Pretty Please Bakeshop

Recently had them make a 6″ birthday cake for me and was extremely disappointed, I was expecting all the details like the pics on showed on Unilocal and it was nothing like that! $ 250 for 2x3D figures and 2 x2D art… ridiculous! And the young lady on the phone wasn’t the most pleasant to speak to.

My go to place for birthday cakes! The staff here are amazing and makes sure everything is delivered well.
My boyfriend birthday was coming up and he is a HUGE warriors fan. I decided to do a little research of where Stephen Curry got his birthday cake and found this place. Pretty much the whole Warriors team gets their birthday cakes here. I got my boyfriend a similar cake as Stephen Curry’s. It was BEAUTIFUL and AMAZING. When the restaurant brought it to our tables, there were so many compliments about the cake, decorations and how cool it looks.
THANK YOU THANK YOU Pretty Please, you made my boyfriend’s birthday! He felt that the Warriors was celebrating with him.

I had seen this bakery on Unilocal for a while, but had put off coming here for a long time since the pictures online made the treats look just average. What a mistake! Once I finally decided to come and try them out for the 1^st time, I was so regretful that I hadn’t come by this bakery sooner. My first treat I tried was the «plain jane» twink (vanilla cake w/​vanilla beans, vanilla buttercream, vanilla glaze). Again, the twink looked just very average. But once I took a bite, I found new meaning in the phrase «Don’t judge a book by its cover». The vanilla flavor was so intense and heavenly! I had to pause and just process this sensory pleasure overload, admiring the bitten Twink in its newfound glory. The buttercream and glaze complemented the cake perfectly. I usually take off a lot of the buttercream frosting on cupcakes, since they are too sweet and cloying to me. Not in this case! The buttercream in the twink was light and not cloying at all. I preciously savored it all! The service here is nice and sweet, and the lady even said that they use vanilla bean paste in their vanilla cake!
The chocolate twink (chocolate cake, vanilla buttercream, chocolate ganache glaze) is also very good, though I feel like good chocolate cakes/​desserts are easier to come by, when compared to finding a really good vanilla cake that exudes that truly deep and authentic vanilla aroma. Chocolate Chip cookies were good, but didn’t have any standout qualities that made it better than those from other places. The Banana bread was good as well; the slice was moist and fully of banana flavor. Overall, Pretty Please Bakeshop has wonderful treats, especially the twinks! The twink felt kind of expensive ($ 4 each), but once having eaten them, I think the price is justified with their use of high quality ingredients, which you can definitely taste. My favorite treat from here, and my favorite vanilla dessert of all time, is the «Plain Jane» Twink, bar none. Wishing this bakery lots of good business and success. Keep up the great work, and thanks for baking such amazing treats! I’m so lucky to have found this gem of a bakery. Thankful for Plain Jane Twinks!

Suuper cute bakery in the city and everything is displayed nicely too! I was super interested in their warriors colored vanilla macarons and asked if I could grab one along with their own snickers cupcake, but instead of grabbing the vanilla macaron like I asked for, she gave me a vanilla cupcake and charged me for it as well. I didn’t even notice until after I paid, but I did wonder why it was more expensive than I thought. My friend gave me her lemon macaron which tasted just like the one from trader joes. I dig the aesthetics of this shop, but the service wasn’t the greatest and she was annoyed with my questions of a couple pastries. Snickers cupcake is delicious though!

Update 4÷9÷16: We had them twice this week. Yesterday they delivered homemade twinkies to us through Chewse. I’ve never had a twinkie in my life, and of course I can’t have an original one after having theirs! It was like a moist mini cake with some cream filling. I got the red velvet and it tasted like a light red velvet cupcake. Nice and moist and not overly sweet even with the glaze over it. Though it kind of looked like a salami roll! I brought home for my hubby a vanilla one and that one was just as moist and tasty.
It’s all about that mini pie! Our Office Manager got two orders of them through our Chewse catering service.
Perfect crust with a smooth dollop of custard and whipped cream. The mini pies weren’t so mini and I loved the strawberry sliver on top. The pie was not overly sweet at all. I don’t want to think about the calories, I just wanted to forever savor the tastiness. I’ll definitely have to check out the bakery in the Richmond sometime.

Got the Panna Cotta and Red Velvet Twinkie. I never finished my Panna Cotta because well… I just didn’t like it too much. The Red Velvet Twinkie pretty much tasted like a regular Twinkie but chocolate covered. and at $ 9.50, I won’t be going back. And I won’t be referring anyone there. I think I can make more chocolate covered twinkies on my own for $ 9.50… and probably more than just 1.

I found Pretty Please when I was looking for mini pies for my wedding. My fiancé and I had a cake tasting session which was a lot of fun. We tried a lot of different cupcakes but ultimately decided to order a variety of mini pies and macarons. The bakery deducted the tasting fee on our final bill.
We had no problems with the delivery to the restaurant downtown and our guests loved the treats (or so they told me). Only deducting a star because I was disappointed in the presentation of the macaron tower. The macarons were spaced with large gaps on stark white paper — see photo for comparison.

