Fine Sweet Shoppe - Eastern Market

Been looking for quality Italian bread since I got back from Italy. By chance walked by this place and saw a sign for Italian bread and the loaf was huge. Well it was fresh and delicious. Had to buy 2 when I returned. I tried their chocolate pastry and they use a better chocolate than most places that make chocolate croissants. The owner and staff were very nice. And bonus is that they hire Filipino staff including the baker. My kababayans!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Really awful cake. Tasted like it sat in the fridge for days. Bad garlic bread, tasteless. I bought other items from the other vendors in Eastern market that were fantastic. Pastas, cheese, fresh produce were all excellent. The Sweet Shoppe was such a disappointment

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

Everything was good except for their cookies. I bought a pound of tollhouse chocolate chip cookies and they were undercooked. And I don’t mean just by a little, the entire inside of the cookie was raw dough. I spent $12 for cookies that I couldn’t eat.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Some of the worst baked goods I ever purchased. I bought 8 cupcakes, some Mexican wedding cookies, and a slab of cake with icing and nuts on top which tasted rancid. Cupcakes were extra DRY, might have been couple of days old. The cookies were okay. The bill came to around $25. I probably would've done better by walking a few blocks to Trader Joe's for my afternoon treat.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

We tried this place for the first time and were pretty underwhelmed. We tried the French apple pie, mixed berry pie and a brownie. The pies were okay, tasted a bit like store bought pie. The brownie was good! It has a nice flavor and texture. We would get the brownie again if we were there, but wouldn’t get the pies again. The French apple pie was very sweet (definitely need some variety in flavor) and the berry pie just was subpar overall. The woman who checked us out was very friendly and helpful, so our service experience was great!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 5

Nice place to order a birthday cake!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great prices and food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cakes

The pastries are hit or miss, they don't have a consistent flavor. There were a lot of gnats in the cookie display. The black and white cookie was ok it just a freezer flavor to it. The chocolate croissant was better and the pumpkin sugar cookie was hard.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Too delicious!!! Enticing display. Charming counter encounters.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is a favorite for anyone with a sweet tooth swinging through Eastern Market.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

This bakery is located in the historic Eastern market on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. My favorite thing is the molasses ginger cookie, with no icing and I like them gooey in the middle. I asked for them that way and I get them that way. Their snickerdoodles are also good and they have a nice selection of breads. Not everything is baked on premise. The owner and the other workers are all very nice people.

Parking: They are very busy on the weekends. The whole market and parking gets more difficult but come on Tuesday through Friday and you'll have your pic of parking spaces. Everything is almost everything is metered.

Kid-friendliness: What's not? Kid friendly about a bakery

Wheelchair accessibility: There are accessible parking spaces

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The dessert baked goods are yummy. They do sell bread too.It is in the historic Eastern Market, but aside from some outdoor picnic benches there is no place to sit.

Vegetarian options: I have only seen one vegan cookie there.I believe the rest of the bakery options are vegetarian. They do have bagels with toppings that are not vegetarian.

Wheelchair accessibility: You will need to come in from the newer portion of the market that is a function space.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 4

Love the bread I got. Vanilla raisin so full of raisins and you can smell the vanilla.I love the wheat and it's not my favorite type of bread but this one converts me to wheat

really love their chocolate croissants. love that the bakery has more of a no frills energy than most DC bakeries

The pastries are huge and super cute looking but everything was so dry and greasy! Honestly a let down. We got brownies and chocolate croissants.