Waverly - South Pasadena

Found this place on Peerspace, and after a visit, my wife and I booked this venue for our baby shower with the owner Sandy with a platter of empanadas and morning drinks included. She had assured us that empanadas would be made by a person named Joshua as long as he's available and our guests would be able to order various coffees/tea/lattes. Once she confirmed that he was in fact available, she asked us to send funds via Zelle, which we promptly did.When we checked in two days prior, she had informed us that no one would be available to fry the empanadas nor make the drinks, and that we'd be responsible for running the industrial fryer... during our baby shower. We had said that this was not as we agreed, and she was unwilling to get on the phone, and instead texted us that there would be no refund two days prior to the event, although nothing was as we agreed upon. We finally asked if she'd still give us the venue if she's not offering us our money back, and she failed to respond.I have never experienced this level of unprofessionalism and disregard for their own business as Sandy's conduct with Waverly. We ended up relocating the event to our gracious friend's home at the last minute, but to have endured this level of scam, especially in South Pasadena, and while my wife was 7 months pregnant, was something I needed to share, so others don't encounter the same. She also mentioned that this venue was closed down completely for this event, and yet, every time I've passed by this venue, they've been closed. We also put in a dispute with our bank, but because we had sent the funds via Zelle, we unfortunately didn't receive our money back.I'm attaching the first and last of our text messages. I can't speak to their classes, but would highly recommend staying away from this place for your next event.

This is a great place to taking cooking classes and pick up new skills. Everyone is super friendly and you get to work with different ingredients you may not normally work with at home. I highly recommend checking out this spot if you’ve been considering taking a cooking class

Waverly is a great local coffee spot with great pastries and empanadas! The manager and staff are very attentive to your needs!

I have been attending the Baking Classes at Waverly and I do have to say that I am very impressed with the techniques we are taught as well as the baking science behind all the ingredients we use. This is a fun class that integrates the ability to learn baking easily. I highly would recommend to all.

My wife scheduled us both a cooking class as a date night. It was the best thing for our marriage. We drank wine and had a blast! I'm buying us another cooking class next. You should do the same for your partner! Cheers, JCP