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    Norman Love Confections

    4.1 (59 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Pastries at Norman Love, Estero
    Bruce K.

    Located at the end of the Miromar Outlet mall, Norman Love is all about the gelato and pastries and a million different things that would completely blow my keto diet out of the water. So today's visit was all for Mom and I only had the tiniest taste of her half chocolate and half pistachio gelato. I liked the pistachio more. Lots of other sweet treats including truffles and croissants and baked goods. Assuming you can keep them air conditioned so they don't melt, you can not go wrong with a gift of chocolate truffles (pick from the dozen plus flavors) in a pretty box. We sat inside and enjoyed the air conditioning. [Review 15826 overall - 1404 in Florida - 1330 of 2021.]

    Tiffany D.

    This is on the cooking class. We took the truffle making class and it is worth EVERY penny. We made two types of truffles and chocolate truffle pops. Before the event started they had different desserts to try. So thorough and a truly memorable experience. 10 stars

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    Julie M.

    The gift of chocolates arrived perfectly at a friend's and they looked amazing. They tasted amazing too, I was told.

    Norman Love Raspberry White Chocolate cake
    Hjden B.

    Love has jumped the shark. So disappointing. (Let me first say that I tried five times to provide this information directly, and privately, through the Love website, but after it locked up multiple times preventing me from typing or editing, I felt even more compelled to express my thoughts despite the frustration.) We had been invited to the home of new friends and we offered to bring dessert and wine. My wife and I have followed Mr. Love's journey of excellence from his days at the Ritz Carlton. He has always been most gracious, greeting us personally in his confectioners, though that has now been many years past. Briefly, we chose a White Chocolate Raspberry cake from the McGregor store. It glistened like a jewel. It looked like a picture in a magazine. I jokingly asked if the cake had been created this month and I was assured that it was fresh. My first frustration, chronologically, was prompted by the Point-of-Sale screen's solicitation for a tip. As the young lady had simply placed the cake into the box, I did not feel that a tip was justified. (This is the same service that Publix and numerous similar stores perform as part of the process to sell a cake.) A $45 8-INCH CAKE. A large cupcake at some stores. But, the issue arose when her disposition instantly changed to one of contempt after I had selected 'No Tip'. The mood and the atmosphere at the register darkened aa she abandoned the register leaving me to complete my transaction without a receipt. No 'Thank You' for coming into this store and providing a reason for me (the young lady) to remain employed. No 'Goodbye, Come Again". I wondered how the lost potential for my one dollar tip might have changed her life. Could she have gotten that new car? Travelled to Italy and met the love of her life? Of what benefit did my perceived selfishness cheat her? Anyway, such minor observations do not put me off course for long. Unless, of course, it is just a part of a larger story. This epic story concluded when the cake was served by our hostess. THE 8-INCH $45 CAKE. The half-inch strip of red cake surrounding the white chocolate center was crumbly dry and tasteless. The "white chocolate' tasted like whipped cream. Certainly, it bore no hint of white chocolate flavor. It was an enormously disappointing conclusion to a lovingly prepared gourmet meal. My wife and I remain embarrassed to our friends for presenting an 8-INCH $45 CAKE that paled beside a frozen Sara Lee cake. From Publix. With no expected tip. I rarely write reviews. I despise writing bad reviews. But this experience was a shocking reversal of the quality we had come to expect. I am very sorry to relay this event, but I feel compelled to make others aware. Verify what you are buying. Tip when appropriate, rewarding service appropriately. But, do not fall for this new trend of tip-begging for the minutest of efforts. Perhaps this was a fluke. Maybe it's their summer menu for the locals. Worst of all, it will be a long time before I get a hankering for AN 8-INCH $45 CAKE. Harry Balke.

    Passion Panna Cotta - my fave
    Rachel M.

