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    Gondres Bakery

    4.2 (57 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Pastellitos
    Dayana P.

    I have been coming to this bakery for a while now but never thought of making a review until Today. The bakery is located in Jamaica Plain on Centre Street, corner of gay head. The bakery is relatively small but has an open feel. When you walk in your greeted by the staff, can I help etc. The lady at &the counter was polite but a little ticked off due to not being able to move around like she wanted. I order the pastellitos or empanadas and a Arepa, all were good and tasted authentic to the Dominican cuisine. If you want something sweet or are looking for Dominican pastries, eat here.

    Cake
    Apex S.

    Craving a good, no wait, a great empanada? Yes! And you don't want to travel too far out? Yes! Well, don't worry, Gondres bakery's got you! Oh. My. God. Those chicken empanadas are THE best I've ever had. The outside covering is crisp, not oily, and lightly seasoned. When you reach the centre, the chicken is shredded (yay, I've tried empanadas at a LOT of places, some add diced pieces of chicken and that just doesn't cut it), full of flavorful spices! Add to it a dash of Jamaican hot sauce which they have on their counter. It may singe your mouth but it'll take you to a different level of deliciousness. Every bite just melts in your mouth. We started with one empanada each, and now we buy over half a dozen every time we head out to Gondres! And did I mention, they're a dollar each?! Apart from the empanadas, we've tried the sweet arepa, and guava and cheese pastelito. All good! These make up our standing order. How I wish they delivered. But for now, I'm going to dream about the days when I eat them empanadas, haha.

    Bruins cake I ordered.
    kaylita S.

    I ordered a bruins cake for my son's birthday. The cake was cute and delicious. I ordered a 2lb. cake with pineapple filling, which generously served about 25 people. I took off one star because the yellow frosting wasn't as golden as it should have been and the bruins logo had yellow frosting around the border, which I didn't ask for. Otherwise, the cake was moist, delicious and well made.

    Custom designed and couldn't be happier. It's gorgeous!
    Aracelis A.

    Oh my goodness what can I say about this Bakery! Words cannot even describe how incredible and talented these individuals are. Here they have, in my opinion, Fairy God Mother's! (Hadas madrinas) They make anything you want. You tell then the idea of the size, color, style even design....they will make it happen. Miracle workers here! This was my daughter's 13th birthday cake and look how incredible this masterpiece came out. From the moment I picked it up, I was blown away. The details and just utter gorgeousness of this cake, I didn't even want to cut it or eat it by the end of the evening. I placed in my order a few days ahead of schedule (4 days in advance) and so when the day came it was ready for pick up. As you can see, the color matched my decorations at home as it brought everything together. The stars of the evening was my daughter and the cake. On the inside, oh my goodness, sooooo delicious and so moist. NOT DRY AT ALL!!! I'm telling you it was that good. This was a vanilla cake with strawberry filling....so so good. They have other kinds of fillings and so you're not limited to just strawberry but for me I know my daughter loved it. A BIG THANK YOU to Gondres Bakery! You made my princess so happy and even myself. All of my guests were blown away and so Without you all this couldn't happen the way I wanted to. This was, Perfecto en todos los sentidos, ya que estoy impresionado pero muy feliz con el resultado final. Mil Gracias! Anyone looking for a place to come get an amazing, gorgeous, custom cake at a great price. Please come here!!! You will not be disappointed

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    Luccy P.

    I am disappointed to say the least, my husband and I went into this shop to order a beautiful rose gold cake with drip decor and flowers on the top of the cake. We specifically asked for them to add edible flowers and a beautiful drip. This was far from that. The cakes drip leaked to the bottom of the cake and it looks absolutely terrible. I asked for flowers to be placed on the top and instead I get a pile of whipped cream... I'm not sure whether they were rushing to close or rushing on the cake but it DEFINITELY was not worth $85! On their instagram page, it looked as if they made good looking cakes but it did not prevail. The cake looked so bad I was even embarrassed to bring it to the actual event... like I can't even put into words how disappointed I am with this cake...this cake was far from a good looking cake & I will NEVER be ordering from Gondres ever again. I am extremely disappointed as I have been a loyal customer for years. I hope the pastelitos I ordered as well aren't as terrible as this cake. We ordered this cake TUESDAY so there was PLENTY of time to make it and if not they could have told us that instead of delivering a horrible looking cake... beyond disappointed and now I am left with an absolutely ridiculous cake that was rushed and leaning off to one side. It was NOT leveled and had a mounted top and was ready to slide off onto one side any second. We had to go to target and buy icing to ADD the trim at the bottom as it looked so messy.

    Mario Bros Birthday Cake

    My family has been coming here for a couple years now. The best Dominican pineapple cake I've found since the place I used to go in Lynn closed due to COVID. So far, we have been very pleased with their decorations and overall service. Price is a bit high but for a special occasion I guess it's worth spending on a nicely decorated cake.

    Nicole V.

    Ordered my son's 16th birthday cake. I went in the day before asking if they would be able to make a simple, small cake for the next day. The kid was very nice and said he would be able to do it. I wanted "Happy Birthday J Stay Fresh". I told him I will pick it up at 6pm the next day..giving them time to do other orders. Next day comes..I arrive at 6:10pm to pick up the cake. First and foremost their customer service sucks. You will stand there in front of the register and the employees will come from in and out the back and will look you dead in the eyes and won't even ask if you're all set or if they can help you. I stood there for about 5 minutes until finally someone acknowledged me. I told the woman I was here to pick up a cake. She brings out the cake..and the writing on the cake was absolutely terrible and crooked. "Stay Fresh" wasn't even written on there like I asked. I inquired with the woman why wasn't "stay fresh" written on there and she tried to tell me that it wasn't on the order and I had to point to her it was on the receipt. She catches an attitude because I had called her out on the error and she went and had someone write it on there quickly. I wasn't happy with the cake at all but I had to rush to make it on time for my son's bday dinner. Fast forward..I arrive to the dinner..we ate, sing happy birthday and then he cut the cake. When my son cut into the cake you could tell the cake was DRY AS HELL. There was NO MOISTURE to the cake whatsoever!! I will never ever order a cake from them ever again.

