DO NOT BUY A CAKE HERE!
UNPROFESSIONAL!
THREATENED ME!
HORRIBLE DESIGNS!
TERRIBLE MANAGEMENT!
NOT WORTH YOUR MONEY!
I usually only use this platform to leave positive reviews, but I am so insulted with my experience with this cake shop today, that I felt I had to show others what's going on at this place. I'm relieved to read on the comments for this shop that I'm not the only one to have received the experience I did.... (as they mentioned this was their "first" encounter of the sort)
I placed an order, after I asked if there was availability for the date of my event. I was told yes without hesitation. I offered 2 pictures as inspiration for what I wanted. The following day when I called to place the order, the owner Laura sent me 2 pictures of nicer cakes and I decided for one of the ones she sent me. I attached the picture of the design I was sent and the design I paid $450 for (25 person cake). I was told I would get the cake Saturday from 7-8 pm due to the holiday Sunday and I agreed without a problem.
Saturday at 8 I called to get a status of the delivery and I was told that my cake hadn't even been started because they did all the Father's Day cakes before mine, and they were going to have it done by 9:30. 9:30 cake and went. By 10:00 I called and they told me they had 3 decorators working on my cake, and that they would be done in 30 mins. Long story short, I got the cake at 12:10 am. Pictures attached of what I received.... the cake was a disaster. Nail mark in the front and center of the cake, the topper wasn't even 1/8 of what the original one had, there was no pearls to simulate air bubbles, the bottom of the cake had no ribbon leaving the stapled white edge exposed. Just pure sloppy, last minute, unprofessional, a complete mess. Which is fine, these things happen and as a business owner I would have found a solution to this problem immediately. But what's truly frustrating about all this, is the response I got when I called the shop:
I called and spoke to Laura who told me that I had 2 options, accept the cake as is, or they can pick it up and "take a loss" by giving me back my money but leaving me with no cake for an event in 10 hours.... obviously I wasn't accepting either of her ridiculous options. She insisted on picking up the cake, and when I said absolutely not, she threatened to show up at my property, WITH THE POLICE, to pickup the cake that I PAID FOR! Complete insanity... needless to say I told her to please go ahead and show up with cops, as I know the law, and I know that her empty threat was just an intimidation attempt. I didn't want my money back, I wanted the cake I paid for. And I didn't ask for any discount or any considerations due to the fact that I had to stay awake till midnight to receive the cake.
A "supervisor" then called me back and told me that she wasn't a cake decorator, but she was willing to stay at the shop for me to take the cake for them to try to fix what they could. Which is did, they patched up the cake and threw some glitter on it to cover the imperfections. But this is completely unacceptable. They threw a cake together in an hour and charged me $450 for the crap I received. I could have given my 6 year old daughter 4 colors of play dough and a cookie cuter and she would have come up with the same thing. It's absurd. The "manager" agreed the cake looked nothing like the original design but blamed it on the humidity. HELLO! We are in MIAMI! That's all there ever is! Humidity! If you can't make it, don't sell it..... plain and simple.
And the best part, in the whole time I was at the shop, the owner never showed her face to apologize for her lack of professionalism and the threat she made to call the police to take back MY cake. Her diva attitude is not cute, it's not professional, and she hasn't the slightest clue how to treat a customer. I'm sure she wouldn't treat JLo, Arod, or the Kardashians how she treated me. And I know for a fact she wouldn't send them the piece of shit cake she sent me because they would literally throw it away in her face. This cake is garbage, but supposedly she's "proud" of it. So since she's "proud" of it, I attached plenty of pictures for all to see :)
Don't buy a cake here. Save your money. Publix can make one better and cheaper and they will treat you better than this bimbo will. I will be rating them on the better business bureau's website. And I will be calling my merchant to see about this issue because I certainly didn't get what I paid for. This is robbery at its finest. read more