After issues with the cake design the day of, the cake was too sweet, pineapple and vanilla custard flavor. This flavor was recommend to me from the shop but I should have listened to the prior review that it is too sweet. Not only is it too sweet it does not taste nice, the batter also distasteful. They need a new batter recipe. The customer service was good, but the cake turnout unfortunately was not good at all, the design and taste was terrible. read more

Very rude customer service! As someone who has purchased Valencia cakes many of times (both personally and as a family), I am very disappointed with the last interaction with this business and I will not be using them in the future. I placed an order for a birthday cake the day of September 14th and when I went to pick up the order at 5:40pm, the business was closed. I double checked their website and their closing time was listed at 6pm. I called another Valencia located at 103rd Street and was informed that they closed at 5pm. The next morning, I reached out and asked for a refund and was told they would call me back later that day because they were busy in the bakery. I had to call back again and was told to wait until Wednesday for the refund. Fine. Today is Wednesday and I just had a very rude encounter with the manager. She had a huffy attitude and the first thing she said was she checked the cameras and saw that I never came by to the shop. Her husband had to close down at 5:30pm and I wasn't there before that time. ~Why not call me to inform of this ahead of time? ~What does that have to do with the 6pm closing time? ~Why even mention checking the cameras? I was told that i would be refunded my money, but I am disappointed that this long standing relationship had to end like this. There was zero need for the manager to be unnecessarily rude and not take responsibility for closing early. read more

Me an Valencia cake go back 40 years. I been in Florida 20 years. Grew up in New York, has five children. We celebrated each one of my children's birthday for the first 10 years, and in the middle of the table was a Valencia cake. My children ages range from age 25 to 41, currently been living in Orlando for the past 21 years. My oldest lives in New york. Everytime she comes down to visit she brings me a Valencia cake. She is here in town and I just finished eating a piece of Valencia cake with pineapple filling, its so, so good. Yes Valencia and I will continue our relationship. Great bakery, great cake. read more

Valencia cake is not a Dominican cake, Valencia is originally from Spain, the bakery is located in the South Bronx in Southern Boulevard, and it has been taking over by Puerto Rican for many years, but it is in Latino neighborhood. The cake is sold according to the flavor/filling you desire pineapple, coconut ect, in layers and the taste is very sweet as well the icing. A lot Hispanic loves it! And they always make fresh and delicious, I never had encounter that they make bad or dry ect.They are consistent with the taste of the cake read more

Ordered my Baby shower cake with Valencia's who was highly recommended to me because they've been around for over 50 years. It cost me 120$ for a 14 inch round cake. It was a beautiful cake, I give it that... but it was embarrassing how horrible it tasted. It was embarrassing to me because I showing off this beautiful cake at my party and when it came down to serving it, it completely fell apart, it didn't cut nicely. It was such a mess, but that wasn't the worst, because we can still eat the mess. The cake was overly sweet, & not cooked thoroughly. if you order from here and it comes out bad KEEP A SAMPLE to give back to them so they can do something about the cake. :( They gave me 50% off my next cake but I don't think I'll ever embarrass myself that way again. read more

I grew up hearing Valenica! Who's gonna pick up the cake at Valencia? For the best authentic sweet dominican cake, this is the place to go. I love Valencia cake, it's moist and sweet. When you have a sweet tooth on your birthday head on over... : ) read more

My 40th birthday cake. Buttercream frosting made to look like fondant. The bow on top is fondant. Not only was it a beautiful cake, it was also so delicious! The cake was yellow cake bottom tier was vanilla custard w/ chocolate chips, middle tier was yellow cake with chocolate custard, top tier was the same as the bottom tier. Hands down one of the best birthday cakes I ever had. The cake was super moist flavor was great. The bakery sent along an extra cake box for the top tier to take home. All my guests loved the cake as well! thanks Valencia bakery for such a fantastic cake! I will definitely be getting my husbands birthday cake from here! read more

i ordered a cake for my bf's bday from valencia, it was delivered right on time the next day! when i saw the cake it looked amazing had a mets design on top! They really exceeded my expectations and the cake was delicious! Best cake i've had in a while!!! read more

