Café - Specialty 2-Slice Toaster - Matte White

Great toaster. and beautiful design and color my wife loved it for Christmas

This toaster performs as incredibly as it looks. A unaware shopper might look at this toaster and think to themselves, "Why?". It is important to note that this toaster is part of the Cafe´ series of GM appliances, so it is meant to match up with the Cafe´ oven etc. Even as a standalone toaster, however, I am super happy with this appliance! The express feature is awesome. As seen in my pictures, when you press the express button during a toasting cycle, it turns on all heating elements to what appears to be max heat output and it can finish off the toasting of any item within quickly! Aesthetics wise, the white LED lighting looks excellent and I am appreciative of the copper finish in this series on the knob and such. The only thing I am not the biggest fan of as others have mentioned is the lack of a retractable power cable. I think that such a feature would have really put this toaster over the top and made it an even better buy. Overall, for those who understand what they are buying here, I cannot recommend this toaster enough!

Love this toaster! Stylish and works to perfection

We like the look of this toaster. It doesn’t fit a piece of rye bread or olive bread— just square regular pieces.

It’s a Beautiful toaster w/a light. It matches my new kitchen Black stainless steel appliances. Bad thing is as of 9/2022 still waiting my for kitchen to get put back together. I wanted to try the toaster out. The toast is darker on one side than the other. I was so disappointed. The toaster has been in the box since I bought it. I’ve tried unplugged it but still the same. It looks like some of the elements are not lit up too. I can’t return it. If you’re waiting for your house to be built tested before you get stuck with a broken toaster

I don’t think it’s worth the money. But it’s nice and it goes with my kitchen. The power cord is in the odd location. Especially for a toaster that cost as much.

So we’ve been using a 4 slot toaster for the better part of 10 years or so now. Figured it would be a good time to replace it, though it still works perfectly. This Café 2 slot Toaster is quite the looker. This is not the white model but the Stainless Steel one. The Rose Gold and the Stainless Steel look fantastic together. I think it contrasts better than the Black Matte and White models but get what matches your kitchen. The unit feels well built. The handle, buttons, frame and dial are plastic. I wish that for the price of the unit, it relied on having more metal to it's construction. Outside of a few extra features over the lower end unit and the finish on these, I genuinely don't see where there's an extra $100+ worth. So far in the week we’ve used it, we’ve not had a single problem. Toasting time is fine. I’m definitely noticing a difference in the quality of the actual toasting. I like that there’s multiple options for how to toast. There’s an Express Finish if you’re needing to toast something in a hurry. I’ve not used the option as I typically just put whatever needs toasting in and move on to something else in the meantime. There’s some options for Bagels as well. I appreciate the smaller size as we can keep it on the countertop, whereas the 4 slot unit we have, it has to be stored away. It seems easy enough to clean and has a small removable tray that’s also Rose Gold colored to match the trimming. As for price, I don’t know if I’d say it’s worth $150-170. I’d say it is worth around $70-80. You’re mostly paying for the look of the unit more so the function. A 4 slot would be nice for around $100 with what seems to be a well built unit. Time will tell of course how long this lists. The 4 slot we have now, to have gotten a decade out of it is major plus and it’s seen a lot of use. If this one holds up for as long, I’d say it’s worth the price then. I noticed some others mentioned that their toast was burnt using the express finish. I didn’t time how long it took, probably around 30 seconds, but on the 2nd setting with express finish I had to put the toast through another run, this is the toast pictured in my review. I’m still happy with the result. I like my toast a bit on the darker side, not burnt but darker so this was more than acceptable for my taste.

For me the best feature of this toaster is it's design and look & feel. The stainless steel body with copper accents makes it your counter top worthy. Obviously, there are much cheaper toasters available in the market but you get what you pay for. Also, Cafe products are GE's upscale offerings, so that should explain the price point. In terms of features and workings, it toasts really well. I have tried both bread and bagels and they have come out evenly toasted. There is an express settings for bread while a separate button for bagels. The dial has settings from 1 to 8 but I think any thing more than 5 will result in a burnt toast, so be careful about that. The other thing I like is the pop-out crumb tray. This makes cleaning the toaster after use very easy. There are also Reheat and Frozen buttons. I haven't really used them yet, so can't really comment on the utility of these. I am planning to use "Frozen" option to toast frozen Garlic bread. Let's see how will that experiment go :) Overall, it is a stylish and great looking toaster which works well. It is expensive but I think build quality, looks and some of the features make it worth the price.

The slide out crumb tray was broken when we received. Doesn’t push in all the way crumbs go on counter