Adorable French Bakery — Restaurant in Scotts Valley

Like many / all reviews mentioning their almond croissant on y e l p, it’s so bad that it is a crime to label it as almond croissant. It’s no longer about personal tastes like some prefer it to have more almonds, less syrup, more almond paste, more crunch on the croissant, smashed vs not… it is simply not an almond croissant. All dough, barely any almond paste, and most importantly the dough is terrible. Like flour mixed with water with barely any butter. Nothing like croissant dough. Moreover, it tastes so bad. And they charge $10 - 11 for it. Maison Nico’s is only $5.5 😭

The reason many of us (myself included) get tricked into buying from them is that the Google or y e l p listing for their business is located in their HQ, whereas they sell in many farmers’ market. So it may be difficult to find the right listing in time to see all the reviews. People need to start leaving reviews for this specific business under the listings of the farmers’ markets they sell at. We need to save as many people as we can from...

My thoughts about the Adorable French Bakery opening a brick and mortar location in Scotts Valley? FINALLY! I love the what they have done with the previous space -lighten and brighten it and make it their own. The fireplace is a cozy welcome on a chilly morning. The outside patio is expansive and feels like you can spread out, but they did not compromise the aesthetics. I have always been a huge fan of the AFB’s baked items- my top 3 recommendations are the cream puff, berry crumble and French tart. They offer more than a few gluten free options and i forget their gluten free. My favorites are the apricot pistachio tart and the raspberry tart. The Swiss cake is delicious, but go for it when you are in a glutinous and indulgent mood-it’s rich! If you are craving a a tasty but not fussy salad come here, the dressing delivers and is it overly ambitious. Recently I enjoyed a satisfying Butternut squash soup and was happily surprised to find they included a little bacon in it. I look forward to what they are...

I bought a chocolate croissant and a crookie. The chocolate croissant’s texture was off as it was chewy and dense rather than flaky. The inside had two hard bars of chocolate only located in the center of the croissant.

When I saw that this bakery had crookie, I was super excited as I have previously had a crookie from the bakery where they were invented in Paris. The original crookie is a chocolate chip cookie incorporated into a flaky croissant. It balances the buttery flavors of the cookie and croissant with the bitterness of the chocolate chips. The adorable French Bakery’s crookie does not compare. It is a chewy croissant wrapped around a dry, flavorless cookie. The cookie literally crumbled like sand in my hands.

For $14 for two croissants I expect the same quality that I had in France,...