Nichole's Fine Pastry & Café — Restaurant in Fargo

We had my daughter’s wedding on 9/13/25. I had secured Nichole’s over a year ago to make mini pies and a small cake for pictures/cutting. I emailed a few times to make sure we didn’t miss the contract in an email and got no response for two weeks, assuring us everything is handled and I got the contract. Come wedding day, no cake!! Our venue was 2 1/2 hours away from Fargo and we called to say the cake was missing. They apologized and said that they would do something to make it up to us along with a refund. Needless to say I was extremely disappointed. The pies were good though, which is why the 3 stars. They had to “cut” a small pie for their pictures. They told us to call them the next week to figure out a way they can make it up to us, but when we tried, we got no response. I emailed twice, nothing. Called the shop, and I was told Nichole would reach out on Tuesday this week. Well, it’s not Wednesday, no word from Nichole but I got a refund check in the mail. No call to apologize, nothing. Just a note of the check “sincerest apologies, hope the wedding went well”!! What?!! If they would have called and apologized and offered to make it up to us, I would have been fine, but no communication and then just getting a note on a check?! Not the best customer service. I’m extremely disappointed and will not be referring or getting anything...

As one of 3 restaurants in Fargo visited by Guy Fieri and featured on DDD, Nichole’s steps up to the plate. It’s very rightfully named “fine pastry”, because they serve a lot of desserts that are what I call fancy. And I’m a big fancy pastry person, I mean are you a true foodie if you aren’t? So this was an easy stop.

Jam packed display cases- mini cakes, tarts, creme brûlée, eclairs, key lime pie, petit fours, cookies, bars— want me to keep going? Full honesty, I wanted to try one of everything. I ended up getting a pack of macaroons, and I was impressed that they were the texture a good mac should be- a slightly crunchy shell, and a soft, gooey inside of the cookie.

Though there are many great treats here, I’m not sure if I’d be a visitor often were I living in the Fargo area. I didn’t really get a great vibe here, as it is a “fine pastry” shop and it almost felt like the place was too good for random people off the street like me. Do you ever feel that way? But nonetheless I’m glad I got to try it and it definitely lives up...

Fine or not fine? That is the question.

The place is very nice, bright, lovely and trendy. The staff is super carrying and nice... So this definitely a lovely place to be having a coffee and a treat! Brunch option are limited but they are all great.

The price is somewhat on the high side, but is it overprice for fine and quality items? The coffee is ok, the tea is fantastic.

Everything is super clean and well taken care.

Now, the little down side. At the price point and the name "fine" you are expecting every single patisserie items to be as wonderful and perfect as possible. Some are fantastic the Oero cake, the fruit Tarte (a french staple that is living up to my french expectations - albeit a little small or a little over price). I would say 80% are amazing however a few items like the croissant and pain aux chocolats are not as well / perfectly done. They taste good and are great but not up to the standard I was expecting.

However, it still taste good and definitely a great place to have a brunch or a...