The Buttery

Santa Cruz, CA · Bakery

Rating
4.4/5
★★★★☆ 4.4
Reviews
20
Rank in Santa Cruz
#75
of 334 restaurants
City Percentile
51%
rating percentile
Address
The Buttery, 702 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Phone
(831) 458-3020
Website
butterybakery.com
Status
Closed · Opens 7 AM

The Buttery is a restaurant located in Santa Cruz, CA. It is one of 334 restaurants listed in Santa Cruz. Its 4.4-star rating is above the Santa Cruz city average of 4.2 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About The Buttery

We are a gourmet bakery in Santa Cruz, California offering the finest selection of wedding cakes, pies and tarts, pastries coffee, and European style breads. In our Corner Cafe, we serve breakfast and lunch made from fresh, locally grown ingredients!... More

Hours

Saturday7 AM–5 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 Sushi Mellon · Mar 2026

The Buttery: No Fluff, Just Quality This spot is a rare find. Located in a historic building with a great outdoor area, it trades "trendy" gimmicks for genuine character. • The Standout: The carrot 🥕 cake 🧁 is the real deal—flavorful, moist, and thankfully not a sugar bomb. It’s actually balanced. • The Service: Staff are genuinely warm, not just "customer service" polite. • The Value: Prices are fair and refreshingly reasonable. Bottom Line: Great vibes, better cake, and it won't break the bank.

★★★★★ 5.0 Heather Vina · Aug 2025

Just wow! The staff is so helpful, friendly and welcoming. The selection of pies and pastries is endless. The apple pie I bought for my son for his birthday is almost too beautiful to eat! They have some nice seating inside and a great patio for outside seating. It looks like dogs are welcome on the patio. Definitely a place to try if you haven’t yet.

★★★★★ 5.0 An Krapivkin · Sep 2025

I was introduced to this place by my former manager. Whenever I'm in the area I have to make a pit stop here. Service is quick, there are multiple cashiers. The place can get pretty packed. There is a decent sized dine in area. Don't expect nice decore or instagram-able ambiance, you're there for the food and that's all that matters. If you want to make sure all the flavors are available, I'd suggest going earlier if it's a weekend. The price is average and reasonable. One of THE BEST carrot cake cupcakes! And I honestly could not care less about carrot cake flavor, but this one blew my mind. Oh my gosh my mouth is watering just thinking about it lol. My husband and I tried their tiramisu and some other cupcake options and all are literally SO good. The dangerous part is they're not too

★★☆☆☆ 2.0 Eva Agus · Aug 2025

The croissant should be called crescent-shaped soft bun. Ham tasted metallic and clumpy. They ran out of iced coffee by mid morning. Offered iced Americano but charged the higher espresso price. Then made the order wrong, hot not iced. Just get hot coffee. Mocha is too sweet.

★★★★★ 5.0 Kyra A · Jul 2025

Large amount of bakery items to choose from and numerous hot breakfast options to choose from as well. There is an outside eating area. The staff was super polite and made sure my first experience there was the best. I ordered the bacon burrito and it came with delicious hot salsa. Definitely recommend checking this place out if you are in the area.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom

Services

BakeryBreakfast restaurantCafeCake shopCoffee shopLunch restaurant

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