Hell's Belles Bake Shop — Restaurant in Wilmington

We read such good reviews, so we thought let's give Hell"s Bellesa try. Per reviews we got there at what we thought was fairly early for a weekday (about 815ish they open at 730) expecting a glorious fresh baked goods smell to hit me...no it was more like a Starbucks smell which isn't a bad thing. Ok so my baked good was cold like out of the fridge cold, the person I was with had a cold crisply burnt on the ends croissant with way too many seeds on it just making a big mess. My coffee was bitter. The selection was very limited. I had a few other issues, but I'll just say it was not at all what we expected from previous reviews, and we were very disappointed. I say the food and the service were bland and cold, but the atmosphere was nice, so it has potential if the other issues...

Chocolate and ham and cheese croissant were 7/10. My recommendation would be to warm it to make it better.

The chocolate chip scone was 10/10. So many chocolate chips. I’d get this again.

Selection was a little disappointing as the display case only had maybe 3 items to select an hour and a half after opening for the day. So maybe anticipating higher volumes of people and having replacement items ready would be a good idea.

The check out area is tiny and one person to do coffees and orders seemed a little overwhelming for the staff member.

Overall a cute space with city street parking....

I was hoping for a delicious bakery and this was such a let down everything I asked about on the menu I couldn’t try because they didn’t have it and all the croissants and pastries in the case are cold this place isn’t a bakery at all it’s just a place to get cold dry bread and very bitter strong coffee and the employees have a very meep demeanor nothing special or fancy here no bakery goods here so if your looking for a place with warm soul filling breads or pastries or even the smell of yummy cakes or cookies or even to see these items in a show case you won’t find it at...