We were first introduced to Oak Mill Bakery in Niles back in 2017 when my husband and I were planning our wedding. We are rarely in the northern suburbs these days but we happened to be in Arlington Heights and I was ecstatic when I realized this location was next door to the restaurant that we were having lunch at. And then we even returned the following week because we had to run an errand in the area. So we've stopped by Oak Mill Bakery twice within eight days and we can vouch for their consistency. Here's what we tried: 1) Easter egg cake with vanilla cake and buttercream* 2) Butter cookie with chocolate and crushed pistachio* 3) Horn cookies with powdered sugar 4) Horn cookies dipped in milk and white chocolate 5) Butter cookie with caramel and pecan 6) Sugar cookies 7) Chocolate mousse cake* 8) Dark and white chocolate mousse cake* 9) Mocha cake slice* 10) Coffee mousse cake* 11) Raspberry yellow cake slice* 12) Mango mousse cake* 13) Mini red velvet cupcake with Easter decoration* 14) Cheese twist 15) Raisin custard croissant We tried a decent variety without breaking the bank. The ones marked with an asterisk are items that we would repeat. There are still plenty of ground to cover and we're planning to try more cake on our next visit. read more

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Great selection of delicious cakes and pastries! My go to if I'm in a mood for yummy polish desserts! Friendly service and nice ambiance!

Usually I rave about this company their treats are amazing...evidently NOT the cupcakes. Got a half dozen and they were insanely dry and dense I cannot relay the shock as I've never experienced this lack of quality here before and I've been an avid customer for 30+ years. The disappointment was enormous read more

Cake was great. Service is very slow. Short on help. I'll still order from them. Waited till she finished with the customer for over 13 minutes But the cake was worth the wait read more

Fantastic shopping experiences and the quality is superb. I recommend this place for your every special icy read more

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Called on a Monday to see if they have birthday cakes available and I asked for strawberry and banana with custard and they said they had it and put it on hold. I arrived and I told them I had a cake on hold but I don't think she understood me since they speak different language. They have many pastries and cookies and the lady was not in the mood for me to ask about what she recommend and what was the top seller or maybe she didn't understand me. The attitude at this location is poor because you can tell when you walk in the look at you up and down. I got my cake and the lady said you want me to write something on it and I said yes and it's an extra cost for happy birthday to get written on cake. The cake was okay it needed to be filled with more custard and banana pieces. The Cake was alright not special and it cost close to $70 it was to dry even with the strawberries and a tiny layer of custard. read more

Always impressed with this bakery. Cakes are outstanding - beautiful and delicious. They also whipped together an amazing baptism cake with a little over 1 day notice - absolutely perfect! The miniature goodies are also works of art. Highly recommend! read more

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Hit or miss depending on what you pick from the case, which I've experienced at other locations too. I would say about half the items (last time I got 6 treats ranging from cupcakes to mini tarts to cake slices and a kolacky) I paid for were actually fresh. The other items were clearly not made that day and had been sitting sadly in the case for a while. On the last few occasions, whatever flavor of cake slice I chose was definitely staling, so I definitely don't recommend buying cake by the slice. No wonder all sales are final. I do support buying custom order or pre-order cakes here though! Really fresh cake when made especially for you. Easy parking in the strip mall lot too. read more

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OMG, this place is Chicago's bakery for a reason. They did our wedding cakes (why get one when you can two at twice the price, lol...) and we also got this DELICIOUS "Cherry Yogurt Gateau" for a recent birthday. Gosh, this place kicks those cheap grocery store sheet cakes to the curb with all the flavor and quality! Thanks again, Oak Mill: your cakes rule!!! :D read more

