All their cookies and cakes have the same bland taste. Nothing stands out. Even the napoleans and birthday cakes are bland. I gave them another try on Fat Tuesday. How does a Polish-trending bakery run out of paczkis by 1PM?? Took a trip there counting on them to have a supply. There was just one harried guy behind the counter waiting on three waiting customers - nothing joyful about this place. Disappointed again. read more

The pastries look and taste really good (their pear cake is so very yummy). However, I just wish the staff were a bit friendlier and that they had the pastry prices and names in front. I always have to hope that I have enough money to cover the amounts of tasty stuffs I buy (been lucky so far XD). read more

So that place at 3 pm on saturday looked like it got ran over as there wasnt alot of baked goods left to purchase but I am not sure if they are short handed but there was a long line waiting for cakes. The three people in front of me were not happy as they have been waiting for a long time and there was one customers just complaining that her order was completely wrong. There was another upset customer asking why they can fix her cake as their facility is in des plaines. Lesson learn as my cake was ok and the color I requested was not correct but it was not anything major. read more

Their cake are absolute best. Always fresh, tasty and beautifully decorated. When we have a birthday party in the family, we always come here for the birthday cake. Their pastries are also very tasty , I highly recommend this bakery! read more

Bought a cake for my husband's birthday. The cake was pretty to look at but the chocolate was waxy and the cake itself was very blah. Probably won't buy from them again. I wanted to try it because my daughter will be getting married in 2016. The cake was $23 and I threw most of it in the trash. Bought this cake at the Garfield Ridge location on Harlem. read more

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I'm a horrible Pole. I totally forgot about paczki day. Last year, for my office, I waited in line at Weber's Bakery and was a hero for bringing in some fantastic paczkis. This year? Kinda slipped my mind until I had passed by a person with an insanely dark ash mark on her forehead. I thought to myself, "wtf..." then it hit me, Paczki day! I pulled to the side and did a quick google search. Brought me to here. I got in here at 8.40a and was in the 6 deep line. Ordered the 15 delicious paczkis - blueberry, rosa, apricot, custard and chocolate. Granted the lady at the counter was working for quite some time and might have had very little patience for non-Poles ordering and butchering any of the names, I felt that the attitude she had with me was uncalled for. Rather than writing a vicious letter, I will take away a precious star. It was nice hearing my native tongue tossed around, native toungers with the ridiculous mustaches-not trying to be ironic, but because it's the same shit they've been sporting since middle school! I plan on coming back again- cheap pastries to win over my co-workers' hearts again. read more

Ordered a cake for my wedding from oak mill and it was delicious. I was an out of town bride and placed my order over the phone with Bill. It was easy and the cake arrived with no issues. It was a delicious vanilla cake, with a strawberry, whipped cream, and custard filling. read more

We bought cakes from Oak Mill Bakery twice in the past month and were very disappointed. The cakes and the rolls were not fresh made as they appeared to be very dried. I guess they have been sitting in the refrig for weeks! Will never visit this any more. read more

This is my go to place for cakes of all kinds. Minding I have limited sugar intake, each bite has to be worth it, right? Always tasty, always prompt and polite service, i can even have tea right there on the spot! read more

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In my opinion there are only few nations in the world who are good at pastries and that list shall include Central European countries such as Poland. Every year, somewhere in August, I start rubbing my hands contemplating about my birthday cake to be ordered at Oak Mill. Last year I had chocolate layered cake with cocoa filling. Previous one, I had cocoa cream layered cake. They never skip on good ingredients in order to look for cheaper and trendier options. In general I detest cupcakes. I think they are bastardized versions of beautiful, big, voluptuous creations called cake. I'm glad that this store at least adheres to the strict European tradition of excellent pastry. read more

The selection of baked goods is quite impressive but almost all the cookies taste the same except the frosting is different.. Vanilla cookie, vanilla frosting.. vanilla cookie, chocolate frosting! You get the idea. Pricing on these bad boys were steep.. 1lb of the same type of cookies with different frosting will run you roughly $15. I cannot comment on the cakes because I didn't eat it however, they do look mighty tasty! The bakery is located on a busy street so getting out of the parking lot is almost suicidal. Bottom line: Unless I was desperate for my cookie fix, I wouldn't come here again. read more

