I've been going to Deerfield bakery since I was 5 years old. I would walk up town to the bakery in the morning with my dad as a kid. Well worth the trip! The fresh donuts are simply the best and freshest around. My favorite is the Bavarian creme-filled Bismark! The cookies, eclairs, coffee cake's are master-class! Locally owned, this bakery is a Deerfield institution and has expanded to other locations. read more

I am new to the area and Deerfield Bakery had been highlyh recommended. I was in your Deerfield store at 10 a.m. today (3/14/14). While I was picking out coffee cakes, a nice customer said I should get a card and start accruing oints. The line was long at the (single) check out line and when it was my turn, I asked about the point system. I was told I had to register on line. When I tried to register at home, your site said I needed a card which no one at your store offered. Long story short, train you staff. Also to have only a single check out line open with staff standiing around does not leave a good impression. At least build a small counter so people can put their purchases down while waiting for check out. One lady behind me was trying to balance a cake and other purcheses and she did not looi happy. Virignina Sue read more

I grew up in Deerfield and recently moved back to the area from the city. I remember what a treat it was heading here in my early years, and now that I have little ones of my own, I love the look on their faces when I say we are going to Deerfields. I recently ordered a custom cake for my sons baptism. I had a very specific design request and was very satisfied to see exactly what I wanted when I picked the cake up. I also purchased cupcakes recently and loved the "big cupcake" or mini cake, perfect for a smash cake for a first birthday! I'm surprised to see all the negative reviews on service. All I have ever experienced at Deerfields is friendly and professional service. read more

Their "peanut-free" advertising is totally misleading. One of the representatives at the Schaumburg location claimed that there may be cross-contamination on everything that is made at the bakery. If your business can't guarantee peanut-free products, stop mislabeling your website and take your signs down at your stores. Very disappointing. read more

Ordered 2 cakes from Deerfield's bakery for my daughters birthday. Spent about 45 minutes placing orders and working with 4+ people (not by choice) while each person we worked with was kind I believe this is also the reason for the mistake on our order. Both cakes were supposed to be ready on the same day to eliminate driving there twice. Thank GOD the cake for Saturday was done and perfect. The second cake was no where to be found. No cake was ever made. After 45 minutes if multiple people trying to find out what happened to the cake they decided they would just make another one for me to pick up the next day (the very thing I was trying to avoid.) Working in client service I find it important to be apologetic when necessary(which they were) and right the wrong (which they semi did) I was a first time customer to Deerfield's Bakery and while everyone was pleasant I feel completely forgetting to make a cake is a big mistake thankfully my second cake was not as extravagant as my first but a refund or discount or something would have been appreciated. For how well known Deerfield's Bakery is I would have expected a little more on the customers side aside from an "I'm sorry." I don't know if we will be back but I will say my first cake was beautifully made and did taste great. I also appreciated how pleasant everyone was who works there. read more

This place is no longer what it used to be. Their donuts and sweet rolls are hard and dried out and when i look at the workers they appear to be sloppy and non caring. The frosting now looks fake and thrown on. Gross! The cupcakes are dry and hard as though they had been sitting there for at least a week. I never walk out of there with spending less then twenty dollars...for donuts. ARE YOUI KIDDING! Also, I don't appreciate the flies and bees all over the pastries. read more

Expect bad service and for some staff to act rudely. The cashier who handles money all day touched my cupcakes (actually picked them up by the frosting) to transfer them to another box! I was completely disgusted! When I asked for different cupcakes that weren't handled by the cashier, I was asked for payment on the new cupcakes (I had already paid for the other cupcakes in full...what?)! This place has good baked goods (hence the two stars), but unfortunately the service (both unfriendly on many occasions and unsanitary) just makes me want to stay away from this place! Sorry, I had to yelp about it because there were many times when the staff was nasty but the unsanitary handling of food was the icing on the cake (no pun intended). read more

I posted a review here about three years ago and it has been deleted... We ordered a birthday cake at DB for my son's birthday. It had a ton of frosting, artificial-tasting cherry filling, and tasted like the cardboard box it came in. Seriously overpriced! We were very disappointed! read more

