R Ki Dessert Studio

The best cake I had in Richmond

We expected the cake to be good as usual, but it completely exceeded our expectations — it was outstanding! Beautifully made, full of fresh flavor, and the perfect centerpiece for our daughter’s birthday. Everyone enjoyed it. Rki Dessert Studios is a place we’d recommend not just for special occasions, but anytime you want to treat yourself to something truly delicious.

This coffee and cake shop seemed to be very popular with guests on Valentine’s Day💕. I ordered the chesnut Napoleon pastry for $12 and loved the pastry chef’s creativity of adding coffee flavoured jelly and chewy tapioca pearls in the pastry. The fancy presentation of their other cakes is delightful.

Differential Treatment
Guy that works there ignored me when I stood in front of him at the counter. He even walked away without any acknowledgment, not even a smile. Then a lady came over and served me courteously. Noted the tables were not cleaned after customers have left. Then a couple came in, that guy went straight to their table to clean up and moved the dirty plates and cups left there and politely greeted them with a friendly smiling face. Afterwards he even brought the drinks to their table, yes, with a smiling face of course. I had to go to the counter to pick up the drink myself. And I did pay a tip too when purchasing. Now why do they expect tips I wonder. You are supposed to put your used plates and cups away in their designated area too after finish. By the way, they also charge you extra % when you use credit card for purchases there. And from reading owner’s replies to other reviews - he/she does not really care about your business at all.

I’ve been enjoying cakes from this shop ever since they opened their first location, and they’ve never disappointed. The desserts are always fresh, flavorful, and beautifully made. You can really taste the quality in every bite. It’s become my go-to place whenever I want something sweet, and I always recommend it to friends who love good desserts.

Nice cake and bread! Love the napoleon! Coffee is great as well!

Very questionable about this greyish white stuff inside their mango mochi…. Tastes very unpleasant, not so fresh mango + weird textured cream, not a good experience overall.

Delicious desserts, plus crisp fresh fruit and juicy fresh grapes

Bad service

I visited this café right after they opened and ordered a coffee and cake. There was only one table marked for laptop use, limited to one hour. After an hour, I asked the staff if I could order more food and continue working a bit longer, but they firmly refused. I then asked if I should leave, and they told me I could stay but not use my laptop.

At that time, I was the only customer in the café. I didn’t use their power outlets or Wi-Fi, so this rule felt unreasonable. I left immediately, leaving my coffee and cake unfinished. I understand having policies, but they should be applied with some flexibility. Sadly, I won’t be coming back.

Friendly and helpful service. Had the blueberry cake and pistachio cake.

The blueberry cake had more blueberries inside the cake. Layered with chocolate chiffon cake and chocolate oatmeal centre with small crunchy chocolate balls. Very tasty combination.

The pistachio cake was our favorite. It had a light pistachio flavour, but the inside was layered with white chiffon cake and jelly/pudding filling and grapes. My kids loved the jelly filling and the grapes were very sweet. At $13 per mini cake it was worth it for the size and considering how different it was from other chiffon cake places.

If you wanna study or work, do not choose this place! They do not let you sit for more than an hour which is ridiculous!
They will charge you 2% if you want to pay by credit card!
Matcha latte was okay!

My first visit to this place. Even though it doesn’t have the greatest exterior the inside was surprisingly pleasant. Nice selection of coffees and pastries. Extremely friendly and helpful staff 👍

ordered strawberry cake. very moist, and the coconut jelly was a really unique and excellent touch to the cake to add a change in texture. cake is not too sweet, and is refreshing. I can tell they put alot of love and care into their desserts here. I will be back =)

It’s a really cute cake shop! The mini cakes are around the size of a normal cake slice. We split 2 cake among 3 people and it was the perfect amount for after dinner dessert. The cakes were extremely tasty.