It's now split into the restaurant and the dessert place. The dessert place is small and often packed, though nice, I'd say just take the stuff to go.

Except ... I concur with the previous reviewer. We had exactly the same experience and we could not believe our eyes.
While it was tasty, it was SO NOT worth it. Zuccoto is not _that_ fancy, and it's not like you can't get similar stuff elsewhere.

If you're looking for a good dessert hit, I'd rather go to Berry Good in Richmond or way over to Thomas Haas in North Vancouver if it's not too late.

It's good stuff, but NOT recommended because of the extremely poor value.

Heard about this place from a friend so my partner and I decided to go check it out after dinner.
It's a bakery with about 4-5 tables which is always occupied by people. This place is pretty much made for take-out only but not everyone wants to enjoy their sweets at home.
I've actually been here 3 times b/c I wanted to see if I'm missing out on anything. The first time we went it was ok. The second time was pretty good. Then the third time was just ok again. We've tried this black/white mousse, coconut cake, passion fruit cake, fruit tart and mango cheesecake. All of them were GOOD but not spectacular. They do have lots of cakes to choose from and they all look yummy but it just didn't satisfy me.
Service was ok. Not sure if they're enjoying their job. I know it gets busy sometimes but they should expect it though.

Don't think I'll be giving it another try.

Food: Only had dessert at Sweet Obsessions - this chocolate hazelnut layered type cake it was honestly the best piece of cake I've ever had! Yummy hazelnutty cream on the inside, then delicious chocolate hazelnut mousse/icing, then a layer of chocolate cake and then chocolate ganache on the outside... My stomach is growling just thinking about it... Shaken ice teas are really good as well.

Service: We were not served for a good 25-30 minutes. We initially went to the counter but the server behind the counter said we should sit down and someone would help us so sit we did. After the long wait, my frustrated bf just went up to the server and asked for menus and she was genuinely shocked that we hadn't been helped yet. After that the service improved. She gave us an extra piece of that cake for our wait which was nice. Need to have a few more attentive people on staff because there was actually another gentleman who arrived after us and waited for a good 20 minutes before he just got up and left in frustration.

Ambiance: Nice and clean but really needs more tables (and more attentive servers!!)

Def. will be returning to have the dessert but whether we dine in is another question.

I came here yesterday to pick up my order of triple berry mousse for my uncle's birthday as I called in earlier for the order. When I arrived, I realized that they packed the wrong cake for me, they put mango cheesecake instead of the berry mousse and wrote the happy birthday on the cake already. Unhappily, I told the server that it wasn't my cake and I demanded the triple berry mousse. But then after asking about the sweetness level, the server told me that the mousse would be as sweet as the mango cheesecake so I just settled with the wrong order of Mango Cheesecake. Price is not bad, $29 for 6". The best part is that the taste was awesome. My uncle cut the cake at almost 10 pm and all the 5 of us loved it. It was very moist and full of mango flavours, simply awesome. Definitely a nice surprise for the wrong order. I will definitely come back again for more.

This is the place for desserts!

I went in and I was craving Crème brûlée, so I ordered one with hot water....and my friends ordered a chocolate ganache cake, and tiramisu. The chocolate ganache would be for ultimate chocolate lovers.....its very sweet, dense and filled with chocolate, with an outer layer that will instantly melt in your mouth!

The tiramisu was yummy. Very light and airy, but no ladyfinger included! Even without it, it was still very tasty. A popular one for people that don't want something too sweet.

The crème brûlée........was awesome. It was just plain, but I;ve never had such light crème brûlée before!!! The burnt caramel was just about right, and the custard was delicious. I think it would have been even better if I ordered some kind of biscotti and a coffee...but I didn't feel like having too much after a big meal. Definitely worth the try.

I heard the triple chocolate mousse was most popular, so my friend bought a cake for mothers day. I'm sure this place is very popular, and I will definitely come back for more!!! The service was pleasant and very easygoing!!!! I loved it!

