Sweet Thyme Bakery

this place was awesome two years ago. now? it’s bad. The last few cake I got from them were just bad. very bad. I got mocha chocolate and strawberry vanilla. cakes were thin. the cream were watery. Plus the owner seems to be very snobby now. Maybe because business is good, so that they don’t really care about service and quality any more. It’s OK. I’m not going there any more. bye bye sweet thyme.

Yes it’s CASH ONLY. imagine that in this lifetime we are still using things besides plastic.
FABULOUS cakes, cookies and pastries. Their are the straight forward items for traditional people then their is the Green Tea Cheese Cake and Mango Mousse both of which are takes on traditional Asian style desserts.
We got the orange cookies, the almond cookies and an apricot tart, all were excellent. I want chocolate so bad, which they have an abundance of in a variety of items: mousse, layer cake, cookies but I’m tapped out on chocolate due to the abundance I consumed during the holidays.
They ALSO OFFER A FEW ON-​PREMISE SANDWICHES which sounded great!
The establishment has a ****(four star) Zen-​like feeling to it. Calm peaceful and all the baked goods look like they’ve been feng-shui’ed = lovely presentation!
This is a top notch business, and deserves some great PR and more foot traffic than I saw it getting I think people may be confused about what it is! GOURMET BAKED GOODS!
I don’t give out 5 stars often. this is a hidden gem I’m sorry I don’t live closer!

My husband surprised me with the most beautiful birthday cake! The cake was so beautiful in the green striped box. Then we took it out and the decorations were perfect. However when we ate the cake it had no flavor. I mean it tasted like they forgot all flavoring ingredients. The cake texture was so wonderful, light and fluffy (hence the 2 stars). The two creams were different colors but they tasted the same. This cake was expensive and was decorated beautifully. I figured out that the cake was their chestnut almond cake from looking at their website after we tasted it. I tasted no almond flavor at all. No chestnut flavor at all. No pronounced flavoring at all just a little sweetness. The whip cream tasted like heavy cream and sugar not even a hint of vanilla. The only flavor we detected was the chocolate from the chocolate square decorations on the top. Are we missing something here? Are cakes from this bakery supposed to taste bland? Totally birthday bummer. :(

Love the bubble tea here! They don’t use powder so taste really fresh and not artificial tasting. The green tea cheesecake is amazing. Mocha chocolate cake is really spongy and delicious. The green tea cookies and rose cookies are also amazing.
It’s a chill place for studying, catching up with friends. It does get a bit loud sometimes on the weekends.

At the time of this review, Sweet Thyme has been in business for six years. The interesting thing is that I never heard of them until a friend ordered a birthday cake here for his wife and asked us to pick it up — apparently they don’t invest in any marketing and only rely on word of mouth.
A few quirks to note before you step foot into the shop:
— It’s cash only, so be sure to visit the ATM at whichever bank you do business with; thankfully, every major bank is located within a few hundred feet of the store.
— They’re closed on Mondays, so if you have an event that evening, be sure to pick up your order the day before.
My friend ordered a mocha cake, enough to serve 10 people. We picked it up, along with some goodies for ourselves (blueberry scones and strawberry wafers) to nosh on while we waited for the cake to be boxed up, as we had arrived early. The cake held up for the party the next evening; it was moist, fluffy, and didn’t make us feel so guilty about having a second serving.
The next time I returned was to pick up a last minute cake for my coworker’s birthday. Unfortunately, they didn’t have any premade cakes left to purchase, so I picked up an assortment of cake slices, just enough for my team of six. Slices of mango cheesecake, raspberry chocolate cheesecake, mocha cake, coffee cake, and adzuki green tea cake hit the spot and made my coworker feel special.
Prices are somewhat steep (~$ 4 for a small slice of cake), but to me, the value supports the quality of the treat. I’ll be back soon for the next birthday cake!

