City Limits Bakery & Cafe — Restaurant in Nashville-Davidson

Update: Can anyone explain why they serve bagels, and sandwiches after 11am, but not bagel sandwiches? You still have the ingredients, why are you restricting what you make with those ingredients to a time frame? There’s some genuine flaws in the logic of whoever runs this place. It’s visible throughout.

I genuinely don’t know why this place has such good reviews. I’ve been here multiple times with others, and every time it’s an experience in mediocrity.

Ordering is a pain, the menu descriptions are small ‘handwritten’ font that’s difficult to read. The menu signs are also angled away from each other so it’s impossible to see them all from the register. You’ll also be lucky if the employee behind the register even knows how to properly ring your order up. I was charged an additional $0.65 on my salad for seemingly nothing.

The atmosphere is lacklustre with the dining area feeling awkward and cramped. I counted over 20 tables crammed in here with u max of 6 tables actually being used. That results in the patrons having to navigate through all these empty tables and chairs.

The food is decent. I don’t understand why breakfast is limited to 11am, which also doesn’t seem to be posted anywhere. They do still sell bagels and sandwiches after 11am so it seems illogical to restrict bagel sandwiches. The soup in a bread bowl isn’t great. The bread bowl itself is the wrong type bread and the soup (potato) was rather bland. The salads are good, as are the sandwiches despite being on the skimpy side.

I got a raspberry freeze thing and it wasn’t blended thoroughly enough so the little soda straw they give you clogs instantly. It’s okay because it tasted like cold brew, milk, and far too many pumps of raspberry syrup. I ended up throwing away over half the $4.50 drink. The tea is also on the weaker side which is a shame since tea is so cheap to make.

With some work this could be a lovely place worth of the reviews but as of now it seems to be overly...

10/42023: stick to the drip coffee, the food is mid. Conveniently located.

Just went in on 01/09/2021 & had excellent service. It was still early, around 7:45, but It felt appropriately staffed. I love this neighborhood cafe & can feel good about recommending this place to anyone. Their sausage, egg & cheese croissant is so good and I am grateful to have a cafe like City Limits in our neighborhood.

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Editing my review, this place is still producing great products but has been chronically understaffed since re-opening. I’ve provided feedback privately and am still seeing unfair odds for the kids behind the counter. Charge more for your products so you can create a more competitive benefit package for employees. The people who want cheap food and poor service will go eat at McDonald’s.

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Amazing baked goods, paninis & salads. Coffee game needs a little work IMO. I ordered an Americano and had to explain to the cashier what I meant. They have other espresso items on their menu (lattes, cappuccino, etc..) so I was a little concerned. I definitely got a large drip coffee, which was great, but not what I ordered. I'm sure if I ordered something directly off the menu it would have came prepared exactly correct. They are very good at what they do, but I don't think they have a dedicated...

20 mins away from Downtown Nashville, this bakery & cafe, holds its own and delivers on what a bakery & cafe promises to be.

Great baked goods. My favorite was Orange 🍊 Blossom Muffin and it tastes better than it sounds. I can drive back just for the muffin. So many options to choose from the pastries section - the croissants 🥐 look good too for my next time.

They do have seasonal lattes and plenty of coffee options with variety of milk options. Everyone is priced reasonably. If you’re lookin for a heavier breakfast, all you can find is banini & bagels 🥯. For more elaborate breakfast, this is probably not it. Coffee wasn’t the best I had ever, but I’m not complaining since they’ve priced it right.

One of the advantages of driving away from the city for breakfast, is you don’t have to find street parking or overpay at the paid parking lot. You’ll find plenty of parking spaces in their lot.

You do place your own order and they’ll call your name when your order is ready to be picked up at the pickup station. If you order brewed/drip coffee, they’ll hand you a cup and you can choose from the 7-8 options at the coffee station including French roast, breakfast blend etc.

Staff was extremely friendly. Overall, my experience was great and I’ll definitely be going there again for my...