Nanaimo has some the sweetest of food treasures, and Medina's shop is one of them. Be sure to stop in for a cupcake or six. A wee shop, with a wonderful caring woman at it's helm, you'll find a perfect compliment to your day in a cupcake, a parfait, or other sweet treat. Fair Trade coffee, brewed or espresso drinks, make a great accompaniment to all the chocolate. Her Black Forrest is my favourite, it's a rich chocolate with cherry and whipped cream on top, no heavy icing, just a moist delicate cake finished with just the right amount of sweetness. With a rotating display of cupcakes, your best selection is before mid-day. Be sure to try the Nanaimo bar cupcake, a unique spin on an old classic. From Red Velvet to vanilla, seasonal creations like egg nog or pumpkin, she also offers gluten-free and vegan cupcakes. She's proud to be a locally owned business and takes the time to chat with her customers about things beyond "Chocolate or Vanilla?". Do the same, you'll be glad you did read more

Sometimes super yummy cupcakes, however lately I've been trying to go and they are always closed even when the business hours say they are open. Also they are always sold out even early in the day! They should be making more? I also had some recently that tasted super stale and not worth the drive and the money they cost. I think they need to upgrade the staff. read more

The cupcakes were ok. I don't know if I am spoiled after living in a big city for the last 10 years or if I am picky, but I didn't taste anything that warranted the price of a cupcake at this place. Don't get me wrong, we ate them, but they weren't that memorable. read more

Like Christine I was not a huge fan of the cupcake, but started going to A Wee Cupcakery for the great coffee, as it is fast, clean and pretty. I never meant to actually begin eating the cupcakes, but it started with the Red Velvets, which were moist and light. Then yesterday, I thought I died and went to heaven with the Mexican Chocolate Cupcake OMG! Chocolate and chili's in a cupcake! Could it get any better than this! Oh yes it can! The holy grail of Salted Caramel Cupcakes. I ate one, left, came back 10 minutes later and bought another 2, one for me another for a friend who was immediately converted. These are insanely fantastic cupcakes, I have never tasted any others as amazing as what A Wee Cupcakery creates! read more

Incredible cupcakes, always fresh with interesting flavours. I mean a good interesting, don't worry. I would recommend the coconut cream cupcake, not too sweet but still delicious. read more

Not sure how this place is in business after how I was treated/talked to. I'm not from there but was looking to get a cake made because I was heading down there for an event. I messaged them on Facebook and sent a few pics of some ideas for a cake. A few days went by and I never heard anything (which is highly unusual for any business on fb), so then I had to wait a few days to call because of their hours. When I called I said "Oh hi! I messaged you a few days ago on f and I hadn't heard back yet, I'm looking to get a cake done, so I thought I'd call you!" And first thing she says is "I don't respond to fb messages". ( and she didn't say it nicely, the time in which she was speaking to me the whole Time was unacceptable)I'm like oh okay. She then asks what I want and I say well how am I supposed to show you when you don't answer your messages, the photos are in there. And she says "well I guess you can email them to me"so anyways, after a not so friendly first encounter, I email her. She replies back sayIng that first of all, they don't do cakes that size and that that information is on their website. And she says " The gold lettering on the first cake isn't actually edible it looks like a plastic and metal signs. And the flowers are silk" she basically just shot it all down and talks down to me as if I know nothing, and then goes on about price. So I was a little taken back because that's how ALL custom cakes start, you have an idea and the baker is creative and snowballs off of that. So I replied saying "well yah, I'm not stupid, I know that those are plastic, I wasn't expecting an exact replica"assuming she'd make gum paste flowers, and paint the numbers on or whatever you know. There's tons of options. So then I say to her "First you tell me you don't respond to Facebook messages(you are the only business I've ever come across that doesn't, what's the point of even being on there) , and to go to your website, your website has ZERO photos and says go to Fb, see the stupid cycle here? You make people come to your fb just for photos and then come to your website for something else, and will only respond by phone". So from the very getgo I felt like she wanted nothing to do with me. And then part of her reply was "old on here I think you're overreacting and didn't understand my meaning to any of my information. I'm sorry you have had a hard time with this" then a bunch of yadda yadda and "Again, you are being very sensitive and there isn't a need for it. I don't think you are an idiot?? You insinuated that yourself. I'm just giving you info. I hope you can understand this and not be so upset. " and THEN immediately send another email saying only this "And Brittany I think it really unfortunate you had to insult me when you got confused by everything. Telling me I'm not skilled enough is a personal attack and I think that a shame you felt the need to be cruel in your misunderstandings of our conversation. Be a little more gentle in life. ". And THEN proceeds to block me from her FB page to prevent me from leaving a review. I sent her a final email (the photos attached), to which she didn't reply. If you made it this far(hahaha), the moral of the story is that, she's SUPER unprofessional, you don't talk to customers like that, even IF she did think I was being difficult, which I really wasnt. Customer service has really gone out of the window for most places nowadays unfortunately. read more

