Fresh, comforting treats with a lovely local feel!!!!! Lakeview Bakery is a gem for anyone who appreciates quality baked goods. Everything tasted fresh and homemade, from the pastries to the breads, with flavors that weren't overly sweet and felt perfectly balanced. You can tell real care goes into the baking here. The bakery has a warm, welcoming atmosphere that makes it a pleasure to stop in, whether you're grabbing something to go or sitting down with a coffee. Staff were friendly, helpful, and patient, even during busier moments. Overall, Lakeview Bakery delivers consistently excellent quality and a great customer experience. Easily a five-star place that's worth visiting again and again. read more

Everyone I visited, it was always a great time. What's not to love? Seriously. Tons of options, great cakes and coffee you can self serve. Good location. A nice addition to the town that is still old school igalian when everything is turning into a Colombian, Mexican or Dominican cafe. I love a slice of home here in the form of a good cake. I've celebrated many famiky birthdays from Lakeview bakery after minardis closed. read more

3 1/2 stars This is a really tasty local bakery on busy Lakeview Ave. There is street parking and a private lot. I've visited this place for years and I have yet to be disappointed. The baked goods are really good especially the cheesecake and cannoli. On Saturdays I would stop in for fresh rolls. We order cakes here and they are very tasty and very beautiful. The décor is ok and could use a bit of sprucing up. I'll definitely go back. read more

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This place doesn't even deserve the 1 star! Ordered 5 loaves rye bread 2 days ahead of pickup for Mr Ely. At pickup day (12/2), employee could not find my order (which is usually sitting in a bag on the back counter). Employee went in backroom, came out stating that the bread being put in bags. Paid full price for 5 loaves while waiting. 5 rye breads packed in a bag appeared from back room after a few minutes. At my destination, 100 miles away, while unpacking loaves, noticed that they were feeling hard (not fresh) and mold growing on 2 loaves!! I WAS MALICIOUSLY GIVEN, 1 TO TWO DAY OR MORE OLD BREAD!! Was suppose to be fresh baked that day (they had 2 days notice for the order). I trusted them, as in the past, to give me THAT DAY freshly baked bread! They didn't have the INTEGRITY to admit they probably forgot to do my order and give me the fresher bread loaves displayed there behind the counter! At the least tell me it's old and sell at a discount. I WILL NEVER BUY FROM THIS BAKERY AGAIN AND WILL TELL OTHERS NOT TO ALSO. SHAME ON YOU FOR DECEITFUL PRACTICES!!!! read more

I ordered a sheet cake for my daughter-in-law's Bridal Shower. It was absolutely delicious and beautifully decorated. I highly recommend Lakeview Bakery. Also, they make a maple walnut cake that is amazing, but special order only. read more

Best cake I have tested in a very long time! So I was shopping around with my grandmother for a cake, for her 70th birthday. Was basing my trip on online reviews, however, was recommended to give this bakery a shot by a local resident, which originally was not on my list. Out of all the bakeries, we traveled to, this one was the only one that actually gave my grandmother a tasting of some of the different kinds of cake they had, needless to say did not even charge us for it. Most bakeries only had one kind, and others I had to pay for the slice to even taste them. The baker was more than accommodating and friendly to us, especially to my grandmother. Long story short, we came back a few days later and placed the order with them. My grandmother ended up falling in love with their vanilla cake that had strawberry shortcake filling, which included real strawberries inside, and whip cream frosting. Their price were very fair compared to most of the other bakeries we checked out and the quality was definitely there. Highly recommended using this bakery to anyone! And by the way, they do speak spanish. read more

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It's a quaint little bakery situated in the middle of Clifton's busy Lakeview Avenue (hence the name), and after an absence in the area, I'm glad to visit on a regular basis, for all of my sweet cravings! Lakeview Bakery has a selection of just about anything you can think of, from ready-to-buy cakes, whether it's chocolate, vanilla, or other, to cheesecakes (raspberry, strawberry, blueberry on request), cookies, cupcakes, pastries (apple turnovers and pies) and freshly baked bread. They also have a coffee stand at the corner of the store, average at best, but if you'd enjoy coffee with your pastry/bread, it's there. Most of their offerings are economical, just the right mood for their intended clientele, and offering a taste of satisfaction. Receptive staff, and I've never personally done a specialty ordered cake before, but from testimonials from co-workers and people I knew, they go above and beyond to ensure the best quality available! Their offerings are popular for anyone's plans for a birthday cake, or a baby shower cake, even ice cream cake if you're in that mood. One small disappointment I had was a dry carrot cake slice I've brought many moons ago, it's pretty common sometimes for bakeries to leave their food unchecked, but it didn't deter my opinion. Overall, I'm satisfied with my past, and current visits to this business. I hope to return again whenever I'm in the mood for fresh baked goods in this section of Clifton. read more

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The pastries and bread is very good. Quality is good but the service has much to be desired. I order normally a out 18-20 dollars worth of bread and pastries or cookies. The last 2 times I was there I had about 3 or. 4 bags of stuff and asked for a bag and girl just walked away a man there which I believe was the owner came over and gave me a shopping bag. Very nice guy. But today I went back and girl at counter did same thing so I asked her for a bag I did spend $16.80 and told me if I wanted a shopping bag it would be .25 come on really read more

Great bakery with an attentive staff and a great baker! Their cakes and muffins are to die for! The cake they baked for my Mom was tasty and so beautiful! It made her very happy! read more

i was hesitant about ordering from this bakery but carlos did an amazing job on both of these cakes and i wasn't disappointed at all . read more

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What a wonderful bakery!! Lovely employees, so polite and efficient, and the cheesecake is the best!!!

