Monarch Bakery - Rockford

The banana pie I ordered was ok. It basically tasted like banana pudding in a store boughten pie crust, with brown sliced bananas as decor. It would have passed the test if not for the $30 cost. For $30 I expected more.

When Monarch opened, I had been saying for a while that Rockford needed a good bakery, sadly I think we'll still be waiting. Like other reviews have noted, the baked goods were dry and bland. And too expensive for being that way. We went in when they first opened and had the aforementioned experience, but thought we would give them time for them to work out the kinks and try again. But a year later, the second scone we had was just as dry and bland as the first. Hope they can improve.

The flourless chocolate cake with raspberry curd was fantastic! I ordered a few weeks before for a large event and everything was done as planned plus some. The ordering was easy, they responded quickly and very professional. I will def. use again!

Got 2 apple cider macarons and they had no flavor. Just sickly sweet. Also got a cookies and cream one, which was better, but only because of the white chocolate it was dipped in. All 3 of them were underbaked and raw on the inside.

While the cake was beautiful and the redeeming quality was the frosting, the three-tier red velvet wedding cake was dry and not very flavorful. It was very disappointing.