Schultz Sweets — Restaurant in Oshtemo Charter Township

(Michele's Review) From the moment I (we) entered Schultz Sweets, my eyes were filled with the beauty of rich colors, shiny brass, a decadent coffee, candy & ice cream parlor, and the knowledge that I just entered someplace special. A huge smile grew across my face.

But let's back up with the WHY my feet brought our family to Schultz Sweets. For our grandson's 10th birthday, his special present was a train trip across our State of Michigan to find an old fashioned and delicious ice cream parlor for the family to enjoy. Following the Blue Water Amtrak train route with stops in Durand, East Lansing, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Dowagiac, & Niles, we started searching on the internet for excellently rated ice cream parlors in these areas. Schultz Sweets had just what we were looking for in Kalamazoo. So Kalamazoo won and became our destination. We were not disappointed.

Upon entry, with a huge smile on my face, I forced my feet past the candy display, past the coffee counter and ending at the ice cream cooler. As the family was ooooing, and ahhhhing over the various ice cream flavors, I asked what non-dairy options were available. There were two to choose from. The one I chose was “Cherry Limeade Sherbet” WELL, this was possibly the best, “single on a sugar cone” frozen sugary flavor confection, I have ever had in my mouth. The perfect balance of sweet cherry and citrusy-tart limeade. My smiling face was even happier now, if that was even possible. What did the birthday boy get? Strawberry ice cream on a waffle cone. He was enjoying it with a huge smile just like me.

Then the ambiance. The deep blue colored walls, the comfortable living room setting of plush seats, high top table and chairs, along side of two couches and coffee tables. All of this was sitting opposite a wall of wood framed glass to ceiling windows, showing off the confection kitchen where all the incredible-ness (if that's a word) was created.

Then we met one of their workers, Rachel. She was an absolute delight. We explained why we were there and she was thrilled to hear about our little trip and Schultz Sweets was why we were in Kalamazoo. She was such a gem to talk to and is the reason why, at her request, we wrote this review.

YES, this is a destination worthy of making a special trip to. We don't know when it may be again for us, but we hope to be back someday soon. All the way back to Kalamazoo and...

This is a very cute Cafe and chocolate shop. The staff is very nice. Their chocolate selection is about what you would expect. Dark and milk chocolate versions. I overall the selection runs very sweet with chocolate covered caramel and cookies. Few chocolate/tart combos like citrus peel or fruit gel. Would love more mini versions of things, some treats are very large. On this occasion I went for brunch with a pal. I had the veggie breakfast burrito for brunch which was adequate. My friend had the quiche which was very heavy on crust and light on the egg. Overall, we really enjoyed our hangout and chat and the staff was very friendly. With just two people working the food prep was a bit slow. The coffee and tea is very good. We hung out quite a while. It would be nice to have a ceramic mug or ceramic teapot option. The granola bar was a nice sweet snack. The yogurt parfait was very fancy looking. I have had their chocolates on other occasions which are also quite good. This is a nice, pleasant place to hang out and chat and have some...

This is strictly a review of their breakfast menu and timeliness. We've stopped by a couple times for breakfast. The first time it was to-go and we ordered a quiche and burrito after having to make some changes due to them not having some food items in stock . After 20 minutes we were frustrated but they had a couple take out orders so we wrote it off. The quiche was fine and the burrito was good so we opted to give them another shot. We came back right at opening the next weekend and placed an order for three waffles. They informed me that they couldn't make the sausage gravy waffle and they were out of an item for a second waffle. We finally decided on three waffles and sat down. 35 minutes for three waffles which were a bit too dense and squishy. They just don't seem to be prepared for the "café" part of their business. Their confectionaries look quite delicious but we have yet to try them. I'm usually loath to give bad reviews so realize this is just dealing with their preparedness for...