I LOVE Pearl's Bake Shoppe. I've been eyeing their cupcakes for a while before finally deciding to…read moretry them, but I'm so glad that I did! I've come back more than a few times to try different cupcakes from this bakery, and it has not disappointed! They always have a line when I stop by of people picking up bakery orders or stopping by to grab sweet treats. They have all kinds of pastries and bakery items: cakes, cake pops, cupcakes, cookies, brownies, pies, macarons, pop tarts and even packaged drinks. I've gotten a few different cupcakes from them. My favorites have been the peaches and cream, top hat cupcake, pistachio raspberry and strawberry vanilla. Their tiramisu cupcake, margarita cupcake and the key lime cupcakes all actually tasted so much like the namesakes! Their cupcakes are mostly perfectly balanced sweetness: I haven't had anything that was too sweet. Their cakes look so beautifully decorated, but I haven't tried any. They look so good though! Everything in there are so aesthetically pleasing, and if the cupcakes are anything to go by, I'd say flavor wise, the other items would meet expectations! Definitely one of my favorite places in Richmond to get myself a treat and wouldn't hesitate to recommend!

I visited Richmond, VA in June 2025 for a friend's wedding…read more My friend from my town wanted me to bring her back some cupcakes from Pearl's Bake Shoppe so I stopped by on a Saturday morning. I got her 4 different cupcakes of different varieties and she loved it. I bought myself some macarons and they were delicious. Service was efficient and friendly. This bakery appears to be a local favourite. **** GOAL of 250 reviews in 2026 - 95/250 total reviews in 2026 - 936 total Yelp reviews - Reviewed on 20 May 2026

Great vibe with the furniture, the decoration, and the colors in the indoor space. The outdoor…read morespace looks very enjoyable, but I haven't sat there yet. The staff is friendly and polite. Although I try to stay away from sweets, their cupcakes look delicious. Illl have to have one of my kids try them and tell me if they are good :) I do like their cappuccino.

I came in right after 8am, so they were probably just setting up and didn't think to seat me for…read moredine in. It was brusque but mostly not overtly rude, perhaps they were just busy getting ready. I ordered the charcuterie board ($28), a chicken salad croissant sandwich ($14), and the Lavender Bees Knees ($8). The drink was very pretty but not super flavorful. The chicken salad was good enough, but I think the croissant alone would have been wonderful. The charcuterie board had a substitutions I was not made aware of upon ordering (no pepper jelly, blanched almonds instead of candied pecans, and a green onion mixed type goat cheese with bacon in it instead of maple bacon goat cheese). They did add little pickles and the presentation was pretty enough, but no flowers like the owner posted photo on here. The meat was pretty thick which could be a positive or negative depending on personal preference, and the meat was decent quality. The fig jam was very good. The waitress who was helping the other tables had brought my food out but didn't check on me at all. I had to go up to the counter again to order a cinnamon roll ($8) and a coffee ($5) which she brought out to me. The coffee was nice and dark (Cameo blend) and incredibly hot. The cinnamon roll was okay, not very much cinnamon flavor but it was delicate and the icing was decent. The interior was pretty and it was a good spot to read a book and spend a morning.

Love this place! The cakes are always fresh and moist. I always recommend this place.read more

Let me start by saying: Hi, my name is Ry, and I am an addict. I have an unhealthy obsession with…read moredesserts. Having said that, do with this review what you will. I've been to Nothing Bundt Cakes a few times now and I've yet to try a flavor I didn't like. Despite my sugar habit, I do tend to prefer cakes without icing, but the icing on their cakes is a nice complement to the texture. Their cakes are somehow dense and moist (pause), much akin to a soaked pound cake. I wish the cookies and cream flavor wasn't just seasonal since that was my favorite. From their staples, my faves include (in no particular order) strawberries and cream, confetti, snickerdoodle, and white chocolate raspberry (a surprise favorite). Red velvet would be a top contender if not for the chocolate chips. I don't want crunchy ingredients in my cake. Luckily these cakes freeze well, so I pretend to ration them by putting them in the freezer for a few hours and then microwave them very soon thereafter. If anyone would like to serve as my sponsor, please be in touch.

