Niko's Bakery & Cafe — Restaurant in Owensboro

I genuinely hope the owners see this and change something because it was AWFUL. Went here with my mom, we got 2 cold brews, 2 macarons, some lemon ball thing, yogurt with fruit and granola, and a big chocolate chip cookie. It was almost 50 dollars. Which would be fine if it wasn’t for how bad it all tasted.

The cold brews. They were in extremely tiny cups for being 5 dollars and had like little grainy stuff in it that tasted awful. My mom got the snickerdoodle one and it tasted like dirt with a little vanilla LOL. I got the pumpkin spice and it tasted like NOTHING but grainy milk mixed with water. Both got thrown away.

The macarons. They were dreamcicle flavored, very flat, not much filling. Which was alright, but the taste. Oh god. Was SO STRONG. I took a tiny bite of one and I was OVERWHELMED. SO BADDD. I was coughing and very shocked. When you take a tiny piece, it’s good!! But very wet and mushy..

The lemon ball?? It was a very small little ball of something? like some kind of bread or cookie? Rolled in sugar, which was falling off. It was very crumbly, and had no flavor besides bread? Like straight up FLOUR. I assumed there would be filling? To make them idk lemon? Like it said. No. Dry all the way through.

The yogurt. Oh god. Awful. I didn’t think it could be messed up, but it was. It looked good!! Smelled yummy. I take a bite of just the fruit and it’s a bit mushy but that’s fine so I just get some yogurt and it’s… weird. Like a mix of fancy bitter Greek yogurt and cottage cheese.. leaves ur mouth feeling dry. Extremely bitter I couldn’t eat any more. So I just tried to eat the granola on its own. They smell good and it’s toasted. And It just tastes like burnt walnut. All of it was burnt. Very hard and dry, like abnormally hard for granola.

The cookie. It was so big and the chocolate looked melty, so I was excited!! Tried to take a bit and the edge was a bit hard. But hey! That happens so I ignored it and just tried to eat the middle, but it tasted like straight up sugar. No flavor besides the strongest chocolate in the entire world and sugar. But some people might like that kinda thing! If you’re okay with it falling apart after one bite.

THE SERVICE: There were 2 teenage girls working the counter who were just talking and giggling for a while, which isn’t a big deal but when I finally got my order taken I had to repeat it like 5 times because she kept talking to her friend in between.. I ignored that and then they said “do u want milk?” And my mom was confused because she doesn’t go to cafes and says, “oh yeah if it comes like that” and the worker laughed and then we were charged for milk, after asking for it how it comes. Then we still tipped 6 dollars and went to wait for our food. After about 15 minutes we get our drinks. They’re gross so my mom tosses hers and I ask if they could put more flavoring in it because it was flavorless, I asked extremely nicely. (I can’t be mean to workers even if the foods bad) and she said of course! So I waited. About 5 minutes. Then she gave me it back. Says she put it in a bigger cup for me and I say thank you and sit down. I drink it… it’s the exact same. The only difference is the ice is mostly melted now. So I throw mine out. Then we wait: and wait. For 15 more minutes. And we see the people who got here after us get their sandwiches which is a little odd. Then we wait for 5 more and finally she walks up to me, no smile on her face and no eye contact. And hands me a brown bag. I said “thank you so much have a good day” and she just walks away and says nothing?...

This is what the owner considers acceptable for use in a commercial setting. I disagree (as do many people who have seen these photos, plus others not included [including videos]).

Some of the food code violations:

Improper storage of food handling tools [Scoop being stored in the product with handle down. Scoop being stored in product when there is a storage area for the Scoop.]

Unsanitary dishes [Slick, shiny film on many of the plastics that rubs off when touched. Film on flatware that rubs off when touched.]

IMPROPER FOOD STORAGE [Product too close or touching the floor.]

The photos attached were taken to not only record what was being left dirty or whatever the issue was, but to communicate these things to Matt. A vast majority of issues brought up would - for lack of a better word - be ignored. I've talked to GRHD about this and nothing happened so I figured I would open this up for anybody to see and make their own decision about.

Make your own decision on whether to spend your money here. Treat this as nothing more than more information to make a...

We came to Owensboro for the KWC Family weekend. Our son has been telling us how much he enjoys this little bakery. We decided to take him to breakfast here on Saturday morning. We ordered some breakfast sandwiches and breakfast pastries. Everything was very good. My sandwich, the Florentine, was so good. The bread was a wonderfully toasted crusty bread that added to the wonderful flavors of the Ham, spinach, cheese, egg and sauce. Everyone else enjoyed their items as well. Even better then the great food was the pleasant conversation with the staff. The employee helping us, talked about my son in a way that let me know she remembers him and serves him when he comes in. That always makes a mom feel good, knowing local businesses are taking care of your college students when you can't be there to do it. Thanks for a wonderful breakfast. Even more thanks for "seeing" my student and...