I’ve been here a few times for their cakes. First time was their mango cake, second for chocolate mousse, and third for their chestnut cake. When I first called for the mango cake, I was concerned the cakes would be overly sweet, but the owner assured me they’re not sweet as sweet as their competitors. If you’ve ever had a cake from Chinatown, you know what i’m talking about– light fluffy cake, and subtle sweetness. So i thought, ok, let’s give it a try. it certainly looks prettier than a Chinatown cake. Mango cake was good, but I hardly tasted the mango since the taste was so subtle. I thought, ok, maybe this will be my future cake place.
Fast forward a few months later, and I decided to order a chocolate mousse cake and chestnut cake for back to back birthday parties. The chocolate mousse cake was more sugary than chocolately, and texture of the cake tasted crumbly… maybe it was because they sliced the cake so thinly that crumbs was all it was left. The next day, I hoped the chestnut cake would be better… Again, i was using Chinatown’s chestnut cakes as a benchmark, hoping the chestnuts were smooth and creamy, with subtle hints of sweet cream. Boy was I wrong! This cake was the worst cake ever! instead of creamed chestnuts, what I got were bits of chestnuts chopped and mixed into whipped cream. Texture was horrible, and the frosting was oh so sweet that no one wanted to do anything with the cake at all! I was completely disappointed with the last cake, since the owner himself boasted to me that their cakes were not sweet, and that old grannies, after having tried chinatown cakes for so long, would never go back to Chinatown cakes, and only have cakes from Sweet Thyme. After this time around, I will never go back again!

We received a gift box of assorted house handmade butter cookies. They were unique and delicious.

My family loves to stock up on their freshly baked bread and pastries. My favorite bread is the cinnamon bread and my brother loves their chocolate mousse. Their food is always fresh, service is wonderful, and the overall atmosphere of the bakery is simple and clean. I recommend that everyone try Sweet Thyme!

**CASH ONLY**
Cute but tiny (4 – 5 tables) café that has both hot and cold bubble teas and «red bean sticky rice cake», which I have yet to see in any other bakery I’ve been to in the U.S. (and I try to visit a bakery whenever I travel). It’s hard to describe, but special + delicious, especially if you like red bean (me) and sticky rice (me). The sticky rice part actually is not rice grains; it’s «nian gao», which some people eat to celebrate new year’s. If you don’t know what it is, I don’t think I have the words to describe it, besides a sweetened, clear, rice-​based… confection? That’s not quite right. I have nothing to compare the consistency to. It is indeed sticky. And delicious. And special. I love it.

I have only had their cheese bars before, so that’s the only thing I can review on. The cheese bars are so delicious! I am surprised that I haven’t seen them elsewhere. It is literally easy-​to-​eat, eady-​to-​carry cheesecake. The flavors are good, especially the orange one and the rose one. They actually have orange chunks inside. If you have never had these, you must try them!!!

I really want to give a good review for this place cos my friend said she had the best cheesecake here. I asked for the best seller and they gave me the Strawberry Cake. I ate it 3 hours later and somehow the cake went bad, REALLY BAD. I just hope I won’t get sick after this.
I tried to complain but the phone is out of reach. It’s a shame cos the place and the service was nice.

Everything here is perfect.
The service is polite, kind, and considerate.
The bubble tea is to die for. This is the best bubble tea I have had around. I am a complete bubble tea enthusiast therefore I have tried bubble tea in at least 20 different location. This place uses real milk and fresh ingridients. The bubbles are never stale.
The bread makes my mouth water and I can literally eat it plain and simple.
I am a total supporter of this business and all that it contributes to the adorable town center vibes of Lexington.
There is not a time that I don’t stop when I am in Lexington to get my bubble tea fill.

Very yummy pastry and great service. Cash only! Great town and full service tea yummy. I had the 7 layer includes chocolate almonds and coconut. My friend had 2 cheesecakes blueberry and raspberry. Everything was amazing. Do stop here while visiting Americas history.

We had a delicious chocolate birthday cake from here last week! It had multiple layers and mousse (I wasn’t the one who ordered it so I’m not sure what it was called) and was so light and airy and fluffy. Not too sweet or too rich, with kind of eerily perfect consistency. I didn’t go to the store, so I’m only learning from Unilocal that it’s a French-​Japanese bakery, which just makes me more interested to check it out again!
I am definitely a fan!

