Kneaders Bakery & Cafe

Love the soups, salads, breads, sandwiches, and super friendly staff! Whoever is in charge of hiring at this location did an amazing job!

My first visit to Kneaders was this week, and I may quickly become a regular. The food and desserts were so good! The only thing I wasn’t a huge fan of were their chips, but it’s totally personal preference, my friend loves them. I got the Famous Turkey Bacon Ranch on Focaccia bread, with the homemade Parmesan chips and the chocolate mousse (combo #3). Even the iced teas were delicious. I loved that they put out samples of their breads, and they were very helpful and patient when explaining what pastries were available with my combo. I will definitely be back soon, yum!

Thought we’d stop in after the dog park for a late breakfast, breakfast promptly ends at 11am, so instead of an egg sandwich I tried the turkey with avocado, it was a very pretty sandwich but it was huge, lots of bread, not a lot of toppings. My husband got the French dip and called it a bread and juice sandwich. Not much meat to speak of, at $ 8 dollars a sandwich we really were expecting more than a lot of bread (all be it very tasty bread). I really am looking forward to trying pastries here and their breakfast options but I don’t think I’m going to do the sandwiches again.

Our family ate at Kneaders one weeknight. The food was very good. My sandwich was so big that I took half of it home for lunch the next day. The desserts are amazing. I passed for dietary reasons but my family all enjoyed their desserts. The staff was very nice. Great atmosphere.

Red pepper gouda soup is to die for@ Staff is outstanding. Breads are so yummy. Gift section has unique gift ideas.

I’m here at least once a week. Always excellent food and very friendly & helpful service. Best place in HR for sandwiches & goodies!

Wow!!! The breads, pastries and desserts are to die for! We went to Taste of Highlands Ranch yesterday and were able to try a bunch of their goods. Soooooo good! The owners are fantastic, too! It’s locally owned and operated… such a huge plus in my book. Thanks for coming to the community Kneaders:)

Awesome food! Owner Joe made us feel very special for no reason at all. Thanks Joe!

The soup is great! The bakery section is great! The sandwiches are pretty good. I find the little side salad a little comical. It’s like 4 pieces of lettuce with some vinaigrette. .. seems unnecessary. Service is a little spotty. I’ve had mistakes with my orders several times, but the people are always friendly about it. This is like a Panera or a Corner Bakery.

All of the food is good. Very fresh and tasty. Blows away the Corner Bakery by two country miles.
Why the three star review, you ask? The menu is very, very confusing if you try to order a sandwich in the drive thru. Tried it many times and I stutter and scratch my head every single time. It just never gets easier.

22 minutes waiting for one loaf of Hazelnut 7-​Grain bread to be sliced! SERIOUSLY?!!

I ordered a pastrami sandwich. I bit into it and there was no meat on the half I was eating. I opened it up and really there was no meat at all… the other half had a small slice. I brought it up to them and they said they would make a new one. no apology .
There is no excuse or explanation for what happened except for this place is incompetent and sloppy and has no idea about customer service .
It totally ruined my dinner. my guest already had finished eating when the server brought my new sandwich (with actual meat present) to the table. I had lost my appetite I was so ticked off.
Here is a suggestion, how about doing things RIGHT the first time and you wont make customers mad. I have only been to kneaders one other time and it took an hour for the food to arrive, so I wont be returning to this establishment ever again. Its a disgrace.

