The Confectional

This review is solely based on experience and does not reflect t the taste or quality of their cheesecakes, they are actually good, that being said…
We scheduled a tasting three months before our wedding on July 12^th, 2014, picked out our selections and paid the deposit for the cheese cake tier. On July 3^rd, I called to make our payment for the wedding day only to be told that they did not have an order scheduled for July 12, this should have been a sign, soon after the manager called and apologized for the mix up stating that she had taken the order with her, after reassuring me that we were confirmed and good to go we made our payment for our wedding day delivery. On the day of the wedding during our 11am pick up, we discovered that they did not have our order.
The owners at the Capitol Hill location were able to scramble and get half of the order two hours later, and sent us to the Pike Place Market location to get the rest.
The Capitol Hill location was disorganized and confused during most of our interactions, this by far was a disappointing customer service experience.
To top off a horrible experience the co-​owner Destiny Sund, seemed confused every time I spoke with her, and never took ownership for the lack organization her company had

Obsessed! I’ve tried the white chocolate raspberry and the classic. The cheesecakes are packaged beautifully. I always look for a bite in the cheese portion and a nice graham cracker crust. This cheesecake has both! The only reason I gave it a 4 star is because the second time I went in, the top of the cheesecake was a little old (at least it tasted like it). It still tasted amazing and I will continue to go back!

I wasn’t the biggest fan of their cheesecakes. We had the raspberry white chocolate one and the Bailey’s irish cream one. We could hardly taste the Bailey’s in it — tasted more like chocolate.
I got a shot of their Colombian liquid chocolate though, and it was good. Extremely rich, thick, sweet. I’m glad I got a shot (10 ml) though. They were selling 8 oz cups of it and I can’t imagine getting through anything larger than a shot — and that was shared among 3 people. If you love chocolate, you’ll love trying this.

I’m not normally a fan of cheesecakes but I decided to give this place a try based on a friend’s raving recommendation, plus the fact that I was having dinner just a few doors down.
The cheesecakes are small (maybe 2 inches in diameter) and run about $ 4 each, which isn’t a bad deal for the high quality of dessert. We got a triple berry cheesecake and a lemon white chocolate cheesecake. They were both simply amazing. You could taste the freshness of it, and all the ingredients were perfectly balanced. It wasn’t excruciatingly sweet either, which is usually the problem I have with cheesecakes in general.
I would highly recommend the cheesecakes here. They come in a variety of flavors, all of which looked delicious. I’ll have to come back and try some more flavors soon!

The cheesecakes were great, and we sat by the windows watching the rain and getting a bit of work done on our laptops. The barista was super nice. What else to ask for?

oh yeah! the best place for cheesecakes in WA! Love that they have multiple locations, love that they have featured flavors every month, love that their cheesecakes ALWAYS hit the spot, love that they’re local, love that they love their customers! No other place can beat the confectional when it comes to cheesecakes! Wish more people knew about this place, truly one of Seattle’s most valuable gems… My one complaint is that they no longer ship less than 16 cheesecakes… I think they used to ship 6 or 8 at a time but not anymore because of some fedex business… nevertheless, amazing staff and amazing dessert!

Yummm… Cheesecake heaven!!!

The Confectional is one of those bakeries you enter and you’re greeted with a blast of warm aromatic air. This bakery is small but they make some of the best cheesecake I have ever had. I love cheesecake for it’s richness and creamy aftertaste, and I found their cheesecake to be both and a little bit more. They have a Kahlua white chocolate cheesecake, which I absolutely love for the balance of sweetness of the cake with the less sweet, crumbly graham cracker bottom. There are also some mini truffles available, which are also good, as well as ice cream bars that we got for our younger company.
They also offer a few hot drinks — I had their coffee/​chocolate concoction last time, which included cayenne pepper and dripping chocolate.
Be warned, their price for a mini cheesecake is kind of pricey ($ 4.50?). I wouldn’t recommend it as a regular dessert option, but definitely as a treat once in awhile!

