Readers’ Choice: Best Bakery in Vienna
Cupcakes, cakes and cookies: Where do you get them?
Update: You nominated the best bakeries in Vienna, and now, three have moved on to the voting round of Patch's Readers' Choice 2012.
Here's your chance to put your money (er — vote) where your mouth is. Cast a vote to help crown a winner.
Voting opens July 23 and continues through 11:59 p.m. Aug. 17. Only one vote per user — tell your friends and family to log on to pick their favorite, too!
Original: Where do you pick up gourmet holiday treats, birthday cakes and more? Do you have one go-to spot where the food is always fresh, and it all looks so good that you buy more than you intended?
We're looking for the best place to get baked goods in Vienna.
We’ll keep accepting nominations through July 9. After that, nominations will be closed and we’ll start the voting, so make sure to get in your favorites now.
All you need to do to nominate a business is to add it in the comments below. If you already see the business you want to nominate, make sure to add your comment about why it should be included, because we may not be able to add all businesses to our poll and we want to make sure the top ones make it into the poll.
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Sylvia Hicks
9:21 am on Monday, June 18, 2012
Sweet City Desserts! Flavors reign! Kalamansi pie is the perfect combination of tart and sweet. Red Velvet Mousse Cake is a silky dream. We almost didn't want to cut our Sushi Cake; it was so pretty. The best part was that it tasted even better than it looked.
Mitzi Pickard
1:09 pm on Monday, June 18, 2012
Definitely Sweet City Desserts, where you can sample and savor such delectable delights such as Vienna crunch cake, red velvet mousse cake, kalamansi pie (key lime pie), and a wide variety of cupcakes incl. ube (taro), samoa, grasshopper, cookies & cream, almond, mint chocolate, etc. Along with these delicious desserts, Sweet City Desserts offers a congenial and convivial ambience for conversation, coffee and music! This is THE PLACE for cupcakes, cakes and cookies in Vienna. Sweet City Desserts rocks!!!
Leony Gimeno
2:43 pm on Monday, June 18, 2012
We love Sweet City Desserts, everything is a favorite, especially the red velvet mousse cake!
Linda Reyes
7:47 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012
without hesitation, i vote for Sweet City Desserts! i will drive 28 miles to buy their cupcakes! the samoa is to die for and everything else is superliciously delicious! the place is clean and cozy, with well balanced decor. Staff are very friendly and courteous. If you haven't been to this place, you are missing out.
Joe
9:53 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Silva's is our favorite. Beautiful pastries at reasonable prices.
Trang Ouk
4:47 pm on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Cenan's!
James Carson
10:16 am on Saturday, July 7, 2012
Cenan's! Despite the best efforts of Whole Foods and Fresh Market...
R.
11:34 am on Saturday, July 7, 2012
Cenan's!! Wonderful breads and pastries!
Beth Erickson
7:57 pm on Saturday, July 7, 2012
Sweet Cury Desserts is definitely the best! Great Filipino desserts. Friendly staff. Manny, the owner is the best.
PABLITO ALARCON
9:21 pm on Saturday, July 7, 2012
SWEET CITY DESSERTS IT IS! NICE PLACE, FRIENDLY PEOPLE, BEST DESSERTS IN VIENNA. PJ
Elvi G. Bangit
10:34 pm on Saturday, July 7, 2012
Elvi G. Bangit
Sweet City Desserts
The best fusion of Filipino American pastry....a great place to get good food, meet fun people and just stay for a while.....
Jhett Arzadon Epp
11:06 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Sweet City Desserts! Was neve a fan of key lime pie until I tasted Sweet City's version using a Filipino fruit called "kalamansi". It's mouth watering!
Maurese Owens
11:10 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Sweet City Desserts tops it!
Delightful and beautiful desserts that you can enjoy in a very friendly and restful atmosphere. A special treat always in store for you!
