This place has the most amazing peanut butter fudge. The owner is so kind and will make special…read morerequests. Great cupcakes and chocolate dipped strawberries. White cake balls are my favorite of all time.

This place is delicious however I am very disappointed with the service…read more My fiancé and I booked them for our wedding months in advance. 2.5 months before the wedding we reached out to see if we could meet up to just go over and finalize it all before the wedding. They had recently moved and we were told that they lost the book with our order. They still had the picture of the cake we wanted but no information on numbers of cupcakes, cake balls, or flavors. Mind you we only found out because we reached out to them... Okay crap happens so I asked if we could meet up again and go over and offered have a date that worked with our schedules because my fiancé only has one weekend off a month. I explained that and said that I didn't remember the flavors we had decided on and would like to meet anyway. The owner read the message and never replied. After talking to my fiancé we decided that we would go a different direction with our wedding and I sent another message to let them know that and told them I hoped they had a great week. Again, they read the message and didn't reply. You cannot comment on fb to leave a review so that's why I'm doing it here. The treats are delicious but the lack of response and communication of this mistake has really turned me off from them and I won't be going back. Now 2.5 months before our wedding we are working to book someone else. I know it'll all work out but still it's an inconvenience and the fact that we haven't heard anything else from the shop is a huge disappointment.

My partner and I have been to this place in Bloomington a couple of times. Both times we got their…read morecoffees and I have to saw they are pretty good their pastries are good too. Friendly service from the staff, the spot is nice and clean but you only can order from inside and. Then they literally have maybe 6 chairs outside for sitting. We wouldn't mind going back for their coffee and trying out some of their baked goods next time we are in Bloomington.

Friendly little coffee and bakery shop in historic building in downtown Bloomington. I guess…read morethey're still following some kind of protocol by only allowing two people in at a time-that being said not many more could fit in there. Good selection of baked goods and pastries. Good coffee. Seating out front is nice. Good option for basic coffees and baked goods.

Really liked it. I believe it's mostly, if not all, vegan. I know they were experimenting with some…read moreitems with dairy a while ago but I did not notice any non-vegan items while I was there, so not sure if that's still a thing. Anyway, it is a little out of the way. It's walkable from downtown but not really in the downtown core. Pretty quiet when I was there, but the atmosphere felt approachable. Some of the chairs were like school desk chairs (adult-sized, of course) that I haven't seen since I was in primary school which was kind of funny. The guy at the counter was cheerful and friendly. They looked like they had run out of some of the hot savory items by Saturday mid-afternoon, but there was still a wide variety of sweets. I believe the current owners are Indian, and you see some of those flavours featured. I got: Samosa handpie: Good, not mind-blowing, but good. Nice flavours. If you like a flaky crust, this is not it, but I liked the rustic pastry crust. Pistachio cardamom donut: Loved it. Before I moved to Bloomington, there were a few bakeries that offered vegan-GF cake donuts that I loved, and this was the first thing I've gotten here that reminded me of that. Pleasant texture and strong cardamom flavour, not too sweet. I think these are baked donuts, so they're a little different from regular fried donuts, but in a good way IMO. Rose dream latte: Milk with rose syrup topped with coconut whip and nuts, no espresso. Tasted great, but more of a dessert drink than I was expecting. The coconut whip was quite thick. The concept could probably use some refinement, because the whip was too thick and rigid to drink without a straw, but the nut pieces were too big to go through a straw, and so I couldn't figure out the best way to drink it. From what I understand, there are some longtime fans of this place who feel like the quality has dropped since the most recent change in ownership, but as someone who had never been here before, I really had a good experience. I get why people would be upset when something changes, but if you are considering trying this place for the first time, I wouldn't be too put off by the negativity around the change in ownership. There's no other place specialized in vegan baking in Bloomington, so I think it's good to support what they are continuing to do here, and even though I am partial to vegan food I wouldn't say that if it wasn't also GOOD. They also had some refreshingly unique options for baked goods.

