Andre - u used to be my neighbor/ your bakery RUM Choclates are delicious HOWEVER 4 darn times I've gone to your bakery & bought these & EVERYTIME THESE WOMAN give me the chocolate ones / 4 X already/ your staff don't know what they are giving me / do something so I can get my rum cake/ read more

This little hole in the wall is exactly what I needed in my life. If you've ever been to Hungary, you'll know how important pastries are to Hungarians and how there is a bakery on just about every corner. Unfortunately, not many places can compare. While I wanted to buy up the entire store, I refrained and stuck to just a few pastries. The rugelach was delicious and the linzer tart was exactly like my Hungarian grandmothers make. The poppyseed strudel was a bit too sweet and thick for my personal taste though. Now the walnut beigli: it was divine! My grandmother always made this for Christmas and it felt just like spending Christmas at her house. Absolutely delicious. If you like walnuts and only want to try one item, get this one!! Highly recommend. Of note, I do wish that there had been fellow Hungarians in the store. read more

Andre's Hungarian - Walnut Beigli - Bakeries Near Me - Forest Hills, New York

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We went in yesterday after we had lunch at The Bund. They are a very tiny shop. You could only fit maybe 3 to 4 people inside. But the pastries are to die for. I bought the Honey Slice and the Cherry Cobbler. The honey slice was absolutely delicious. It was quite interesting as it had candies fruit inside. The only other pastry I have ever had with candied fruit has been a fruit log that you get at Christmas. The cobbler honestly was just a run of the mill pastry. The prices were very reasonable. They only accept cash though so be prepared. I'm on my way now to go get more of the honey slice for sure!! read more

The rugelach is amazing!!!. The lady behind the counter ALWAYS greets you with a smile and "How can I help you today?" There are other pastries and baked goods that also are very tasty. read more

Cute teeny bakery we almost missed. So attracted to the powdered sugar largest and most perfectly formed zeppoli from the window that we had to go in. Once in, you are swayed by the giant croissants, fluffy napoleons and plenty of other yummy delicate pastries just taunting you. But I had a mission and nothing was getting in between me and that zeppoli. It's actually a puff cheese pastry that was light and barely sweetened. We agreed that some type of fruity jam or berry reduction would've elevated the pastry but... who can really argue with puffed filo in sugar and subtly sweetened pastry cheese filling? Exactly no one. It's not decadent so it'll make for a perfect breakfast food or anytime snack with tea or coffee. Cannot wait to come back and try their other goodies. read more

Andre's Hungarian - Bakeries Near Me - Forest Hills, New York

Great pastries, everything is freshly baked, and I love the variety of items. There are breads , cookies, cakes, pies, and custards. Prices are very good too! I was a little scared by some of the previous pictures because of the grades, but rest assure it is definitely an A now. I ordered the Apple crumb cake, which was absolutely delicious! Whole chunks of apple, not-too-sweet crumb topping, and a nice sturdy crust to hold it all together. Be warned, this place is cash only, and since their oven is to churn out those freshly baked goods, it was incredibly hot in the shop. I wish that there was some A.C., had seating available, and they took credit card. Will definitely return again. read more

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Have only tried the ruggelah and Linzer cookies but they are delicious, addicting! They will also deliver through GrubHub. They pack everything carefully and are friendly in the store. I wish they had a little more variety, but what I've tried has been excellent. read more

This is a one of a kind hole in the wall bakery in Rego Park. I've only ever gotten the baked on premise chocolate rugelach - perfectly buttery and chocolate-y. They're a little pricey at $18/lb but one of my favorite desserts in the area. read more

Andre's Hungarian - Chocolate rugelach - Bakeries Near Me - Forest Hills, New York

A timeless bakery located in the middle of nowhere. As my friend and I were walking towards QCM, the bright red storefront of Andre's Hungarian caught my eye. A quick glimpse of the word "Pastries" grabbed my full attention. I knew, I just knew, that I had to check this place out. Walking in, you are greeted by the warm mouthwatering smell of butter and other freshly baking goods in the more secret part of the store. The place is rather small and congested. There is barely any space between the counters and the area for customers to walk by. Other than me and my friend, there was only one other patron(he looked like a long-time customer) in the bakery. By the time I had made it to the counters, more than half of what was on display was already gone. What remained were a few cakes and cookies. A patient and friendly woman assisted me in my selection of pastries. I opted for two cookies(you don't have to buy them by the pound) and a Cherry Bar. Because this place is set up as a grab-and-go kind of place, to my surprise and amusement, there are no utensils(LOL)! The two cookies(Chocolate Cookie w/ Raspberry Jam & Chocolate Rugelach) were rich and buttery in flavor. The raspberry jam contrasted well with the chocolate in the first cookie, and the flaky and buttery puff pastry tasted amazing alongside the chocolate filling of the mini Rugelach. Cherry Bar- Sandwiched between two golden brown layers of pastry, was a generous filling of cherry jam and pitted cherries! The bittersweet taste of the filling was offset by the golden brown layers. Delicious!!! read more

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Andre's has the best prune danish. I sent my husband to fetch a box and they were fresh, flaky and filled with delicious prune.

