Milk Bar — Restaurant in New York

As long time fans and frequent visitors of Momofuku Milk Bar we knew that we wanted our wedding cake to be from there for the longest time. While their tiered wedding cakes are gorgeous and we wish we could fit it into our budget, with about 175 guests attending we were not sure if we could afford it. To save on the overall costs we decided to purchase several separate party cakes from them instead and saved over $300 in costs. We purchased a 6" inch round birthday cake which we were able to customize with Vanilla and Chocolate frosting through their MIlk ID program to use as our personal cake for display and cake cutting. We also had Milk Bar write our initials on top of the cake inside a heart outline instead of purchasing a cake topper. By using the smaller cake for the display it actually helped us to create a really cool table setup where we placed our cake on top of an old vintage record player. The cake was small enough to fit on top of the turntable and allowed us to incorporate a visual element that reflected our love of vinyl and record collecting. For the rest of our guests we purchased another small round 10" cake and large party sheet cake of their Birthday cake flavor with Vanilla frosting that our venue kept in their kitchen to cut and serve. After the evening was all said and done we were still left over with almost all of the two round cakes to take home with us when the night was over. For anyone planning an event on tight budget that still wants to incorporate Momofuku Milk Bar into their wedding we highly recommend ordering their party cakes instead of the tiered wedding cakes to save on costs. It also afforded us more time in the planning as we only needed about 2 to 4 weeks notice in advance to place our order with them in. Just be sure to check with them on delivery options in advance for their party cakes as the Williamsburg location was unable to send a courier with their large sheet cakes due to the size. We made other arrangements to pick up the cakes and have them dropped of at our venue on the day of our wedding. The actual cakes were so delicious and everything we had hoped for making for the perfect cake display that reflected us as couple and fit in perfectly with the rest of our wedding decor. Our guests all loved the cake and raved about it! We were so happy and excited that we were able to actually include one of our favorite places into our wedding celebration without having to break the bank and to give all our guests a taste of Brooklyn! Thank you so much to Crystal, Jenny, and all the rest of the Momofuku Milk Bar team that helped to make our big day extra special! 5 stars, does not...

Who hasn't heard of Christina Tosi and her famous (or is it infamous?) Milk Bar? Up to this point, I'd only been able to experience her wares by recreating them at home. I've made Crack Pie, now relabeled Milk Bar Pie. For my birthday last year, my partner made me the Birthday Cake. They were both amazing! We even used our ice cream maker to make cereal milk ice cream, and that too turned out really nice. Since then, I've been obsessed with visiting one of the actual locations as soon as possible, so when I found myself in Brooklyn over the weekend, I rushed over to the nearest one. The service was friendly and quick, even though we ordered SO much. We got bday truffles, a compost cookie, compost soft serve, cereal milk soft serve, a couple different lattes, and the brand new caramel grapefruit snap. I'm giving this place 3 stars because everything ranged from so-so to good, but just not knock-your-socks-off good, you know? The lattes were super sweet, which is totally fine, but the specific flavors weren't pronounced enough. The two soft serves were rich and creamy, and the added crunch of the sprinkled in ingredients rounded out the texture, making these a definite highlight. The cake truffles were ok, same with the compost cookie. I didn't know going in that these would come prepackaged. I don't know how often they package them, but the ones we got didn't seem particularly fresh. The new grapefruit caramel snap also came pre-sealed, but either due to the unique mixture of flavors, or the fact that it's their new product, this cookie tasted amazing and like nothing I've had before, another highlight! Overall though, the whole experience left me wanting for more while having spent less. I'm not totally anti-MilkBar now, but I've been sated and won't necessarily seek it out...

Thanks to the staff at Milk Bar Williamsburg, for a delightful birthday experience this afternoon! Additionally, thank you to their outside vendor DoorDash who delivered precisely on-time, with every item in ideal condition and delicious as always. My son lives in Brooklyn and I'm out of town and wanted to be sure to send him some good birthday lovin' from his favorite place in town. It was a seamless transaction, ordering a number of goodies online the night before, including a gorgeous birthday cake festooned with truffles. The 6” layered cake is far larger - much deeper - than I realized, so unless you’re ordering for a crowd, that size will easily feed 8-10. My son remarked that he and his girlfriend will be enjoying it for the rest of the week! In addition to the freshly-baked cake, I included some other yummy favs including ice cream cups and pints as well, and a "birthday-in-a-bag" which included confetti, candles & matches, a birthday crown, and a festive banner to decorate...overall an incredible way to say Happy Birthday from afar...and last minute, too! I highly recommend the folks at the Milk Bar WIlliamsburg location for doing such a wonderful job in putting together this delectable birthday surprise...many thanks...I know that I'll be returning again soon for future...