Listed and first reviewed on: 02/19/17
With the amount of traffic our Cakes and Cream Surulere and Cakes and Cream Ikeja posts get, and enquiries for “cakes and cream price list”, I just had to check out Cakes and Cream VI (Victoria Island).
Parking There’s space for about 10 cars double parked. When I visited, parking wasn’t an issue.
Ambiance Don’t think they’ve really done much with the space. Once you walk in, it’s not immediately clear where to go for what. After observing, I noticed that folks walked up to the counters to place or pick up orders. Then, the bakery display case on the right once you walk in through the door is for folks like me, who just wanted a slice of cake.
Cakes & Service Once I walked in, I took a picture of the Cakes and Cream price list I saw on the counter (see picture/pricelist as of Feb 2017 in the gallery). The sales attendant, who later told me her name is Sofia, was like “that is not allowed, no pictures”. I asked why and she said she’s not management and doesn’t know. I then explained to her that I came all the way from Lekki and would have liked to see a menu + pricing before coming. Her reply was “you should have called us”. Ok ma! I went on to watch Sofia annoy other customers. She wasn’t paying attention, mixing up orders, and repeating orders over 3 times due to her inattentiveness. At some point she was gisting with some folks (not sure whether they were customers) while the rest of us in line were waiting. I’m not calling out Sofia because she’s a horrible person, but I think she definitely needs more training in the customer service department. So much so that I actually had to ask her “please, what is your name?” for the purpose of this review.
I’d wanted a slice of Black Forest cake, but it was sold out. So, I got a slice of Red Velvet and Chocolate cake, which cost 900 naira per slice (I think it’s expensive shaaa). Chocolate was awful; would never get it again! Red Velvet on the other hand was pretty decent. Solid 7.5/10.
Overall Cakes and Cream VI Experience Would I drive all the way to Cakes and Cream VI from Lekki just for cakes and to deal with madam Sofia? Nahhh. But if I’m in the area, I’d get the Red Velvet again.
Their carrot cake is decent. Like 6/10….it’s more raisin cake than carrot cake though…
So here’s the deal with cakes n cream: I go here when I need a quick no frills “ok” cake. It terms of price it’s also “ok”. It’s standard. But they could do better.
Downsides: it’s always disorganized when I go here. I don’t like that the cakes are kept on racks. No climate control whatsoever. There’s also the occasional fly or two perching on the cake.
It’s an ‘ok’ place though. Would buy a cake here for someone I don’t really care too much about. If it’s a cake for my husband or mom…I would go elsewhere