08/01/09

Excellent custom design birthday cake

by warriorgirl

We ordered a cake for a relative's 80th birthday party, which turned out to be fantastic. All of the family loved the beautiful design which topped the cake, and were also very impressed by the chocolate cake itself- moist, not overly sweet (which is always a concern with a heavily decorated cake) in short it was a great success . Kudos to the baker/artist. We also had friendly help from Joseph during the ordering process (we sampled a couple of cupcakes while we were there too- yummy!!)

• Pros: beautifully designed and tasty celebration cake
• Cons: none

10/19/08

Don't recommend for special-occasion cakes

by tww49

Cake: I ordered a birthday cake here for its fame in Austin Chronicle Restaurant Poll. The cake was recommended by the staff at Sweetish Hill and was very rich and sweet but doesn't quite live up to its "#2 bakery in Austin" name. None of my guests liked it, which was saddening. The cake was $40 and $16 of it was charged for decoration. I felt pushed into spending the extra $16, but was quite disappointed when I got the cake because the decoration was simple and not artistic. HEB could have done a better job for cheaper. On the other hand, I did receive the cake 3 hours earlier than the original pickup time, so maybe the decoration was rushed.

Parking: There's a few parking spaces behind the bakery but poorly designed. Many drivers ended up going down a narrow, one-way parking isle, got stuck, and couldn't back out easily. So make sure to park in the nearby neighborhood instead. It took me 20 minutes to find a parking spot about 5 blocks away from the bakery at lunch time. The walk back to my car with a heavy cake was not fun.

Overall: It's a cute place and there must be other qualities to this place that got its nomination for best bakery, but in my opinion, not the cake. The cake is good but not great, particularly not good for special occasions. And it's quite a trouble to order and pick up the cake. If you have a party planned and a list of things to do that night, it adds unnecessary stress. So I don't recommend this bakery for special-occasion cakes.

• Pros: Cute bakery in the downtown area, satisfy your sweet tooth once in awhile
• Cons: Parking, Special-Occasion Cakes, Inconsistent service

03/26/07

delicious cakes

by june17

Sweetish Hill is my go-to place for birthday cakes. They're always just sweet enough without being cloying, and I've never tried one I didn't like. They're also reasonably priced (why go to HEB when you can get a cake for the same price that has icing made out of buttercream, not crisco?) and beautiful. Their cookies are amazing.

• Pros: reasonably priced cakes
• Cons: none