Shannon M.
Yelp
Rating (maximum points = 5)
Value for money: 4
Cleanliness: 4
Food Quality: 5
Customer Service: 1
Look and Feel (Ambiance): 3
Thank you, Come Again?: 4
Right across from the City Library is a little shop serving up unique kawaii desserts. Doki Doki mainly specializes on Japanese style bites. Their options range from delicate crepe cakes to taiyaki ice cream sundaes. Inside the cafe there is an eclectic mix of cute corgi, anime, and cat decorations.
Ube Custard Cake: $4.00 - This dessert had a really tasty and prominent Ube flavor. The cake was light and the custard topping was creamy and delicious. If you're an Ube fan, I would highly recommend this adorable dessert.
Japanese Cream Bunny: $5.50 - This dessert is a milk based panna cotta. It comes with a choice of sauce to pour on top of the bunny dessert. Sauce options include Ube, Matcha, Dark Chocolate, and Passion Fruit.
Craquelin Cream Puff with Vanilla Custard: $4.25 - This adorable cream puff was a delightful bite. The french vanilla flavor was potent throughout the dessert. The crispy craquelin topping added a nice crunch.
Taiyaki Waffle with Custard: $3.50 - The taiyaki was unfortunatley overcooked and didn't taste fresh. Traditional Japanese Taiyakis should have a light golden color with and oozing filling. The custard didn't ooze out and almost didn't exist.
Overall, I'm a bit on the fence on whether or not I would return to Doki Doki on a regular basis. Their kawaii style desserts are instagramable, but a lot of the items that I was hoping to try at the cafe was not available (e.g., Japanese fluffy pancakes (this must be ordered ahead of time), Honey Toast, Brown sugar Boba ice cream with Taiyaki). I would highly recommend to not to visit the shop during peak business hours. The cafe is quite small and doesn't have much seating. They also only have one touch screen ordering system. Customer service was almost non-existent. When it gets busy, there isn't much room for people to comfortably stand in line and place their order. Recommendation for management to re-think how the platform seating is arranged and being used. It's a cute idea but my party was not comfortable sitting on the floor and on top of stained pillows.
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