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Signature Desserts

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Phone: (412) 882-9960 
3360 Library Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15234
 
Overall Rating
4.6 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
4.8/5.0
Responsiveness:
4.7/5.0
Professionalism:
4.4/5.0
Value for Cost:
4.9/5.0
Flexibility:
4.4/5.0
 
34 Total Reviews
 
Aimee
Wedding: 11/11/11
4.9 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
5.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
4.5/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
Signature Desserts is a small family owned business that takes great pride in what they do. During our consultation, Linda and the team filled us up with delicious samples of desserts and cookies. They also spent approximately 2 hours with us, showing us hundreds of pictures of cakes; and again giving us a sugar high! They were very patient with my indecisiveness, made suggestions that weren't overbearing, and were very accommodating throughout this entire experience.The package we bought for our reception was the Silver Wedding Package (for 200 guests). We had a dessert buffet to include cakes, pies, tortes, and cookies in addition to a 3 tiered wedding cake (pretty much any flavor and design at no extra cost!). We preferred not to have a dozen chocolate covered strawberries (as stated in the package) and I believe they were substituted for a few dozen cookies (dont quote me on the exact number of cookies) BUT point is they were very accommodating. My sister's birthday was on the day of the reception and Linda and her staff even put "Happy Birthday" (with her name) on one of the cakes at no extra cost.Another huge perk is that you get a free anniversary cake on your one year wedding anniversary so you dont have to save the top tier of the wedding cake in your freezer. Besides my guests telling me the cookies were small, my guests loved the dessert buffet. EVERYTHING WAS DELICIOUS and I would definitely recommend them to a friend!
Alyse
Wedding: 11/5/11
5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
5.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
If there were more than 5 stars, Signature Desserts would deserve them. Our cake was amazing. Several layers on the main cake and several smaller cakes to the side decorated in a fall theme with leaves. We also had many desserts in our package and guests were wowed by it all. Everything was fresh and delicious and very special.
Mildred
Wedding: 10/15/11
4.6 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
4.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
4.0/5.0
Very delicious. When I went to meet with her the line to her bakery wrapped around the building outside which is always a good sign. My cake was delicious and turned out beautiful. The dessert buffet was wiped clean. I had no problems working with her what so ever.
katy
Wedding: 10/14/11
5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
5.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
Great place. We decided on a dessert display and serve cake for 100 instead of 160.Great idea, the guests couldn't get enough and all of the desserts were gone by the end of the night. Delish! Highly recommend!!
Amanda
Wedding: 10/8/11
4.5 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
3.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
4.5/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
We got our cake along with the dessert package from Signature becuase it was included with our package from our venue. We really enjoyed having the dessert package and got boxes for the cake so people could take home which worked out really nice. I did not get the chance to taste the cake or desserts but we did have chocolate covered strawberries for the head table which were so delicious! The only complaint I have was that we ordered a round cake and got a square one! I know this is part our fault because when we went to our first meeting we ordered the square cake but then changed our minds becuase I fell in love with a round cake they previously did. We went back for another meeting where she threw away the first picture and sketched us a new one that was round but we still got square. I'm not sure how that happened but it did. It wasn't a big deal but it did stink that we took the limited time we did have and drove an hour for another appointment!We can't wait for the anniversary cake on our 1 year anniversary so that we can actually taste the cake!
Marissa
Wedding: 9/10/11
4.1 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
4.5/5.0
Responsiveness:
4.5/5.0
Professionalism:
4.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
4.5/5.0
Flexibility:
3.0/5.0
We used Signature Desserts for our wedding. We simply loved the idea of the dessert table-- and so did our guests! Even though most of them had already filled up on cookies, the dessert table was a huge hit. My only complaints are that they got our fillings wrong on our cake... My husband and I, of course, were the only ones who noticed, but it was definitely a bummer. Also, they refused to work with live flowers on the cake. I had to go spend a ton of money on fake flowers to ensure they would use them on my cake. While those are definitely minor things, you can't go wrong with the taste of a Signature Dessert!
