Pastries were excellent and employees very helpful. Prices were also not crazy like most bakeries these days.

This is a fantastic bakery. I know everyone says that about baked goods. And everyone thinks that. But trust me on this. This place IS a FANTASTIC bakery. Currently enjoying the double chocolate cake. It is moist. It is soft and fresh. The frosting is chocolate fudge. Amazingly thick and fudgy. I have had the cookies. All great. Bread great. Hella good bakery. Period. read more

Venice Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Garfield, New Jersey

Great Italian bread. Good pastry and cookies. Friendly staff. Good service A good local bakery read more

Been to alot of bakeries. This place has excellent pastries and cookies . Friendly staff and reasonable prices. Local bakery as you can get.

Venice bakery is a hidden gem. The cheese croissants are just perfectly made. The lemon cake is incredibly delicious. the bread is always fresh and affordable. The service is fast which I love . We go here few times a week at least always so good . thanks again . Let me ad i noticed the bad reviews are all 4+ years old. We've had absolutely no complaints for years. You can see for yourself . All the recent posts are raving about it read more

I don't think they deserve the current rating. My go to items are French bread, croissants, chocolate butter cookies, and cannolis. I can't speak on the rest of the food but what I get is great for the price too. read more

This is an "Old School" Italian Bakery. Their Semolina Bread is 5 stars. Their pastries are in the 3 star range. So overall the rating is 4 stars, because their semolina loaves are the best. That is what I get when I go there and I am about 20 minutes away. read more

Bought cookies and they were stale. This is not the first time this has happened. When their product is fresh, it is very good. However, they should not be selling stale products. read more

Super friendly staff! Very welcoming when you walk in. This place smells absolutely amazing! Everything is very fresh, my favorite is the lobster tails with the french cream! YUMMMM!! & their walnut pastry with glaze!!! read more

Not sure what's with the bad reviews but they're not recent anyway. I've been coming here for years, this by far the best Italian bakery you'll encounter. Everything I've had here is amazing, the bread, the pastries, the cookies. The best cheesecake ever. Everything. My out of town family always requests I stop here here when I visit. The staff isnt always the friendliest but I'm not here for that. They're at least efficient and get things done fast. read more

Bought pastries, cookies, turnovers for my office party. Everyone was excited to have a snack. But to our surprise the cookies were moldy. How long were they sitting there for this to happen? Very disappointing. The next day I went back to speak to the manager. I was told that the new staff does not check the inventory. Not the answer I wanted to hear. read more

Venice Bakery - Moldy cookies - Bakeries Near Me - Garfield, New Jersey

Great breads and pastries. They take credit cards. You can get milk here. They also have cakes.

Worst Cannoli I have ever had! the shell tasted like wheat No flavor when I bit into it I bought 8 And 8 sit in the garbage 6 donuts filled with raspberry 6 in the garbage Smh! read more

This place is constantly out of bread and rolls. They are so inconsistent. When they do have rolls they are undercooked and the semolina rolls have shrunk. Terrible bakery. read more

I have to edit my original review. I have bought this cake many times before. It became a tradition for each holiday. My husband recently purchased it for my birthday. It had an awful taste and texture. It didnt even taste like pistachio. No flavor and it had a rubber texture to it. So I decided to call and see if something changed or maybe I bought a old cake. Well apparently the ingredients are no longer purchased from original vendor. The Baker said people love the cake so they want to continue to make it. I told them its gross. I think they want to continue to make the money off the popular cake and dont care how it taste. Sad cause I was a big fan First time going to this bakery being that I'm new to the area. I bought a pistachio cake which the cashier recommended Super friendly girl and great recommendation The cake was amazing!!! I will definitely go back there. My friend loved it so much that she is going there to buy the same one. read more

Venice Bakery - a cake with strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries - Bakeries Near Me - Garfield, New Jersey

This is the third time I been to this bakery. I was very satisfied with there pastries and bread for my understanding it's a different owner and must try there conolies were very fresh read more

This place is well worth a trip, the staff is very polite and the pastries are outrageous, everything in the store is always fresh the bread and cakes are awesome I can go on and on but stop in for yourself and see what I'm talking about you be the judge read more

I love this place. Best hot fresh bread around. Love the semilna breads. Great prices, friendly service.

