Kaminsky's Dessert Cafe

This place was pretty good, for somewhere we just decided to pop in at! It was a nice selection of treats and drinks. I’m a lavender person, so I had to try their lavender☕️latte. It was so good!! I got a🍰cheesecake as well and that too was spectacular! 10/10👏🏻the staff was always nice and customer service was great!

Overall a fun desert location in downtown cola. We enjoyed a late Friday night visit here with friends in town for the weekend. They were very busy when we arrived, as they are located in a trendy part of town, but we were seated quickly. Ordered cappuccino, hot chocolate, berry cobbler and GF raspberry lemon poppy seed cake slice. Everything was quite tasty, service more than satisfactory, but 4.5 stars for the music volume making it almost too hard to converse.

We ordered a red velvet and roulette white cake for dessert through delivery. We received two big slices of cake and shared them. The white cake had peanut butter and jelly filling with peanuts... I hate peanuts. The white cake was good though. The cream cheese icing on the red velvet cake was super sweet and a little overpowering. The cake was really good. We are packing to move but plan to visit the area again. Kaminsky's remains on our list of places to go.

While eating at Pearlz we noticed a walk through to a Dessert place next door. We found out that the owner owns both places so figured, why not give it a try as our dinner experience was so good. Regretfully it was in not as good as Pearlz. Found seating and ordered Hot Chocolate, Flavored Coffee and a Decaffeinated Cappuccino, Birthday and Chocolate Cake and NY Cheesecake. Service was ok but a bit cold as were all the coffee's and warm chocolate 2 ⭐. The Birthday Cake seemed a bit old 2 ⭐ with the Chocolate Cake and Cheesecake ok 4 ⭐. I regretfully cannot recommend this place but leave it up to you to decide.

Found this spot looking for a bakery. I did take out and the sweet lady, Brianna, assisted me with everything. It was difficult selecting what to get. I got the toasted marshmallow drink. For the cakes I got flutter butter, bailey red velvet, cheesecake and biscoff cake. The biscoff one was my favorite. I ate a small peice of them all and they were not a disappointment. The other drinks were so unique I hate I couldn't try them. Location is good for a 1st date.

As far as desserts go, it was good. They said they have constantly changing cakes and such and it was annoying that they had a menu but to see those changing flavors you had to go to their display case at the front to see what they offered.
We got the red velvet cake and the brownie sundae. The cake was dense but moist and the frosting was light bur didn't seem like cream cheese frosting, more like buttercream with a little cream cheese. The brownie sundae, the brownie was great, the icecream was said to be vanilla bean but I didn't have a single vanilla spec in it and just tasted like grocery store icecream. Overall good. Nice environment but we only saw the waitress when we ordered and got the check.

I had to take a moment and struggle with how I would present this. I was just going to ignore it and not post a review but the overwhelming feeling of highway robbery and poor quality just sits there as a poor taste in my mouth. It was my wife’s birthday and she wanted a Coconut Cream Pie instead of a birthday cake. Having spent many years of my life in the Great Lakes and Midwest, I have had the pleasure of experiencing world class pies. One such place is Mama Joe’s Pies in Amherst, Ohio. They have been making pies for more than 35 years and continually expand their shop to accommodate the demand. On any given day they offer more than 20 varieties of pieces and sell hundreds per day but I digress.

I found the Kaminsky website and was floored to see them asking $30 for a single 9” pie. That is more money than I have ever seen any place ask for a single pie but after reading reviews and ratings, I figured this must be one world class pie. By was of comparison, the same Mama Joe’s Pies currently offers her 9” Coconut Cream Pie (a full 9” pie that stands no less than 4” tall) for just $15.50. While I wasn’t excited about spending $30 for a single pie, it was my wife’s birthday and I would do anything to ensure she was happy. I called and placed the order only to find out that the $30 prices they were advertising on their website had been raised 10% due to inflation making it now $33. Because I knew my grandkids would not appreciate the Coconut Cream I went ahead and ordered their signature “Tollhouse” Pie for a total of $66 for 2 pies.

I placed the order for pickup on the Saturday before Easter. The person told me pickup was after 4PM. I went to collect the pies. The pleasant counter person asked my name and asked me to repeat my order. She left and returned with 2 typical pie boxes, 10”x6”. I walked to my car and let my wife see a peak of the pies. We were both completely mortified. Instead of nice full 9” pieces, they had taken a typical 9” aluminum pie tin and instead of filling the tin and using the rim for the crust, they had actually crimped a crust fully within the tin itself ending up with a pie less than 8” outer crust to outer crust. Because they had forced the entire crust down in to the pan, it also resulted in a very short pie. The total pie was less than 8” across and with filling and whipped topping it measured less than 2” high.

The pie itself, outside of being underside as previously described, the crust looked as though it had been done by a 6 year old. It was very, very thick and dense. It was very, very blonde and undercooked. The filling was very sparse. It was highway robbery at best and outright fraud. I have absolutely no clue how anyone would have ever warded a 5 star review with a product such as this. The filling was edible and that was the only saving grace. I could have done much better with an $8.99 Marie Callender’s thaw and serve pie from Publix.

My wife immediately asked why I didn’t reject the pies and ask for my money back. As previously mentioned, it was then Saturday evening before Easter Sunday and I just didn’t feel I would be able to get a satisfactory replacement in time to celebrate my wife’s birthday. I can assure you, I will never return for another desert. I really have no idea how these criminals masquerading as bakers even stay in business. Note that I didn’t specify which pie I was describing. It didn’t matter. Both of them were similar in size and presentation. Even their signature pie was no better.

Here’s the pics. You decide for yourself if this is worth $66 to you.

Absolutely loved it!! Morgan steered us down a martini path that we both admit was one of the best drinks we've ever had. Birthday cake needed a little more flavor but it was good overall with the chocolate icing. Ask for Morgan's opinion on the great drinks. Pastry case needs a great cleaning or I'd give them 5 stars.

The desserts and coffee was absolutely delicious! Our server was very friendly and nice! Nice little spot to get a nightcap before heading home after dinner or a night out.

Kaminsky’s is so cute with such a friendly atmosphere. I’ve tried several of their drinks and desserts. The cake is almost always dry and seems a few days old and never fresh. The few drinks I’ve had there I have not liked, except the milkshakes! It’s a great atmosphere but not great food in my opinion! I keep giving it another shot because everyone loves it, maybe I’m ordering the wrong things? Staff is always nice tho!