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I used to love this place, but the last two times I stopped by to pick something up mid-morning, the owner kicked me out, claiming she was sold out. However, the open sign was up, door was open, and display case full. After basically being shoved out the door, I realized it was because the owner wanted to socialize with her friends. Twice in a row is enough for me! Okay cupcakes, but a rude and belligerent owner isn't worth the trouble of going here. read more

First time here. Nice little shop. Cupcakes are excellent. I would recommend you give them a try if you are in the area read more

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I have never been a huge cupcake fan, my roommate however is. So we decided in the summer to check this place out, and if I could eat cupcakes for breakfast lunch and dinner I would be camping out at this store. My fav is the red velvet. Best icing ever! I also like the seasonal ones at Halloween, an christmas, can't wait to see what she makes for valentines day! They seem expensive ( $3) but when you try one you will never get them from a grocery store again! read more

I thought the store was small, the cupcakes were not that fresh. The icing was pretty good, but the creative aspect of what cupcakes could look like and taste just was not a hit for my boyfriend and I. I was really disappointed in the whole experience, I dont think I'll be back soon. read more

A Wee Cupcakery is as advertised... teeny tiny little place, but worth seeking out for a wee treat! Nestled in the Old City Quarter, barely a store wider than its doorway, we found this little place by a word from a cupcake loving friend, and decided to head out there for a Saturday afternoon treat. Note: don't go for a Sunday or Monday afternoon treat-- they're closed. But when we walked in, there were a total of 9 cupcakes left in the whole wee store. 3 of them were vegan, not my thing, and one was a pineapple right side up cupcake, not my thing either, but looked very pretty. I suppose it's a good thing, she's been busy! I'm a chocolate fan, and luckily, the rest of the cupcakes fit the bill. We picked up a couple "2nd day of the year" cupcakes-- chocolate with chocolate frosting-- along with a chocolate ganache cupcake, and a red velvet cupcake. The winner of the bunch by a long way was the chocolate ganache. The frosting was more like chocolate mousse than frosting, and had a whip cream center. It was luscious. (well, the two bites I had of my hubby's.) I had the red velvet. The cupcake in mine was a smidge on the dry side, but the gorgeous cream cheese frosting made up for it. It was a just perfect bright red. The kids really enjoyed their cupcakes, too, their faces covered in chocolate. We wondered, 3 bucks for a cupcake? Yep... worth it. :) read more

I sadly have to agree with Gina. A friend brought me a cupcake from this place once and it was the most marvelous thing I ever tasted. I was hooked. I went down several times trying to pick up some to share with others but always, *always* they were sold out or nearly sold out. It was frustrating as hell. And then, finally, I got in there one day when there were still a few cupcakes left. I decided to get reckless and order a dozen. I mean what the heck, they're awesome, right? So wrong. I got to where I was going with them, proudly handed them out.... and my face fell when I bit into the one I'd taken. It was *very* stale. It tasted like it had been sitting out for at least a day, and it was so embarassing, because every cupcake I'd purchased was like that! About a week later I spoke with another friend about my disappointment and she mentioned that she also had not had very impressive results from them - and the problem was the same, stale cupcakes. I suggested that possibly it was better to special order them in advance and she said she actually had done that a couple of times and the result was no different. So disappointing!!! I really hoped for a great little place to treat myself from my first experience - but between the frequent wasted trips and the disappointing 'successful' trip (and of course the very high price of the product), it's unlikely I'll bother trying again. read more

