Hmm the wafting smells of sugar, coconut and cinnamon.........such a delight! As we walked in after dinner and because the weather was overcast the store appeared to be dark inside probably due to their minimal lighting. I think they're going for that dark seductive ambiance vibe or I could be way off! After browsing the various collections of cakes (cakes the size you could put your whole face on!) we decided on ye good ole Kurtosh - cinnamon of course although the coconut was a good contender. $7.50 for one and made fresh to order which only took about 5 minutes which we happily sat around to wait for. The interior is an industrial style with exposed brick and dim lighting. As you walk in the cakes and pastries selection is on the left and straight ahead is their coffee station with a massive coffee machine! Down the back to the left is a large communal table for bigger groups etc. Will have to pop by again, as they have cute cups they serve their tea/coffee in and also to try their cookies and cream cake i spied earlier. read more

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Ok ok so I don't really see why there is so much love for the place. It's average at the most. Two things I have to admit it is pretty inside and the coffee's are amazing. I however find the cakes to be pretty meh. They taste below average. I have had better and I have seen better. The tiramisu I had was ok though. Aldi and Coles tiramisu is better though. The service is ok, girls behind counter are rather slow and not very friendly. The barista is amazing. She was alone and she made about 20 coffees in 6 minutes. I was impressed.. Don't think ill be back though.. read more

kürtösh - Yuck - Cafes Near Me - Crows Nest, NSW

Ever been stuck between a pug and a sweet place? Such was my dilemma. Had just finished breakfast with my mum when we strolled past Kurtosh. Sweet, sticky, inviting bakery smells washed over us like the pheromones of some great and vengeful donut god. Mum turned into The Flash and disappeared inside, last I saw she was pawing through all the sample boxes trying bites, well, everything. I wanted to go in and order everything but I had Minky with me, snuffling about and straining on the leash to get inside the store. I sat with her a while but the sight of people streaming out into the sun stuffing their happy weekend faces with delights I don't even have names for was too much, and I tied her to a tree and ignored her sad, plaintive whining while I got me some kind of caramel slice loaded up with salted peanuts and ate it while she watched. Sorry not sorry. read more

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What Kurtosh does completely differently to other cake and coffee joints is extremely brave - they hold back on sugar and butter. And they bloodywell pull it off in the baked cheesecake I am sampling today. Less sugar allows the nuttyness & caramelness to shine, from the thin biscuit base to the browned top. The cream cheese is the hero here. It also means I can eat more - not sure if that's such a good thing ;-) The coffee is where they are let down. More crema needed in the day and age of quad ristrettos and single origin depth. 4/5 on the way to 5. read more

kürtösh - Baked cheesecake (sold by weight, this piece $5.50) - Cafes Near Me - Crows Nest, NSW

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Love this place, especially for dessert after dinner out at one of the many restaurants along Willoughby Road, partially due to the great atmosphere. My favourite is the nutella chimney cake ($9.50), best shared with your other half, plus they do good tea in funky little tea pots. The only let down is the wait in the evenings for your chimney cake (if it's busy, around 15 minutes). One night they were close to closing (at 10pm), and took our order but said it would be take-away, including the drinks. As I then finished my tea before our chimney cake was ready, would have been good to not have it take-away style! They could also benefit from a few more seats (it's a tad empty), although I usually manage to find one. read more

kürtösh - The coffee machine - Cafes Near Me - Crows Nest, NSW

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Love this little buzzing bakery. They cut delicious cakes as per the weight or size you want. What's more, the Kürtosh is divine! It's fresh hand-made just in front of you, it's crispy, soft and comes in a variety of toppings. The more traditional cinnamon kurtosh was rolled in sugar and cinnamon. I think I enjoy unravelling them more than eating them, but they're fun and something different. Worth a visit during a lazy Sunday afternoon. read more

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My bf brought back some cakes for me to try. I tried the baked raspberry cheesecake and the cookies and creme cheesecake. The baked raspberry cheesecake was my favourite of the two as it was super creamy and tasted lighter than a New York cheesecake. I also like the crumbly shortbread-like base and the bursts of tartness from the raspberries. The cookies and creme was alright but I thought the texture and flavour was a bit strange. It had a generous amount of cookie pieces though! read more

kürtösh - baked raspberry/cookies and creme cheesecake - Cafes Near Me - Crows Nest, NSW

This place is quite pricey and the quality of the savoury food (sausage roll and cheese/spinach triangle) is pretty bad. The stuff was overcooked and really dry, for the price I was expecting much better. I know the place is supposed to be known for the desserts, but I'm not really a sweets person (I found the desserts to be pretty average) read more

My friend took us to the Surry Hills branch a couple of weeks ago and I've been in love with Kurtosh ever since. Luckily for me, this branch in Crows Nest exists and is ideally located near my work. I've been going at least once a week to try something new each time. So far, I've tasted the baked cheesecake, lemon crumble cheesecake, spiced carrot cake, orange and olive oil sponge, cinnamon and walnut and nutella kurtosh. All of them have been really good, except for the baked cheesecake which was a bit ordinary, if not bland. The nutella kurtosh is worth a special mention, the bread is soft and crunchy at the same time and had the perfect amount of nutella and hence did not make the kurtosh overly sweet. My workmate who is a self-confessed cheesecake lover fell in love with the lemon cheesecake and now seems to have a weekly craving for it. The cakes are sold by weight so you can get as little or as big as you want. It's handy if you want a taste of everything without spending and eating too much. They have a selection of samplers as well to help you decide what to get. read more

