I came after I saw recommendations for the fresh mango cake here online and was also recommended the pastries by a friend. I ordered a fresh mango cake the night before I needed it. It was very convenient, as some other places didn't allow such last minute orders! The cake was delicious, everyone enjoyed it! It was light, not too sweet and had a generous coating of mango. Would absolutely get it again! I also got a sugar cream bun which was also a delight, though I had expected it to have cream inside, but that was probably my own misunderstanding. read more

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We usually drop by to buy our favourite buns, bread and slices of cake for weekend. Remind you, they are not open every Monday. I will call them in advance to hold some hot items. eg. Shredded pork bun, Coffee Cream Bun and Hawaii bun etc. The Portuguese egg tart is also good too. They usually have three staffs to help the customers read more

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I've been ordering Michele for delivery since the later part of the pandemic, and I have always been a fan. Living in north van, there are no good choices for Chinese baked goods. So when I found Michele willing to deliver to NV, I was thrilled! Their baked goods and cakes are usually fresh and good quality. Until this week... I ordered their Christmas Log for $59. I have a group of 15 people coming over for Xmas dinner, and was going to serve this as the main dessert. To my extreme disappointment, it is sooooo tinyyyyy. The pictures say it all... It's even smaller than a small banana, and will barely serve 6 people. I expected a lot more for $59... I should have just gone with a Thomas Haas cake instead of an overpriced Xmas-decorated Swiss roll. So Buyer beware... if you're looking for a centrepiece Xmas dessert, look elsewhere. read more

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Don't be fooled by the quiet exterior, this is a very busy, popular bakery. A very good selection of cream cakes, jelly rolls and Savory buns, mostly catered to local clientele. BBQ pork buns and custard tarts are excellent. The fruit and Black Forest cakes are outstanding. Nice touch, they always offer a candle for birthday cakes. You can buy most cakes by the slice. Order online a couple of days before for cakes if you can. Pick up is super easy and well organized. Staff is very friendly and efficient. Rating 4.7 read more

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My FAVOURITE chestnut cake in Vancouver!! I ordered ahead at @michelecakeshop_ 's official website for a 6inch cake. Everything went smoothly with the online order and pickup process. They will offer u a free message written on a chocolate decoration. The chestnut cake is absolutely better than any other bakery location in Vancouver. If you don't have a big appetite for crazily sweetened dessert, go for it! The cream and chestnut was creamy and smooth. Their cake is not a traditional sponge cake but richer in egg content. It's also moist and soft, but not spongy and airy. Please try them if you haven't !!! Lovely staffs, lovely service, amazing quality Recommended Michele Cake Shop 6033 West Blvd, Vancouver read more

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Called in and placed an order for 40 egg tarts. Our friend recommended their tarts so we ordered a whole bunch to bring back home. It's been a few days now and I heated it back up in my conventional oven and it's still tasty! Got some bread to bring home too, was soft. Will try their cakes next time! read more

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still delicious! Came here for a few slices of cake for mom's birthday and I can only echo what i've said the past few visits. I love their chestnut cake since the filling is light on the whipped cream and not too sweet. My dad still can't stop raving about their black forest and the cheesecake again, was not quite new york dense but moreso than other asian cheesecakes with a good sweetness level. Tried out the mango mousse and tiramisu as well which were all very good! Overall, not too high of a price for soft and delicious cakes! read more

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This is one of the few Chinese bakeries that does delivery! I ordered a mango cake and a few selection of bread. There were no issues with the order and delivery. The mango cake was decent; the mango was fresh and the cake wasn't overly sweet. The cake also wasn't dry! I personally would've liked slightly thicker slices of mango. We ordered a few "paper wrapped cakes", sausage buns, red bean bun, pineapple buns, and egg tarts. The egg tarts looked good in the photo. Sadly I was expecting flakey tart shells but that was not the case. The tart was quite soggy and visually the egg tarts didn't look that great nor did they taste good. I think the red bean bun had a sweet crust (like pineapple buns) which I didn't really enjoy. I found it a weird combination, but that is just me. I also would've preferred a sweeter and more paste-like filling. The filling tasted like under-sweetened red beans; some mushed and some whole which isn't bad texturally but made it hard to eat with whole red beans falling out. My bf tried the paper wrapped mini cakes and said they were "okay" and "not bad". I recommend sticking to the cakes. I have yet to try all the pastries, but the red bean bun and egg tarts were not good... A bad egg tart really breaks it for me. read more

Whenever I'm in Kerrisdale, I always must get pastries from Michele Cake Shop... it's one of my favourite Chinese bakeries in Vancouver. Someone had raved to me a long time ago about their Portuguese egg tarts and I haven't looked back since. Due to covid, they currently don't accept walk-ins and everything must be pre-ordered online. On my most two recent visits/orders, I ordered a variety of pastries including: Cocktail Buns, Pineapple Bun, Coconut Cream Bun, and Cheese Weiner Bun. But my favourites and must-orders are always their Portuguese Egg Tarts and Fresh Mango Cake... they're so good! I'm also a huge fan of their Chicken Bun, but unfortunately it's not listed on their website for pre-order (yet ). Hoping that they add that back into their menu soon. read more

