Finally got a second to check out the newly opened twisted sugar cake shop. I went in not knowing…read morewhat to order. Luckily for me the lovely owner, took time to explain what each treat was and how they tasted. She even offered to let me try the shortbread before I bought some. I ended up grabbing a box of goodies and I was shocked at how reasonably priced she was. Upon arriving home I immediately tried the English Bakewell tart. It was lovely, I can best describe the taste as a cake on top with a buttery crust on the bottom. The shortbread is really good too, a buttery crumbly bite which is her mother's recipe. Such a cute spot with a wonderfully sweet owner.

Fresh, moist and delicious cupcakes. I tried the mocha chocolate and my friend tried the brownie…read morefilled chocolate cupcake. Awesome! The owner makes gluten free cupcakes a few times a week so call ahead if you plan to take a trip and are going for GF. She offers discounts for military. A lot of unique drinks but I already had my iced coffee so will need to try next time! Super friendly owner!

Adventure Buddy and I were visiting Mystic, Connecticut, from out of town for a trade show, and…read moreafter enjoying dinner downtown, I found myself facing a familiar situation...I needed dessert. Naturally, our post-dinner walk turned into a search for something sweet, and that's when we stumbled upon Sift Bake Shop. Oh, hello there! We opened the door and immediately knew we'd found our dessert destination. The bakery was bright, welcoming and absolutely adorable, with display cases FULL of beautiful baked goods. I started smiling from ear to ear before we'd even gotten close enough to properly inspect everything. And then I saw what was inside those cases. Cookies. Cakes. Pastries. So many beautiful little creations practically begging me to take them home. Suddenly, we had a problem. I wanted everything. After several minutes of me staring lovingly at the desserts and attempting to make what felt like an impossible decision, Adventure Buddy gently reminded me that we were not, in fact, purchasing the entire bakery. RUDE. But admittedly, he had a point. I finally settled on the Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookie ($4.50), featuring two peanut butter cookies with peanut butter frosting sandwiched between them. Adventure Buddy selected the Opera Cake ($9.45), made with espresso-soaked almond sponge cake, chocolate ganache, coffee and hazelnut mousse. We ordered everything to go so we could take our treasures back to the hotel and enjoy a proper sweet-tooth nightcap. And THAT was an excellent decision. First up, my peanut butter sandwich cookie. As someone whose personality is approximately 63.8% peanut butter, I consider myself qualified to evaluate this particular dessert. IT. WAS. FANTASTIC. The cookies were wonderfully soft and chewy, with what seemed like a little oat texture mixed in. The peanut butter frosting was smooth, creamy, rich and perfectly peanut buttery. Everything worked beautifully together, and I was one very happy peanut butter enthusiast. Then I tried Adventure Buddy's Opera Cake. WOWZA! The layers of different textures were incredible! The espresso-soaked almond cake, creamy mousse and rich chocolate ganache came together beautifully. And that chocolate ganache?! To die for! I'm not usually someone who gravitates toward coffee-flavored desserts, but this was absolutely worth stealing a few bites of! What made this discovery even better was learning that Sift is a family-owned, French-focused bakery operated by Pastry Chef Adam Young, with everything made from scratch in-house. They offer everything from artisan breads and breakfast pastries to sweet and savory treats, so clearly we only scratched the surface of what they're creating. For about $14, Adventure Buddy and I enjoyed two fantastic desserts and turned an ordinary evening at our hotel into a delicious little date-night finale. We stumbled upon Sift completely by accident, and I'm SO glad we did! We'll absolutely be back the next time we're adventuring in Mystic because there were approximately 47 other things in those cases that I still need to try.

3.5/5. I came in on a rainy Saturday morning. The line moved pretty quickly. It's a cute spot with…read morea lot of options! I went with the almond croissant, a sea salt chocolate chip cookie, an oatmeal blueberry cookie, and a hot coffee. I was fairly disappointed in the sweets - the croissant was almost like a cream puff, not a lot of almond flavor. The cookies were okay, I might have set my expectations too high! I'd come back but would probably get other things next time.

If you thought about going to sift, dont! skip it and go to Giulianos. This place has become part…read moreof my weekend routine, i need that bacon egg and cheese sandwich saturday morning! and the pastries are delicious! Con: they have very limited parking and limited seating. Also everytime i order, the woman at the front is rushing me, there is usually a line but it goes by quick! and you can look at the pastries while in line.

I've come here a couple times, however this last time rubbed me the wrong way...My party of 2 came…read morein midday on a Sunday looking to get an assorted box of cookies and 2 eclairs. Nothing crazy. We were greeted by a taller big guy kindly at first-- that is until he heard our order. As soon as he heard that we wanted to pick our own cookies, he huffed and sighed taking out the box...which fine, we have both worked retail and understand the mid-day burn out. We decide to keep the box light with 8 cookies. Instead, he points to the pre-packaged cookies with about 30 cookies wrapped up. I look at them and thank him for the offer, but that we would like a smaller amount. Another head shake and sigh. We proceed to pick out our cookies and thank him heartily...all with no reply from him. We were simply coming in to order cookies and left feeling like we did something wrong. After that negative interaction, we decided to shake it off and eat some cookies in our car by the beach. Unfortunately, our cookies were stale and many of the cookies tasted the same despite being completely different kinds...2/5 experience, however I will update with another visit to see if that changes or if I just came at a bad time. Edit: Owners do not seem to care about reviews here. Updated to a 1/5 stars.

