My fiancé and I came for a cake tasting - having booked well over 2 months in advance. We were so excited but left disappointed. Sorry for the long post.We were called the day before to see if could move the date from Sat to Fri - unfortunately we couldn't and when we replied such, we were advised that it would be ok. I wish they would have told us why they were trying to reschedule. Because we would have moved the date… we just couldn’t meet on a Friday.After driving over 2.5hrs we get to the shop -super cut by the way! – We walked in and waited or turn in line. A couple came in behind us and the host asked them if they were there for hi-tea and then turned to us and asked if she could seat them first. I said no problem – but when they asked if they could use the room where the tasting occurred, the hosted advised them that room was reserved for a cake tasting and she was waiting for them to arrive. I interrupted and said, yes that is us. She didn’t even ask how to help us even though she clearly knew we were there first – and waiting. Once she realized that she seated us first. I am thinking she didn’t think we were the couple because we have our daughter with us and that maybe we were in there to just order baked good. I am not sure why customers are treated differently when they walk in.I was a little put off by that but tried not to let it bother me – things happen. I wanted to make the best of this experience. After we were seated, we were told that someone would be right with us. The baker came in and told us that she was covering for the person – I think the owner – because she was at the festival serving her Mediterranean food. That baker was super sweet but really just gave us a plate of cakes and waked away. We couldn’t share our design ideas, ask questions about pricing or delivery. We were instructed to call the owner on her cell later. Honestly, we didn’t know who we were meeting, and they could not have said anything – I wouldn’t have known the difference.I felt really slighted. First by being overlooked by the host and then by the owner for choosing to work at the festival and not work with potential clients. And to top it off, the whole reason we came was because they made tiramisu cakes – they made us pay extra to taste it. And it wasn’t even good – couldn’t taste the coffee at all.All of these things were minor and normally would have bothered me so much but combined they really painted a picture that didn’t sit well with me. This situation could have been handled so much better, and various times.- When you call to try and reschedule you can say that unfortunately something came up and we can’t meet the date and try to find out another time that would work- Serve customers in the order they come in- Maybe don’t tell potential clients that a food festival is more important than their wedding cake.- Have someone work the festival for the hour it took for the tasting.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Shawna T.
The tea service, pastries & ambience are all amazing. Gluten free treats too!! I love it here.
Teodora Doncheva
This place is phenomenal! Starting with the atmosphere, it definitely has an European feel to it that I’ve rarely seen elsewhere. The pastries are works of art, and incredibly delicious. You can taste the care and love they put into their craft. The special occasion cakes are incredible. They truly care about their customers and create a welcoming and delightful atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rosie P.
First time visiting this establishment and I was taken aback by the lack of transparency on their pricing of items in the baked goods section. As a customer I think not only is it important to label what the items are (which they did have) but also include the price of the item on those labels as well. I saw no menu listing the items and their pricing at all except for the drink/beverage menu. Unless I somehow missed it but I checked around for pricing. I hope this will be something they can improve in order to be more transparent with customers.
Georgi S.
It's one of the best bakeries with an European style pastries. Love their opera cake but the other are awesome. It's a family business with awesome people and pastries. It is a hidden gem.
Kater D.
Wow wow and more wow. Gergana Karaelov has a very special place tucked behind movie theater.
Pooja Chaudhary
TLDR; Great selection of pastries. Skip the coffee and get the tea instead.We came in first thing in the morning and there was already a line, which moves quite slowly- so if you’re not big on waiting, get here sharp at opening time.Food: we ordered the almond peach tart, almond chocolate croissants and a blueberry scone - everything was so incredibly good. The croissants are so flaky, and probably the best I’ve ever had. We also got the opera cakes to go, but I wasn’t too impressed with those.Drinks: the coffee is quite mediocre but the tea selection is absolutely fantastic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Kai-Jen Zheng
Best Christmas cake I have ever had!!!
Food: 5
Shanda Fogle
An absolute pleasure to work with them on a dear friend's birthday cake. Not only was it perfect, it tasted unbelievably perfect! I look forward to order from them again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Birthday Cake
Valerie C.
cake I had from there was inedible. they're expensive and not good it was a wedding cake so I'm sure the people paid a lot of money for it
July 2023 So we had stopped in since we got one of those Sonoma deals for a discount. You'd think that getting up to 100 would be hard but our commitment to carbs and sweets runs deep apparently. We ended up with 3 or 4 boxes I'd say. Service was friendly and helpful with any questions we had, though we really did end up getting a few of each things for most of the case at the front. Everything had good flavors for us tho even we ran into a wall eventually. For the Gluten Free offerings, the brownie was good but the Gateau Parisien was our friends favorite by far out of everything. I really liked the fruit tart and the snickerdoodle. The blueberry scone was nice with a good ratio of blueberries in it.