So back in the day this place made decent cakes. My sister for example bought a party cake for over 50 people. It had a connoli filling and everyone loved it. So, when one day I was asked to bring a graduation cake for a party i ordered the same cake. However, it tasted differently, cheaply made like from any grocery store. I figured maybe i ordered the wrong one and asked my sister exactly what was the cake she ordered. Next time i was asked to bring an anniversary cake i ordered the connoli filling cake again. It tasted cheap again. The connoli filling was mixed with something else. It tasted like a cake from BJs or shoprite, or even worse. The only HUGE difference was the price. Now on top of that, when i arrived to the bakery i saw my cake for 50 people sitting in the fridge without a box. I was asked if i want to take it without a box because they do not have a box that would fit the cake. This cake was a size they offered so hows there no box? Finally, they put two boxes together to make one big box out of them and put my $91 cake in that taped all over box. It looked horrible. I was embarrassed to bring that cake into that party. It looked gross and tasted the same. So long story short- cakes have gotten much worse. Won't ever buy again. read more

This is the second time going to this bakery( Deana Bakery is closed and Orlando's fryer is broken. (Its Saint Joseph pastrie time) spent $50 last week, This week spent $48 Did not think I had to check the box. When I got home I realize they gave me custard instead of cannoli( Which I specify) and Charged me for large$3.95 and gave me small $1.25!! I will wait for Orlando to fix the fryer Thank You Vivian read more

I stopped in this bakery to buy a birthday cake figured it would be better than Walmart.. ( in needed it for that night) there were only a few on display.. I should have known right there!! I saw a pretty green colored cake ... the girl behind the counter said it was pistachio.. oh great .. my daughter loves pistachio!! The price 30.00.. hello it's a cake !! Good thing I didn't buy it.. they had pieces of the same thing so I bought 4. That was the most disappointing cake I've ever had.. we threw it out ., taste like it was 3 weeks old. (Probably cause of the price) did not taste like pistachio at all.. not sure what it was .. Walmart would have been a better option .. fresh and priced accordingly for a CAKE! I heard good things about this bakery but I guess I heard wrong. Also when I walked in there we're sandwiches with lunch meat all over counter .. wrapped in plastic wrap but not at all refrigerated.. good god don't buy one of those! TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT AND OVER PRICED FOR GARBAGE STALE BAKERY CAKE.. read more

Got a specialty cake for an 80th birthday. Looked great, but no taste, rubbery texture. My husband, who will eat anything, tossed his piece in the garbage, where the rest of the cake followed. Awful. read more

I just bought two 8" cake that that had in fridge $78.00, are they insane? When I question why is so much, they there cakes are the best, shop rite makes 100% better, the people have attitude and it's not friendly, stay away, never go back read more

I went to this bakery and the one that I usually go to was closed. I wanted to send Italian cookies to my father for his birthday, however the butter cookies that I purchased are not worth giving anyone... never the less for a birthday. The cookies were hard... butter cookies are not suppose to be hard! Additionally, when I asked the young girl to tell me the name of a cookie that I was not familiar with... she first told me Pignoli, then walnut and then hazelnut..... which is terrible.... how can you sell cookies if the sales girl does not even know what it was? I also purchased sesame cookies... have not tried them yet... but not going to hold my breath. Where oh where are the good old Italian bakeries?? read more

Ask about their cannolis! definitely one of my favorite places to stop in to buy a cannoli from.

