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| - What we had: various flavours of macarons, mango almond cake (at this location, also had macarons and Ruelo cake at the Times Square location)
Taste: 10/10
Ruelo makes good macarons and delicious cakes. They have a list of flavours on their site but not all flavours are available at a time. We have tried: yuzu , ruelo, raspberry, green tea sesame, rose lychee raspberry, cassis, pure chocolate, vanilla, pistachio raspberry, earl grey, and creme brulee. Laura's all-time favourite macaron flavour is their Ruelo macaron. Green tea sesame is also a notable one. The rest are OK but not particularly memorable. The mango almond cake was fruity, fragrant, light, and delicious. The almond cremeux stuff is almost like ice-cream. It was a great artistic cake.
We took off 0.5 because one of our macarons had a slight fridge taste. All the others were fine.
We then added a bonus 0.5 because the cakes here are so good.
Value: 5/10
Their cakes are pricey and the servings they list on their website are waaaaaaaay off. The small cake is supposed to serve 6-8 people? More like 6-8 mice, and that's being generous. We can each decimate a 5' mango almond cake on our own. (Not proud of it, but true facts.) That being said, their cake prices are cheaper and tastier than Nadege, and their single serving cakes are not too expensive (around $6, forget exact price). But think about it, a large bubble tea is about $5, you're paying $5 for a cup of tea.
Service/Convenience: 6/10
You need a car to get here. It's tucked away in this little industrial plaza and you won't be able to see it from the street. Not very convenient to get to. The two times that we have been here, the place looked very understaffed. When we entered, nobody was at the counter. After a while, the staff member came out. It looked like one girl was running the show. She wasn't particularly all smiles but she wasn't rude either. She was efficient enough.
Would go back? Yes, this is Laura's go-to cake store for special occasions. For macarons if we're really craving them.
Would recommend to friend? Yes, the cakes, and macarons if the friend is into macarons.
Similar places: Other Ruelo location in Times Square, Nadege Patisserie
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