Restaurant: Paradise Bakery
Location: Noblesville, IN (Hamilton Town Center)
Address: 13230 Harrell Parkway, Suite 400 Noblesville, IN 46060
Hours: Mon – Sat 6:30am – 9pm; Sun 8am – 8pm
Menu: Paradise Bakery Menu
Type: Cafe and Bakery
Loyalty Program: Taste of Paradise Card (acts as gift card and loyalty card)
Today’s Meal: 1/2 Chicken Walnut Sandwich, 1 Cup Broccoli Cheddar Soup, Chocolate Chip Cookie
Cost: About $8
Paradise Bakery is located within the Hamilton Town Center. It is a fairly large cafe/bakery type of restaurant. The feel is light and airy; however the seating is a bit crowded. The place has always looked clean and orderly when I have gone in there. There are two different stations to order food. They have the bakery area where you can get cookies and bread, and they have the other area where you get sandwiches, soups, and salads. Today I got the 1/2 Chicken Walnut Sandwich. It was good as usual with the big pieces of walnut in the chicken salad smothered on two halves of the wonderful Molasses Bread. This bread is so good that I have bought loaves of it to use at home with my own sandwiches before. It has just the right amount of sweetness for many different kinds of sandwiches. I also had a cup of the broccoli cheddar soup. It was very good as well. This soup was the perfect consistency. I’ve had some broccoli cheddar soups before that seem quite runny/watery, but this was not the case. When I was getting the soup, they asked me if I would like to have crackers or bread with my soup. They have not asked me that when I’ve gotten soup here before. I chose the bread, and I got about three little half slices of white bread inside a paper sleeve (similar to what the cookies come in). The chocolate chip cookie was a bit chewier than normal. My preference is when they bake it and it comes out with that slight crisp on the outside but still soft and chewy inside. That’s how I’ve gotten the cookies here most of the other times I’ve been.
My only complaint would be that they were a little too eager to get me served. I had intended to step back for a moment and look at the menu and soup board and decide what I wanted, being there wasn’t any other customers in line. When they asked what I wanted, I said that I was debating between a soup or a salad. Then, they asked if they could make me a sandwich while I was deciding. It seemed like I was getting rushed through while I was the only customer in line, and it wasn’t even near their closing time either. The reply I would have rather heard from them would have been something like, “Take your time, and let us know when you’re ready to order.” Then, if they were really feeling generous, they could have even thrown in something like, “If you have any questions about the menu, let us know.”
Check out my other Paradise Bakery review.