The atmosphere is warm and friendly but close quarters and not very private. The chicken salad has…read morepecans so is not my favorite but my friend liked theirs. Salads are better in my opinion. Soup is decent. Flavored ice tea is great. The area where this place shines is cake. You cannot go wrong with any flavor. I would have a salad with cake again but skip the sandwich or soup. If I could rate the cake only it would be a 5. But I cannot so giving it a 3.5. It might be nicer to sit outside too on a nice day.

This place is a little gem in Athens with both outdoor and indoor seating spaces. We stop in…read moreannually on our way to pick up our Girl Scout from a nearby camp. The service is always great and the salads and sandwiches are fresh. Coffee (regular and specialty) are served as well. We typically share a dessert and grab 3-4 cake balls for our daughter to give as a gift at camp pick up.

Angie made us custom cakes for our son and daughter's birthdays. They absolutely loved their cakes…read moreand they tasted amazing! We 100% recommend Copeland Cakes, you won't be let down.

We bought a 1/2 birthday cake for our little girl turning 6 months old and we LOVED it!! It was…read moresuper cute and tasted great! The service was amazing and she was super nice and responsive. I plan on buying from Copeland Cakes again!!

I have many fond memories of Village Bakery. It used to be the place to get a cake for every…read moreThanksgiving and Christmas plus birthdays. My grandfather who never lived in Tyler believes they have some of the best chocolate cake he's ever had. I want Village Bakery as my wedding cake. While visiting Tyler, I took to Village Bakery and we got some Petit fours and Gingerbread people. The gingerbread people were as good and delightful as I remember. They're so good they're served year round vs. for a winter holiday thing. The petit fours (especially the chocolate ones) brought me back to my childhood. Their cakes can be a little pricey, but anything on their counters are quite affordable and fair game. Best pastries west of the Mississippi. RIYL: saying "mm" frequently

Cakes, cookies and cupcakes are always the best! Pies, too. Excellent customer service. And every…read moretime I have requested a specialty order, it is always ready on time, beautifully decorated and equally delicious. Highly recommend.

Dylan and his team at Kool Kakes are awesome! My family put together a surprise birthday party for…read moremy niece turning 13, and she loves donuts. We decided to order a donut cake in her honor. After reading the reviews on yelp I knew Dylan was the cake artist we had to call. We gave a simple picture of a donut cake to Dylan and he totally brought it to life. The cake donuts surrounded a perfectly moist chocolate cake with chocolate icing. To see my niece walk around the corner and totally light up when she saw the cake is a memory I will never forget. And she LOVED the donuts. Thanks Dylan for sharing your talent with us, you rock!

Best in the business! The cakes tasted amazing and looked perfect. Dylan and his team are the best…read moreat what they do. The process was simple. They will get you set up for whatever you are looking for! Wedding days can be chaotic, but when you do business with them you don't have to worry about the cakes at all. They arrived ahead of time and we never had to call and check on anything. Looking forward to ordering from them in the future!

Amazing cakes! I requested a dinosaur cake for my nephew's birthday party and Sharon and her team…read moredid an amazing job! They are very talented artists if you're looking for something unique and the cake itself was so delicious as well. 10/10 would recommend if you're looking for a cake for a special event in Tyler.

Bottom Line: Fudge bacon brownie had serious heft, but came…read moreup short on namesake flavors or integrity/structure. Top Line: Picked up a Blue Horse fudge bacon brownie $6 at Brendyn's BBQ yesterday along with a meal, saving the brownie as a treat for today. So returned to Brendyn's this afternoon to get tea for eating the brownie. Brownie is seriously heavy!! Very, very moist beneath the layer of baby chocolate chips and extraordinarily tender of crumb. Too much so I found. The block of chocolate cake-like brownie crumbled into pieces as I tried to pick it up. I finally resorted to pinching off small wads of it to pop into my mouth. While being very moist with oil density, the flavor profile was about on par with a supermarket bakery brownie. Plenty of chocolate taste, but minimal (if any) bacon smokiness shining through. Fudge's buttery brown sugar sweetness or cream's richness were likewise AWOL. So I'd say this was a decent $2.50 brownie. But nowhere near justifying the $6 ticket price I paid to get it, in spite of its moistness. If I'm in the neighborhood of Blue Horse's sticks 'n bricks location I may hit them up for a cupcake or some such to see how that flies. But no more brownies from them for me.

So four years later (2021 summer), my review remains the same. I actually placed an order for a…read morecake, it looked very nice however it was really dry. I'm not sure why they made it so tall either, is that an "IN" thing? It was hard to cut and honestly didn't even fit a dessert plate LOL. I dunno maybe there's a way to cut that style. My request was last mintute but I don't really thing it would've been a big deal anyway because they had duplicates already on the table. It was okay, I wouldn't order it again though TBH. It's a cute bakery but there needs to be a few improvements on taste/texture. The coffee isn't that great either but there's not really a lot of options around. I know the next day after the Festival there was a coffee truck on the main square and that was GOOD! I can't remember the name of it but if there's a coffee truck in that area, they serve some BAD AS coffee!

We live in Athens close by and tried karaboos a couple of times and have not been disappointed. We…read morehave determined it might be better to call in an order because all the delicious goodies always get bought while waiting on an order. Great cookies and cakes.

I don't get a chance to stop in this little bakery very often, but when I do it is great. The staff…read moreis kind and lets you take your time to decide what you might want if you do not know. I have picked up several things that I have never found at any other bakery.