Catania Bakery

I’ve been coming to this bakery since I was a kid. I grew up right on Grove. The scent of the bread baking is such a deep and nurturing scent, you can smell it late in the evening and early in the wee hours of the morning at the most concentrated. The mafalde rolls are my favorite and I always look for them. They have so many great cakes, pastries, cookies, and specialty seasonal items. They also carry panettone and cookies made up to take for gifts.

Two separate bagels with barely any cream cheese. Really disappointing made the bread taste dry. Came on a Thursday late morning wasn’t even busy. Would’ve just got plain bread with coffee it’s what we ended up eating.

This place is disgusting. I just got charged $16 for 5 to 6 mini cookies. Some of them tasted like basement. None of them were fresh. No way this is Italian Italians care about quality and this place was awful.

I live on Long Island and my cousins brought over some of these wonderful pastries yesterday and they were the most freshest, delicious Italian pastries I’ve ever had! The doughs were so fluffy, the custards and fillings on point! I can’t say enough, everything so beyond fresh! Definitely looking forward to stopping in next time I’m in the area! 🥰 And this morning, I made a cappuccino and had some for breakfast! Delicious!

Horrible service. They take your money and don’t even knowledge you being a customer for long time. Better go to another bakery. Warning !!! Stay away from this bakery. I will also warn all my friends and family.

I wish I could give it zero stars. Stopped by and bought a cake. I've had this cake from this bakery before and never had an issue with it except for today. The cake was supposed to be a lemon meringue cake but there was absolutely no lemon filling inside and no lemon flavor at all. The cake was a two layer sponge cake filled with plain whipped cream and decorated with meringue on the outside. It had coconut and small squares of cake as decoration around the sides that were so stale you could break a window with them. Not to mention after cutting into the cake there was an empty void for the center. A big giant hole dead center of the cake. Please see pictures. They must have a new baker because this cake was terrible and a waste of money. After reading other customer reviews I can see this business never responds to their customer reviews guess they don't care about losing valuable patrons.

My son ordered a cake here for his daughters baptism. It did look beautiful and that’s where it ended. The cannoli filling l, didn’t taste like cannoli at all, the mouse was ok, and the bottom of caje was wet. When we brought the reminder of the caje home from the restaurant and I had a slice, found a cherry bin it. Thank goodness oh guests didn’t get that piece. I’m sorry I recommended this bakery to them. Went by what it used to be.

Found LITERAL tiny ants in my loaf of Italian bread. Let them know and all they could say was “I’ll let my manager know”. Not even an apology or refund.

Catania is a Queens staple. This bakery is a joy to walk into and watch operate. Fresh breads and pastries pumping out all day. Each person that works behind the counter knows more than the last about what's the best to get, when a fresh batch is coming out and how much of it you should get for your party/company ! Let's get down to it. The lobster tails. THE BEST IVE EVER HAD. So light and crunchy. You could eat them all day, and I usually do when I get them! This is a must go

Still the best! We bought a chocolate cake and it was truly amazing! I don't usually like chocolate cake but this was incredibly light and delicious. Also the bagels are the best in my opinion. I had an extra bagel and I put in the freezer and forgot about it. A month later and a few minutes in the oven and it was just as good as when I bought it. They are very airy and light. Not thick, doughy or chewy like other places. Oh and the lobster tails, cannoli, apple turnover, rainbow cookies, pignoli cookies, Iris, croissants......yumm! The best!

People, please get lobster tail. It is amazingly good. The flaky shells with soft custard inside compliment each other. It is a nice neighborhood Italian bakery, you could find all delicious pastries. The service is good and quick. Your craving for sweet will be fulfilled.

