McArthur’s Bakery

Clean and airy ambience. Serves intelligentsia coffee. Good stop for some afternoon tea and great selection of baked goods. I would recommend the traditional glazed or the apple fritter.

The new McArthur’s Bakery at 210 Kirkwood Blvd is fantastic! Their café menu is so fresh and high quality it puts any competition to bed. Their gooey butter cake, donuts, and gourmet cupcakes are a homerun. We saw some absolutely phenomenal occasion cakes leave the bakery while were there too! The employees are so friendly and fun it really rounded out the experience

McArthur’s did my wedding cake, and it was absolutely perfect (and delicious)! They were wonderful to work with, and we were so pleased with the final result!

My husband and I got our wedding cake from McArthur’s Bakery and were very pleased. I was thinking that getting a wedding cake was going to be not only very expensive, but a big pain in the neck. As it turns out, the opposite was the case. We called McArthur’s from out of sate and had everything for our wedding cake squared away after a 15minute phone call! The wedding cake arrived on time, better than I imagined, with 0 stress or effort on our part.
I had shopped around for the best priced wedding cakes and McArthurs was by far the cheapest, averaging almost half of most of the major competitors.
The fact that Mc Arthurs is LGBT friendly is the icing on the cake.

So I only came here for a piece of butter cake because my dad wanted some and this was the closest option (I’m used to going to places in STL) and idk if this is how they always are, but they were wiped out of a lot of options it seemed. Plenty of cakes and such but not a lot of individual options. We weren’t greeted and the workers weren’t busy so that was awkward. We saw a butter cake and asked if we could just have 2 slices cut out of it since individual ones weren’t available… was going to be over $ 5. We saw the price of the butter cake as a whole and it was just $ 6 so we bought the whole thing. I really like it actually because it’s not oily or too (sorry for word choice) moist. I didn’t feel absolutely sick and overwhelmed with sugar after eating a piece. It’s out of my normal route so I probably won’t return… especially since normally I just want a slice of butter cake! Weren’t especially friendly or unique either. But if you want a cheap cake, go here!

After being treated so rude @ knodel’s I drove right to Kirkwood and found McArthur’s. The lady behind the counter was very helpful and courteous and helped me pick out the perfect Valentine’s Day cake, she even made a few suggestions. I was very pleased once I had made my choice AND I didn’t have to pay a deposit! Valentine’s Day I went to pick up my cake and just like before the ladies behind the counter was very courteous and quick to get my order. She brought the cake out and opened the box and OMG it was beautiful and just like I ordered. It was a 9inch round cake but I promise you it looked bigger!!! I could hardly wait to get it home. The box said refrigerate but it wasn’t whipped cream so I let it get room temperature & dug in! The icing was rich and creamy and you could taste pieces of strawberries in the dough… aaaah I’m in love! I now know where I’ll be purchasing all my cakes from. Thank Youuu!!!

Everything here is absolutely delicious!!! This is my go to bakery as it is close to where I live and they have yet to disappoint me. Their cakes in particular are phenomenal! The strawberry cream cake is such a favorite in my family that it is requested for all family events.
I have had several custom cakes done here, all were exactly as ordered.
The cookies and donuts are also a must try!!!

I had to make a run for Gooey Butter cake and was told this was the place to go. I was surprised how quiet business was during the lunch period though I suspect it is more of a breakfast/​coffee shop.
The store was clean and I was greeted right away. The displays were full of awesome looking products. Luckily I was there for a single type of item so I didn’t have to stress about ordering. I did make a mental note to head back!
I picked up 2 gooey butter cakes for my daughter. Her comment was they they were good but slightly more lemony than ones we have had from other places. There were no pieces of the cakes left after her meeting so I don’t think that really stopped anyone from enjoying it.
My only gripe is the parking. If you are walking the neighborhood, great, try to find a close parking spot — a bit rougher.

It’s the cakes! It’s the danish choco chip, gooey butter, caramel & cherry. Defines what St. Louis bakery is all about since Lake Forest and Miss Hullings are gone.

This place used to have the best cakes in town but after ordering one recently for a birthday I was very disappointed. I ordered a white sheet cake with white icing. the cake dough was not as dense as it used to be, it was more like a dry sponge cake. The butter cream icing was piled on way too
was edible but disappointing.

Made a trip to McArthur’s for the first time for Easter. I ordered a lamb cake and some pudding cake eggs. When I got home I realized that the $ 20 lamb cake didn’t have coconut flakes which I had asked for. It looked a bit different than what I saw on the website. It looked cute and tasted like quality cake but nothing special. The eggs were cake covered in lots of icing. If I go back I’ll try donuts.

Best donuts in St. Louis?
My family thinks so. While McArthur’s lacks the wide selection offered by Donut Drive-​In or The Donut Stop, McArthur’s offer the standards and the quality of their donuts is never less than top tier.
Apple fritters are large rectangles with just the right amount of cinnamon and juicy apple pieces.
Cake donuts are the moistest we’ve tasted anywhere.
Chocolate frosted donuts feature a plentiful, thick and fudgy frosting.
If you crave cream-​filled donuts, try McArthur’s. So much real cream filling you can eat it by the spoonful!

I wanted something different than my usual Starbucks or Kaldi’s so I popped into McArthur’s and gave it a try. I told the cashier that I had never been there before and asked for some time, she responded by staring at me the entire time while I was scanning the menu. Aside from that awkwardness, the Caramel Macchiato and sugar sprinkled donut I got were actually very good and definitely decently priced.

