The Danish Bakery

We needed a snack as we strolled the streets and ended up here! The outside décor drew us in because they had Christmas trees decorated with huge pretzels! My 2 year old tried to eat one of them off of the tree. Crazy guy! Luckily we had cash so we bought a few danishes and of course their enormous pretzels! So glad we did because they were good! My kids loved them! They literally hung onto the pretzels as we continued to walk and snacked on them for quite awhile! LOL! Just a bummer that they don’t take cards, just cash — so be ready for that!

Cookies are very good. The pretzels were average. They do not accept debit or credit, and will provide an ATM and get you for 3.00 per transaction. We would have tipped, but the ATM got to it first.

We split a salted pretzel. The shop keeper said they were fresh. It was cold and hard, and tasted like bland, salted bread. The brown color was painted on. We threw most of it away. What a waste of $ 5! I actually went outside and discouraged others from buying there, saved them some money and disappointment.

Visited on a busy Saturday afternoon during Oktoberfest 10÷10÷15. The Almond Kringl was Amazing! I wish I could say the same about their pretzels… It was cold, hard and over-​salted… Waste of money. Maybe that’s how they always are, but I was expecting a warm, soft pretzel.

I didn’t have cash on me, but my kids did, so we met up just before they closed with cash in hand ready to buy some yummies. But by now, the yummies have sold out. So end of day selection wasn’t as good as afternoon. Oh well, my loss.
We brought home goodies to have the next day. The cinnamon bread was very yummy. I think it would make excellent french bread. The danish was good. The bavarian waffle was light, slightly sweet, but very tasty. My favorite. The bollen looked good. My kid ate it all. We also had an almond tart thing, but again, I didn’t get any tastes.
I was happy with the items we got and ate the following day. Not stale at all. Would return, yummy stuff!

We came close to closing time Saturday evening with a group of us. We were just looking for a great after dinner coffee to enjoy while we walked around. They only take cash I find after I’ve gone through giving my entire order (who does that in such a tourist town) Luckily we had some cash handy to get our order. They def rushed our order (our fault for coming at closing) but the worst part was how bad the coffee tasted. It was watered down in flavor and just very disappointing.

We stopped in here on a busy Saturday evening. The gal working was super warm and friendly. We had several different desserts and an americano. All were fantastic! We really enjoyed everything we purchased
They only take checks or cash — but they do have an ATM machine.

Hard as rocks stale bakery goods = $ 25 down the drain. Whatever you do, do NOT buy the pretzels. You will break your teeth and waste your carb calories. I can’t believe this bakery can bring themselves to sell obviously day/​s old products. What a major disappointment. Wish I could rate negative stars.

I just upped my review to 5 stars because I love people who have had enough of giving money to the banks. Why does everything cost an extra 5% in this country? Because of credit card fees and fraud.
Rant over.
I just ate yesterday’s strudel while drinking my morning cup of joe at home. Flaky, buttery, jammy. Big crystals of sugar that lodge on my molars. Tasty.

The wife and I grabbed a pretzel from this bakery just before riding the Clydesdale pulled carried around a few blocks of Leavenworth.
The service was great, it was later in the evening and I was fairly disappointed in my pretzel. Are these style presenters supposed to be overly dry? My was the consistency of dried up French bread – I was looking forward to more of a bagel like chew to our pretzel and a hint of freshness.
The third star is for the store having an ATM as this shop and the horse carriage only speaks cold hard cash – which pisses me off with the invent of mobile card scanning devices and this neat lil thing called the internets.
I would stop in again, maybe earlier in the day to see if fresher is better in the pretzel world. I didn’t taste anything else in the shop but the desserts looked amaZing.

The Danish Bakery’s sign said it’s been in business since 1967 and the outside adorned with still holiday décor and lighting. The husband and kiddo wanted to stop in before heading back over the pass on 2÷17÷15.
***Note: they have an ATM there (just caution on whatever the ATM use charges may be) since it’s CASH only, no debit or credit cards, and take only WA State checks***
We pooled our money and managed to get a raspberry Danish (triangle), a raspberry and cream cheese Danish (square), and a strawberry Danish (circle) for under $ 10. We sat outside on a bench to try these pastries. I appreciated that the strawberry filing wasn’t cloyingly sweet, but for me overall, it was just okay.
I still prefer the specialty bake shops in Seattle (including Larsen’s, Nielsen’s, and Byen Bakeri) and the memorable pastries from my European travels and pastry school.
But they’ve been in business for nearly 50 years and located in a strategic place marketed for faux Bavarian tourism, so they have to be doing something right. And we’re all for visiting local, independent shops on a road trip!

Guess there are as many kinds of pretzels as pretzels stores. This is the big kind, about the size of the face. We bought the plain, salted, kind and took it home. With several minutes in the toaster oven, it came out as good as fresh. Now that’s impressive, clearly the salt did not dry out the pretzel.
The dough is light, crust crisp, not chewy. Very easily enjoyable and not heavy. I really enjoyed it.

It’s ok. A couple of things to know. The staff was really nice, so that’s a win, but as far as the quality of the baked goods it’s nothing to write home about. They weren’t bad, but they weren’t great either. We got an éclair and a turnover/​bearclaw/​dansih thing. Our server at lunch told us they had gluten free items… they do not. They also only take cash and have an ATM there, but your paying a $ 1.50 fee to use that. The also only take checks from in the state. So just a heads up. Lots of other great places in Leavenworth for sweets… in my opinion.

