Reviews for Bittersweet Pastry Shop & Cafe in Chicago, IL
My husband and I secured Bittersweet after doing their cake tasting kit, which was so fun & delicious to do! They were easy to... work with & communicate with ahead of time, they also delivered the cake on time on our wedding day, it was exactly what we werelooking for. It was just a smaller cutting cake for the head table, but it still made a big impact and was very tasty! Can'twait to come back for other big life events in the future. We cannot recommend them enough! Read more
Bittersweet did our cake as well as sweets for our vow renewal this July. I was thoroughly impressed with the tasting process... (our friends subbed in for us) and experience with booking. Our cake turned out just like our inspiration photo! Not only was itgorgeous, but the cake itself and all the sweets were delicious - we still have guests raving about how they far exceededexpectations for wedding cake!! :) I highly recommend Bittersweet Pastry Shop for all of your event needs! Read more
Let me preface by saying I DID NOT ORDER THE CAKE OR DEAL WITH THE BAKERY AT ALL. However, my mom was told by another bakery... that they wouldn’t be able to accommodate my cake for my birthday anymore this year due to being busy. My mom scrambled aroundpanicked calling bakery after bakery until she stumbled across this gem of a shop. They let her order with less than a week ofmy party and the pricing was not so astronomical like the others. While this is all great I haven’t even told you about thisAMAZING CAKE!!!! Yes it’s beautiful (we see the picture come on now)! BUT every person at my party said this was the best cakethey have ever had. We usually end up throwing cake away that’s extra from parties….but this time we finished the entirecake! I mean I just found myself scraping my Tupperware to get the last bits of that delicious one-of-a-kind cake! I hadoriginally requested white chocolate raspberry but my mom somehow ended up oedering a raspberry lemonade cake…I’ll admit atfirst I was like ughhh but wow this hands down is my favorite of all time and I will NEVER go back to the old bakery! I’m alsoa puzzle fanatic and my sister bought me an awesome puzzle right from the bakery! Come on we are 3/3 now….!!! I will say theone thing that wasn’t my favorite were the macarons but it may have been that they were a separate charge but I’m tellingyou people the buttercream is so silky soft and luxurious I thought it was whipped cream! Idk how they do it but my entirefamily was so impressed they all want that cake flavor now. This is our new bakery spot for that delicious cake! Call them andorder the raspberry lemon cake - I didn’t even know that I liked that combo but it’s compelled me to spend at least 10minutes writing this review. *wishing I had more of that cake and sad it’s gone* thank you bittersweet for making my birthdaythe best! Keep that pastry chef if you know what’s good for tou!???? Read more
Delicious menu and drinks! They were out of some stuff when I went and there are only a few tables, which means a while for... waiting if you want to dine in (which I would recommend, it is a beautiful set up). I got a mini fruit topped cheesecake andlove that they offer tinier options for 1-2 people instead of huge cakes only. The strawberry matcha is more matcha thananything, but still great. The pastries are neverending and it's hard to know what to choose! Great experience, friendly workersas well. Read more
A friend of mine recommend this shop to me and I was so happy I went. Everyone was so friendly and helpful. My pastry was... delicious and the strawberries were so fresh. Definitely can't wait to come back. Read more
We have all been to weddings with dry cakes - this is not one of them! Bittersweet Weddings made an absolutely delicious wedding... cake for us (three tiers with chocolate mousse and white cake with ivy piping). Truly, very tasty. So much so that my husbandand I got forks and dug into the cake after cutting it - it was THAT good. Cannot recommend them enough for your Chicagowedding! Read more
My wife and I researched what were the best bakeries in Chicago when looking for someone to bake our wedding cake, and... Bittersweet consistently showed up on multiple lists and websites, thus, we added them to our list for cake tastings. We did thetastings at a few different bakeries, but Bittersweet topped them all. All the different cakes and fillings we tried tastedamazing! The cakes were fluffy and full-flavored, and the fillings and icings tasted fresh and homemade as opposed to syntheticand mass-produced. Along with this, we were also able to provide an example of the design that we wanted around the cake andasked to be decorated with natural flowers, both requests which they knocked out of the park! I absolutely recommendBittersweet, as not only did my wife and I love the cake but so did our guests! Read more
Bittersweet provided the cake for our wedding and they were fantastic. It was really easy to order a cake kit and taste the... different combinations. The communication for ordering was a little slow (but not detrimentally so) because we had to use theironline chat system. The cake was beautiful! They were able to design it how I wanted and hand make gorgeous details that Ididn't know was possible. Most importantly, the cake was absolutely delicious. We were really picky because we love desserts andbake a lot. The cake wasn't dry or too sweet, it was a great balance and was the best we tried in the city. We also did agroom's that was easy to order and a fun addition to our dessert spread. Read more