Cookies By George

I love these cookies. Yes, they’re greasy, much smaller than they use to be and «of course», the price has gone up.
Today I purchased 3 cookies (you’ll need to remember this, it’s important); reverse almond, milk and classic. As the lady is bagging my cookies, I get out my wallet and my three cookie cards.
Note: if you buy 12 cookies you get one cookie free but we’ll get back to that.
Only one of my cards had been stamped 12 times, yippee free cookie for me. I hand it to her she then tells me the price of 2 cookies. $ 3.91 please.
After I get my change, I ask her to combine the two other cards. She does, then I had to ask her for 2 stamps for cookies I paid for. She stood there looking at me as though she didn’t understand. I think once she realized I was serious and I was going nowhere until I got my 2 stamps, she took them and stamped them with a look of disgust! Why offer a rewards program if you don’t want to honor it? To make matters worst there are all these rules around the cookie card.
Note: if you buy a dozen cookies they will only give 6 stamps! Why? I suppose it’s their policy but it’s a crummy policy. I detest companies who offer a «rewards program» (rolling eyes) and then have ridiculous policies that only make you feel ripped off!
Ever since the Metrotown & Denman locations of C by G closed, customer service went down the tubes.
If I happen to be in Royal Centre, I’ll drop in for a cookie, I WILL NOT be making any special trips.

A lot of people complain on here about trivial stuff, so their service aside, I want to judge them based on their products. The thing is, I can do better at home. The Nanaimo bar wasn’t, more like a frosted brownie with a coating of fondant. Truly one of the most over-​priced and under-​delivered purchases. Just go to Tim Hortons– there you get what you pay for. Not worth it here.

Cookies by George is the default snack that most of my teammates & I pick up to treat the team when we are feeling generous. Its location in Royal Centre mall is very convenient, since it is directly on the way to our office if we are coming from Burrard Skytrain Station.
The cookies are freshly baked, thick, relatively chunky, chewy, and rich in taste (ie, very sweet). They taste good, but nothing particularly special to rave about. My faves are the white chocolate chunk & the white chocolate macadamia ones.
A decadent snack that gives everyone on the team a sugar high to kick-​start the day, but a bit of a splurge at $ 2 per cookie.

I used to pass by this little cookie shop all the time when I worked in the area. It smells heavenly and they look freshly made, but overall, my experience here was pretty «bleh». I got the chocolate and peanut butter cookie. Although it wasn’t too pricey or anything, the quality was just alright. Nothing to write home about or anything. Tax is included on the prices though so what you see is what you pay.

We had these cookies delivered to our office and they were good for that purpose. I found they were fresh and surely baked that day and looked very appealing but they were extremely heavy and most people at the office found them to be a little too much especially in size. We didn’t find them bad by any means but they weren’t anything special.

Cookies by George is a bit hidden since it’s in Royal Centre so unless you work in the area, you might not know of the underground walkway/​mall with a bunch of shops and food courts.
The cookies here are baked fresh daily and are perfectly moist and chewy. My favourite is definitely the reverse almond chocolate chunk cookie, which is full of fresh crunchy almonds that add great texture to the dense cookie. The prices are a bit high here and it’s a bit out of the way, but it’s definitely worth the detour!

As the Unilocal explanation literally means, there’s better cookies out there, especially my beloved ones at Platform 7 but i digress.
they’re awfully tiny cookies now, compared to when they first burst into the scene decades ago.
But they’re nicely displayed, a clean kiosk-​like store.
A bit hard to find if you’re not familiar with Royal Centre; it’s easier to go through the back on Dunsmuir and find parking there and walk thru where the old Victoria gardens used to be.

Call me nostalgic, but I love George’s cookies! In fact I am making my sisters bring me some milk chocolate chunk all the way to Portland! Oh yeahhhhhhhhhh!

I am surprised that this location has survived for decades even though the cookie fad has passed. This is a chain store. I will admit that they do have the best chocolate chip cookies that just melt in your mouth. Too bad that this location is too tucked away. Those in the know are aware of this place, however, they’re missing out on a lot of good walk by traffic. Customer service seems friendly enough. Prices are decent.

Cookies are great, but the service is horrible. I bought 7 cookies and asked for a box. They said the box will cost $ 1. They only gave me 6 stamps even though I bought 7 cookies. I did pay for the box and asked if they can wrap it up with the cellophane wrap shown in display. They said they don’t do that.

I thought the cookies were soft and tasty. You can’t really have more than a few though, because they’re real sweet and rich. Definitely taste like they’re made same day. Smallish. Each cookie will run you about $ 1.50, but if you compare that to what they are selling at the Starbucks a few feet away, the price doesn’t seem that bad.
So decent, but no comparison to Blue Chip Cookies at UBC. Those guys are playing in a different league all together.
If you come later in the afternoon, you’ll find most of the cookies will be gone (see picture), so for the best selection come earlier.
One thing that bothered me was that, on a recent visit, I ordered a half dozen cookies to have at home later (not just for me). The lady was stuffing the cookies in the paper slip bags when I asked if she could put it in a cardboard box. Nope. If I wanted a box for a half dozen, I’d have to buy one of the special red gift boxes that they put a bow ontop of as a gift. I pointed to the white cardboard boxes already assembled on the shelf behind her. Nope. I have to order 12 cookies to get the basic box, otherwse, all your cookies are going to be in a paper slip, that you could throw into a plastic bag. The cookies made it to their destination unharmed, but still, not cool that they would be so stingy about a cardboard box after I spent 9 bucks on pieces of dough that cost them pennies.

Too sweet. Greasy. Small. Expensive.
Yup — that about sums it up.

This is to remind myself that George’s cookies are too sweet for me. I think of George’s so rarely that I forget it the next time I contemplate it… I dare to say that these are even sweeter than Subway cookies.
If you like sweet, soft/​fluffy cookies, this is for you. I like shortbready or chewy with body, and I haven’t found that here.

Sure, there’s donuts, muffins or candy available everywhere downtown to satisfy my colleague’s taste buds… but I like to get my treats at Cookies By George.
Their cookies are soft, chewy and full of flavour. They never fail to bring a smile to your face when you take that first bite.

I love cookies. The first cookie you try here will be soft, chewy, sweet and good. The next will taste very similar to the first. I think the cookie dough is the same for most of their cookies. The only thing that changes is the ‘flavor’ (dark chocolate v. White v. Nuts etc).

I thought I knew how to bake until one morning, not so long ago, I treated myself to a chocolate-​walnut shortbread cookie. Damn if this little mall stand, wafting its cookie fumes out to commuters, didn’t put me in my place. Mmm mmm mmm — there’s nothing like a fresh-​baked and still-​warm cookie for breakfast. As long as you don’t do it every day, of course.