Had apple strudel. Apples need more sugar. The apples were crunchy. I do not know if it is normal for Hungarian strudel to be like that. More familiar with German strudel. The price was high. The service was courteous and good. Small space for ordering. Take out only, no place to sit. There is a park nearby. The strudel does not store well in the refrigerator. read more

I ordered a pound of cookies and they were not fresh. This is not rhe Andre's I knew from years past.

Budapest is one of the few cities in Europe that I honestly want to return to; having Andre's Hungarian right around the corner from me is a nice consolation prize until my to-be-determined return. aside from the babka that my ancient review served to highlight, everything's still great at this little old-school bakery. highlights: the rugelach is superb and the strudels are unbeatable (disclaimer: I have not had the cabbage strudel...yet). still cash only, but I fail to see the problem with that. read more

Not a review about the food . About the service the fat hispanic lady i'm assuming mexican or hondurian was extremely rude maybe because i'm also hispanic and not on of her rich "white" customers . If you're white you'll get treated fine , if you're a person of color its " hurry up and buy peasant attitude" read more

Both chocolate and classic Rugelach tastes fantastic! I also tried Prune Danish - it's something out of this world! It's def worth the 40 min walk one way :) I will be back to try more read more

Im leaving 5 stars because of three items: Babka, Cheese biscuits and Linzer. The cheese biscuit is the best in my opinion!

The best linzer tart cookies on the planet! The other cookies and cakes are delicious as well. The lady behind the counter is so nice. Love this place! read more

We came here over the weekend to pick up a box of Chocolate Rougalech to bring to a family event. I have to say, these are quite possibly the best Rougalech I've ever had, so much better than the Costco Rougalech (which is also very good). Each Rougalech is bite-size and I must've eaten about 15 of them. I have lived nearby my entire life and haven't even heard of Andre's until fairly recently. I will be back quite a bit! read more

my grandmother came from Austria-Hungary I(in northeastern Hungary today) in 1903 and made strudel until she died in 1988. The Andre's website shows them making it the same way that she did. No pre-made phyllo dough here. It is worth the price that you pay. read more

Opened in 1976, Andre's is a retail bakery establishment renowned for its strudel, which is made on the premises, the old-school way: on the table and hand pulled, just like a traditional Hungarian grandmother would do. Hey, who am I to argue with an old-world custom? Furthermore, all the bakery's products are made from scratch (and they're kosher to boot), following time-honored recipes and crafted with only the freshest ingredients. Among the delectable bakery selections are the chocolate and cinnamon Kuglof (Babka), Linzer Tart, and Rugelach - made with nuts, apricots and raspberry jelly. read more

The best rugalech ever! I tried the chocolate hazelnut and also the rasberry, mint & walnut. So good! read more

Andre's Hungarian - Bakeries Near Me - Forest Hills, New York

Excellent rugulach! Also tried the apple turnover and a linzer tart. The rugulach was among the best I've ever had (I used to live in a very Jewish area of Long Island, so I've had my fair share) and the apple turnover rivals that of another well-known Hungarian bakery I used to frequent near Columbia University. I dunno who the other reviewer encountered, but the lady who helped me was great, she even gave a free cookie to my 2 year old son. Thank goodness I don't live closer to this place, or I'd be much heavier! read more

Andre's Hungarian - Excellent rugulach at Andre's - Bakeries Near Me - Forest Hills, New York

It's a great neighborhood bakery shop. Excellent customer service with a warm, family-like feel. The products are all delicious. The only criticism I have is that I wish they accepted credit cards. read more

I highly recommend the blueberry pie when it's in season, and their sugarless cheesecake is amazing. The staff can be quite nasty but the baked goods are delicious. Took one star off for attitude. read more

Been having their pastries for years. Never go wrong with their apple strudel. We tried their cakes for the first time and they were mediocre at best. My wife picked up their cheesecake with fruit toppings. Fruits were fresh and sweet but the cheesecake was on the dry side. They also use ricotta cheese in their recipe which isn't a bad thing, I just didn't enjoy the overall texture of the cheesecake. I like my cheesecake thick and creamy. We also bought a slice of their seven layer cake... yeah stay away from that one. It tasted extremely dry, stale and old. Zero fluff. The seven layer cake at Martha's is way better! read more

