Many of the less-favorable reviews of Delightful Pastries complain that there is not much filling in the paczki. That's because they are AUTHENTIC. Real Polish paczki have just a spoonful of filling; the treat is the wonderful light dough, which Delightful Pastries does perfectly. I have been a customer for years, and everything is always fresh, not overly sweet, and made from the very best ingredients. The price reflects the high quality. If you would rather eat junk, buy your bakery at a supermarket. read more

Just a review of their paczki as today is that day! The dough was reminiscent of my grandmas and tasted fresh. The fillings on the other hand were lacking. I mean hardly any. Paying almost $6 for one is ridiculous. Not enough strawberries or custard. Make them like they look in the picture. Other than that the store was cute, full of delicious goodies. But as for me, I prefer the Jewel ones for much cheaper, and a LOT of filling. read more

Delightful Pastries is a wonderful Polish sweet shop that really showcases the care of a small business. The owner sources jellies from Wisconsin, and their house-made bread is absolutely delicious. The customer service is fantastic--the employees are patient, kind, and very knowledgeable, taking the time to explain all the sweets and treats. The only downside is the macarons, which unfortunately don't seem to rotate as quickly as other items. When I tried them, they were stale and tasted past their freshness. Everything else, however, has been delightful, making this a great spot for pastries, bread, and Polish specialties. read more

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Smorgasbord of pastries and sweets. I tried the passion fruit mousse gateau and it was flavorful and Death by Chocolate that I tried read more

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Simply wonderful. I ordered the small cookie trays, they are huge, and every cookie delicious. A visit always brightens my mood. read more

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PREMIUM DELIGHTS! Appreciate this bakery because they make from scratch AND use REAL BUTTER ====ALL the ingredients are natural just the way it should be and you can taste it!!! --I'm a baker and know how important ingredients are. They also make soups, pierogi, syrups, horseradish and much more! Love the Quiche for a hearty affordable breakfast! Coffee to! Happy paying a bit extra for REAL food instead of unhealthy chemical, tasteless toxic crap you get in majority of places! Use to order for Friday "Donut Day" at my old job. 80+ employee who LOVED EVERYTHING! Grateful for this neighborhood gem. YUM! Thank you! read more

The person that waited on me touched my food with her bare hands instead of using a pastry tissue or gloves. When I pointed it out she was a miffed that I mentioned it. She did get me two new pastries and put the other ones back so now someone else will get the pastries that were pawed all over. I got a loaf of sourdough multi grain and it wasn't remotely sour. The paczki looked better than they tasted--I'd never go back here--in this day and age no one touches the food with their bare hands--tells me that they most likely don't have safe serve practices. I think the prices are high for mediocre quality. read more

Stopped in on our way out of town. We were in Chicago for a long weekend and had to try this place. The people were the nicest, the store is inviting and bright with so many choices, and the pastries were BEYOND! I can't be more excited that I did stop in. Thank you for a wonderful end to our trip! read more

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Everything they offer is amazing, high quality and very delicious. Love them and they are close to my house

They are not very nice to Black women. The male person suggested that not only did he take Apple Pay, but EBT. A not so subtle jab that implies that we are on assistance because we're black. Don't buy here. read more

Ordered a cake for my sons birthday. This was the best cake we've ever had. Everything was right on point. Service very professional, pleasant and well organized. Thank you so much. We'll be back and recommend you to our friends. read more

Went here becaue of all the great reviews. There are no prices on anything. I asked for a couple of prices and the older women behing the counter seemed annoyed. A younger male took over and gave me prices and all were very, very high compared to other bakeries. I settled on just trying a piece of pecan bar and it was almost 7 dollars. It was not very fresh or good. Don't get the hype. read more

Holy Smoly Fatman my sis and I had some tacos for lunch. She suggested some sweets after & found Delightful Pasteries on Yelp in Jefferson Park. This is 1 of 3 locations in Chicago. She ordered a number of thangs to be split w/each other starting a Pecan Square, Lemon Square, Florentines Florentinki, Pistachio Shortbread Cookies, & Mexican wedding cookies. We was in hog heaven, excellent pastries suuuueeee. I will definitely be back cause I luved Da pasteries. Nice selection and all were very good. read more

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I visited this bakery a couple of times in the past and it was not memorable at all. I decided to give this neighborhood bakery another shot. I went on Valentine's day it was not crowed, only myself and another customer were in line. I ordered 5 paczki's. All different flavors and every single one of them the dough was flavorless and a drop of filling. Depending on what filling you chose some were 5.29 each. Definitely not worth the price. There was no customer service, the person working behind the counter didn't greet me, she just said how many? When she packed up my order, I said thank you to her and she already moved on to the next customer even before I grabbed my box. Never again! read more

Great pastries, paczkis and fresh sour dough bread. They slice it for you! I will definitely be back!

