Melanie G.
Yelp
I feel like a jerk for leaving less than 5 stars, because so many of the other reviews are just glowing! Unfortunately, as cute as the shop is and as adorable as their to-go "baskets" are, the pie was a real let down for us.
We got a slice of Cloud Nine (Salted caramel, custard, and meringue) and a slice of the Smooth Operator (Chocolate pie). The smooth operator was described to me as a french silk pie, which is my husband's absolute favorite type of pie. Unfortunately, that is not what it is. The smooth operator is a DARK chocolate dense pudding texture, and there is no whipped cream to be seen. There is no relief from the very, very dark chocolate flavor and it was just too much. One bite and I was done, my husband managed 2 bites. The cloud nine sounded amazing, but the salted caramel base was so thick and so strong that it completely overpowered the flavor of the custard and meringue. I ended up leaving most of the caramel in the container and eating the other parts of the pie, which tasted wonderful.
For $7.00 for a slice of pie, I expect it to be a bite of absolute heaven on a fork, and that is not what we got. There was no balance of flavors in the pies we tried, each of them had one flavor that just obliterated everything else, so much so that they were unpleasant to eat. Unfortunately, we will not be back, since I can't justify that kind of money on the chance of more almost inedible pie.
On a positive note, their crust is divine. I just couldn't taste it unless I took a bite of just crust. :(