People complain about this-'n'-that. One reviewer called Andre's "Eastern European" which it ISN'T; Andre's is CENTRAL European; this reviewer is obviously very weak on geography. Other reviewers have complained about the pastries not being so sweet; if you want really sweet pastries go to an Italian bakery. Andre's represents everything that is good in traditional, Central European-Hungarian desserts and pastries; not too sweet but nice 'n' high in butterfat. The chocolate mousse is great and so is the fudgy rumball; no single person should ever eat the latter by himself but I've obviously done it; it's worth getting your liver turned into that of a goose all ready to have his liver turned into pâté, that's how incredibly rich it is. The seasonal blueberry cake is great; it's such a simple creation. The shell is one, big butter cookie that's loaded with high-quality blueberry jam topped off with seasonally fresh blueberries; I cannot begin to tell you how delicious this is. For the Jewish Holiday of "The Festival of Lights" (generally concurrent with Christmas) they make THE BEST JELLY DOUGHNUT (either raspberry or apricot upon request) I'VE EVER HAD, BAR NONE. Also, for The Jewish New Year (late summer/early autumn) they make great honey cake and sponge cake and lemon bars; for the Jewish "Feast of the Unleavened Bread" (generally concurrent with Easter) they have the absolutely BEST macaroons you'll ever have and for both holidays they make the ABSOLUTELY BEST French Hazelnut cake with THREE layers of jam (two raspberry and one apricot). Yes, the prices here are kind of high but this is not Continental Baking Company's Hostess Brand "Twinkies;" really good butter, cream cheese, chocolate, jam and cream aren't cheap and neither is the labor to turn all this stuff out in small, high-quality batches. If you resent these prices you can always get packaged snack cakes made with trans-fat and machine-made mass production all nicely hermetically sealed with a year's shelf-life at room temperature. PS At one time the bakery made plain-old, b-flat brownies; this was obviously to appease those (mostly kids I would guess) who would turn their up noses with the usual angst over pastries with strange sounding names and shapes. The owner subsequently stopped making these brownies and that's his business, of course. But I'll say this, they were among the greatest brownies I've ever had. read more

Not sure how this bakery is still open. Don't waste your time or money, just go to Martha's on Austin. Just wanted to try some cookies but they have a quarter pound limit (4 cookies) which came out to about 4 dollars for very tiny raisin rugelach cookies. The cookies were very dry and had a burnt flavor to them. I came in and told them I didn't like the cookies could I switch them for something else, to which she replied no refunds. It would figure a place with prices like this would have no sympathy after serving their customers burnt cookies. Probably the cultural differences because she is from another country but the woman there came off very smug in telling me "no refunds" If you have never been to this bakery before consider yourself lucky and keep it that way. read more

Apple cake was an OK way to spend $4 (the quantity bar is just way too high to enter the apple strudel game and the babka didn't seem available). Both staff were pretty nasty, and there's a UES cafe too. read more

Andre's Hungarian - Bakeries Near Me - Forest Hills, New York

I'm very pleased. I'm glad I made the trip from Brooklyn. The prune Danish hit the spot. I would recommend the Raspberry rugula.

Disappointing to say in the least :/ When I walk by their pastries, everything looked really good so I walked in. I saw they had the Napoleon so I was pretty happy at first (first time Ive seen Napoleon in NYC). I took it home and unfortunately it was a letdown. The taste wasnt bad, but it was not nearly as good compared with the Napoleon Ive had back when I was in Moscow. Whatever. What I was worried about more was the fact that I found something resembling an insect leg inside the tort, which is pretty disturbing. The fact that they have insects inside the pastries is pretty scary, and makes me think twice before coming here again. read more

So I had been looking forward to eating a delicious poppy-seed roll for a few days when I strolled in here despite the mixed yelp reviews. Service was fine, pastries all looked fantastic, and there was hardly a wait. Life was good until she stated that it would be $14. THE ROLL WAS 6" long and about 3" in diameter. My crude approximation of prices that usually is on point with all things food-related had drastically and disappointingly betrayed me. Begrudgingly I handed over the money and walked out with my measly pastry. I tried to let go the feeling that I had been jipped but my shame hit me square in the face the next day in Borough Park Bklyn as I walked home from work and saw the EXACT SAME PASTRY BUT LARGER in a bakery window for $5. Ummm pretty sure I got jipped. Just sayin'. The roll turned out to be pretty good. Still, it was only worth about half the price at best. read more

What a disgrace! *Very rude people work here. *CASH only. Twice they didn't have change for a $50. *$24 for a poppy roll - whaaaaat?! *The one time I got apple/poppy rolls and some cookies - dry and flavourless! *Place looks dirty and unsanitary. read more

