Let Them Eat Cupcakes

Overpriced, underwhelming, tasted like poor quality ingredients, no taste at all to key lime, no sprinkle bar, no coffee, only a few flavors on Saturday. Must have been different in 2011 according to the reviews.

I just found Let The Eat Cupcakes at their new location at 35 South Beretania Street (between Bethel and Fort Street Mall) and am I glad I found them (after they relocated from Bethel Street Tap Room. I walked there and a large public parking lot is just across the street.
All their items looked great, but I limited myself to a bacon maple cupcake, a chocolate cupcake, salted caramel cupcake and a chocolate dipped macaroon. The staff and the baker were so nice and told me about their products. By the way, there are a few gluten-​free items including their most famous (and tasty) cupcake with mochi inside. Yum! There are some new eclairs which look amazing. I will be back for more and, so should you!

I was wondering around Chinatown the other day and happened to walk by and decided I had to give them a try. I got a red velvet cupcake and was pleased with my choice. It had a nice flavor, the cake crumb had a good texture, and the frosting on top was plentiful and not too sweet. I’m looking forward to trying other flavors in the future.

Food was great waited little time to get. I ordered a brunch burrito it was tasty needed nothing extra. Also, had a bloody Mary it was good needed some spice so went to the bar and got some spice to it after that amazing.

Let Them Eat Cupcakes, why can’t you make your special flavored cupcakes cheaper?! I have always wanted to try one of their cupcakes ever since I was heading towards my dentist’s office which is a block away. Never found the urge to actually step inside till recently… when I started becoming a downtown explorer during my lunch breaks. If you’re unfamiliar with their location, they moved from South Beretania to Bethel Street, inside of the Bethel Street Tap Room and next to JJ Dolans.
I’ve never been to their first location, but I noticed per the reviews and pictures that they had a bigger space and a sprinkle/​topping bar. This new location is very small and from the times that I’ve been here, most people just buy their cupcakes and leave. It’s kind of strange that they are inside a bar atmosphere now, but they do have a two person table near the windows that I’ve always sat at with my friend to talk whilst eating our cuppy cakes.
From Tuesday thru Saturday, Let Them Eat Cupcakes has 6 – 7 different cupcake flavors that they rotate daily. Whichever day you come in, they have a couple of special flavors. Check their website for a complete listing. The regular flavors (Chocolate, Red Velvet, Vanilla, Carrot, Lemon, Strawberry) are priced at $ 2.50 and specialty flavors are priced a bit higher at $ 3.25. It hurts my wallet to be spending that much for one cupcake, but let me tell you that IT’S WORTH IT. Just be like me and don’t go everyday, but narrow it down to a day where you can just get your favorites.
My favorite day to go is FRIDAY. They have my two most favorite flavors: Caramel Macchiato and S’mores. I have also tried the Maple Bacon which was yummy as well, though a bit salty due to the bacon bits on the frosting… I rather like my cupcakes sweet. The caramel macchiato is a must if you like Starbucks. The cupcake was light and moist as I bit inside. The frosting did not taste heavy, but it was filled with coffee and sweetness. I pretty much savored it and then I wiped my mouth clean for my next task: S’mores! I love toasted marshmallows and Let Them Eat Cupcakes uses one as a frosting on top of this cupcake. I was pleasantly surprised when I bit inside the S’mores cupcake and there was a chocolate filling! It definitely went well to bring the all the flavors together.
I plan to stop by once in a while just to get my cupcake fix or if I’m ever craving desserts after lunch. One of the workers already recognized me and my friend after two visits, calling us «cupcake repeat offenders» haha. I would love to try their other specialty flavors that I’ve been eyeing such as mochi, dobash, and cookies and cream one day!

Moved inside Bethel Street Tap Room. Looks good enough to eat! Wait a minute…
These little devils are awesome! Can’t ever go wrong with red velvet! Enjoy!

There’s not much to say other than they make pretty good cupcakes. Not overly sweet and a lot of great flavors. As of this posting, they have a new chocolate mochi flavor. I only wish they did something in peanut butter as well.

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I was referred by some friends & it was perfect timing because my sons birthday was coming up and I needed cupcakes. I tried there red velvet and I love love love it! But I ordered the chocolate chip cupcakes and red velvet for the party it was gone in seconds. I totally recommend everyone should try it

Three cheers for small business owners! I don’t think that anyone else would have gone above and beyond as much as Let Them Eat Cupcakes did for our daughter’s first birthday. After staring at their flavor offerings for over 30 minutes, Kawehi made a recommendation for chocolate covered strawberry cupcakes — can you say AMAZING?! These were the perfect combination of moist chocolate cake, tart fresh strawberry filling and a butter icing covered with a chocolate shell. They were certainly the hit of the party. They even sent «to-​go» containers so that my guests could take cupcakes home with them.
We also selected guava cupcakes which were beautifully decorated and personalized for our football-​themed party. The cake is not your typical vanilla cake, it is a little more savory, but beautifully paired with the fresh guava filling and topped with a sweet and buttery icing. The special touch was the chocolate footballs placed on top of each cupcake and the guava drizzle. The beautiful tiered displays were stunning, and we couldn’t have asked for a better, stress-​free dessert extravaganza to celebrate our special baby girl’s first year of life. From our ohana, we love you Kawehi and Kim. Thank you for everything!