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This bakery has been our family's choice for cakes and even for the occasional sweet tooth for the last 35 years, and it stops now. I really didn't care for the rudeness this place displayed over the years because as long as my desserts tasted great, I didn't mind. What changed my mind and my loyalty was that the desserts aren't the same anymore. They taste like cheap products. Back in the day, you can taste the rich flavor or European chocolate, or the creme tasted fresh and deliciously delicate butter. Now it's garbage, and the assortment is a disappointment. I wish the previous owners never sold their business. Under the new ownership, there is a lot of lack of. Lack of love for pastries, desire, and passion. You can see it when you walk in, when you taste the desserts. To the owner, I wish you are reading this. Please do something. Your making Europeans look bad. read more

Definitely not recommend! Customer Service is horrible, never see manager can talk like that for customers. It used to be great place but not anymore. We order birthday cake and it was NOT fresh at all. We always had pear cake , sometimes was better, sometimes not but never has stinky lady fingers and old sponge cake. We packaged cake, call ahead with complain because it was right before 4th of July. We returned cake to store at Tuesday after holidays and they took it from us and tell us they need to sent it to place where they doing it and baker need to taste it and decided about refund. They didn't call, I spoke with rude, ridiculous manager named Daniele and she refused our money back. It's ridiculous situation, it's the worst customer service ever and it was my last time with Oak Mill Bakery for sure. read more

Oak Mill Bakery has a number of beautiful wedding cakes on display at their bakery in Arlington Heights, and we started working with Bill there. The first step was to arrange a tasting. We had two of our close friends join us for a cake tasting. For an hour, we leafed through books of cake designs, and tasted various cakes and frostings. At the end we had decided on our cake design, and flavors. It was a very enjoyable experience. We ordered the cake, and provided our own topper before the wedding. The cake was absolutely beautiful, and tasted delicious. I receive numerous compliments from guests about the cake. It looked, and tasted wonderful. I recommend Oak Mill Bakery without any hesitation. read more

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I can see why this place only gets 2.3 stars. Ordered some pastries and they tasted old and soggy. Very disappointing for the price I paid. I can get better pastries at Mariano's and cheaper. read more

I went there to order a cake for a sweet 16 so I asked one of the ladies if she can help she says okay and walks away and helps another customer. I asked the other lady with blonde hair and black glasses if I can place the order. I told her I want a 16 made out and all that she told me was that they can only make it for 60 people and she walks away. I didn't even tell her for how many people I was having or any details. The funny thing is the man that was in line after me was getting helped by both of these ladies and laughing and chatting in Polish. This place doesn't even deserve one start just because of how rude the people that work there are. I have been to getting cakes from Oak Mill Bakery for over ten years now but the one in Glenview and have never experienced this kind of treatment. Very disappointed. read more

First of all the quality of pastries and cookies in this bakery is good. I would give 5 stars for the quality of food and taste. But customer service would be less than 1 if not 0. The two ladies at the store are extremely rude, I don't know for what reason. Made me and my family very uncomfortable while placing a take out order. Extremely unpleasant experience. Sincerely wish the franchise owner reading this review takes some action to train these ladies on how to treat, talk and behave with customers. read more

My husband and I went with Oak Mill for our wedding cake, and we were quite pleased! We chose alternating layers of devil's ganache and lemon/vanilla with fresh strawberry filling, and we will be going back for a little devil's ganache cake on our 1 year anniversary because we enjoyed it so much. It's hard to reconcile all the crummy reviews on here with the great product that we received. We wouldn't have wanted anything different! read more

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i have to agree with the other reviewers here... the cake i picked up was NOT good. it was very dry, tasteless and worst of all.. expensive! service wasn't the worst but not friendly. not one smile or thank you for coming in. read more

Paczki disappointment : ( The filling was good. However, the donuts were not light fluffy golden orbs. They were much more like a dinner roll. Even my husband asked me if I thought they tasted more like bread than a donut. Other desserts from here are amazing. So this was a disappointment. read more

I had an issue with the cake I picked up and the Oakmill bakery in Arlington hts solved the issue to my great satisfaction. Great customer service. read more

Wow, the worst Tiramisu EVER...Not made with Lady Fingers and I don't know what they were thinking when they made this cake covered with that icky white whipped cream. It was not Tiramisu and even for a cake period, it was not good. read more

