• Hot Cakes - Capitol Hill

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Molten cake shop with a vegan molten lava cake, a vegan ice cream flavor, and a vegan grilled cheese sandwich. Milkshakes can be made vegan upon request: choose vegan ice cream and plant milk. Open Mon-Thu 4:00pm-11:00pm, Fri 4:00pm-12:00am, Sat 3:00pm-12:00am, Sun 3:00pm-11:00pm.


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16 Reviews

First Review by angdep

LaurenPumpkin

Points +644

Vegan
31 Dec 2023

Great drunk food ❤️

Before midnight we found our way in here. They have a few vegan options, one of which is the grilled cheese. Made with cashew cheese.

It was good, not very "cheesy", but salty and great after a fun night out. It was served with chips.

happy_banana

Points +1248

Vegan
27 Aug 2023

Delicious molten lava cake

This is one of my favorite desserts, and it's so great to find a delicious, clearly labeled vegan version, also with great ice cream!

priya77

Points +40

Vegan
03 Jul 2023

Not worth the price at all

Got the vegan lavacake and icecream (15$). The cake was good but worth about 6, maybe 8 bucks to me. But atleast it tasted normal. The icecream was bad. Had a bad aftertaste, like weird coconut.

mohn.a

Points +95

Vegetarian
06 May 2023

Dessert heaven

love love love this place!
I had the Dark Decadence (Chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream and toffee and caramel) and honestly: This is like heaven.
I wanna come back to try absolutely EVERYTHING on their menu. Just yummy!

Pros: Great lava cake, Cute staff, inclusive and nice atmosphere

dlachica

Points +2627

Vegan
01 Feb 2023

Ballard location

See Ballard for review. We visited Ballard, not Capitol Hill.

Updated from previous review on 2023-02-01

shirrupmaple

Points +69

Vegan
03 Jan 2023

So good!!

Everything was amazing. Got the vegan molten cake and the vegan grilled cheese tomato soup. Perfect comfort food

EshaG

Points +224

Vegan
07 Mar 2022

Great vegan options!

I want to go back to try the savory options like grilled cheese or the milkshakes. But the ice cream and brownie were pretty good too.

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Milkshakes, ice cream, cookies, grilled cheese

Cons: Expensive, Coconut based ice cream

kaleyeah87

Points +375

Vegan
03 Nov 2021

Delicious

I got the vegan lava cake and grilled cheese sandwich. They were delicious and the service was excellent.

AudreyEmmaPlyler

Points +934

Vegan
17 Mar 2020

I dream about these cakes

These molten lava cakes are DECADENT. I also remember the drunken sailor caramel peanut butter whisky shake made with cashew ice cream as being a delicious addition. Would go back so many times over.

kem302

Points +144

Vegan
08 Feb 2020

Must try!

This place is a bit expensive, but definitely worth the try! Chocolate lava cakes are one of my favorite desserts and this place did not disappoint! At first glance, your portion may look small but WOW the lava cake is so decadent and rich, you’ll definitely have enough. So delicious!

Pros: Amazing chocolate lava cakes, Good atmosphere

Cons: Busy, Pricey

skymoon2000

Points +36

Vegan
29 Dec 2019

Must do in Seattle

I got the vegan molten cake that came with the cashew based ice cream and vegan caramel and it was amazing. They also had a special vegan shake that looked amazing but it was too cold for me to get.

The coffee wasn’t the best, they use oatly and have house made cashew milk but the barista said oatly was better so I went with that.

Pros: Plenty of vegan options

KatieSalmon

Points +98

Vegan
07 Oct 2019

Vegan indulgence

Been multiple times, chocolate cake and milkshakes are consistently heavenly, grilled cheese are good too, especially with the hot peppers.

Pros: Expensive

Cons: Flavors are amazing

Seatown_vegan

Points +7136

Vegan
24 Aug 2019

Delicious

Got the vegan dark chocolate with vanilla ice cream. Delicious!

Pros: Delicious

MelinaSantos

Points +236

Vegan
15 Jun 2019

Delicious

My husband and I got the vegan shake of the month, the molten lava cake that comes with vegan ice cream (made from cashews), and the vegan grilled cheese which came with a side of plain chips. Everything was delicious. Best part was that they’re open til 12am. This was the best way to end our night in Seattle.

Cons: Not much seating for how busy it is.

veganveronica

Points +1246

Vegan
10 Jun 2019

Drool-worthy house made vegan food!

I’ve heard about this place for years, and was expecting the place to only have molten cakes. They actually have vegan grilled cheese sandwiches, made with house made cashew onion chive cheese! They have regular or sun dried tomato, hot pepper, and one other. The cheese is more like a ricotta texture, but really good! My favorite was the hot pepper!
The Vegan Dark Chocolate hot cake was so delicious. It came with a scoop of vanilla Frankie & Jo’s (veg cashew ice cream) and vegan caramel or chocolate (don’t remember which!) I haven’t tried F&J before, and it was the best nice cream I’ve ever had! It tasted exactly like how I remember dairy ice cream tasted.
The only downside is that it’s $11 for a cake that’s probably less than a cup size. Although, I couldn’t imagine eating a whole one myself. My mom and I shared and we couldn’t even finish it, it was so decadent!
The cakes were so good, we got some frozen to take home!
Parking is TERRIBLE. We looked for parking for at least a half hour, found a lot that said $3 on the sign, and the app said $14!!! Found another lot a block down for $5.20.

Pros: Vegan options, Open late, even on Sundays

Cons: Expensive ($11 for a less than a cup size cake), Bad parking

angdep

Points +1297

Vegan
05 May 2019

The best molten cakes ever

There are two locations: this one listed here on HP on Olive Way on Capital Hill and the on on Ballard Ave in Ballard. We visited the latter location. This is a vegetarian place but have a few vegan selections: one hot cake, one milkshake, one cookie, Frankie and Jo’s vanilla ice cream, and a grilled cheese sandwich with their homemade cashew cheese. Wish they had a vegan option for their drinking chocolate.
We had their vegan molten cake, vegan dark chocolate, with cashew vanilla ice cream, and it was so rich and delicious. If you love dark chocolate, you’ll love this. Best part about it is that it was mostly chocolate molten instead of cake. It was like a border of cake crust filled with thick chocolate pudding. Paired with the ice cream, it was divine. Definitely the best dessert in town for us.

Pros: Organic ingredients , Quality chocolate

Cons: Pricey




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