There are few things that shut me up during a meal. Cheesecake is definitely one of those things. So you can only imagine the joy when friends brought me to a place that specializes in cheesecake!
As we entered the quaint shop off Broadway, the smell of cream cheese and aromatic flavors hits you. Its like you’ve come home and your mother has laid out an after-​school snack. With limited seating, it almost comes across as a grab and go type of establishment, however that being said it is a nice place to get together with a small group of friends to hang out and enjoy a snack and some conversation.
While you might be overwhelmed by the wide-​array of menu options, stick to the flavors that you would want to try. Peanut butter and chocolate certainly is a staple that you will enjoy and is reminiscent of a reese’s peanut butter cup. The quadruple chocolate is simply divine with the bold flavors of dark chocolate complemented by white chocolates.
It’s not your regularly sized cheesecake, rather somewhat cupcake sized. It’s just enough to fill you up or enough to buy a few and share with some close friends so you can get a wide array of flavors.
Service was good with the staff knowing their menu and quickly dishing up your tasty noshes that are before you. Prices are decent and nothing jaw dropping expensive.
So if you learned anything from my review it is simply this: Put a cheesecake in front of Chad and he’ll shut up pretty quickly.

This is one of my special places. Just thinking about a visit to the Confectional makes me vibrate with excitement – you never know what new flavor delight you might find once you step inside! Get more than one and share it with someone you love! Take home a few truffles too. Feel smug because your treats are not only tasty, they’re made with healthy ingredients (well, relatively healthy – the folks at The Confectional are picky about their ingredients, which I really appreciate).
I haven’t tried the beverages yet, but given the quality of the desserts, I’m confident they’ll be good. That will be a treat for another day.

Limit yourself to one cheesecake. You just gotta fight that urge.
Anything more than 1 cheesecake per person is overboard with a side of sickening especially for those with lactose issues.
Having learned from our initial trial — if you get their as seen on TV, Mexican Hot Chocolate Cheesecake, I would share with a friend and/​or save it to try for last because it is potent and will overpower any of their other flavors. I would recommend trying their special cheesecakes — the Cranberry Cardamom White Chocolate Cheesecake was quite nice.
With Poppy and the new joints around, the Confectional is definitely helping to revitalize the Roy St. section of Broadway.

Ooooh, stop!
Came here with a friend and tried the peanut butter chocolate cheesecake and a white chocolate raspberry truffle (also they had some pumpkin cheesecake samples on a tray). Everything. was. DELICIOUS!
So the next day I was craving more. I brought a friend so I’d have an excuse to come back for so many calories so soon. Had the triple berry cheesecake (I think that’s what it’s called — SO GOOD!) and the New York truffle. OMG!
A cheesecake and a truffle come out to $ 6, not too bad considering that it feels like a super-​fancy, decadent dessert and tends to be on the rich side. You can also buy stuff like milk (or chocolate milk), coffee, hot chocolate, juice, etc. The cheesecakes are small and individually sized, and the truffles are little balls of cheesecake dipped in really smooth dark or milk chocolate. The inside of the truffles taste creamy like a cheesecake but «baked» enough for a really rich cake-​like texture.
Could be a cute date place, a quick dessert stop with a friend, or fun for a small group of friends. The place is pretty small but not crowded. We saw about six or seven friends sitting around a table eating cheesecakes and drinking coffee near the end of the night.
I just know that I need to stop. But you don’t, especially if you haven’t tried this place before. Go there. Now.

O.M.G
I ordered the raspberry swirl cheesecake and it was worth every penny. Soooooooooo good.
*Not recommended for everyday consumption. This place should be reserved for special treats*

This is a perfect spot for an after dinner dessert stop. Cozy, intimate, and warm — with rich desserts perfect for sharing. We tried the Kahlua White Chocolate, and Quadruple Chocolate cheesecakes after sampling the Triple Berry.
The counter person was exceedingly knowledgeable, bordering on evangelical about the confections. It’s not inexpensive, but the quality and care that goes into their offerings is worth it.
About halfway through I spied the beverage menu and wished the clerk had suggested something, but the cheesecake wasn’t inedible without it.

My first taste of The Confectional was down at Pike Place Market on the Seattle food tour (chocolate edition). I already knew that they were opening a store on Capitol Hill, and after having a delectable morsel on the tour, I decided this was a very good, albeit dangerous! thing.
The first visit came during Seafair weekend, in the early part of the afternoon when the shop was quiet but not dead. We had plenty of time to peruse the offerings, including the adorable cheesecake truffles, and the sales gal was more than happy to answer any questions as we tried to make up our minds. Finally we each settled on a mini cheesecake, one caramel and one chocolate mint. They may be small, but each one packs a decadent punch, and one cheesecake between us was plenty for one sitting. The caramel was the clear winner, as the chocolate was too rich and dense, even for a rich and dense cheesecake.
Prices are a bit high, but this turns it into a special occasion splurge treat, which is better for the waistline anyway. I’m eager to return and try some of the truffles!