I ordered a cake for my daughters first birthday party with the Beatrix Potter theme and it turned…read moreout better than I expected! It was delicious and beautiful and I received rave reviews from the guests. Definitely will be using them again!

Spontaneous stop after a walk about the Antiques shop in the same center. Bought 3 pieces - all…read morewere delicious. (I took bites out of each! Bad.). One was too sweet, another too heavy and the third perfect. I'm glad there is a real bakery in the 'hood. Kroger-bakes are bad for my health and the economy. The proprietor was gracious, but too stressed to smile. The shop is a modern day venture trying to bake and make a profit. I recommend everyone stop in - and support MB. Don't wait to get married. !!

I attended an event this past week, for the rescue group I volunteer with, and they had custom…read morecookies from the bakery. They were amazing! Not just the artwork on the cookies but they were 'melt in your mouth' delicious! Will definitely be ordering cookies from them for a future event!!

What a fun and decadent bakery/dessert / gift shop…read more Not only does this place have amazing looking desserts it just has such a fun vibe and a great selection you can hang out in here you can get things to go. It was easy to find parking it was hard to make a decision on what to get because the bakery case everything looked amazing. Turns out this is the one dessert shop not to be missed in Richmond.

My most recent visit I tried the Blackberry Lime cake and it is a yes from me!…read more Service and the atmosphere was as it always is super busy but with a solid flow.

Cutesy, no frills, they just do cookies well!…read more The service is really cute, they ask you if you like your cookies and show you before you take off with your box. But every time I ask what they would do if I didn't like them, no one really has an answer. For my grown crowd & health nuts, the cookies will be too sweet, but pace yourself. They're delicious. Highly recommend: Medium rare semi-sweet chocolate with the sprinkle of sea salt because "balance" is delicious.

I have no idea who frosted these cookies... but I opened the box and all I could do was laugh. I…read morewas so excited for Crumbl as I havent had it in almost a year- but it is clear the quality has gone down significantly. It genuinely looked like a toddler frosted these. This is how they ARRIVED. I ordered two single cookies from the Crumbl app and paid $21.03 plus tip. For the price I paid- this is absurd The cookie itself was dry and the layer of frosting was SO thin it barely added flavor. Unfortunate. Not anywhere in the same ballpark of the quality a year ago.

It should be considered a crime to serve this must tasty treats in one spot. I went in for a…read morecoffee but left with an entire box of pastries. I ordered several of the savory scones and a couple of cookies and loved them all. Both the cookies and scones vary by flavor but we had a sweet potato scone and a lavender flavored scone. I would not normally have ordered a lavender flavored anything but my wife loves it and I am glad she does. I tried it and struggled to leave any for her. I at almost the entire scone. The sweet potato was equally as good but with a much milder flavor. And the cookies....out of this world! The servers were friendly but nothing over the top. They seemed to be a cog in the machine and churning out orders. Overall, a cute little, vegan, spot with really good pastries and coffee. Head caution on the milkshakes if you are not use to vegan milkshakes. While they taste good, at least to me, they are wildly different than an cows milk milkshake. Alot of people are shocked by this and turned off by the flavor.

Came in during the watermelon fest to get some coffee. I got an iced "Beas latte". It was good but…read morenothing to go crazy about. You could tell they use good coffee. We also got the watermelon cheesecake, the watermelon key lime pie, a watermelon cookie, and the banana chocolate chip cookie. They had all the chairs up so we couldn't sit down. The watermelon cookie was an amazing texture, I just wish it had a little more watermelon taste. The banana cookie was really good. The key lime pie was yummy and we're were struggling to eat while standing so I put the cheesecake in my bag for later. Unfortunately it melted by the time I got to my car so I didn't get to try it.