We have heard such good things about Kneaders from other family members. We were in the area, so we decided to stop in.
If you like fast food, and you like pastries, than Kneaders Bakery & Café is just the place for you.
The place is cute inside, with earth tones, and they also have some cute arts and crafts type things inside as well, that you can purchase. There are lot and lots of pastries to tempt you. I did have their cinnamon role, which was good, not overly sweet.
My husband and I each had the chunky french toast, which are two LARGE slices of bread, so know that two slices will fill you up. It is «all you can eat» of the sourdough pancakes (I think they were sourdough), and the french toast. I’m not sure how they do that, if you take your plate up and ask for more (which would not be a good idea for a restaurant), or they come around and ask if you want more. We were not there long enough to find out. Keep reading.
Along with the french toast, I had the bacon. The bacon was just luke warm, and very flimsy. It was more like the microwave bacon, which I’ve had only a few times, I prefer real bacon. The french toast was only luke warm too, and really nothing to brag home about. My husband had the sausage, and it as well, was not good. It really did seem like something that had been nuked in the microwave.
The coffee was only lukewarm. I like hot coffee.
Kneaders is a fast food pastry shop, and not a true restaurant that serves breakfast, at least not what I am use too. I love breakfast, especially bacon and eggs. No, I didn’t have bacon and eggs. I had the french toast and bacon, which I had been told the french toast was «to die for.» Well, you won’t die if you don’t have it, so don’t worry about that.
Normally, when we go out for breakfast, we sit for about 1 hour or so, we enjoy our meal, the atmosphere, etc. We were in and out of Kneaders within 30 minutes tops, that included sitting down, and waiting just a few minutes for our food. This should tell you something, it is more like fast food. Sorry Kneaders, we pass. Kneaders, not-​a

Waited 20 minutes for pastry items that were ready made and sitting in the case! Customers who came in after us were given their orders first. Unapologetic staff provided absolutely one of the worst counter experiences ever — get it together!

We went to Kneaders in Highlands Ranch today about 12:30 PM. The place was almost full and the line to order had about 10 people in front of us.
To our right was an amazing expanse of treats! Pie, rolls, cookies, pastries… some seriously tasty looking sweets. Right next to that is a floor to ceiling shelf unit of home made breads. We snagged an Asiago cheese to go. Smells amazing!
To our left was a really fun display of gifts to purchase and tall shelf unit of dessert type breads to go. Cinnamon bread, pumpkin and double chocolate and the smell was great. I snagged the double chocolate bread to go and we had to stop ourselves from eating the entire loaf in one sitting.
The line moved fast. The cashier was very nice and took our large take out order with no problem. We got our many to go bags in a really fast time and had a feast! A great first experience!

We have been here twice and have thoroughly enjoyed both. Their pastries are killer and the bread loaves are tasty and inexpensive. In addition it is clean and the staff are friendly and upbeat. We will definitely continue to patronize this bakery and restaurant.

I’m really impressed with the food and the variety of food. I got the turkey artichoke panini and it was so good. It also came with Parmesan chips which were yummy! My husband loved his croissant turkey sandwich and the turkey bacon on focaccia is good. I had their potato soup. Very good! Also their bisque soup. They have bakery goods galore! I had a sample of their pumpkin bread –wow really good. Great place.

Absolutely delicious! I have been here for breakfast and lunch and can say both are amazing. The french toast is the best you can get in the area, made from their own thick cut cinnamon bread AND it’s all you can eat! The caramel syrup it comes with is also very good! For lunch, all the soups I’ve tried have been good and was surprised how good their chicken noodle and cream of broccoli were especially. Their sandwiches, all made on their own bread, are amazing and the hand pulled turkey is so flavorful! The only down-​side is that it can get very crowded and the line can be a bit long.

My wife and I have only been through the drive through but the foods is great. You absolutely get your money’s worth here. We will be back to try eating in the restaurant.

The atmosphere is very homey. Lots of homemade crafts and quilty stuff and some other things such as that. The music playing was oldies which I personally enjoyed. Wooden slat bench seats a little uncomfortable but not too bad.
Ordered The all you can eat French toast. It took about 12 minutes to get to my table after ordering. It was served just above room temperature so not quite as hot or warm as I had hoped. Ordered a side of bacon, which came to my table room temperature, again not warm or hot as I’d hoped. The French toast was very delicious they served it with strawberries and whipping cream, as well as some citrus flavored syrup. With the all you can eat French toast, you get two pieces of French toast made from their in-​store baked raisin swirl bread. I am a fairly hearty eater, after two slices of French toast I was satisfied. My understanding is if you go back for seconds, they charge you for more whipping cream and strawberries but syrup is included.
Taking two stars off; one for lack of speed in the food-​to-​table service and one for food that should have been served hot or at least warm but was not. I would return.