Zero stars (but had to choose one)!! This bakery made the worst cake I have ever had! The cake was dry and didn't taste like chocolate and there was more whip cream than cake. The place smelled musty and old. Not like a yummy bakery smell one is used to. That should have been my red flag. I would have been better off going to Jewel to get a cake than order theirs. I was very disappointed! I don't recommend buying from Oak Mill! read more

Terrible -new management fluctuations of decisions making , biased customer approach !!! Logistics are very poor!! read more

Kevin and I have visited good from Oak Mill bakery before so there was no question who we'd go to for our wedding cake. They were busy since it was wedding season but the staff was great going over the menu with us when they had various cake testings. After going over our theme, they were great with offering suggestions within our theme and budget. We ended up getting a 3-tier cake with a cake topper I purchased from Etsy; with a heavy cake topper, they supported it great for the hours the cake has to look beautiful in the reception hall. As far as day-of logistics, they were professional with making sure our vendor received it in time and with no issues. read more

The cakes are delicious. The service is terrible. The other reviews are dead-on! The counter help act so annoyed by your call or for stopping by. They are not happy to help. I have been in the Rand Road location several times with different people over the years. It makes me think they will take the same attitude with my cake and I'm just not up to giving money to people who don't take pride in customer service. I am usually so happy to walk in there and look over the choices but it is so deflating to have to deal with the uninspiring attitudes and I have often walked out feeling unappreciated. I'd rather take a BITTERSWEET trip into the city through rush-hour traffic. Ugh. read more

I had a custom cake made for my mother. It was a model of the home she grew up in. The home was *perfect*. I had pretty high expectations going in and they were exceeded. My mother knew exactly what it was out of the box and she was surprised and thrilled, which is what I was going for! The cake itself was absolutely delicious. I live in the DC area where European bakeries are hard to come by so I really appreciate the craftsmanship and balance of flavors and textures Oak Mill achieves. I think some of the lower rating here can be attributed to people whose palates have been shredded with grocery store sugar bombs. You won't get that here. Thank goodness ;-) read more

I give them 2 stars because their product is pretty good, but I will never return. Customer service doesn't exist. I've been there 3 times and all 3 times was first ignored, then treated rudely - in an empty store. The 3rd time was the last. Spend your money at local bakeries that appreciate you. Central Continental, Sweet T's. Great bakeries with great service. Oak Mill simply cares less what their customers think of them. read more

Very pleased to go with Oak Mill Bakery for my wedding day cake! Basia was an absolute pleasure to work with! They are very professional, accommodating and provide amazing quality and detail to their cakes. And it tasted absolutely amazing! I highly recommend that you book them for special events. We will definitely be coming back! read more

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Have ordered all my special occasion cakes from here and never have had an issue. There cakes have always been moist, delicious, and stuffed with cream and fruits etc. The workers there always attentive & explained everything thoroughly when placing an order and the variety of cakes. Their fruit tarts and assorted pastries are delightful as well. Will continue to support the local bakery! read more

The European pear cake is to die for!!!! We buy it at least 3 times a year Fast and friendly service read more

So....got a flat tire and walked over to Oak Mill Bakery to wait for roadside assistance. The store normally sells coffee and has seating but for whatever reason the manager said "no coffee" and you cannot sit and wait here. They had just opened. Purchased 2 coffee cakes so it wasn't that. Had just come from church, nicely dressed and we'll mannered. I don't get it. The coffeecakes were dry and the manager was a nasty person so let's skip this place in the future. read more