Let Them Eat Cupcakes is a cute cupcake shop on the edge of downtown. Cupcakes are $ 2.50 — $ 3.50 a piece depending on flavor and they make 6 or 7 flavors a day.
I tried the Guava, Dobash, Vanilla, and Red Velvet. There were issues with the textures of the cakes, the Guava and Vanilla cakes were dry, the Dobash and Red Velvet were wet and sticky. The shortening based frostings are bland and fake tasting.
If you do want to try the cupcakes, you can check out
to see what’s baking before you go. They do a nice job of packing your cupcakes for travel so they will arrive safety.

Planning my daughter’s 1^st birthday party was stressful, but Let Them Eat Cupcakes saved the day!
The shop created the perfect cupcakes and top tier cake for the surf-​themed celebration. The tasty desserts featured surfboard decorations and even crumbs that looked like sand!
Several guests asked me where I bought the cupcakes. I’ll definitely order from them again!

I hate to bash any cupcake maker but I just wasn’t blown away by their cupcakes. Their cupcakes are heavy and extremely sweet. If you asked me to describe each of their rotating flavors, it can all be summed up in one phrase… it all tastes like sweet.
Though the cupcakes look cute, the shop is cute, the packaging of the cupcakes are cute, the flavor of the cupcakes were not impressive. I wasn’t impressed with the frosting either.

My boyfriend knows I love sweets so he decided to go here with me after lunch at Lucky Belly (reviewed them already, one of my top 3 faves!). We got red velvet, mochi, maple bacon, strawberry and cookies n cream. The red velvet was mostly good because it had cream cheese. The strawberry was good. I really liked the maple bacon!!! It literally tastes like pancakes with the butter, syrup all in one with bacon on the side!!! I would definitely eat this again (even though I shouldn’t!)
My only problem is that the cupcakes are just displayed out in the open so I can’t help but think of all the dust that just falls on within the few hours they put them out. But still I’m pretty sure they bake fresh daily so it doesn’t bother me too much. And they only have one table for two if you want to eat there and right by the table are a lot of the shops supplies and things so I felt that was an eye sore.
Overall a great place to get a cupcake fix!

I have eaten LTEC’s cupcakes a few times but I have never personally paid any money any of those times. However, that being said, I don’t see what all the fuss is about. I have tried their red velvet and cookies and cream and both of them were meh. They were dry and seriously lacked any flavor. My friend tried to give me another red velvet cupcake because she bought a dozen with a voucher but seriously, blah. I would rather not have to work off the extra calories associated with said cupcake. My mom gave me three once from her building’s tenant day. I gave them to my husband and son since I didn’t care for them. My son who loves sweet things (what 3 year old doesn’t) didn’t seem to like them either.
Anyway, bottom line, I wouldn’t go back and pay money for them. I guess I need to go there myself but I don’t know if I would be willing to fork over money for a lackluster cupcake. My favorite is still Hokulani after trying Cake Couture (bad experience) and these cupcakes. I am not a cupcake expert but I know that I don’t like dry, tasteless cupcakes. Sorry… not sorry.

The people were nice and service was pleasant.
Unfortunately my niece agreed the cupcakes we chose were somewhat «meh…» We had the lilikoi cupcake and the «cookies and cream» cupcakes and I wouldn’t go back for either one of those flavors. The lilikoi didn’t have that «zing» I’ve come to expect from a fresh lilikoi product, and they were not generous sizes. The frosting didn’t «wow» me either. We’ve enjoyed Whole Foods cupcakes more.
There’s only one small table if you want to eat your cupcake there.
The staff did give me some good advice when I mentioned I’d tried to come many times but the sign in the door said they were sold out and therefore closed. They advised me to call in an order in the morning and then you can pick it up any time before 4PM, even if the curtain is down in the window they are actually still there inside for pickups.
I guess they regularly sell out so they must have a good following.
UPDATE: I somewhat reluctantly gave them my email for the Belly rewards program and was pleasantly surprised to receive an email the following day for a voucher for a dozen cupcakes for $ 20 … nice ! I suppose I will have to share…

I have visited Let Them Eat Cupcakes twice and enjoyed my experience there very much both times. However, today’s experience truly took the cake (pun intended)!
A friend and I had a baby shower planned for 11am, and the cupcakes we had baked for the event just didn’t turn out like we expected. I had remembered LTEC from a previous visit, and thought I might see if they could help us out. I called at 10:03 am and they promptly answered the phone. I asked if they could provide me with 2 dozen cupcakes within half an hour. The girl on the phone confidently told me she could, took my name and asked if I wanted certain flavors. I told her flavors weren’t an issue, random is perfect. I arrived by 10:45 and the cupcakes were packaged up and waiting for me when I arrived!
Let Them Eat Cupcakes saved the day for our baby shower, and to top it
off, everyone loved the flavors! The maple bacon cupcake was especially delicious and unique! Definitely check this place out for quality and unique flavors.
Only reason I gave it four stars is because the parking situation is difficult.

