Cafe Madeleine

Ordered a custom duches des leches cake with a print on top. Really great, it was $66 for the cake and then the total came up to $97 with the print added and taxes and everything. Turnaround time was 4 days excluding weekend. One recommendation, for the print, it’s okay to instruct the customer or put on website that you accept circle images only. It will just speed up communications. But the cafe was very quick to respond to all emails.

My friend ordered a few things from this place via DoorDash and brought the macarons & yule log (Bûche De Noël) to our small holiday gathering. So my rating is purely based on this experience. For a different kind of holiday celebration, we decided to eat the sweets first before diving into the savory dishes. We went for the macarons first. I love how the macarons all have cream fillings and tasted good. Meanwhile, I thought it was interesting that they were of various sizes. One friend, however, wasn't having fun with them. About 10 minutes after eating the macarons. she had to go use the restroom. She ate only the red colored ones. Since the four of us all ate the macarons and we were fine, we determined that it was the heavy red coloring that cause her tummy trouble. I tried a little red colored macarons. Just like my friend, I could taste the bitterness in the shells. The bitterness usually results from heavy usage of the food coloring. I could see why my friend reacted to it, because even 2 hours after eating the macarons, my tongue was still pink due to the food coloring. The yule log was big and looked good, but tasted super sweet and the cake was dry. I had a holiday sweet craving; so I ate 2 half-inch wide slices of yule log, while everyone else ate 1 slice. It reminded me of the cheaply made cakes from supermarkets. This time, I was the one not having fun. Within 30 minutes of eating the cake, I got diarrhea, which is one of the side effects of eating high-sugar food. This is the first time I experienced something like this when eating pastries from a bakery. Conclusion, I would never buy food from this café.

My building has Cafe Madeleine pastries delivered everyday. I really love the almond cream filled pastry, but it’s very inconsistent. Many times there is very little filling. Like almost non-existent. Other times there is a lot of filling and it’s amazing. Would love to see lots of filling every day. It makes the pastry sooooo good and bursting with flavor! Also, please bring back the chocolate filled pastry! The replacement you started using a couple of years ago is no where near as good!

This was the only bakery that was willing to help with a custom cheesecake and they CRUSHED it. Absolutely beautiful and tasty pistachio cheesecake with raspberry crème on top. They were friendly, accommodating, and the price was good. Highly recommend.

I actually was a bit worried when walked into cafe Madeleine because all of your 1 star review. But I just need some desserts to go, so I bought a box of 4. The staff is busy but friendly, they gave me suggestions for the most popular cake. Each cake is $7, I think it's a really good deal in downtown SF. & I have to tell you, it tastes like heaven. Love it. Now it will be my go to place for dessert after Henry's Hunan at Nantoma St.