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It's been 2.5 years since my last update dropping them to 3 stars due to increasing prices while their main competitors A's and SG have not increased at such a rate. Today I've finally decided to drop them further to 2 stars because of their service attitude. You can have good product even with the higher prices but it shouldn't mean you can have substandard service too. The store wasn't busy but the lady who served sure looked like she was in a hurry. We spoke in Cantonese and all she said was "What do you want?" Even in Hong Kong a more polite staff would have said, "What would you like, mister?" We then proceeded to pay and I politely asked if they accept credit cards yet. Same tone. "No. Cash only!" How hard is it to say instead, "I'm sorry, but we only accept cash"? These little gestures go a long way, at least for me. I know many other stores may well be like this but when you have an expansion plan, when you have competitors (direct and indirect), you need to improve your game. I stress this because one of the two mentioned at the beginning sure has better service. I'll let you guess which one. read more

This is my go-to place for fresh mango cake. I absolutely love their sponge cake that they make as it is moist and not overly sweet. This cake required to be order at least 1-2 days in advance and is only available when fresh mango is in season. Boy oh boy, the mango are so good sandwiched between their spongy soft cake. Now, I am not an icing person but I would happily eat up their house made icing on this cake. It is light and fluffy, perfect with the cake. Some of the other items I must get here is their tuna buns with a small slice on seaweed as well as their bbq pork bun. Do remember to grab a tag with a number in order to get serve as sometimes it can get super busy. Definitely a place to go for amazing Hong Kong style bakery in Kerrisdale. They have been here for a long time and yet some people have not heard of them. Worth the track if you don't live close by read more

I recommend that you go to the Michele cake shop. The cake here are amazing! Our family buys birthdays cakes here every year, Because the mango cake here is the best.My daughter really love the mango cake.It was always fresh, delicious, and beautiful decoration. The customer service at the shop is kind. When I ordered my daughter's birthday cake and went to pick it up, I was carrying a baby, so the customer carried cake to the car! lt was very helpful. When I bought a big birthday cake before, they gave me a 10% off card that I could use forever. I use it every time I go shopping. This is a sweet cake shop loved by the people of Kerrisdale. read more

These guys deserve a huge shout out. I've eaten Asian pastries/desserts for my entire life. This is a standard HK style bakery with the usual items. That's where the similarities end. First off, the ambience. It's NOT standard at all. The décor all over the walls shows a love for Europe, including travel books and classical music with references to Beethoven. Not only that, there is a picture of Maestro Claudio Abaddo, in his younger years as well as pianist Andre Previn. No Asian bakery that I know of in Vancouver does this. They have classical music playing in the background in the store. Today, it was a violin concerto by Mozart, #1 if I am not mistaken. Again, no Asian bakery in Vancouver does this that I know of. Another thing. They are DEAD SERIOUS AUDIOPHILES. The system they were using to play the classical music was a McIntosh tubed amp, and a Pioneer Elite series player. This is NOT cheap stuff. When I see a system like this, with the accompanying music, you got my attention. My antennae perk up. I didn't get a chance to scope out their speakers. OK, enough about the music and the environment. Two things ordered for take out. Portuguese egg tart and a curry beef puff The curry beef puff was quite tasty. The pastry was flaky and curry flavor was good. The Portuguese egg tart was near excellent, if not the best in Vancouver. Custard was firm and the top was caramelized nicely. The crust is the way I like it. Hard for me to describe it, so you have to try it on your own. This was a five star stunner in my books. I know I am definitely returning for the tarts and to take in the music and the beautiful sound quality coming out of that system. In fact, I'd like to speak with the owner. Cash only. Parking on the street and in the back. read more

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A high end, high quality bakery in Kerrisdale. They are a bit pricey but it's like anything else. You pay for what you get. They use high quality ingredients and are very skilled in what they do. I used to work in the area and one of the cooks I worked with had to borrow some sugar or something from them, he told me that their kitchen was immaculate, you could eat off their floor! That's rare in any kitchen. I love their Portuguese egg tarts, creamy, sweet and the pastry is nice and flakey. Their cakes are also excellent, they use fresh fruit and are delicious. If I still worked in this area I would be here quite often. read more

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Very rude employees.... Masks are required and I had to ask for a mask since my mask's band was tire up. They didn't provide mask and they asked me to leave immediately with a rude behavior. This is during the time even masks are recommended and not required in the provence and not everyone has masks with themselves. read more