Nicole
Wedding: 7/16/11
5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
5.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
Signature Desserts was absolutely wonderful to work with for our wedding. They were so helpful in deciding the design of our cake and personalilizing it for our guests. The full dessert package was perfect and really helped fill up our dessert ROOM. Yes, room. I think we still have dessert frozen because we couldn't bear to throw any of it out!!!! Delicious!
Alexandra
Wedding: 6/11/11
5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
5.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
Loved signature desserts, they did an amazing job. All the desserts were delicious and our guests loved the dessert bar!!! Would definitely recommend them.
christine
Wedding: 12/11/10
4.4 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
4.5/5.0
Professionalism:
5.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
4.0/5.0
Flexibility:
3.5/5.0
we ordered our cake from signature desserts which was amazing. my daughter gave them a picture that she had in mind and they match it perfectly she wso pleased. it also tasted like heaven
Jenna Lee
Wedding: 11/20/10
4.8 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
4.5/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
4.5/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
The cake and dessert bar were amazing!! We got to keep the top round of the cake and we have been eating it every night after our honeymoon since it is so good! We'll also get a cake on our anniversary date :) Wonderful desserts / beautiful designs. I highly recommend.
briana
Wedding: 10/16/10
3.4 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
4.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
4.0/5.0
Professionalism:
0.5/5.0
Value for Cost:
4.5/5.0
Flexibility:
4.0/5.0
I'll start off by saying our cake and other desserts were delicious and our guests loved them. We received many compliments. We also got a lot for our money. However, customer service and organization was lacking. I never received a copy of our contract (which she keeps stuck to the outside a cabinet with a magnet amongst many other contracts). In the chaos of the last 3 weeks of wedding planning, I forgot to call them to check on my final payment. I got a rude call from Linda on a Saturday evening (5 or 6 pm) letting me know I was late and she wouldn't accept a check since it wouldn't clear before the wedding. Excuse me? Not clear? I took as an insult and an accusation as possibly writing a bad check. Also, we ordered a cake topper, paid for it, but it didn't make it to the reception. I'll be calling her for a refund for that...I'll let you know how that goes.Update: I just got off the phone with Linda. She is sending my refund. However, as with previous reviews, it wasn't pleasant. She saw this review and told me I was immature and attempted to ruin her reputation. And that I should have asked for a contract if I wanted one. I did not offer an apology and neither did she. You just don't talk to people like that.
ECP612 and Nicholas
Wedding: 7/10/10
5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
5.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
Affordable, great to work with, and our desserts were DELICIOUS! The special theme wedding cake they made for us turned out exactly the way we wanted it. It was absolutely perfect! =)
Mindy
Wedding: 6/11/10
5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
5.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
OH MY GOSH SIGNATURE DESSERTS WAS AMAZING!!!!The cost for our cake and dessert buffet was unbeatable and the cake was DELICIOUS!!! We received soooooo many compliments! Everyone loved it!Very highly recommended!!!
Alice
Wedding: 5/22/10
5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
5.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
Their Service was the best.The cakes were beautiful and affordable. They have some innovative designs for gift wrappings.The wedding cake tasted delicious, and looked fantastic. Highly recommend!
Emma76 and Bryan77
Wedding: 12/19/09
5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
5.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
Signature Deserts is very professional and has a number of adjustable packages to choose from. They also make you a small topper of your wedding cake fresh on your anniversary so you do not have to eat year old defrosted wedding cake. We chose their dessert buffet and smaller cake package. It was fantastic...the desserts looked absolutely amazing and we got compliments all night long. We still had cake left over but the desserts were absolutely picked clean. We were able to go with carrot cake as it is our favorite without having to worry about what our guests may prefer as we had tons of other options.
Michelle
Wedding: 12/11/09
5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
5.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
Great cake - limited selection, but you can bring in a picture of the cake!From the minute we saw the photo of the cake we knew it was the one.It is one of the only places that actually cares about their product and will listen to the customer closely. They are always willing to work with you and your budget. I will definetely use this company in the future. Thanks again!!!
