Stone Mountain Bakery

They made the cake for my baby shower and did a horrible job. We ordered a three tier cake and NONE of the tiers were the flavors we ordered. When we came to pick it up (at the time that was promised) the cake was not ready. We waited for two hours in the non air conditioned restaurant while they finished baking it! It must have just come out of the oven when they frosted it which is a big no no in baking. Even amateurs know this. Because it was still warm when we transported it to the location the cake had somewhat fallen apart by the time we got to the venue and was in two pieces. The lady was very rude and unwilling to admit any fault. I feel as though we were severely overcharged for the final product and service we received.

It is a strange place.
I get the impression that this is sort of a hobby for the owners.
A very nice man waits on you, and refers to the cook as «the Queen,» so I am pretty sure it is his wife. The food tastes like you just dropped in on a friend and she whipped something up for you. It was down home «South.» Things moved slow. Yep, plastic forks and styro cups. But the man is so nice and the prices very low. I am not surprised by the crumb or two on the tables… the folks are older. I think the place is open so they can make their money on custom cakes, etc. Scarcely any baked goods on display. Nice place to pass some time talking with a local. Fast is just not going to happen, but that is okay if you are expecting the same.

This is a funky little place with food that is tasty and extremely reasonably prices ($ 3 for a and Egg/​Cheese on a Croissant breakfast sandwich). They serve breakfast all day.
Their pastries are always tasty and fresh.
My bookclub meets here twice a month. They take good care of us.
Yes, if they’re busy our food might be served in a container — so what. The food is great.
It doesn’t pretend to be a fancy place — but it’s good.
Give them a try.

This place reminds me of cafes in North Africa that you patronize mainly for the conversation and the fellowship.
Cool locale, interesting interior, very nice service, friendly owner. A lot of love in the food.
This place has heart.

I hate to give a bad review but I don’t see how this place is still open. We were there in early November. My omelet was mediocre and came with one piece of toast after I asked for it. My friend’s panini was not even warm inside. The coffee was only warm and not very good. A tv was blaring. We shut it off. The service was awful. The old store front was funky if a bit overdone. It could be really nice with just a little effort. What cook can’t make a passable omelet or panini? Makes me sad.

I decided to give this place another try but was, again, disappointed. It makes me sad to negatively review them again but with a tiny bit of effort, this place could be awesome.
It’s in a great location — right in the village. It’s in an historic building, with cute décor, huge inviting windows and super friendly staff. But they manage to ruin all of this by serving the worst coffee in the state of Georgia. My A.A. meeting does better coffee.
Fellow reviewer Robert A. summed it it perfectly:
«The guy gets a foam cup in the self serve area and then fills up the cup with some pre made coffee in a carafe. He asks if I want cream and sugar and I say yes so he proceeded to point to the sams club can of white sugar and powdered creamer.»
If they would buy a decent coffee machine, put my coffee in a fancy cup and charge me $ 4, then I’d go almost every day. It’s not rocket science, people.

My daughter was celebrating her birthday August 3, 2014, we decided to purchased a very special cake, especially thinking it was made from start to finish. She wanted a home made carrot cake, with cream cheese icing. We placed the order here hopefully made from scratch carrot cake. Total price $ 32.50. When we saw the finish product, the cake was lopsided and leaning, the presentation was terrible, but we were thinking the cake could still taste great. But that was not the case here, the cake tasted liked a box cake, no carrots, no oil, no raisins or nuts. The frosting was not cream cheese frosting, but appeared to be some cheap store purchased frosting. The cake was not moist, was not flavorable, waste of calories. This was the worst so called professional baked birthday cake. Avoid this bakery for any and all great presentation birthday cakes or if you want a birthday cake that will taste good. Shop around and pay attention to reviews.

I stopped in looking for the coffee shop nearby. The gentleman then informed me that the coffee shop wasn’t open but they have coffee and espresso so I decided to just get a coffee there. When I went to the counter their «espresso» is just a nespresso machine. So I said I just wanted a cup of coffee (thinking it’s coming out of the machine). The guy gets a foam cup in the self serve area and then fills up the cup with some pre made coffee in a carafe. He asks if I want cream and sugar and I say yes so he proceeded to point to the sams club can of white sugar and powdered creamer. He must have seen the look on my face so he asks if I want half and half. I say yes please. He goes in the back got like 2 min and finally comes back w a tiny cup filled with half and half. Finally I go to pay and he charges me $ 2.21 for this busted coffee. I look on the menu and it says coffee is $ 1.25. I ask about it and he says that it’s more because it’s «Cameroon Coffee». I’m pretty sure that’s code for he thought he could get more money out of me because I wanted a coffee shop. I paid it but I won’t be going back.

I swung by here today after my Stone Mountain walk. The place was empty, save for the people working here. I ordered from the lunch menu. I received my order (chicken salad on croissant, chips, soda, slice of cake) promptly. The chicken salad was good and tasted homemade. The coconut cake was good, if not a little too sweet, and also tasted homemade and fresh. Based on previous reviews, I’m rooting for this place to get their act together and stay open.