Didn’t plan on coming here, but I just happened to park in front and decided to check it out. It is a small shop, but cute. I got the ding dong and a strawberry cup pastry, which were both yummy. i would order it again for sure. The only issue that is was $ 8 for both and the small size did not match the price of it in my opinion. I wish it was a tad bigger or lower in price.

Alison sat down with us for a wedding consultation, and we got to sample cake, twinkles, pudding, macarons, and all kinds of delicious offerings. Everything tasted amazing, but I knew Alison had to do our wedding when she TOTALLY got my vision for the wedding cake. She was as excited as I was (maybe more!) about designing it, and really listened to what I wanted. She also worked with us to make a dessert bar and the cake fit within our budget, but stretch it to make sure our whole guest list was satisfied (not to mention, was great about vegan/​gluten-​free options for some of our more particular guests).
She worked with our wedding planner seamlessly, and I didn’t see the cake until the day of, when I couldn’t believe how beautiful it was. I’ve never seen a more dazzling cake. She took my vision and reference photos and fulfilled them perfectly. When it was time to cut into it for the photo ops, I’m pretty sure I’ll be getting some photos back of my totally surprised face – it was THAT delicious. I had a few more bites while we were up there, and I think I flashed the guests a cheesy thumbs-​up.
Everyone raved about how great the cake was, and LOVED the dessert bar (the red velvet twinkles, banana puddin’, and green tea and ear grey macarons in particular were a HUGE hit).
I couldn’t recommend Alison more – and in fact, I asked her to design a birthday cake for my new husband this month!

Chocolate cake is off the hook here! My husband first ordered my birthday cake from Pretty Please and I haven’t found any other comparable silky chocolate cake like theirs in the West Coast. We have also ordered their cakes for other special occasions like our anniversary (chocolate of course!) and their macarons and cookies as favors to guests. I must also say that I love beautifully designed cakes and their cake designs are clean and perfect (I am addicted to their fun IG posts).
I’ve been buying their twinks and mini pies for the past 4 years (this review has been long overdue!). When I want to gift a dear friend or family member with something delicious and sweet, I come here and order a box of their baked goods which is always a safe bet. As a last minute gift, my husband and I wanted to gift all of the nursing staff who attended our son at the CPMC NICU with treats from PPB and they were so kind and patient enough to take our huge walk-​in order. Thanks for the great service and consistently delicious cakes and baked goods ladies.

I’ve ordered with Pretty Please numerous times, and each time people have commented on how good everything tastes AND looks!
Alison has been a doll to work with. She is crazy talented when it comes to designing for custom orders. I will just tell her the ideas I have in my head, without any visual aid and she’s able to execute the desserts beautifully and beyond my expectation!
Othe than custom orders, I personally LOVE the banana cream pies. THEY ARE MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE. I go back again and again for those little pies. The crusts are perfectly baked, with an abundant of banana slices– and the cream is the perfect sweetness!!!
Attached are some yummy and pretty pictures to judge for yourselves!

At first glance, the store has a welcoming appeal– nice name, window store front, nice décor inside. But the service ruins this place for me. I have only interacted with the cashier, and she killed my excited vibe. She huffs and puffs at any request. And when I asked if she could recommend something, she gave me a dry, several-​days-​old cake in a cup. Prices are also expensive!
Definitely will not be returning!

This bakeshop deserves 10 stars! They exceeded my expectations with the sculpted cake and not only did it look beautiful, it tasted delicious! The cupcakes were also a nice addition to the beautiful cake!

The name of this place IMPLIES that people here are nice and polite. NOT the case – starts with the owner and trickles down. Like hires like. Not worth the effort to come here.
Everything generally looks better than they taste here. And then the bad snooty attitude makes me never want to visit again. I have given this place 3 chances – 3 strikes and you’re out; I’m done. There are too many good places in SF (and this is not one of them anyways!!) that it’s not necessary to put up with bad service, esp if it comes straight from Alison, the owner! Sheesh! Don’t let her or her minions ruin your day like it did mine.

I’ve been so on the fence about how to rate this bakery. They make very attractive cakes, but i’ve ordered two now and the first was amazing, but the second was not to the same standard as the first.
I’m a red velvet snob and their red velvet cupcakes are sooooooo good. Seriously, I had ONE and couldn’t stop thinking about it for the entire time that they were closed for the new year.
Called in a last minute cake order that they were able to accommodate with less than 24 hr notice. The price was a little more than I prefer to spend, but the cake was both beautiful and delicious.
Second cake was nice, but much less impressive. Still very tasty and the lines were clean, but at this price point, I am expecting to be blown away each time. Starting at $ 40 must mean an unfrosted cake…
I agree with some of the other reviews that that the gal in front could be a little more chipper, but if the cake is good, who really cares.
I decided to give 4 stars (but really a 3.75 would’ve felt more accurate) because I have had the pies and twinkies which were excessively sweet and kind of just OK. Who knows, maybe i’m just becoming that person who thinks everything is too sweet and all noises are too loud.