Maurese
Lucille Ferraren
11:45 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
I ordered the Purple Yam (Ube) cake for a birthday cake at Sweet City Desserts. It was rich, creamy and deliciously ube. I will try the Ube Chocolate cupcake next time. My fourth visit. Excellent service. It was unhurried and personal.
Lucille
Margot Atilano
12:10 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Sweet City Desserts without a doubt. Nice friendly staff and delish pastries to boot.
Trang Ouk
2:09 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Sweet City Desserts take the cake (no pun intended) for service, friendliness, and their Ube and Red Velvet cupcakes!
Eric Lachica
2:58 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012
A friend brought their 2 foot square ube cake in royal purple to our anniversary party last in June. All who had a slice said they were in cake heaven. The owner of the Chinese restaurant where we had our event swooned and wanted the name of the bakery and would recommend to her guests. Mabuhay to Sweet City! - Eric
Sonny Busa
3:29 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Sweet City is really sweet. The ambience and food are first rate. A true go-to place for authentic and ecletic creations.
Joe Montano
7:43 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Sweet City Desserts is truly delightful! I really enjoy the kalamansi pie. The service is par excellence, too.
Sandy Pickard
8:33 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Sweet City Desserts it is for me! I love the assortment of their pastries, esp. their cake/pie--key lime pie (aka kalamansi pie) and cupcake--purple yam. My 8 year old daughter loves their cookies esp. their chocolate chip. This mother-daughter team couldn't ask for anything more from Sweet City!
dlee
8:44 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Sweet City is a great local place. Good food and great service. Wishing them only the best.
vicky
8:50 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Sweet City is a nice place.... wishing them the best
myrna lopez
11:15 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012
I've been to Sweet City and found the place pleasing to the eye, the people friendly, and the sweets tasty. I will go there again. I wish they have sandwiches so I can stay longer. The intimate seating is comfortable.
Jane Singson Fields
11:34 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Sweet City Desserts is undoubtedly the best! The best place, the best staff, the best people & the best sweets for your sweet, friends & family! :-). I wouldn't go anywhere else!
luis florendo
2:23 am on Monday, July 9, 2012
you can't beat the ambiance, live music nights, and the sans rival pastry! truly "sans rival!" i vote sweet city desserts!
T Map
8:20 am on Monday, July 9, 2012
Sweet City Desserts! Great place to get quality . . . yummy goodness.
F. Tiglao
9:16 am on Monday, July 9, 2012
Sweet City Desserts gets my vote! I find their kalamansi pie, ube cupcake and
red velvet mousse cake mouth-watering - my three favorites! A good place to hang out for coffee and conversation with friends!
Benjamin Maynigo
12:40 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012
Sweet City Desserts is the best place to have sweets. The Kalamansi Pie is unbelievably delicious. Having coffee and desserts with my barber and exchanging news, views, and reviews, the place is convenient for us residents of McLean which is a neighbor city. But it would still be worth the trip to go and have sweet desserts even for those who live farther. It is always full and completely "desserted". If you don't have it, I am afraid you just don't have it!
Amelie Krikorian
12:14 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012
I have not tried Sweet City (although I will after reading all these positive reviews!) but I have always found Cenan's cakes to be excellent (black current and white chocolate, yum!) -- they even impressed my husband's very snooty cousin. Also, their croissants are the best I have had since the last time I was in Paris.
Benjamin Maynigo
12:40 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012
Sweet City Desserts is the best place to have sweets. The Kalamansi Pie is unbelievably delicious. Having coffee and desserts with my barber and exchanging news, views, and reviews, the place is convenient for us residents of McLean which is a neighbor city. But it would still be worth the trip to go and have sweet desserts even for those who live farther. It is always full and completely "desserted". If you don't have it, I am afraid you just don't have it!
Rod Garcia
12:49 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012
Sweet City Desserts gets my vote. Wonderful desserts;
relaxed ambiance; solicitous hosts.
