Bountiful Bread

1475 Western Ave, Albany, NY

★★★★4.2(775 Google reviews)

Crema's Take

This Albany bakery-café excels at the full experience—fresh-baked bread and pastries anchor a menu of housemade soups and sandwiches that feel genuinely made-to-order, with the kind of attention to detail that earns repeat visits. The staff strikes that rare balance of being both efficiently quick and genuinely conversational, making it equally comfortable for a solo coffee-and-pastry grab or a lingering meal with friends. There's a real sense of care in what lands on your plate, from the brothy, deeply flavored Jamaican jerk soup to the house-made dressings, even if occasional orders slip through the cracks—which they handle with integrity.

What to expect

Traditional drinksMeetingsQuick grabSlow sitLight foodFamily friendlyPastries

Google Reviews

Lori Ira
★★★★★2 months ago

The food is always delicious! Made fresh every day, including all of their dressings, soups, and fun recipes! Recently, I had a mixup with an order which they immediately rectified and refund my purchase! A definite must in the Albany area!

Eric Cummings
★★★★2 months ago

First time there, the way to order was very convenient, food was done pretty quick. Had a steak and egg omelet witch was really good, the bread was awesome. only complaint I have is that the plates that they use were very small I didn't feel like I had much room for anything and made every thing feel really tight. I had to put my bread on a napkin on the table. Trying to make it look like you have more food then what you really do not a big deal, if the food is good and you do have good food. Need to get larger plates.

Mark
★★★★★4 months ago

The food is excellent, and the staff has always been very friendly, quick, and conversational. I have been there many times over the last few years, and it is consistently good. Also a great local option for business catering. I recently had an office meeting lunch catered with Bountiful Bread(also did last year), and they did an absolutely amazing job. Doug(Catering Manager) goes above and beyond for customers, and is so easy to work with. I would recommend considering them for everyday breakfast/lunch options as well as catering. The hot menu catered items (chicken parm, ziti) were excellent. Thank you Bountiful Bread and team!

Alex C
★★★★4 months ago

I typically don’t go out of my way to write bad reviews, but I ordered a caesar salad wrap, with chicken. Got a grilled chicken wrap with about 3 pieces of lettuce throughout the whole thing. Point being it needs more lettuce and less chicken. Entire wrap was smaller than my fists and it was $16.

Sanjiv Talwar
★★★★7 months ago

Soup and sandwiches for us. Jamaican jerk soup was bountiful pun intended with chicken beans celery. Very flavorful too. Ham & cheese was nothing really to write home about. Cranberry chicken sandwich was Right amount of condiments and the grilled sandwich tasted amazing. Linzer tart was supposed to be icing for the brunch was kind of soggy. All in all a bit underwhelming…..

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