Anna’s Marketplace Bakery

Their croissants are good, but their breakfast burritos are unappetizing. The rosemary in the burrito was off putting. The egg was rubbery, and the potato was flavorless and dry. The salsa provided tastes like generic Tostitos artificial something.

Finally found a place in SB with macarons! They have lavendar, chocolate, pistatio, and rasberry flavor. The macaron sizes are tiny, but decent for the price. $ 1.25 each or $ 1.10 each when you buy 3.
Their chocolate muffins are good too. Some come with a cream cheese filling in the middle.

I love taking my kids here before school occasionally! What a special treat for them. Great donuts, great coffee, great prices. I highly recommend!

Visited this place for the first time over New Year’s weekend.
it’s located in the shopping center there.
Really cute little place. Pastries had a moderate selection. Everything looked good.
We had a chocolate frosted donut and a bread pudding.
Both were excellent! I would definitely go back.
This is not a «gourmet» bakery. This is just a TASTY bakery.

Was up in Santa Barbara visiting my kid brother who just started at UCSB as a freshman and while at the corner shopping complex near his dorm there was this bakery which had a solid Unilocal rating so decided to check it out.
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LOCATION
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Location in a heavily trafficked shopping complex which has dozens of small shops, fast food places and large stores like Best Buy, Vons and Costco is this spot. Inside its small, quaint, like an small town bakery should be.
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THE GOODS
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— ORANGE PEEL DONUT — Looked interest enough. Tastier looking items there, but I’ve had orange and lemon peel donuts a lot lately and have developed a liking for them. This donut unfortunately was a disappointment. Texture tasted more like cake, it was a little stale and the taste was a little too bitter for a «donut.» Waste of a dollar. Took one bite, offered my sister and brother a bite and they didn’t like it either. (¹⁄₅)
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FINAL THOUGHTS
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Overall it’s more of a small coffee shop w/​bakery. What I bought wasn’t very good but they had some delicious looking items, which I might try if I’m ever in the area with a sweet tooth.
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FUTURE THINGS TO TRY
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— Apple Fritter
— The Donut Cake
— Chicken Breakfast Burrito
— Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffin

Macaroon and snickerdoodle cookie tasted old, super hard. Might have been good fresh. Coconut– raspberry bar and apple fritter was good.

Usually pretty good and they serve Peet’s coffee which is nice when I don’t want to venture down to State St. BUT yesterday I bought a tuna croissant sandwich (very good) and I got a ginger snap cookie with it.
Today I was eating the cookie and I found a hair BAKED INTO THE COOKIE. Pretty gross, I was sad to throw it away :(None of their employees wear hair nets or hats (that I saw) so I will be wary of eating here again. I’ll be back for the coffee though.

Cheaper than Starbucks a few door downs. Quality cakes and treats are always great. Been going here for years and never had anything bad! The Vanilla Nut and Peets coffee is excellent. Lunch salads are a favorite with the best balsamic dressing I’ve ever had. Plus the lunch salads come with a cookie!

Love Anna’s!!! Great local bakery. My husband and I enjoy their chocolate covered donuts, sugar coated donuts and fruit tarts! They also make the cutest cupcakes! My husband ordered chocolate covered strawberries, that were absolutely delicious, for the day he proposed.

I think the only thing worth trying here is the lemon meringue pie… and I refuse to describe how delicious it is since I am writing this review at night and the bakery is already closed. merely thinking about it makes me hungry. So no, I will not tell you how good it is, go try it by yourself…

Looking for great donuts or pastries? Definitely check out Anna’s. The ham and cheese croissant can be microwaved and is great for breakfast. Donuts, coffee, and more are also great in the morning or for a snack in the afternoon. Don’t buy those grocery store pastries… get a homemade taste with high quality at Anna’s.

Just a simple local bakery. My wife, daughter and I love to ride bikes to Anna’s for apple fritters. I’ve had probably half of the baked goods they offer. Apple fritter is tops. Prices are very good. Actually seems like they should charge more. $ 1.75 for a giant, fresh fritter is low. I hear their breakfast burritos are the bomb although I haven’t had one.
Anna’s has become a great little family outing for us. Close by, yummy, affordable.
It is true though that they often run out of Apple Fritters and croissants.

Doughnuts! Bagels! CAKE! CAKE!!!
Anna’s bakery has never disappointed.
One of the only places to find good apple fritters in Santa Barbara/​Goleta. They are crispy on the outside with plenty of tasty nubbins, and soft and chewy on the inside.
Ok. We need to talk about cake. I hate buying cake, and typically only trust my own cake. Except for Anna’s. Her chocolate cake is fine crumbed fluff on your tongue, melt in your mouth goodness. Her vanilla cake’s pretty good too. And the best cake of all when fresh strawberries are in season they’ll layer them in between cake layers with whipped cream frosting… oh man, you might need a gym membership for all the cake you’re gonna need to eat! SO GOOD!
They are busy in the mornings, but have always come through when I’ve needed a dozen or so of something for lab meeting.
My go to for baked goods here in town. Love you Anna’s!

Acceptable products, unacceptable customer service. Minimum charge for credit/​debit (as a fellow small business owner, that’s a pet peeve of mine — work it into the cost of your business, don’t inconvenience your customers), staff that’s either inattentive, rude or condescending, to much «self-​serve» to make that tip jar worthy of being placed at the register (you put a donut in a bag, you want me to tip you for that?). I’ve got $ 2.10 left on a random gift card they made me buy so I could use my debit card since I didn’t have enough cash — I’d almost rather throw it out than try to remember to use it.
And yes, I worked retail and customer service my entire working life — so I know it’s not THAT hard to put on a smile, say thank you, and not be an a$$h*!e to the customers that ultimately provide your paycheck.

Love this place!
Employees were super kind, helpful and energetic. I ordered a dozen donuts and two iced coffees. The person who helped me was so kind. He made sure my coffees were set up perfectly and that I was happy. Such yummy donuts. I got a crazy array of unique and AWESOME flavors.
Quaint atmosphere on a busy Saturday morning in the marketplace w the loved&popular farmer’s market.
I will definitely be returning on another lazy morning. Thank you Anna’s Bakery!!!

Been here time and time again due to the quality and freshness of their baked goods, sadly after my last two visits I won’t be returning again.
What Anna’s offers in taste quality they lack in leadership, sense of urgency and customer service.
On two occasions now I’ve had to wait over 20 minutes for a simple order when the bakery wasnt even busy. Most currently after waiting almost 30 mim for a sandwich I checked back only to find out my order had been misplaced. Normally I would be completely understanding, being in customer service as well I get things happen, but I was one of 2 people on the restaurant. Had the waitress had more awareness she could’ve been on top of it. Very saddened but I will no longer recommend Anna’s as a go to for lunch at the marketplace.

Microwave eggs in a burrito that tasered like Rosemary — not good — 0 nutrition value — airplane food

Not a huge selection of baked goods but a decent amount. I liked everything I ordered, especially the chocolate cake donut. Got milk? Lol. Baklava was also yummy, if you’ve a sweet enough tooth.
Girl behind the counter was very nice n they’ve got tables outside for you to chill.

Anna’s is your standard Goleta bakery. I like it because they have Baklavas and it’s fairly priced. Donuts here are good!

Friendly service, and their lemon bars are soft, tasty, and perfectly baked :) will be back for more!