Dolce Delight
1080 Danby Rd, Ithaca, NY
Crema's Take
“Dolce Delight is a cozy Ithaca cafe that wins hearts with thoughtful touches like homemade pop tarts, creative breakfast sandwiches with personality (think chipotle biscuits with hot pepper jelly), and genuine care for dietary needs—they genuinely listen when you mention celiac disease. The space itself feels like stepping into a warm, vintage-inspired haven decorated with Christmas villages and nostalgic touches, making it equally perfect for a slow morning with loved ones or a quick grab before heading out.”
What to expect
Google Reviews
We haven't even had our breakfast sandwiches yet but I already want to give this place 5 stars. I have celiac disease and we can in to see if they had gluten free options, which they did! They offer gluten free bagels and bread for all their sandwiches, and they toast them in a separate toaster. Plus, they always keep one or two gluten free bakes goods available as well. When we came it was gluten free coffee cake and it was absolutely delicious. The food staff were very friendly as were the coffee staff, who brought our coffees to our table. Will definitely come back! Oh and the food came out very fast!
An absolutely adorable spot to grab a bite and a snack. This is a nice cafe spot with some really good food options. We had the harvest salad and “The Diva” breakfast bagel open-faces sandwich. The harvest salad has spinach, apple slices, dried cranberries, walnuts, and cheddar cheese in it, nice and fresh. The diva is decadence. It had cream cheese, avocado, melted provolone, bacon, and it was topped with pico de gallo. It was everything! We also grabbed a couple little truffles because one kind sounded interesting, the other looked like little footballs. They also have pies and items available for holidays, like Thanksgiving that can be ordered.
Absolutely loved our trip to Dolce Delight! I ordered a Dolce Special but substituted bacon for ham. Everything about the sandwich was phenomenal. The biscuit had crispy caramelized cheese on the outside and was fluffy on the inside, the egg and bacon were perfectly cooked, cheese melty and the pepper jam rounded out one of the best breakfast sandwiches I've had. My husband had the Joey on an everything bagel and he said it was really good as well. We also got an iced mocha and iced coffee. The mocha was so well balanced: not too sweet with great chocolate flavor. The iced coffee had a great flavor and was not too acidic. So impressed with everything! Also, loved the vibes. You can tell that this is a spot the locals enjoy and frequent and everyone seemed to know each other.
Dolce Special was truly special! We absolutely loved the chipotle biscuit and hot pepper jelly - had a nice kick in it and was very flavorful. Our six daughter had Sweet Piggy - the bagel was very cinnamony and tasted pretty much like a French toast with bagel texture. Definitely recommend everyone to give Dolce Delight a try if you are looking for an alternative to Collegetown Bagel.
Dolce Delight is full of cozy delightful decor, like Christmas villages, Christmas trees, and vintage cards and gift bags. They have homemade pop tarts (were sadly out of stock today when I went around 2pm though), truffles, biscottis, and all flavors of cookies and pies. The raspberry iced latte confused me a bit because I was expecting it to taste more like raspberry but it was almost chocolatey; it was pretty good though.
Crema Reviews
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