Lavender Bakery & Cafe'

1820 Solano Ave, Berkeley
(510) 529-4433

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Saturday 29th ordered through DoorDash the chocolate strawberry shortcake .8inches . The top was missing the top cream and only had 5 strawberries . It was to celebrate a birthday but it looked very plain for the price. Flavor was good though .

Benny Thompson

How does a cafe on a busy thoroughfare with a school around the corner open at 830. So many other bakeries and cafes are opening at 7 am. Poor form.

Croissant was flaky, buttery, delish.
Cherry danish was fantastic, proper cherries, rich flavor, I’d eat 10 in a sitting.
Apple turnover had some undercooked pastry and on top of that the filling was an applesauce mush. Not good. Not unpleasant, but for $5.5 you’re setting a high bar and not delivering.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Michelle Rivera

Every time I go there ...they keep selling OLD cupcakes. I keep going back hoping that they wouldn't be, because 2 times I went they were good. I don't know why they think its ok. Please donate or something but to keep selling old cupcakes is not nice.

Eric Hiss

Croissant was stale at 8:30 a.m. probably the worst croissant I've had in years. Very disappointed. Many of the pastries look very delicious. Cafe has tables and chairs pushed to side perhaps since COVID days giving this a very austere and unfriendly environment. No dine in.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 3

Michelle Taylor

Never trust this place with your wedding cake. first of all, the communication when you’re trying to place your order is horrible. No returned your calls, and come to find out no one writes your order down correctly. For my wedding, I ordered a four tier naked cake with cascading flowers down it(similar like the red one) I got a flooded buttercream Cake with swirls all around it ( the white one). When I called to express my disappointment, they offered a fraction of what I paid for. I didn’t order that cake for my wedding. If I can help anyone avoid such a disappointment on your special day, please go somewhere else.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 1

Phillip McCants

This was probably an anomaly as I have had several pleasant trips to Lavender Bakery in the past, however, this past Saturday the customer service was quite nonexistent at best, and poor at worse. There was no smile or discernable greeting from the cashier. The goods are quite tasty, but the customer service left a lot to be desired and had my wife and I leaving there wondering if by placing an order we were disturbing the worker.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 1

Pamela Hancock

Im glad this bakery is open on my birthday. I picked up a gourmet mousse cake while most other bakeries are closed for some reason, jan 3rd

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Custom Birthday Cake

Isabelle Le Blanc

I bought 4 macarons, 1 raspberry tart and 1 almond crunch. The raspberries were not ripe and the pistachio macaron was moldy and my kid got an allergic reaction (he is not allergic to nuts, but fungus mold). so not fun.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

Ann Myers

I ordered the buche noël for a party. It looked lovely! However, the cake was quite dry. For the price of the cake that was disappointing. I would not order it again. Their cookies are grerat, this just missed the mark.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Khang Vu

Ordered a custom birthday cake and was very disappointed. We had specified buttercream frosting but got whipped instead, which we do not like. The cake had a spelling error on it even though we confirmed the correct spelling over the phone. Finally, the cake wasn't even ready on time. We were on a short schedule and needed the cake to be ready at 2. However it wasn't ready at that time and had to come back later to pick it up. Disappointing given the first cake we ordered was great.

Karima C

I just want to share that the wait in the morning is always too long. Sometimes there is only one person, and it's not enough employees for many customers. It's a coffee shop and they should have at least 3 people for opening .
I like to stop by to get my coffee and pastry before work but not worth it to wait that much and get late to work and didn't even enjoy my coffee.
Today's wait was 40mn

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Emily F

Cake was dry and the flavor was alright. Costco cake was prolly a better option. I had the chocolate cake with strawberry whip cream 8 inch, was cute but not worth $58.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

Dafina Riz

Trust me on this, the pastries are very mediocre and not worth the price at all. Way too overpriced for the quality that you get.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 4

Tom Fernandes

The olive bread was amazing, as well as the croissants and other pastries. The service was off the charts, truly exceptional! Highly recommended.

Nithin Yaramala

When planning your mother’s 50th birthday you strive to go above and beyond. Without a doubt, lavender bakery helped me do that. Ali and his team were very communicative and helpful from the start. From planning and designing the cake to the execution of perfection. Every party has a need for a cake, and lavender bakery has a cake for every need. It’s relieving to know that you can put your trust in lavender to cater to your needs in addition to catering to your tastebuds. I definitely recommend this establishment to anyone who is in need of something special for their loved one’s significant moments! Thank you once again to Ali and his team!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Custom Birthday Cake

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