The SweetSide — Restaurant in Seattle

We were referred to The Sweet Side by our wedding planners. We spent $996 (which included a $125 refundable deposit) on dessert for a small wedding with 30 guests. Leading up to the wedding Mindy was very difficult to communicate with and she repeatedly sent us emails asking for information that had been provided previously (e.g., day of contact, vendor access to venue, etc.). There was also a miscommunication a month before our wedding that resulted in a surprise $110 delivery charge, $55 rental fee, and $125 refundable deposit requirement. If you asked The Sweet Side team, they would say that our planners did not tell them that they needed delivery or rentals in advance of our initial invoice. If you asked our wedding planners they would say that conversations were had months prior with The Sweet Side team and that delivery and rentals were supposed to be complimentary. For what it’s worth, delivery and rentals were included in the initial invoice with a $0 line item. When we asked The Sweet Side to honor their initial invoice and waive the delivery/rental fees, they refused. Since I was not involved in those conversations I can’t say whose version of the miscommunication is more correct, but after experiencing first hand how difficult Mindy is to communicate with I tend to believe our wedding planners. Since it was only a month before our wedding we opted to pay the extra fees rather than try to find a new dessert vendor.

Fortunately, the desserts the day of were a much better experience. The desserts were delivered on time and were a big hit. We ordered the predesigned magnolia cake, 8” round, with carrot cake and cream cheese on the inside and buttercream frosting on the outside ($181). It was DELICIOUS and just the right size for our small wedding. We also ordered the “sweet bites bar package” ($525) with French macarons, brownies, and cheesecake shooters. The package is advertised as intended for 50 guests but it was just the right size for our 30 guests. The macarons were especially delicious and several guests commented that they were the best macarons they...

I would recommend the Sweet Side to all brides – we had a really good experience.

I worked with Mindy for a 2-tiered wedding cake and some additional sweet bites for a dessert bar. She did a great job of answering all my initial questions and worked with me up until after contracting. We got a to-go tasting box and the hard part was narrowing down the two cakes and icings we wanted on the cake. We went with their famous carrot cake and cream cheese buttercream and the almond cake with swiss meringue buttercream.

I also ordered their variety pack of bars to try, and they were really yummy too. The only downside of the tasting experience is that they don’t offer tasters or anything less than an order of 3 dozen of an particular item off the Sweet Bites menu if you want to try it (i.e., the fruit crisp shooter we ordered for the wedding, we never got to try it beforehand). Being a foodie and a type A person, that was a bit of a bummer and a little risky but not a huge deal.

I liked that you could rent beautiful white dessert displays from them – it was one less thing to worry about when planning a wedding and they looked great.

My now husband and I were pretty set on a simple design and we sent them a picture of what we liked, and they delivered exactly that! The cake was simple yet still a statement and delicious. After being on a diet for months, I choose to have leftover cake as my choice for breakfast the day after the wedding. Yum!

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The SweetSide definitely exceeded my expectations! I know places usually want at least a month to create a custom cake that would need to serve 30-40 people AND be completed in just a couple weeks. So when I emailed a few bakery's to see if they could do this, I was thrilled to receive a prompt email back from SweetSide letting me know they could! This was for my mother-in-law’s 80th birthday so it was very important to us that the cake be amazing. I threw out some thoughts of what I wanted and they promptly came back with a drawing of what we might be looking for. I had a bunch of little changes (short notice and wanting lots of details to the cake....I was shocked they were still willing to make it!). The next design they sent over was absolutely perfect! I was nervous to have to drive with the cake but they delivered, which in itself saved me a lot of stress.

Fast forward to the party and every single person asked where we got it. They were amazed at how awesome it looked and so was I. My mother-in-law didn't want us to cut it, it looked so beautiful. But we are all glad we did because it tasted delicious!

Thank you so much SweetSide, we couldn't have asked for a better experience getting a custom cake for...