Corner Bakery Cafe

One of my favorite places to eat great variety..baked goods
salads breakfasts and pasta are delicious..they need to bring back their peach tea or their regular tea ..maybe called black current..it's one of reasons I go here for their delicious tea! Like the relaxing atmosphere ..

My family and I have been eating at this establishment in Bowling Green, KY since the day it opened. It's always been one of our favorite go-to's!

We visited this past Saturday (May 22nd) for the first time in months (unfortunately, we hadn't eaten there lately because of the "pandemic"). As we pulled in, we questioned whether or not they were even open because we were the only car in the parking lot. It was 5:00pm on a Saturday evening, so that was the first indicator that something was probably off.

As soon as we walked inside, we noticed an overwhelming odor. We couldn't put our finger on it, but it wasn't the smell of food cooking or cookies baking...nor was it cleaning products. It was stale and unappetizing. Adding to that, I literally almost walked completely out of my sandals the second I stepped off the floor mat because the floors were so sticky.

Why we stayed at this point, I'm not really sure.

I think we were just hopeful that it wouldn't get any worse. We love corner bakery and we were so excited to have a meal there again!

We were never really greeted by anyone when we came inside, but when we stepped up to the register to order, the employee that took our order was friendly...enough. She wasn't about to go out of her way to up-sell us or offer us any additional desserts, but she was...pleasant. My daughter and I took our water cups (which were sticky when she handed them to us) and went to fill our drinks and pick a table while my husband paid. We had pick of the entire restaurant yet we couldn't find ONE clean table. There were crumbs and dirty, wadded up napkins everywhere and every single table top was sticky. My husband finally knocked some crumbs off a table for us and we committed to the least gross one we could find. My husband promised that if our food wasn't good he'd demand a refund and we'd leave.

Surprisingly, our food wasn't horrible.

Our chicken pomodori's and the Italian panini weren't very warm, but the flavors were ok.

Not amazing, but edible.

And despite the less than desirable environment, we'd spent the money and we were starving, so we ate.

While we were eating, an older couple came in and ordered food. The elderly lady repeated exactly what we did while looking for a table; she walked the entire restaurant and made the same dissatisfied expression when she discovered that everything was dirty. I felt so horrible for them...

When we finished eating, we had to cram our trash in the cans because they were overflowing.

One employee came out onto the floor the entire time we were there and appeared to be preparing to sweep the floors. (Probably because she saw me taking pictures of the trash and disgust all around us.) She never actually swept. She just stood there next to an empty (and dirty) table, texting.

I can't even tell you how disappointed we are. This was such a hip and enjoyable restaurant when it first opened. What the heck has gone so wrong!?

I wouldn't give you two cents for anything in that restaurant now. I'm amazed the doors are even open at all! If the health department were doing anything other than worrying over the stupid mask mandates, they'd surely have written this place up and closed it down. There's no way in hell the restuarant we ate at Saturday evening would pass an inspection. No way.

I don't want a gift card for my (horrible) experience (I don't plan to go back at all, so that would be useless), but I'm a small business owner here in Bowling Green, also, and if I owned that particular establishment, I'd want to know why I was losing my investment.

The employees are obviously lazy and the standards are gone. You can't convince me otherwise.

I hope this review enlightens someone, somewhere...and to whomever owns this, once pleasant and delicious, restaurant, I hope you're able to recover this disaster and I wish you MUCH better success in the future!

God bless!

Disappointed. Used to be really good food. Got the chicken salad sandwich and it was messy with very little chicken salad. The soda machine was either dirty or mismixed because my coke zero was nasty. The water women's room sink was not working.

We ate breakfast there. The menu and prices are pretty standard for other restaurants of this type. They have a decent selection for vegetarians as well. All of us enjoyed the food. Overall, the place was clean but the men's bathroom needed some attention. Everyone was satisfied and I'm sure we'll be back again.

Served cold food and got an attitude when I asked for hotter food. When they brought everything back out, it was still cold except for the eggs. Might as well have eaten at the hotel instead of spending 60 dollars here for my family. The place was not crowded or busy so not sure why we had to eat cold food.

This has got to be the worst coffee spot in Bowling Green. At least it was for me.
Placed a to go order for two panini sandwiches and two medium vanilla lattes (hot) totaling $22.
My order appeared to vanish as other peoples orders walked past me. Come on folks, two breakfast sandwiches should be out in under 5 minutes, but no 15 go by…. Tik tok, my coffee order is sitting on the cold counter, getting cold. Apparently, the coffee was waiting on my food order too. Once it comes out, I rush home, not even 1/2 mile away, hoping to salvage any of it. The coffee is a mere 110 degrees and the panini’s same, with some congealing fat and just plain sloppy work. The coffee is so bitter, it is not drinkable-down the drain and money in the garbage. Oh, and the girl at the counter. The food orders are not some kind of airline flagging mechanism. Don't over handle food using it to gesticulate… gross. First and last time we will patronize that place. Just a horror.

Everyone is very friendly! Definitely the perfect breakfast and brunch place!
They have indoor and outdoor seating as well as a drive thru.
I have ordered the hot chocolate, potato soup, saled, and cinnamon muffin and they are all excellent! I was actually really impressed by how good the soup was😆

I ordered the Panini and I got what looks like eggs, cheese and sausage toast! The cheese wasn't melted but the sausage and eggs were good!

Just left and the guy at the drive thru to my order correctly but rang up for just pancakes. If I asked for pancake platter and say I want bacon. Your response is it comes with bacon and eggs. Help it make sense to me?! If I wanted just pancakes I would have made them in my kitchen! So irritating when he had one job to do! So why is my pancakes burnt? Taste burnt and are burnt! As much as y’all charge for y’all’s food! This is unacceptable and ruined my appetite! Just wasted money on food that should’ve been correct! I will not be spending money on this restaurant. This is the second time I have received terrible service from this location! Now y’all have proved that I will not be returning! Just sad!

First time I went to the corner bakery cafe. The person who took my order was very helpful. My food was very good . I had a pasta with shrimp.