I recently ordered a birthday cake for my nephew's 5th birthday. I wasn't going to be able to spend it with him due to the stay-at-home order so I wanted to send something special. I called Amanda at Deerfields Bakery & asked if they could deliver a cake during this pandemic & she said they could. I ordered a chocolate layer cake with buttercream frosting. I asked her if they could decorate it with his name & the #5 on it, & just make it look as special as possible for him. Well, it was the most gorgeous cake that I have ever seen. They decorated it with with "Happy Birthday Logan" & balloons in different colors. In each balloon was a 5. They trimmed it in colored buttercream frosting. The cake looked absolutely fantastic, just amazing. It looked so incredible that I wondered if it was going to taste as great as it looked. Well, it did taste as great as it looked. My nephew & his family said it was moist & delicious, and the frosting was the best. I am so happy that I called them, & ordered from them. They really made it special. They did an outstanding job & I highly recommend. They have another location in Buffalo Grove too. read more

On Thursday, I ordered some baked goods for a special occasion for pick up on Saturday. Got there today and my order was missing 1 item (6 carmel pecan rolls). They said -- oops sorry, guess we didn't get those - REALLY???? I special ordered them 2 days ago - how do you not have them? The store was busy and unorganized and they were not very apologetic. I will be going someplace else for bakery now! read more

Delicious, delicious, delicious! We hadn't been back in a number of years and were delighted to find that this bakery was still there. We window shopped at all the beautiful cakes, but only stopped for donuts and coffee. The cinnamon rolls were sumptuous and to my surprise, the coffee was really good - Starbuck's quality. It was the day before Valentine's day and there were a number of specialty items to help celebrate. The cakes were all beautifully decorated. There was a good selection of pastries, cookies and other tempting treats. I am sure glad that we don't live anywhere close to Deerfield or this bakery would account for at least ten pounds per year. read more

Great selection of pastries, cookies, buttercream cakes and love the croissants. Coffee cake is good too. read more

We always order our birthday cakes from Deerfield Bakery and they are delicious. Moist and made just as we order. We also had a party and got desserts that were all absolutely wonderful. One time I was there to place an order I had some coffee and small sweet snack that was also very pleasant in the little seating area that they do have. read more

The best bakery in the North Burbs. Cookies and other bakery items are pretty great here. The cakes are awesome. We had Deerfield's bake ouf Wedding Cake here, and people still talk about that cake nearly 10 years later. Deerfield's Rules! read more

?how many food places in Deerfield have 48+ reviews? Deerfield bakery deserves 1million positive reviews. This bakery is the real deal. Good moist cupcakes. Excellent and broad selection of pastries. Superb butter cookies iced with love humor and thoughtful fun designs. Excellent coffee given its in self serve urns on an island in the middle of the bakery. They have real AM hours for a bakery 6am opening...that's no joke because Deerfield bakery is no joke. Recommended: any cupcake, any butter cookie, any pastry, the white bread. As I try more there I will update my review... read more

The bakery items are all very nicely decorated. The kids really liked the decorated sugar cookies. I tried the bear claw pastry again. It was sweet and chocolatey. The nuts on the bear claw were fresh this time. The bear claw is big enough to share. This bakery has a large variety of baked goods. If you have a sweet tooth, this is the place for you. read more

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Still the worst! Cannot believe people still come to this awful Bakery! They are such Liars! They are trained to say that everything in the bakery was baked fresh this morning. Once again went in 6 months ago and again yesterday. Both times asked when the item was baked both times was told this morning. Got the brownie home I laughed because I was banging it on the counter because it was that hard. Frosting hard as a rock and the brownie even harder. Baked this morning? I don't think so! Six months ago I bought an eclair and the frosting was so stale it literally fell off the top onto the floor as I went to bite into it. And they had told me it was baked that morning. Opened it up with a knife and the inside was congealed and disgusting custard. Would have never have eaten it but had I I'm sure I would have gotten sick read more

One star missing is because their hours are not the greatest. That aside, this place is so delicious. My parents even got their wedding cake from here. Oxymoron: we always went here the day we went to the dentist, because he's right next door. As a little kid waiting for the flouride to set made me so anxious! I guess that's why it tasted even better once we got all the way home. I'd recommend anything here. read more

The quality and service has declined considerably over the last several years. This morning I stopped in to purchase a dozen donuts for my colleagues. When I went to check out, I noticed a sign stating that credit card purchases will be applied a 2.5% service fee. I asked if it applied to debit cards too and was told yes. The only way to avoid this service fee is to pay cash. This is absurd. I just paid $24.55 for a dozen mediocre DONUTS. It makes NO sense to nickle and dime the customer for a 2.5% fee. You're already overcharging me for a below average product that tasted like old oil and looked like a toddler made them. Lovin' Oven offers much tastier donuts and they do the work of packing the box of donuts for you at half the price. The service was also lackluster. Seems like the employees aren't empowered to provide the level of service I would expect from this establishment, customer focused and accommodating. Won't going back to Deerfield's Bakery. read more

