Gallery de Sweets

I’m sorry, I hate to review places I haven’t tried personally, but after walking in and examining the cakes, I would strongly encourage people not to waste their money. As a baker who has been to pastry school, I am always interested in checking out bakeries. Waiting for dinner we popped in and were told by a friendly cashier that they make all their own cakes from scratch. Ok, that’s good. I looked at the cakes on display and they were massive but looked coarsely made and very dry. I asked if they used anything on them to moisten then, like a syrup and she had no idea what I was talking about. I’m sure she didn’t actually bake any of them herself, but they looked unappealing and the price on top of that was outrageous. I don’t consider myself a snob and I will eat a variety of foods (sometimes you just feel like Red Lobster, and not Oceanaire, ok?) but certain things you just shouldn’t bother putting in your mouth. If you are going to eat the calories and pay the money, make it something really worthwhile! Don’t compromise! And if you are simply ignorant, explore and see what else is out there! Heck, for the same price you could go to the oh-​so-​played-​out Extraordinary Desserts. Or get an awesomely plated delicious hot (or cold) dessert at D-​Bar. Please, please make the most of your dessert!

I purchased a livingsocial/​amizion deal for this place. I go to the spa next door so iv seen it before and have always wanted to try it. But unfortunately still to this day I haven’t been able too. This review is not about the quality of food its about the fact that this damn place is NEVER open. I have made 4 attempts all at different times (morning, noon, and evening) weekends and weekdays… still nothing!!! They dont have hours posted on the building so i call, it just rings and rings NO voicemail. What if someone wanted to place an order? No one can leave a message? Wierd!!! Iv learned my lesson about purchasing those deals… read reviews first!!! Turns out my fellow Unilocalers have had similar problems and the ones that made it in are not impressed.

This place has gone waaaaay down since it opened its doors, and they’re not even in business that long. When I walked in, I immediately saw very little selections of pastries — only 6 types of cake slices, a couple types of muffins and fruit tarts, are on the counter (no croissants, cookies, cream puffs, bread, parfait, etc.).
So I hovered over to their gelato selection… they seem to have a good selection, only to find that they are all STARTING TO MELT.
I immediately walked out, didn’t bother to get anything. It’s OK, I’ll hold my sweet tooth for something else worth the money.

I was in the mood for dessert after going to Phil’s and stopped in. The lady at the counter was nice. I picked the vanilla cupcake with whipped cream frosting. It was ok. Much like the ones I had at Vons. The cake part made me think it was from yesterday as it just didn’t have that just out of the oven goodness I was looking for. The frosting was fine. I expect more if I’m paying almost $ 4 for a cupcake.

Went here last night after eating at Phil’s BBQ. They have a great location, if they could actually make good use of it. We tried the large chocolate chip cookie and the cheese danish. Both sucked and sucked bad. The cookie was as hard as a hockey puck. It was actually petrified, like it had been in that case since the stone age. How can a bakery shop not bake a decent cookie? Hey, if the cookie is a week old, THROW IT OUT AND BAKE SOME FRESH ONES! Also, the flavor was very pedestrian, like a cookie you would buy in a box of 100 cookies at Costco. The cheese danish was slightly better, but it was also about a day or two old and had an odd flavor, like it had been baked using thousand year old deep fat fryer oil. Thank God, I did not get sick from this place. Nonetheless, this place still qualifies for an inspection by the Health Department. It can’t be ok to serve days old food. I did not try the gelato or cakes but they did not look any better. Avoid this place like your life depended on it. Yuck.

Finally was able to try this
and gelato shop out after 5 – 6 attempts. What a total disappointment after all this awaited time! The gelato was not only lacking in selection but was old and melted and sort of tasted sour. There was a few good looking cakes in the bakery glass but were priced $ 8 a slice.
Don’t waste your time here, take a drive some place else and enjoy your yummy gelato!

Great gelato! Stopped by after Phil’s BBQ with the coupon they handed out while standing in line! Great end to the day! NICE looking cakes, but we only tried the gelato which I thought was great! Leslie let us sample as much as we wanted too. I would gladly visit again on our next trip to Phil’s!

If you are going for ice cream or gelato, you can find better options. The cake is fantastic. Go for the cake and coffee. It’s too bad, with a great location next to Phil’s BBQ, this could be the perfect ending to a great meal. Unfortunately, it seems a little dated and the gelato had major freezer burn.

Holly chocolate awesomeness. We got a slice of Dulce de leche of cake for my babies 1^st birthday and spumoni gelato. I wish I had known about this place when I was in San Diego because it is great.

I cannot imagine why some of these reviewers wrote such nasty reviews. Three of us went last night to Gallery de Sweets and we all thought the cake was simply awesome! Oh my god! I had the Coconut Cake with a custard filling… the best I have ever eaten! The cake itself was very dense, so every bite was so rich and luscious it was to-​die for. My son also thought my cake was incredible — and he doesn’t even like coconut! Go try itself and you’ll see! And the cakes are works of art — so beautiful!

My friend got the Dulce de leche cake and i got the vanilla cupcake. The cupcake was good but what really stood out was the cake. I think I ate more of my friend’s cake than she did. It was AMAZING! The place is not cheap but totally worth it just for that cake.
My friend also got a cappuccino and she said it was good but unfortunately since they did not soy milk, I could not enjoy any of the coffee drinks they offered so the owner should definitely consider stocking soy milk there as well. Will definitely go back but probably bring my own soy milk so I can have coffee too.

From their website you would think there is a Gallery of Sweets, chocolates and nice collection of all things good. The reality is different — guess shops can ‘embellish’ themselves on the web the same way people do on dating sites.
It was a lunch time visit for me & the place was empty. I asked for coffee and a pastry — two items, black filter coffee and a pastry, $ 8 then I was asked how much I want to tip.

If you want mediocre cake for $ 8.95 per slice, then this place is for you. But for the normal people who would like to get their money’s worth, don’t even bother. I tried their pistachio gelato, I don’t know if they intended for it to be sugar free, but I tasted no sugar whatsoever… Who does that? The insanity!!!
My husband and I also tried their dolce de leche cake and cheesecake. I can’t believe I paid $ 8.95 per slice. I could’ve bought the same things at Vons and had better cake for a lot less. I wasn’t too angry because they were giving away a cup of latte when you buy a slice of cake. I had the vanilla latte, my husband had the hazelnut. The latte was actually pretty good. But I would not come back.

Went here because i had just finished up a savory meal at phils and they gave oit a 15% off coupon. The girl behind the counter was very sweet. I had gone in and found nothing really that looked to die for, until i saw the red velvet cake… i’m a sucker for red velvet. I asked for the very last slice to be cut in half for my sister and me and boxed up. The other lady took it to the back and did so. I started to notice it was taking a while, and all of a sudden in the middle of my conversation the lady comes out and says, «I dropped your cake I’m sorry, but we can compensate with any other cake here.» i responded with «i really only wanted the red velvet.» her rebuttal was «you can come back tomorrow for another slice.» … so i understand it was a mistake, but at least offer me the option of a REFUND. i live half an hour away and the other cake that i felt like i Had to take was nothing near as amazing as she made me feel like it would be… NEVER AGAIN