Reviews of Villabate Alba (Bakery)

7001 18th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11204, United States

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At present this business receives a score of 4.6 stars over 5 and this rating has been calculated on 1127 reviews.

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This Bakery is classified in the category of Dessert shop.

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REVIEWS OF Villabate Alba IN New York

janet carasas

THIS PLACE HAS THE BEST PASTRIES OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN PURCHASINGPASTRIES FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS FOR EVERY OCCASION

Roberta Michalko

Villabate Alba makes delicious pastries. Today I just wanted something light and crunchy. I bought some annisette.It was light and crunchy but was very well done. I'm not saying burnt but one step before. A little disappointing.

Madina I.

Desserts are moderately priced and are very cute and delicious.

Tiko Oniashvili

Great place great food but too much expensive

John Aziz

You cannot find the better Bakery in your whole life no matter where you live

Nasiba B

The best bakery & pastry in Brooklyn. For me the most delicious cake is Blueberry mousse cake.

Eileen Taddeo

The best.

Andy Wong

This is the place I go to for Italian pastry in bensonhurst. I have tried a few places around the neighborhood but nothing beats Villabate Alba. Their tiramisu's are great, their cheesecakes are great, and their coffee is great. This place is always packed during holidays and weekends but the line moves quick and is always worth the wait. I would always recommend people to come here and try it. Customer service here is great. It is better if you pay in cash. Just a tip.

charles. palumbo

Delicious cannoli the best

Tiramisuzy Frugoli

Ever since the son took over, the quality has gone really downhill. His parents took pride in what they did and appreciated their customers. They would make sure everything was always fresh and if there was any issue, they excelled in customer service and courtesy. This is not the case with the son. On several occasions, I’ve been served pastries that were stale, one time a tomato focaccia even smelled musty and when I told the son about it he would always make excuses, deny and just plain be rude. I made the mistake of going there on New Years Eve. The cannoli we bought ended up having stale ricotta cream..... I mean on NYE with a line out the door, he’s selling stale pastries STILL! That’s when I vowed that would be my last visit. Such a shame.

kim kim

Oh jeeze since villabate bought Alba they have kinda gone down. They kept the name Alba because the originals were better

Jeanette Rivera

Old school Italian bakery, delicious treats

Melinda Daniel

I love their pastries!

Tom Zieba

A neighborhood institution and an old Brooklyn experience, especially on a Saturday morning. Pastries, walk up espresso bar (decidedly NOT third wave but dark northern Italian roasts) and lines out the door. Bread, cakes, cookies and locals at the bar catching up.

michael fox

Best bakery around. You'll want to try everything because it all looks so delicious!! Wonderfully helpful and friendly staff as well.

Lina Chan

The people who work there are super nice. I would go there to get pastries and their gelato. They have different flavors. It is very goood and you won’t regret it.

WR3KLESS_PR023

Live the taste of the food, delicious

Sajie Mesbah

Best Gelato but unfortunately all cakes have alcohol

cheryl french

They have the most BEAUTIFUL delectable desserts,gelatos AND breads,baked goods.

Paul s

High price but good pastries

El Patron

Best pastries around, Great service!

reartu68

A little taste of Italy! The real Italy!!!

William Gerdes

Superb cakes and pastries and excellent service.

Alexander Gorbonos

The best Italian bakery

George Ward

Excellent dessert and excellent service!

Alfredo Dominguez

Amazing dessert

Dora k

I love this place. Have been going there for years. Friendly staff and delicious desserts.

eliona xhika

Love Villabate I always bye there for any occasion the cakes are delicious ......

Alexander Dowd

Expensive but worth it. We got our wedding cake from here 4 years ago. Today I went in and describe the chocolate cake with cannoli filling. We bought 2 slices of cake, this time half chocolate filling and half cannoli filling. It was awesome delicious and memorable . The rainbow cookies are also better than average.

Colleen Frederick

So incredibly confused at how this is so highly rated I bought multiple small cakes/slices and they were all stale and flavorless. The only flavor was strong sweetness. I love sweet things and I love Italian desserts. But these were so genuinely bad I felt upset.

Teresa Evola

One of a kind ...best there is in the United States !

Steve J

The greatest bakery in Brooklyn or anywhere else. Incredible cakes and pastries.Wonderful friendly and attentive staff.

Melissa Rossitto

The best of the best Italian gelato e pastry so gooddddds

Nikita Abdel-Naby

They made the most beautiful naked cake for our wedding!