Last year I got my daughter a really nice birthday cake from another bakery it was just beautiful but the taste was missing! Then my nephew had a birthday party and his cake was from Deerfields Bakery , I wanted to eat the whole cake it was so good! So this year for my daughters birthday I ordered her cake and cookies from Deerfields Bakery . I gave them a picture of how I wanted the cookies and cake to look, I was worried it wont look right. But can I tell you they master it the cookies and cake look just like the characters I wanted them to look like. The cake was so delicious and the cookies! Everyone at her party wanted to know where I got her cake and the cookies from. This is the bakery I will be ordering from, from now on! Love it! And an extra plus their prices are very reasonable! read more

I recently had an opportunity to return to the bakery in Deerfield. It was better this time. The selection was more in line with what we were wanting for a brunch. I think maybe last time we were too late in the morning to get the selection we were looking for. read more

We were recommend this place, but to be honest the desserts were too sweet and not delicate. This has clearly been here for years, but we were not pleased with the treats. read more

This is an update to the review posted below the line. As mentioned below, I've had not-so-good customer service at this place over the years...but go there despite that for the excellent baked goods. After my bad review below, I got a note from the manager asking me to help pinpoint the problem. I wrote back with some suggestions and he thanked me. Today, I braced myself and went in to get some cookies for a work thing...and was pleasantly greeted upon entry...and asked if I needed help! I had to pay for my items in two transactions and they didn't balk or look annoyed! I'm encouraged that the manager asked for feedback and even more encouraged that they perhaps took it to heart! _________________________________________________ I've been here enough and my most recent experience is very typical. I can boil this down very simply to the following six words. five star food...one star service. If you have to have really good baked goods and are willing to be treated like dirt...Deerfield's is the Bakery for you. read more

The whole 3 day rule is so unclear and makes dealing with them difficult if they want 96 hours to make a cake then they should say so. If I am calling 3 days before and being told they need 3 full days makes no sense. Their cakes are good but their handling of orders is not clear or accomdating at all. Hope they start becoming more accommodating for customers since they are a big cake shop with good tasting cakes. I don't think anyone suggested that if I order at 4pm Wed that I can pick up at 4pm Friday read more

Ordered a few cakes from here and they've never disappointed--super moist and always yummy! Custard filling is a must! They're definitely my go-to bakery in the 'burbs for a cake. A bit on the pricey side...but you get what you pay for! read more

You dont know what buttercream frosting is till you've had Deerfields. Since I moved out of the burbs and into the city, I've been on a year long hunt for a bakery that knows how to do buttercream. I haven't found a place that comes even remotely close, which is probably a good thing since it should only be an occasional guilty pleasure. I dream of their buttercream. It is THAT GOOD. read more

This was the worst customer services. The insincerity is beyond fathomable. Their excuse is we are a "small business." I will never go to Deerfields Bakery or recommend my friends to go their. I'm shocked read more

Hands down the best bakery in Chicago. I drive from the city to Deerfield for every special occasion that I need a cake for. I'm a bit surprised by some of the comments as I have only found the staff to be wonderful--friendly, knowledgeable and always willing to go out of their way to accomodate my needs. They have created some amazing cakes for birthday parties for my friends (in the shapes of cowboy foots, wine bottles and glasses) and they are always as delicious as they are gorgeous. I am not a huge sweets person but I cannot keep any leftovers from Deerfield Bakery in my house or I will find them eaten within a day. read more

My entire family has been coming here since they opened in the 70s. My mom and dad grew up in Northbrook and they always said there was no better bakery. I tend to agree. All of our celebratory cakes have always been ordered from here and now that I'm older, I always order my pastries/cakes from here. I am willing to drive out of my way (as I no longer live close by) to get the best sweets! They have THE BEST buttercream (not too sweet!)! Their cakes are so moist and we have never had a discrepancy in their customer service. I'm a lifelong customer. read more

I have shopped at Deerfields Bakery for years and had the rudest, most unhelpful experience yesterday while trying to place a phone order. I was so disappointed at the unwillingness to be helpful even though I had placed a large order several weeks ago. Shame on you! I live in Highland Park, IL not San Francisco. read more

Normally good service here. Today was a very rude woman behind the cake desk. Condescending. Wow. What a surprise here.