We tried few things there, cakes are generally good, some overly sweet and one was soaked in sugar syrup. But that's exactly what their name says, so I am giving 4 for the food. If you are to try just one cake there, try Zucotto. Very elaborate, hardly "a cake", a true dessert.

The place itself is indeed more of a shop than a cafe. For some weird reason they also insist that you'd sit down in order to get a cake and a cup of coffee if you want to use their cafe "facilities". Looks pretty odd if you ask me.

What however ticks me off about this place is an absolutely incompetent staff. In a scope of 4 visits, when we were buying stuff to take out, they managed to (a) charge us for a large cake, when we bought small ($40 difference) (b) screw up a refund by double-charging and double-refunding the purchase to the point I had to go through a CC company to unroll the transaction (c) produce espresso grind (of some fancy-shmancy specialty beans) that looked like coarse bread crumbs for a poultry stuffing.

Needless to say that we now pay them in cache and check the good prior to leaving the store.

I've had two cakes from there now. Both with buttercream frosting and they were quite dull and bland and heavy. I was disappointed b/c it's supposed to be a great bakery but I've honestly enjoyed some Costco desserts more that these cakes. They were also very pricey. I'd be willing to try some other sort of pastry but I would definately not get another buttercream.

This is a delayed review from August, but I felt I had to warn people. I went here to get some take-out dessert in the evening. I ordered 2 pieces of the chocolate hazelnut zucotto. It was boxed, I paid my $13 (or so) and went home.

Upon opening the boxes we found zucotto that was sliced so thinly you could almost see through it. We were so surprised and shocked that I took a couple of photos of the cake. We ate it and it was tasty. It was not outstanding but it was a solid zucotto. It shouldn't disappoint anyone's tastebuds.

Because of the extreme lack of value, I sent the photos by e-mail to the restaurant suggesting that perhaps a new employee had sliced the cake a bit thin. (The full-size cakes in the window $36 for 6 slices. With that as a guide, I would expect that a single slice for $6 would be about 1/6 of the size of one of those cakes. Since I bought two slices and not the whole cake I can understand that I would get somewhat less than a full 1/6, but what we ended up with was closer to 1/15.)

The owner responded to my e-mail saying that due to the cost of the "heavenly ingredients" in the cake he thought the price and serving size were appropriate. I told him that I thought it was low on the value scale compared to other local places despite the quality of the product.

So to summarize, the taste is good and up to expectations. The price/serving size/value is very poor.

My friends and I arrived around 9/9:30pm and it was pretty packed. One large group took up 3 tables and, although they appeared to be done and are just chatting, they weren't about to leave. Two small tables beside that group freed up so my friends sat down (there were 7 of us in our party). There was one other party (2 people) waiting for a table--they came in after us--and saw that there's no space so they left. I went to one of the servers/counter person (who didn't greet us or even looked like he wanted to be there) to order something but he told me that someone will come serve me at the table. I started to head back to the table but then he asked me how many of us are there. I told him there's 7 of us and he told me to give up the table (so other, smaller groups, can take them, even though there weren't any other people waiting) and wait for the large group to leave. Sounds reasonable so I asked him about how long we'll have to wait. He said he didn't know. I ask him about the sign on the table that informs customers about a 30-minute limit for the tables during busy times and he says, "Well, we don't enforce that." I told him fine, and I got all my friends and we left.

The service was horrible. The staff were NOT helpful or willing to do their job. There were approximately 3 people working and they just stood around. The one I spoke to at the counter kept resting his head on top of the display case even while customers were looking at the pastries. It just shows how much they care about their job, I guess.

I wouldn't return, nor will my friends. And I don't recommend other people to either...it's not worth the hassle.

They have a few tables for patrons who want to dine in. It gets pretty busy at night! I had the hedgehog cake (hazelnut galore!) and it was very light and creamy. I prefer Sweet Obsessions over True Confections because I find their dessert selections are way too decadent and overly rich - it's hard to even finish a piece alone. And I like their selection here - much more refined in style and taste. Good coffee and tea selection with sorbet in the summertime! Love the atmosphere.