Mahmoud Rabah

Excellent desserts! Everything is so good!

Peggy P

Fabulous bakery....well worth the trip. Lovely cakes and desserts for special occasions

Taylor Terriberry

Not as many options as I thought but easy to get to and not bad pricing.

peter zafonte

Honestly the best bakery in brooklyn .The prices are high but stuff is so good!!!

Pablo Bruno

Awesome Italian pastries , cakes and so much more... The Italian ricotta cheese cake is so delicious

Keepinuhappy Mitchell

The service and choices were great.

Daniel Kamen

Always a long time staple to the neighborhood. The legendary Italian bakery lives on! Be sure to check out their special holiday cakes

Roseann Poidomani

Excellent Italian bakery staff very helpful all delicious bread pastry and cakes

Ya Na

Got a beautiful fruit tart for my mom birthday

Cheryl Melchionna

Stopped in to purchase a cake. Bought a cake and then some. Love, love, love the variety of pastries , cakes, cookies, gelato and much more. This bakery is worth the trip from anywhere. Also a plus some of the staff are multi lingual. Gorgeous painted ceiling is a true work of art. Around holiday times come early to avoid a crowd.

Ken Valentin

Best pastries I've had in a long time. Saw them on TV and wanted to try them ever since and far exceeded my expectations. Only reason I didn't go back today is I'm in the Bronx and it's too far to travel but please if you're considering going, GO! You won't be disappointed.

Vla Ru

You won't be disappointed

Lorena Stewart

I bought 4 cannolis today. 2 chocolate and 2 vanilla. they were the worse quality of what i ever had in my life. They were filled with cheap cream. Ricotta was not even near. I dont know whats wrong with the bakery, but for $13.00 it was obvious ripoff.

Catherine Casillas

This is my spot..The best Cakes I ever brought.Been buying here for over 8 yrs since My husband brought my brother a cake here,We dont gk no where else for cookies Cakes Gelato...yup THIS IS THE SPOT!!

S Bogframe

As beautiful to the eye as it is to the tastebuds!

Oleksandr Chekhovoy

Incredible choice of cakes and icecream!

Joseph Macias

One of last true Italian bakeries left in Brooklyn. Doesn't need me rave reviews, its simply a fantastic place to get a taste of Italian pastries

Maria Esposito

Aww awesome dessert

Robert D

Hhhhuuuuhhh. Pastry.

Angelina Angelina

The Best Bakery I grew up with and more after always fresh and clean great well respectful workers. And like always everything in the whole place taste is out of this world .Specially my 7 layers no one can beat that taste...

James Brandon

A little pricey, but you get what you pay for. I certainly have no complaints, it can get quite packed in there( sometimes the line is literally out the doors) The staff has always been very knowledgeable of the enormous variety to choose from and nothing is ever out of stock. I would reccomend getting your cakes and cookies a day or two before any holiday to avoid the line.

Luigi Crisa

Best place in USA for Sicilian pastry!!

Damian I

Awesome fruity ice cream. Strawberry, banana.

Alex Serebrov

This is truly a little pastry gem of Brooklyn. A true Italian desert place, arguably the place of the best canoli in NYC, they not use local dairy products to make them. As it clearly stated in the poster inside the store - the ricotta cheese to make them is imported from Sicily. Definitely not good place to keep your diet.

Christina Concadora Love

Seriously now can anybody else compete with Villabate Alba Bakery on 18th Avenue totally delicious cakes coffee cappuccino Italian bread french bread Brick Oven Pizza how I love this place!!!

Sean Awesome

OMG the cheesecake!! Seriously THE BEST!!!

Andy Zhang

Amazing pastry place. I love getting a box of small treats for dessert after dinner.

Stella Ragusa

The sfogliatelle were cold...surprising for a Sunday morning

DM G

Very large selection of all Italian pastries!

John Chesnock

Minimal wait to get my always delicious 3 dozen mini-canolis. Only negative is the 3% charge for using credit card.

David Skibba

Excellent homemade desserts and very good espresso at reasonable prices. Very friendly and knowledgeable staff. (If you ask what's in one of their desserts they promptly give you a detailed description). You might go here for the coffee, but it's hard to leave without something sweet and yummy.