Deerfield's is as good as it gets. I've been a fan for 30 years and never had anything that has not been wonderful and now BowWow loves you too. Keep it up. Kay Chen read more

LOVED the food here. Buttercream frosting is amazing, sugar cookies are delicious, donuts and coffee cakes, there's so much to choose from. Staff was extremely nice, very helpful and very young and energetic. Manager (assistant manager?) Edith was the most helpful lady i've ever dealt with. Coming back for sure! read more

I recently ordered my son's first birthday cake from Deerfield's and it was phenomenal. Everything from the incredibly moist devils food cake to the buttercream filling and the 3D sailboat were amazing. Plus the price was really reasonable for a cake that fed 30-40 people. We loved it and got rave reviews from our guests. Also, I ordered their cookies to use as party favors in the shape of sailboats and anchors. They were so cute and Deerfield's even individually wrapped them and put a favor tag (that I had provided) on each one with coordinating ribbon. The cookies not only looked amazing but they tasted great! I will definitely be returning to Deerfield's for all of my son's future birthday parties! P.S. - The custard filled chocolate frosted doughnuts are the bomb! read more

What can I say about Deerfield's Bakery but the BEST- for 30+ years my family and I have been going to Deerfields for an AM doughnut or muffin and sometimes that extra special dessert. I love how the cakes are decorated, and especially how they taste! My sister has been getting her all time favorite cake their for her bday for the past 32 years. I recently went in there to pick up the Queen Elizabeth (her favorite) for her 36 bday and also got 3 cookies for my 2 nephews and niece. First of all I love being in their - the smells and they amazing personalized service. It is that neighborhood staple. Not only was the cake spot on as it is every year and gone in 1 day. I become the super cool aunt and my nephews gobbled their truck cookies, looked at their mom and said "this is my new favorite food- can I have these at my bday party?" Last week we did! As business have been closing down or going down the tubes - Deerfield's is still going strong and tasting better ever day. They now even have gluten free cupcakes which is right up my alley (I am gluten free) and they are amazing Deerfield's thank you for being part of my life and as I like to think I do - we both get better with age!! Dana K read more

I've been to many, many bakeries and this is by far the best! The store is very welcoming and very well kept. The employees are always very nice, and helpful. I was recently in to ask some questions about colors for a future cake order to see if they could match a color, and the stores manager was truly helpful, he went above and beyond by bringing me samples of the buttercream! I do have to say if you've never been to this bakery, it is a must for any occasion. They are the crème de la crème of bakeries! I will be using this bakery for all my future cake needs! read more

This bakery came highly recommended and did not disappoint! We were greeted promptly and assisted right away with my custom cake order. The lady helping me took the time to explain all options, once the order was complete we went over it together to make sure everything was accurate. Then an email confirmation was sent and the cake paid for. Easy peasy! The day of our celebration we picked up went without any problems. Then it was time to eat the cake and wow did it taste wonderful! 2 layer chocolate and yellow cake with fresh strawberries and whipped cream frosting with buttercream flowers. Amazing! Did I mention the price was reasonable too! They have won our business for years to come! read more

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Their baking products are great, but the customer service is terrible. The staff is rude, mean, unfriendly and have a very don't care attitude. My wife and I have lived in this area for over 40 years and have always gone this bakery. Over the years there customer service is degraded. I will never visit or purchase any products from this bakery every again. read more

My sons wedding cake from Deerfields was beautiful with a different flavor for each of the 3 tiers. The strawberry and lemon flavored cake was especially delicious. The red velvet cake was not as popular. The cak was moist and the overall design was a stunner. Thanks Deerfield bakery read more

Deerfields Bakery used to be the best bakery for miles. But for years now they serve OLD bakery items - whatever they don't sell one day stays in the case for days, at both Deerfield and Buffalo Grove locations. And then they lie and tell you that it's fresh when you ask! Bought brownies they insisted were baked that morning, and they were so hard my kids were pounding them on the table, (and they broke into hard little pieces). Went back a year later and bought an eclair that was so stale the frosting literally fell off in the box and the custard tasted rancid (and smelled). My kids insisted on getting cupcakes there a few months later. One cupcake tasted fresh, but the other one the cake was hard on the outside and dried up on the inside, and the frosting was once again hard. Every time I ask if the items are fresh, every time they said yes, made that morning. HA! There are never enough people to help - you can stand for a while with nobody there behind the counter to help. And whereas their buttercream used to be so fresh tasting, now it tastes like they use the lowest quality ingredients. Overly sweet and fake tasting. But their donuts are actually great - probably because they can't get away with serving old donuts. https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g35732-d924046-r582256059-Deerfields_Bakery-Buffalo_Grove_Lake_County_Illinois.html# read more