A word of warning regarding delivery
All good with the cake, but a word of warning on the delivery - it may be worth collecting instead.
Unfortunately, the delivery experience fell well below expectations. I paid £24.99 for a guaranteed delivery by 1pm, but the cake didn’t arrive until 1:25pm, meaning the guaranteed delivery service I paid for wasn’t fulfilled.
More concerning was that I received no tracking information or communication whatsoever on the morning of the delivery. The office phone isn’t staffed at weekends, leaving me with no way of finding out where my cake was or whether it was even going to arrive. As this was for my 40th birthday party, on my actual birthday, it caused a great deal of unnecessary stress.
After initially declining my request for a full refund on the delivery charge, Crumbs & Doilies eventually agreed.
My suggestion would be that, for a business supplying cakes for milestone occasions, there should be some form of weekend or out-of-hours customer support when guaranteed deliveries are involved. If something goes wrong, customers need a way to obtain reassurance rather than spending the morning wondering whether their celebration cake is going to arrive.
Sadly, despite the cake itself being good, the delivery experience means I wouldn’t order from Crumbs & Doilies again or recommend paying for their guaranteed delivery service.