Victor Tchij

Best Italian bakery in south Brooklyn

wu o

I loved their breads

Tom Penketh

Best cakes and pastries in Brooklyn, if not all of NYC. Period. The cake designs are gorgeous, while at the same time being delicious. The staff are very friendly and efficient. I am rarely inside more than 5-10 minutes, even if the line is long. Amazing cookies and gelato. Sometimes, locals like myself will go there more often for the delicious bread, croissants and rice balls. Here's the highest praise I can offer: A friend of mine drives two hours from Pennsylvania whenever she is hosting a birthday party just to buy a cake! What does that tell you?

alfredo torres

Great selection of pastries everything looks fresh

claudia sausa

BEST EVERYTHING!

Vanda Checkley

Fresh pastries,good service, delicious cakes, friendly, When you walk in to the bakery you feel like you are in a dessert wonderland.

Giuseppe Capillo

Have to say that this is the best pastry shop in the tri state area. Everything is fresh and delicious. The staff is super friendly.

Steven DeDora

Best authentic Italian bakery in Brooklyn. The cassata and the almond cookies are way above any others outside of Italy.

Sal LoGalbo

Best pastry shop around!!!!

Sal Joseph Crifasi

After a recent trip to Sicily, I have to say this is the closest you will get to to the real deal in the US. Must visit, Cannolis are amazing!

Carlis Rivera

Omg what to say about this place. Awesome pastries and treats galore...love Villabate Alba a truly special place in Brooklyn.

Karla M

Omg I love this place!!! That's all I have to say!!!

Leonardo Tapino

Authentic italian pastry shop

Mikki Piccoli

I come here anually for the strawberry shortcake! It's phenomenal!! It's a very well known bakery and people love their baked goods!

Annie Barbara

Clean. Well staffed, attentive and accommodating. Beautiful and delicious desserts. So happy they are still here as there arent many Italian bakeries around.

Ronald Wilson

Took my kids and had a great experience. Too bad they don't want any pics taken. The old Brooklyn experience was made more authentic with the gentleman around speaking Italian.

Cheryl Farrell

Came from Staten Island on 12/23/18 waited on line for about 25 minutes, and that's OK. I spent over 100.00 and was disappointed with the pastries, the shells with the fruit tarts were so hard, the custard filling was so thick and the fruit seemed like it was frozen and thawed. The only item that was good, were the pinole cookies. Very disappointed. Wont go back next year :-(

Aries Morrison ESCUACAS AMARGADOS HOLA:p

This Italian pastry shop offers an awesome pastries! Cannolis are the best I’ve tried. They offer espresso coffee, Italian gelatos, cookies, excellent Italian bread

Rabia S

Amazing cake and lobster roll!!

Paul Leonetti

THE absolute best cake, pastry and cookie bakery in all of Brooklyn, found in the heart of Bensonhurst. Strufffoli....rainbow cookies....cannoli......St Joseph pastry....pine nut cookies......Nothing compares to this place....

Henry Cabrera

Delicious pastries

Ayub Khan

Someone told me that this place has the best Italian pastries. So i drive to all the way here and its just a huge place oh Blah! i had better canolis from small bakery. Cookies are just over priced.

Darwin Gellizeau

Great Food & Excellent Service!

Karen lamberti

Good cakes and great pastry. A little expensive

Milagro Shenk

Beautiful to look at.

L D

Freshness at its best! And a staff with the upmost courtesy to match. Thank you

Evelyn Quiles

I can't find one bad thing to say....just be prepared to stand in line, especially during the holidays.

S Cruz

Everything is very fresh, orderly, clean with a great selection.

Thomas Carbone

They have the best cakes and freshest pastry in bensonhurst

Lupita Abril

I didnt find the cake that I wanted. I always buy the tres leches. This time there wasnt any. But.. They always make cakes that turn out wonderful, so I took another type of cake! Which looked as delicious as the other cakes!

joseph scollo

TOTALLY Awesome place great pastries and Gelato

synergy7501

Great bakery, whenever I'm in Brooklyn from New Jersey would stop in for a batch of their cookies...

Denise SunnyDee

Best bakery in Brooklyn!

Frank Pulgiano

THE BEST BAKERY!!! You would be in Italy for a better product!

Maral Artykova

Looove the place. The interior is sooo cool. The desserts are delicious. Always get their cheesecake for special occasions, and cannolis. They can always write down something and decorate a cake the same morning, love that option. Great customer service. Open early and close pretty late. Love it! Would recommend it

James King

I went for pizza dough and fell in love with their gelato. Guaranteed stop when I am there. Brooklyn's finest.