We dealt with Barbara for ordering our wedding cake. She was very rude while we were there, and she basically tried to rush us through everything even though we were 10 minutes early for our appointment, and we had to wait almost 30 minutes past our meeting time to see her. Aside from this, our wedding cake was beautiful and tasted good. read more

Absolutely the worst cake I have ever eaten. Never was a fan of this bakery but my wife bought me a chocolate mocha cake for my birthday. The chocolate fondant tasted horrible. The cake itself was a light brown color which had no taste of chocolate whatsoever and the texture of the cake....well there was none. The "buttercream" frosting tasted horrible and its texture was more like greasy spread of some kind. I doubt if they use real butter. There was nothing about this cake that could possibly pass as chocolate. The only thing on a positive note is that it was nicely decorated. I could have gone to Jewel, bought a Betty Crocker chocolate cake mix and a can of their fake chocolate icing and it would have tasted 10 times better. read more

Ive been ordering multiple birthday cakes here for years. I like how their cakes are not too sweet like other places and they really have pretty cake presentation/design! Staff is amazing and prices are reasonable! read more

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Our wedding cake came from here. It was included at our venue and this was the only place they ordered from. Neither of us like sweets so I can't say much on that. I sent my parents for the tasting and they said most of the cakes they tried were good. Some were dry. At the wedding the cake was stunning to look at and other people told us it was very good. Prior to choosing a cake, were invited to an open house that we went to. What a waste and disappointment that was. Niles is kind of a hike for us especially on a weekday in rush hour. We were there for an hour and we didn't speak to one person that worked there. It was a combined open house for the bakery and other vendors. You could try samples and pick out decor. All we wanted to do was find out if there were any limitations on what we can choose for our cake and we wanted to look through the books. After wandering around for a half an hour I found the books myself and we picked a few cakes and left. I would have asked for help but I had no idea who freakin worked there and who didn't. And no one was behind the counter. I tried to look clueless and helpless and make eye contact, but nothing worked. Brides: unless you really want free sweets, avoid the open house. read more

We used oak mill bakery for our wedding. The quality and taste of the assortment of desserts we ordered was amazing, along with the gluten free cake was delicious!! The communication was easy and responsive, and they always answered all of my questions regarding what they could make gluten free. Delivery was very smooth on the wedding day. I can't wait to return on our one year anniversary! read more

YUM! Now, I've been here a few times and have never been disappointed with what I've purchased... we didn't have much for breakfast on Saturday morning, in the house, so I asked my husband to pop over and see what he might pick up. Well, true to form... we were not disappointed! We got some of the lightest, fluffiest croissants... I don't like croissants, typically, but man-o-man, these were SO good! We also got these wonderful cheese twist pastries, that were absolutely amazing! Lastly, we got a cherry strudel, and it was like a little bit-o-heaven! Not big on cooked cherries, but with the cheese and the light pastry and not being laden with sugar... seriously, this was delicious! Well, I definitely have to say it's one of the better bakeries that's left and well worth stopping in and buying a tasty treat! MMMMMMMMM! read more

This bakery has what my elitist Eastern European parents call "real tortes and cakes". Of course, I agree with them. Everything I have ever eaten from Oak Mill has been absolutely delicious, including my wedding cake this past December. I asked for a custom filling of lemon/rasberry mousse and they created it for me. My wedding cake introduced most of my guests to the delicious world of Eastern European baked goods, and to the alternative of a sheet cake from your local grocer. Expensive? I don't think so, not for the amazing quality. I would rather pay $20 for an unforgettable cake from Oak Mill than a heavy, overly sweet, with a mountain of diabetes inducing frosting cake from a grocery store bakery. There is a slew of other Polish bakeries, which are good....but they are NOT Oak Mill. If you're not shopping for a custom creation, I highly recommend the Pear Cake. You will NOT be dissapointed. read more

I went back to this bakery after 10 years and I had a very sad and disappointed experienced. This place used to be a magical and delicious place to visit to try if you have a sweet tooth and love cakes. I went back to visit and everything looks very ordinary and not even European polish tradicional. Their cakes are super sweet, dry and old. They used to have their pastry melting in a bite, now, you can get diabetes just to look at it. The places is old, service slow and cakes outdated. Everything is like stop in the 1990s in this place. What happened to the delicious and delicate taste of European pastry? It's all American garbage pastry now that you can find in Starbucks or even Corner Bakery! If you want to try good cakes visit any Chinese or Vietnamese pastry. Or Bittersweet cakes. Don't spend your money in this place, SO disappointed! read more