What an oddity. My expectations weren’t high, but I was hopeful that the aura of Royal India Bistro’s excellence might permeate into this establishment (hopefully sans aura of curry odors).
Yeah, you’re in Lexington Center and can get away charging an arm and a leg for whatever. Nearly $ 5 for a medium boba/​pearl tea/​bubble tea/​that stuff Asians drink with giant straws is unfortunate. Especially when the «milk tea» tastes suspiciously of Ovaltine. No more Ovaltine, please.
Boba was delightfully frothy, although it took forever to make and did not have the requisite airtight plastic that is such a joy to thrust my enormous straw through. Bring the residents of Lexington the real thing, guys!
They also strangely serve all manners of American and European desserts, but nothing distinctly Asian. Green tea flavored cheesecake is as close as it gets. And then there’s something called a cheese bar. I think there’s a reason no one’s buying this weird flavored cheese log from your bottom shelf — it scares the bejeezus out of people. Get some egg tarts and BBQ pork buns up in there, yo.
There was an entire shelf dedicated to freshly baked breads, supposedly baked at 12:30pm, and it was empty when we were there at 1pm. Does that bode well? Maybe. Does it add up, given everything else going on in here? Not really…
To be continued, as this Asian needs his boba… and he shall return.

Advertises $ 2.50 on window, charge over $ 5 for bubble tea that is blah at best. Overpriced pastries and lack-​luster service. Interior/​atmosphere is nothing special either. Wouldn’t reccomend this place.

A really relaxing place to grab dessert and coffee (or bubble tea). I’ve been here a couple of times and (overall) I really like this place. The atmosphere is wonderful for friends to come together to sit down and chat during the afternoon.
I’ve had the chocolate mocha cake, green tea and red bean cheesecake, red bean pastry (forgot the name, but it’s on top of the display), various drinks, and various cheesecake bar.
Overall, I think that this place is very good. Nothing is too sweet or too rich. Which is the main point of this bakery. It’s a French-​Japanese infused bakery. Asian countries’ desserts are generally less sweet and rich than Western desserts. Therefore this bakery does a wonderful job finding the balance of the delicacy of these desserts.
However, this is not quite a 5 star because sometimes their food/​drink can sometimes be a miss. I would come in one day and order a bubble tea and think that it’s one of the best in the Boston area. A week later, I would order the same drink and think it’s slightly below average. However, this does not occur often; a majority of the time, the food is very good. It’s just not the most consistent bakery every.

bubble tea is good.
Service is nice.
Cakes are good — Looks good and tastes good!

Ordered a cake from here for my family Christmas party and it was a big hit. I ordered the chocolate cake with strawberries. It was totally spongey and fresh. I will definitely be ordering from here again.
People should know that it is cash only — perhaps that will change in the future?
I hope this little gem sticks around for a while.

Easily the best bakery I’ve been to in the entire Boston and surrounding area. The perfect mix of French techniques, Japanese/​Chinese influences and Taiwanese inspirations. Throw in an adorable Chinese-​Taiwanese couple who own the place and you’ve got a winning hole-​in-​the-​wall combination.
Get everything. But if you can’t afford everything, get these:
Marble chocolate and vanilla cookie — Not as sweet as you’d expect, and that’s a good thing.
Almond cookie — Thin, unlike the Chinese kind, but good almond flavor
Rose and German walnut cookie — How can you not be curious to try this?
Blueberry-​chocolate cheese bar — Have you ever sat there on the subway and wished you had cheesecake in a to-​go form to eat during your commute? Well, look no further! Conveniently wrapped in a candy-​twist style, this is essentially a long bar of cheesecake made for easy eating. It’s also light, fluffy, creamy and delicious and the chocolate crumb crust is divine!
Cream puffs — Dangerously small and delicious
Chestnut almond cake — OMG. So much almond packed into a light, moist, sponge-​y texture. Chestnut topping is the perfect contrast.
Raspberry chocolate cheesecake — Amazing.
Strawberry cheesecake — Also amazing.
Blueberry almond square — Er, I’m gonna go with awesome this time.