Polkatots Cupcakes

⁵⁄₅ for service alone and it’s just a bonus that their cupcakes are delicious as well! I’ve been here twice and both times was helped by the same blonde lady who is ridiculously helpful and sweet. She made both experiences wonderful! I had discovered this place when one day needed some cupcakes for my friend’s birthday and didn’t have time to drive anywhere further than Pasadena during my break in between classes. My choices were either Dots or this place which I had never heard of till then. I’ve tried Dots before but I didn’t want to deal with the hassle of finding parking in Old Town plus the ratings were this place were higher. It took me a while to find because it’s located in this random plaza on N. Lake so I had to drive really carefully otherwise I would’ve missed it.
Once inside, there were over 10 flavors in not only big cupcakes but mini ones as well. They were so cute and I ended up getting a dozen of them for my friend. Their flavors are pretty generic but they have some special ones such as a banana one and pistachio one which were really good! My favorites are still the red velvet and Dulce de Leche though. Thank you Polka Tots for fulfilling my sweet tooth!
Tips:
— check in for a FREE big cupcake!

I love sweet cupcakes so I am a big fan of Polkatots Cupcakes on Lake Avenue in Pasadena. I was introduced to them through a Groupon special. which was half price of either their dozen of biggies or minis. They have about 20 tantalizing flavors. The pistachio one was my favorite. I have been to Polkatots about 3 times in the last month, each time buying a whole dozen of the biggies so that I can take them over to my friiends’ house so that the kids could enjoy them. Everyone has been very happy with them, especially the kids… because the frosting is very sweet.

This is THE place for delicious cupcakes. I absolutely love going there. The owner very friendly and your taste buds will love it!

This is one of the best places ever! The owner is so sweet and the customer service is fantastic! I was so surprised to see her on groupon, but there they were. $ 9 for mini cupcakes and $ 18 for the biggies. What a deal! Even without the coupon it’s still worth it! Check them out!

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I received a dozen mini cupcakes from a friend last night with various flavors and I wasn’t impressed with them at all. Their cupcakes are way too sweet and taste like something I can make out of the box. Adding a heavy and super sweet frosting with additional sweet sprinkles isn’t the greatest idea. Of all the cupcakes, I did slightly enjoy the peanut butter one because something about the peanut butter wasn’t too sweet and made it enjoyable. The worst part of this is when I was about to dig into the pistachio cupcake I found an eyelash beneath the wrapper:/Of course these things happen, but when you’re handling food you really have to be careful with things like that. I personally wouldn’t come here again.

Good service. Easy parking. Best of all GOOD cupcakes.

Before I had even met my husband, I knew that I wanted cupcakes on my wedding day. So, needless to say, I was quite pleased to find out that Polkatots was one of the recommended bakeries for my venue. Admittedly, I am a bit of a cupcake snob. Prior to finding Polkatots, I really only liked Yummy Cupcakes and Dots. Not all cupcakes are created equally — Polkatots completely blows all other cupcake shops out of the water.
Melany, the owner, was wonderful during our consultation — she was very down to earth, friendly, and she knew just the right questions to ask. She took notes on all of our requests and told us to expect a to receive a few sketches via email within a few weeks. Both of the sketches were awesome! Melany completely brought our vision to life!
Totally random, but one huge perk to having Polkatots at your wedding is that they will store your cake topper for you. This was perfect for us because I purchased a custom topper. My husband couldn’t see it before the big day because they made the dress to look exactly like mine! So, it was perfect that once I received the topper, I could drop it off at Polkatots. That way, my husband wouldn’t the topper it on accident and it was one less detail to worry about once our wedding day approached.
Our cupcake presentation included a red velvet six-​inch cake on top (so we could still cut something and feed cake to each other) with three flavors of cupcakes filing the tiers below: red velvet, strawberry shortcake, and vanilla. And I’m all about the bling, so there was even edible glitter on the cupcakes!
Strawberry shortcake was by far the favorite cupcake among our wedding guests. It was extra spectacular because it was filled with strawberry buttercream! Yum! I’m normally not a huge fondant fan, but even the fondant covering our six-​inch cake was fantastic! I definitely snacked on it in our hotel room the night of our wedding!
Polkatots even provided us with some to go boxes so the guests who did not want to have their cupcakes at the wedding could enjoy them at home at a later time.
Polkatots was hands down one of the best vendors at our wedding. The gorgeous, delicious cupcakes were a fantastic addition to the décor at our wedding; and everybody thoroughly enjoyed eating them.
Now since Polkatots has spoiled me so, I will only buy cupcakes from them! Thanks for surpassing all of my expectations and then some, Polkatots!