Delightful Pastries - A Delightful Experience & Delicious Cake This European-style bakery has helpful & great staff and great cakes, pastries, & a variety of breads. They created a cake that exceeded our inquiries with Whole Foods Market, Mariano's, & Jewel-Osco Grocery Store. They provided a great tasting cake at a great price that easily provided enough slices for 40+ women. Delightful Pastries' multi-layer fruit cake was a success to the participants of our regional meeting. Delightful Pastries has plentiful pastries and breads including multi-grain & gluten-free breads are irresistible. If you do want more insight, check out WTTW interview, article about their beloved, decadent Polish pastries known as pączki - a type of filled, deep-fried, donut-like treat traditionally enjoyed on Fat Thursday before the solemn Christian period of Lent. Their paczki is available beyond the Polish paczki season, aka Mardi Gras Doughnuts in New Orleans & in Europe is also known as donas, , , munkar, koblihy, munkar, Beignets, Berliner, Berliner Pfannkuchen, Krapfen, Kräppel, Kreppel, Faschingskrapfen, Fastnachtsküchle, Fastnachtsküchelchen. You might want to check out the WTTW article: WTTW Chicago's Delightful Pastries Makes 40,000 Pączki This Time of Year. Take a Look Behind the Scenes Kathleen Hinkel February 13, 2024 Chicago's Delightful Pastries Makes 40,000 Pączki This Time of Year. Take a Look Behind the Scenes | WTTW Chicago https://interactive.wttw.com/playlist/2024/02/13/paczki-photo-essay This is a handicap & veteran friendly business. These are nice pastries & baking professionals doing really a great job. It is very hard to find fresh cakes made of real fruit and cream. Enjoy! read more

Delightful Pastries - 40 person cake. Super delicious cake made of real cream frosting and fresh fruits. - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Delicious pastries as the name says they are delightful . I ordered a lemon bar pecan bar, Mexican cookie and some other things oh a pistachio short bread . My favorite were the Mexican wedding cookies . Clean, delicious next time I'll order savory pastries. They looked wonderful . High quality ingredients . Just kept picking a little of this and a little of that . read more

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I have been here 3 or 4 times and everything is perfect! The baked goods, the soups, pierogis, bread, etc! The place is so clean and organized, it does my Type A heart good! read more

We always got our paczki at Ideal Bakery across from our office, now closed, so this is our first Mardi Gras eating Delightful Pastries' paczki. They are delicious! read more

TL;DR Cute, local bakery with great pastries that aren't overly sweet, and a commitment to local ingredients! I'd say they lived up to their name. ===== Visited their stall in the Federal Plaza farmer's market this week and got a blueberry tart slice ($6). Really love their commitment to using natural and local ingredients, and everything they had on display looked amazing! Heck, if all the ingredients were organic, too, I'd probably not bat an eye at paying $6 for a normal-sized slice of tart (and honestly compared to other pie places/bakeries in Chicago that seems normal). Also they accept credit/debit cards! I'd bump them up to 4.5 just for that. The blueberry tart was not overly sweet, which I hugely appreciated. It was beautiful and full of succulent, fresh berries, and the pastry was buttery and crumbly. It did take a slight beating while in its paper bag prison, so please know that it looked more beautiful when I first bought it. Would definitely love to go back and try the other pastries - they had a good variety of sweet and savory goods, and apparently the paczki are famous. When I went I actually thought I ordered a cheese danish ($4) in addition to the tart slice, but when I got home I realized the stall-person hadn't heard me :'( Don't make my silly mistake and look inside the bag before you leave! read more

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Outstanding little bakery. Stopped there during work in the AM and enjoyed it so much that me and my co-worker stopped there almost for 2 weeks straight. I tried almost everything and the sell a few additional items like eggs, jams, soups, elderberry syrup, it's definitely a must see. I had their donuts, Pączkies, croissants, and few other items. My co-worker loved their key lime pie and death by chocolate. Also took some home for the family wife really enjoyed their kolaczkies and death by chocolate, while kids loved the donuts and chocolate croissants. They offer several bread options like gluten free and diabetic friendly bread. Everyone we encounter were amazing. I just wish I lived closer so I could continue to support them. But if your in the area and haven't been you are really missing out on this gem. read more

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Oh, baby, this place is good! I had a sewing machine pickup not too far away, so I stopped in to get a cookie fix. That day, they also had one of the biggest cinnamon cake donuts I've ever seen, so I got that, too. The cookies held out through the weekend (they ARE fabulous - don't miss the pecan sandies and the similar pistachio cookies), but the donut was gone before I got home. Makes me wish they had an outpost closer to me; until then, this is an occasional treat, and, wow, the cookies are really a treat. read more