I have to give McArthur’s two stars simply because my family has been getting cakes from here for a good 15 years or more. Well, that tradition went down the drain this morning.
I thought it would be a slam dunk when I ordered cupcakes and a smash cake for my daughter’s first birthday party (which, yes, I had been planning for months, thanks to that god-​forsaken Pinterest) from good olé McArthur’s.
Imagine my surprise when, three hours before 20+ guests invade my house, the McArthur’s employee brings out cupcakes that are definitely blue, not turquoise — yet the smash cake was the perfect color. Um, what? I did, after all, give them a party invitation to work from… and they got half the order correct. How did this happen?
I managed to stay calm and expressed my discontent… and was met with a blank stare by the employee, who started shuffling around with some paperwork. When I asked how long it took to make the cupcakes and if there was any chance they could fix the mistake, she said flippantly, «We don’t have bakers and decorators work on Sunday. That’s why I’m giving you a gift certificate to make up for the cupcakes that are the wrong color.» Alrighty. (Also, good to know then that the cupcakes were a day old… why didn’t they originally suggest I pick them up on Saturday?)
I then asked why the smash cake was correct, but the cupcakes were wrong. And she replied, «I don’t know. I mean, it’s not like I’m in the decorator’s head or anything. I don’t know what they were thinking.»
Wow. Ok.
She finally «apologized» (I’m using air quotes for a reason) when she sealed up the $ 10 gift certificate (for $ 15 worth of wrong cupcakes) and said, «Here you go. Sorry ’bout the wrong color!» as though she was happy to be rid of me.
Ugh.
For what it’s worth, the cupcakes were delicious. But still. I’m annoyed and won’t be going back.

Oh. My. God. This place is terrible for my waistline. The caramel stolen (spelling?) is absolutely phenomenal. For less than $ 10, you get a HUGE caramel breakfast roll that weighs what feels like ten pounds. It is absolutely covered in icing and nuts. The cake itself is moist and well seasoned. I cannot tell you how much I love this pastry. But I can try to give you an example:
One night my girlfriend was missing from our bed at my parents house in St. Louis. I figured she was in the bathroom, and soon enough she returned. The next morning, I go out to the kitchen and find crumbs all over the floor in the corner of the kitchen. In the night… my gorgeous better half had been nibbling on this delicious treat and a little crumb trail was the only evidence against her. When I buy one of these, she gets mad at me because she simply cannot control herself around the treat. It is THAT good!
The staff is also very friendly. While it can get busy, they are always attentive and kind. I really like this little bakery. I wish I had one nearer me, but if I did, I’d probably gain ten pounds.

I went in to the store to buy some pastries for a baby shower and the staff was incredibly rude. Not only that but I also found a syringe on the bathroom floor. Disgusting and dangerous. I’ll never go back.

My regular bakery (yes, I have a regular bakery, doesn’t everyone?) was closed for summer vacation during the week of my son’s birthday. Ugh! I needed not only a birthday cake but some cute iced cookies to bring into school for his class treat. I tried one other bakery — walked in and said what I needed. They couldn’t help on the cookies and then their cake selection was also not that great and they just didn’t seem willing to work with me on it.
So I tried McArthur’s — very happy I did. The staff was very helpful. They were able to get me what I needed for my cake and while they didn’t have a wide variety of iced cookies, they had these great smiley face cookies so I was able to order those for school. Everything tasted delicious and the prices were right.

You know you’re going to make some bad decisions when you walk into a place like this.
We walked in to get something just to try, and we walked out with a 8X8″ cream cheese-​topped Crumb Cake (dear god this thing is crazy delicious) and a whole loaf of raisin challah bread that I could eat as dessert. For around $ 13 altogether their prices are reasonable and the offerings are delicious, not to mention that the staff is very helpful and convincing when they’re saying things like, «Would you like to see our challah? It’s so fresh it’s still hot.»
Since this location is small they actually do the baking in South City and ship it over, but it’s still McArthur’s. When it tastes this good I don’t care how it gets to home with me.

In my many visits to McArthur’s Bakery, I’ve ordered cakes, coffee cakes, cookies, donuts and more. Now, I’m not a big cake eater. I’d prefer pretty much anything else as a dessert. In fact, I don’t even order cake for my birthday. However, my mom always wants to order one so she can eat it. I just ordered her one for her birthday and it went over great. We ordered white cake with chocolate buttercream frosting. I just said to make it look pretty and it came with very nice decorations and ribbons on it. I was very pleased. And it was only $ 22ish. A good deal for what we got.
The service here is good. They always have a lot of people on busy days so it goes quickly.
I give 5 stars to their cheese coffee cake. MAGNIFICENT. A definite must for a brunch or when out of towners are staying with you over night.

Dependable and delicious, McArthur’s has been churning out great memories for 50+ years now. My mom has been taking my sister and me to McArthur’s since we were tykes, back at the old location. I started with crème horns and gooey butter cake here, my sister, meanwhile, has always been a fan of the raspberry-​cream cheese pastries. Then my brother arrived and soon my mom was making twice-​weekly trips for the double chocolate chip cookies.
These days, our trips to McArthur’s usually involve their specialty, birthday cakes. We ordered a custom «Barney» cake for my niece’s 2^nd birthday, which we all loved. Especially the birthday girl!