Lucibello's Italian Pastry Shop

I visit Connecticut every few years to see my family and to pick up Lucibello's . Easily the best classic pasteries. I feel great supporting a local business and leave with the best ingredients and quality food. Thank you for bringing a smile to my face and connecting my family through dessert.

What a great experience. Their zeppole is the best! Peter, the owner creates a welcoming environment and that family atmosphere is evident with his employees. Jenna, Maryann and Gracie have superior customer service and their smiles made me double my order!! A classic Italian Pastry Shop that I highly recommend.

I love Lucibello’s and all its pastries, which is why we decided to get our wedding cake from them! The cake was beautiful, delicious and very reasonably priced. I will always recommend Lucibello’s for any of your dessert needs! photo credit: Gillian Rae Photography

Lucibello's Italian Pastry Shop is the Real Deal Lucibello's is everything you'd hope for in an authentic Italian pastry shop. The flavors are rich, traditional, and clearly made with real, high-quality ingredients. You can tell each pastry is prepared with care and pride—something that really comes through in both the taste and the presentation. The owners work incredibly hard, and it shows in every bite. Whether you're going for a classic cannoli, sfogliatelle, or any of their other specialties, you’ll taste the difference. I’ve also tried Libby’s, and honestly, Lucibello’s is 2 to 5 times better in every category—flavor, freshness, and authenticity. If you want the real thing, Lucibello’s is it.

This place is a New Haven institution. I am 46 years old and my family has been coming here religiously my entire life and before. The Italian pastries are outstanding. Yesterday, Christmas Eve, we bought a dozen pastries and two dozen cookies. Everything was perfect except the cannolis. The shells were burned and hard and not the typical light and flaky. The shells were actually brown they were so dark. I’m assuming this was a one off since it’s the holidays but I was disappointed to see it. I still highly recommend this bakery but check your pastries before you leave.

Bring back the Lucibello's of 30 years ago. I received a clam and a canoli that had spoiled filling in it. The canoli shell was overcooked, the clam tasted old. No more neopolitans that are layered and delicious. The cream in the ither pastries was sus. The father put the confectioners sugar on at the time of purchase so it wouldn't get hard and cake up. The dough tastes like it's pre-made, frozen, and defrosted. Almond tarts were hard and flat, the raspberry filling was a brownish color, the filling was also sparse. I hate leaving this review after generations of my family buy from there, but it's an honest review.

The Rum ball was my fav as we had 4 diff pastries! Sicilian cannoli & vanilla eclairs and coconut …! I liked coconut and Rum ball ! Cannoli and vanilla eclairs one in pic was just ok!

This was my first time stopping into Lucibello’s, and I arrived with high hopes given its long-standing reputation. Unfortunately, my experience fell short of expectations. The cannoli shells were overcooked and slightly burnt, and they didn’t appear to be fully filled. The apricot almond tart had a noticeably sour taste that overwhelmed the other flavors. The éclair was fine in texture but overall quite bland. I truly wanted to love everything I tried, and I appreciate the tradition behind the bakery, but the pastries I ordered didn’t quite meet the standard I was anticipating. I hope this was just an off day, as I know how beloved this shop is to many.

Got a box of cannolis for a gift and a half dozen for ourselves. I'm obsessed. I've literally daydreamed about these cannolis. How can they be so perfect, not too sweet with just a hint of cinnamon. Can't wait to treat myself again soon.

First time coming to Lucibello's due to another bakery being closed. So happy we found this little local bakery We couldn't decide what to get so we got a some assorted cooked, lemon dropped cookies, and some custard and chocolate cream filled pastries. Everything was very tasty. The little cannolis tasted like they had cinnamon in the shell, a nice treat! The almond cookies were really good, but the pink and green were just regular almond, I was expecting pistachio or strawberry. Either way, they were very tasty. Service was great, quick and friendly

Much smaller than I expected. Service was friendly. My Sfogliatella was just ok. It wasn't memorable.

While in town when visiting some family, we thought to stop by Lucibellos to buy some Italian pastries to bring over for dessert when we went over for dinner. We found it pretty easily when walking around and mapping it out on our phones. This place is definitely old school, which I love! Walk in, look at the pastry case, tell them what you want, a little chat as they box it up and wrap it with twine, pay and leave. It's not a cafe, it's just a counter to order from. All the pastries were good, freshly made, prices didn't seem bad, we paid cash, not sure if it is cash only or not but it worked out for us. Forgot to take a photo of the box of assorted pastries (eclairs, cannolis, cookies) we got but we did get a lobster tail for us to try when we got back to our hotel. We couldn't wait, had to try a pastry! Very flaky, nice pastry cream, no issues with me. Glad to have come by, appreciate these old school bakeries are still around.

