Consistently good bakery with a good variety of cakes and pastries. Friendly service, reasonable pricing. Recommend !

I worked with La Dolce for my baby shower cake and it turned out absolutely perfect. They are the preferred bakery of the restaurant where we held our shower and I worked directly with Sophia on the design- she helped bring my vision to life. To choose flavors, she even created a sample bag of cake & filling for my husband and I to try before making a decision. The cake was absolutely delicious and our guests were raving about it how it looked and tasted. Sophia was extremely responsiveness and easy to work with. I highly recommend La Dolce for an upcoming event! read more

La Dolce Bakery - Over the Moon baby shower cake - Bakeries Near Me - Old Bridge, New Jersey

The cake decorator was a nightmare to deal with! I ordered a cake for my daughter's 1st birthday! From the start ordering the cake, she could not decorate any way i wanted without it costing me $$$$ so i had to simplify what i wanted and its still was a lot of money but i needed a cake so i agreed to go through with it! I made a simple pregnant mom mistake and i owed them money for the cake the day before the party...well my mistake is that with all the party planning and things i had to do the day before i forgot! So the next morning (day of the party) i called with nerves bc i forgot to pay and was hoping i could pay them immediately and all would be good! NOPE! She told me she wasnt making my cake anymore bc i didnt pay! I told her i was calling to pay! Then she said well she wont be able to deliver the cake till the end of the party bc she dodnt have a delivery driver! That is insane! Arent u supposed to look at ur orders for the day and maybe call the people that didnt pay and confirm with them if u r still making the cake or not? My order requested a delivery driver for over a week before, i understand my payment is important , no payment no cake i get it! But i forgot i wasnt trying to be difficult! They had my number on the order form they could have called me before end of the day, the day before and asked me if i still wanted the cake and if so to pay over the phone! I cant tell you the way she made me cry! She was so mean she told me shes not making my cake and when i got angry bc how do u not have a cake for ur daughters first birthday and i had 60 people coming to this party in 3 hours from this point! She argued back to me and then got so impatient that she decided to hang up the phone! Luckily i called back and spoke with the manager and he told me that they were absolutely making my cake and that the cake decorator was supposed to call me back but she didnt and i opted for my husband to go pick it up bc i can't have this problem today! So unprofessional of her to treat a customer this way! This would be the 3rd time coming to her and this is how she treats her repeat customers? She was always difficult to deal with though, in the past she told me she still would have to charge me the full decorating price if i bought the decorations for her to stick on bc "she is still decorating it" which then again i would understand but she is just so mean about it and difficult to talk to! Its either she hates her job so much or she takes it too seriously and thinks she owns the place! The fact she did this to me the day of my daughters party is sickening! I was so upset, who does this to a pregnant woman whose just trying to make her daughters first birthday special! I admitted my mistake on the phone i apologized she should have just understood and been nice and said no problem we will take ur payment and i will make ur cake , but instead in her exact words was "oh no im not making ur cake anymore u didnt pay" and i responded i was calling to pay and she said "well either way i cant get it to you until end of day bc i dont have a driver right now" which angered me and argued her bc she said it so nasty like she was trying to get out of making my cake! So i got loud, i cursed at her and told her off bc she scared me and was very mean so i reacted and then she said "well now i dont need ur payment bc im definitely not doing business with you" and proceeded to hang up! So if u want a cake for a SPECIAL occasion and you want a place thats FUN, and INVITING, and EASY to work with....THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU! read more

I've purchased many cakes, cookies, and pastries from here, and they are always fresh and delicious!

I gave two stars for the fast and friendly service, but I'm appalled at the quality of the pastries. The brownie had that refrigerator taste like it had been sitting there for a while. It had to be thrown out. The vanilla cream pie was very soggy but had good flavor. The Italian cheesecake was bland and didn't taste fresh. The NY cheesecake is just sitting in our fridge because we honestly don't even want to try it. It is shocking how bad the quality is. read more

