Sweet

I live here. Usually I have Favor go buy me this stuff and bring it to my sofa.

Very cute shop with a large variety of cupcake options. I purchased a 6-​pack and it was a perfect gift with the pink packaging! The cupcakes tasted great with a fresh, light cake topped with a sugary (but not too-​sugary) icing. The only cupcake that was not fresh was the angel-​cake, so maybe avoid that one.
I wouldn’t say this was the best cupcake place I’ve ever been to, in terms of taste, but definitely a solid choice.
Also, you have to try the new pancake cupcakes they have here! So so good!

Must be something about opening more stores, because I will go to Sweet if I am craving a cupcake. Much improved.

I’m by no means a cupcake expert and to me they still remain just pretty tiny cakes with nothing much more but I’ve got to give it up to Sweet for one thing: the variety of flavors that they have! I checked on their websites and they have daily/​regular flavors as well as seasonal varieties and I always love when you can choose from a VERY wide array of flavors — mostly because I’m a picky eater, okay, I admit it.
Let’s see what I had:
*Chocolate chip buttermilk pancake with maple syrup frosting — cake was kind of bland, no real taste. Frosting was good but the only chocolate chips were on top of the cake, hidden under the frosting.
*Cappuccino — de-​li-​ci-​ous!
*The Macaroon — also de-​li-​ci-​ous!
*Coconut — can you guess? Same as above!
All cakes were really moist and with the exception of the choc chip buttermilk pancake one, they were all amazing.
The shop is really, really cute so that’s some bonus points in my book. I came around 9:30pm on a Friday night and the employee looked kind of bored/​wanting to be anywhere but here. Don’t know if it was just because of the time or if it’s a regular occurrence? I would just expect someone a little bit friendlier, just to go along with the nice atmosphere and the great cupcakes!
Would definitely come back again to check out more of their flavors!

I can’t say that I am a cupcake connoisseur, but I found these cupcakes a bit disappointing.
The Sweet Cupcake
The SC boasts of a creamy Madagascar vanilla bean cake with buttercream frosting in vanilla.
The actual cake was moist, but too sweet.
The frosting had a perfectly smooth consistency and texture, but too sweet. It was so overly sweet, that it made it impossible to enjoy the cupcake entirely and to appreciate the luxurious, Madagascar vanilla.
The shop has a cute and whimsical feel, which is quite inviting.

Dear Sweet,
This is my love letter to you and the phenomenal cupcakes that you provide me each and every time I find myself wandering Newbury St. Your décor is whimsical, inviting, and unique, preventing me from spending less than 15 minutes here. The staff is pleasant, knowledgeable, and eager to greet and help guests. And when it comes to your cupcakes, well, what can I say? They are incredible!
You have everything from classic crowd-​pleasers to seasonal specialties to creative staples, and they are all delicious. The balance between moist, fluffy cake and light, flavorful frosting is on point (and if I want some extra frosting, all I need to do is purchase a shot of it. Yes — a shot of frosting)! If I could indulge in these sweet delicacies every day without gaining a pound, my goodness I would live here.
Thank you for being… well…sweet!
Much Love,
Chris

Overall, I like this Sweet’s cupcakes over the more well known Georgetown ones. The texture at Sweet was a little more denser and moist. Maybe others prefer a light fluffier one.
Had two cupcakes from here, yes, a little indulgent, but worth every bite!

I don’t understand the bad reviews here. Ive been to sweet so many times now if I were to count I wouldn’t be able to with all my fingers and toes. I’ve never received bad service here either. The workers are always really courteous and helpful in giving me suggestions as to which flavors I should try. I LOVEE the cupcakes here. Everything is so perfectly made. The cake part is always moist but not overly moist and the icings are always the perfect companion to the cake. I never find the icing to be too sweet or overbearing. It’s the perfect accompaniment to every flavor. Mmm. Plus I love sweet’s packaging AND how they offer a recipe book to make all their cupcakes if you wanted to at home. Now THATS impressive because many places would die before letting you know their recipe/​secret to making delicious cakes.
Anyway I would say this is the best cupcake shop in all of Boston. And I KNOW my desserts. Honestly the only cupcake I’ve ever tasted that’s better than Sweet’s would have to be Sprinkles. But then again who can beat the infamous Sprinkles?
Cupcake flavors wise, you can never go wrong with the red velvet, organic karat, and the hot chocolate flavor! (The hot cocoa flavor is only available in the winter)

I think if your going to specialize the product should be outstanding. These were ok, not quite as good as I can make at home though.

This place is ok… I am stuck between wanting to give it a 3 and the fact that it’s really a 2.5 but here’s why… I came here on the most perfect sunny Sunday. After strolling newbury street you just want a nice treat so we stopped inside of sweet. The place is so quaint and cute inside that your expectations soar! Unfortunately the cupcakes are simply just ok… Which was a big let down.
They lots of flavors to pick from and we tried a few of them and none of them blew me away and the cakes were not moist. We had the pineapple and the red velvet and neither was good. Sadly as much as I wanted to like sweet I don’t and I won’t stop by again when I am strolling newbury.