Their sponge cake and chestnut cake were fine. They tasted natural and not too sweet. However, the coffee cream bun, coffee sponge cake, coffee cake, and Tiramisu were disappointing because the coffee flavour was not rich. Even though they all looked good. Their quality of service and products are just mediocre. Why is this place so popular? read more

* Another stop on my quest for the perfect egg tart in Vancouver * I haven't found it yet. I'm hunting and searching and chasing down all leads for a perfectly flaky egg tart like those at Golden Gate: http://www.yelp.com/biz/golden-gate-bakery-san-francisco#hrid:kUp5aQpGMRDjDMD-S_q0xQ So I schlepped over to Michele's Cake Shop hoping to find what I was looking for. I found a decent HK style bakery. They had two types of egg tarts. The Portuguese egg tart and the regular. The Portuguese one didn't have the brown caramelized top you would expect. Also the custard was a bit too runny. The pastry itself was not terribly flaky either. The regular egg tart had a slightly better set custard, but the crust was more of a butter cookie consistency rather than puff pastry. The quest continues........ read more

Referred by a friend as I forgot to pick up a Mother's Day cake on the day! It was busy with people purchasing yummy baked items and cakes. There were many to choose from and I went with the chestnut cake. The presentation if the cake decoration was impressive as well the cake was delicious! The cake was soft and light. read more

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If you like Portugese egg tarts then this place has them, and mine was pretty good. Someone said they were expensive but I think it was only like $1.50... but this one of those bakeries that just is a replica of a real French/European bakery, I think 3 is all I can give it, the pastry just wasn't quite there. Places that don't accept credit cards,.. need more visits from the tax dept IMO. read more

We ordered a $50 chocolate birthday cake that ended up being 60% cream. The cake layers were so thin and uneven that they were probably made from the tops of discarded cake trimmings. The sponge cake layers were dry as well, and overall the chocolate flavor was weak. What a rip off. read more

Michele Cake Shop - $50 cake that's 60% cream and dry/thin cake layers that are likely made from discarded cake trimmings - Bakeries Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Can't beat the quality of their buns here.. For the typical BBQ pork bun, they have tons of meat inside as compare to other places. The baked goods are usually sold out by end of day, so if you want to pick up their Coffee Sponge Cake (my fave), try to get here before 2pm. Some items they do make second batches so ask the server when the items you want is coming out. We had their Mango Cakes and slices of Mousse Cakes and it's light and fluffy and not too sweet. Price is higher but the quality is worth it. read more

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I went there upon recommendation of a few friends because of their famous Portugese egg tarts. The pastries did not disappoint our drive from Coal Harbour to Kerrisdale just for the little tarts. The filling was of perfect sweetness and the crust is flanky and buttery - unlike the the heavy ones from T&T. I would definitely return for their other creations. read more

Visited the bakery over the weekend - it's small, but packed with delicious Asian cakes and pastries. Friends urged me to try the Portuguese egg tarts, as this bakery is known for them. I love a good egg tart and fell in love with Michele's. The crust is flaky and buttery - the filling is sweet and delicious. I will definitely return for more soon! Note: I love hot dog buns which Michele makes. I didn't try them but will next time. read more

Cash only?? How inconvenient! I ordered a medium size birthday cake and some other baked goods total comes to almost $70 bucks. And they said no credit card, no debit card. Cash only! Sigh... :( Is it so difficult to set up credit card? read more

I don't always write a review but I spotted the review regarding the matcha cake at Michele Cake Shop and I can't agree more. The cake I bought had much less strawberries than advertised but had way more butter than necessary. The cake layers were thin and the butter layers were thick. If you eat the whole cake you end up eating 3 or 4 times more butter than the cake you bought from other shops. The strawberries were small. I pieced them up and there was only one and a half strawberries for the whole cake. With that much amount of butter and little amount of strawberry, it is definitely overpriced! One star is more than I can rate. read more

I ordered a matcha cake and asked a name and month to be added on the cake. The staff told me the letters would be very small as there were strawberries on top as I could see on the cake displayed in the shop. I had no issue with that and emphasized it was more important to keep the style as it was. When I picked up the cake, I was surprised to see that the letters were quite big, but the strawberries were trimmed in half of the size and in quantity of what was advertised. It was to have white chocolate dripping around the rim, but the cake was heavily wrapped with cream instead and there was no sign of white chocolate. It was so greasy to taste with the over excessive cream. The cake is completely ruined. What's the point for us to choose the design to order when the baker is to come up a different cake of whatever they'd like to do? read more

after doing all my research on finding a good chestnut cake for my mom's birthday, decided to give this bakery a try. Pre-order a 6" chestnut cake on the phone with a not so care young lady who took the order. First impression wasn't so great already, but still i have a high expectation on this cake as it has a high rate on yelp. Just look at the pictures, they are so skimp on the chestnut filling, ration of the cake and filling is totally off, it's like i am paying $30 for a sponge cake. The fruit on top for garnish wasn't fresh either. I suspected the cake wasn't made fresh to order. Taste was ok, not too sweet, sponge is just ok, Nothing special about this cake. I expect more for the price it costs. read more