Got our wedding cake here. For a small charge, I was able to upgrade to the Pear Charlotte flavor, which I highly recommend. We ordered the cake only 2-3 weeks prior and it was not a problem. Cake came out gorgeous and delectable. We got so many compliments! read more

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A cool Polish bakery... the first one I have been to! They have a great selection of diverse cakes, pastries and sweets. This is the place to come for a cheap(ish) custom decorated cake for any occasion by the looks of the place. I had the kolaczki (sp?) which is kind of like croissant dough with different jams (raspberry, apricot, etc) in the center. Kind of dry so I wasn't much of a fan but the flavor was good. I would like to go back and try more of their other options. The service was friendly and knowledgable. read more

Always loved their cakes. The quality and the taste is amazing. You can't even come close to comparing it to your usual American, over sweet cake. We've been ordering from this location for years and my son's first birthday cake was amazing! read more

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Loved my beautiful 4 tier wedding cake!!! So pretty and tastes delicious. I didn't choose a cake from a book. We designed it ourselves with the consultant at the store. read more

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Wow!! My husband and I were trying to find a bakery for our wedding cake that first and foremost was absolutely delicious. We tried three other places, and none of them impressed us until we walked into Oak Mill. The moment you walk in, you're in a pastry wonderland. They greet you and walk you to a little bistro area to sit down for your tasting. Basia, the woman helping us with our tasting, offered us coffee or tea, then gave us all our options of flavors we could try. Then she handed us about 10 different binders with photographs of cake designs they have done before. Holy Moly! Everything was scrumptious! It was also extremely fresh (I'm almost positive it just came out of the oven). We ended up choosing vanilla and chocolate cake, raspberry filling, chocolate ganache, and vanilla and chocolate filling because we couldn't decide which flavors we liked more. Everything was light and fluffy, and the fillings were the perfect amount of sweet, leaving your mouth feeling just delightful! The design we brought in was very different from what the bakery had done in the past, and Basia was actually very excited about the challenge rather than turned off by our somewhat "special request." The best part was that she had us try the fondant that had to be used to decorate, and it was absolutely delicious. I normally hate fondant because I think it tastes chalky and rubbery, but this was so good I would have been happy serving their plain fondant as dessert! All in all, it was such a great experience. We're glad we live close enough to go back every now and then and get some of their delicious pastries! read more

A wedding cake from Oak Mill Bakery was included in our catering package with Catered By Design. We were able to choose our preferred flavors and design during a tasting with Basha month before the big day. She was helpful and thorough with her information. On our wedding day arrived a beautiful and delicious three tier cake that everyone loved! Even a piece we froze and had a month later was still moist and perfect in flavor. So glad we worked with them for our wedding cake! read more

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Awesome job on our wedding cake and birthday cake!! It was just the way we wanted it and very affordable! Thank you so much!!! read more

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I always order cake . First time I order for my daughters birthday when she was 5 yrs old . But this time Iam ordering for her 21 st birthday which is next month in September. Very best custom cakes . Taste is awesome. Great customer service. Friendly environment. I highly recommend to order birthday cakes , wedding cakes and all kind of cakes . Their pastries and snacks r so delicious too . They have samplers which I love that . read more

I bought a birthday cake for my daughter . One of my guests found a long and disgusting hair in her piece. I called the Niles location as soon as it happened. She took all my info and said someone would call back. Nobody bothered to call back until I called again 2 days later. Martha and Claudia suggested because I didn't save their nasty evidence, there was no way for me to prove there was a hair in it. Add insult to an injury... I guess I had to keep it as a memorabilia. DISGUSTING!!!! NEVER AGAIN will I or any of my friends will buy from them again... There are plenty other European bakeries I can go to. I'll make sure to tell everyone around me how Oak Mill's customer service works. There goes my $90 into a trash can... If Yelp had negative starts, that's what Oak Mill would be getting from me. read more

I've never been disappointed by this bakery. The sweets and cakes are always amazing !

