Bay Ridge Bakery
“Ive gotten everything from here and I wont be surprised if I get my wedding cake from here too!”
“Do yourself a favor, and take home a 1-2 lb box of their butter cookies, mix and match.”
“Their baklava is delish…..i bring some with me to Poland when I go see my grandma, cuz when she lived in the US she loved this place's baklava soo much!”
Bay Ridge Bakery
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
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$$ Price range Moderate
8 reviews
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If you are searching for the best bakery in Bay Ridge–NAY, the best bakery in Brooklyn–well, your search is over because here it is!
I have been coming to Bay Ridge Bakery for 8 years and trust me when I say that I have tried almost all–if not everything–in this bakery a hundred times over. The cakes are pure, delicious, and made with fresh ingredients–a formula this bakery has never messed with, and do not intend to over time. The bread dough is stretched with expert hands, and the cakes are baked and decorated with a eye for perfection. On top of that, service is top notch. Refreshing attitude and smiles from the workers here daily–a mannerism specific to Bay Ridge. If it's your first time here, allow me to recommend some favorites:
French Cheesecake — Light and Fluffy, with a chocolate cake bottom. This cake is one that comes to me in my dreams.
Chocolate Strawberry OR Chocolate Mice– Always fresh, always chocolatey, always perfect.
Fruit Tart – On the Pricey side, but the plethora of fresh fruit just spells it out for you!
If you're looking for pastries, try the Napoleon, Tiramisu, Strawberry Cheesecake, or treat yourself to a cannoli!
Do yourself a favor, and take home a 1-2 lb box of their butter cookies, mix and match. Every time I bring these to work, they are gone within the hour.
Other things they do marvelously here: Try the Greek pastries, spinach & feta pies(!!), marble pound cake, Greek cookies, and THE FRESH BAKED BREAD. By the Hammer of Thor, are those Breads good. Great to cut up into cubes and dip into some olive oil.
Once this place has won you over, they make great custom cakes as well. The owners love to meet you and get to know you, and are very serious about getting that cake to be the best you can get! Overall, a great bakery that still holds to the high standards that many have fallen off from years ago.
I love their truffles! However, they don't always sell them. I also like their tiramisu, other than that I would say that their pastries are decent. If you have a sweet tooth and just looking to satisfy a craving then you won't be disappointed. As for me, I usually come here to look for the truffles and if they don't have it I don't buy anything.
I love my sweets, but I am very picky. I only buy the ones that have the "it" factor. The truffles make me come back here, too bad they don't always have it.
We made a last minute trip to the bakery to pick up sweets for a dinner party. And settled on their fruit tart. Unfortunately, the smaller size was sold out leaving us with the large 8" tart. It was worth the price for the abundant amount of fruits on top and wide crust. They don't skimp out on the fruit at all- blueberries, strawberries, boysenberries, peaches, pineapples, kiwis, yum! It was light and delicious. The crust was perfect. Def will come back for their tarts again on our next trip.
Had a cannoli and a piece of cake from here (some kind of chocolate/espresso/raspberry deal) both tasty but based on this I wouldn't make a special trip out there or anything.
It was my turn to bring the sweets. We had a playdate, and this time we were invited to Katie's place. Originally stopped by Monaco's but found out they were closed on Mondays, so immediately went on Yelp to look for another resort and found Bay Ridge Bakery.
Didn't see any labels of the cakes and sweets in the counter so I picked with my eyes. The Strawberry Cheesecakes were decadent. There was an orange flavored cake that was very refreshing. The chocolate slice was rich. I also got a round shaped cake, or was it more of a cookie, not too sure but it was sure ex-creamy good.
I really didn't get the names of the sweets so you guys would have to reference with the pictures I took.
After a day at the beach with nothing but watermelon, I was ready for a late lunch/early dinner when I espied this bakery via my trusty Yelp App. Okay, I was looking for a real meal but couldn't resist checking out bakeries in the nabe.
Everything in this clean, brightly lit bakery looks so fresh. I was impressed by the display that ranged from Greek pastries like honey cakes and Bougasta and the white, sugar dusted, traditional nut crescents to the butter cookies to the Italian pastries. Bay Ridge Bakery has a huge sign on their window that says French pastries, though I didn't see too many French style pastries. Not that it mattered. What I tried was excellent. The Bougasta was so delicious I have been thinking to brave the dreaded R train and the MTA track schedule just to come back for more. The cannoli I ate had a crunchy shell, and with yummy cannoli cream and chips. Maybe the filling at Bruno's in the Village is better, but it was a great cannoli nevertheless. The cakes looked so great, and I had to summon forth admirable restraint to avoid carrying off a cheesecake–only the knowledge that my refrigerator was jam packed helped. This is a bakery you go in expecting to buy one or two items and leave with bags and boxes of stuff. And when you eat the stuff, you have no regrets.
Cakes here are priced at $18-22. Butter cookies are $18 a pound. The Bougasta,is $4 for a huge piece of crunchy filo stuffed with a custard that is redolent of honey and eggs. Yum heaven.
The staff is friendly and helpful.
Your Yelp check in gets you a free mini pastry. It' s fun to find new eats via Yelp!
Nommmmmmmmmmmmmmm nom nom! Someone brought these into the office today and left the box sitting there. I cannot keep away. Soooooo good. Damn you Cathy!
Very delicious Italian cookies and pastries. My belly highly recommends!
As my boyfriend was exiting the car to pick out his own 25th birthday cake, he asked me if I wanted to share in a cheesecake cake or something else. I knowing this was his day to choose, (sometimes I can be greedy) I said get anything you want. Well, he did…but I was in mind in the decision making without being present.
He bought a red velvet cake. Now, we've been trying to find the best there is, and honestly, this was incredibly light! Although it was not my favorite (see my review of Penelope) it really did try to deliver. It was moist and was presented beautifully – the way all cake should. We've succumbed to getting rainbow cookies here too and we've always been pleased. Worth a look around or a sniff of the air if you're really watching it.