my friend found this cute little bakery on Unilocal and it happened to be just a couple of blocks away from where we were finishing up our lunch.
we walked in and were greeted by a display case full of beautiful, delicious-​looking goodies… cupcakes, mini-​pies (shaped like cupcakes), muffins, macarons, and twinks. now, i’ve never seen a twink before and quickly learned that this is like an old-​fashioned twinkie, cylindrically shaped cake with a shot of cream on the inside. definitely brought back memories of my childhood!
amidst all the choices, i ended up choosing the macarons, since their daily flavours were all very unique… peach, passionfruit, and key lime. each macaron is $ 2 or you can buy 3 macarons for $ 5. i decided to go for the deal, choosing one of each flavour. the lady behind the counter put them into a small chinese take out box, i paid, and left.
i couldn’t wait to eat these macarons, so i opened the box on my way back to the car, and to my dismay, saw that the passionfruit macaron was cracked, with a bit hole in the wafer. i went back to the store, and told the lady that one of the macarons was cracked and asked whether something could be done about this.
she offered me two choices:
1. a replacement macaron, either peach or key lime since she’d already given me the last passionfruit macaron
–OR–
2. take a $ 1 refund for the cracked macaron
i assumed that option 2 meant that i’d receive $ 1 refund, and that would be it, so i chose this option. but i was wrong! i quickly found out that it meant i’d get a $ 1 back, and she would take the cracked macaron back. so in the end, i did get $ 1 back, but ended up with just the 2 macarons.
i left, somewhat disappointed at this unexpected gesture.
re the other two macarons, the peach taste was faint and hard to detect, but the key lime had a better tart taste, and therefore stronger key lime flavour. however, both macarons had very crumbly wafers that basically disintegrated as soon as i bit into them. also, the filling was not creamy and smooth, but had more of a sticky texture, and i didn’t feel that there was enough filling to actually fill the wafers.
this was a very disappointing experience at this bakery, as i left thinking, everything looked better than it tasted, even the service. probably won’t be returning.

white chocolate macadamia cookie– nothing special
red velvet twinkie– red velvet is always usually too sweet for me, and twinkies are also too sweet for me too. i just wanted to taste this because of the reviews, but i didnt like it at all
salted caramel cupcake– nothing special
banana crème pie– actually this is only thing id go back for. perfect portion, fresh bananas, chocolate at the bottom of the pie. it was great!
the only reason i went to this shop was because i was parked in front of this shop when i was on my way to Genki. next time i go to Genki, ill be sure to get a banana crème pie though. they also have a chocolate crème pie id like to try.

I’m not sure why I haven’t written a review for Pretty Please yet. It is definitely long overdue!
I first discovered Pretty Please when I was researching dessert bars and cakes for my wedding. My then fiancé and I met Alison at the shop and did a cake tasting. Initially I was surprised that we had to pay for our cake tasting but thought that perhaps this was their way of discouraging couples from taking advantage of this service.
Everything we tried was delicious. We decided on the chocolate chip cake and a variety of macarons, cookies and brownies. Since we wanted to have both cake and a dessert bar, we had a small two-​tier cake for cake cutting purposes and then sheet cake to serve. This actually made the logistics of scheduling the cake cutting and serving the cake much easier since the cake could be pre-​cut and served right away! Unfortunately there were some disconnects on the day of our wedding and some things didn’t go as planned but the desserts and cake were delivered and our guests fell in love with Pretty Please. Some of our guests have used them for their parties ever since!
Despite the snafu, i would recommend Alison and her team. After our wedding we shared our experience with Alison and she made it right and took care of us. We continued to order from them for a couple of parties. Unfortunately since we’ve moved to the other side of the city, it is a bit more tricky to order from them. But nevertheless, I am excited to order from them again for future events. Their pricing is more than reasonable and the quality of their product does not disappoint.

Twinkies are pretty nostalgic for me. When I was a kid, amongst my junk food purchases at the liquor store, twinkies were a must. When I saw that Pretty Please Bakeshop has homemade twinkies, known as twinks, I came by to try some.
I picked up a red velvet twink and a plain jane twink, $ 3.50 each. The price sounds steep but the twink ingredients taste of much higher quality. I found that both weren’t cloyingly sweet which I appreciated. The red velvet twink wasn’t too rich and I tasted a bit of cinnamon flavor I believe. I was a little disappointed with the plain jane twink as the cake was too spongey and didn’t have the same moisture as the red velvet twink or even a regular twinkie. I also saw other sweets including macarons, cookies, mini pies, and cupcakes. I didn’t pick up anything else but the cupcake flavors sounded appealing. I’d like to return to try the pb & jelly as well as the pistachio honey cupcakes.
Service was friendly but the cashier kept confusing my order for the plain jane twink with the funfetti twink. The bakeshop is small yet cute and clean. There’s some seating inside as well as outside.

Cute girl working at the counter, but not friendly. Crack a smile will ya?
A light snack before dinner around this area and thought I’d give this place a try.
One sweet potato pie and one pumpkin spice twink. One tasted good while the other one wasn’t, can you guess?
The pumpkin spice twink FTW!!!
I would probably come back to this place if I’m in the area. I’ll try their cupcakes next time…