Blue Ribbon Restaurant & Bakery - Family restaurant in Schenectady - 1801 State St, USA

We use to go here with my grandparents and the last time I was here was a little over 30 years ago. The restaurant has aged well. It is like I remembered with cases of baked cookies, muffins, beautiful cakes and pies and other delicious treats on display when you enter. We were seated at a spacious booth and our waitress was friendly and helpful. They have breakfast all day and as well as lunch dishes too. We ordered breakfast. Eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, hash browns and stuffed French toast (stuffed with their cheesecake topped with strawberries). There was a gracious plenty of food. It was hot and delicious. Definitely would recommend eating here.

I love breakfast all day and it was delivered hot and ready to eat! Yummy stuffed french toast with the cheese cake stuffing and glazed strawberries! 🍓🍰🍳🧑‍🍳❤️🤗

Blue Ribbon Bakery made my wedding cake in 2021 and it was EXCELLENT. People still talk about it, and my partner and I re-order it every year for our anniversary (crack in icing in picture is my fault during transport - not theirs :)). We've also had cupcakes out of the pastry case (not custom ordered) and they were also amazing. This is my favorite bakery in Schenectady!

Our waiter was Kim - she was so patient with us while we decided on what we wanted to order for dinner (we'd never been there for dinner so it took us a bit to decide) and apologized for seeming like she was rushing us by checking in, when in reality it felt reassuring that she was consistently checking in on us to get our food in to the kitchen asap. We ordered the Our Famous Chicken & a salmon fillet. The chicken was okay, would probably order again. However the salmon was very bland and unenjoyable to eat. When we let Kim know, she was very understanding and asked if we wanted something different, and she took the salmon off the bill. She then offered to buy us any dessert we wanted on her. She absolutely did not have to do this and we were very grateful. She was so kind to us and we hope to have her as our waiter again. We made sure to leave a larger tip so she got her money back +tip for the dessert she bought us. Give Kim a RAISE! She deserves it! Has great costumer service skills and is just such a sweet person. Will be coming back just for Kim.

Blue Ribbon has been the go to Greek restaurant since childhood, one of my Dad's favorite restaurants. The food and service are great, that's why it's usually crowded. That said, I have never waited long for a table and the servers never seem to miss a beat, I don't know how they keep up. I have never experienced a long wait for my order. My brothers and sisters enjoy going, we tend to go together and really enjoy eating and talking at the Blue Ribbon.

Excellent food. Greek salad with chicken and Greek salad with pork were well flavored and fresh. The classic desserts were wonderful as well.

Good local eatery with some interesting selections from breakfast items to dinner items. These guys are famous for their desserts including their cheesecakes. We came out here traveling and with no idea where to go we rolled up into this place. Service was very nice. Pricing was reasonable. Portions were good size. I tried half a dozen items on the menu. The Boston clam chowder was really nice and had some good chunks of clam. The Manhattan chowder was equally tasty and was the winner between my choice. The Reuben sandwich was really yummy but it would have loved to have seen a little bit more meat included. Fish and chips was really good. Greek salad was massive and very tasty. The cheesecake selection was huge and we tried two different cheesecakes both were excellent and it seemed that none of them you can go wrong with. In no ways was I overly thrilled with everything but I really enjoyed my meal and it was definitely a good find on my way to Boston.

Seated promptly. Food was out quickly. Food was served hot, not greasy like most diners. Wait staff very friendly & efficient. Decaf coffee tasted amazing. Good portion sizes. Great value. Very clean. Very accommodating for dietary restrictions.