This is the best cake in the world,i was in N. Y.just to get me a cake,going back in March and you know why,yes I need me a fix,valencia I'm coming baby,you heard. read more

The cake and filling tastes very good. The yellow cake almost tastes like pound cake. Unfortunately, they really need to redo their frosting recipe. Its too sweet and has a strange taste to it. read more

Grew up eating Valencia pineapple cakes for all occasions so what can I say it's one of my family's favorite n mine as well. Beautiful designs, courteous n attentive staff n if u look on the side of counter you will find boxes of guava pastelillos pure delights I make trips here often just for those guava pastelillos. read more

CAnt go wrong with Valencia. I been using them for over 20 years. Cakes are Fresh and they have great ice cream to match.

The cakes are moist, the butter cream layer is not over done and heavy handed on the filling, just the way I like it. Could use a little more TLC on the customer service. Bedside manner it's rough around there edges, but that won't deter me from coming back. It's Da' Bx Baby! read more

This Valencia has been around for many years and their service doesn't falter. If you need a great cake, great ice cream, and other accessories for your party this is the place to go. You will love it! read more

Have been enjoying Valencia cakes for as long as I can remember! While the staple pineapple cake is good, my fave is the chocolate with vanilla custard..topping it off with a big glass of milk and bochinche with the family after the party is always the BEST!!!! Lol! My go to spot is the Edgewater location "la factoria". Thank you for being such a staple for the Puerto Rican / NYC residents! read more

Just takes me back to being a kid! Give me the cream filling and I''m golden...

I have been having this wonderful cake since I was a child. Now that I am older, I continue what my parents did when we were a child, and that is buy and enjoy every minute of it. For Thanksgving I will bring a Valencia Cake to my sister, and they will be soooooooooooo happy. Keep up the good work. read more

I currently reside in Syracuse and I go to NYC just for this cake.....my family will only eat cake from here

This is the ULTIMATE best in cake.... Anytime I need a cake for a special occasion I go to Valencia especially for my kids. I always get the vanilla cake with custard or the fruit basket cake!!!! read more

I grew up on Valencia cake and icecream, best of all lived on the same block on 138th Street. All of our occasions were celebrated with Valencia cakes. I no longer live in the neighborhood but will be stopping by to get a cake ----- missing it like crazy especially the yellow cake with pineapple and strawberry filling. yummmm I can almost take it. read more

I have been eating Valencia cakes since I was old enough to remember. The cakes are delicious and having two kids now, I still order birthday and special occasion cakes. I always ordered from the main bakery or factory located in Edgewater. I really thought all the other stores will have the same customer service. Was I wrong. I wanted to order a cake for baby shower but when i got to the Edgewater location they were closed. I knew there was a nearby store on 138th Street, so I went their to place my order. The manager told me he was able to order the cake but to send him an email of exactly what I wanted and that will give him time to speak to his boss who prices out the cakes. He also informed me that I will just need to leave a deposit and then pay the balance once cake was finished and ready to be picked up. The next day I emailed him my order with all the color and filling choices. he calls me to let me know he spoke to his "boss" and based on what I wanted will charge me $144.50. I informed him I have to think about the price as it was higher than I expected. When i finally call him, I trimmed down some of the design but he still inform me that the cake will be $10.00 less. The cake was a small cake. So I decided it was worth it so I stated I will go ahead and purchase. He then tells me I have to pay the full amount today and has to be by credit card. From past experience I know when ordering a specialty cake, one can leave a deposit and pay the remaining balance later. He then told me it was because the "boss" had people ordered cakes and not picked up and that he has people ordering from CT so no one else is complaining. I couldn't believe this "manager: works for Valencia bakery. The cakes are delicious but the attitude of this manager is not! That is why I had to review and give such low stars. If I ever order a cake from them again I will always go to the one located in Edgewater, where they still take deposits and have a much nicer attitude and never step foot at the one located in 138th Street. read more