I've never had such a cute cake ever in my life. It was an amazingly pleasant experience working…read morewith Allison. I definitely suggest her business. She prepared our baby boy's birth sex reveal cake. Honestly, everyone -including me- were more hyped on the cuteness of this cake then the reveal Business side: Allison was super professional and dedicated. I filled out the online form for cake request and she turned back to me shortly with her design idea that captures what I envisioned and quote. She was very quick to respond, kind and accommodating to all the request. She prepared the cake in a very short time. The delivery was good and she provided me instructions on how to cut it and store it. It was very professional, yet I left feeling very satisfied working with her and welcomed with my needs. The artist side is a whole different level of top notch effort. She captured my theme immediately. When I received the cake, I was in awe! The details of the cake is a real artist's masterpiece. I fell in love with the cuteness of the baby bees, the delicacy of the daisies, the partially darkened way to represent the realistic honey comb... Everyone admired the cake. The cake was made inside with blueberry buttercream and coconut cake. It was super tasty. She used dye for our baby boy birth sex reveal. The outside was mixture of buttercream, fondant, chocolate.

Very please with the communication I had with my order and service provided - she was great and all…read moreduring a busy holiday week.

Lovely community the people here are so welcoming and the food was so good will be coming back here…read morebefore work

I am so happy they now have seating. We usually get sweets to go. (Cinnamon buns for DH and Guava…read moreand cheese stick for me) but we were fortunate to be able to take time and eat a meal there recently. The food is absolutely delicious. DH opted for the breakfast platter, (he said it was yummy!) and I had chicken soup and a monte christo. Everything was cooked to perfection and delicious. We took home a quart of the ​soup for my work lunches and of course some sweet treats from their bakery. This restaurant is ALWAYS busy, but you receive fast and excellent service! ​

Great small casual local cafe that is known for its sourdough goodies. They offer everything from…read morehouse-made bread, morning rolls (sweet and savory), cookies, to pizza and sandwiches. They make their own blend of house teas which are delicious. It's a small spot that has both indoor and outdoor seating. The staff are all very friendly. We ordered the mushroom toast, house breakfast sandwich and two dark chocolate glazed sourdough donuts (which are made to order). This was our second visit of the weekend and everything was delicious both times. Definitely adding to our Rolodex of places to return to and highly recommend!

Nana's has something for everyone: pizza using the sourdough they bake in house, a killer spicy…read morekale Caesar salad, sandwiches, and a pastry section including seasonal doughnuts. So that means everyone loves Nana's. Which means that, on a very rainy weekend early afternoon, we ended up waiting quite a long time to order and then to get our food but ... I suppose it was worth it (this is high praise coming from someone who almost never believes waiting in a long line is actually worth it). My friend and I split the spicy Caesar kale salad as a starter. I cracked up when I saw "massaged kale" as one of the ingredients. But all jokes aside, this was one of the best kale salads with abundant dressing and, in lieu of croutons, breadcrumbs and cashew parmesan. It tasted pretty indulgent and rich but you can certainly fool yourself into thinking it's actually healthy. I got the tomato sandwich plus bacon (so a BLT without the L) and it was pretty good, though I do wish they cut the bread a little thinner so I could pick it up and eat it as a sandwich. As it were, I just used my knife and fork - certainly more civilized. The pizza was also not bad, though I wish there were some more of the toppings - heard it's leagues better than Mystic Pizza. There are a few tables inside but be prepared to wait. When it was peak rush hour, there were two lines inside, one for the bathroom and one to place an order. Even though they were so slammed, the staff couldn't be friendlier. Our waitress in particular came by often to see how we were doing. Parking lot also filled up. We parked in the Mystic train station and then walked over.

We ordered a chocolate cake with buttercream frosting for our sister's celebration and it was…read morefabulous!!! Our second year in a row ordering from Zest Stonington and find their cakes to be the best in the area.

Stopped in at Zest for year 3 and this time I had a white chocolate Dubai latte and one of their…read morepeanut butter squares. I will say this though, for small business Saturday they need to have at least 6 more people working, we had to wait over a half hour for 3 coffees.

I was walking by with my dog and saw the walk up window and specials billboard outside. It's…read morePerfect for folks who are enjoying time with their k/9's and can't go inside establishments. I ordered a chai latte and an orange scone. The cashier was friendly and the service was very efficient. There are places to sit down afterwards. I highly recommend this small gem of a place!!! And order the orange scone

Cute spot! I got a blueberry peach scone and a hot coffee and walked around the seaport area…read more.. Good vibes! The scone was pretty good and the other goodies looked tasty too, but it's a bit hard to see them behind the ordering window.

Loved the cake tasted great, loved the decoration, showed them a reference picture of what I…read morewanted and they did exactly that!

I thought that the cake was good overall, but was not impressed with the presentation, the…read morelettering or the overal professionalism of the cake presentation itself unfortunately. Service was attentive.

I can't say enough about Holmberg's orchard. Fruit picking is the best. I've done berries, apples,…read morepeaches, pears. Everything is delicious and all of the grounds are well maintained. I love the little shop, I've never had anything from there that wasn't fresh and delicious. I just love this place. Also the best cider donuts in the fall, always fresh. Great place.

I remember coming to the Orchard years ago. It was nice to see them at a festival this weekend. I…read moregrabbed a half gallon of the apple cider- cost was a little high at seven dollars. However, the site was super sweet and light and made the best apple cider margaritas!