If I could give this place a 1/2 star, I would! The 1/2 star is for the polite sales girl behind the counter. As for the pastries - YUCK!!! Extremely disappointed. I have been wanting a good cupcake with delicious buttercream frosting. This place is NOT the place to get it. It's on my way home so I figured, why not? I bought 4 cupcakes thinking could any bakery really screw up cupcakes? Well, I certainly have an answer to that! They were dry. Dry is being nice... They were rocks with oily frosting on top. My dog didn't even touch them and she eats just about anything! I also picked up some of those cute petite desserts for the family for tonight & tomorrow (mini-eclairs, cream puffs, those taramisu chocolate cups and a slice of red velvet cake). Soooo disappointed in them all. I think this stuff is left over from a weekend and not the one we just had! It wasn't cheap and because of that I've learned my lesson. Oak Mill Bakery... If you are reading this, here's a piece of advice - only serve & sell to your customers pastries you are proud of, pastries you & your dog would eat. Do not sell pastries from a week ago just to sell stuff. Next time, I'm saving my money and driving to Deerfield's bakery or even Jewel or Dominicks! ICK! read more

I just ordered probably 100th cake from this bakery. In addition to the custom cake images they have on their website, they also have a huge selection of binders at the location and the ideas and images will blow your mind! We came on July 1st to order a custom cake for the last minute birthday party for the 5th of July. Danielle explained all the options and was so very patient as I was trying to figure out the best option for us not having to purchase the item that was too big for the occasion. She gave me some awesome ideas and made everything a breeze. She also went over flavor selections and at the end I ended up spending exactly what I wanted. Danielle made my day! read more

I finally stopped by and I will never do that again. I ordered various pieces of cake to sample and the service was great but when I got home to try what I had bought I was extremely disappointed. All the various pieces of cake were dry and tasted old. The frosting on the one cupcake I bought tasted like mothballs and everything was awful. I ended up throwing all the items away. The presentation of their bakery goods is fantastic but they have no taste and everything is stale. I will never return and now I know why their parking lot is always empty. I do not recommend this bakery. read more

Ordered from this location multiple times over the past 10 years. The cakes were good quality. However my last experience with this bakery was very unpleasant. Came to order a custom cake for my daughter's birthday. We came in 30 min before closing and had to wait in a long line. When it was our turn to order, the girl didn't want to take my order. The order was 2 weeks from that day and she made it seem like it was not enough time and she was doing me a favor. She was also very rude and said that "I needed to arrive 30 min before close or earlier to make the order". Which I did but had to wait in line. The order took maybe 10 minutes and all the while it felt like she is doing me a big favor by placing it. Both of the girls working there are not friendly and seems like they don't want to be working there. The cake itself was pretty and tasted good, but I won't be returning as their customer service is truly lacking and prices are not exactly cheap. My sister also noticed their snippy attitude the past few times she was there. Don't waist your time and money here read more

The strawberries on the fruit tarts we bought were moldy. Disappointed that the fruit was not fresh. I'm not sure how old the tarts were. The ambrosia cake we bought was good. Along with the kolacky. read more

There this one blonde there is so rude. She was trying to do crowd control and say only 5 ppl allow and kicked some ppl out that had a 2 year old when there was still clearly 10 ppl in the bakery. When finally the family with the toddler came in, there were still 10 ppl in there. The dessert and cake taste old and looked like it was there for a couple of days. I should of known why you guys only have two stars. Good luck to the owner during Covid-19 read more

Thank you for making my wedding day delicious. These people care about cake! read more

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Nope. Need someone there who actually tastes what they sell. Nope. Classic type cake that looked great, but didn't taste good, nor was it prepared correctly. read more

The cake order for my daughter was exactly as on your website. So I ordered a cake for my husband. The strawberry cake 6". Well you were chinsy on the strawberries plus you forgot the strawberries on top of the cake as pictured on your website. A bit disappointed read more

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I placed a special order for a birthday cake over the phone at the last minute. Bill was extremely helpful, courteous, and accommodating with my request. The cake needed to be delivered to a distant location and I wasn't sure that this was even possible. Once again, Bill and his team exceeded my expectations and made it work. My friend enjoyed his cake and said it tasted fresh and delicious. Thank you to Bill and team for their efforts! I highly recommend Oak Mill Bakery and look forward to using their services again soon. read more

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