Cake World Bakery and Cafe

/TL;DR You better bring an appetite if you’re not bringing cash. This place won’t ring up anything under $ 15. I’m not experienced with Indian food nor Indian street food so what you’re about to read is has no relative distinction to reading a flyer. Just… you know… fyi. ;-)
/​ATMOSPHERE Whoa, what? No, not here. (That rhymed.) Grab a tray, get the stuff you want, go sit down, eat. Simple.
/​FOOD Here’s what I got… chaat, samisa, an egg puff, and a veggie curry puff. The chaat was akin to eating a frito pie… except more tart and definitely sweeter. It was good. The samisa was good. The puffs were fine too. If microwaving food puts you off, don’t get it. That’s how it gets heated up.
/​SERVICE I mean, they didn’t charge me until after I ate???
HOW TO READ MY REVIEWS:
1 Star — Does not approach edible. Enter at your own risk.
2 Stars — If I’m in the area, I’d pick something else.
3 Stars — I would stop by if I happen to be in the area.
4 Stars — I would pick this place out of other places nearby.
5 Stars — I would go out of my way to dine here.

Only cash under $ 15? Printed on a lousy paper! Are you trying to evade tax or something.
I wanted to get a tea after having a sandwich and then I might have taken something to go but did not have enough cash, only cards. But you surely lost on that piece of business from me and perhaps many more as I couldn’t get tea or cake neither anything to go.
Potions of food is extremely tiny. Talking about cleanliness, a donkeys ass after taking a dump would be less filthy than this place.
Rude staff! Wouldn’t respond if asked for anything but just waive as if asking to wait; were you fed that donkeys dump that made you guys so pissed off OR are is it just another example of under paid illegal immigrants racket?

They need to change the name there.
The food was bland. The pizza is not good over there — they just heated up veggies on top of a bread with cheese, and my husband was not a fan of the veg puff since it doesn’t have that much filling in there.
They have a few pastries there, but I’ve had better.

I love the cake they make and their service. I tried buy a cricket bat cake for my brother’s birthday in other bakery, but they said, we have to order before one day. And it’s Saturday; too busy. But here, they made the beautiful and delicious cake even their busiest schedule. My brother mostly doesn’t like to celebrate his birthday; but we want. When he saw this cake, he liked to cut the cake.

Good for some Indian cake flavours and snacks too!

Anything and everything in their menu is prepared with boiled mashed potato including Paav bhaji, veg puff, vada Paav, veg burger. Their aloo tikki chaat had only boiled aloo and no tikki. pastries are also stale. This joint’s food is a complete joke which they are selling in the name of Indian food. Complete waste of money

My recent experience on ¹¹⁄₇ with the staff at Cake World was not a very pleasant one. They literally called me a liar.
So this is what happened exactly —
I ordered 1 Chicken Biryani on phone (to go) and when I reached there to pick my order they said we don’t have any Chicken Biryani left. It’s all finished. On further asking about what is the point of ordering on phone if you are not sure whether you’ll get the food or not; they started making excuses and accusing me. They said -«You never called and we don’t have any order with your name». And believe me I can prove that I called and placed my order since I have call records and call records don’t lie. I would have not been so pissed off if they would have said sorry and tell the truth that we did take your order, prepared it and gave it to someone else. And now can not give it to you since we are out of item. Its perfectly understood and reasonable, no hard feelings. On the contrary, they never accepted their mistake and started accusing me that I never called. That is totally not accepted. The new staff there definitely need some training in PR.

I have tried all their chat items and they are very good specially pani puri and samosa chat. Their chicken and mutton briyani are tasty too. The best of theirs is their chilli chicken.

Just ordinary, nothing in particular that could be said. No value for money. ordered a paneer panini, didn’t new what it was and what we we’re eating. Far away from calling an Indian food or Asian fusion. Exceptionally poor in quality.

It is a typical indian style bakery.
Good Food, Pastries, Variety of Puffs, pizzas, burgers, chaat n biryani too.

