extraordinary desserts

this place is a little bit out of the way from the main foot traffic areas in little italy. it's a huge, modern space with straight, clean lines. the desserts are no doubt, fantastic. i had the orange bundt cake and is was fresh, rich and delicious. it had two orange slices and a small rose with gold leaf flakes on top. i suppose you need to do something to justify $5 for a cupcake. thecoffeewas incredible, but at $2.50 for 8 oz. the price was a bit on the ridiculous side. it might be worth it if you enjoy the finer things. the big downside is the process. it's a complete clusterfudge. you walk into a very crowded front area with beautiful dessert cases on both sides and dining tables in back. throngs of customers walking around completely confused with no direction or help. there is no indication of how to order and no prominent signage to create order. after figuring out where the "to go" line was it took me a while to get to the register. i ordered my small orange cake straight from the display and a small coffee. i was give a number. really... a number? the cake is right there in front of you, just hand it to me and pour my coffee!
i waited for 15 minutes. no joke. for a blackcoffeeand a dessert item from the display. i watched in amusement as about 20 employees dressed in black walked around the space, seemingly doing nothing but moving for the sake of movement. if they had a single employee grabbing desserts from the case as they are ordered they could improve service 200%. it's hard to believe a business of this size, with this much demand has such a broken process.

my dark chocolate cupcake with raspberry filling was delicious. i also bought and shared a tiramisu glazedcoffeescone. i originally came in looking for my favorite: passion fruit cake, but i did not see it on display this time.

amazing ambiance and amazing desserts!! we stopped here only for dessert and i wish we would've ate dinner there as well. the presentation of the food was beautiful and it tasted just as great! they also have unlimited refills oncoffeewhich was a win in our book.

this place was an ethereal wonderland in the evenings, and thecoffeewas excellent. i remember getting some type of white chocolate cake here that was beautifully arranged with edible fresh flowers on top. though this place is hyped to a level of foodie fervor bordering on religious, i found the taste to be not as extraordinary as the presentation.

local national level gem in our backyard! on occasion a dessert can be hohum but this location has more choices and a more hip atmosphere than 5th ave.coffeeis wonderful (zumbar's) but my complaints about this place is that it's always cold inside because as cool as that "bank vault" front door is: is a poor barrier of the outside weather! service here is not on par with the food however, usually very slow from a zombie like attitude from the staff. 3.8 stars out of 5

best place forcoffeeand pastry. brunch on sunday a must.

my boyfriend and i went there after dinner. the strawberrycoffeecake and berry cobbler desserts were delicious! everyone was friendly and the atmosphere was nice.