What is worse than being responsible for bringing dessert to Easter dinner and having the cake be stale)? Embarrassing. We placed an order for a chocolate mousse cake and marble pound cake 3 days before Easter. Arrived on the Saturday before to pick up our order expecting it to be boxed and ready in the back. It wasn't. The employee had to take the mousse cake from the display case. She said they had no room in the refrigerator in the back because of their orders for restaurants. It is always hit or miss with this bakery. We go back hoping that next time, it will be better. It wasn't. read more

A nice bakery with a wide assortment of cakes, cookies, bread, and other sweet treats. The system is a bit outdated because they could not get it to accept my chip card but prices are decent. I got a box of about 8 different treats for my friend and judging by the "mmm's," I think she and her family really enjoyed it. I had a small bite of the carrot cake to see how it was and liked it so I'm sure the rest were really good. read more

La Dolce Bakery - Many assortments of treats - Bakeries Near Me - Old Bridge, New Jersey

What a terrible place. The owner Joe Is incredibly nasty. We ordered a kid's birthday cake. It wasn't there when we arrived to pick it up. The staff spent the next 15 minutes trying to blame us in every way possible (you called the wrong store; you went to Freehold by mistake; you didn't place an order). Well it turns out that we _did_ place the order while actually standing in the Old Bridge store. The woman who took the order wrote down the wrong date. But their _first_ instinct was to blame us -- the customer. We waited another 20 minutes while they made the cake. We would only find out later when we cut it open that they made it _wrong_. And the whole fiasco made me very late arriving to the birthday party with the cake. So to apparently make it up to us they gave us a tiny tray of cookies. We didn't want cookies. We wanted the right cake at the right time. No one ate the cookies. Oh, wait, I think one person had a cookie. We were very unhappy. I spoke with the owner, Joe, today. Boy was he nasty. We gave you cookies, what else do you want?! He said. I can't believe you're arguing with me over a cake -- something so stupid. He said. Obviously Joe thinks not having a cake ready when promised, blaming the customer when his staff was wrong, and making a cake incorrectly is no big deal. That's a great way of thinking when you're in the bakery business. Ironically this was our second time ordering this cake from them because we liked it last time. But there's no call for being treated so poorly. Joe should be ashamed. We will never be back, and we will ensure everyone we know avoids this place. What a loathsome nasty person Joe is. There's simply no excuse. read more

For a Mother's Day dessert, instead of baking something at home, we decided to treat mom with La Dolce's Italian Cheesecake. Note that I've only tasted Italian Cheesecake once before, so my experience with this style is fairly limited. The crust was a solid both in taste and texture (literally) being somewhere between cakey and crumbly. Doing some research on Italian Cheesecake, the crust is often made using crumbled Almond Amaretto (similar to a Macaron) cookies which have those properties I mentioned above. However, the key to any good cheesecake is the filling and La Dolce's was quite tasty. Instead of the strictly cream cheese based New York style cheesecake, the Italian cheesecake filling is usually a blend of Ricotta and cream cheese or just Ricotta. Ricotta is a bit more crumbly with little curds versus the smoother texture of cream cheese, and this clearly translated to the filling. Rich, slightly creamy, and much more savory versus sweet, I also welcomed the clear use of lemon zest which complimented the richness. My only gripe was it was a pretty dense filling. One odd thing was that the cake tasted better a few days afterwards. Nonetheless we all enjoyed the Cheesecake for Mother's Day! read more

La Dolce Bakery - Italian Cheesecake. - Bakeries Near Me - Old Bridge, New Jersey

Living in this area you would think there would be an abundance of Italian pastry shops but so far this has been the only one I've tried and enjoyed. It is a very small place and you really need to preorder things, which is why I'm taking off a star. It would be great to be able to go in and have lots to choose from. I ordered my daughters communion cake from here, a Napoleon cake, it was outrageous!!!! Been back on several different occasions for pastries and they've always been good. If some talented baker is reading this please open a pastry shop in the area, preferably with coffee and seating ;) read more

La Dolce is a very good Italian bakery in Old Bridge. I never had any of their cakes, but I've had many of their eclairs, St Joseph pasties, zeppolis, lobster tails, cannolis, cream puffs, lemon drop cookies, and fig cookies. All are very good! My mom is always ordering their lemon drop and fig cookies from this bakery all the time, and I'm always eating them up! This bakery has solid pastries, lemon drop and fig cookies. read more