«A Confusing Tale of Chaat, Chocolate Cake and Corey Feldman» …Otherwise known as Checking in at Cake World Bakery and Café.
I am so confused.
I have literally driven by Cake World Bakery and Café at least a hundred times and never stopped in. One time while eating at a restaurant next door, I looked in, saw an empty front case, and never thought about it again. For some reason, today I did.
(I must digress from the review to ask you, dear Unilocaler, to consider a question.
What comes to mind when you hear the name Cake World Bakery and Café? Do you imagine a counter full of cakes, cupcakes, perhaps even scones or croissants? Do you imagine the smell of fresh baked goods, the aroma of espresso drinks being poured? Do you envision a friendly greeting by a matronly proprietress or an overly energetic barista? Please hold your image for a moment as I return to the review)
I walked in and found myself inside a characterless, spartan fast food Indian restaurant featuring chaats, biryani, and pav bhaji pizza. Instead of coffee, it was a rush of Indian spices that filled Cake World. The barista I expected was instead replaced by three Indian twenty-​somethings working together to manage the counter. Had I walked into the wrong door? Or had I found myself in the twilight zone? I am so confused.
The menu is hung up in traditional Indian fast food style, where you need either a translator or personal experience to know the difference between Dahi Behl Chaat and Alu Papdi Chaat, or between or a Vada Pav or Pav Bhaji sandwich. Luckily I was Indian in a former life, so I manage very well in these situations.
Having never known that I had an Indian fast food restaurant so close to my house, I know I must have had a very surprised look on my face, surpassed only by the surprised look of the employees, since I was the only customer who was not from India or Pakistan in Cake World this evening, or maybe this month.
I quickly perused the menu boards. The bakery did include croissants, but these included paneer tika and channa masala croissants. Other baked goods included puffs, plaits, and Indian cookies. They had several sandwich options, from Vada Pav to wraps to Paninis. I was most excited to see the selection of Chaats, awesome Indian snack foods. (
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They also offered three types of briyani; chicken, egg and vegetable. Individual sized Indian inspired pizza is also available.
I usually have to go to Decatur or Global Mall to get this style of Indian food, so having it within walking distance from my pad is crazy!
I ordered the Alu Papdi Chaat, which was made up of puris, potatoes, chickpeas, yogurt, tamarind, garlic, and a helluva lot of spices. It was fantastic and fresh. I also ordered Pav Bhaji, which is mashed vegetables served up next to a seasoned bun you fill up with the stuff. Awesome.
I finished my meal and walked over to the front counter where I found CAKE of all things! I chose the Black Forest Cake. I took my first bite with some trepidation, still in my «Cake World Bakery and Café confusion» I didn’t know what to expect. My first bite immediately led to my second, third and fourth. This was no ordinary cake. Not quite Black Forest, yet it had a taste that was strangely familiar. Confused again! Finally it came to me, Drake’s Devil Dogs! I haven’t had these since I was a kid, but there was no mistaking that Cake World must have found the original recipe and somehow turned it into a yummy cake! Now I’m really confused!
During my dinner, and dessert, I had a chance to catch up on some Indian TV. For some reason, I don’t get the Bollywood channels in my cable package. It’s not often I get to see a soap opera that includes choreographed dancing and very bad fight scenes. I was particularly interested in this very attractive Indian actress, when another character appeared in a scene with her. He was Indian, but looked exactly like Corey Feldman. I mean exactly, only Indian. Maybe it was Corey Feldman. I haven’t really seen him do anything lately.
I’m so f@€king confused…

Chickn tikka wrap & Chickn chilli wrap — fresh and tasted good. But not spicy… wud give
Ordered BDay cake — Black Forest — Taste good. Look not good. the writing on cake is pretty avg.
Will try some Indian Chat, Bhel Puri & Biriyani on next visits

I think the food is great. Biryani is really tasty and the cakes (esp the black forest and the mango) are super! I don’t really care about «friendly staff».coz its more like order and pick up. Good food and good location also. Certainly will go again.

Yummy eggless cakes and puffs.

This was my second time here in a month. Earlier it did not have a Unilocal!profile to check-​in so created one today and sent to Unilocal!team for review.
On an earlier occasion I had tried the Chicken Tikka wrap which was alright and was little too cold considering its a hot food.
This time I was here to pickup a Black Forest birthday cake with a friend and decided to taste some of the popular Indian Chaat and ordered a spicy Sev Puri and Bhel Puri which were really delicious and true to the word it was really spicy and tasty.
Since it was early evening I checked their beverage section and they had a steel container marked Madras coffee which I ordered with milk and sugar. Trust me this is definitely one of the authentic South Indian coffee you will get compared to most Indian restaurants who tout of originality in their coffee but which is nothing more than instant coffee. A definite must-​try.
Something I dislike with this place and with other that follow similar practice of enforcing a limit beyond which they will accept credit cards. They have a $ 10 minimum limit for using a credit card which I find disgusting, as it forces people to spend on food items they do not want; just to get the item they DO want using their credit cards.
The staff has a kind of ‘mind your own business’ attitude with no friendliness and heavy accent, a bit aloof too; but not rude. Defintely need to work in the area of customer service.
Overall a good place to savor tasty Indian Chaat and great Madras coffee.

Being that the marquee reads «Cake World», one may think it is only a bakery. However, someone mentioned this place to me and stated they also sell other foods. One of my favorite Indian dishes is biryani. I ordered the chicken biryani one night; it was good!
I also ordered one of the deserts from the bakery display. I think it was a mango mousse cake or that is of what it reminded me; it was good also!

I live close to this place and never knew they sold food. decided to give it a try today glad I did the food was seasoned perfectly! my wife had the curry chix and I had the chili chix sandwich both were very good!
I saw one review they mentioned the staff was rude the staff was very friendly to us. we did have a hard time understanding the employee due to their accent but that was not an issue.
I will definitely be back!

Rude «can’t talk to employees» policy. Was approached by the manager and told I «wasn’t allowed» to talk to any employee. All I said was «Hi, how’re you doing?» (in Spanish). I guess they don’t want friendly customers. Won’t be going back.