guglhupf bakery

anniversary night. we celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary at guglhupf and have to give it a wonderful review. zak, our server was wonderful as was all the staff. drinks, atmosphere and especially thefoodwas great! thanks for a great time, we will be back.

thefoodand pastries were both amazing. i loved the little butter cookie that they give you with your coffee. the coffee had great flavor and paired perfectly with the apple danish. my boyfriend's omelette with the gruyere cheese was top notch, the caramelized onions added a nice sweetness. the service was fast and friendly.

first of all, bakery should be a different review. we loved the bakery and will be back often. the apple crostata is to die for.

second, the restaurant...service is terrible! staff is arrogant, slow, and forgetful. foodis absolutely not authentic. the "german potato salad" is missing 3-4 ingredients from every recipe i've ever seen. steak was over salted. we wanted dessert really bad but after the cranky service we decided we didn't want to pay $9 per person for dessert. doubt i'll be back. the spätzle came out cold and was flavorless.

10/12: i was here with my team for a dinner. we had sausages, mussels, cheese for starter. i ordered a lamb shank for entrée. highly recommended place forfoodand beer. for service i would say they have a scope for improvement..otherwise a nice place.

very overrated and disappointing. located in a very bad section in durham. the chocolate pastry looked beautiful but had no taste . service is slow andfoodis overpriced. definitely not worth the high ratings.

meh. we had the omelet and the fritata and they were both greasy and overcooked. the atmosphere was great on the patio but thefoodws underwhelming.

had late lunch yesterday and the experience was sub-par. ordering was slow (took 9 minutes with only one person in front of me), beer order was wrong (only two choices, still missed it), sandwiches delivered 15 minutes later. french dip was dry and tasteless, rare tuna sandwich wasn't rare and when returned, was cooked exactly as before--- too much. we asked to have that item removed from the bill and were told, 'too bad' . and this was for a birthday celebration. great venue, fabulous looking crowd, but thefoodisn't interesting or good and the service is decidedly uninspired.

thefoodwas just ok. got the reuben, german potato salad, wurstplatte. hit chocolate was excellent. beer was gut.

what so great about this place? ok, great decor.foodok. people seem to think this place is trendy and great, its not. i went to try out this place based on the reviews i had seen. got there the menu was small. not a big selection on pastries. i have lived in california and have traveled enough to know what a great bakery should be and this is not it. your better off going to panera bread or fosters up the road.

delicious!. theirfoodis so good and so fresh. breakfast is my favorite, i love the muesli. lunch is great, delicious salads and sandwiches. dinner is a bit over priced and not as good. their pastries and bread.... i've not found their equivalent. parking is a pain, so try and go at an off time if you can, around 10 or 3.

good food, shockingly aweful service. and i mean shocking, thefoodwas quite good granted, as were the waiters, but my lord the woman in charge there what a nasty piece of work, she really upset my wife on her birthday - when i confronted her she brushed me aside and walked away indicating that was 'too bad' ! what is wrong with these people, i don't think i've ever met such a rude host. won't ever see us again there that's for sure. very kid unfriendly.

i love guglhupf's patio on a sunny day. the interior is beautifully decorated and thefoodis great! the only bad thing is that the line tends to clutter the front of the restaurant. it makes for a long wait for any coffee drinks you order. i didn't really like waiting longer for my latte than i did for my food. though all was forgiven when i got a cute little shortbread cookie with my espresso :)

love (almost) everything about it. the bread is great, the desserts are fantastic and the pastries are divine, but the coffee...oh, the coffee is so, so bad. somehow weak and burnt at the same time. and stale. it is so offensive that we've taken to driving to the hupf, getting our pastries to go, then dropping by parker and otis for espresso on the way back home (reverse problem at p&o, where we love everything but the pastries, which are not bad but not 'hupf caliber). however, thefoodis terrific, and they made a cake for my dad's 60th birthday at the last minute that was beautiful and very good. it was one of the mousse cakes and it was great because it wasn't overly sweet or overly rich---perfect after a large celebratory meal. seriously, though, someone has to work on the coffee...i don't know if it's the beans or the brewer, but back in the day i seem to remember that they had intelligencia and counter culture, which are worlds above whatever they brew now. all this aside, i love the place, and i must add that i like being able to split my weekend breakfast dollars between two great durham establishments.

awesome german. love the guglhupf, goodfoodand atmosphere. try the schnitzel some of the best i ever had and my family is from germany.

visited while traveling and was very pleased withfoodand service. what it lacks in ambiance is offset by the interesting menu, fresh locat produce and yummy pastries. will be sure to go back next visit to the area