This place is amazing. I used to live blocks away and smell the fresh bread baking. Luckily, we still go to visit my inlaws who are even closer. Their bread is absolutely fantastic. You have to eat it fresh the same day. You will never have any better bread. If you wait a day, you have the bread you can buy in stores. So eat it the same day, not that you could even stop yourself from it. They also have a good variety of breads to choose from. Their desserts are also great. they have italian cookies and pasteries & cakes. It's a tiny little store but they have a lot of good stuff. I've also bought little gift baskets of cookies that were made up very nicely. A nice gift to give anyone. read more

Good bread but the cashier is super rude!! She needs rest or a vacation ... Bad customer service. Horrible!!

I went there to buy a brioche bread which they were supposed to sell according to their website, when I walked in and asked for it, they looked at me like I was an alien, didn't know what brioche bread is and that they never were selling it. Ridiculous. read more

5 stars for semolina bread and 4 for rest. Open late, fairly priced, friendly. What else can you ask for?

Very tasty bake goods. Delicious mousse cakes, my favorite is raspberry. Strongly recommend!

Love it here. I moved into the area about a month ago and I went into place to buy bread and goodies. I got hooked and I go in several times a week to buy fresh bread and baked goods. They people that work there are so nice and friendly. The pastries are so delicious. The bread is so good. They give you fresh hot bread right out of the oven upon request too. This place is awesome. It's my new favorite bakery. Love them. read more

I come to this bakery a couple times a year around holidays since I don't live to close. i never seem to have a problem here. They have an amazing selection of pastries. My favorites of course are there cannolis. Prices are pretty good for most of the stuff! There workers always seem ready to help as soon as you walk in. read more

Doesn't even deserve one star. For starters they tell you their pastries are freshly made and you get them home to find they are stale. Inconsistent when handling food - Not everyone wears gloves, hairnets. They have food for purchase like pizza and rice balls sitting on the counter with no enclosure or protection. I called to complain about the pastries being stale and gross. Was not offered anything, the apology was more the girl sounding annoyed that i called to complain. They offered no refund. This place grosses me out now after going there for years. read more

Worst. Cannoli. Ever. Overall mediocre experience. You kinda go there cause there aren't other choices around. The bread, buns and rolls are somewhat tasty if eaten shortly after purchase. Forget about next day or beyond. read more

I love the pasties, they have such a great variety and they are delicious!! I always buy way more then we actually need. The breads are okay. What weighs down on the rating are the prices though. read more

Walked in to buy some pastries. Noticed some girls that were behind the counter were not using gloves. They would just take bread rolls off the shelf, put it in a bag, then take cash/credit cards/whatever and then immediately move to the next customer, packing their bread with dirty hands. I walked out. I think this place needs a visit from authorities. read more

Excellent bakery. I was surprised that they even made rice balls. Everything tastes fresh. Had a few of their cakes, cookies, rolls, rice balls, and even their mini pizza things. Very good. read more

Used to go here but won't be returning anymore. Someone took my order over the phone well in advance- when I arrived, the order was not there. Tried to get something to substitute; a minute later my order was found. However, it was wrong and a bigger size than I had wanted- I ended up paying $43 for a wrong cake that was too big. What a ripoff. $43?!?! Maybe at a top bakery in NYC, not Garfield. They are also rude here. Stay away. read more

Love the knot rolls. Bread is always delicious and fresh and pastries are just like the stuff I use to get on 18th ave in brooklyn back in the day! read more

Will never go there again. Ordered 20lbs.of bread dough on Monday to be picked up on Wednesday around 10:30, got there at 10:45 and had to wait until 11:15. Had paid for the dough on Monday, so to me NO EXCUSE for not having it when I showed up. Cashier very rude. When I got home and opened up the bags.....they all had some kind of weird things in each package. Looked like dirt, mold, insects or what ever. Would not feed that to my dog, never mind my family. Have been getting this order for a few years......well NO MORE......NOR WILL I EVER RECOMMEND THIS BAKERY. read more