Rise Patisserie

The vitrine and the Sweet Collection

The signature vitrine is where a visit starts. Pastry chef Jennifer D'Souza builds the Sweet Collection displayed in it: macarons, cakes and handmade pastries made for a coffee stop, a full afternoon tea, or a box carried out under the Desserts to Go name. This is a dessert-forward patisserie rather than a bread-led bakery, and there is no boulangerie program sitting behind it. The categories stay narrow on purpose: macarons, cakes, pastries and desserts, and nothing pretending to be bread.

Coffee is treated as part of the craft rather than a service line. The house pours an exclusive blend developed with a local roastery, alongside cold brews and barista creations, while custom-blended Jing teas anchor the tea side. The creations rework classic pastries through refined technique and presentation, so the vitrine reads as a display of method as much as a case of sweets.

Afternoon tea, then The Library

Afternoon tea is the center of the format, structured around sweet and savory bites with tea, coffee, water and a Champagne option. The Sweet Collection is written for that service, so dessert arrives as part of the sitting rather than as an afterthought to it.

Rise sits inside The St. Regis Belgrade alongside Savant Brasserie, The St. Regis Bar and The Wine Room, just past the revolving door at the hotel entrance, and extends into The Library, where guests linger among books and objets d'art. The room looks out over the Belgrade Waterfront. The hotel frames the whole thing as Belgrade café culture translated into something more collectable and polished, which is a fair account of the dwell time it invites.

Macarons first, then decide how long to stay

Order macarons first: they are the clearest signature in the vitrine and the quickest read on the pastry kitchen. For a short visit, add a cake or a handmade pastry and take it with the signature blend or a Jing tea.

For a longer one, take the full afternoon tea and let the Sweet Collection arrive as part of it, with Champagne if the occasion calls for it. Desserts to Go covers gifts on the way out. The coffee is worth ordering from properly rather than by default, since the blend was made for this room and the barista work is part of what the patisserie is selling.