Cuckoo's Bakery

Visited the Grindle St bakery yesterday and had a very tasty lunch, delicious leek & potato soup with a super tasty cheese scone (loved the peppery flavour) and then the most heavenly carrot cake cupcake which had a twist of orange zest in it, so good…sweet but this zestiness offset it perfectly. Will definitely be coming back to try more of the menu. Staff were very friendly and efficient too. Great value for money in a stylish setting. 🥰

Picked up some cupcakes and a cookie on my way home from town, they were very tasty. Was told if I brought the cardboard takeaway box back I could get 10% off a future purchase which I thought was nice. One star off because I was standing waiting at the till to order for a good 5-10 minutes with no staff visible or checking if there was someone waiting to order.

Had a nice time visiting today. Relaxing ambience with ample space between tables. Had a cappuccino and dark hot chocolate along with a birthday cookie and a strawberry cheesecake cupcake. The cupcake was absolutely delicious. The cookie was a mix of white choc with fruity bits, that was enjoyable as well.

I have gone to his bakery on many occasions because their cakes and brownies are the best in Edinburgh (in my humble opinion). The flavours are creative, thoughtful and unique. There is always something for everyone - cake flavours, cookies, brownies and scones. You get a lot for your money in terms of portion size, flavour and decoration. The staff are always very friendly, appear happy at work and authentically engage with customers. We hired Cuckoos to do our wedding cakes in June 2019 and the whole experience was fun (and delicious!). The wedding coordinator, Sophie, was so enthusiastic and actively helped us hone our flavours and designs. We had full creative control and Sophie let us get very creative. So much so, we went for 3 cakes, 2 sets of traybakes and 6 gluten free cupcakes (and 6 cupcakes for ourselves incase we were dancing too much to eat!). At the tasting they mocked up 6 cupcakes (some with flavours we'd chosen and some inspired by our flavour choices). The tasting was fun and we had undivided attention in the store. We could feel Sophie's excitement when they came out and it was infectious! The cakes were STUNNING. People still bring them up and talk about how delicious they were. I'm no Mary Berry so I won't describe the taste/consistency but I will say that everyone at the wedding tucked in and I was getting messages days, weeks and months after about them. Cuckoo's did all the delivery, set up and provided stands, etc. They did such an amazing job, I can't sing their praises high enough. Plus the value for money in terms of wedding cakes was better than anywhere else we had seen - and that was based on ALL our cakes versus one tiered cake form elsewhere.

Sweet little spot for a tea and cupcake! The staff was lovely and the service was quite quick. Definitely a nice spot to sit in and enjoy your drink. I had the red velvet cupcake, and saw they offer a couple of gluten free options as well. Nice to be able to invite friends who aren't able to take part at most spots. Would certainly reccomend.