Been living in the neighborhood about 8 years and this is my first time trying Andre's.. Boy, am I an idiot! These pastries are unbelievable! I had one of the best Linzer Tarts I've ever had! (And my dad & I love them, so I have eaten several!) I also had some kind of fruit and nut thing with excellent dark chocolate on the sides, and superb shortbread on the bottom. Incredibly fresh and not too sweet. I'm going back soon.. The only downfall is it is expensive. Two items were $8.50?? Updating review- went back- food is great but was reluctant with a 'C' rating! Linzer tart was again, awesome, and hazelnut tart was pretty good. Filling was lacking a little in flavor but crust and chocolate were fan! Another girl was at the register and she too, was not so friendly. My friend who went on another occasion said the same thing about the service.. Step it up Andre's.. You've got the goods- service and etiquette need to match... read more

Andre's Hungarian - Best Linzer ever! Tried wiping some sugar off- spared me 2 calories - Bakeries Near Me - Forest Hills, New York

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I discovered this place while walking along Queens Blvd. A Manhattanite in Queens? WHAT?! I slept over my best friend's apartment in the neighborhood, chose not to bring a change of clothes, and did the walk of shame along Queens Blvd. in search of breakfast. I opted for nasty coffee from Starbucks and 3 rugelach cookies from this place. The store's name sounded familiar and the cookies in the window looked tantalizing. For 3 relatively small cookies- $2. Call me cheap but I thought it was pretty pricey. Definitely cheaper than some other places I've tried but still pricey. I bought them anyway. And the lady at the front counter just angrily handed me over the bag and walked away to the back without attending my friend. So we stood there twiddling our thumbs until my friend spoke up and they reluctantly came to the front. Granted, my friend and I perhaps are TOO cheerful in the morning...... well, lies! There's no such thing as being too cheerful- are you alive and well? So be cheerful dammit! WHATEVER. The cookies were good. The place is small. The lady was mean. My friend had a piece of the cherry & cheese strudel. I didn't try it so I can't comment on it... but it was $6. It wasn't until after I realized that they have another location in my neighborhood on the UES- one I've actually visited. If I had to choose I'd definitely choose the UES location. Cozier-- it's a sit down place & the customer service is MUCH better. But if you live in the area-- give this place a try! Especially those cookies. They were super fresh (it was 9:30AM) and paired perfectly with my crappy Starbucks iced coffee. read more

This would be at least 3 stars if they didnt sell stale stuff too. Bakeries need to make less or take the loss and throw unsold items out. The bakery cookies have always been good. The roulads here are delish when they are fresh..sadly we have also bought them when they are already dry, stale and inedible. Apple strudel not so good- apples were way too hard and crunchy A cake I had my eye on a few weeks ago is still sitting in the display case ..the sprinkles on it are actually starting to fade its so old..yuck read more

The cinnamon danish here is the best I've ever had. I'm salivating now just thinking about it. It's buttery, flaky, and full of flavor. The strudel at Andre's is also fantastic. Minus one star for the service- they are always nasty here. It's as though they're doing you a HUGE favor just by taking an order, which can be frustrating. But it's worth it once you bite into that danish. read more

Stunningly disorganized. Ordered a cake 5 days ahead of time. Drove an hour out to get it. Despite making it VERY CLEAR that I wanted to pick up from the Manhattan location, it was in Queens. No cake for me. Happy fuckin birthday. read more

We don't really have any bakeries in Forest Hills and so Andre's is holdin' it down in that department....and they're kosher. The sweets are decent, the cookies probably being the best of what they offer. Cookies are sold by the pound and they have maybe 10 or so different kinds to choose from. The chocolate babka is very tasty too, maybe a little buttery but hey is babka. I bough a cherry but strudel last night and while the filling was good the dough felt a bit dry...not something you want in a strudel. Both the strudel and babka are $12 each. They have some cakes that look too creamy and linzer cookies and rugelach that look great. Place is small and service is efficient. CASH ONLY! read more

I was in search for a cheesecake for my dad's birthday recently and Yelped bakeries near Rego Park. Up came Andre's Hungarian. I had actually walked along this street a few times before but never noticed this small bakery nestled right beside to a Chase Bank. A humble family bakery and a financial conglomerate side by side - quite a juxtaposition I suppose. All this is to say, if you are in search of a great tasting cheesecake at a fair price, this is the place. $16 gets you an 8-inch plain and $20 gets you the same 8-in cake with sliced kiwi and strawberries. Some of their other pastries looked (and smelled) amazing too. read more

Great European style pastry - highlighted by the chocolate babka; prune danish cinnamon danish cheese danish and fabulous strudels!