This place has what they call "marzipan stollen" which is the best stollen I have ever had. Warmed with butter, it is Christmas breakfast "Nirvana". There are far too many great offerings in both sweet and savory form to describe. I will say a friend from Poland told me their beet soup was great, exactly like they have in Poland. To me, it One thing for sure, their fresh breads don't need anything except maybe a little butter or mayo and mustard in a sandwich. I'm saying their breads are some of the best I've ever had. Cookies, cakes, rolls; all are superb read more

Located in Jefferson Park since 1998 Delightful Pastries is a neighborhood bakery through-and-through, Dobra Bielinski and mother Stasia Hawryszczuk still serving many of the same Eastern Europeans today that made the storefront a success two decades ago. Built on local Ingredients and historic recipes, all housed inside a cozy space on Lawrence, guests entering Delightful Pastries during COVID-19 will find little changed from pre-pandemic, staff and patrons donning PPE noteworthy while at least three-dozen choices rest safely behind glass. Less sweet than the typical Bakery, low Sugar plus a lack of preservatives and stabilizers proudly promoted, it was on a nearby bench that seven items were tasted, Kolaczki with locally made Preserves or Cream Cheese precisely as good as Grandma's while Bielinski's Pecan Square outperforms the average Pie thanks to more Nuts and a lack of Corn Syrup. Offering plenty of Fruit based items, typical of Poland on Hungary, Apple Cake comes sliced into weighty wedges offering plenty of Cinnamon between Sponge layers while Paczki served year-round provide a reminder of Fat Tuesday without long lines but all the expected texture and flavor. read more

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Amaizing beakary and great serivce. Today was my first time visiting this place. i got bread,quiche,spinach rolls , strawberry jam, and everything was delightful. Thank you read more

We came to Delightful Pastries to take home some paczkis, as maybe some other goodies. They really weren't that welcoming or helpful when we walked in and seemed a little impatient while we looked around, since there wasn't anything that caught my eye. I asked for paczkis but they had stated they sold out in the morning. So I settled with some other pastries that I weren't that great. I'll probably try coming again, maybe a lot earlier next time, so I can try their paczkis. read more

Look at these pathetic paczki. I pad $4 for this and it's all dough! Butera had better. Even 7-11 paczki had more filling read more

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Is it Fat Tuesday? Time to run to Delightful Pastries! They do prefer that you order and pay ahead, and they definitely prioritize these people in the line. However, if you're someone like me that remembered last minute, IT'S NOT TOO LATE! They still take walk-ins. My husband and I got there right at 6:00am and waited in line for about 15 minutes. Even if the line looks like it's out the door, it's moving fast! They offer every flavor, and have TONS baking, so you're guaranteed to get the flavor you want! I got chocolate & custard, strawberry & whipped cream, and rose! My husband got apricot, plum, and whiskey chocolate. We both loved everything and would definitely come back next year... only this time I'll try my best to order ahead! :) read more

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It's not a cake!!! Muffin from Costco taste better and cheaper ! I was excited looking at bakery's displays plus I bought a birthday cake from this bakery because when I checked online for the reviews and they have a pretty good reviews but guys, this cake is not really a cake !!! The taste and the texture was terrible!! I won't buy from this location again ! ... actually, I bought several pastries but my main purpose was buying a birthday cake for my daughter's birthday ... I thought it's worth paying a $36+tax ( the small cake) but I was totally disappointed and felt bad and ashamed when we started slicing the cake and sharing it to our visitors... it was embarrassing when you see your visitors left the piece untouched..., they just picked a small piece and never ate them. Honestly, looking at it you won't have the appetite of eating them ... the looks outside was good but what's important is the taste , the texture. This was the most terrible cake I ever had for birthday... jewel-osco or Walmart or sams club or costco cakes are better and cheaper. I won't recommend buying a birthday cake from here ... not worth, expensive for the size... and honestly the taste was terrible... Waste of money! read more

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I got some pastries/breads from the Chicago farmers market in front of Federal Plaza. So don't know how the actual shop is like. But the staff there was a very nice person. I've got a plain croissant , a blueberry muffin and a cinnamon danish. They don't accept Card/Apple pay on the market location, cash only. read more

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Their almond croissants are too die for! I got some before work and these were a hit! read more

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I was somewhat underwhelmed with the pastries here. The Kolaczki pastries were okay, but the peppermint flavored meringue cookies for the holidays tasted like breath mints. The regular meringues were below average, and the sugar cookies with sprinkles were rather dry. In all fairness, 2 of the 3 sweets I had were not their specialty, so I will still consider coming back to try the paczkis in the future. read more