Sadly, Sweet misses the mark in every single category. I love cupcakes. Dessert in all forms, really. What I don’t love is rude, hostile service, lack of selection and dry, crumbly cakes.
Perfectly nestled on posh Newbury St., Sweet is beautifully decorated and a Boston cupcakery chain. The branding and décor is spot on. The cupcakes are sometimes decorated with cute props, like a pink straw in their Strawberry Lemonade cupcake (summers) or a wooden stick for their Caramel Apple cupcakes (fall). The experience and food however, is anything BUT sweet. I’ve been several times and each time thought the cupcakes to be severely dry to the point of stale. Most recently, I got the last remaining Cappuccino flavored cupcake around 5 p.m. on a Saturday and when I cut into it, I could physically see the staleness, as the icing had hardened on the outermost layer and the cake inside was crumbly and dry. Ok, it happens. Cupcakes go bad and it’s a hot day in the city. What’s unforgivable (to this Unilocaler) is staff with a major attitude problem.
I ordered a side of water with my cupcake because I was absolutely parched. The cashier and sole employee working at the shop took my payment and went to help the next guest in line. I waited at the register for a moment, expecting my water. She told me to go sit down and she’d get it shortly. Fast forward 10 minutes and I’d finished my cupcake and still no water. She had served every single other person in line and I got up to stand patiently by the back counter. She saw me hovering and got the water. I returned to my table, downed it in about 60 seconds, got back up and politely asked for a refill. Keep in mind, there was no line of customers at this point. Without a word, she throws me the nastiest look, grabs the cup by the lip with her two fingers (gross, man!) refills it half way and jams it back into my hand without so much as a word. The entire exchange was so hostile and rude I was completely taken aback. Suddenly the pink fluff of «Sweet» felt like the façade of Professor Delores J. Umbridge’s offices. (Props to my fellow HP nerds).
Never again, Sweet, never again. At the risk of sounding bitter, I’ve always thought Georgetown Cupcakes was one place that DID live up to the hype and prefer the taste, quality and service in every instance. Save yourself major hassle and $.25 (that’s right — Sweet is MORE expensive than Georgetown), and walk the 4 minutes extra to Georgetown for superior cupcakes worth waiting in line for.

I love this place. I live a few doors down and it is my go to dessert place. The cakes are delish! !
The only thing is they open later than they say and close earlier so if youre counting on cupcakes you may be out of luck even if their posted hours say otherwise. I waited 30 min this morning for the door to be unlocked after knocking a few times and finally gave up to go somewhere else

The cupcakes are really rich and moist. Try the lemon. It’s DEEEEEEELISH!

Q: What did the ice cream say to the unhappy cupcake? A: «What’s eating you?»
If this review was based solely on the cupcakes themselves, I would give it 5 stars … birthday cake, chocolate, red velvet, lemon, carrot cake — each flavor of cupcake was incredibly delicious! But alas, I can’t write this review without mentioning that I waited on the steps outside for 20 minutes before I could pick out the half dozen cupcakes I took home for my husband’s birthday. Sure, there are other cupcake shops on Newbury Street, but when I arrived there was a sign on the door that said «Be back in 5 minutes.» And I thought 5 minutes was a perfectly fine time to wait. And once I waited 5 minutes, I thought it wouldn’t kill me to wait another 5 more, and so it went for another 5 minutes and another 5 minutes… and by 20 minutes I was fairly annoyed. No apology was offered for the wait. The staff person just walked in and looked surprised that I followed him into the shop. The cupcakes are sweet, but the service is not!

The store itself is very appealing and cupcakes look great and the flavors are interesting. However, I wanted to split my half dozen into 2 boxes and was a bit disappointed that they charge extra for another box. I feel that if I am spending $ 18 on cupcakes, why charge extra for another box? Anyways, the frosting itself was fresh and delicious, but like most people have written the cake was dry. There are plenty of cupcake shops to choose from these days, so can’t rate it very high. The 3 stars is mostly for the good frosting and fresh ingredients.

I really, really wanted to love this place. The shop is super cute and the way they plate the cupcakes gets you excited to take your first bite. But, after the first bite, you only want one more.
The cherry cheesecake and the banana split were both very dry and so difficult to remove from the holder that you almost can’t help but destroy what you’re attempting to eat.
I love that most of the cakes are filled and they have some creative and standard options but the taste certainly needs an improvement. Cupcakes are made to be eaten…

Love love the location and the cupcakes look delicious… they are yummy but I don’t think anything special… a little dry but not really dry like others stated.
We tried the sweet cake (vanilla with sprinkles), chocolate pretzel, red velvet, and chocolate something… the red velvet was the best of those.
A little pricey but not seriously overpriced for the area.
The staff was pleasant.

Let me start by saying that I love a good cupcake. (Hell, I even love mediocre cupcakes!) The space they’ve got on Newbury street is clean and cute and convenient. The employees were helpful in answering questions, too.
Cupcakes are $ 3.25. Now, as stated, I love cupcakes… but that’s kind of steep. Then again, it is *Newbury Street*, so what should you expect? I got a mini yellow cupcake with chocolate frosting ($ 1.95). They had other, more creative flavors (not so rocky road, boston cream, mint chocolate, etc), but I was in a traditional cupcake mood.
The frosting to cake ratio was off the charts — waaaay too much frosting (for my taste, anyhow). The cake was kind of dry, too.
Overall, I was glad that I saved some money and got the mini. It wasn’t a *bad* cupcake (is there really any such thing?!), but nothing special.

I was craving a cupcake ALL day. We were at copley, and did «near us» and decided to try sweet. I was not impressed. The store itself was cute, the menu and layout was cute, the presentation was inviting. However, the cupcake was $ 3.50, and I could finish it in basically 2 bites. It was nothing special, and I probably could have eaten something similar, or maybe better, at a starbucks.
Not the place to go when you are craving a cupcake.

I got a cupcake to go and told myself that I was going to eat half of it and then it was gone…
Staff here were super nice and didn’t mind that we were taking AGES to pick out our cupcakes.
I’ve always loved their cupcakes and this location didn’t disappoint. The cupcake is fluffy and the frosting is soft and there is so much of it… mmmm