Laura Tew
Gergana and her team at Patisserie Angelica are making magical tasty temptations. I love going there because I'll always get great service and wonderful desserts. The other week I had the best blueberry scone ever! I'm looking forward to attending their Holiday Open House in November and sampling their pies and holiday specialties. If you haven't had a chance to treat yourself to one of their delightful desserts, be sure to put it on your list of to do's this holiday season!
Alina Sobinina
Visit Patisserie Angelica, everything is delicious! My personal favorite is Gateau Parisian, which I haven't found at any other patisserie around Bay Area and surrounding areas. It's light, unique, delicious, and leaves you wanting to have another one. Very European, which is an uncommon treat for the area. But everything else is a must try as well.Recently had the pleasure of having owner, Gergana, create a custom cake for my grandma's 100th Birthday celebration. Two layers, one was Almond Apricot Cake (also unique and quite delicious cake you can't find anywhere else in the nearby 100+ radius area) and the other Tahitian Vanilla Bean Cake (delicate, light and to fit most taste-buds) were gone in matter of minutes. Design paid tribute to my grandma's interests (love for lilacs and cross-stitching) and Gergana captured conceptual design and doodle mockups in such a beautiful and neat detail that I, Grandma, and everyone was marveling at it every chance we got. We didn't want to cut into the cakes to ruin the creation, but glad we did because the cakes were incredibly tasty. Grateful to Gergana for her care, attention to detail, patience working with me and my requests. Her customer care and patisserie skills capture you (well they captured me) and you're happy to be coming back for more, even when you have to commute to them hour-and-a-half + (without traffic, one way). My family and I are amazed at your skills and appreciate you taking such artistic and baking expertise and care into making this cake. This cake creation was memorable, unique, and scrumptious, and left a very personal and touching imprint on my Grandma's special day and for all of us celebrating. Thank you!
Deborah S.
Our son wanted a tiramisu cake for his birthday... it was delicious! I highly recommend this bakery. Wonderful GF cookies, too! We'll be back.
Laura Kay T.
This is a great spot to stop and pick up a decadent treat. Yesterday I got a raspberry chocolate truffle, raspberry macaron and a berry cream scone. It was the best scone I've ever had. Moist, light and delicious. The other treats were fabulous too! It's a hidden gem in Sebastopol.
My fiancé and I came for a cake tasting - having booked well over 2 months in advance. We were so excited but left disappointed. Sorry for the long post.We were called the day before to see if could move the date from Sat to Fri - unfortunately we couldn't and when we replied such, we were advised that it would be ok. I wish they would have told us why they were trying to reschedule. Because we would have moved the date… we just couldn’t meet on a Friday.After driving over 2.5hrs we get to the shop -super cut by the way! – We walked in and waited or turn in line. A couple came in behind us and the host asked them if they were there for hi-tea and then turned to us and asked if she could seat them first. I said no problem – but when they asked if they could use the room where the tasting occurred, the hosted advised them that room was reserved for a cake tasting and she was waiting for them to arrive. I interrupted and said, yes that is us. She didn’t even ask how to help us even though she clearly knew we were there first – and waiting. Once she realized that she seated us first. I am thinking she didn’t think we were the couple because we have our daughter with us and that maybe we were in there to just order baked good. I am not sure why customers are treated differently when they walk in.I was a little put off by that but tried not to let it bother me – things happen. I wanted to make the best of this experience. After we were seated, we were told that someone would be right with us. The baker came in and told us that she was covering for the person – I think the owner – because she was at the festival serving her Mediterranean food. That baker was super sweet but really just gave us a plate of cakes and waked away. We couldn’t share our design ideas, ask questions about pricing or delivery. We were instructed to call the owner on her cell later. Honestly, we didn’t know who we were meeting, and they could not have said anything – I wouldn’t have known the difference.I felt really slighted. First by being overlooked by the host and then by the owner for choosing to work at the festival and not work with potential clients. And to top it off, the whole reason we came was because they made tiramisu cakes – they made us pay extra to taste it. And it wasn’t even good – couldn’t taste the coffee at all.All of these things were minor and normally would have bothered me so much but combined they really painted a picture that didn’t sit well with me. This situation could have been handled so much better, and various times.- When you call to try and reschedule you can say that unfortunately something came up and we can’t meet the date and try to find out another time that would work- Serve customers in the order they come in- Maybe don’t tell potential clients that a food festival is more important than their wedding cake.- Have someone work the festival for the hour it took for the tasting.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
The tea service, pastries & ambience are all amazing. Gluten free treats too!! I love it here.