As someone who has a few impressive cheesecakes in her baking repertoire, I’d just as soon skip any mass-​produced versions in favor of something more artfully crafted on a smaller scale. Give me a rich caramel, a just-​salty peanut butter, a wickedly dark chocolate, but please don’t give me lazy hints masked under oodles of whipped cream and just-​plain-​sugar taste; I’ll skip that in order to spend my calories on the good stuff. Because there is such a thing as bad cheesecake, and there’s a lot of it out there.
What The Confectional offers is not simply the good but the excellent stuff, and fortunately in small doses. I love the flavor varieties, from Mexican Chocolate to Lemon to fruit and chocolate variations to whatever seasonal special’s in the case. At the shop you can also purchase drinking chocolate, cheesecake truffles (little pieces of cheesecake made bite-​sized and chocolate-​enrobed), and even a pint of local milk if you just need something to sip on. Even tonight there was a tray of generous samples out, so you might get lucky and have a couple of tastes on your visit!
Another tip for crust-​lovers like me: these small cheesecakes are relatively light on the filling (perfectly fine, since it’s relatively thick and rich), instead offering substantial crust (both on bottom and rounding the sides) with the slight variations that mark the excellence of a handcrafted dessert.
I’ll be honest: I’m glad it’s a mile-​and-​a-​half from my door to theirs. Because the walk to and fro makes every bite practically guiltless despite the decadence…

Over-​priced, mediocre cheesecakes that are too sweet. The texture is rich and creamy; which is probably why they had to make the cheesecakes «mini» as any more would have been overwhelming. They do come in many flavors but none of them that I had so far are really amazing. Paying 4.25 for a tiny cheesecake is just not worth it; considering that I actually bought 9 of them because I thought they were supposed to be amazing…

It’s nice to have the Confectional on Capitol Hill. I’d had the raspberry white chocolate from visiting the Pike Place Market location and love it. Since the Confectional has been on the Hill, I’ve tried the following cheesecakes — triple berry, peanut butter & chocolate, Seattle’s NY style and special flavor passionfruit. I love them all. You can’t go wrong with any of these flavors.
It’s a good place to treat yourself to a yummy dessert or to have with coffee when you find yourself on Broadway.

This is the trophy cupcake of cheesecakes – moderately priced but very delicious.
The cheesecakes there are in cupcake-​like servings. There are various flavors. I got the Caramel cheesecake, Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake, Mochaccino cheesecake, and the Quadruple cheesecake. OMG so good and rich. My favorite was the Raspberry White Chocolate – it had a great mix of raspberry and white chocolate within the cheesecake. The Quadruple Chocolate cheesecake was good, but it was too rich and chocolatey.
It is $ 4.50 per cheesecake, but if you purchase 4 you get them for $ 15 total! They also sold truffles there priced at $ 1.50, however I didn’t purchase any.
Parking is pretty much street parking. The dessert shop has a small eating area in the front. They also sell a variety of drinks as well – milk, chocolate milk, and fizzy sodas.
Can’t wait for my next visit.

I snuck in here pre-​grand opening to avoid the crowds and was pleasantly surprised to find a well stocked case and a clean, although quiet atmosphere (to be expected since some people not in the «know» aren’t aware that they are in their soft-​opening phase).
I will admit that I have the stomach of a bird — I eat light, mostly religiously healthy, and very tiny portions of food at any given time. That said, the Confectional offers up some diet-​cheating worthy goodies.
I myself could not eat an entire mini cheesecake on my own (but then again, I can’t even finish whole sized cupcakes by myself, I know I know!), but I think the cheesecake truffles are the perfect way to sample the menu without breaking the bank or committing to a chunk of cheesecake you don’t like.
being a lover of all things spicy, I grabbed the mexican chocolate, and to mellow out the heat, a kahlua white chocolate. Both were exceptionally tasty, but be forewarned that the chocolate ganache coating makes these suckers a bit tough to bite into on a first pass. Once you’re in though, your tastebuds are greeted with creamy, soft, delightfully sweet (but not cloyingly so) cheesecake-​y goodness.
When the weather’s nice I’ll definitely hit up this place on my way home.