Andy Morningstar

Best cannolis this side of the Mississippi river. Carrot cake is so good you want to have it for breakfast lunch and dinner. They also have a great selection of cupcakes, cookies, pastries, cakes etc. All tastier than the last.

Armin celjaj

Fantastic food and goods, but management and staff are lazy and rude. Tried to rip me off with my change. Just so focus on gossiping instead of working

Josie Rivera

Great bakery! They got bread, gelato, cookies, pastries and even pizza....good clean friendly establishment...and the prices are so good. I highly recommend this bakery.

Martin Paris

Delicious bakery in Brooklyn that's has been there since the 20th century.

Stan I

Great place. Great product and price

anthony verdoliva

Good place to buy a Birthday cake Italian pastries an expresso.

Kristina B

Yuuummm, most delicious Italian pastries

Antoinette Porcasi

I wish they were in queens!! The best bakery in the universe!!

Marie Ramirez

My sister wanted a Napoleon cake for her birthday. Ordered it for 10 people $37.00 and they even had the illegal nerve to charge $1.46 extra because I used a Visa debit card to pay for the cake. What a disappointment! The layers of a Napoleon are light and fluffy this cake had 3 thick layers of the pastry that was so difficult to cut with a knife. The layers were hard and the cream so soft it was a mess to cut and it didn't even taste good. This bakery that was once fabulous is now all about ripping people off with their high prices and not delivering on their product sue just like the cake boss the cake looks good but tastes disgusting. I'll never give the greedy owners of this bakery another penny of my money.

JOEY KNOWS IT ALL

Been coming here since a childhood my favorites are the sheep's milk cannoli and the hazelnut cake I would eat every single day for breakfast lunch and dinner

Liliana tedesco

OMG loved this place since i was a little kid....still Delicioso! Best rice balls! Lobster tails so good Make sure you get an espresso while picking out all your goodies Have fun!

kELLY H

There are lots of different types of desserts and bread here. They also have gelato. Usually theres a line to order, but totally worth it!

HARRY T

Its the greatest place to go to for pastries, gelato, any kind of dessert. It'll make your taste buds dance. The cakes and desserts r the best, guarantee to find something there that will satisfy your cravings for the best Italian desserts in the whole country..Try it you will go back again, & again it's like going to Italy for desserts..

Charlie

The best true Italian pastry stores left in Bensonhurst!!!

Luca Pautasso

My favorite pasticceria in all New York city. Everything is just as good, tasty and genuine as back in Italy: the espresso, the cappuccino, the pastries and the cakes. A special mention goes to Marina, the best barista in all the five boroughs. Five stars all deserved

Scott Cavagnaro

Great place with all kinds of Italian & Sicilian pastries. The breads are pretty good too. It’s also a local spot to enjoy espresso at the bar. If you’re in neighborhood and looking for some pastries and espresso, stop in.

Stephen Schuler

Best Italian pastry bakery in all of NYC. Have down. Cannoli won't be beat anywhere. Also great coffee and wonderful bread. A true stop for any foodie not to miss.

R A

Very delicious cakes and almost every cake included fresh fruits besides cake many different kind of pastries ice cream cookies and stuff i must say for any occasion their cake is the best for that and also they have very beautiful cookies fancy tray on mothers day it was super busy you can also ask for alcohol free cake they option for that too i will add cake pic later but can’t add inside pics because taking pictures not allowed over there

K Shropshire

Walking in for the first time reminded me of Wonka's chocolate factory, and all four of the little pastries I bought tasted as good as they looked.

Kalvin K.

Got their Carrot Cake, Red Velvet, Cheesecake, and a pound of rainbow cookies. The Red velvet and cheesecake is not super sweet and is perfectly moist. The cream cheese frosting in the Red Velvet cake is very balanced. Not a huge fan of the carrot cake but that's usually harder to make. The rainbow cookies were not the best that I've had but are still good and my family at it all in one sitting. I wish i ordered their tiramisu and will definitely do that next time.

Anthony Delisi

Great bakery for classic Sicilian pasteries

Danielle Kotch

Have been to this place a few times now. While expensive, their quality and taste is good. I would recommend it for classically Italian desserts that you're in the mood for. We went there specifically for rainbow cookies this time, and Bones of the Dead as well.

Freddie Rivera Jr

Beautiful Authentic Italian Bakery.I Love The Always Fresh Cookies And Pastries.Thumbs Up!

Kerry Maloney

Mouth waters every time I visit here

Muhammad Talal Javed

Delicious and beautiful cakes. But beware, most of them have liqueur in them

Samhain Night

Best place for pastries in Brooklyn. No place beats it.