My husband went there to pick up pastries for a party. We were very disappointed with the quality of the desserts. The rainbow cookies were gummy. Most disappointing are the cannolis. They were empty in the middle. There was a little bit of filling on the outside but the middle was empty. And very expensive! $67 for a box of unimpressive desserts.

For years the best cannoli's around. Unfortunately not this time. Cannoli shell was over cooked and dry. I emailed Lucibello's and Peter Faggio told me he wants to make good on my order. The fact that he took the time to respond means more than replacing the cannolis.

I know this is a community favorite but I found the choices limited and the pastry a bit old.

Updating my review to 5 Stars. On my first visit, I ordered some of their mini pastries, which probably isn't the best way to evaluate an Italian Pastry Shop. This time we ordered a few full size pastries. Admission time. I'm not Italian and I'm not great with the actual names of the pastries. The ones I tried were all very fresh and beautiful, even though I didn't eat them for a few hours. One with a muffin shape topped with powdered sugar was my favorite. It tasted like high end lemon poppy seed cake without the seeds. Service was very good too, and when you're there, you feel all the happiness they brought to people over the decades. Five Stars

Another 5-star rating. Great pastries, very reasonable prices (especially compared to the NY metro area). Very busy when I went a few days ago, but three ladies serving customers, so minimal wait. Decent amount of parking in the lot behind the bakery. 5-star

This is a cute pastry shop in New Haven. Many good choices. Worth trying a few. They're tasty and different from usual pastries found in the US lol. Decently priced as well. We enjoyed them :) we got the sfogliatelle, French square, vanilla Napoleon cannoli and rum baba. French square was my favorite!

I ordered a delicious Italian cream cake for my mother's birthday from Lucibello's. The service was kind and quick, and the icing was gorgeous. The cake was also delicious. I will definitely be coming back here to place more cake orders and to try some pastries.

This traditional Italian bakery on Grand Avenue rocks! They took my cake order over the phone just yesterday and got it spot on. They move their lines along effortlessly and with smiles. Cakes, cookies, cannolis, etc.

I usually have pictures of the food I review but these were so good I forgot to take pictures. The store isn't that large and the selection was moderate but the quality of what they had was phenomenal. Their desserts remind me of the Italian desserts from Italy when I was a kid.We got an assortment of mini desserts and the lobster tail Do yourself a favor and don't share the lobster tail. Yeah it's that good. My husband and I got one for the car ride back to NJ and we're so upset we only bought one. I WILL be back for more. Worth a 4 hour drive.

And again... The best Italian pastry that I ever tasted! The Ricotta was so delicious, as was the delicate, flaky shell....Yummmmm. Perfect. Perrelliphoto.com

Family owned Italian pastry shop had a lot to offer. The owner was super nice and wraps their desserts the old fashioned way, which I thought was a nice touch. We got the French square, Sicilian cannoli, and the sfogetellino because they already ran out of lobster tails. The cannoli was just ok, not super crispy and the filling did not feel like cream but more like a paste with chocolate chips, I think? The French tart had the same cream both on the top and inside and the pastry part was super flaky and buttery. The cream is more of like a paste, though, and it tastes a little like sweet almond paste? The sfogetellino was really crispy and had like a cream on the inside too, but not like buttercream kind of cream.

If you're Italian, and you live near New Haven, you know Lucibello's. This can be proven by the lengthy line that we are all willing to wait in during the cold morning of Saint Joseph's day. If you're going somewhere for Zeppole, you're going to Lucibello's. Call knowing that we were going to a lunch with the family and we were bringing it dozen the Zeppole...We of course had to get some just in case pastries. I always leave with an almond tart, and at least a couple of the rainbow cookies from the case that tempts you as you check out. The just in case purchase of sfogliatelle was our insurance policy if we had no Zeppole left. Thank God for proactive choices because they became breakfast the next morning. The old fashioned charm of a classic Italian bakery makes you feel certain of quality. The prices are fair. The pastries are fantastic. The staff is great. Easily my favorite bakery in New Haven.