Really friendly staff and custom cakes made in 48 hours. All cakes are sold by the kilo. read more

kürtösh - Hungarian sweet bread and cakes sold by the kilo. - Cafes Near Me - Crows Nest, NSW

In a crowded market, every cafe owner is looking for a hook. For Kurtosh, it's the eponymous delicious tower cakes. These Hungarian delicacies come with a fair bit of their own entertainment as you watch the theatre of their construction unfold in front of you. Kurtosh also has large square trays of cakes from which you can select, but these are of a generally poorer quality to the namesake delicacies. Inside, it's all hard surfaces so it gets noisy when there are more than a few groups. read more

Coffee is very ordinary. Very large selection of cakes. Atmosphere is non existent But the cake was delicious read more

Cafe is really busy and open until late. We went there around 9 in the night, but still had queued for bread. However the waiter served bread very fast. We didn't wait too long to get all order. The bread is amazing, toasted on spot. Crunchy outside, but soft inside. Beautiful with coffee. read more

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The dessert offerings by Kürtosh are definitely unique. Cakes in the shape of colourful chimneys, unusual flavoured cakes - I'd never seen most of the selection before! On tasting, I thought the cakes were better as eye candy than edible candy (although I'm not really into cakes or sweets so I'm not the best judge). Overall, it's a novelty and worth seeing once. read more

The kurtosh's have a little too much glaze on the outside and they are a little overpriced. Other than that i highly recommend, their cakes that you order by weight are delish too! read more

kürtösh - Nutella kürtösh ("chimney cake") - Cafes Near Me - Crows Nest, NSW

I do not understand how this has not been reviewed yet. An awesome place to sit and relax with a coffee and cake - or you can try their namesake Kurtosh which is a type of spiralled doughnut. read more

kürtösh - Dobosh Torte - Cafes Near Me - Crows Nest, NSW

Positives: the cakes and pastries. Ambience. That you can buy by weight. Negatives: coffee isn't great. Service is slow and mishandled. Favourites: Nutella kurtosh even though it needs way more Nutella. And the peanut butter chocolate ganache cake. read more

Nice coffee, nice cakes But why oh why - when you order 2 pieces of cake do they bring them out on one plate??? Bonus points for serving hot chocolates in an awesome children's mug with teddy bears.. Just plain awesome read more

Super nice coffee and cakes ! Even writing this review makes me want to go there ! Will come back and upload a picture soon because I am definitely going there this weekend ! read more

Friday night after dinner and a good long walk along the shops of Willoughby road, my friend and I decided to have coffee and dessert . Kurtosh our favourite coffee and cake shop at Crow's Nest. The coffee is good and so are the varieties of cakes to choose from. We have tasted almost all of them by now and to me, all of them are good, freshly baked. Perhaps I am a cake fan! and do not expect to have whipped cream or ice cream to go with your slice of cake at Kurtosh. Don't need the 'extras'. The ambience in this shop is great and a good place to meet friends for coffee and cakes . If you have not visited this Kurtosh, do so when you are next at Crow's Nest. I believe they have a Surry HIll and Randwick branch. read more

Love this place to go to after dinner, just make sure you leave some room - the selection is extensive! After a few visits, and with your desert ordered by weight, I recommend asking for 50g slices if you want to try a few. Favourite has to be the strawberry sponge. Would be 5 stars except the coffee is not the best so I would just stick to the beautiful array of desserts :) read more

We came across this little gem after having dinner one night. Everything looks delicious and it was hard to choose. I was slightly dissapointed as I chose the lemon crumble cheesecake which wasn't very lemony, more just cheesecakey. It was delicious but I was wanting the lemon flavour! My hubby had the cookies and cream cheesecake which was tasty too. Word of warning though, they sell by the 100gm. When they show you how much that is you think hmmm that's not big enough so you order a larger slice. When they bring it to you on the plate it is larger than it looks in the display so try not to let your greed overtake!!! As an idea 100gm was more than enough for me. My hubby ended up with 190gm which was a bit too much. read more

Quick special, taste ok (sweet +++), good to share with friends and have a good chat with coffee. The whole rolls with nuts only cost $8.5, depend on what you want, I give it a ok score. read more

kürtösh - Delicious and sweet - Cafes Near Me - Crows Nest, NSW

Some of the best coffee in crows nest. Wide range of fresh, tasty cakes so you've got something for everyone. Tends to get quite busy on the weekends but you can usually get a seat. Would recommend any of the chocolate cakes and the flavoured cheesecakes are great! read more

Pretty good, the kurtoscalac is something different and the cakes are pay by weight and generally tasty

Had a coffee and pastry there this morning with my 4 years old Great coffee but as we ordered a mushroom pastry for my little one the barista placed it in the microwave and went to sit down to her staff and coffee meal . After 10 mn I realised no one will bring the pastry I did enquire if they remembered the pastry . We did finally got it but we only 2 customer in the shop for 4 staff members even with one of them in training you will expect a bit more of customer service focus !!! read more

Frantic service- understaffed- waited over 20 mins for drinks then told by the arrogant little barista that was not true. Refused to refund for the drinks - never again. Don't waste your time- the novelty factor will keep them going til there is competition... read more