Short N Sweet Bakery & Cafe - Cafe in Hilo - 1263 Kilauea Ave Unit 280, USA

Beautiful bakery shop in Hilo!! We stopped here on our way to Volcano national Park. It isn't on the way but it's a short stop from the airport. Head here to get your breakfast and then enjoy your day in the national Park!!!

It is a great bakery offering a wide variety of pastries and desserts. The staff is incredibly welcoming and readily answers any questions about their sweet treats. During our visit, they generously offered complimentary samples of the brauni.

We got two breakfast sandwiches here: You get your pick of bread (focaccia is the standard), cheese, and protein. The bacon and cheddar breakfast sandwich was good and it was a large quantity, but really pricey at $14. Especially for the price, it wasn't anything exceptional, so I probably wouldn't get it again. I wish I had tried some of their baked goods because they seemed to be the shining stars of the café--next time! The shop is small but they do have several tables outside and under the overhang of the roof.

This is my first ever review on google but I just felt like I finally needed to, as this was long over due. Short n sweet bakery is my go-to place for breakfast, lunch, and dessert! Highly recommend the chicken bacon ranch salad + the herb roasted chicken panini. SO SO good. Macrons are the best in Hilo! No where else compares, they have so many flavors and choices. Lilikoi cheesecake is simply amazing as well, just a few of my faves when I stop by. And I’ve been coming to this small little gem for YEARS now, I wanna say since about 2014 maybe, and one thing they have is CONSISTENCY. The food is always good, always fresh and always the same, which I love! Love supporting local! A must if you’re in downtown Hilo. I live about 45 mins away, but it’s always worth the trip for me and my family. They have also helped with a family wedding of mine a few months ago. Everything was perfect and the bride was thrilled! Stop by and try, you’ll thank me later.

Yummy $10.31 small cappuccino. Told the two young ladies I’ve traveled the world and never paid close to this for a cap. They smiled and said ‘sign here please’. I think they even charged me for the Splenda. Enjoy!

I don’t usually leave reviews but I had to for this one. Called the store and they put me on hold and simply forgot about me. Had to call back for my questions and decided to stop by the shop and it was completely empty. there was not a single customer inside. I got the last 6” cake… it was $75?!!… ridiculously overcharged. Asked them to write a message on the cake and they made we wait 20 min even though I was the only customer there. I thought they were waiting for the best writer or something so I was just patiently waiting. when they brought it back out, I was expecting some top notch handwriting but this, in the picture, is what I got. Absolutely horrendous!! makes me want to puke looking at it. So mad and sad. 0/10 recommend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Replying to the response from the owner: The transaction was done well before the cake came out. The cake didn't seem salvageable since it would've been the same person rewriting the message. I'm sure you wouldn't be happy either if you had to pay almost $100 for a cake for it to come out looking like this.

Flipping RAD LITTLE BAKERY! We were lucky enough to be there on Sunday, which afforded us the only on Sunday amazing sweet bread French toast. We followed that up with a grilled PB&J, a light and fluffy not-too-cream-cheesy iced cinnamon roll, and a latte. Everything was AWESOME! If there’s anything for constructive criticism it was the latte was a little watery, but we’re from Oregon where espresso is god so that could just be regional. Later on we’ve got a homemade Oreo that is sure to be killer. If you come here, don’t miss the grilled PBJ!! *please pardon the photos, everything was taken mid-meal when we’d realized we we’re so stoked we were destroying our food 😂

Glad I stopped in....great breakfast sandwich!