Sweet Aromas

I have a MAJOR sweet tooth, so I was excited to hear a little bakery/​coffee shop was opening in Bellefontaine. Unfortunately like most other local stores that pop up in this town, Sweet Aromas ended up disappointing me. First of all, the location is horrible. There’s no reason to go down this little alley unless you work at the courthouse, so it’s basically «out of sight, out of mind». Secondly, the cupcakes tasted horrible. Yes, they look beautiful: gorgeous packaging and thick icing that spirals 4 inches on top of the cake. That pretty icing, however, just tastes like slick grease and the cake itself is dry. We got a special buckeye cupcake that had some peanut butter cream stuffed in the middle, which was flavorless and just made the entire thing wet and soggy. Some of the cookies sound creative, but the cowboy and chocolate chip cookies that I had were hard and bland. Too expensive for such greasy, flavorless treats. Coffee was hot but no more special than a McDonald’s brew. Overall, Sweet Aromas is a great treat for the eyes but a below-​average experience for the tastebuds, and after 2 visits I probably won’t be going back.

This place is fantastic best place for coffee lovers in town period the atmosphere seems really nice for sitting down and having a meeting or catching up on your laptop. They have virtually every flavor to pick from and they can make it right unlike Tim Horton’s in town it’s just so good I’m addicted! I have had several of there pasty items and they have all been wonderful too! if there where any areas that I could complain about it would be being very nit picky so i’d rather just not complain it’s really good and you should try it!

Yummy new coffee shop on the first concrete street. I got the gingerbread latte and it was perfect. We brought the kids with us and they loved the cinnamon rolls Very kid friendly and the prices are good.

Great prices on just plain olé coffee. There other assorted drinks are about Starbucks prices. Great place to go in B-​town.

Sweet Aromas is a neat coffee shop in downtown Bellefountaine. It’s next to the courthouse on the oldest concrete street in the United States. They serve multiple brews of coffee and sell a wide range of pastries that looked absolutely delicious. Key lime cupcakes and fruit tarts are some of the treats I was eyeing. The location is spacious and there are couches as well as 2-​person tables and 4-​person tables. There’s even a huge 8-​person table near the front window and a window ledge along the other wall. It’s a great space. Perhaps a little hard to find, since it’s along Opera St rather than the Main Street. I am glad that the Italian expresso flag hanging from the window alerted me to its presence.
Why only three stars? The music was god-​awful: the kind of CD that inexpensive massage therapists play in the background. It was not soothing: it was loud. It was tacky. I almost didn’t buy coffee because when I went in and set my purse on a 2-​person table to claim it, I thought, oh my Lord, THIS MUSIC! Then I realized that I could enjoy my coffee outside at one of their two tables out front. The view from the street is great for small-​town observing, and I can’t hear the music from inside.
I hope this afternoon’s music choice was just an aberration. I would recommend Sweet Aromas to anyone needing java who is in or passing through Bellefountaine.

The map seems to be inaccurate. The actually location is east of Main Street, just south of the courthouse.
Coffee is good enough but nothing special. No pour over or French press options. The iced coffee is nice on a warm June day. Beautiful inside with so many tables and couches, cool A/​C too. Nice place to study.

Nice staff, great atmosphere. Scones were a bit too moist for a scone. Overall I will be returning anytime I am in town.

Yes! Great coffee, great atmosphere. Love the exposed brick interior.

Ambiance was very nice and relaxing, nice décor and subtle music. However, the chicken noodle soup left a lot to be desired. The odd combination of a china plate, cardboard bowl, plastic utensils, then china mug for coffee was just confusing. The soup had that metallic taste of canned broth if more than that. Maybe I was expecting too much but I was sorely disappointed. I had one chunk of chicken in a sea of noodles and pretty greasy broth. I realize Sweet Aromas is mainly a coffee shop, yet if you are going to serve food let it match the quality of your coffee drinks and baked goods. The caramel cappucino drink I had was nice, yet not very hot and also very very sweet. I realize this shop is in Bellefontaine but hold this town to a higher standard of what the outside world gets, wants, and should have.