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Hired them to cater a tea themed baby shower - got their tea sandwiches and mini pastries plate - delicious! Everyone was raving about the sandwiches! Would use again, such polite staff! read more

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The pastries here were okay, but nothing special. I made a special trip out here just based on the delicious looking eclair pictures, but was disappointed. Their eclairs are made with buttercream frosting, not custard, in the middle - which makes for an impressive display but overly sweet and gummy texture. We got a couple paczkis, which were just 'good'. They gave us the wrong flavor (rose instead of raspberry), but still nothing special. If I'm spending the calories to eat a decadent paczki, I hope for something amazing! I also got an iced sugar cookie which was disappointing. The cookie part was really tender and delicious, but the decoration was done in royal icing which was so hard that it was tough to bite through, and was hard and crunchy. Nothing terrible, but not worth a special trip to visit. read more

Love, love, love this bakery! Some of the best stuff here are the bars: lemon bar, pecan bar, and my desert island (dessert island :) pick, the "Congo bar". Roasted macadamia nuts on a bittersweet chocolate layer, all on top of a buttery graham cracker crust, with some coconuts thrown in -- oh, my! Glad I don't live nearer to this bakery or I would weigh 300 lbs. already. read more

The pastries at this bakery were underwhelming. Most of them lacked much flavoring and tasted plain. I was especially disappointed by the donuts as they almost tasted more savory than sweet and seemed to lack much sugar at all. That might make them healthier, but it certainly didn't make them pleasant to eat. I also tried some type of upside down apple pie that didn't taste like apple pie at all, and again had a savory flavor to it that just didn't go sit well with me. Their lemon bar didn't taste very lemony and had a strange texture to it. The best item was the fruit turnover, which was flaky with fresh tasting fruit inside. I did go here towards the end of the day so maybe the selection wasn't their best items or their baked goods had been sitting outside for too long, but overall not my favorite. read more

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PACZKIS! I live around the corner and have walked by this place dozens of times. I've always spied the cookies in the displays and wondered how delicious they really were... Then I woke up on Fat Tuesday and remembered... it's PACZKI DAY! I got my 3 year old dressed while my dude and littlest dude were asleep and we walked on over. It wasn't too crazy at 7am which was awesome and we were able to score a strawberry, a strawberry cream, a custard, an apricot, a raspberry and a Jameson chocolate... and I blue teddy bear cookie for my little guy, per his request. The paczki were amazing. Fresh and delicious. I think my favorites were the apricot and the custard. Once the weather picks up (someday...), I suspect we'll walk over regularly to sample more of their deliciousness. read more

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I've shopped here a few times now. Customer service from a woman (presumably owner) who answered phone was really good. In store customer service was a little awkward (not by same person who had answered phone). Would like for prices to be shown on items. I didn't see prices listed unless I overlooked them. I don't like having to ask pricing of multiple items. Maybe typical clientele of this location aren't worried about pricing and are okay paying set price unknowingly but I definitely would prefer knowing pricing before deciding. The brownie we purchased looked good but wasn't quite what we prefer. Perhaps we have a less refined palette. We also purchased a four pack of cupcakes. That was one item I didn't ask for pricing of and they ended up being over $3 each for a very small cupcake, so over $12 for the pack. I understand quality of ingredients have different cost but I didn't really feel there was a distinct enough taste difference for me to support the pricing. I definitely wish I had known pricing before. Also the online site shows some of the items with pricing I do believe, I had tried to check prior, but not all the items. Would be nice to have pricing list and photos for items available there prior to arriving. At the end of our order, we did receive a few tiny bonus croissants which was unexpected and kind. The store did seem quite busy with holiday orders so it does appear to be a local favorite by others. Very cute and clean aesthetic inside. The full cake varieties were not available in single slices, but they did look quite lovely and flavor combinations looked appealing. read more

I'm so grateful to live so close to this place. My mother-in-law is polish, she used to make Pierogies for me. Since she got sick, she stopped cooking and baking. I went to this place to get some polish food and desserts for her. The owner was super friendly and really nice. When he found out my mother-in-law was sick, he gave me extra bakery item for free. I always leave this place with a smile on my face. Highly recommended! read more

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Updating review to say they are simply delicious! Went in today after not visiting for many months and left with a huge bag of delightful treats. The spinach and ricotta croissant was so good, it didn't have a chance to make it home! Looking forward to sharing the adorable Valentines Day cupcakes and cookies with my daughters later today. Thanks for making such wonderful food and keeping it in the healthy side! read more

Delightful Pastries - Delicious chocolate cake with strawberry & custard filling. - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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