Save yourself the hassle and go somewhere else! Being that I was on vacation in the south, I wanted a caramel cake. I phoned an order in and they said it would be ready the next day. My mom and I stopped in the next day to pick up the cake and had breakfast since we were there.
The coffee was old and all of the food was served in styrofoam containers. It does not matter if you are dining in or taking out. The salmon croquettes were not fresh and the vegetable omelette was adequate. The best part were the croissants, which are store bought. The restrooms were unkept and there were food particles on the table.
The service was extremely slow and we had to ask for plastic ware and a napkin since they did not come with the food. In addition, I was overcharged around $ 2.50. Although the register showed one price the credit card machine showed a higher one.
Back to the reason we were there in the first place… the caramel cake. Oh yeah, it was not ready and would not be ready until 3pm (it was around 1pm). Since it was NYE I told them I will just pick up the cake in the morning. Fast forward to the first day of the new year, I arrive around 2 pm confident that the cake will be ready for pickup. Nope! I was told that it needed to be frosted and will only take 5 mins. Being that I ate there two days ago and saw how slow everything moved, I did not want to wait around.
The lady gave me her phone number and told me to call when I got back to this side of town since it would be after they close. I called around 8 pm, however she was taking her daughter to the airport. On the way back from the airport, she offered to meet me at McDonald’s with the cake. I guess the cake rode with her and the family to the airport. When they arrived a young lady was holding the cake in her lap (I wonder if she held it the entire duration of the airport trip, ewww).
Alas, I have the caramel cake. I wish I could turn the story around and say the cake was divine, but unfortunately like this entire story it was an epic fail! The cake is crumbly and the frosting is not creamy and rich, but more like crunchy melted sugar. I did not go back and complain because frankly after this three day ordeal I did not have the energy. My mother was extremely disappointed because she hoped to make this a regular spot since she walks the mountain on a regular basis. We will never be back again!

It makes me sad to negatively review this restaurant, but this place is somewhat of a mess. The restaurant opened late on a Sunday, but we waited outside. Other people waited for a while, but they left. They were the smart ones.
We were the only ones to enter the restaurant when it opened. Stone Mountain Village is a lame place to visit on Sunday and we had a limited amount of time to eat. We were told that the Sunday «dinner» would be available in about 10 minutes. The hot dinner sounded good, but we didn’t have time to wait. I noticed that the tablecloths were strewn with crumbs, even though the restaurant had just opened. Not a good sign. Also, there was no apology for the late opening.
We ordered from the regular menu. The very sweet server did not write down our order. I ordered a salmon croquette on a biscuit with a side of grits. The others ordered a BLT and a chicken biscuit. The waiter had to come back to confirm our order twice. It drives me crazy when servers don’t use paper and pens. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one get it right.
We waited for about 20 minutes for our food, which was presented in styrofoam boxes. Everyone thought the food was good, but nothing memorable. My grits never arrived. The total bill for three people, including drinks, was under $ 14.00. They should probably charge more and hire someone to clean the place and wash dishes. Styrofoam should never be used in a place like this.
The atmosphere was cozy and pretty cute, but the restaurant isn’t clean enough — especially the bathroom. We sat in the restaurant for nearly an hour and a half and we were the only ones who ordered food. Three other people came in to order drinks and use the internet. The «dinner» that was supposed to be ready over an hour earlier was finally available. As we were leaving, a group of four men came in and ordered the dinner.

I actually purchased a cake from The Stone Mountain Bakery before I read these poor reviews and am I glad I did! If I’d read these reviews first I would never have given this bakery a chance. I would have missed out on an incredible cake. The cake I purchased was a key lime cake. I’d heard of a key lime pie, but never a cake. It was delicious. We brought this cake with us to a neighbor’s house for dinner. Everyone loved it and some even had seconds. The reason I did not give five stars is for two reasons; 1: The price of the cake was $ 30.00, a bit pricey. 2: The only cake available was this one cake and as good as it was I would have liked to have had a choice.

I have no reason to doubt that they bake desserts daily, however, not all the desserts they sell were baked that day. The products are definitely stale tasting. Maybe I should have specifically asked for fresh. Beyond the freshness problem, the flavor of cake was below par.

I experienced semi the same with the owner. I went there for my 1^st time, her attitude was kind of un appreciative being that she is a small business owner. She didn’t seem very friendly or smiled. She was out of cherries. key lime cake. tuna sandwich. She gave me a «baby» sample of The birthday cake ball. which by the way is 10 $ for a dozen. I didn’t wanna get them at first since all I could taste was the candy part with the little piece she gave me… but even so I got them and they were bomb! The Turkey sandwich I ordered… I have made better at home, way better… it was dried up and Blah.
I got the Strawberry cake balls of 5 for $ 5.oo. They were so good! I was going to try them again but they were out of the strawberry balls and the key lime cake I wanted to try. o’ well.

As a cupcake lover, I like to try as many cake/​cupcake shops around the city to see which one I like best. I got a KGB Deal for this place and decided to try it out.
When I first called to ask about how to go about ordering the 1 dozen cupcakes that the deal promised, I intended on getting 2 different flavors, key lime and strawberry. I was informed by the owner that because I was using the KGB deal, that the only available flavors would be vanilla, chocolate, and red velvet. NOWHERE on the deal does it restrict the flavors that you can purchase. I was miffed by this but she said that if I waited until the day I wanted to pick it up, that I could get any flavor that was already cooked that day.
When I called to find out if there were other flavors for me to take, she informed me that I still could only receive the previously listed flavors because of the deal. She also informed that the coupon was expired. When I actually looked at the coupon, it was expired… by ONE DAY.
Customer service wise, I would think that you would still redeem it (especially as a small business), but she began giving me a hard time about the use of the coupon. After back and forth discussion, we agreed that I would receive the 6 vanilla and 6 red velvet cupcakes that were on hand. I specifically said no chocolate as my husband and I don’t eat chocolate cupcakes.
When I got there to pick them up, I should have checked it because when I made it back to my car, I actually had 4 chocolate, 5 vanilla, and 3 red velvet.
As for the taste of the cupcakes, it wasn’t a good cupcake. I’ve definitely had better, but definitely had worse, as well. However, based on service and the fact that I’ve had WAY better, I won’t be giving them any of my hard earned money.