The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Carmel City Center

"This was really good. I had a cup of soup with half a sandwich and it was the perfect size lunch for me. I had a chicken velvet soup with turkey and Gruyère sandwich. My friends had the broccoli quiche and French onion soup. They both said it was great. The service was really great, and the atmosphere pretty good. Our server was so friendly and answered all of our questions. My only complaint( which is more of a personal preference) is that it had too many Christmas decorations. Other than that it was incredible. The dessert was also amazing."

"We visited this place on the first week of January. Definitely, the location and decor of this place is amazing. As it was during holidays, it looked pretty. Not the date when we wanted to go there but we got our reservation only for that day. We were seated by their staff promptly and our server was nice too giving good suggestions and service. We ordered classic burger with pomme frites, truffle pommes frites and tomato soups and an order of warm baguette. The food took some time to come. The presentation of food was great but the temperature of the soup was at best lukewarm. The truffle pommes frite was cold, not even warm. The burger was ok, again not hot or warm. I was surprised at the quality of their food. Food was ok but just not the right temperature. You go to eat dinner on a cold night but all you get is lukewarm to cold food and you pay more hundred dollars for the bill. I felt it was good to visit one time for experience but not again for one reason: for the same price, I can get better quality of food in Indy."

"The decor is absolutely lovely - magical even. The savory food is consistently serviceable, but it is not magical. The pricing pushes the envelope on decency. Our table had the truffle fries, crab cakes, chicken piccata, children sliders, three cheese cavatappi, chicken salad croissant, soup of the day, ham and Brie sandwich with blackberry avocado salad combo and a few specialty drinks. The up martini cocktail was disappointingly lukewarm, the wine was middling, the peppermint mocha was tasty and fun. The piccata was well executed - nice crisp texture for the exterior, perfectly cooked interior. The crab cakes were fine, but pricey - asparagus was requested rather than the arugula accompaniment, an additional upcharge was applied without forewarning. Everything else was fine but unremarkable."

"A magical experience. Staff is first rate. The decor is lovely. The selection for lunch made it hard to decide which tasty dish to choose. The cocktails were creative. Lots of teas to choose from. Hot Chocolate. Then there was the choice of dessert-pies, cookies, ice cream, and cake. I got the Millionaire Cake with chocolate cake, caramel, cookies and fluffy cream. I took home a piece of Key Line Pie for my husband. He said it was the best he ever had. It was as good as it looked. A very fun place."