    I'm more of a creature of habit than I use to be and every time I visit the area Norman Love is on my must stop list. This time around I picked up a couple chocolates and a chocolate dessert. This time around the free sample was tiramisu and I loved it. I picked out my passion cotta which is number 1 and tried the flavor of the month mango yuzu. I also picked up a raspberry dome dessert which is the size of your palm. The desserts here are heaven on earth and our rules are eat the passion panna cotta last. Always saves the best for last or else if you eat the other last they will be sub par. It's the truth so everything here is amazing because we follow that all the time. Love love love this place and glad it's a treat only when we visit. Imagine if I actually lived here!

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    Mirko P.

    Nice store. It's welcoming and warm atmosphere inside. Great products, specially gelato is delicious. Store employees not so enthusiastic to work there. To bad. Otherwise this store deserves higher stars review.

    Kay H.

    I was teetering between 4-5 stars.... the young lady helping me behind the counter was really sweet and patient with picking out my tasty treats. I bought a delicious caramel cake to bring home. They aren't cakey, the cakes are flavors of mousse with a glass like beautiful coating on the exterior of either caramel, chocolate, white chocolate from what I saw. Lucky me, today was half off the large cakes. That's definitely tempting in the future to drive across the alley to pick up again. I happened to be over there this time and I always stop in for treats. After my purchase, I checked in on Yelp to add photos and then saw the offer of a free small coffee with purchase. I didn't even know they had coffee! What a nice surprise. The young lady helping me wasn't sure of the Yelp offer, and at that time a women came out. (Maybe a manager) And she wasn't aware of the offer either. So I explained what yelp is, how the offers work etc. There seemed to be a shift in the air. A bit uncomfortable actually. So I asked for the coffee with a smile and the possible manager said to me "you do realize you have to purchase something. It's not just a free coffee." Eh. Well this feels uncomfortable for sure. She then told me I would have to wait for five minutes. I said I was fine doing so. I then tried telling her that I wanted to let her know that I purchased a cake already. But she didn't turn around. When she gave me the coffee she was nicer, and I clarified again that I had purchased a cake and plan on purchasing more once done with my coffee. She then said she knew but just wanted to clarify that is what the coupon said. I don't know.... maybe a misunderstanding... but I felt what I felt. I have to say she was much nicer while I sipped my coffee. She offered to refrigerate my cake while I was sitting. But anyways! Absolutely delicious chocolates, they usually have a sample to try, delicious and beautiful cakes. Everything is a piece of artwork. They have personal size cakes too. They are so rich that it really is good for two people. I also purchased a white chocolate strawberry cheesecake. So good. And a bunch of chocolates. Each flavor is so delicious. Hard to pick a favorite. They also have gelato, cappuccino, coffee, prepackaged chocolates and you can pick your own. The chocolates a little cheaper if you don't put them in a signature box FYI. Plenty of parking. They are just right next door to Fords Garage restaurant if you want to park close. If you are over there, check the place out! Feel free to take me with you! Ha! Enjoy!

    Norman Love - a must visit!!!
    Molly R.

    Stopped into Normal Love to grab some chocolates as a gift. Of course, I love to stop in here since they always have samples. It's a bit pricey for chocolates, but they are a true treat for a special occasion. They have more than just chocolates. They have tons of other deserts, crepes, and gelato too. Norman Love is a great place to buy a gift, take a date, or a friend visiting to town.

    Oleksandr S.

    Nice gelato store in Miramar outlet shops,lot of variety of different flavors gelato and sorbet. My favorite is strawberry,but I like also a salted caramel but nothing compare to Molly moon's in Seattle or Mitchell's Cleveland.The price of gelato is overpriced,5.30$ for small cup. Tiramisu nothing compare to original Italian tiramisu,coffee was terrible,the same like in Starbucks,it needs a professional barista and good coffee beans The chocolate tastes good

    Assorted macarons. One of each flavor. Lemon, raspberry, chocolate, mocha, pistachio, and vanilla.

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    Best gourmet Chocolate anywhere I've been all over the world and this has high quality and is delicious

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    Amazing presentation chocolates that taste as good as they look. Wide variety of flavors. Gift with impunity.

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    Chocolate chunks cookie was dry AF and tasted old. The pistachio gelato was delicious. Not much to say I wasn't impressed.

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