This place is phenomenal! Starting with the atmosphere, it definitely has an European feel to it that I’ve rarely seen elsewhere. The pastries are works of art, and incredibly delicious. You can taste the care and love they put into their craft. The special occasion cakes are incredible. They truly care about their customers and create a welcoming and delightful atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
First time visiting this establishment and I was taken aback by the lack of transparency on their pricing of items in the baked goods section. As a customer I think not only is it important to label what the items are (which they did have) but also include the price of the item on those labels as well. I saw no menu listing the items and their pricing at all except for the drink/beverage menu. Unless I somehow missed it but I checked around for pricing. I hope this will be something they can improve in order to be more transparent with customers.
It's one of the best bakeries with an European style pastries. Love their opera cake but the other are awesome. It's a family business with awesome people and pastries. It is a hidden gem.
Wow wow and more wow. Gergana Karaelov has a very special place tucked behind movie theater.
TLDR; Great selection of pastries. Skip the coffee and get the tea instead.We came in first thing in the morning and there was already a line, which moves quite slowly- so if you’re not big on waiting, get here sharp at opening time.Food: we ordered the almond peach tart, almond chocolate croissants and a blueberry scone - everything was so incredibly good. The croissants are so flaky, and probably the best I’ve ever had. We also got the opera cakes to go, but I wasn’t too impressed with those.Drinks: the coffee is quite mediocre but the tea selection is absolutely fantastic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Best Christmas cake I have ever had!!!
Food: 5
An absolute pleasure to work with them on a dear friend's birthday cake. Not only was it perfect, it tasted unbelievably perfect! I look forward to order from them again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Birthday Cake
cake I had from there was inedible. they're expensive and not good it was a wedding cake so I'm sure the people paid a lot of money for it
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July 2023 So we had stopped in since we got one of those Sonoma deals for a discount. You'd think that getting up to 100 would be hard but our commitment to carbs and sweets runs deep apparently. We ended up with 3 or 4 boxes I'd say. Service was friendly and helpful with any questions we had, though we really did end up getting a few of each things for most of the case at the front. Everything had good flavors for us tho even we ran into a wall eventually. For the Gluten Free offerings, the brownie was good but the Gateau Parisien was our friends favorite by far out of everything. I really liked the fruit tart and the snickerdoodle. The blueberry scone was nice with a good ratio of blueberries in it.
Gergana and her team at Patisserie Angelica are making magical tasty temptations. I love going there because I'll always get great service and wonderful desserts. The other week I had the best blueberry scone ever! I'm looking forward to attending their Holiday Open House in November and sampling their pies and holiday specialties. If you haven't had a chance to treat yourself to one of their delightful desserts, be sure to put it on your list of to do's this holiday season!
Visit Patisserie Angelica, everything is delicious! My personal favorite is Gateau Parisian, which I haven't found at any other patisserie around Bay Area and surrounding areas. It's light, unique, delicious, and leaves you wanting to have another one. Very European, which is an uncommon treat for the area. But everything else is a must try as well.Recently had the pleasure of having owner, Gergana, create a custom cake for my grandma's 100th Birthday celebration. Two layers, one was Almond Apricot Cake (also unique and quite delicious cake you can't find anywhere else in the nearby 100+ radius area) and the other Tahitian Vanilla Bean Cake (delicate, light and to fit most taste-buds) were gone in matter of minutes. Design paid tribute to my grandma's interests (love for lilacs and cross-stitching) and Gergana captured conceptual design and doodle mockups in such a beautiful and neat detail that I, Grandma, and everyone was marveling at it every chance we got. We didn't want to cut into the cakes to ruin the creation, but glad we did because the cakes were incredibly tasty. Grateful to Gergana for her care, attention to detail, patience working with me and my requests. Her customer care and patisserie skills capture you (well they captured me) and you're happy to be coming back for more, even when you have to commute to them hour-and-a-half + (without traffic, one way). My family and I are amazed at your skills and appreciate you taking such artistic and baking expertise and care into making this cake. This cake creation was memorable, unique, and scrumptious, and left a very personal and touching imprint on my Grandma's special day and for all of us celebrating. Thank you!
Our son wanted a tiramisu cake for his birthday... it was delicious! I highly recommend this bakery. Wonderful GF cookies, too! We'll be back.
This is a great spot to stop and pick up a decadent treat. Yesterday I got a raspberry chocolate truffle, raspberry macaron and a berry cream scone. It was the best scone I've ever had. Moist, light and delicious. The other treats were fabulous too! It's a hidden gem in Sebastopol.