We worked with Bill to help us create the perfect cakes to match our elegant venue for our twins' 15th birthday celebration and he nailed it! They were both beautiful and delicious! Highly recommend! read more

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Awesome cheesecakes - awesome rum balls and oh so delicious butter cookies! This place is great, they have almost everything you can think of from pastries to cakes and cookies! They are designed so elegantly you almost don't even want to eat them. But eat them you must because they are a taste bud explosion. Very friendly staff of woman who were willing to answer questions and help me decipher what some of the items were made of. I will be back for more treats in the future! read more

"Oh my God!" and "Aaaaggh!" and "Can you believe this?!" That's what kind of reactions we got from people when they saw the sweets table at our wedding this weekend. Our guests will be talking about it for years -- trust me. The spread was almost beyond description. The tables were laden with row after row of little parfait cups, chocolate swans, huge chocolate horns spilling out dozens of tiny pastries (all different), tiny creme cakes, glazed fruit tarts (large and small), tortes, flans, towers of white- and chocolate-dipped strawberries, pyramids of these doughnut hole thingys, and dozens upon dozens of individually beautiful, two-bite-sized European pastries. I love my mother-in-law for raising such an awesome son, but I really, really love her for suggesting Oak Mill Bakery for the sweets table at the wedding. To knock off a star because of the price is silly; quality like this will cost a person serious money. But if you can afford it and you want to dazzle, these people will deliver in a big way. My sister ate a chocolate piano! read more

This is one of their several locations in the area. Fresh bread and pastrys are made here each day. Some of their items have a European flair. Their breads are my personal favorite. If you are on a lo carb diet you may want to go somewhere else. read more

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For years and years my family has been using Oak Mill Bakery and we're always very pleased with the artistry and the fantastic flavors. read more

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We just got married on 8/11/17 and I have to say we were more than pleased with Oak Mill Bakery and Susan the person we worked with. The cake came out beautiful! I was at a loss for words the way they were able to recreate the picture we wanted in our colors and design ideas. Susan was easy to work with and gave great input. They were very flexible with us dropping our decorations/cake topper off at any location. I would recommend this bakery to anyone having a wedding/b-day/special event. The night was amazing and the cake was gorgeous. Our guests absolutely raved over it. We chose an Almond cake with a hazelnut filling. I just can't get over how on point and happy this bakery made such a beautiful cake on such an important day of my life. Thank you Oak Mill bakery for a wonderful memory! read more

Oh How simply DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!! Fresh pastries, scrumptious cakes MY ONLY STOP for satisfying my craving for something sweet! I have very high expectations when it comes to sweets and in my opinion only the FRENCH have this mastered and able to satisfy me but OAK MILL BAKERY is right up there! Try it and experience it for yourself! I am sure the ingredients are the best and the creator of such delicious treats must put a lot of effort into creating their desserts I just love it , no place else in Chicago can compare! I will drive across the city just to have a rose raspberry filled treat. I don't think its expensive because it is worth it to stuff my face with things that are this good! I am pretty sure they use real sugar and not fructose I am sure of it! read more

amazing！！！this is the best cake I have tried in Chicago! So sweet but not too much. I really like it. 5 stars! read more

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Incredibly disappointed. After years of buying their overpriced frozen (not fresh ever) cakes I will not be buying from them again. They are unnecessarily rude. As if they are doing me a huge favor by even speaking to me. Would not work with me at all and seemed annoyed that I had questions. Most bakeries try to accommodate customers. There are ways of working with a customer and letting them know you what customizations are available. After the 5th "no we don't do this" in the rudest tone possible I was done. read more

Oak Mill Bakery is one of the three bakeries that our wedding reception site gave us to choose our wedding cake from. And they totally impressed us WAY more than the other two! We had our cake tasting appointment with Basia. She was extremely warm, friendly, and helpful. We showed her pictures of cake designs we like (although they have tons of binders filled with ideas). And we got to taste 4 different flavors/combinations of cakes and fillings. Omg, they were ALL so moist, flavorful, and delicious! We had a hard time deciding on just one! We will be updating this review after our wedding day, but we were just so pleased with our experience. We can't wait to see how our cake will turn out! read more

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My husband and I worked with Basia at the Oak Mill Bakery in Niles, IL, for our wedding cake. She was very friendly and helped us get through the THOUSANDS of cake options they had. After much deliberation, we chose a lemon cake with a raspberry butter cream frosting inside. The end result was a beautiful, perfect, delicious cake that people really enjoyed. Our guests were actually disappointed that the venue sliced the cake so thin ... they wanted more! read more

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