Ellen's Bakery & Cafe 2495 Orchard Lake Road, Sylvan Lake, MI 48320

"Friendly Staff, great atmosphere. Can't have a party without an Ellen's Strawberry Cake."

"My wife and I are Indian, so our pallets have a coat of south Asian spices which can make it difficult for non Asian flavors to really come through. But this place has become our favorite for breakfast. We only eat breakfast here when we go out because we're disappointed everywhere else. The flavors are just right and everything tastes fresh. The service and staff are amazing too. We enjoy their omelettes and hashes the most. If you frequent diners for breakfast you'll be floored by Ellen's. If you're Asian or have exotic spices in your pallet, I think you could be very happy here too. For what it's worth, I'm not sure what happened, but the bar for quality food post-pandemic has been lowered. But Ellen's has remained consistent or even improved since then. This goes a long way for us... knowing that our hard earned money is best spent at Ellen's. The space is cute too and we love their traditional bakery up front. Ample parking. Price is important to us. To us, food "tastes" better or worse for us depending on price. I'm a frugal person, and I think the prices are very fair. Maybe even slightly under priced compared to their lesser competitors. Sometimes we tip closer to 30% or more compared to my usual 20%. Their coffee is delicious. We have never eaten anything other than breakfast and baked goods from their bakery. If you're not a church goer, I recommend to go on Sundays before church lets out. Otherwise, people know how good this place is so you'll be waiting in line for a long while."

"Ellen's used to be a favorite of ours for breakfast carry out and picking up their amazing Portuguese sweet bread. The bakery staff was aways friendly and the food was delicious. Our experiences with Ellen's recently have been very different. I have been left on hold various times for 10 + minutes just to be told that carry outs were not available. If you are not taking carry outs, please tell people when they call rather putting them on hold for extended periods of time. Also many baked goods have not been available able to purchase since "they only bake on certain days". You are a bakery. It's literally in your name. You should have baked goods available for purchase or at least be able to communicate when your products will be available rather then, "just check back." Its very disappointing that I have to write this review as we have been regulars at Ellen's for several years and have loved them. The food is AMAZING, you just don't know if you will be getting any when you call or go in these days. Hope you guys will be alright."

"BEST cupcakes ever! We ordered two dozen chocolate/vanilla cupcakes from Ellen’s for my daughters birthday and they were spectacular. The sponge was moist and soft and the buttercream was rich but not too sweet. We didn’t have a single cupcake leftover from the party, I’m sad to say. We will order twice as many for our next kids party. The unicorns in the picture were added by us, but Ellen’s did the rest. Service at Ellen’s is always great."