Linne's Bakery & Cafe — Restaurant in Shelbyville

Food was amazing as always! However, I was highly disappointed between the exchange of a new employee and a seasoned employee. This new employee was absolutely just the sweetest! I was looking at the donuts and was undecided at the time. She asked if I needed assistance! When I was ready I told her what I wanted. Being new, you still don’t know the small details of certain things you are doing! I understand that. The new employee grabbed one of the donuts I wanted with her thumb on top of the icing. I am not one to get bent out of shape over that!! It’s not going to look pretty once I start eating it anyway😂. The seasoned employee watched her, made facial expressions as she was doing it. The seasoned employee told her “you don’t want to grab the donut that way because now look at it”. She said it in my opinion very rude. I was not impressed. So then the new employee looked in the bag that had 2 donuts in it and said “how do I make this pretty” referring to the donuts placement. The seasoned employee looked at the bag and looked at the new employee and said “no no this is all wrong” and once again had facial expressions. The whole interaction was just highly disappointing. New employees are going to make mistakes and that’s okay. Their learning. Seasoned employees are their to teach. However you can do it w/o being rude, making facial expressions and to me, embarrassing the new employee. I felt so bad with for her. The new employee apologized and I didn’t feel she had the need to. She was so so sweet!! I wish the best of luck to the new employee!! And just remember to seasoned employees everywhere, not just at this location, you were once new as well!! Also people pay attention to things you might not realize people are paying attention to. Ex- facial...

I love Linne’s! I grew up going there as a treat if I got out of school early/going late or in the summer. As an adult, I treat my once challenging bus route to an assortment of donuts a few times a year following good behavior. I did the same when I drove in another district and bought from the Sweet Shoppe in Greenfield. The kids are always ecstatic to see I bought them donuts from Linnes instead of Dunkin’! While I admit I haven’t had every donut, my favorite is the chocolate iced filled barn. It’s the perfect mix of a rich pastry, chocolate, and just the right sweetness of icing inside. The owner of Linnes is just the coolest. Very down to earth, extremely hard worker, honest, and I love that he carries his firearm with him. He exercises his right to keep him, his employees, his customers, and his business safe. It is refreshing to see conservative Christian business owners- but- they are welcoming and happy to serve EVERYONE! Parking can be a chore during the normal breakfast hours, but that might be better with the new parking garage. I am usually there around 6:30am and don’t have a problem parking the bus right there. Most recently, I ordered a half sheet cake for my casual BBQ wedding reception. It was comparable price to Sam’s club or elsewhere- plus our local Kroger isn’t even taking cake orders due to short staff. It was perfectly moist and a huge hit. Everyone was happy to indulge in a locally owned business’ product and brought back some memories for friends who had fancy wedding cakes done for their wedding decades ago from Linnes. It’s a cute place, good prices, excellent food, and wonderful people. Shop local and come in for your...

My last review 2 years ago was 2 stars, sadly today it's only 1. I was so hoping I'd be able to give more, but it just wasn't meant to be.

Service and atmosphere were perfectly fine, but what is up with the baked goods? My husband selected a honey bun, a carmel fry and a pecan crisp, I chose a cream puff, an eclair and a Bavarian creme doughnut, every one of them was - not good. And I'm being as kind as possible here. The doughnut was rubbery, wet and overfilled and the cream puff and eclair were filled with something that wasn't even remotely close to a Creme filling, not a pastry cream, a pudding or even a whipped cream. It tasted salty and not like anything I've ever had in any baked good before. The only thing we thought was edible and at least halfway decent was the honey bun and I would give it only a 2 or 3 by itself. I know this bakery had a hayday and it had to be good, but I've been 3 times now over 3 years or so and it's simply not a place that has good...