I don't get the hype about the place. The cookie selection is small and maybe that's a me issue more than a them issue. But I'm used to a huge display of cookies and while half may be all butter cookies, at least I get a huge selection of shapes and colors. This place does sell plenty of other items and maybe the issue was that I just wanted a podiums of cookies

I was exploring Wooster street and came across this cute Italian pastry shop in the neighborhood. Lucibello's is a local favorite that truly embodies the Old Italian charm that Wooster street is known for. I ordered a box of pastries as a gift and couldn't help myself so I got a couple items for myself as well. They have the BEST rainbow cookies I've ever tasted! The almond flavor was noticeable but not too strong and the apricot jam was so yummy. I also really appreciated the jam:cookie ratio. The Rum baba was super interesting and soaked in a very strong syrup. The person at the shop said that it's not soaked in actual rum but the taste was too strong and overpowering for me. Lastly the coconut macaroon cookie was moist, chewy and not too sweet. I'm excited to try some of their other cookies when im back in town!

While visiting New Haven recently, I had a hankering for some pastry and saw that Lucibello's was well-reviewed. I went on a weekday morning and thankfully there was not a long wait. Staff members were patient as I reviewed their display case and answered any questions that I had. I ended up getting a cannoli, a selection of cookies, and a sfogliatella. All the pastries were tasty, with the cannoli having a creamily fluffy filling. The sfogliatella had crispy layers that nestled a thin layer of filling, and the pignoli were my favorite of the cookies I tried (though all of them were great). I could see this place being an excellent choice if you are looking for dessert to bring to a party or a family gathering!

If your Italian you know Lucibello's........always fresh and delicious!!! No inside seating, but you can take espresso to go!!!

Old fashioned Italian bakery with cute girls wrapping your baked goods in twine and send you off on your way. That is about one of the few positives I can say about this bakery. Sure, the rainbow cookies taste delicious, but I found the overall selections very picked over. Not a lot of cookies and mostly creamy things. They also run out of pastries very quickly, so you have to come here early or you will get nothing. The cookies are good though. In fact, most of the stuff here does. They just need a bigger selection of it.

Good Italian pastry if you're someone into the Italian pastry scene. They are a street down from the Little Italy part of this town. Staff was friendly and patient (they have to be since there's so many yummies to choose from), waiting times weren't long and the pastries were fresh. Summary of Italian pastries- think almond flavored, maraschino cherries, bright colored cookies, tarts, layered pastry. We got the sfogliatelle, lobster tail and some cakes. All were great! Though, would recommend you eat these in a day and too bad their canal were prefilled- which meant they can get soggy if not consumed within a certain amount of time.

Stopped by this pastry shop while in New Haven, CT. Wanted to pick up some treats while in town. Friendly staff and service. They have a big assortment of pastries and cookies. Parking lot right outside the establishment and not crowded at all when we were here. Picked up some pastries - cannolis, cream puffs and other items to share. All the pastries were good. Will stop by again next time in town.

Best cake ever best pastries have been relying on this place for years go to option for a party. The ladies were very nice.. love the interior. Will come back again.

The vanilla custard zepolle was flaky with thick crème and the right amount of sweetness. It was also reasonably priced at $3-3.50 given how big it The lady who was serving the baked goods was also nice! Glad I tried it during my visit to Connecticut!

Lucibello's Italian bakery is one of the finest bakeries I've ever been to. My family has been coming here for as long as I can remember. If there was a special occasion, and we needed a cake we always ordered it from Lucibello. Their cakes are out of this world, to die for, as well as all their Italian pastries and cookies. Every March we make our traditional trip there for their Zeppole pastry. This visit we got a vanilla and chocolate Zeppole.We also could not resist their Rum Baba with cream, and a Sicilian Cannoli. We have never been disappointed on what we purchased here.

This is place is old school and amazing. Staff is very friendly. Parties were super good. We ordered a selection of small cannolis, cream puffs and few larger items. No disappointments. Highly recommend.

Lucibello's is the best Italian Pastry shop around! Cakes are also delicious! Friendly Staff and just the best place to go for pastry!

Lucibello's pastries are Heaven if heaven was filled with cannoli cream. And they don't just have Sicilian Cannoli, there's also Napoleon Cannoli (my favorite). Or maybe my favorite is the Lobster Tails. No wait! Sfogliatelle. You know what? Just go inside, close your eyes and point anywhere on the pastry display and you will hit a bulleyes because there are no bad pastries here. One day I'll try the cookies but there's so little time and so many pastries.