Ooh! Danishes! I love me a good Danish! Wait, is giant mass of people standing outside the building the line for this place? Forget that…
Oh look! Everyone stepped outside to watch the parade, and the line is short again! Let’s go!
A Bavarian waffle, you say? It has berry stuff on it. How bad could it be? Let’s just take a few things back with us to the bus and call it dinner.
Aah, this bus is nice and warm. Bust out the pastries; I’m hungry!
I’ll take my Bavarian waffle first.
First bite: nom!
Second bite: nom!
Third bite: nom!
Fourth bite: woah, woah, woah, hold up. Do NOT take that next bite. Is that an authentic Bavarian HAIR in my Bavarian waffle? Oh heeeell no. Eww. Eww, eww, eww.
Time to throw this bad boy away.
I walked towards the front of the bus to throw my once-​beloved pastry away, and a woman sitting on the front row gave me that quizzical, puzzled, tilted puppy head look when she saw I had just tossed almost an entire delicious looking pastry away. I get the same look on my face when I see stick-​thin people violating their Salumi’s sandwiches by taking out the salami and chunks of the bread. I know that look. It’s justifiably judgmental. So I explained my bizarre behavior to her: «Authentic Bavarian waffle; complete with an authentic hair of a Dane!»
She cringed.
Hey, we all have hair. Stuff like this happens. Wear hairnets when you are preparing food. It’s not that hard.
I think I’ll just bring a picnic basket the next time I go to Leavenworth.

I cannot seem to decide if I like or dislike this place.
First, bring CASH! They do not accept cards.
Second, the pretzels were served cold (maybe that’s how they do it back home?).
Third, it was bologna pricing. Everything was just a bit too much for my taste. You are a bakery KNOWN for the pretzels that hang outside on the evergreen trees. Why would you decide to charge so much and then also not accept cards. Everyone uses debit/​credit cards. It’s the current way to pay, catch up y’all!
They do provide an ATM that’s charges a fee (plus the fee YOUR bank will charge) so six dollars later you can buy an OK pretzel not worth the dime.
But the bakery does make some decent desert that make it a worth while trip inside. Do not buy the wall art there. Looks home printer made and overpriced.

Stop in here prior to the Oktoberfest Parade recently with my partner and were blown away by the assortment of delicious items that were all reasonably priced. The pretzel, Cream Bollen (cream puff), Bavarian Waffle and Florentina (not even sure what it was)… but it was incredible. This is a must stop if you are in the area. The service was prompt and friendly and loved that they were in traditional dress.

It’s hard to rate this place. I’ve never been to Bavaria, Germany I don’t even know if Danish pastries is something Bavarian or how «authentic» Danish baked treats are supposed to taste in comparison to this Danish bakery in the United States.
–A sweet lesson–
This I can say, Danish pastries like other european pastries are NOT as sweet as American pastries. We like our sweets SWEET. Europeans not so much. So if you come here for something sweet don’t expect to try something like a Red Robin’s Devil chocolate cake with a billion layers of sweet death.
–the rating & experience–
That said, my wife and I had a Danish strawberry (2.50-ish) and a chocolate mousse cannoli (3.50-ish). The sweetness is pretty conservative and was satisfying to me and my wife. We went late, it wasn’t very packed, the cashier was kind, and they had a great selection of treats. I would recommend this place for that «Bavarian-​Danish-​bakery» experience. Or the closes thing to it.

Remember to bring cash. Or pay $ 3.00 to use ATM. They make everything themselves I am told… I had the chocolate mousse cannoli. My husband had a cherry strudel. which was flaky but a little softer (the word soggy sounds bad) it was good though. We r going to try another bakery down the road next to McDonald for strudel. I am told he is from Germany. Then I can compare the two places. This place is known for their crispy (we came to late at 1:00 pm :-(. And their pretzels. We will get cash and come back for a pretzel later!!!

The wafting smell of this place is woefully deceiving. The pretzels are awful. Had the salted and unsalted. They only come cold. What on earth. They can’t even heat the cheese. AHH!
Almond Kringle Danish with almond paste and custard was by far the best of the treats. But it’s still not saying much. Raspberry cream cheese turn over was okay along with the apple strudel. Hot spiced cider was mediocre.
Nothing special really from your local bakery. As a matter of fact, you’re better off going there.

Leavenworth use to have a great bakery for Cream Puffs (it was in the 90 degree corner of the main street) but it closed down years ago — miss it.
We decided to try the pastry in this place {since I left the last couple of times due to the cash issue} and was happy we did. I only gave them a 3 stars since they do not take credit cards — huh — a tourist town — no credit cards. One of the employees said they get a lot of complaints but the owner is cheap and doesn’t want to have the extra expense. For what they charge — she could afford it — the cost of losing customers would cover it — while we were there 3 groups left due to not having cash.
As I said — the pastry was great and fortunately we had cash. Coming from NYC I appreciate good pastry and for Washington — it was some of the best I have had but BE SURE and have cash.
Yes they do have a ATM machine nearby but if I don’t have the cash — I am not going to pay the high ATM rate.