Mary E Toranto

Best ice cream cake I've ever had.

joseph johnson

Everything is super fresh,they have prepacked cookies that are 2 pks for $10 that are out of this world the raspberry jelly are always a hit no matter where I bring them ,they have just a touch of almond flavor to them that puts them over the top,enjoy

Mary Chin

Pastries as usual are delicious. Always go for the lobster tails, fried canollis, st. Josephs, cassitelles, big mouth, rice balls, and etc., etc.. The canollis cake is wonderful. Every time there is an occasion, the family and guests always ask for Villabate pastries.

Gurban Jalil

This is a Brooklyn institution! During holidays the lines can stretch around the block. Delicious, authentic Italian desserts. I love this place. Walk in, put on few extra pounds and enjoy life.

Umer

Had to order a three tier cake about a month ago so I came here after reading good reviews. Girls behind the counter were nice and friendly. They had me talked to the baker to order the cake and he was not helpful or accommodating at all and I ended up taking my business somewhere else. I came back again to try out their pastries and other stuff and those things were average as well. There are other places better than this out there. I’ll try other bakeries.

Re Pa

I found out about this place after my friend and her family brought us some cannolis here. Now we get our cannolis and cakes from here even though it's further out for us. Great variety, friendly employees. Usually busy so expect a wait, but it's worth it!

Edwin Davila

The best and most authentic Italian pastries around. The decorations on the cakes are amazing. Here you'll pay for quality. I highly recommend the Cannoli's.

Crystal Vargas

The best bakery in 18ave.

Giuseppe Graziano

This place have authentic ITALIAN pastry and maybe even better than really ITALIAN pastry.

Samsung J3

Amazing bakery- nuff said.

abdul elrowmeim

Great tasty fresh bakery omg best bakery in Brooklyn hands down

Joseph DePaulis

It's like a bakery paradise. You can smell the sugar from 18th Avenue. Extremely clean inside. Very impressed with the staff. They were able to answer all ingredient questions with ease.

Lauri Brassell

Omg. The best.

katherine parra

Fast service, good desserts.

Northwoods Girls Anita & Julia

Oh...my...God. We live in the upper Peninsula of Michigan, and there’s NOTHING out here. I grew up on Long Island, and the holidays weren’t complete without Italian cookies. These cookies that I just got are PHENOMENAL!!! Brought back so many memories. You will not go wrong ordering from them!

Omar Siddiqi

Their cookies are TERRIFIC

Antonio Limone

Great gelato

Mubasher Malik

I am from Cape cod Massachusetts Every time I visit My family in Brooklyn I go down here to get some pastries the only one In New York very busy place all the time and the staff are super nice And great Baked goods it’s got to be something in the water of Brooklyn that’s what everybody says

Javor Iversen

As always "the bast" the are amazing, good service, professional and soooo tasty!!!

Jason Guzman

What can I say but if you want the best and most delicious pastries in Brooklyn this is the place to go. Any kind of cake,bread or pastrie is here.

Jonathan Mazza

Best bakery in bensonhurst

Joe Zarrelli

The absolute best in pastry and artistic design

Kimberly Francis

My favorite place I love everyone there

Mariam

We have ordered from this bakery at different occasions and they have their best job to full fill our requirement. As a Muslim we always order before had or ask them to give us a cake in which there is no rum or gelatin in it and they are friendly to make those for us. Their prices are getting higher that’s the only complain I have.

Nasibakhon Abralova

Our bdays can't be celebrated without their exceptionale cakes

Hafez Ikhmaies

Amazing, traditional and modern.

Connie Lau

Delicious Italian pastries and not expensive. Just pure yumminess. Bring cash for a better deal. The 2 boxes for $10 cookies are so worth it

Afnan Tauqeer

Red velvet cupcakes are the best and courteous service.

Kyle Zuhl

Best bakery in NY and maybe the world.

Salvatore Linea

Best Italian Pastries In The United States Next Best Thing Is In Sicily.

Sal P.

Great pastries and gelato!!

Business Hours of Villabate Alba in New York

SUNDAY
7AM–8PM
MONDAY
(COLUMBUS DAY) 7AM–9PM HOURS MIGHT DIFFER
TUESDAY
7AM–9PM
WEDNESDAY
7AM–9PM
THURSDAY
7AM–9PM
FRIDAY
7AM–9PM
SATURDAY
7AM–9PM

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