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I tried my very first cronut at The Feast of San Gennaro from La Dolce Cronuts based out of New Jersey. This was the best thing I've ever eaten! A cronut is a croissant-doughnut hybrid originally created in New York. If you're in the Old Bridge area, stop by this bakery...they were super nice! read more

La Dolce Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Old Bridge, New Jersey

Me and my family have been coming here for over 10 years and they have not changed the recipe of their wonderful Italian cookies! I've tried many types from store bought, deli bought, homemade, family, friends, friends of family, etc and La Dolce still has the best tasting cookies in my opinion. It's always such a treat coming here read more

Walked up to the bakery today at 3:58. The employee inside walked up to the door and locked it in my face. Great customer service.

Again they did a wonderful job! Loved this cake! Everyone was impressed! I would definitely recommend this bakery, although they aren't on the cheap side read more

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Originally shopped at LaDolce as far back as 1997. Over the years the quality declined and we stopped shopping there a few years ago. Had company coming over and needed a quick dessert so thought we would try again. WRONG....THIS WAS THE WORST 25.00 CAKE EVER!!!! Was supposed to be red velvet. The frosting was a solidified lard/cream cheese mess which was overwhelmingly flavorless and just thick. The cake itself was a 7 inch single layer cake cut in half and made to look like a normal size cake from the outside with excessive coverage of the disgusting frosting. This is the first time I have ever served company a dessert and everyone at the table discarded their slice of cake into trash can. NEVER AGAIN! read more

La Dolce Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Old Bridge, New Jersey

So fresh! So delicious ! Cookies are some of the best Italian cookies I've had in a long time !

If I could give this place a 0 I would. Worst place to get a cake from. I got a cake for my husbands birthday and the cake looked like a 2 year old made it and when I called the bakery they told me it's from the humidity. No it's because your just terrible. Especially Cindy the cake decorator there. I'm so disappointed with how they handled this situation and will tell everyone I know to never get from them again. read more

Every tome I get a cake from here people rave about it , I love coming here. Everyone is so nice and the fact that it's open on sundays is a plus ! I will always come back read more

No stars for this place! We got a tiramisu cake with USA sticker on it and it was SOUR. And horrible customer service after my sister brought it back, no money back. read more

I purchased a cake and lemon drops 1 months ago ( January) for a birthday. The cake was dry and the icing tasted like a refrigerator. I tried to give them another chance for Valentines day. I asked the lady behind the counter if the cheesecake was fresh, her response was "yes we just made it". I took it home and again this bakery disappointed me. The cheesecake was not creamy, very dry and again tasted like a refrigerator. Not sure what is going on with them but I will not return and no longer recommend this bakery read more

I always get the almond paste cookies which for me are AMAZING. Soft, sweet (not too sweet), and airy. I love them so much. I took off a point for pricing. It's a bit high. I've ordered other cookies which are decent. read more

The 7 layer cake is our of this world. A little pricey but I don't mind because it's delicious.

It's been a few years since I've been back to this bakery because the quality wasn't great, but was going to the card store in the same mall, and decided to give it another try since it's been awhile . Bought assorted mini pastries. These small pastries look and taste like frozen products that they thaw. My family didn't like what we bought. Lemon Coconut was dry and had a very odd taste. The Spumoni mini slices were the best of the bunch. Tiramisu was just ok, nothing special. The rest, weren't good at all. Sorry, but won't be back. There's better choices in the area with freshly made items. read more

I'm from out of state, and I wanted to get a cake to someone in NJ. The La Dolce staff was so friendly, accommodating, and helpful. They were able to tell me all my options, take my order over the phone, and create a beautiful cake that was perfect for what I needed! I would definitely order again. read more

Don't waste your money. The cakes and pastries are one of the worst I have had. They are old and should have been thrown out. The lobster tails were rubbery and the filling crumbled when I bit into it. The carrot cake must have sat there for more than a week being that the frosting separated from the cake and the cake crumbled as well. The chocolate strawberry shortcake must have also sat there for a while since the strawberry was beginning to have that spoiled taste. A waste of $40!! read more

Our favorite Bakery when we visit home. I miss all the pastries and cookies and the semolina bread. I must try when you are in Old Bridge.

