House of Bread — Restaurant in San Luis Obispo

This is definitely the "go to" place for fresh bread, cookies, and pastries! Walking into the bakery, there is the ambience of "old school"" baking as evident with the large revolving ovens and other baking equipment. It was especially nice to see an iconic bread slicer. I have not seen one of those since my early Navy days making fresh bread. The breads there are so many different varieties and all are great! The aroma of all the baking will keep you inside the place for quite some time. They also make lunch sandwiches and there is nothing like a good sandwich on freshly made bread. Had the Italian Grinder and it was awesome with a good cup of coffee. The bread menu changes and there is a schedule on their website. Very cool to know what they are going to make each day. The person on shift was very friendly, helpful and made recommendations. Provided samples to try which was a nice touch. Very informative and also shared the Farmhouse store offered bakery classes. There is more information about these classes on the website that include online classes and a podcast. Well worth checking out. Place is a "must stop" while visiting SLO or just driving through. Makes for a great road stop while traveling on the 101 as it is not far off the exit. Also a great stop while attending the weekly SLO...

First time in the store: I was disappointed to read their "sourdough" was sourdough starter and yeast. So not true sourdough. I avoided it completely. I instead grabbed an apple cinnamon loaf and an orange cranberry loaf. The apple cinnamon is dense and heavy like a brick.nobapple slices like advertised. Not much flavor either and very very dry. The icing on top is too sweet and the bread is not sweet (balance is very off). The orange cranberry.... just dont. I took one small bite and wanted to throw up. It's taste is absolutely horrible. I got it for my mom as she loves the flavor: she said it was weird and a waste of money. Which brings me to my last point: 2 loafs cost $21 🤯

I did get a free sample of banana nut bread. It was okay. Needed a bit more banana and nut to it. I did appreciate it was moist and not too sweet.

I would find another bread /...

This is a regular breakfast or lunch stop for us as we travel up and down the Coast. I love their day old bread section. They make amazing breakfast croissants and lunch sandwiches. My son and I love both. They have dining outside and a table inside. They always have fresh coffee and a nice selection of cold drinks. They have amazing breads and other cakes like lemon yogurt bread and chocolate zucchini! Muffins of all kinds and they even make dog treats! I love their buy more and save frequent buyer cards to earn free sandwiches and breads! Nice people and a great business to support! I even stop in for gifts - they put all the ingredients you need to make cookies and other things in a mason jar! Very nice presentation and...