My go to place for Italian rainbow cookies, chocolate dipped raspberry jelly sandwich cookies, and cannolis whenever I'm in town. Purely an Italian bakeshop, they have an assortment of Italian pastries and cookies to choose from. And yes, they still do the traditional rope ties around their pastry boxes! Their cream filled pastry items are with the right amount of crust to cream. Cannolis are made fairly fresh so they have the right crunch to it. They also have mini cannolis there in the back, you might need to ask for it. The rainbow cookies are my favorite here, as they have the perfect consistency of jelly to cake moisture. The ganache chocolate they use on that and other cookies are firm, yet soft enough to eat without crumbling. The chocolate dipped raspberry jelly sandwich cookies however, are not available all year long as I learned the hard way. They don't make them in the summer because of the potential for the chocolate melting. Parking is plentiful but hours are limited since it is a bakery.

A great Italian bakery to stop by if you are ever in Wooster Square! I've always passed by this shop and have been curious about their pastries, as there is always a crowd of people inside. I finally decided to give it a try and it was totally worth it. A very small shop and not necessarily a place for a photo-op, but it gives the local mom-and-pop shop feels! A line formed when I arrived, but the staff were very friendly and helpful, and the line moved extremely quickly. I got the Napoleon cannoli as well as the Rum Ba-Ba. Both were so delicious! The cannoli was flakey and the cream was not too sweet (which is how I like it!). The Rum Ba-Ba was very moist and light. I would recommend both! Lucibello has so many other pastries that I have yet to try, but they look SO delicious. I will definitely come back and I highly recommend visiting this shop!

Birthdays aren't truly special birthdays without the incredible flavors of Lucibello's Italian Bakery. Rum Ba-Ba filled with ricotta, Chocolate Éclairs, melt in your mouth fresh Pignoli cookies and more. Yum!

Best Italian pastry! Cakes can be nut frt and are scrumptious! All of our friends and relatives love when we get a Neapolitan cake

Yumm! Received a box of pastries from this amazing bakery as a gift. The cannoli was out of this world and there wasn't a bad pastry in the box! My only wish was that I had a guide as to what certain things were. Regardless I definitely plan to visit myself in the future and maybe pick up something for my Christmas celebration.

Bought a variety of items at Lucibello's Italian Pastry Shop. We were happy with our purchase and the person who sold them to us was patient with us.

If you can get in, grab some delicious pastries! One of the best italian pastries shops in New Haven. They do have a small parking lot, but at certain times, its hard to get in and out of. You might catch a long line early in the morning or before a holiday. But they are worth it!!

Got some yummies last Saturday. I wanted something almondy and what I got was delicious. And almond tart and some extras. Was a little busy in there and that is always a good sign that the place is good. When in the area stop by Lucibello's and get a great Italian pastry.

Stopped at Lucibellos Pastry Shop today and purchased 2 pastry. I have been going there for decades but as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end . I find it difficult to rate what was worse; the price or the quality of the pastry. The cost for 2 pastry was $8.59., which equates to over $50 a dozen. They have priced themselves out of the range of affordable. No pastry is worth that price. The bigger disappointment was the poor quality of the pastry. It was very obvious that the pastry was not fresh. The outside crust was soggy and tasteless. The under filled pastry had just as much air space as it had Italian cream and the cream was dry. This will definitely be my last visit to this bakery as it no longer has the reputation or quality of days gone by.

Nota huge selections but evething was fresh and delicious. It's better than the other place not too far here. I especially love their pignoli, it's soft and moist, with tasty pine nuts, yum. Canolis are also very good.

I missed cannolis, and this place hit the spot (momentarily, will need to stop back in for more, and to try some of their other yummy treats)

We hit this bakery on a Saturday morning to pick up a small box of mini pastries to share. This is a no frills kind of place. The staff was helpful and friendly. The pastries were pretty good but not memorable. I'd go back if I were in the area, but I wouldn't make a special trip.

The people who work here are so nice and their baked goodies are so yummy! I love that they offer miniature versions of their pastries so that indecisive people like me who love to try everything can fulfill their dreams. It's definitely not a sit down type of bakery, as it is more geared toward order-aheads like cakes and such. However, it just makes their baking that much more serious and you can tell they really take pride in the work they do. It's a chill atmosphere in there and it's easy to chat with the people working there. They even gave us a few recommendations on the best apizza and Italian food around New Haven.