This place is super cute! The staff is really friendly and accommodating. The «Lemonade» one is yummy if you like lemon. All the cupcakes are super moist. They do custom cake orders for parties and special events. What’s an added plus is that there’s a parking lot which makes it easier for people picking up big orders.

The place was kinda of hard to spot but once I got home and bit into that cupcake I knew I had found a nice stop for cupcakes! The carrot cake with nuts was so good

I had a Groupon for a dozen big cupcakes that was expiring, so I ventured to Pasadena. The location is adjacent to a very busy street in Pasadena (close to the 134 freeway). They share a parking lot with several other businesses.
The Dozen: 2 Lucky Charms, 2 Red Diva, 1 Carrot, 2 Banana, 1 Strawberry Shortcake, 1 Vanilla, 1 Little Penguin, 1 Berry, and 1 Coconut
(they were out of Dolcissimo or caramel, which would have replaced 1 banana)
The Little Penguin (chocolate cake w/​vanilla buttercream) may have been the best cupcake that I have ever tasted – and I am not even partial to chocolate cake. The Little Penguin was the only cupcake I thought was exceptional; it was supremely moist with the perfect amount of frosting, just really well balanced.
The Lucky Charms was not my favorite, as it tasted like candy.
The Red Diva (RV) was very mediocre – it reminded me of the store bought variety, frosting and all. HARD PASS!
The Banana was also a miss because neither the frosting nor the cake was delicious. It reminded me of banana bread. Like the Lucky Charms and Red Diva, it was cloyingly sweet.
The Carrot was pretty good and was the only cream cheese frosting that worked well with the cake. GOOD.
The Berry was pretty delicious. I liked its fresh flavor.
The Strawberry Shortcake was also alright. Nothing to rave about because it tasted like a simple strawberry cupcake.
The Vanilla was tasty. Their vanilla buttercream is divine.
The Coconut was underwhelming. I could barely taste the coconut. It tasted like the Vanilla with some toasted coconut on top.
Since I only really enjoyed one cupcake out of a dozen, I doubt I will be back to Polkatots. I would much rather purchase my cupcakes from a closer cupcakery. I also did not like the sprinkles on the cupcakes – they provided an unpleasant taste and texture. The Little Penguin was special, but not special enough for me to travel for half an hour.
When it comes down to it, Polkatots is far and rather expensive so I would not go out of my way to pick up some cupcakes in the future.

Polkatots cupcakes were AMAZING! Especially loved both chocolate varieties and the lemon! Didn’t get a chance to try the pistachio flavored cupcake yet but it’s on my list! Polkatots are my new favorite cupcakes!!! The cake is just perfectly delectable!!! :)

I have experienced terrible customer service with attitude from the workers. But that is not the reason why I will not be returning.
My friend also had a negative experience at this cupcakery and wrote a review on Unilocal with a couple points to share from her experience. The review was not that harsh, nor was it personally attacking the business, but purely stating her experience. The owner wrote back bashing my friend, came up with defensive back lashes and accused her of doing things which were untrue, labeling her as a terrible customer.
After scrolling through a couple other comments the owner wrote in response to negative reviews, i found the owner to be a bit immature and was not able to take constructive criticism, and was not respectful to their customers.
I liked their cupcakes but because of their lack of respect for customers, terrible customer service and inability to accept customer feedback/​constructive criticism, I have given them a 1 star rating.
I hope to see growth in the future, and maybe I will try again then, but until then, I will be taking my business elsewhere.

The mini cupcakes are divine. I’m a huge fan of most of the flavors so I appreciate that I can get a variety to enjoy a few in a single sitting.
My favorites: Strawberry, Red Velvet, Any Chocolate, Carrot Cake, Lemon, Oreo, Blueberry, and Pistachio.
Minus one star for the excessive sprinkles. It’s pleasing to the eye but it’s overkill on the palate.

