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    Levain Bakery - Upper East Side, NYC

    4.5 (617 reviews)
    Open • 7:00 am - 10:00 pm
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    Bernice N.

    Still the best to make the chocolate walnut cookies and others. Five star customer service at this location. I came for some new seasonal Iced Coffee flavors and found the Cookies Milk Latte. Now I would suggest you just get rid of those paper straws, cause they did not mesh well at all with my latte. The paper almost became one with the drink, and that's not good at all! The drink though was outstanding and I would return just to buy another one. This time I would sit in and be a dine in customer and take in the whole experience. I'm giving two thumbs up! Happy Yelping!

    Elijah I.

    Stopped by and the place was alive. The line was moving smoothly, and the interior looked great. It was especially cool being able to see the ovens and watch them bake the cookies fresh right in front of you. I ordered the Two Chip Chocolate Chip cookie, and wow... I see why people wait for these. It was super good, rich, and huge for the price. Definitely lives up to the hype. I'll for sure be coming back to try some of their other flavors. If you're a cookie fan, this is a must stop spot!

    Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookie
    Ashlee L.

    I first tried Levain in LA but ofc I also had to try it in NYC!! This is THE NY cookie. I tried the choco chip walnut one which I think is their og cookie. These cookies are a little too sweet for me in general just because of how thick they are, but the walnuts in this one really helped balance out the sweetness so I really enjoyed this one! I understand why it's a classic and a must try! It is also humongous, so I'd def recommend sharing. I ate it over a couple days LOL. But make sure to ask for it warmed up, it tastes very good when the inside is gooey and the chocolate is runny :)

    Travis T.

    The cookie was a bit expensive, but it's worth the hype and you gotta try the original walnut chocolate chip cookie since that is what Levain Bakery is known for. The cookie was dense in both flavor and size, but I bet warming the cookie up would make it taste even better.

    Two Chip Chocolate Chip Cookie
    Uni C.

    Famous cookies worth trying Tried Levain Bakery's famous double chocolate chip cookies, and they were delicious--rich, gooey, and perfectly chocolatey. The store is bright and inviting, though the seating area is limited. The staff and people are friendly and welcoming, making the experience pleasant. A must-try for cookie lovers, even if you just take them to go.

    Brunella C.

    Must stop if you're in NY. These are the only cookies I like in this country. My favorite is the classic one with chocolate chips and walnuts. Crispy outside and chewy inside. The last time, I tried their chocolate peppermint cookie. Yumm! I usually eat 1/3 and save it for later. These are on the expensive side but soooo worth it.

    10/10/2025
    Edna G.

    Saw this on social media and had to try it. Came on a Thursday evening for my bday treat wish and it was crowded with a long line out the door. Easy to get here by train. They had a good enough selection and can see someone in the kitchen making cookies. It's a nice store and had some merch to purchase. Gosh, so glad we made it to try these delicious cookies while in NY! I loved them all. I forgot to take pics of everything as everyone ate them right away but they were fat cookies and moist with lots of chocolate and ingredients. The Muffin was a small size I am used to seeing this. Blueberry muffin Two Chocolate Chip Caramel Coconut Chocolate Chip Double Chocolate Chip (My favorite!!!) Prices are a little expensive but so worth it. This is a must try while in NY Manhattan. [102R,2025]

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    Rostam Z.

    These cookies are unreal! The chocolate chip walnut is the real deal. Chewy, gooey, crunchy, just perfect. Easily the best cookie I've ever had.

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    Annie L.

    Love love love the white chocolate macadamia!!! Made sure I ate only half the first day to really enjoy the cookie, plus it's a heavy cookie. Dense and heavy like a scone, and tons of chips inside. The two chip chocolate chip was just okay, a little too much chocolate for me. It was missing something, like sweetness or bit more sugar. Service was quick and fast! The place was extremely busy and packed inside for a Friday at 1:30pm.

    Christine D.

    Loved Levain cookies from our NY trip in 2023. I ordered the Signature Cookie Assortment for delivery in CA and it arrived promptly. More importantly, it was freshly baked. It included instructions on how to store and how to heat it up. It was crunchy on the outside and soft and gooey on the inside. The best!