I've been going to Catania for years since I was a kid and over the years they've gotten worse and worse . Last year I ordered a cake for my best friends gender reveal it tasted like it was in the freezer for 2 weeks . I gave it another chance , BOUGHT ANOTHER CAKE SAME THING , so I stopped going all together . A few weeks ago I decided to order a smash cake for my daughters $400 first birthday photoshoot , I spoke to a woman over the phone who asked if I can send a picture of the cake design I wanted and she would ask the baker if he can do it ... she said yes he can , great . So this weekend I picked up my cake at 830am .. the girl at the counter pulled it out . My jaw dropped . I was literally mortified . It looked like my almost 1 year old made the designs on it , it looked like weed plants, it looked like a man's genitals . It literally looked like everything BUT my picture I sent .. I am so disappointed , I couldn't reschedule my daughters photoshoot or I would have . Below is what I asked for the pink and the blue one ( all I asked was for variety's of pink .. and the pink and white is what I got .. NEVER EVER AGAIN . Even the girl at the counter said she's at a loss for words ..

Great bakery. Fresh pastries and friendly staff. Go for the crumb rainbow cake. It's to die for.

Being in Ridgewood on Monday, with some friends, who had not been in the neighborhood, we grew up in 30 years. I thought it would be appropriate, to take them to Catania Bakery, on Fresh Pond Road. Which is probably one of the best bakeries in the city. Walking in, the aroma of the fresh-baked breads, cakes and pastries. The crystal clean display case, with what those, lobster tails, éclairs, cookies and cakes, a feast for the eyes And senses. We picked up, lobster tails and cheesecake. We resisted eating them on the spot, so we can go to my house, and try a new cappuccino machine. I had never had a lobster tail, quite that good, they slice them in half, then stuff them with a pure white cream, that is not overly sweet, incredibly delicious, and the lobster tail, has an incredible crunch, none like I've ever had. I'm going back next week pickup some more lobster tails. The cheesecake, was very good as well, but that lobster tail, was INCREDIBLE.

Probably picking and choosing prices for their customers. There's no menu or prices listed. They told me it was $20/lb for assorted cookies. Let me know what they tell you. The other location charges $16/lb.

This is a cute shop in the neighborhood. I barely ever go here unless my mom wants something. I'm not crazy about their desserts or cakes. The cream is just too heavy and drying. It doesn't give a wow factor when you bite into the desert I've tried a couple... yea not worth it. Like when a guest comes over with this box.. I'm like disappointed.

Hey boss, haayoodooin? I cames here by 9:30am and ordered 24 pastries. Everyding was already fully stocked. Whaat? They open at 6:00am! Dat ain't no fugazy! There were 2 customers ahead of me and everyone was wearing masks and social distanced. Staff were friendly and accommodating. No one was messin around at the Johnny pump or anyding. They wake up at 4am and still in a good mood, know what I mean? Pastries looked great, tasted bettah. A few items were already running low at 9:30am! I said, "Gimme tree of dohs and tree of dohs! And tree of dat!" The desserts were for a lunch party and kid you not, them folks destroyed everyding it was so good. My personal fav are the lobstah tails. We had 6 cannolis and they were filled fresh on the spot. Fuhgeddaboudit! Our friends loved it. They said it was the best cannolis they have ever had!!

I lived in Glendale for two years before moving out West. I made regular trips to Catania when we had special occasions. The neighborhood hasn't changed much and I'm happy to see that Catania has survived the pandemic. I absolutely love their Rainbow cookies. Their Sicilian Casata cake is very delicious, and their Cannoli's are fabulous. A must for fans of Italian treats.

Worse bakery ever not costumer friendly at all. I went in to buy a birthday cake I asked for the cake closes to the window one of the ladies working there said no that I had to get one of the two on back. The other lady at the counter which I think was the owner was very rude and couldn't even write the name on cake .They told me all cakes were fresh but it actually was hard, the cream on top was extremely sweet and taste rancid. I would never buy from this bakery again or recommend.

All these years, buying with no worries and praising the good prices. Last time I was there, the cream filing was not fresh and actually tasted rancid. Got sick as a result.

I m a customer of Catania bakery for almost 2 years now and I can't be more happy. The bread, croissants cookies and cake are phenomenal. The lady at the counter ate very professional and sweet. Thank you Joe Cat for the wonderful work

Customer service in Catania bakery on Fresh Pond Rd does NOT exits. I ordered and PAID for 2 olive loaves on Thursday, when I was told they would make the bread. My husband went today, with the paid receipt and the person working told him they did not make the bread! The never had the decency or brains to call me and tell me they did NOT have the bread. When he went, he asked for the $12 I paid for the bread they DID NOT made. She told my husband she WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO THAT. He was livid. Repeating in the bakery, loudly, I want my money back. He said call the cops because I am not leaving. After several minutes, she asked a worker in the back if she CAN return the $12, she WAS ALLOWED and he left. What kinds of incompetent business policies, or lack of, do the have. NO BUSINESS ETHICS AT ALL. They lost a GOOD CUSTOMER.