I was traveling through Connecticut on business and wanted to stop and get pastry boxes for several of my prospects and clients. I have a lot of Italian clients in Connecticut and knew they would appreciate some really good Italian pastries. I found Lucibello's via YELP and decided based on the reviews to swing by. I was greeted very warmly and had great conversation with the ladies and other folks working in the shop. I walked out with five boxes of pastries for my clients, a cannoli for myself, and was gifted a rainbow cookie or whatever it's called that they keep on top in a glass display. It was so good! The cannoli was amazing! I don't know a lot about Italian pastries, but everything was raved about by my clients, and this is obviously a well known and preferred place that the locals go to get all of their sweets and goodies. I highly recommend for the quality of food as well as the service. The lady working to fill my orders even brought everything out to my car which extremely nice! I'm in Connecticut once a quarter, and this will be a go to spot to pick up client goodies. Thanks Lucibello's!!!!

+ Reputation speaks for itself + I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this review because Lucibello's is a well-known mecca for Italian pastry lovers in the New Haven area. Every time I've gone, I've never been disappointed. My favorite is the cream cannolis, but anything you get is going to be outstanding. Prices are what you would expect for world class pastries, although I'd likely pay more for theirs. Ignore every rating under five stars for Lucibello's. Yes, it's a smallish shop. Yes, sometimes you will have to wait in line. This is unavoidable. It's worth it every time. Enjoy!

Weirdly enough, the first time we were stationed in Connecticut we found this shop on a whim the first time we ate at Frank Pepe's. Years later, on another whim after eating at Frank Pepe's, we happened upon this shop again. We remembered how good it was the first time and are happy to report that they remained good. The shop is located on the corner of two busy streets, and has their own parking lot which is very convenient. Inside, the counters are full of delicious baked and fried goods, with options galore of sweets. The ladies that work there are kind and helpful and are happy to educate you on the differences between their items as well as the fillings and options for custom items as well. We usually get about six or seven pieces, depending on what they have that day. The best thing in my opinion that they make is the Sfogliatella, an impossibly crisp, light, buttery, flaky triangle of goodness. Each bite is layers and layers of thin layered dough with butter which crisps each leaf and leaves it light and airy but packed full of flavor. These are very difficult to make, and they do an amazing job. I think hubby's favorite item was the Zeppole, which was an amazingly light puff pastry circle filled with a cream custard and topped with more cream and a cherry on top. I also thoroughly enjoyed the cannoli which was impressively dotted with very small chocolate chips, however was lacking in the traditionally desirable bubbles on the outside of the fried shell. On our most recent trip, we also try a couple new things that we hadn't had before. I ordered one Bocconotto, which was sort of a small tart shell filled with marzipan and apricots. I really love marzipan but the apricots were just too sour for me and the shell was very crumbly and dry. We also ordered one sort of turnover/handpie item and that was also very dry. Prices are very reasonable given the attention and care that they put into every item, location is convenient with free parking, and the ladies who work there are as sweet as the items they sell, and happy to see you. I definitely will continue coming here after my visits to Frank Pepe's- it's just the metaphorical (and literal) cherry on top of an excellently carb-filled day.

After hearing from multiple people that this was THE place for cannolis, I am utterly disappointed. This was quite possibly the worst cannoli I've ever had. I visited on a Friday afternoon, and the first red flag should have been that the cannolis were not filled on the spot. Instead, after ordering, the cashier grabbed one of the dozen cannolis stacked in the case. As suspected, this made the shell soggy, even when eaten immediately. It was an odd combination, as the shell was not only soggy but also over-baked and vaguely burnt-tasting, which, based on other reviews, seems to be a common issue. While I might have given a few stars if the cream was redeeming, this was not the case. The Sicilian cannoli cream itself was tasteless, and perhaps worst of all, there was no filling in the middle of the shell--it was completely underfilled! Sadly, I will have to continue my hunt for Connecticut's best cannoli elsewhere.

After being suggested this place as having better Italian pastries than NYC, u had to check it out! Got an assortment of cookies and pastries!! Some standouts were the almond tart and almond cookies!! Loved the variety! Will say that the line moves slowly.

The napoleon cake and eclair were good. The cannoli... not so much - I've had better. I've also had better service at other bakeries because one of the younger ladies had an attitude. I came here on Dec 23rd, don't think i want to come back to such negativity.

One of the greatest bakeries in the state. Delicious Sicilian cannoli and their rainbow cookie is in my top 5. Their chocolate dipped butter cookies are dipped in dark chocolate (I prefer milk chocolate, but it's nice to have a change occasionally)