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We arrived at Michele's right when they opened. Not everything was out for display as they were still preparing items in the back. We got the Portuguese egg tart and the curry beef puff. The egg tart was really good. Fresh out of the oven. The curry beef puff wasn't, however. There was barely any filling in it. It was mostly day-old puff pastry. The woman who took our order was super nice. read more

Ordered the mango cake.... huge line up. I'd actually order online and then pick up curb side. Will save you 25 minutes

It was great!! I bought it for my friend's birthday and everyone loved it so much . A downside is that I had to call like 5 times for the line to pick up, but I guess they're just super busy. Other than that, the cake was super fresh and good quality. read more

I want to give zero star if possible. I only signed up for Yelp to leave this review. I ordered a birthday cake for my daughter, and because of Covid, this was the second birthday without birthday parties, so the birthday cake was really important. To my disappointment, the chocolate plaque on the cake was chipped and then hastily fixed. The plaque had fingerprints on it, and it was disgusting. They touched the chocolate plaque without gloves in the middle of pandemic. They also didn't tell me that it had broken. Of course, like any reasonable person, I had no reason to think that the chocolate would be broken so when they showed me the cake, I only checked for spelling. The chocolate isn't even expensive, so I don't know why they couldn't just make a new one if they broke it. I didn't let my daughter eat the chocolate plaque, of course, and she cried. The cake was supposed to be the main point of the birthday, but it made my daughter cry. I've loved this place and introduced this place to many friends, but this will be my last visit and my friends' as well, I think. read more

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Customer service is really bad! The rudest counter person. Very expensive. At least now that St Germain is around the corner on West 41st Ave I have the option to not buy from here. read more

The cake has a good balance of texture and sweetness and suitable for Asians. There wasn't much cream as well which was also good. There is not much street parking available on West Blvd. especially when there are so many shops. Parking can be a challenge during busy business hours. The prices of the pastries are a bit on the high side but not overly expensive. read more

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Solid, much needed asian bakery in Kerrisdale. Egg tarts are good, almost a bit portugese style but still prefer Lido's or New Town. No doubt their cakes look delicious, saw Anna's equivalent of their Black Forest cake but much more expensive, as expected in this hood. free street parking in the front. no coffee sponge cake ;( read more

Their Portuguese egg tarts and peach buns are all-time crowd-pleasers. On the savoury side, the chicken pie is a pretty safe bet while their brand new sardine bun is a head-scratching surprise. They used to sell a really satisfying 'oily green onion' bun and when I asked them a while back why it was killed off, they actually denied any knowledge of its previous existence! Sounds to me like a murder mystery at Michele's... read more

I discovered this place as I was walking through Kerrisdale one day. I walkd by and was stopped dead in my tracks by the most glorious and delicious sweet smell I had ever smelled. And so I went in, and I ogled, and I went back to work and asked my boss (who loves cake) if we could take petty cash and go buy a cake. She said of course (obviously) And so I came back, bought a bbq pork bun (guilty pleasure) and a huge fruit cake. All you could hear through our whole office was moans and groans of absolute ecstasy as everyone indulged in this incredible cake. And we've bought two since. Plus awesome place to buy pork buns, curry beef buns etc., for a quick and cheap lunch! love this place. read more

Last summer, I ordered a mango fruit cake for my 20th birthday. It was my first time ordering a cake from this bakery and I loved it! The cake was neither too sweet nor heavy. I will be coming back to this bakery in the future :) read more

I used to be a regular but I find that their breads aren't sweet enough for me. I just prefer sweet bread whenever I can get it, that means the dough itself is sweet. Their BBQ pork buns are good though, their tuna bun is bland, their egg tarts are a bit too heavy on the crust, super flaky crust overtakes the egg custard and their butter bread and raisin buns are just ok. Chicken pies are tasty. read more

I was playing basketball in the area so I needed some substenance afterwards. On Sunday afternoon, I was afraid that this bakery would be closed.. but NO! This place was crazy packed with people and families of all ages.... I had to take a number and wait to be called. I got an assortment of buns and tarts - BBQ pork, curry, coconut, and portuguese egg tarts... Wow the tart was even better this time.. fresh out of the oven and it was just so gooey :) The bbq pork bun had a kick of spice which was an interesting change to the typical ones I usually eat elsewhere. read more

Awesome bbq pork buns because the filling is meaty and not pasty! Definitely recommend. Also tried the red bean bun, although it was filled with red beans the bread itself was really oily- our brown bag soaked up so much of the oil!! Lastly, tried the hot dog bun, can't go wrong with this choice! Delish. read more