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    The Sweet Side

    4.1 (150 reviews)
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    Justin T.

    Beautiful fanciful cakes and they taste soooo good! We had the Carrot Cake inside a mermaid tail and it was one of the moistest carrot cakes ever. So worth it. Thanks!

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    Cassie L.

    We were referred to The Sweet Side by our wedding planners. We spent $996 (including a $125 refundable deposit) on dessert for a small wedding with 30 guests. Leading up to the wedding Mindy was very difficult to communicate with and she repeatedly sent us emails asking for information that had been provided previously (e.g., day of contact, vendor access to venue, etc.). There was also a miscommunication a month before our wedding that resulted in a surprise $110 delivery charge, $55 rental fee, and $125 refundable deposit requirement. If you asked The Sweet Side team, they would say that our planners did not tell them that they needed delivery or rentals in advance of our initial invoice. If you asked our wedding planners, they would say that conversations were had months prior with The Sweet Side team and that delivery and rentals were supposed to be complimentary. For what it's worth, delivery and rentals were included in the initial invoice with a $0 line item. When we asked The Sweet Side to honor their initial invoice and waive the delivery/rental fees, they refused. Since I was not involved in those conversations I can't say whose version of the miscommunication is more correct, but after experiencing firsthand how difficult Mindy is to communicate with I tend to believe our wedding planners. Since it was only a month before our wedding we opted to pay the extra fees rather than try to find a new dessert vendor. Fortunately, the desserts the day of were a much better experience. The desserts were delivered on time and were a big hit. We ordered the predesigned magnolia cake, 8" round, with carrot cake and cream cheese on the inside and buttercream frosting on the outside ($181). It was DELICIOUS and just the right size for our small wedding. We also ordered the "sweet bites bar package" ($525) with French macarons, brownies, and cheesecake shooters. The package is advertised as intended for 50 guests but it was just the right size for our 30 guests. The macarons were especially delicious and several guests commented that they were the best macarons they had ever eaten.

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    Mark B.

    You want beautiful and delicious cakes? - say no more and check out The SweetSide bakery (www.thesweetsideseattle.com). A wonderful, local, small business TL;DR - I was super happy with my custom cake. Highly recommended for delicious, beautiful, and reasonably priced custom cakes. I haven't tried their other sweets, but based on the cake I'd bet you a box of macarons its all delicious. --- This review is for a custom cake I ordered for my wife. She's a major sushi lover and thought it would be great to surprise her with a custom sushi cake (a cake that looks like sushi, not made of sushi)! PROCESS: After looking at several greater Seattle area bakeries, I found the SweetSide to be one of the more reasonably priced options for a custom cake and decided to inquire further. The team was SUPER nice and responsive. They worked with me on what look, feel, style I wanted for the cake. They offered different pricing points and examples of what they could do. They then offered a bunch of choices of flavors for cake and filling. I was able to make my payment online and just like that I was done. I only had to wait for the pick-up date. CAKE APPEARANCE: I'll be posting pictures to this review, and they should speak for themselves. It was absolutely amazing! Matched my expectations exactly as we had communicated about. It was almost too good to eat! CAKE TASTE: I might be typing delicious about 24 times this review... it was delicious! I chose chocolate cake with nutella buttercream filling. It was SO good! The cake had great texture, the filling was not too sweet, and if you wanted that extra bit of sugary bite, the fondant actually tasted good! It was really sweet, but would balance well when eaten with the cake and filling. I repeat, the fondant was actually good! PRO TIP: as the team suggested to me, let the cake get to room temp before eating... its worth the wait. Extra notes: -my process was done all online (email/website) but they have a cute storefront, as well as a phone number to call. -the team seems very skillful and creative. If you have a vague idea for a custom cake, just talk to them, and you might be surprised with what you come up with together. -for any custom cake at any bakery, make sure you inquire well before you need to the cake. (a couple weeks prior at least to make sure they can accommodate) -the team seemed genuinely excited to work on the cake, and see my wife and my reaction when picking up the cake

    Bree W.

    We had a fantastic experience getting a small, custom wedding cake from The Sweet Side! We knew we just wanted a cutting cake and we wanted it to be Seattle Kraken themed. I worked with the team via email to design one that was in our budget. They came up with 4 designs for us to pick from! The flavor was rich and incredible and we enjoyed it for many days after. For our tasting, it was during Covid so we got a little to go box with tons of small bite-size pieces of cakes and various frostings to mix and match. That was such a fun date night experimenting with flavors at home! Cannot recommend The Sweet Side enough :)

    Clearly a response created by her. Mom shaming me? Wow.
    K H.

