04/08/09

Lots of space

by micqa

Love the convenience of parking on the street close to the bakery. So much space to move around from cupcake, cookies, cakes and drinks.

• Pros: Party room and seating area
• Cons: Help yourself with the cupcakes

03/23/09

whipped cream dreams

by lawrencevillemom

inside smells like a dream, red velvet cupcakes are slapp your momma good, banana pudding tastes like what your southern grandma would make if you had one....

a little crowded, but well worth the wait.

• Pros: smells like heaven

01/08/09

Like butter? Magnolia is for you.

by moviemogul

Best cakes, good location. Magnolia Bakery made cupcakes a nationwide food fad. People claim the downtown location is best, but this Upper West location will fill your fix.

• Pros: Best red velvet cake!
• Cons: A moment on the lips, forever on the hips

06/11/08

Delighted With Quality and Convenience of New Location!

by lzybeanie

The new location is super-convenient and the quality of the cupcakes is just as good as their downtown location - that is to say OUTSTANDING! I love Magnolia cupcakes and was excited to hear of their new uptown location. It's more spacious than the little shop on Bleecker St. which allows less confusion and congestion when picking out your self-serve cupcakes. The staff was friendly and I was more than happy to hand over my $$ and hang out at one of their cafe tables to enjoy my vanilla/vanilla cupcake with a nice cup of milk. As far as the flavor of the actual cupcake goes, my cake was nice and moist with a nice heap of stiff, yet creamy frosting on top. I'll be back for more! I don't live in the area so it's nice to know that there's a more convenient alternative to getting my Magnolia cupcake fix!

• Pros: Great new location - better self-service!
• Cons: Don't get there enough!

06/10/08

DRY LIKE TOAST!

by mtmichel

I will never eat another cupcake from this place, even if it was free. I love baked goods and was very impressed by the decor and ambiance of this place but the chocolate cupcake and the red velvet cake were the worse me and my husband have ever eaten. A Hostess cupcake from the corner bodega has more moisture than the stuff at Magnolia's. My husband and I ate half of it and threw the rest out. It was a waste of calories and a waste of money. Magnolia Bakery, shame on you!

03/27/08

Try some other place

by Maureen310

The cupcakes here are highly overrated. They are very expensive and not worth the price. I have had better cupcakes in NYC. The service is quite rude - they do not seem to be interested in helping the customer just want to take their money. They start yelling at you as you walk in that it is self-serve and everyone is leaning over the cupcakes and it is quite a mess with some of the icing dripping all over. I was happy they were in my neighborhood but will not go back.

• Cons: Very expensive

Upper West Side cupcake junkies can now get their Magnolia fix without a subway ride.

by Justin Hartung

In Short
Carrie and Charlotte from "Sex and the City" would be tickled pink that the second branch of their favorite bakery has opened closer to their uptown apartments. Though the new location's handful of tables couldn't accommodate the girls' brunch plans, the large prep area does provide a grand stage for watching the creation of the sweet treats. Eleven varieties of full-sized cakes are available, as are banana pudding, cookies and pies, and, of course, the heavily frosted, breakup-soothing cupcakes.

02/26/08

Decent cupcakes with rude service

by melee98

The cupcakes are what they are. They taste good enough, but they're a bit much and a poor value at $2.25+.

But the service was really awful! I was there yesterday afternoon, and the staff was pretty rude. Examples:

* Before we even reached the register with our one cupcake and one red velvet, a tall man yelled at us, "FIVE BUCKS." No "hi", no "welcome", no "please". Wow.

* We were standing at the cocktail tables at the front, and the adjacent window was open about 8 inches. (Mind you, outside it was 39-degrees and windy.) As I tried to close the window a little, a woman behind the register yelled over to me, "Excuse me! Oh are you cold? Because we're REALLY warm back here." And another employee added, "YEAH." Does the customer's comfort matter at all?

Then the employees starting joking around about how one of the men was going through menopause. I don't know if they thought they were being cool or funny or hip. But I would much rather be treated like a customer than an unwelcome neighbor.

• Pros: Good location, decent seating area
• Cons: Rude servers, expensive cupcakes