nocares67
Wedding: 8/14/09
5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
5.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
Signature Desserts is absolutely fantastic - our cake was gorgeous and so delicious! They're really friendly and very helpful in picking out the design and flavors for your cake. They seem to be able to do pretty much anything and were able to help us explain exactly what we had envisioned. They were the 6th bakery we tried and while others were good, they were FANTASTIC - and they're really affordable, too. They also bake you a fresh version for your anniversary so you don't have to freeze the top tier of your wedding cake. I cannot recommend them highly enough; they were the best of any vendor we had, and all of our vendors were very good.
Natalie
Wedding: 8/1/09
4.4 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
4.5/5.0
Professionalism:
4.5/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
3.0/5.0
I would highly recommend Signature Desserts. Overall I had a great experience with them, and they really beat out their competition when it comes to what is most important -- the deliciousness of their desserts and the value for the cost.I got the dessert package from Signature Desserts for my wedding and everything about it was superb. The cake is so delicious it is addictive, and we received a lot of compliments on both the cake and the other desserts as well. I also had a tasting with another bakery in the area that is more well-known and very popular, and Signature desserts won the taste contest hands down. The price was also about 33% less than the other bakery, so of course the decision was a no-brainer.The cake was not only delicious but beautiful as well. I was a little bit worried that about the design of the cake, because we didn't go exactly with one of the pictures they had but instead mixed a bunch of examples and added a few things, but it came out perfect!The only complaint I have about Signature Desserts is that they are a little bit pushy about what you should do as opposed to listening and adapting to what you want. (I get particularly annoyed at this sort of thing with wedding vendors since it's YOUR wedding, not theirs, and their goal should be to give you what YOU want, not what they would want.) For example, they really push you to get a dessert package as opposed to just getting a cake (they are the same price for a given number of guests). I happened to like the idea of having a variety of desserts instead of just a cake, but if you just want a cake, be prepared to argue with them over it. In addition, they wouldn't let us get different cake flavors for different layers of the cake (not even if we paid extra) because they insisted it would be too complicated when it came to serving it (which didn't make any sense to me, since the dessert is served buffet style, but they didn't want to listen to that). Finally, they insist on giving you a complementary cake on your first anniversary instead of providing enough cake so you can freeze the top layer, which was fine with me, but I know some people are more into those type of traditions.Overall, the positives definitely outweigh the negatives for this vendor. They get it right on the important stuff. As I said, highly recommended.
AlexsandraK
Wedding: 8/1/09
4.2 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
4.0/5.0
Professionalism:
4.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
3.0/5.0
Great to work with! I did not have a concrete idea of what I wanted for the cake and Linda was able to work with me and design one that was perfect!!!! It turned out beautiful! We decided to go with the dessert buffet as well. All the cakes/tortes/tuxedo strawberries not only looked but tasted amazing. It was such and impressive display and nice change from the guest just getting a little piece of wedding cake. The only snafu we encountered was with the cake stand. During my 2 meetings with Linda it was never clearly communicated that we were in charge of returning the cake stand. I assumed, that just like the florist comes back for the vases they would come back for the cake stand. When we came back from the honeymoon I had a message on my phone that the stand was not returned. Thankfully the country club but them in touch with my mother in law and she was able to return. She is out of state and suggested to meet half way but there was no flexibility there. Although I should have double checked it would have been nice if it was clearly stated to me during our last meeting. None of that took away from the amazing desert!
d78
Wedding: 6/13/09
5.0 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
5.0/5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0/5.0
Professionalism:
5.0/5.0
Value for Cost:
5.0/5.0
Flexibility:
5.0/5.0
They were excellent! We had a 3 tier cake, and I believe 8 other pies/cakes/tortes. Everyone commented how delicious they were and what a unique idea it was to have a dessert buffet. We were very, very happy with them! The wedding cake was exactly what we asked for, also! They arrived promptly to deliver the cakes on the wedding day. Highly recommend them!
 
 
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