Soirette - Saint Ives Australia

Hot Chocolate Festival!!<br/ <br/ What the llama and hot yoda as pictured! <br/ Creative, well made with quality products in a cute designed cup. Almost too adorable to drink. Each hot chocolate came with a pineapple surprise and chocolate frog respectively.<br/ <br/ I personally enjoy my hot<br/ chocolates made more traditionally as I found both these drinks a tad bit on the sweet side but nevertheless, the visual treat in itself was worth giving these limited drinks a try.

We came here for high tea for a birthday. The food was awesome, we have zero complaints and enjoyed every bite! At the end they brought out a complimentary birthday treat, it was a nice touch. The tea was good, but the food is what made it memorable. We could recommend and come back.

My absolute favorite place for cakes, macarons tea. better taste, quality, value service than Laduree Vancouver in my opinion (the only thing Laduree got going is the packaging . <br their seasonal specials are awesome (i look forward to their cherry blossom macarons every spring! . <br highly recommend : cake Vancouver Fog and Matcha Raspberry macarons lavender, rose, vancouver fog, and earl grey cassis tea raspberry honeybush and rose peony <br the only downside is that they got rid of their afternoon tea service (not so long ago which was the best one i’ve ever had in Canada. i miss it so much...please bring it back ^ ^

Whilst looking for a last minute surprise birthday cake for the man, I stumbled upon Soirette as a popular recommendation amongst “Best Cake in Vancouver” blog articles online. I quickly looked through their cake flavours and called in for a pick up order the next day. It was a hard decision as they have lots of great options, but with the help of a lovely lady on the phone, I ordered their 6” chocolate hazelnut cake as my boyfriend loves Purdy’s hedgehogs. I also called in a second time that day for the little customizations of extra praline macarons (usually comes with only one macaron) and gold flakes. Their staff were very friendly and helpful with accommodating my last minute requests. I was very happy with the outcome, the boyfriend and everyone at his birthday dinner was impressed as well! The praline macarons on top were phenomenal, I can’t wait to try their other flavours! The cake itself was moist with little pieces of hazelnuts in between bites. The sweetness was well balanced as the buttercream and chocolate drizzle on top was not overwhelming at all. Now for the price tag .. it was definitely a splurge for a 6” cake at $85 (with customizations of 5 extra macarons and $15 for adding the gold leaf) but without the customizations, it is usually $58. Depending on the occasion and the person whom it’s for, I feel like<br/ it’s definitely worth the extra bucks for being exxxtrraaa. The presentation and taste speaks for itself! If you want to check out how much of an eye catching piece their cakes are, their instagram is @lovesoirette. I can’t wait to have another birthday/celebration to order a cake for from Soirette, and I am also looking forward on getting my hands on their macarons!

I’m obsessed with macarons! Very pleased to find this Vancouver gem! Tasty macarons with a huge variety! Great tea selections as well! Would highly recommend!