Guglhupf Bake Shop - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

C. Porter

Food: 5/5 ✨ - We got the ham and cheese croissant, which was perfectly delicious. The ham:cheese ratio was great - you'll want a second one (but will feel content enough to make [health]smart choices ?).

Coffee ☕: 3/5 ✨ - We got an Americano (average) and regular drip (tasted a bit burnt - but if you want hot coffee, you're at the right spot).

To-go ?️: TBD ✨- We got 2 small Stollen, Almond Schenke, and macarons, which we're looking forward to trying later. ?

Service: 5/5 ✨ - Everyone was very friendly - matching the Christmas music ?

Lisa & Wes Williams

Lots of outdoor seating, fun menu with something for everyone. Easy to order, quick service and everything tasted great. We did have a professional baker in our group and he said the danish dough should have been a bit more buttery.. to me it was fine but I am not a baker.

Kelly Cope

Delicious! Such a wide selection of the most scrumptious goods. The cheese danish and chocolate croissant were my favorite! My son loved the ham and cheese croissant. My husband’s favorites were the pumpkin danish and cinnamon schnecke. We were only in town for about a day and am so happy we stopped in! This is a place you must visit and grab a treat… or a few… !

L. Fu

I have been a regular customer since the Guglhupf Bake Shop opened in Chapel Hill in 2017 (the main, full restaurant is up 15-501 in Durham and is also excellent). It is my favorite place for a latte, pastry or breads.

Yes, there's often a line, but that's because so many people also love it. Everything here is delicious, and I will gladly wait a few extra minutes to get their baked goods and drinks. Guglhupf has the best chai lattes I've ever had.

The staff is all very friendly and welcoming, even when it's super busy. I often see staff chatting with regulars too. Once, when the wrong drink was made (I may not have said my order clearly enough, so it wasn't necessarily their fault), the barista apologized and made the right drink without questioning it. Everyone is just so kind, I always leave smiling.

I've tried most everything: rolls, croissants, scones, brezels, danishes, schneckes (which means snail auf Deutsch because of the spiral shape). I also got a chocolate birthday cake here. It was decadent. Everything is amazing. My favorite savory item is the cheese brezel. I recommend warming it up. And my favorite sweet item is the mandelhörnchen, which has marzipan. Yum!

There are a few small tables inside and outside, and it's very pleasant to sit outside on a nice day. The parking lot is always crowded, through no fault of the business. There are a lot of other businesses for a small lot, so I always park on the other side, away from the Trader Joe's and Ulta, and never have a problem.

Jack Williams

Edit:

The location has taken my feedbacks seriously. When I visited again, the staffs were very friendly and conscientious with how they pack each pastry and polite. Thank you for addressing the criticism in such a mature and professional manners. Again, the pastry here is so delicious- best in NC!

Previous:
I love pastries here but so sad to see the cashier staffs being so unprofessional. First of all, this staff member was cleaning the floor then straight went to picking up my pastry, using the same gloves he was wearing cleaning the floor. I was shocked how unhygienic it is and wondering if this is how they are trained. When I purchase multiple different types of pastries, it’s a common sense to bag them separately to prevent them sticking all together. I respectfully asked the staff to bag them separately then I was ignored. At the cashier, I asked the young man again if he can bag them separately. He grudgingly brought another bag and threw one pastry in there, again with the dirty gloves. I tried to be understanding as it was nearing the closing hours but that does not give excuses to the staffs to be so unprofessional and rude.

I might or might not come back to this location, as I was very disheartened with my experience today. I hope staffs are more properly trained to be hygienic with how they touch and bag the pastries.

Jo P.

For the past 3 years they have made my husband’s favorite cake for his birthday and it is to die for! German Black Forest Cake!

greta vanderloop

Big fan of Guglhupf + this location-

The team members are extremely friendly + helpful. I always get a danish; I’ll switch it up once in a blue moon, but crave the danishes! The rotating seasonal ones are fun, but cherry + cheese all the way!!

They have outdoor seating + indoor too. Highly encourage on getting there is early morning, as things sell out pretty fast.

Devon Tivnan

20+ mins for them to add cold coffee from a pitcher to ice. Bread and baked goods have always been amazing. But the coffee service has gotten slower and slower which I didn’t think was possible. 15 people waiting on coffee you need pick up the pace and get some people out if there especially who’s order take only 2 minutes. Honestly it’s ridiculous at this point.