Raphael's Bakery Cafe - Bemidji

I absolutely LOVE Raphael's Bakery! They have an amazing assortment of fresh baked goods every day! Everyone that works there is super friendly and always ready to help!

Awesome donuts, fresh every day! Very friendly and helpful staff! The building had a very small town cafe' atmosphere, very clean and tidy staff and building. The food I had was at breakfast time, and one of the staff walked arouind with a heaping plate of fresh-still warm- donuts, a welcome treat! I usually don't go for the plain donuts, as I love the raised donuts they have in the case, but the plain ones were great too! To the person that reviewed the bag of plain donuts, I know that they don't use the same oil for donuts and other food, and if you're going to rate a business with the cheapest/plain option at a restaurant, you're not going to get a helpful review. Try one of the at least 20 other premium flavors (Bavarian cream, long johns-some bacon topped, jelly filled, fried cinnamon rolls, fritters, etc)of donuts before putting down a private family owned small business! Everyone is struggling in these times, and this business is doing awesome!

I love Raphaels! I had the hot ham with Cheddar cheese on potato bread with a cup of wild rice soup. No picture of the soup, I ate it before I decided I would do a review! But I have my soup, sandwich, chips, grapes, cookies, bread basket, AND 2 jelly donuts for under $15.00!!! Everything was delicious (and fill). The staff was nice. The place was clean, but with this little town café Vibe. If I really wanted to be Picky, I could say I wish the wild rice soup had carrots in it. But... I still enjoyed my meal very much and I will eat there again.

I was on a ice fishing trip to Red Lake in early December 2018 and wanted to pick up fresh bakery for the team. I did a Google Search and found this bakery in Bemidji. I purchased dinner rolls, a fresh baked blueberry pie, Zarba rolls House Specialty and brown sugar nut coffee cake. Everything was fantastic and made the fishing trip extra special. I Highly Recommend You Take the Time to Find Raphael 's!

Delicious home-cooked style food. The dishes are served quickly and piping hot. The baked goods are fresh and are among the best you can find in the area.