I first came to this shop because of a Groupon deal. Happy I did… have orderd here for example baby showers and 4 birthday parties! Where a big hit everyone loves the flavors… I always ask for less icing… and they have no problem with my request… as I feel the icing can become a Lil too much.
My last order was booked for a wrong day… and they apologized and fixed my order… was a bit bummed that they didn’t come with how I had requested… do to the mix up. But none the less always great service and cupcakes are always tasty!
Highly recomend!

These cupcakes are great. Moist, soft and very sweet.
The service in the location was lacking, but that won’t stop me from coming back.
Great product.

Omg! Called here last minute to place an order and was expecting a No, only because the 2 other places I called said No but the lady over the phone saved my life! She said «of course we can, no problem.» Yay!!! I got exactly what I wanted. 3 different flavors with a simple message. Once I got there, the employees were so sweet and made sure everything was perfect.
Definitely my new cupcake place for everything :)

Yummy as ever — hidden lil gem of a cupcake place :)
I was craving cupcakes and remembered this place when I first went there. Located in a small plaza next to Julie Kakish Hair Salon, stopped by and got two mini cupcakes and one big freebie cupcake with Unilocal check in, woohoo! Total cost was $ 3.
I got: Bunny Hop and Red Diva and the Dalmatian for the big one.
The Bunny Hop was a carrot cake flavor with cream cheese icing. Rich and heavy, this lil cupcake packed an enormous flavor punch and the icing was delicious.
The Red Diva is a red velvet flavoring with cream cheese icing. Light and fluffy, this lil cupcake was creamy, smooth and moist. The frosting was also delicious and rich.
The Dalmatian — vanilla chocolate marble cake with Vanilla buttercup am — rich and heavy and the vanilla chocolate cake did not disappoint — it was good, moist and rich. Such a cute metaphor like a dalmatian pup, lol!
This place is awesome :)

Very nice cupcake place! Convenient parking, and friendly staff. The cupcakes are well priced compared to competitors, with a dozen minis for $ 16.50 vs others where it is $ 20 – 22.50.
Unlike many other trendy cupcake places, their cupcakes are soft and moist. I tried their most popular– the Pistachio, and it was great. I also bought a dozen minis for a gift. My response from them was that they were also great, and that was a day old too! (Had to buy it day prior).
Will stop again for gifts, since they’re tasty, look appealing, and fairly priced. Plus, with the Unilocal Check-​in, I get to have a free large cupcake for myself!

You cannot go wrong with the blueberry cupcake! It was the best one. If you’re here to order a dozen, I’d recommend getting half a dozen of blueberry and then select one of each of the ones that look appealing to you: p and you’re golden!
The pistachio looked the best and everyone was looking very forward to trying that one. It turned out to be a let down because it did not taste anything related to pistachio — just very sweet. Our expectations over-​hyped the pretty pistachio cupcake. You’re still beautiful, pistachio cupcake — you just didn’t meet our taste bud’s approval :’(
The cupcakes are beautifully decorated. I came here because my friend purchased a living social deal and wanted to redeem the voucher for our friend’s birthday. I’d definitely recommend coming here to give the cupcakes a try if you have a deal/​voucher and the only cupcake worth paying full price for would be the blueberry cupcake!

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE CUPCAKE PLACE!!! I’ve been coming here for 4 years now and not any other cupcake place can beat it! I seriously don’t know what they put in their cakes & frostings, but eating them both together is like an orgasm in my mouth! The texture of the actual cupcake is always moist and flavorful! And the frosting is always so sweet which is probably why I love it so much!
My favorite flavors are pretty much all the non chocolate ones because I don’t eating chocolate:
Dolcissimo (caramel flavor)
Strawberry
Lucky charm (pistachio)
Lemonade
Vanilla
They also have a flavor of the month and you must always try those because each flavors are different and delicious to eat :) I just went again recently and their new flavors are hibiscus, rice pudding and blueberry! The blueberry is BOMBBB! I wish I got more :(but I will be back :)
The ladies that work here are so friendly ! I had a gift certificate for $ 25! I had an extra dollar to spare, so I got a mini! The minis are $ 1.50 so I was going to give her an extra 50 cents but she said it was okay :) the biggie cupcakes are $ 3.00 each just in case you guys were wondering ! By the dozen, minis are $ 16.50 and biggies by the dozen are $ 33!
Give this place I try, I promise you won’t be disappointed :) also check in on Unilocal because you will get a free biggie cupcake! Yay!