Gourmet cupcakes in downtown Honolulu. Rotating flavor calendar shows the various flavors available each day of the week. They have two categories, one at $ 2.50 each, other is $ 3.25-$ 3.50 each.
The secret to ordering a bunch is to defiantly call ahead. Our office picked up 24 cupcakes in assorted flavors and had no problem by calling around 10 am.
Taste wise, I feel they could step it up a little bit. More flavor pairing would work. Example? Tried the s’mores flavor cupcake, marshmallow topping was wayy too sweet and just tasted like the store bought marshmallow topping. Another? Tried the German Chocolate flavor, too dense to be a cupcake and overwhelming deep chocolate.
The Grasshopper cupcake, a pistachio flavored, was different and pretty tasty.

I don’t normally spend time in Chinatown b/​c I can never find parking around there, but I happened to have a laser hair removal appointment around the corner at Q Laser, and I was excited to see this place after my painful treatment. I walked into the little shop and was greeted by the cashier. I was a little confused b/​c I saw the display of cupcakes but there was no menu or board with the different flavors and the costs, etc. I even had to ask for a menu but apparently there was none and the cashier just listed off the prices of each of the cupcakes. It also seemed like they were either fixing up the shop or trying to clean it up in the back, b/​c it seemed pretty crowded and there were boxes stacked towards the back of the shop.
Anyway, I was feeling like carrot today so I ordered the carrot cupcake, which was very moist and delicious. It wasn’t overwhelmingly sweet and had just the right amount of sweetness. The cream on the top was perfect– so soft, creamy, yet fluffy, and I couldn’t help but get it all over my mouth. It was really delicious! The young gentleman who took my order was nice and all, but I felt that the other workers were not friendly at all. They were all just kind of talking story amongst themselves with their backs against me while they were working, talking about the show that was playing on the TV. It would’ve been nice to at least have been greeted or acknowledged by one of them. It kind of seemed like they were leaving it up to the cashier to take care of me (which he was doing an ok job of), but the rest of the workers seemed to be in their own little world, even though they were working in the front and talking to the cashier as well.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my cupcake. It definitely was a booster and lifted up my spirits after having to go through the laser treatment. I’ll probably return in the future to try out some of their other flavors, most likely following my next laser hair removal sesh.

My favorite cupcake place downtown. I always come here when I’m having a bad day or craving something sweet.
My cousins, who live across the street, love this place too! Of course they are 5 and 4 so when they eat a cupcake, they pretty much only eat the frosting on top. In their defense, frosting on cupcake is the most important element. Well I guess you can also argue it’s about the cake and texture.
Visit their webiste for their daily flavors. They have nine flavors everyday.
Randoms:
+THEY ARE CLOSED ON MONDAY.
+They have belly rewards program.
+Love the packing boxes that they put their cupcakes in.
+They have the prettiest cupcakes!
+The workers here are friendly and helpful.

I attempted to purchase cupcake 3 times, each time the shop being closed due to the cupcakes being sold out. The fourth time I came here (two weeks ago) I was SO excited because at last, the lights were on and doors unlocked! It was my lucky day that the cupcake shop 11 doors down from my work was open!
I expressed my excitement to the tall, lanky, pretty eyed boy behind the counter. For some reason my excitement was not exciting or cute for him what so ever. That’s OK… not the first time I’ve been shut down ;)
It starts there… I ignored his reaction back to me and ordered 4 cupcakes: the chai, red velvet, double choco, and guava. The chai was the best although I did cough after the first bite with all the spice trickling down my throat. The guava was the next best as it was light. And then the rest was for my boyfriend and friend as I could care less for plain-​jane or red velvet.
The cupcakes weren’t my favorite and for $ 4 a pop, I’m not thrilled.
On my second visit, this past Friday, instead of 2 workers, there were 5. They must’ve had a busy weekend ahead of them. Out of the 5 of them… they all turned their head to look at me when I walked in, but didn’t say a thing. My happy ass shouted «Hi» and I went on to order 6 cupcakes.
Placed my order, paid, and walked out. The kicker… the box fell upside down in my car on the way to deliver them. WHY ME?!
The two stars is for the cuteness of the shop and the fact that I still went here after my first experience.
Oh, and the li hing mui cupcake frosting was nasty!