Rainbow Bakery sits off of 4th street west of the IU campus. It's all vegan, and we had a chance to…read morestop by and get two donuts and a cookie. The inside is cute and whimsical. The owners, a Sikh family, gave us their cardamom donut for free. The samosa hand pies were out. I would rate it 4/5. The decor was nice, and the owners were friendly. We were told that the staff is limited, and the owners themselves are thinking of selling this location and hoping to restart it in Greenwood, where they currently live and actually drive down to Bloomington every day. The matcha latte was fine. Everything was fine but not great. The vegan chocolate chip cookie was good, but could've used more chocolate chips.

Stopped in for something sweet and boy oh boy was I surprised. I wont lie its a bit pricey, but…read moreeverything I tryed was amazing. They had samples out and im happy they did. I ended up getting some truffles and a chocolate bar which were both amazing. The truffles didnt make it to the car.

A once great local institution, but something has gone awry these days -- two weeks before…read moreChristmas, their website accepted an online holiday order. But as the holidays arrived, there was no sign of life, no answer to phone calls or online messages. It's bad enough for the place to be defunct, but to be defunct with a zombie website borders on fraudulent, unfortunately.

This is the IU bakery and coffee shop located in the Memorial Union building. Their baked goods can…read morealso be found at other campus cafes. The baked goods are awesome! The cookies and muffins and cinnamon roll just seem to melt in your mouth (I'm sure lots of butter is involved). They even have a very good vegan coffee cake! The drinks are not great and consistency is not the name of the game. Maybe the coffee is better than the tea, but the chai tastes more of sugar and cinnamon than tea, and the matcha was very murky, but maybe that's because I got the strawberry matcha and that affected the colour. It didn't taste bad but just didn't taste like quality matcha. They have decent teabags, but the brand and selection varies and is not what's listed on the menu board. They can do a tea latte but don't always have teas that work well with milk. I like the iced tea they make during the summer better than the hot tea. They sometimes have bubble tea, which is made with a machine and is decent (as far as artificially flavoured tea goes) but very sweet. It's a complete gamble as to whether or not the bubble tea machine will actually be on at any given time. I tried to get it in the evening once but was told they usually power it down around 6, so came back around 4:30 next time, but it was off again. I finally did manage to get bubble tea a few times around lunch time and in the morning, but there have also been days where they don't turn it on at all despite displaying the posters for it. Tapioca pearls are on the menu but they seemingly never have them, only the popping pearls. The baristas are students and are sometimes friendly, sometimes not. I would guess there's a combination of high turnover and poor training because some of them just seem very confused. They usually do okay at keeping the line moving though. I come for the baked goods, and just get a drink while I'm at it because I don't want to wait in another line at Starbucks even though I actually think Starbucks makes slightly better drinks.

Ordered two gingerbread cookies, and this is what we got. Pathetic. We will be looking elsewhere…read moreshould we want gingerbread cookies in the future.

Oh! My! Wow! What other exclamations can I think of to put here? I literally just finished dinner…read moreat Chop Shop. I only found out tonight that they even had a restaurant. I thought it was just a butcher shop and bakery. I'll start of by saying that the sandwich I had was so much more amazing than I expected. And dessert. OH, so good! I expected as much, given what I think I know about the bakery. Dinner was pretty simple overall. There were a few hiccups here and there, and I was going to dock a star, but darn it, that sandwich was SOOOOO good! My partner had the pulled pork sandwich, and I had the pulled pork burger, which was a very generous portion of burger, pulled pork, and bacon. Kid had the kid's burger meal. Service was good, and we were immediately informed that they were having problems with the Co2 for the fountain drinks. Bah. Well, lemonade for one, chocolate milk for the other, and water for me. They actually had cold Jarritos drinks on the butcher side, and either that or some other beverage would have been nice, but they weren't mentioned. Those things are bound to happen from time to time. Have I mentioned how good my sandwich was?! One of the things that really impressed me was that the pulled pork without BBQ sauce still had good flavor. I've often had pulled pork that only had any flavor once sauce was added. The kid enjoyed her burger, but had to pluck off unwanted toppings. They had lettuce and tomato on there, which wasn't listed on the menu. There was one other little hiccup with the meal, but it was handled well. Here's a plus! When you dine in, you get 10% off the bakery side. Want a delicious cupcake? Some cheesecake? A little strawberry rhubarb pie? They've got you covered! I got a slice of red velvet cheesecake, not knowing exactly what to expect. What a great combo that was! It had the red velvety goodness mixed with the creamy cheesecake. I don't know how they worked that magic, but they made it work VERY well! My only other personal note is the large number of TVs going. It didn't detract much visually, but just enough. I'm guessing they get good game crowds, and since they host the IU coaches show, they may get a pretty loyal crowd for IU games. In any case, this HAS to be my new go to. The prices were reasonable, the food was AMAZING, and the meat is sourced locally from Fischer Farms. There is a pretty good variety of meats and other food items to choose from while you're there. I don't know how long the restaurant has been part of Chop House, but I'm glad it's there. It's definitely a hidden gem!

