Pulled off the Taconic for a zoom call and as the call ended I was thinking it's time for a sweet treat. I look up and boom Dolce Italian Bakery. The decor, doesn't matter... The sweat treats....amazing..... The chocolate covered cannoli was my favorite and I will admit the box of Italian cookies never made it home. Coffee wasn't available read more

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The ricotta filled donuts are one of the best pastries I've ever had. I live in California, and I get up early when I'm visiting Hopewell Junction just to get these warm out of the oven. read more

Dolce italian bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Lagrangeville, New York

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Have tried Italian ices, gelato, bread, and few pastries from Dolce. Service is generally ambivalent. Pastries dry. Italian ices are solid. Gelato was icy in texture. read more

I am so sad it took me this long to find Dolce... Growing up in hopewell I aways thought we needed a good bakery, well we definitely have one! Dolce has the best cannolis I have ever had! Cream is amazing, and they offer so many options... big, small, chocolate dipped, sprinkles etc. They are now my go-to for party desserts. The owner is super friendly as well, and is a pleasure to deal with! Cannot wait for my next visit. read more

Dolce italian bakery - Mixed pastries, 10/10!! (Cannolis are the best though) - Bakeries Near Me - Lagrangeville, New York

Always fresh and delicious bread. We grab pastries and cookies when going to family events and all love them. We look forward to going in for gelato and sundaes. This place has really grown into a wonderful asset for this area. Far superior to what you get from the local grocery store. Everyone who works there has been nothing less than kind and professional! read more

If you want a delicious cake at a very reasonable price, go to Dolce Italian Bakery. Alex, the owner/ manager will exceed your expectations for tasty baked goods and great service. He made a moist, flavorful cannoli rasberry cake for my daughters wedding that got rave reviews by our guests and that we thoroughly enjoyed. read more

This bakery is amazing. The best in the area. All made on premise. The Italian ices, ice cream, gelato, and baked goods are the best. I am originally from the city and Dolce Italian Bakery is up with the best of them. If you are from the city and know about bialeys, he makes them on premise as well. We have found our bakery in Dutchess County. A must try. read more

I ordered a black forest cake for a surprise birthday dinner for my brother-in-law. It was beautiful and totally delicious! My brother-in-law insisted on taking the left overs home with him. I've often gotten their miniature pastries previously. This was my first cake and it was delightful. read more

Cannoli tasted good until I found multiple hairs baked into the shell. The guy who rang me out was very nice, food all looked delicious but I can't get past the hair. read more

Dolce italian bakery - a hand holding a half eaten donut - Bakeries Near Me - Lagrangeville, New York

I hate to be the token guy that starts out his review by wishing he could leave NO STARS, but this place really brings out the worst in me. The cookies and cannoli are some of the worst I've ever had. Upon first bite into the cannoli, I felt as though I was transported to a Chinese restaurant in which I had ordered some really bad crab Rangoon. I was warned about this place by people that had encountered some moldy pastries. This lack of turnover doesn't surprise me given how few customers visit this place day to day. The owner could really stand to learn a thing or two about customer interaction. Also, most people don't want a dog being kept in a place where there food is prepared. read more

Being an Italian from Brooklyn where you cannot throw a rock without hitting a good bakery, I found myself upstate for St. Josephs Day. Needing to get my fix on some zeppole for St. Josephs Day I saw the sign that they had them. Upon walking in I felt like I walked into someone's dream that died. The store is too big for what they have, and they have more shelves than they have products. They charged Brooklyn & NYC prices (even higher than some Brooklyn spots) but deliver what you'd expect as Poughkeepsie quality. I believe the owners had a dream of opening an Italian Bakery where there really aren't any, and the dream just died for them. Very disappointing as I wish I could find a place for great loaf of Italian bread. read more

As a born-and-bred Bronx girl, I need to be close to good Italian bakeries. Even though I moved up to the Dutchess County area over a year ago, I just discovered Dolce a few weeks ago and let me tell you, Dolce aims to please. The breads are perfect (especially the pane di casa!) and the pastries are amazing. Dolce carries St. Joseph pastries year round (BONUS!) and, even better, they have Italian donuts. I haven't seen a bakery that carries those in a long time. Do get yourself a sugar jelly. They are huge and sweet, just like grandma used to make. Dolce's cannolis are out of this world and are reminiscent of DeLillo's (Bronx bakery) with the little chocolate chips in them. Also be sure to get yourself some rainbow cookies, because who doesn't like those? Extremely spacious for sitting, too. You can walk in and get a box to go or sit at a table for a bit of pastry and a cappuccino. Great staff, great treats, great breads. Also, they sell Manhattan Specials. Mmmm! Coffee soda! read more

We've been going to Dolce's for years. Best Italian cheesecake in this area. All their pastries are delicious. In the summer I can't pass by them without getting a gelato. Some people criticize and compare them to Arthur Ave. in the Bronx. To be fair no bakery in upstate NY compares to Arthur Ave. read more

Stopped here for cannolis and they were the worst I have EVER had. I don't understand how this place gets a single good review. Every time I go in, it's terrible. read more

