I was visiting my family for my birthday from SoCal and was researching bakers who created vintage…read moreheart cakes. So grateful to have come across Ruby Cakes of Monterey! I first reached out on instagram then we transitioned to the phone in order to discuss details such as flavor, colors, pricing, and the date. Service was friendly and patient as we messaged back and forth. I decided on a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream filling, light pink and white designs, with just my name in the center. Ruby offers delivery free of charge within an 8 mile radius of her location which was very helpful. We set a date and time. She was understanding when on the day of, we shifted to an earlier drop off and met us accordingly. Payment can be made through Zelle, Venmo, or cash upon arrival. She was kind enough to send photos of the cake and I was absolutely blown away! She totally brought my vision to life! When she dropped it in person, it looked even better with glitter on top! When we got home and tried it, I enjoyed the texture and flavor of the cake. It was soft and was the right amount of sweetness. If you're ever in need of a cake for an event, I highly recommend! :)

Really delicious food and great service. They mad a custom chocolate birthday cake in less than 24…read morehours and went the extra mile on decorations. It was fantastic and the perfect addition to the birthday dinner

Freedom Bakery made our cutting cake for our wedding, and we couldn't be happier with the results…read more We requested a heart-shaped, 4-layer cake with the Belgian chocolate ganache and chocolate mousse flavor (the Monterey), and it was incredible! We had a family member pick it up (they don't deliver 1-tier cakes) at their Monterey location, and it stayed quite well up until the cake-cutting portion of the evening. We will definitely be back around our first anniversary to order a similar cake to celebrate.

Dream cake is just fantastic! Hawaiian delight is scrumptious! The service is friendly and highly…read moreskilled, they always do a great job with the decorations on the cakes. We always order our cakes from them for any and all occasions. Any excuse for cake from Freedom Bakery!

Visiting the area and had a significant birthday planned for my wife…read more This cake was delivered to Fandango (who recommended Layers were also amazing to deal with). Cake arrived on time, looked and tasted spectacular (decadent chocolate cake). Couldn't be happier with everything as we didn't know any cake places. Helped make a wonderful occasion that much more special! Highly recommend getting cake from here.

I've known about this place for years but not sure why I never shopped here until yesterday! Bought…read morea dozen cupcakes and so far so good. I can't wait for the next family event or any day that we wanna indulge to get more baked goods. Cute place with readily available cakes fo any occasion. They also have pastries and bread (I saw croissant) and coffee.

You got to try their fruit tarts yum They are to die for. Just like everything else, there's…read moresomething for everybody

To say I am disappointed in the $70 Birthday cake my husband purchased is an understatement…read more He ordered a lemon cake with raspberry preserves with buttercream icing. What we received was a dry cake with hardly any flavor. My Mother thought it was just a yellow cake, she couldn't even taste the lemon. And she is an experienced baker. She made our lemon and raspberry wedding cake, that my husband was trying to recreate. The raspberry "preserves" were gelatinous, like pie filling from a can. Preserves should be a jam like consistency, only with larger fruit pieces. But sadly, this was goopy and artificial tasting. And the buttercream was greasy, not creamy, like it was made from Crisco shortening (not butter), sugar and water. It didn't even have any flavor (maybe they forgot to put vanilla extract in it?) Even the construction of the cake was poor. They clearly didn't put enough batter in the pans. Normally you shave the rounded top off to make it flat. This bakery just added tons of icing in an attempt to make up for the rounded edges. Which also meant there were barely any raspberry "preserves" in between the layers. And last but not least. When my husband special ordered the cake (in person) he asked for white sprinkles. When he arrived to pick up the cake, it wasn't ready. And they told him they didn't have white sprinkles. And offered to cover the entire cake in tiny rock hard pearls, that are typically only used sparingly for decorative purposes. Because they are so hard, many decorators recommend removing them before eating! My Dad bit into it and said it was like trying to eat buck shot. My Father has never met a cake or sweet he didn't like, until now. He didn't want another piece during his entire visit. My mother and I didn't even finish our first piece. To charge $70 for this 8" cake was just criminal. I would have returned it if I could.

Took a cookie decorating class and it was so much fun! The owner was our instructor and she had…read moreeverything laid out perfectly and the instructions moved right along. The cookies turned out beautiful and smelled divine! They do birthday parties, baby shower parties and custom orders. Can't wait for the next class. Thank you so much! Dawn Class date 2/6/23

5/5 stars! Tammy made this beautiful vanilla rainbow cake and cookies for my daughter's first…read morebirthday. It was more beautiful than I could ever imagine! To top it off, it tasted amazing! She was kind enough to find a way to fit us in and we were so grateful. She is kind, creative, and collaborative.

I have no idea why this only has 3 stars.... it is the same food as the one in Monterey.... the…read moreworkers are awesome and have a great attitude, it is clean.... I love this little gem. Today was a ham quiche! Flavors were amazing. I am not typically a crust guy, but theirs is good. the "egg/crust" ratio was perfect The "egg/ham" ratio was perfect. I loved every bite of this quiche!

The Seaside location only gets 3 stars??? But the same business Monterey location gets 4 stars…read more Chalk up the difference to location location location. Let's just call the Seaside one a "locals only" place. Right, this place was built up by French expats (before retiring/selling in 2023ish). Nothing's changed. It's still fantastic.

Glad I found this place. The burrito fe Lengua was excellent and the pan (had it later) was very…read moregood. Will stop by again!

The finest, cleanest, and friendliest Bakery in all Monterey County.......I give it a 5++++++read more

We got the two most amazing quiches you have ever seen and they were delicious. One was gluten free…read moreand it was top notch! The other was ham and swiss, everyone raved about both. !! Great service and nice people. Everything in the storefront looked amazing. Ill be back!!

My wife and I came in with high expectations after seeing many videos on social media (Instagram)…read more Overall, the latte and cappuccino were very good, and the pastries were also well made with great flavor--everything was just right. The only issue for us was the service experience. Social media sometimes shows a very different image from reality. We felt there was no warm welcome, and the staff came across as a bit cold when taking our order. Even the owner just looked at us without greeting us. We'll give this place another chance, as we'd like to believe it might have just been an off day. We hope to see some improvement in that area moving forward.

And Nece (the founder) also makes extraordinarily artistic GF cakes, with real flowers…read morewater-falling as pictured, etc! I'm not sure what more I can really add to what's already been said about the world's best entirely gluten-free bakery. I wasn't aware I had celiacs (the asymptomatic kind, which is more common than commonly understood) until recently. So I can compare Nece's with many of the world's other great bakeries in both the US and Europe (where I lived for ~dozen years) that I've experienced. Nece's is right up there with the very best non-GF bakeries too.

Amazing treats that are all gluten free!!! We had the most amazing delicious breakfast…read moresandwich...jalapeno cheese scone with cooked cheese, bacon, spinach, egg, avocado. You pick your scone and then can add goodies. We had the perfect combination! So so delicious.