Returned to the Chop House again because we wanted to try the new soup and salad bar. I couldn't…read moreresist the cheese log appetizer again (cut down into large nugget size this time) - and it was still amazing. The salad bar can be purchased separately for $12.99 or added to an entree for $5.99. I was feeling gluttonous so in addition to the appetizer, I went with the NY Strip w/fries and mac n cheese and added the salad bar. It was for research purposes for the Yelp community! Rest of family did sirloin steaks with baked potato and green beans. Did I mention gluttony? The salad bar was fantastic - a bargain as an entree or ad an add-on. The soup choices were all great but I went with the chili (delish) and the baked potato and bacon (very good) and the fried biscuits and apple butter were great too. I may have had three. Or four. Another good trip and we were very pleased with our food and our server - we will return but might need to reign in how much we order :).

Around January of this year we met with Janie, planned our cake, and she seemed very nice so we…read moreleft a deposit and decided to go with her for our wedding cake. In April I emailed her to see when I could come by to give her decorations and her money for the cake; she never responded. So them about 3 weeks or so later I called her and left a voicemail, still no answer. A week or so later I decided to look up some reviews on her (I should of done this from the beginning I know), and most were negative. They said they had the same problems with her not returning their calls, and a couple people also said she messed up their cakes, and did not do at all the design they had discussed. Obviously, at this point we were very concerned. I gave her another week to return my phone call and email. She did not, so I left another message stating that we wanted our deposit back. Two weeks later when we were in her area (we live about an hour and a half away) I called her and she actually answered! When I explained that we wanted to go another route due to dependability, and I explained-very calmly and politely- all the times we tried to reach. She then got rude and snippy with me. She made bogus excuses, that anyone with a basic understanding of how voicemails work would of known were not true. She never once apologized, and just said the deposit was nonrefundable. I then explained why we felt it should be in this instance considering it was her fault why we were cancelling our order. She did agree to refund (very rudely) and said she would send it out on Monday, which would mean that we should receive it no later than Wednesday. It is now a week past when we should of received it, and no surprise, I've called twice and left a voicemail with no return. The reason we went to her in the first place was because she was on Spring Mill Inn's bender list, which we will be informing them of our problems as well. I have never seen a business owner act so unprofessionally. I would strongly advised to everyone that they save theirselves the headache and find someone else!

From the owner: I love creating cakes and cupcakes! I have been decorating cakes for family and friends for 34…read moreyears. With the love and support of my wonderful family and friends, I have a beautiful shop in my home. This allows me to have flexible hours for my customers. I love challenges so feel free to call or email me and we will see what we can create together

Our favorite Ice cream shop to visit when in Bloomington. Great vegan options options for people…read morewith milk allergies.

Was very glad I tried it but not sure it's worth the hype. Few thoughts:…read more-the butter pecan homemade ice cream was pretty good but not the best I've had. (Kilwins may be #1) -the wait was very long. About 20-25 minutes. Woof. -they have items posted on the top near the ceiling but don't tell you what they are to know how much it is. -you can't see the menu from the line area.

The donuts are really good here, my suggestion is their apple fritters they are the bestread more

I have been generally dissatisfied with donuts in Indiana. These are the best I've found so far,…read morebut they're not perfect. I'll give them credit for being fresh-fried and having a good dough flavor. The apple fritter was particularly good, with nice big chunks of apple. However, I found some of the donuts (especially the glazed) to be too soft, and many donuts had so much sweetness in the dough that it was overwhelming when taken together with the glaze. They definitely deserve their reputation and their regular crowd, but I don't think I'd make a special trip from Bloomington.