I have been here a few times and their customer service leaves a lot to be desired. When I asked for 2 pounds of a variety of cookies the girl helping me got an attitude because I didn't want that already pre-made ones, she acted rude and nasty. I will never go back there again. You might want to re-train your employees because your customers make your business. read more

NASTY, NASTY and Just darn NASTY!!! I had my first day hands on with this bakery. I was their for 11 1/2 hours decorating cakes. They use paper flyers from the streets to icing their cakes! They do not have hand soap in the bath room at all. The Men & Women uses the same bathroom with no water or soap at all. No gloves while working with ready-to-eat. These people wanted me to use my bare hands to scoop out filling from a bucket and put it right onto the cake, while using my bare hands to spread it. NO WAY!!! Their staff knows that behinds doors is nuts but won't say anything because they don't want to lose their job, fine thats understandable. Sweet heart, their breads are mostly getting dropped onto the floor so be careful with that. Also their Donuts and cheesecake are not even all that great. My little 7-year-old cousin and do a much better job to make a wonderful cheesecake. Watch out for this place because they will sell anything, even if their products are not that fresh or fell off the floor. read more

Originally I went in due to the coffee sign. While in the bakery it was too difficult to resist trying one of the amazing looking sweets. The coconut lemon roll and cheese danish were so good I had to go back in to try the guava roll and cinnamon roll. Not only are they delicious but the price is right. Each bakery item was only 75¢ each! read more

I ordered a cake for my sister's birthday last minute and this is the only bakery that helped me. they are super nice and they made a beautiful cake for my sister. I can't thank them enough. Thank you again!!!! the cake was so delicious! :) read more

This place has a great birthday cake all flavors i will recommend for all catering great wook

I ordered a cake for hubby here again and as always excellent service and a fresh cake. My hubby bought a couple of baked goods they were also delicious. read more

A beautiful bakery for the neighborhood of Clifton, NJ, This was my favorite bakery for breakfast, especially on a Saturday when I had to work at Miles Labotory or Kearfott Singer in the 70's. I am glad to see that this bakery is still in business and is considered one of the favorites in 2018. read more

Always fresh & good eats. But I recently had the misfortune of making a special trip to order their 7 Layer cake for a birthday. It was not even close to what was ordered. Upon my call to complain about the $30.00 cake I was offered a $10.00 credit ?? Really ? The cake was Wrong when I picked the cake up the frosting was wrong & I was told the 7 layers of chocolate where inside, so I took cake because as long as the 7 layers where under whipped/butter cream I would live with it. It turned out from a 7 layer cake with chocolate filling & white cake to a run of the mill 1/4 sheet cake with 1 layer of chocolate pudding. SPECIAL ORDER not COMPLETE. Poor handling of the wrong cake. Beware of what you order & check it out totally. Sorry Carlos $10.00 will not cut it. I ordered something & I received something not even close. read more

I have bought several items from this bakery, always very delicious. I ordered red velvet cake, cheese cake, chocolate covered strawberries, and a few other items for a party around last thanksgiving. Everything was delivered as promised, very well packaged and tasted great!!!. My guests were so pleased with my deserts and asked for the phone number of the bakery. One of them who lives in NY, said she would drive all the way to get their red velvet cake since it has been difficult for her to find a place that makes good red velvet cake. I just ordered again for a graduation party and I'm equally pleased. read more

I must agree with the former employee I know the brothers well, as one of them ( Marcus ) worked for me as a bench man The place is filthy, freezer and fridge filled with mold I wouldn't buy or eat anything from lakeview, all they care about is getting Cakes ready for delivery into NYC, I don't know how they pass inspection, which may Lead to, are the health inspectors blind? I don't think so, something else may be happening for them to pass inspection read more

Definitely will be coming back!!! I had a cake from a different bakery that looked like a child had frosted it , other bakeries wouldn't fix it for me telling me I had to buy one of their cakes , but Lakeview told me to come in and they did it on the spot, did a great job and they wouldn't even charge me , they were so beyond sweet ! Wish I had known about them from before, I would have definitely got it from them to begin with. Everything there looked amazing . read more

Was in the area for work and saw it walking by. My wife has a sweet tooth so I stopped in to bring something nice home. My wife said it tasted "old" and "stale." I got a chocolate cannoli and it too was old tasting and flavorless. My coworker also got some sort of pasty and when I texted him to tell him what I thought, he wasn't pleased as well, he said "yeah. Never going back there again." Skip this place read more

Good quality food. Changed around a lot and much cleaner. I've seen behind the doors as well and has improved highly. Will definitely give another shot. Their cheese Danishes are amazing. read more

If I could give them no stars I would. I or'd a tres Leche cake, wbhich is a very moist wet cake, that I had to pay extra for. What I got was a custard cake, when I called bakery to complain I was told I had to wait till baker to come in, next day I called no baker again, third day he calls me and tells me that that is the way they make that cake, and if I wanted any type of discount, I would need to bring cake back. The cake which at this time 4 days later was in garbage, so plz don't order that type of cake cause u will be highly disappointed, as I was. NEVER TO GO VACK AGAIN, AND TELLING ALL MY FRIENDS!!!!!!! read more

I stopped by in hopes of purchasing some cupcakes for my sisters b-day. BIG mistake .... Horrible taste ...it tastes nothing like chocolate. More like cardboard. read more

I love this bakery so much! Best birthday cakes and pastries in town, for such a good price too!