Stay away...!!! I bought 5 types of pastries today. All tasted like they were spoiled. Eclairs and tres leches had a very strong taste of acetone. Custard cream was hard as a rock. Horrible horrible. Stay away, don't get yourself sick. read more

I came in here after searching this bakery on google, they were very nice & everything came out looking, smelling, and tasting excellent. Everyone at my party loved the cupcakes, I HAD NO LEFT OVERS!!! That's the best feeling ever. I will always use this bakery to make me a cake/cupcakes for an event. This is my new go to spot, and also very fair in pricing. read more

La Dolce Bakery - a birthday cake and cupcakes - Bakeries Near Me - Old Bridge, New Jersey

A delicious bakery but the staff is really rude. Won't be returning and would rather spend my money where customers are treated with a little respect. read more

Disgusting service. This is the second time in two days I walk inside and walked out with nothing! The first time I came in to buy a few cookies and a cupcake the total was under 10.00 and she says that there is a minimum 10.00 dollars. I Politely tell her then I will not order anything, she then rolls her eyes and says thanks for wasting my time. The Next Day I come in with my Girlfriend. This time we both have cash in hand and decided a bunch of cookies. The same Blonde woman was there. She tried to upsell two pounds of cookies because the cookies on the left side cost more per pound than the right side when you mix them together. We both politely told her to seperate both cookies in seperate bags that way we wont be charged extra. She said "oh god I'm not doing that" once again she was rolling her eyes at us and giving us disgusting looks, she also told us to hurry up there is another person in line. We decided to leave because of her bad attitude. On our way walking out she said "GO TO HELL". I would like to get in contact with the owner to report the problem. This place is unreal I can't believe i walked in two times in two days and came out with nothing. read more

This is a nice bakery if you need fresh bread,cake,cookies and other pastries. Some times you get great service but when the old lady is there you get the snap every now and then from her and you feel very unwelcome at times. If you can over look the chance of seeing her then its worth the visit. read more

Today's date October15th 2014 . Bakery around 12 in the afternoons walked in and no one was there and waited for about 10 minutes after yelling hello three times only to get no response finally their phone started to ring thinking someone would finally come out and nope no one came out I will never go back there did smell good though read more

I had a horrible experience with this bakery. I ordered a cake and they messed up the order (The wrong fillings were put in). When I called the bakery they said I would have to bring in a piece of cake to prove to them I'm not lying. On top of that they said the piece I cut wasn't good enough. I asked to speak to the owner who gave me an attitude. Overall horrible customer service and their cakes and pastries are mediocre at best. Would not recommend this place to anyone! Trust me read more

Really, I'd give this place a 4.5 if I could. Their cannolis are awesome. Also, my birthday cake (a strawberry shortcake) came from here and it was probably the most delicious one I've ever had. It had a whipped cream filling and they didn't skimp on the strawberry filling like a lot of places do. Their prices are really reasonable too! read more

Went there on a Christmas Day since they're the only one that's open closeby..I got the strawberry shortcake for my friend's birthday..she said her family enjoyed it.. read more

So friendly and nice ! Gave us two cookies for free! The prices are great! Cookie size was huge! Only negative thing to say is that the black and white cookies are not the best, otherwise love this place and will definitely return, THANK YOU ! read more

Are they trying ?? Boston cream donut on Sunday was horrible and the Crum cake tasted like a Drakes coffee cake junior Either, put your heart into it or let the kids sell the place that wants to be there read more

Didn't even know this place existed until recently but really great bakery! All kinds of great cakes/cheesecakes and classic Italian cookie assortments! read more

Must say the WORST cupcakes I ever ate! My sister ordered 3 dozen cupcakes for a baby shower. She had specific requests for these cupcakes and was told it would not be a problem to fulfill these specs. They were supposed to be a split of vanilla and chocolate flavored cake, with a mocha ganache filling. Frosting was to resemble green grass. Well the cake was dry and tasteless. The filling was a wad of coffee (or maybe maple flavor we couldn't figure it out) frosting...not ganache at all. The frosting resemble a ribbon, obviously the frosting was made with shortening and not butter. Disgusting we will never purchase from this bakery again. read more