanne's Bakery — Restaurant in Gig Harbor

Are you looking for that place that all the locals know about, but otherwise is missed by the mainstream crowd? Where people go for a nice, usually, sit and relax and chat over amazing food? Where the viewest lovely and the people are friendly and every bite is a new adventure?

Then let me tell you, I have found your spot! You don't come here for speed or a drive through, you come here to sit and relax, with a coffee and an amazing pastry, or maybe a delightful panini.

She proved service and food with pastries that are absolutely on the next level. You can tell it is a local favorite as every seat in the house is bustling with people, relaxing and chatting and having a wonderful time.

My Panini did take a minute, but the melted brie dripping out the sides on knock your socks off french baked panini bread and the amazing pesto pasta side made it well worth the wait. My mocha was absolutely the tastiest cup I have had in a week. My apple kauign was so good I couldn't even get a picture before I ate the whole thing!

Go here on a day when you have time to sit and relax and enjoy.You will...

We came in Saturday morning and ordered 2 coffees, 2 pastries. It's a small place with an odd set up, seating is cramped and it wasn't comfortable or relaxing. Staff was friendly.

There were no cinnamon rolls on display so before ordering I asked if they were out and was told no she'd grab more from the back. After ringing us up she came and said they were out and since we'd already paid offered to give us something else. We ended up with a sweet pecan roll and a chocolate croissant. Both were supposed to be warmed but were served roomed temp. The cinnamon roll was hard and tasted old, we didn't even eat half. The chocolate croissant was also hard and not in the flaky crispy way but in the tough, stale way. I took pics because i was so disappointed but am not seeing a way to upload here. The ice coffee was great. The hot coffee was requested to have extra white chocolate. It was served lukewarm and didn't taste like it had any sweetness so definitely didn't have extra. Overall, after tip, we paid $28 dollars for once iced coffee because it was the only enjoyable item. We definitely will...

I ordered my favorite panini ham sandwich and couldn’t quite figure out why I was so unhappy with it when I realized that the bread was so thinly sliced and it affected the quality of my sandwich. I spoke to the manager who wears glasses and Susanne was not there and she was so unhelpful. Her response was that we normally use focaccia bread and they ran out and that’s the only bread she had left. She could make me another but the bread would still be that thinly sliced. The only the option was to refund me and I’d have no sandwhich. I’ve been coming here for over 20 years and this is not the level of service or quality I have been used to. So unacceptable! Eating out is now a costly expense and so I look forward to my occasional treat and am very saddened by this. If you can’t make a decent panini, better to say it’s sold out than serve...