Tag: Bakeries & Desserts

  • The Sicilian Butcher (Chandler, AZ) Review

    The Sicilian Butcher (Chandler, AZ) Review

    4.75* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 5* Value: 4* Service: 5* The pasta and meatballs were a little on the pricey side, but the food, atmosphere and service are fantastic and well worth a stop!

  • Ocha Bubble Tea (Windsor Heights, IA) Review

    Ocha Bubble Tea (Windsor Heights, IA) Review

    4.25* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 3* Value: 4* Service: 5* A great new stop for a variety of teas and Thai desserts – if you like lighter versions of desserts, you owe it to yourself to give this place a try.

  • Anything Sweet & More Cafe (Winterset, IA) Review

    Anything Sweet & More Cafe (Winterset, IA) Review

    ★★★★★ 4.5* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 4* Value: 5* Service: 4* For a quality ‘big city’ cup of coffee at small-town Iowa pricing, you’ll love a stop at Anything Sweet & More Cafe in Winterset!

  • Crème (Des Moines, IA) Review

    Crème (Des Moines, IA) Review

    ★★★★★ 4.5* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 4* Value: 4* Service: 5* If you are in the area and looking for a great sweet treat, snack or cocktail (even late in the evening), you will definitely want to give this place a try.

  • Goldie’s Ice Cream Shoppe (Prairie City, IA) Review

    Goldie’s Ice Cream Shoppe (Prairie City, IA) Review

    ★★★★★ 5.0* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 5* Value: 5* Service: 5* So many great options including some with a piece of pie blended into the ice cream!

  • La Michoacana Ice Cream Shop (Delavan, WI) Review

    La Michoacana Ice Cream Shop (Delavan, WI) Review

    ★★★★ 4.25* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 3* Value: 5* Service: 4* For great ice cream and authentic Mexican sweets, you will enjoy a stop at La Michoacana Ice Cream Shop in Delavan, Wisconsin.

  • Boxed and Burlap (Delavan, WI) Review

    Boxed and Burlap (Delavan, WI) Review

    ★★★★ 4.0* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 5* Value: 4* Service: 2* This is a top-notch place for coffee and the food options are unique and delicious. Be forewarned though that the counter food delivery is slow, confusing and frustrating. Once they get this fixed, this place will compete with top coffee and sandwich…

  • Purveyor (Des Moines, IA) Review

    Purveyor (Des Moines, IA) Review

    ★★★★ 4.25* (out of 5) Food: 4* Atmosphere: 5* Value: 4* Service: 4*

  • Home Sweet Cone (Waukee, IA) Review

    Home Sweet Cone (Waukee, IA) Review

    4.5* (out of 5) Yelp Review Google Review Food: 5* Atmosphere: 5* Value: 4* Service: 4* 05/06/2023 Home Sweet Cone Ice Cream If you follow my posts you know that I have a real sweet tooth and I eat ice cream almost every night before bed.  Therefore I had been waiting to try this place…

  • Alexander’s Patisserie (Mountain View, CA) Review

    Alexander’s Patisserie (Mountain View, CA) Review

    4.75* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 5* Value: 4* Service: 5* 04/16/2023 What a fantastic stop to serve my voracious sweet tooth on our last day before leaving the area! We took a stroll down the street and as the saying goes…I’ve never met a sweets shop that I don’t like. Everything about this…

  • Sweet Percent (Brooklyn Park, MN) Review

    Sweet Percent (Brooklyn Park, MN) Review

    4.25* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 4* Value: 4* Service: 4* 04/08/2023 Saw this place after dropping my wife off for shopping and given my voracious sweet tooth…I had to check it out! Since Bubble Tea was in the name I had to try it, going with a recommendation with half the sugar from…

  • Urban Cellar (West Des Moines, IA) Review

    Urban Cellar (West Des Moines, IA) Review

    4.5* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 5* Value: 4* Service: 4* 03/13/2023 Looking for content for HappyHourDesMoines.com, my first question was whether they had a Happy Hour – and BOY did they ever! Not only was the food, atmosphere and service fantastic – given the Happy Hour pricing, they definitely earned a 5* rating…

  • Nan’s Nummies (West Des Moines, IA) Review

    Nan’s Nummies (West Des Moines, IA) Review

    4.0* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 3* Value: 4* Service: 4* 03/15/2023 In addition to the Dutch Letter (which we’ve always found to be delicious), we also ordered their specialty – the Almond Creme cookies for each of us to try. They are so light, crumbly and delicious – don’t leave without sampling at…

  • Chocolate Storybook (West Des Moines, IA) Review

    Chocolate Storybook (West Des Moines, IA) Review

    4.5* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 5* Value: 4* Service: 4* 03/15/2023 If you follow my posts, you know that I’m a sucker for sweets – so it was hard not to like this place. We were in the area and heard about it from friends, so stopped in while my brother and Sister-in-law…

  • Hurts Donut Company (West Des Moines, IA) Review

    Hurts Donut Company (West Des Moines, IA) Review

    4.0* (out of 5) Yelp Review Google Review Food: 5* Atmosphere: 4* Value: 3* Service: 4* 02/25/2023 Hurts Donut Company This is a donut lovers paradise without a doubt – with almost any size, shape and flavor of donut that you can imaging…and a catchy business name to top it off. I have stopped here…

  • Astro Craft Ice Cream (Tampa, FL) Review

    Astro Craft Ice Cream (Tampa, FL) Review

    ★★★★ 4.25* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 4* Value: 4* Service: 4*

  • Crumbl Cookies (Clearwater, FL) Review

    Crumbl Cookies (Clearwater, FL) Review

    ★★★★ 4.0* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 4* Value: 3* Service: 4* If you like cookies, you can’t go wrong here!

  • Cinnaholic (Des Moines, IA) Review

    3.75* (out of 5) Yelp Review Google Review Food: 4* Atmosphere: 4* Value: 3* Service: 4* We were tempted into stopping here on our walk back to our car last night.  The building was well lit and clean (other than the overflowing trash container by the front door) and the smells were amazing! We were…

  • Mahalo’s Coffee (West Des Moines, IA) Review

    Mahalo’s Coffee (West Des Moines, IA) Review

    4.25* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 4* Value: 4* Service: 4* 07/23/2022 Very unique donuts with a wide variety of toppings to satisfy almost any taste buds. This place will definitely put a smile on your face when these tasty bite-sized donuts are combined with a delicious cup of coffee. You can’t go wrong…

  • Monarca Gourmet Paletas (Clive, IA) Review

    Monarca Gourmet Paletas (Clive, IA) Review

    4.5* (out of 5) Food: 5* Atmosphere: 4* Value: 4* Service: 5* 07/07/2022 I’ve decided that paletas are definitely a delicious dessert and want to return to try some other flavors and add-ons. I recommend this place for any of you with a sweet tooth like my own.