I was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, and used to come here frequently with my family. Now I live in Boston, but I make it a point to stop here every time I come home to visit. Never had a bad pastry here. The cheese danishes and zeppoli are my favorites. We've ordered cakes here too, which were delicious. When you walk in, the smell of the fresh baked goods really hits you and only makes you hungrier. It's the kind of bakery where I go with a few pastries in mind that I want to get, but I end up getting several more because I want to try something new. From cannolis to cookies, again, I've never had a bad pastry here. Not to mention, the owner is very friendly and always asks about how the family is when I go. read more

I bought a cheesecake here a couple of weeks ago. It should have been thrown away. Was terrible. Stale and tasteless. Will never go back. read more

He now has 25 flavors of homemade gelato and Italian ice! Love this place! Best donuts anywhere!!! I dare you to find a better donut in all of the hudson valley. read more

Regretably the jelly doughnuts are no more. Seems the Baker who made them no longer works there and I could not get the new owner to tell me where he went But the new Baker is very good. You have to try the cheese Danish and the coffee ring. The best I have had. If anyone knows where the jelly doughnut man is working please let us know. read more

have been buying desserts from Dolce Bakery for years. Why? They are the BEST! But I didn't realize how great they are. I just bought a cherry cheesecake (never purchased there before) and it was PURE HEAVEN. The cheesecake was light and creamy without being "airy". The cherry topping was so delicious - not too sweet at all. (I am not into cherries.) I don't know why I am so surprised how good the cheesecake was since I have always loved this bakery! You must try the Napoleon sheet cake for a special birthday event or a shower, etc. It rocks!! Some people have told me they think the bakery is too expensive (have you ever bought ingredients to bake a cake form scratch these days? Not cheap). Personally, I think I get everything and more from any dessert, pastry, cookies or bread I purchase. To me, Dolce Bakery in LaGrangeville, NY is the BEST OF THE HUDSON VALLEY!. read more

As someone who is Italian, has been patronizing Italian bakeries for six decades now, has lived and shopped in Italian sections of NYC for most of my life (where there are Italian bakeries on every other street corner and the competition for customers is keen), I know good quality. I've tried a variety of their items over several visits and find the bakery to be average quality. Some things we purchased were decidedly off, some were mediocre, and some were spot on and wonderful. A top notch bakery does not have such variations in quality. Another commenter mentioned the bakery's reputation for being overpriced and differed with that opinion. I do not. I have found most of their items to be overpriced, even compared to NYC prices! For example, their little bags of anisette cookies (which, when we weighed them at home were 6 or 7 ounces) cost $7.50 each, which comes out to about $16.00 a pound!!! That is OUTRAGEOUS! I can go to most first rate bakeries in NYC and pay $10 to $12 a pound (Example: Venieros, on the lower east side, one of the priciest bakeries in NYC, and which has tourist busses stopping by on a regular basis, charges $10 a pound for most simple biscotti, such as anisette biscotti), and if I go to a shop in a residential neighborhood as opposed to a tourist area, the cost is less. THIS PLACE CHARGES MANHATTAN PRICES. That said, I applaud any decent bakery up here in the Hudson Valley, where there are not enough to go around. I applaud the efforts of the friendly immigrant owner, working hard to make a go of it in his adopted country. And I will visit again, though I won't purchase any overpriced items anymore! read more

As a discriminating customer, without hesitation I bestow gifts from Alex upon friends, acquaintances, & businesses located far and wide. I highly recommend this establishment. Al P.S. (Note to Larry D. who wrote a comment: Alex is back and the jelly doughnuts (really JAM doughnuts) and ALL of his fare are once again available.) read more

The pastry is excellent and the staff is very nice. A little out of the way but well worth the trip if you want authentic Italian pastry. read more

My wife and I stopped to check this "so called" Italian Bakery out on 4/24/16. Let me preface by saying, that I am an authentic original Italian. Sicilian to be precise. I was born there and I know what products in an Italian bakery are supposed to taste like. You know, like the one's near East 187th Street & Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. We purchased several Napoleon pastries and miniature cannolis. They turned out to be the most disgusting pastries I have ever had! Shop Rite sells better tasting pastries. The filling in the Napoleon's tasted like wax. The consistancy was liked three week old tainted pudding. They were repulsive to the point that after tasting one (and almost serving them to guests), I threw them in the garbage! The cannoli's were mediocre at best. One was eaten and the rest went into the garbage. I should have known when the guy who served them didn't ask or sprinkle white powdered sugar on top of the cannoli. First sign of someone who knows nothimg about pastries. This place is the pits. Do not buy anything from this place. I have NO IDEA how this place got 4+ stars! Perhaps from patrons who don't know what real pastries should taste like. Just awful. Buyer beware! read more

We ordered my daughter's baptism cake from Dolce and it was absolutely delicious and beautiful! We had compliments from everyone and plan on ordering from them in the future! Absolutely wonderful customer service as well. read more

Being a very traditional Italian girl, I was brought up on some great cakes a pastry. This bakery brings me right back to my childhood. The grain pie to die for!!! I drive from Long Island NY for it. Thanks Dolce. read more

Received a tray of assorted cookies at Christmas time and they were not good.. The tricolor cookies among others were so hard and tasted stale/old. I have never been to this bakery and have no plans of ever visiting. read more

Omg The best gelato in the world it is like I was in Italy The bakery items are kick a .. As well I will be a regular here from now on