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    I always enjoy leavin here when I go pretty consistent and the staff this morning at 11 was amazing excellent service I enjoy the chocolate cookie and banana bread.

    She's one tough cookie
    Daniel L.

    Levain is one of the few chains I unwaveringly adore, but the UES location was not up to brand standards nationally and certainly not up to brand standards even with the other nearby locations in NoHo, Flatiron, and the UWS. The positive: it is across the street from a 7 Eleven so it was easy to procure a morning slurpee after a walk up here from around Grand Central before crossing the street for a morning cookie. Levains around the country open at 7:00am, which makes this is a breakfast place, fight me. That early in the morning the store was clean, brightly lit, and I liked the feng shui of the store's footprint which is sizable compared to the tiny NoHo location (which spits out objectively the best cooks [short for cookies if you are new here] in the Manhattan stores). This reminded me most of the Flatiron shoppe's footprint, just with significantly less people than in Flatiron at the same time, and more of a suburban wine mom in the Hamptons aesthetic than the Flatiron's debonaire 40 something year old man with a sordid past aesthetic. Maybe I am just projecting after Glengarry Glen Ross at The Palace. Since the store was not very busy (no line when I walked in) I expected the average-for-Levain warm welcome into the store. Did not receive it. Ordered and paid. Definitely made to feel like a burden on the cashier for daring to order a two chip. This "experience" felt more like a crumbl than Levain, and that is likely the meanest thing I have written on yelp in at least five years. Despite this being in the morning when, nationally, at the other locations you know the breakfast cookies are going to be fresh out of the oven and warm with that gooey two chip making an unholy mess everywhere all over you and your morning slurpee, the cookie I was handed was rock hard, cold, and devastatingly disappointing. I got the cookie that someone was saving for the red headed stepchild. I got the cookie that someone was saving for the bad grades, go cut me a switch person in their life. The two chip was obviously not fresh. I order these things across the country and what you get in the gat dang mail days after they are baked is fresher than what I got in the UES store. It was hard enough it would double as a truncheon if any nefarious rapscallion or tortfeasor would have even thought of accosting me on my way back into Midtown, I could have simply whipped the cookie at their head like a Randy Johnson special and disabled three generations of criminals above them and three generations of criminal below them. The two chip was that hard it could create a Deep Space Nine tier temporal paradox. Needless to say this was the cleanest two chip I have ever experienced since there was no gooey chocolate as it was an old cookie and not warm in the least. This two chip was stowed near someone's cold dark heart. I usually need several napkins nearby as I am a sloppy bear like Bob Belcher when all the gooey chocolate comes out to play. But not for this one. In many ways the UES is bizarro world. The BonBon shoppe in UES is far worse than the other one in SoHo. Too, the 7 Eleven across Third did not have the gentlesir's preferred breakfast slurpee flavours (anything blue) like you can obtain just a few blocks down yonder. There was better availability for fellow Ashkenazim on bumble in this area than Midtown, but given the failure rate of long distance relationships that is hardly a selling point for what was my least favourite Levain experience nationally, including mail order Levain. I may be behind in writing some of the yelp reviews but this made my final visit to all Manhattan, LA, and Chicago locations of Levain so I have collected them all like infinity stones. Obviously River North is their best location, bar down. Only a few months left until the majestic #98 is back on the ice and there are two reasons to be back in Chicago for a beautiful cookie and a new season of Blackhawks games. A single bad experience at UES is not going to scare me off from my favourite sweets company in the US and A. I will stick to the Flatiron when I am near my office, and NoHo when I need to briskly sashay back into the only lulu on the island that seems to stock my size when I need to replace a metal vent tech only lightly soiled by $14 tiramisu helmet at Yankee Stadium during the summer months.

    Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookie
    Ethan W.

    CHUNKY buttery chocolate cookie. It's so thick that it almost felt like a scone, could even be your breakfast! The inside is softer and the outside surface has some crunch. Chocolate and walnut is pretty evenly distributed. Also held up well after a day of sitting out

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