Cupcake bakery offering both a daily selection of cakes & a rotating menu of weekly flavors.
charisma barriger
this place is very cute with a big reasonably priced menu. i liked the decor a lot and the seating options. this place just has a cute vibe. my cupcake honestly wasn’t my favorite but it wasn’t bad.
… moreDan Hess
The food here is fire – my fave is the absolutely delicious breakfast sandwich, with its fluffy eggs and brioche bun, but honestly all of the breakfast items are fantastic. Good coffee, great lunch sandwiches, but their “happy hour” deals are killer. Not to mention the cupcakes and desserts are killer! This might be the most underrated food spot in Pasadena.
But I haven’t even mentioned the best thing about this place – the family meals that they offer from Tues-Friday every week, rotating meals all the time, not one repeated meal all month, are massive, delicious and one of the best deals in California. They can feed a huge family for one night but we usually stretch out the meal over the course of several meals per week. Insane.
Bonus points: the owners might be the biggest Dodgers fans in LA. They even work with the team!
Only drawback is the café, as cute as it is, is a bit empty most of the time. That’s good if you want a quiet spot to work and grab a bite, but ultimately it’s best as a grab and go spot right off the freeway.
… moreThomas
Really good. The baked goods are fresh and of the highest quality. My latte was pefect. The atmosphere inside is nice and cozy. Next time I come here (and I will come back again) I will try a few of the different lubch options they have.
… moreFelisia Micky
Here one cupcakes store with cozy and cute theme place name : Dots Cafe.
Its great for your party, with $ 24.75 you got a dozen mini cupcakes with many flavor such as :
Red velvet, strawberry shortcake, vanila squarer, chocolate coconut, and for special flavor that only made on friday/saturday/sunday they got rasberry lemon and passionfruit.
Its complete your party with cute cupcakes and great taste!
… moreEvan Di Gerolamo Toth
There is almost nothing I enjoy more than the perfect breakfast burrito. I’ve combed through a lot of LA and had countless renditions, dots is very high on my list of favorites.
I got the ultimate breakfast burrito and it was delicious I’ve already been back a second time.
The eggs were fluffy and creamy and pared perfectly with the cheese and avo as any true Californian appreciates. What can’t be looked passed is the crispness of the bacon. No soggy bacon here.
Reasonably priced, totally worth it given the taste and portion sizes.
Also pictured is the ultimate breakfast sandwich another very solid option that will not disappoint, pro tip add the sundried tomato mayo. I’ve yet to eat the cupcakes but if they are anything close to the breakfast they will be the cherry on top of a perfect meal.
Overall dots is a great location for a brunch and for those who have sweet teeth like me. The bright floral aesthetic and calming vibes make for a great start to a lazy Sunday.
… moreGraciela Cornell
Such a charming little bakery! I absolutely loved the wallpaper and pink décor—just so dreamy! Their carrot cake cupcake and chocolate cupcake were both super moist and full of flavor. Service was outstanding, and the cupcakes are very reasonably priced. I will definitely be returning!
… moreBea Duarte
I came in after a DMV appt (Pasadena location) and it was great. I grabbed toast with berries and cream cheese and a Rose Latte with almond milk. Very nice spot to stop by and grab a coffee. Next time I will have to try a cupcake.
… moreD C
Place looks cute, but not a fan of the food or drink, it was okay edible and definitely over priced for underwhelming no wow factor, staff were not memorable. The taste and flavor are off with the food and drink, it was a long wait yet not worth the wait and there was no line inside either. The coffee beans had a dull after taste, not flavorful for me. The cupcakes looks better than it taste unfortunately, it was dry, great decoration and photos though, it got my foot in the door, however that was it. I really wanted to like this place and find a new gem, but not it sadly. Free parking lot, but limited spaces.
… moreSydney and Taylor
We used Dots Cupcakes for our wedding and were thrilled with how our desserts turned out! Our guests loved the cupcakes and we know several people took some home for a post-wedding snack 🙂 We booked their wedding package, which included a small cake for cutting and fresh flowers for decoration. It was really nice to have the cake for cutting so we could get those photos, while still being able to serve a variety of cupcake flavors to our guests. The fresh flowers looked lovely and the staff at Dots made sure to consider our wedding color scheme when selecting the flowers. Despite our venue being 40 miles from Pasadena, they delivered our cupcakes for only a small additional fee. Their communication over email was prompt and helpful, and they were patient with us as we worked out our wedding details over several months. We would recommend Dots for a wedding!
A few photos by our wedding photographer, Christy Kendall, show how cute the cupcakes turned out!
… moreJason Lew
I don’t usually post lengthy reviews unless the experience is extremely good or bad. But this is bad. My family fell in love with dots family meals. They r good in quality and in taste and feeds a family of 4 and I have been ordering the family meals once a week and this week I ordered TWICE. They take pre orders and pre payment for their family meals. I pre ordered this Wednesday and picked it up and everything was great. I also pre ordered 4 DAYS BEFOREHAND to pick up this Friday and they confirmed my ordered. My family and I really liked their food and this Friday they had a family meals with steak, pasta and cookies that we really really wanted to try. I told my kids about dots and their meals since this Monday. They liked this Wednesday’s so we were so excited about the Friday family meals and we were so looking forward to it and everyday this week I was prepping my family and saying oh they have steak and pasta and cookies! So I drove the family to the Santa Anita mall and had a great time and told them on the way home we will pick up dinner at dots and they were so excited. We arrived at dots and I went inside to pick up my order and they TOLD ME THEY DIDNT HAVE ANY??? I’m like what do you mean, I pre ordered 4 days ago. I don’t get it. The owner lady said someone came in to pick up the last one? Huh?? I preordered and confirmed the order for pick up and they gave the last one to some other person? How does this happen?? All she did was apologize and didn’t even make me feel any better or remedy the situation. I told my family about this dinner 4 days ago and prepped them and they were so happy but I walked out of dots with nothing! Being sorry doesn’t feed my family. What does pre ordering and pre paying do when they don’t even honor it ?? She said they made the exact amount of preorders. Obviously not! Someone messed up bad and gave my food away or didn’t make enough food. I don’t even know what happened. I felt so bad. I had to walk to the car empty handed and my family kept asking me what happened and I had to tell them they didn’t have our food and we had to go somewhere else for dinner. They were so disappointed to the point of almost crying and I felt so bad and felt helpless. This whole experience was horrible. I regret counting on dots to deliver. I was a loyal customer but not anymore. I was going to order for next week for Christmas Eve. They are doing a prime rib family meal for $175. Expensive but was gonna order at least 3 for a family party but not anymore. I don’t want to show up empty handed and can’t trust that I would even get my food I preordered. I rather go to an establishment that actually puts customers first and knows what they are doing. If they mess up, take the blame and at least make me or my family feel better but I walked out of there feeling ill to my stomach. To see your kids faces so sad is just heartbreaking.
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