This is my first visit to Catania Bakery and my last. I entered the location and there was one customer in the store. The customer was paying for his items. Upon entering and glancing at products behind the glass I browsed for approximately 3 minutes or more. I observed two female employees behind the counter. There was no greeting or any attempt at customer service. I even approached the area where they were located to give them an opportunity to speak. Shortly thereafter I simply left. I did not say a word. I took my business elsewhere. TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE.

surly servers, not exactly a sicilian bakery, poor customer service and they have nerve to charge 4% for using a credit card which is illegal. never again as there are so many other better options

Went in at 3pm on a Sunday first time ever! The pastries smelled and looked delish! How ever there were 2 young girl behind the counter that completely ruined the experience they were loud cursing and just rude. I ordered a slice of cake and a lager cookie. They put BOTH items in a bag (see photo. Instead of putting the slice of cake in a box. I also ordered a cappuccino and 2 bottled drinks. The cappuccino looked liked a 10 year old made it the espresso was burned and tasted liked burnt day old coffee. The foam wasn't even foam but burnt milk. Ohhh and they didn't give me a Utensil to eat me cake with ‍! Have to say the cake was good (even smashed) but the owners should really think about changing the employees or getting them proper training. It's risky to leave a running business in the hand of adolescent teenage girls!

Always on point. Great selection, nice people who work there and fresh brewed coffee.

I ordered a birthday cake to take to work, I showed the lady exactly what it should be (oreo, I didn't even want any inscription, I wanted it to be professional), I picked it up on Sunday afternoon - I attach a picture of what I got.... I asked to take the cake that was on the counter because I can't bring something like that to the office, and the saleswoman said it would be stale on Monday morning... I contacted the manager, who said she was sorry, but she can't do anything about it...

This is my go to bakery! I love their semolina bread and they have the best sweets. Great cannolis, fruit tarts, lobster tails, cookies, scones, etc. We always take visitors here because it's delicious! I highly recommend.

Everything we bought, pastries, cake,grain pie on Saturday afternoon before Easter Sunday was sour and unpleasant by the time we had dessert. Unfortunately everything went into the garbage. Never going back! What a disappointment!

Cassata pantry and rainbow cookie pastry with the cannoli cream are delicious. Looking to try our more things next time I'm craving something sweet.

This is one of the best Italian bakeries around. We usually stop for cookies and pastries on the way to family. Wish it was closer but then I might gain an awful lot of weight. So good. Highly recommend stopping in when in the area. You won't be disappointed

This is a true bakery that cooks with great ingredients and it shows in the taste ... the lobster claw with whipped cream is sooo Good ... the breads are great .... and the service is friendly ....

I have been coming to this bakery since i wad a kid and i love it . i especially love the cannolis and the cookies with the raspberry filling. love this bakery and usually love it. Theres a wide variety. This time i purchased a cake and when i asked if they knew how to spell, they said yes and misspelled the name. #ilovekickboxingrichmondhill

This place is amazing beats anyplace I been to in the neighborhood! Their products are ALWAYS fresh and delicious! Fresh honest amazing Buisness you have to stop by if you are in the neighborhood

I was told they have delicious cream puffs. When already in Queens, I'll make that drive through confusing local streets and find my way to supposed cream puff perfection. They have two kinds of filling for their cream puffs, custard and cannoli. I bought a dozen of them, half of each. Both were delicious and it depends on preference as to which one is better. The pastry part of it was pretty good, but not as good as other places I've tried. The cannoli cream was really good. If you like slightly heavier and sweeter, go with the cannoli. The custard was lighter and less sweet, but the best part was how they got the consistency just right. I wouldn't make the trip into Queens just for them. If you're in the area, don't even think about it, go get some cream puffs. I would like to come back next time and try their other items as well!