I'm sorry, but the cakes are just not that great. My family raves about the place, but the reality is that it doesn't even measure up to a Whole Foods cake. I find the pineapple filling to taste artificial (and you can see from their ingredients that the filling is processed). The cake was dry despite it being made "fresh" that morning. The best part of this place is the history, but sorry - I won't be coming back. read more

An extremely popular bakery among Hispanics in New York, Valencia Bakery has been baking cakes for decades. Very popular for birthdays, baptisms, sweet sixteens (and Quinceañeras), and weddings, the flavors offered (pineapple, coconut, etc.) were popular among the large Puerto Rican community found in the city. The frosting is amazingly sweet, and the cake presentations are always amazing as the bakery glazes the cake perfectly with frosting and other decorations (sugar flowers, leaves, etc.) . As the head bakery of this city-wide chain, the East 138th location is the flagship store for this amazing bakery that has past the test of time and remains popular even after six decades. Just like Junior's Cheesecake, Valencia is a New York legacy going strong. Highly recommended! read more

AMAZING pineapple cake and you can tell it was made the same day! It was moist and everyone at the party loved it. It was very decently priced and totally worth every penny! I happen to get other pastries as well and they were also made fresh! read more

This cake is super sweet. The place in Hunts Point is authentic PUERTO RICAN. I can't speak on the other chains, I've never been. I like the cake but it's not as moist as I prefer. read more

I only have good things to say about the Valencia bakery! I lived in the Bronx and now I have lived in Brooklyn for 30+ years and still travel back to Valencia to get my cakes! I got there one Sunday when they were closing and the owner opened up the gates for me so I could buy my cake. Because of that I bought two cakes! The pineapple cake is unlike any other cake in this world and is very delicious! I don't know where I would go if they were not there! The prices are great also. I bought a terrible cake that was slapped together in Brooklyn and paid double the price! If I could give them 10 stars- I would! read more

Hey I grew up eating Valencia cake every birthday party we had at home to bad they don't fedex to any where outside NY. How i wish i could get one for my 53rd birthday coming up in Feb. here in NC. They very sweet and good don't change anything about this cake. read more

There cakes taste awesome. My families favorite is "tres leche" also known as "three milks cake". We get Valencia for all birthdays. I do think though that there manhattan location is a little cheaper though. read more

This cake is good but this is NOT Dominican Cake. I'm Dominican and this is not Dominican cake. The owners are cuban. This cake and Dominican cake are very different. I make Dominican cake and my mother in law made them for a living here and now in DR and this is NOT Dominincan cake. I just had to verifiy that. read more

Congratulations on your outstanding, superb, cakes. We still remember your cakes from the 1950s and 1960s, before coming to Puerto Rico. You made my wedding cake, 1962, it was delicious. Could you please consider opening a bakery in Puerto Rico. I think you could have the clientele for a prosperous business. Wishing you much continued success. When i revisit New York City, Valencia will be one of my first stops. Everyone, friends and family love your delicious cakes. Enhorabuena! read more

I grew up in Harlem, My mom would always treat us kids to Valencia cake, we would just walk up to the bakery way back when. It was the best then and is the best now, I now order from their Bronx store. read more

grew up in New York, now live in California, just had my 49th Birthday and all I want is a Valencia vanilla cake with pineapple filling...and yes it is the best bakery in the world....I wish they would come out here.... read more

i know the bakery it a wonderful place to buy any cake of your preference

so my wife ordered a cake from 138th street location which is the worst location to order from my family as been ordering from them for years there was a mistake with the order and instead of them admitting to the mistake the associate "ALEX" decided she was going to blame it on my wife saying she mixed up the dates The cake tasted so bad we end up leaving most of the cake at the Hall we rented. to the boss who said my wife was lying about the snow storm FEB 21 saturday was the date i was suppose to get my cake google the weather and Alex never gave us a receipt she the biggest liar i ever met she made sure she cover her mistake and had her boss calling us liars the boss has no respect and i'll make sure my family and friends never order from valencia again!! read more