Vic C.
Yelp
When looking up what things to do in Salem, Oregon, Willamette Valley Pie Company came up and was also recommended by a few travel bloggers that my husband watched on YouTube. So he decided that we should come here for pie.
We came here for a visit this past Monday and also Tuesday. We thought it would be nice to bring back a pie and some cider for some friends that we were going to visit and so that is why we decided to come back a second day. Over those 2 visits, we ended up purchasing:
Chicken Pot Pie served with a side of grapes, $7.99- This little chicken pot pie was very, very salty. My husband ordered this and did not like the pie filling. Thank goodness grapes were served on the side to help give a bit of freshness.
Potato Bacon Soup served with Cheddar Biscuit, $6.49- I ordered this item and picked this soup (but you could have chosen chicken tortilla soup). This soup was very salty as well. I added water to my soup and stirred it to help dilute some of that salt, which made the soup taste better. I really loved the cheddar biscuit. It was moist and had bits of chives in the biscuit too. I would love to just purchase the cheddar biscuit again if that was available for purchase.
Pumpkin Scone, $3.99- I ordered this on 2 separate days because I really liked the scone. The pumpkin wasn't too sweet (not nearly as sweet as the pumpkin loaf at Starbucks, which I think is too sweet) and had a good balance. The scone itself was pretty large for the size (which is a good size to share with another and both people will feel satisfied with the portion) and was nice warm (you can request for your scone to be warmed).
Marionberry Scone, $3.99- My husband ordered this and thought it was good. I didn't have any.
Featured Pie of the Week (with special price): Baked Peach Raspberry Pie, $11.99- When we visited on Monday, this pie was the pie of the week and so we decided to pick this one because of the price. But there are so many pies available (but not at this price). You can also purchase frozen pies too (if we had purchased this pie frozen, it would have been a special price of $10.99). This pie was really good and the flavors of the both peach and raspberry really went well together. The top of the pie had rolled oats, which I really liked.
Pint of Apple Cider, $3.50- My husband really wanted fresh apple cider so we picked a small bottle. It was pretty good, although naturally sweeten. We liked it so much that the next day, we decided to purchase a 1/2 gallon for our friends.
Baked No Sugar Added Marionberry Pie special: $10- On Tuesday, we came back to purchase pie and cider for our friends. This surprised us to see this pie featured and on sale for $10 (it was this pie and also a cherry pie that was also $10). My husband figured this would be a good pie to get since marionberry isn't a common pie flavor that we normally see. We ended up trying a slice the next day at our friends' home for dessert after dinner. This pie was really good. Even with a no sugar added pie, this pie was just perfectly sweetened for us. And our friends also really liked the pie as well.
1/2 Gallon Apple Cider, $6- This was purchased for our friends and they liked it.
Free sample of blackberry lime- Oh boy this pie sample was generous and very good. I don't normally like blackberry but I liked it in this pie.
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(Total= $57.94)
Service both times was very friendly and quick. When we visited the first time, we were given a pager for our order. It vibrated and would light up when our order was ready for pick up.
The indoor (there is also outdoor seating too) seating is nice and there is a self serve water station set up. I liked that there were books and board games available for kids and families to use to occupy their time. There was also a small coloring table in the corner (I took two cute coloring sheets for my nephews to bring back home for them to color).
The restrooms were clean upon both visits and adequately stocked with the essentials.
Overall, we had a good experience with this place (just wouldn't recommend their entrees) and would come back here again the next time we visit this part of Oregon.