Absolutely one of freshest and best Italian bakeries left in the boroughs.

Really rude girl working there this morning. Totally unhelpful, unwilling to answer a simple question and a really bad attitude. Sad . Going back to Grimaldi's where I get service with a smile from a happy crew! Come on now..., if you have to go in the back to ask " the boss" if your sliced bread can go in a plastic bag rather than paper ( I'm traveling on a 4 hr train ride, explained) , and keep the customer waiting 9 minutes , with a long line behind me , well that's just dumb . Maybe the boss should come out from the back and pay closer attention to his pathetic " help". Sad .

I have been to both stores in Ridgewood and they have great products. Really good pastries and cookies.

I love to go to Catania Bakery for my cookies and cakes, but today when I went there to get cookies I was highly dissatisfied/disappointed because they had gnats / flies in the cookies /cakes case!! And they some were on the cookies! When I noticed, I immediately told the lady behind the counter that you guys have gnats in the case, I don't want them. She gave me an annoyed look and said, so you don't want the cookies? I told her, no I am sorry but I don't want them cause gnats and flies were on them, and I left the store. So please anyone who goes there, please, please look out for flies and gnats, as it is very unsanitary and I wouldn't want anyone to get sick from that. Shame you on Catania Bakery for not being more sanitary. I had to give one star otherwise they wouldn't let me post my review, but in my book it's a minus star.

Order a six foot hero for a party. Ordered it a week in advanced and paid in full. When the day arrived to pick it up they did not have the hero ready and apparently they had no more bread to make. I mean seriously if I take my time to go there In advanced and pay for the whole thing it's because I really needed it. My whole party was focused on presenting a six foot hero with three different fillings and you guys couldn't even deliver on my expectations for you guys. Will never be going to back again.

Just came in to get some eclairs and these are the best I've ever tried in New York! They have a wide selection of desserts and the staff is very nice and helpful :) I'm so glad I stopped by, will definitely be back! Thank you!

Love all the upgrades and renovations. The best strawberry cheesecake bar none. Also the new multigrain croissant is delicious. Love the iced coffee and hot coffee.

Catania is an amazing bakery with the best coffee and pastries around! Always fresh and delicious. The staff is friendly and helpful. As soon as you walk in you can smell the pastries and fresh coffee brewing. It is always a treat to come to Catania! The iced coffee is exceptional. Try the new whole wheat croissants too - they are amazing!

The supposed cake I got, turned out to be ice cream/frozen cake which none of the cashiers let me know when I purchased. They are helpful though. So after a couple of hours being in the fridge, got melted inside of the box it was and my guests basically ate melted ice cream . $38 wasted

I really wanted to like this bakery! When I stepped inside, the cakes and treats all looked so delicious. I needed an affordable cake for a party. As it was my first time there, I had no idea what was what. I asked for help from one of the girls at the counter. It seemed like each time I had a question for her about the cakes, the girl either looked annoyed or was having a conversation with someone else. It looks like most of the girls working there are young, so they may not be the most professional individuals, but I think the service could have been way better. The girl said that they don't have cupcakes or mini versions of their cakes, so there was nothing I could buy to taste and see the quality of their baking. I ended up putting in an order for a strawberry shortcake. I asked several times and was told several times that the inside filling of the cake had just fresh diced strawberries with whipped cream, and not strawberry jam. When I picked up the cake, it looked so pretty! We kept it refrigerated until it was time to cut it. When we cut into it, the cake slices crumbled and just fell apart. And to my surprise, the inside filling WAS reduced strawberry jam. But worst of all, the cake tasted absolutely HORRIBLE! It was not even sweet, just had a bitter dusty taste to it, and the strawberry filling was also tart and bitter. No one at the party enjoyed the cake; what an embarrassment! I know I took a risk buying a cake from a bakery for the first time, and it was such a disappointment. I really don't know if I will go back to this bakery considering this everlasting impression I have of it :(

Excellent quality, delightful pastry. Order cannoli and ask to get them filled fresh. Clean facility and great variety.

One of the best Italian bakeries in Ridgewood / Bushwick ! A great selection of freshly baked pastries, cookies and cakes. There ice cream cakes are also the most delicious sweet surprise for birthdays !

