Rustika Cafe Bakery League City

Second time here, the staff is friendly, besides the occasional eye roll. Food is tasty with an eclectic menu. But don’t plan on getting full or close to it. French toast sandwich was 1 slice of toast cut into 1/4s to make 2 bite sized sandwiches and a 1/3 portion of hash browns. For $9.95. Was tasty but nothing worth writing home about. Also ordered a grilled cheese- 1 slice of cheese and 2 pieces of bead- please don’t go overboard now- 7.95 with homemade flour tortilla chips. All in all I love the idea of this place - just lacks execution.

Pastries are delicious! The food is delicious especially the chicken avocado quesadilla! The ladies took such great care of us and the tea and iced coffee was amazing 😍 highly recommend! Best little cafe around the area and I think we found our new breakfast/lunch date spot!!

Normally our visits to this restaurant have been pretty good. However this visit on Sunday morning of 5/8/22 was very disappointing. The Bacon & queso burrito had barely any bacon on it (a few crumbs & very undercooked). I didn’t even attempt to eat it. The French toast was kinda bland and very underwhelming for the cost versus what you receive. I would recommended adding real maple syrup instead of generic Smuckers syrup and a little more flavor.

We ordered the white chocolate raspberry cake for our wedding and grooms’s cake and we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out! It was beautifully decorated, exactly how we had envisioned it. Many of our family and friends raved about how delicious the cake was. Thank you to Tom and the Rustika team! We highly recommend ordering your wedding cakes here!

I got a cake for my friends birthday and it came out so beautiful and really yummy! The only issue I had was I dropped off flowers that were to be put on the cake in the am and when I picked up the cake later that day they were all wilted, they were very lively when I dropped it off so I don’t think they were put in the fridge right away. After I picked up my cake I went to the store to put fresh flowers to replace the ones they let wilt. But over all Tom was very interactive when it came to talking about what I had in mind and it still came out beautiful, I’ll come back for future cakes.

This review is long overdue, but I wanted to get it out there anyway.

For my 50th birthday, in October 2021, my husband wanted to do something extra to mark the occasion, and part of that was taking me to Rustika Cafe Bakery in League City, Texas and letting me order my own birthday cake. We met with a young woman (unfortunately I do not recall her name) who assisted us and she was very kind and helpful. After discussing options and whatnot, we placed our order. On the celebration date of my birthday my husband picked up my cake without a hitch. It was boxed and completely ready for him when he arrived at the bakery. All was great. At home we celebrated my 50th with a small handful of family & friends, and before long it was time to cut into the cake, and believe me- we were ready! I mean, look at it, it looks amazing! And it does. The cake looks stunning! “Ta-da! The End. That is all” is how I WISH to end this review - on a positive note because, let’s face it, who likes a “Debbie Downer”, especially one reviewing a *bakery*, a bakery that has high ratings at that. Not I. But I am a “word of mouth” consumer who depends on public reviews just like you do, so it would be unethical of me to not bare it all. So let’s get down to it, shall we? Why only three stars? OK, so I mentioned the employees were great, the order processing and picking up was top-notch smooth, and the cake looked excellent, and matched how I ordered it, That can only leave one thing. Have you figured it out yet? 😞 Not a single one of us wanted a second slice off cake. The cake was tall so we cut off approx 5 slices, and then we cut those five slices in half. None of us ate our entire serving of cake. None of us. Guys/gals….it simply did not taste good. And I haaaate saying that because I love ALL bakery’s- everywhere- love them! And I honestly don’t know if I fault this bakery, or not, because through the years I’ve eaten A LOT of cakes and one thing I’ve noticed is that anytime I’ve bitten into a special ordered cake, like mine, my tastebuds are not thrilled. It’s either “Nope. Doesn’t taste good”, or barely pass for “It’s OK”. I don’t know why this is the case with fancy cakes, or specialty cakes, or over-the-top extravagant cakes or however you want to refer to them, but I suspect it’s because of the amount of product that goes into making them. 🤷🏻‍♀️

So anyway, that’s my sad review. And I hate that it’s not a four or five star rating review because I know that pulls down their overall score. But this bakery has tons and tons of other high esteemed remarks, so I’m confident they’ll be fine, and that my tiny feedback in the internet-sphere won’t impact them. And I hope it doesn’t, at least not negatively, because I want them to thrive, and grow, and succeed beyond measure. 😊👍🏻

For quick reference:

Occasion: 50th birthday celebration
Celebration style: Simple/casual. Family & friends
Company: Tweens (pre-teens), adults, senior adults
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic family, Caucasian family

We have ordered from here several times and every single time, they manage to mess up our order by giving us the wrong soups or missing an entire sandwhich. Decided to give them another try after a hiatus, we didn't get our chips with our combo meals and the tomato for the house salad was fuzzy with mold. Like, straight up hairy tomato. Also, one of the soups appears to have a partial piece of a bug in it, it definitely had some legs to it. We threw the entire thing out. The empanadas are tasty and may be safe to eat compared to everything else we got. We will not be including this place in our rotation anymore.

Great local place with a good sized breakfast menu. I enjoyed a delicious breakfast of Migas. Also check out the pastry case with a wide variety of small desserts, cookies and empanadas.

Have been here a few times and the place is always clean. The staff is kind, wish I knew all their names, but have to say Lesley is awesome and super kind. They only have one restroom but it’s nice and very well kept. Very clean! The food is good and very filling for me and my family. Came today and they were pretty busy but the food came out pretty fast, service was great as per usual.

Absolutely fantastic! This unassuming, Hidden gem that is nestled amongst the oaks in the heart of League City, is an excellent place for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, whether with your loved ones, friends or business associates.

My favorite is the grilled chicken salad with the house dressing - so fresh, tasty, and filling! The house dressing is a vinaigrette with a nice little kick that pleases the palate!

A couple of days ago, I met a colleague here and tried a slice of the raspberry creme cake with a cafe latte. I’m not sorry to report that I ate the entire slice, without regard to taking half home to share with my husband.

They have an extensive menu, including breakfast all day, and goodies galore including cheesecake, empanadas, brownies, muffins & cookies. I’m actually getting hungry writing this review!

You must visit this cute place, you won’t be disappointed!