    Two tier vanilla cake with strawberry and vanilla filling.
    Kyle U.

    Five stars for sure. Timely, beautiful work, and helpful staff. Highly recommend for your event needs.

    Clearly says chocolate
    Natasha M.

    I realllllly hate to do this because the pastries here are so good and the owner is really friendly. I ordered a small chocolate cake on a whim over the phone. I asked for the smallest chocolate cake with blue lettering. I go to pick up the cake and the lady working there asked me if I ordered a vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. I told her I did not but at this point it was too late so I just took it. I feel like she knew that they messed up since my receipt said chocolate on it. My receipt also had my telephone number on it so why not call me to tell me that you couldn't make a chocolate cake, which is what I paid for?? I came home and noticed that the cake had the meringue frosting on it, which I was surprised by given that the slices of cake that I normally buy from there have a different frosting on it that's more consistent with American cakes (I'm Dominican FYI so no hate). Nobody asked me what kind of frosting I wanted and I just assumed that I'd get what they normally have in their cake case. When the cake was finally cut, I obviously was upset that it was not chocolate and had minimal chocolate frosting inside. It instead had layers of vanilla and was soooo dry. The lady working there did not even apologize for messing up the order and just said that the girl who took my order was told that there wasn't any chocolate cake. Okay? Honestly, the pastries here are great. If you order a cake, it would probably be best for you to do it in person and hope that they don't mess up your order. So disappointed.

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    9 years ago

    I have been going to this place over 5 years and loved there cakes. If you are looking for a good cake this the places to go.

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    The food is good, especially the Papaya smoothie. The staff is really nice and welcoming. My favorite little spot!

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    Charles River Bread Co. (not to be confused with the world's largest supplier of mice - Charles…read moreRiver Co.) has replaced D'Angelo's and damn if that's not a good thing then I don't know what is. You can build your own and they also have 10 or so specialty sandwiches with local-themed names like Brookline Portobello and Allston Asiago. These are prepared on one of a few types of excellent fresh bread and come with a pickle and a small bag of Cape Cod chips - all for just over 6 dollars. The Charles River Gondola one I had was really good on crusty french baguette. A return visit is being scheduled.

    I like this addition to the GSU (George Sherman Union) for all you non BU-ers. The bread is…read morefresh/high quality and you have choices like baguette, whole wheat chibatta and more. They started doing more soups and salads too now so you can do a 1/2 soup or salad and 1/2 sandwich. Their sandwiches are generously portioned (read can be two meals if you are on a college budget like me) It's a little over 6 for the sandwich (or 1/2 and 1/2) with your choice of apple or small bag of Cape Cod Chips. I always get pretty much the same- garlic oil, fresh mozzarella, tomato, and basil. It's a great sandwich- although once in a while their basil is not fresh. You can choose to get it grilled or not. The wait is usually 5-10 minutes, but at least the ordering system (pen and paper) means that I've never had an error with my sandwich. More fast moving places should do this I think. Anyway, you can choose all sorts of things here really- there are lots and lots of options, which is what we all want in our over personalized, individualistic society, right? :)

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    Monica's Mercato

    4.3
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    3.9 mi
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    Sneaked our way into this place right before close since we didn't make dinner reservations nor…read morewanted to wait longer than an hour. However per my cousin, it was absolutely a gamble getting into Monica's due to its popularity. It's your typical Italian deli and stocked with many of yummy bites. I couldn't pass up the burrata special, holy cow, was this fresh. Every bite I wanted more. The balsamic had a lovely twang to it. Super fresh produce and fresh bread!! Can't beat it!

    I came here on recommendation from family as a great North End deli and not-to-be-missed...! There…read morewas a line and it took awhile to get inside and a bit longer to place my order (first timer mistake; skip down to the PRO-TIP if dining here today...!) The servers inside are working their tails off...! Their work pace is not the issue, it's the establishment's popularity...! Looks very authentic inside like a restaurant / deli you might find in Firenze. I decided to order the Italian Sub as they make it; no changes. In hindsight, I should've changed a few things I kind of knew I wouldn't like, but wanted to roll with their take on the classic sub. The bread was very fresh and the meats abundant and plentiful! I was not a fan of the balsamic, nor the "hots" (not "hot" so-to-speak, but kind of a marinated sweet pepper, nor am a fan of sweet pickles. Condiments on their sandwich...? Mayonnaise (none), mustard (none). I believe it's only balsamic and EVIO. I ate a half sandwich and was quite full. I honestly threw the other half out. Wasn't my jam. If you'd like to try it, you can have the full summertime experience and wait in the long line in the roasting sun with no apparent breeze or.... PRO-TIP: Place an order online for pick-up; walk up, go in the second door (to the left) straight to the counter where you pay and pick up your sandwich which will be ready by the time you get there. I will try this place again; I'm just modifying the sandwich to a version I know I'll love. Side note: The chip selection had some crazy flavors I've never seen before such as "Fried Egg"

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