    It pains me to write this, but please read this to understand. The 1 star is not about their cakes (their cakes are GREAT and delicious!) But in particular ONE PERSON who has made a big enough service impact for me to NEVER RETURN (I didn't get her name, but she answered the phone and is the girl that came out to give me the cake - so in this review her name will be RUDE CHICK) Background: I had my baby shower cake designed by the amazing Tamela that I came to return for a second cake. Tamela was great and designed another beautiful custom cake for me. I prepaid for the cake and called in advance to ask if someone would be willing to step outside of the store to handoff the cake since I was on my own and would have my baby in the car and didn't want to leave her. Tamela was leaving for the day but said it was fine and that someone from the store could help. I called 20 minutes before I was going to arrive to let them know in advance I would be there. RUDE CHICK picked up and I asked if I could give her cash for extra candles since I couldn't come in to make an additional payment to the cake. As soon as I parked RIGHT OUTSIDE the store (with baby in the car) I called back to let them know that I was right outside. The RUDE CHICK explained "We can't take your cash you have to come in for the candles". I explained that I am with baby otherwise I would - so no need for the candles, I'll just pick up my prepaid cake. RUDE CHICK doesn't say anything but "Hold on" - and I'm left waiting for a few minutes while I'm just right outside sitting with baby. RUDE CHICK returns and says "I'm not Tamela, and we don't come out and do this. We are really busy and have a lot of orders to take care of." Unbelievable. I explained that I was already outside, that I called in advance and that I'm not going to leave my baby inside the car to get the cake. RUDE CHICK decided to put me on hold AGAIN. After putting me on hold for about 5 minutes.. she COMES OUTSIDE WITH THE RUDEST RESTING B!@%$ FACE, stares me down and just hands me the cake without saying a SINGLE WORD and walks away as I am talking to her to say "hey, you don't have to be so rude". So whoever that chick was - because of your attitude, AND your lack of customer service AND empathy for mothers.. I will never return for a cake. No matter how great the cakes taste and how amazing/talented/wonderful Tamela is. RUDE CHICK, whoever you are - you need an attitude and empathy check. There are many ways that you can communicate with customers that you might disagree with- but you chose the wrong new mom to mess with. - - - - *UPDATE* shortly after my review was posted- I received a response from her (included here in images). She seems to think it's okay to mom-shame me and forgot that I called in advance and asked if it was okay to have this brought out since I didn't want to leave my baby in the car. If the answer was no, I wouldn't have bothered to come and would have asked someone else to go pick it up. Simple as that. It's unfortunate that due to her lack of follow through and memory she thinks she can be even more rude and that it's okay to leave a baby at home alone. Who in their right mind would do that? Guess RUDE CHICK would.

    Photo by Sarah Anne Photography. Floral by Flora Nova.

    I would recommend the Sweet Side to all brides - we had a really good experience. I worked with Mindy for a 2-tiered wedding cake and some additional sweet bites for a dessert bar. She did a great job of answering all my initial questions and worked with me up until after contracting. We got a to-go tasting box and the hard part was narrowing down the two cakes and icings we wanted on the cake. We went with their famous carrot cake and cream cheese buttercream and the almond cake with swiss meringue buttercream. I also ordered their variety pack of bars to try, and they were really yummy too. The only downside of the tasting experience is that they don't offer tasters or anything less than an order of 3 dozen of an particular item off the Sweet Bites menu if you want to try it (i.e., the fruit crisp shooter we ordered for the wedding, we never got to try it beforehand). Being a foodie and a type A person, that was a bit of a bummer and a little risky but not a huge deal. I liked that you could rent beautiful white dessert displays from them - it was one less thing to worry about when planning a wedding and they looked great. My now husband and I were pretty set on a simple design and we sent them a picture of what we liked, and they delivered exactly that! The cake was simple yet still a statement and delicious. After being on a diet for months, I choose to have leftover cake as my choice for breakfast the day after the wedding. Yum!

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    Amazing personalized cookies for a baby shower I was hosting! Also, the cookie butter cookie was 10/10! Will definitely be going back!

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    I would say it was the best slice of cake I have ever had! I'm so delighted that they now serve cake by the slice!!!!!!

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    6 years ago

    Excellent cake. They quickly turned it around in time for a birthday. Frosting is a delight.

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    Ask the Community - The Sweet Side

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    This little gem is still going strong. Because it's a pop up, if you have not already, sign up for…read moretheir email. They are great communicators of what's going on with them. They have some favorite standards like the cinnamon roll with it without cream cheese icing, but they throw in a lot of other items. I was able to get the bourbon pecan tart, and this time of year they do a lovely little holiday box full of goodies.

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    So long and thanks for all the fish!…read more Tasty food, but what an awful value. The model worked when you opened your business because value was there. Then you chose to increase prices and decrease the quantity, which didn't make sense. Less for more? What a waste of a great idea - greed is why your business model didn't work. Your business was so hot when it opened and it actually went downhill about 6 years ago and I am not sad to see you go. Josh - to respond to your comment. My note should have inspired some reflection with the business model but it didn't. Your level of greed was insane and that is not forgiven here. You started hot and decided to squeeze more than your share from this business and this is what happens. You messed around and found out. It's sad because I actually supported the business when it opened but quickly had to end my dealings due to the high level of greed. You did this to your own business by wanting more, more and more, so please don't play the victim here. I'm sorry that you're saddened by this but what you did to the community is far worse than what I said. Actually ripping people off with your product is not having humanity. I'm not the inhumane one here and let's get that straight. I didn't rip people off - you did! You got what you deserved and that's that. You likely have time to turn things around but I doubt you can reduce your greed in time. If you do, I'll gladly come back and support yall. Again - food was great and greed was not.

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