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    Calypso Cafe & Bakery

    4.8 (18 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Amberli C.

    Great service. Friendly owner and staff. The pastries are amazing!! The shop is small but has plenty of seating. Come try this place out!!

    Turkey croissant with tomato soup and hibiscus tea
    Ashley C.

    I absolutely love the owner Christine!!! She is super sweet and always goes out of her way to be kind. She gave me a free cupcake and checked on me regularly. The food is beautifully served and tastes amazing! The store's atmosphere is such a vibe. I would totally come here to do schoolwork, assignments, or if I just needed to study. She played Christian music the whole time which I love and is totally refreshing. No one ever plays Christian music. Which makes me wanna come here just for that. Her hibiscus tea, which she makes herself is also fantastic. It's a must-try. I always get her turkey croissant and it's so beautiful and tastes amazing.

    Pepper chicken, tuna salad sandwich and ry
    Joseph P.

    I have found a new favorite place to eat. It's in franklin, if all places. The owner is very friendly and helpful, because this was my first time there. With construction going on in the front of the building, I had to park in the back. But the walk was worth it. I ordered hibiscus tea, pepper chicken with spinach rice, tuna salad croissant sandwich and red beans and rice. Everything tasted fresh, the chicken had just the right amount of heat. The tea is so refreshing. I enjoyed the food. The prices are reasonable, the interior is nice and clean. Forget the construction, go check it out

    Edna M.

    Incredible customer service. I'm in Texas and needed to send a family friend a care package. The baked goods looked amazing but the store didn't offer delivery on the website. Doordash, Uber Eats weren't options. I called and asked the owner if there was any way to make a delivery happen. She offered to do it herself. The recipient was so happy with the baked goods, and I was so happy all the way from Texas! Thank you, Calypso!

    Cronut

    My daughter and I finally made it to Calypso today after following them on Facebook since they opened. Wish we had made it there sooner! Their pastry selection was incredible. We ended up trying the cronut and the pumpkin roll (not pictured), as well as their broccoli cheddar soup and a mango pineapple smoothie. Everything was delicious! Next time I want to try the chicken salad croissant.

    Sorrel on the menu in Franklin!!
    John L.

    Located in Franklin, this place was a hidden gem. Me and my wife were headed to Zinks meat market and were looking up pastrami sandwich restaurants. It was National hot pastrami day and we like doing things like that. She mentioned that Calypso Cafe and Bakery was right around the corner. She had found it on the Facebook Cincinnati Chowdown page for pastrami sandwich recommendations. This place is amazing. Wanting a hot pastrami sandwich, we also got a Jamaican beef patty, and curry chickpeas. Not at all what I was expecting. The sandwich was fantastic. The chickpeas were fantastic. The beef patty was fantastic. They also have sorrel which is a hibiscus drink. It was very tasty. My wyalso got a brownie cookie thing which was really good. Their menu is very Caribbean which isn't something you'd expect in downtown Franklin. So glad we stopped in. Its definitely not a secret gem anymore and I'll definitely return. Have to try their jerk chicken salad, and their jerk chicken entree. Oh yeah, and beans and rice.

    Homemade cupcakes. Heart shaped sugar cookies and the best butter cookie I have ever tasted.

    Best fresh, homemade cookies,cupcakes,pastries. Everything I have ordered has been fantastic. Very clean restaurant and the sweetest owner..Highly recommended.

    Chicken curry, chickpeas, roti, hot sauce, hibiscus  tea

    One of a kind!! The food is so good unlike any other you'll shred a tear or two. The owner is a very sweet down to earth woman. Authentic Food from Trinidad. The ambience is very clean and cozy.

    Turkey Croissant and Chocolate Cake Pop

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    We ended up trying the cronut and the pumpkin roll (not pictured), as well as their broccoli cheddar soup and a mango pineapple smoothie.

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    Milton's Donuts (Carlisle, OH)…read more I am not a big breakfast or donut person, but I found myself craving donuts early in the morning and thought I would give Milton's a try! I'll start with the good. The cream horns, are to die for! It's like biting into a cloud. It just flakes off into your mouth so perfectly, that you question if you even actually took a bite. The apple fritter. The perfect little crunch on the outside, and delicious apple and cinnamon on the inside. Their yeast donuts are huge! You can tell by the photos the clear size difference between the yeast and the cake. The cake donuts were also delicious! The fried sour cream donut was amazing! The not so good. Their glaze is a little heavy for my liking. I can't do the super sweet stuff, and this is a bit much for me. But that is completely personal preference. The fruity pebbles donut was a bit out of my wheelhouse, but I wanted to try it. Not good. The fruity pebbles are soggy, and somehow completely lost their taste. The glazed croissant was a bit of a letdown. It's one menu item that people rave about, and I thought it was just okay. Again, strictly personal preference. The really not so good. I like my cookies crunchy on the outside and gooey on the inside. But these cookies are hardly baked at all. I'm not a fan. I also ordered one each of M&Ms, Reese's, triple chocolate and oatmeal raisin. I requested a refund if any of these weren't available, (DoorDash order). Instead, they gave me two Reese's, and something that looks like a blueberry white chocolate chip. One of my donuts was completely smashed. I ordered a glazed twist, and was given an original glazed ring. I requested on DoorDash for them to contact me if anything was unavailable. Of course, they did not. Finally, I was charged additional $5.25 extra for the $18.50 dozen. I contacted the restaurant directly, and the woman who answered the phone explained to me that it was because I chose three specialty donuts, and I could only get two. I advised her that that's not what the menu says, and I read the menu directly to her. She then said that she just checked the menu herself, and I was wrong. So she puts me on hold and I hear her in the background talking to someone else. When she comes back to the phone, she then tells me that it's because I got filled donuts and they are also considered specialty donuts. That is not what the menu says at all. Neither the DoorDash menu, nor their website menu. I suggested that they look into that if they can, and she got snappy with me and said she would let her manager know. She told me that they were unable to adjust the price, and, of course, DoorDash wouldn't fix it either. My overall issue with this experience, is the poor customer service. Not calling me with changes to my order as I requested, and arguing with me over what the menu says, and then changing the story when they realized that I was right. I'm not writing this place off by any means, but I definitely won't be spending 40 bucks there again!

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