Wicked Cafe and Bakery, Hemlock Location
14 people recommend, 4 warn against itvia r/vancouver, r/askvan19 comments cited below
What people say, in short
Most people recommend Wicked Cafe and Bakery, and a few commenters praise its cookies. Hemlock Street is the branch people mention most, where one diner finds the space cozy and intimate and another says its drizzled chocolate chip cookie is excellent. A couple of people find the place mediocre or bland, one of them calling it unique but saying they won't go back, and one says it has become worse than it used to be. One visitor who went once wasn't a fan.
Address
Wicked Cafe, 1399 W 7th Ave, Vancouver, BC V6H 4H2, Canada
At a glance
- Best for
- Desserts
- Opinions divided
- Yes
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The evidence
Every point below is paraphrased from a real public comment, ordered by how much the community engaged with it. Caveats and negatives are kept in — follow any link to read the original for yourself.
- Caveatu/aerbear_ in r/vancouver · Sep 2025
Says they visited once before and weren't a fan of the place.
- Recommendsu/thehoodie in r/askvan · May 2026
Suggests it while noting it is not quite a side-street spot.
- Recommendsu/CaptainIndependent35 in r/askvan · Oct 2026
Listed among cozy local cafés worth supporting.
- Recommendsu/letsfreakengooo in r/askvan · Dec 2025ambience
Highlights its whimsically decorated cakes.
- Recommendsu/agiqq in r/askvan · Feb 2025
Floats Wicked Cafe as a tentative pick too.
- Recommendsu/Haligonian_anarchist in r/askvan · Nov 2026ambience
Recommends the Hemlock Street cafe as a cozy, intimate option in contrast to a roomier place.
- Recommendsu/boringredditnamejk in r/askvan · Sep 2026
Suggested as a cozy café.
- Caveatu/Cautious_Banana_2639 in r/vancouver · Sep 2025taste
Agrees the place is mediocre, calling it mid.
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- Recommendsu/SwimRepulsive6103 in r/askvan · Aug 2026
Suggests Wicked on 7th as a cafe option.
- Recommendsu/Trellaine201 in r/vancouver · Sep 2025ambience
Thinks the Hemlock location is a cool spot; notes it once carried another roaster's beans.
- Recommendsu/Kootenay85 in r/vancouver · Sep 2025taste
Thinks it's good; enjoyed a shio pan recently and found value fair.
- Recommendsu/BCRobyn in r/askvan · Mar 2026taste
Calls cookies from this Hemlock Street spot excellent, especially the drizzled chocolate chip one.
- Mixedu/Curried_Orca in r/vancouver · Sep 2025
Calls the location unique but says they won't return; finds the place bland.
- Recommendsu/COFFEECOMS in r/vancouver · Sep 2025taste
Says the cookies there are good.
- Caveatu/Comfortable_Owl1657 in r/askvan · Nov 2026
Reacts with disappointment and a thumbs-down to the earlier report about Wicked Cafe.
- Recommendsu/BuzzMachine_YVR in r/askvan · May 2026
Says the West Seventh cafe was once a favourite, though they have not visited in years.
- Recommendsu/kalichimichanga in r/askvan · Mar 2026taste
Recommends Wicked Cafe's s'mores cookie.
- Caveatu/Parabolica242 in r/vancouver · Sep 2025
Says the place is even worse than it used to be.
- Recommendsu/boogatehPotato in r/vancouver · Sep 2025taste
Finds the scene fun and says the food there is good.
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