This was one of my fave's growing up.... My mom used to send me there for Kaiser rolls every evening right when they were done making them .... let me tell you by the time arrived home there was not much left! Hot delicious fresh bread .... YUM! Their cheesecake and pastries are amazing as well. All the girls that worked were always super helpful!

Pastry Haven Just ate the most delicious filled donut type pastry, called an Ennis, that was a close second to a Cronut. The Ennis is the best thing I've ever eaten besides Cronuts! Espresso was perfect! Cannoli was scrumptious! I live in Middle Village, so I can't wait to go back now that it's been revealed to me by Angelina Colombo-Khanamirian! Her old neighborhood haunt! Lucky me! Just go there! Eat anything! Unforgettable!

I'm never around in Ridgewood, and neither do I really go around for Italian pastries. But here I was rolling around with family in dire need for a cake. We saw the supermarket across the street, and figured I could probably get a premade cake at their bakery or something. But as I walked from the van towards the supermarket I saw this bakery open, so I figured I'd give it a try. And I'm so glad I did. I got in right before the place closed and grabbed a vanilla and chocolate cake. The girls inside got the writing all done very fast and were incredibly friendly. The cake tasted great, which was important for our family since we haven't eaten traditional cakes for a while, always finding them lacking in flavor or far too heavy. This one was just right.

Unreliable processes with orders made in advance and poor customer service when their staff makes any errors by not logging my purchase. Defeated the purpose of making an order two days in advance, yet taking over an hour to retrieve my item. The staff verified that they were unable to find ANY record of my original reservation/ purchase since they apparently did not write down my order in their book.... and the owner's response was to pay for a new cake & come back with a recipe for a refund. No consideration regarding my time, no apologizes for the stress or errors from their end. To resolve the issue I demonstrated my bank statement as proof of my purchase, needless to say, that kind of stress made me never want to buy a cake from this establishment. Buying all my cakes from Ruby's bakery on Seneca Avenue for now on. Reviewing past comments, seems like I'm not the only one who experienced this issue. Very unfortunate.

Yuck! I Love Italian bakeries but this is not one of them. Purchased mini pastries and rainbow cookies. Nobody liked any of it. Straight to the trash. The shell was disgusting , Tasted like cool whip was inside. Rainbow cookies were lack luster. Very disappointing. Will never go back.

Catania bakery is well known for a couple of things. To start, their cartocci are to die for and they were in the paper for them. So if you go there be sure to try one! Also their bread is amazing. I could eat a whole loaf of semolina bread alone. Everything is very affordable as well. Most of the girls are very helpful and kind. Oh! And in the summer they have really good gelato!!

Love this place!! Been coming here for years! Most milestones were celebrated with a cake from this place!! Always fresh and prices are reasonable!!

According to their ingredient list, the bread contains Azodicarbonamide- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azodicarbonamide. It's banned in Europe and may cause asthma. Also, their butter cookies were decent but stale and very artificial tasting. I won't be back here. Try Grimaldi's (http://www.yelp.com/biz/grimaldi-bakery-corporation-flushing) or even Russo's (http://www.yelp.com/biz/russo-bakery-glendale) for much better and safer food.

Ok...listen to Frankie Ravioli:....if I was on death row, I would want a cannoli and a double espresso from Catania....This cannoli is everything you want it to be, and should be....The shell is crispy, never soggy, cause they fill them only when you order. Second...the ricotta filling...forgetaboutit.....I can't say enough.....easily the best you will ever find...and I've had them in Palermo. Don't ever go anywhere else for a cannoli I'm telling you....don't be a mamaluke, do you have a problem with that?

It's aggressive to give a place 5 stars based on only one tasting, but I'm going out here on this limb to say this is the best NY cheesecake I've had. Not like sticking a fork into a brick of cream cheese, this cheesecake is fluffy and light then melts on your tongue. Now just have to figure out how to get it to Jersey City.

Stopped in here on Tuesday after our dinner at Bella Lena's next store. Our server recommended we come in and try their rainbow cookies filled with canoli cream. She was right they were delicious. I am going to save the last star for the next visit. I am going to have them make my birthday cake, lol!