I ordered my wedding cake from here since I absolutely loved their cupcakes. I ordered it 5 months in advance and all I asked for was a simple white cake with an orange band around the bottom of each tier. I got a call about a month prior to the wedding that she thought the orange colour would run into the white so she said she would have to cover the cake in fondant. I'm not a fan of fondant, but being a month away from the wedding, it was too late to find someone new, so I agreed. Well, on my wedding day I was wondering why my cake was not displayed on the cake table all night. As we were about to do the cake cutting, the wedding planner brought it out and to my dismay the cake was all white. That's it. Thank goodness I had a couple starfish to put on as decor, but it was very disappointing! A pure white wedding cake? It didn't make sense to me as I have seen some very detailed photos of cakes on her website so I couldn't understand why my cake looked so plain and amateurish. All I wanted was a little orange for goodness sakes! I found out later on that the cake had collapsed after being in the venue for just a short time. My wedding planner had to spend an HOUR fixing it (time that should have been spent doing other things!). Yes, A Wee Cupcakery told me to keep the cake cold, which in transport it was, but if a cake cannot even be kept at room temperature for more than a few minutes, I question her reasoning on how this is an acceptable cake to make! Oh, and did I mention the cake was not even put in a box? I found a gift certificate for 6 free cupcakes in my card box and an apology that she could not do the orange decore. I found this to be insulting - as if I need more of this stuff, I have plenty leftover from the wedding! The fact that she thought this was reasonable compensation for my disaster of a wedding cake was laughable. When I called to complain to the owner, and inform her of the collapse, she was apologetic, but refused to give any sort of refund. She did charge me a $20 "decor" fee, which I at least asked for this to be returned, out of priciple. (Believe me, after what I spent on my wedding, $20 is a drop in the bucket, but I felt this woman needed to take responsibility and obviously this wasn't getting through to her.) She did reimburse me a whopping $20. So, in any case, I'm sure if you ordered her cupcakes for your wedding the story would turn out much differently, and they taste fantastic. But I would avoid this place at all costs for any cake orders you may have! read more

Omfg, I've died and gone to cupcake heaven! Her red velvet cupcakes are sinfully good and totally worth the splurge. Seriously I would gladly do unspeakable things to get my hands on one right now...unspeakable. read more

All natural.. fresh baked and delicious ! ( Multiple sizes of Cakes, by advance order.. also fantastic ! ) Love.. love these best of Nanaimo , cupcakes by Medina !! She also has Vegan and Gluten free.. which looked tasty.. but, I have my favs from the regular collection. Love the butter cream frosting... made with real butter.. the old fashioned way. None of the hydrogenated / trans fats.. chemical laden frostings, on the non- natural ingredients cupcakes, sold at the local Supermarkets in Nanaimo. Prefer my food pure.. freshly baked and all natural !!! read more

I special ordered vegan cupcakes for my daughters birthday. All day we looked forward to them....unfortunately, they were terrible. VERY SALTY. I realize this could have been because they were vegan but I'm not talking about a little salty taste, the salt taste was overwhelming. I did call to discuss and they said that the icing is a little salty given the soy butter but that is what they taste like. I would caution anyone looking for vegan cupcakes to try one first so you know exactly what you are getting. I am disappointed that I did not get some kind of refund or store credit as vegan cupcakes are priced higher than the regular cupcakes $19.00 for six. As someone with a Diploma in Public Relations, I can tell you that their response to me is what can be considered POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE....I give A Wee Cupcakery a big thumbs down. read more