Rod Garcia
12:52 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012
Nice place to relax among friends with coffee and pie or something even more decadent! Then we can plan to conquer the world or at least get the next round of sweets.
Justina Mango
5:47 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012
My vote goes to Sweet City Desserts. Their Calamansi Pie and Sans Rival are to die for!
Erica R. Hendry
10:27 am on Monday, July 23, 2012
Hi everyone, just a reminder that nominations closed July 9 and voting is now open. Pick your favorite in the poll above!
Erica
Amelie Krikorian
2:53 pm on Monday, July 23, 2012
After reading everyone's comments I tried Sweet City Desserts. I found them to be overpriced and unimpressive. I paid $30 for six little desserts, and my kids only liked two of them enough to finish them. The others they took one taste of and did not want any more. The staff there was really nice and the cakes they had on display were gorgeous, but I doubt I will go there again.
Kim
7:22 pm on Monday, July 23, 2012
Amelie - try Silva's next to the Virginian. Her desserts are wonderful.
Amelie Krikorian
9:42 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012
Thanks, Kim, I will. I have to admit to having a serious sweet tooth thanks to my French ancestry!
Silvestre Acuna Acedillo
11:09 pm on Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Seems like all the comments are going to Sweet City Desserts but the score says Cenan's getting the votes. What is this Florida? I have just finished going through the rounds of the last three finalists, and I must say that this is going to be a wonderful run for all! I am voting not only for the taste and the quality of the desserts but also the location, the parking, the inside atmosphere of the place, and most importantly, the customer service.
From what I have learned, it seems Cenan's is the Patriarch of bakeries and desserts in Vienna, and it does have its roots, culture and loyalty, and some of the best bread I have ever tasted. But the place is not so easy as far as sitting and relaxing and reading your book while enjoying their dessert and drinks. And I think this is where the Patch has made some slight errors in the category of their contest: the three finalists are not really that similar. Therefore it is not really fair to one or the other as to how one cast one's vote.
Silva's Patisserie is caught in-between these other two. All of them offers some of the best pastries in Vienna, and maybe even beyond. But between the three of them, it is quite disheartening to have to vote which one is better.
Sweet City Desserts remind of my younger days in Noe Valley, San Francisco. It is the kind of place I hanged out quite a lot on weekends, and a good pastry with great coffee will readily do it for me.
All of them are gems!
doug francis
4:00 pm on Monday, July 30, 2012
Totally enjoy popping into Cenan's for a baguette when heading home, and picking up a tasty cinnamon bun for breakfast.
Laura B.
9:43 am on Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Marzipan lovers take note - Silva's is the best in the whole area. If you have never tried marzipan that isn't months old and shipped from overseas, you haven't really tried marzipan. It is beautiful too!
e de la rosa
3:55 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012
E. de la Rosa
Sweet City Desserts is certainly the first best bakery in Vienna in the categories of quality desserts, ambiance, and pricing. This place is a great asset to the city.
Michael Paraiso
11:19 am on Friday, August 17, 2012
My vote goes to Sweet City Desserts, love the Sans Rival and Kalamansi pie and also you have to try their Green Tea ice cream sandwich.
Janis Reyes
11:35 am on Friday, August 17, 2012
Sweet City desserts is amazing!!! I love their kalamansi tart.
daisy tucay
1:20 pm on Friday, August 17, 2012
Sweet City Desserts...you rock and knock 'em cool Babe...your UBE cake is uummmm
uummmm sooo yummy good...Manny bring samplers again for our August 19 event...Luis Florendo, what say you? Here goes my millionth vote!!!
Christopher S
4:49 pm on Friday, August 17, 2012
Seet City
Christopher S
4:50 pm on Friday, August 17, 2012
Sweet City!
Itsjazmeh Hemzajsti
11:46 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Sweet City!!! Love the kalamansi pie, ube cupcake, vienna crunch... etc. They make really pretty and yummy specialty cakes. Best of all, friendly staff!!! : )