This is such a lack-luster donut. It has the taste and texture of a roll of paper towels. Long John, glazed, and cinnamon twists should be a standard for most shoppes that have been around as long as Emerson's. If your in Northern Ky your better off going to Oakbrook Bakery, Pink in a Blanket, or Servatti, atleast you'll get something edible. read more

I went after a long day in classes and meet an amazing staff with good choices on sweet treats for how late in the day it was. Definitely one of my new favorite places to go to after school Great and kind workers Great taste and over amazing keep doing what your doing. read more

I remember as a kid I would go to a local donut shop that had the absolute best vanilla creme filling. That place closed and I've been searching for anywhere that even comes close. Their chocolate frosted creme filled donuts are the real deal. Everything tasted very fresh. read more

Cheese cups, best I've ever had! Tons of choices, have never been disappointed with anything.

I had Emerson's doughnuts for the first time today and they were amazing!! I ordered an assorted dozen via doordash and I was surprised at the size of all the doughnuts. They were super fresh and delicious! Highly recommend. read more

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The staff is super friendly and the donuts are amazing. They have signature donut that will keep you coming back. Or maybe its the bubbly personalities. read more

Glazed donut with chocolate dizzle. Glaze is a little sweet but this is soft, pillowy goodness. Solid donut. read more

Emerson's Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Erlanger, Kentucky

Best cheese cups ever. Would love the recipe. I live in NC so it's not so easy to just pop in for a treat. read more

Some of the best donuts I have ever had in my life. The maple/Carmel donuts are to die for. The specialty donuts that change on a weekly basis are to die for. Please go visit this bakery and eat all of their donuts!! read more

Amazing locally owned bakery. We have been going to this bakery since I was a kid. Get there early on Saturday if you want any selection. They sell out quick and will have a big line from an hour after they open until 10 am read more

Emerson's Bakery - Love this place - Bakeries Near Me - Erlanger, Kentucky

I am a loyal customer of Emerson's, but I purchased a chocolate cream pie and a box of the pecan cookies with the powdered sugar on them. When I got them home, my Mom tried a piece of the pie, and said it didn't taste good at all. So I tried a piece and it was awful. It had no taste, and the crust was soggy. I then tried a cookie, and it tasted like they were fried in really old oil. This type of thing has happened before and I think they have a hard time getting rid of their old inventory of sweets. I was really disappointed. read more

What an adorable classic bakery in a small hidden strip mall. Family run, local, and sweet staff. They seem to have a great selection of everything from strudel, donuts, muffins, and cookies to amazing looking Cakes and cheesecakes. They also had some impressive looking cupcakes (but me personally I do not like cake). On this occasion I tried their cheesecake brownie and eclair. Both were delicious! So happy I accidentally stumbled upon this place and I will definitely be back to try more goodies! read more

Small local bakery with delicious donuts! It's not fancy or pretentious just solid baked goods! It's a pick-up and go place, so no seating. I've been coming to this place since I was a kid, and I still drive over sometimes even though I don't live in Erlanger anymore. Staff is always kind and eager to help. Important to note this location is NOT open on Sunday or Monday... read more

I ordered a cake for my son's 12th birthday. He wanted a fishing theme cake. It was very difficult to find anything with this theme. I was able to find a picture that seemed like it would work. I shared the picture with the baker and forwarded it to the cake decorator. When I went to pick up the cake... it was AMAZING! It looked exactly like the picture. I was thrilled and my son was soooo happy. All the guests were also impressed. The cake tasted great too, no skimping on that part either. Thank you Emerson ! It was a great birthday. read more

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Purchased petit fours from the Erlanger location which was about 15 miles from my residence and when we tried to eat them they were so old and stale it was unbelievable the exterior icing was hard and actually cracked when it was bitten into. The inside cake was hard hard hard and certainly not edible. I called the bakery and was told that I had to return the items to the bakery immediately with the receipt showing that they were recently purchased and then I could replace them with another bakery product. This was totally unacceptable and unbelievable!! I had been a customer of the Florence location from the time I moved to KY In 2008 but of course will never return to any Emerson's location. read more

This local bakery housed in a nondescript strip mall along Dixie Highway is quite the treat. This is the kind of the place you remember going to as a child. There are no fancy surprises here. Instead, you'll cheese pockets, doughnuts, and thumbprint cookies packaged lovingly in glassine bags by friendly old ladies. read more

I called to ask if they had cannolis and the lady said she didn't know what a cannoli was but they had some other good stuff. What bakery doesn't know what a cannoli is, am I right ladies? read more

I love Emerson's. If it wasn't $8 for a dozen donuts, I'd go there more often. The cheese cups are an indulgent treat and the Virginia Reels are my favorite. read more

I was looking around to place a SMALL order of cookies for my sons baptism. I called Emerson's bakery in Erlanger and If I remember correctly I spoke with Peggy. From what I thought she was helping me out a great deal. I specifically told her that I wanted to place a small order of 1 dozen cookie (12 cookies) and I wanted some butter cookies with the icing in the middle. She said that was no problem and she was pretty sure she could place that order, and that if anything was wrong with the order that she would contact me right away. I gave her my cell phone number and she repeated back to me "1 dozen blue cross cookies and 1 pound of the butter cookies with yellow and blue centers." I told her I was looking to spend around $30.00 at the most. We both figured it to be around $22.75 which sounded great to me. Well when we went to go pick up the order they had made FOUR dozen cookies and FOUR pounds of the butter cookies. We already had two other cakes for the baptism and were basically getting these cookies for the kids. I spoke with the manager Mary Anne and she gave me the run around saying at one point she did see the original sheet where the order was taken and then in the same breath she said well I'm not at the store right now I can't see the sheet. I called back up there and spoke to another employee and she said that the way the person who wrote the order their number one looks like the number four on the order form. At no point during the telephone conversation did four come out of my mouth when ordering the cookies. I am so angry and disgusted with the way that I was treated at Emerson's. The grand total ended up being $94.00 on COOKIES let me add...cookies that I thought would be around $22.00. There was no reasoning what so ever with them at all it was my word against there employees. Mary Anne the manager was supposed to call me back on the following Tuesday because the owner was out of town. She didn't even call me on that Tuesday as she promised me as I was in tears on the phone. She took the easy way out and left a note and had one of her employees call me. Someone who had no clue what was going on. What ever happened to patient satisfactory apparently they care nothing about this. I do realize that people do make mistakes but they would not budge with the money or even owning up to the mistake. I was even willing to be nice and meet them half way with the cost. Still no progress. If it was a little mistake of $10.00 or $20.00 I would have said forget it and ate the cost, but $70.00 is a big difference. They ended up giving me back a measly $20.00 which means I still payed $70.00 for cookies that I planned on paying $22.00 for. To top it all off the lady who originally placed the order called me up and apologized for writing down the wrong amount. So she admitted to messing up my order and I still couldn't get my money back. Needless to say at my sons baptism we told all our friends and family of this horrible experience. I will continue to pass along this story to friends, family, and even strangers. I would not recommend this bakery to anyone. A very unhappy customer read more