Monica Daniel
This is a really wonderful addition to the neighborhood! My family and I went in a few days ago and had a really great experience. My husband and I both got coffee, paczki, a couple loaves of bread and some cookies for our daughter. Everything was really delicious and fresh. It’s honestly hard to find a bakery with such good quality products in the surrounding area and we are so grateful that it’s here! We will certainly be regulars!
Also, bonus, they have great dry goods that contain excellent ingredients if you’re into that!
… moreTownsend
Babka Bakery is a must visit for bread and pastry lovers!The cafe was packed when I visited on a Saturday afternoon, but it was well worth the wait.
Everything here is so incredibly fresh and made with such high-quality ingredients. The breads have that perfect crusty exterior and soft, flavorful interior. The cakes are works of art: layered, creamy, and not overly sweet, with options that range from classic Polish donuts-paczki, poppy seed roll- makowiec, gingerbread cake-piernik , to fruity tarts.
What sets this place apart is how it truly reminds me of the charming bakeries I’ve visited during my travels across Europe—Austria, Switzerland, Italy, you name it. The cozy atmosphere, the aroma of fresh baking filling the air, and that authentic attention to detail… nothing like this exists around here.
Solid bakery-I can’t wait to come back.
… moreAnnmarie
The location is great and very convenient, which made it easy to stop by. Unfortunately, the bread was disappointing — it was hard and lacked flavor. While the spot itself is nice, the quality of the bread could definitely be improved.
… moreEd G
Avoid this place unless you’re truly desperate for bread. The bakery looks clean and somewhat upscale, but unfortunately the quality doesn’t match the presentation or the prices.
As an example, this was our subsequent visit where we received stale jagodzianki and orzechy, which is unacceptable at these price points. It certainly seems they struggle to sell products quickly enough (high prices?) and end up keeping old pastries on the shelves.
To make it worse, we noticed packaged items being sold that were already two weeks past their printed expiration date. When we pointed it out, the response from the staff was a casual “oh, okay,” with no concern or apology.
Given the high likelihood of getting old or stale products, we won’t be returning. There are better options nearby, so there’s no reason to take the risk.
Overall, disappointing experience – we recommend going elsewhere.
Now looking forward to management’s inevitably “clever” and “professional” response to this review.
… moreBo Ska
I really really wanted to like this place because we definitely need a good bakery in the area. The multiseed bread is decent. Once I got a strawberry shortcake that was amazing, but every time I’ve gone back, they didn’t have it. Every thing else I’ve gotten was a let down. Bought 2 types of gingerbread cookies ahead of Christmas, all were stale. Bought some rugelach, suche jak trocina. Orzechowiec, meh bland. Everything seasoning croissant with cream cheese, the cream cheese filling was so sweet it was unsettling. Sernik na zimmo just objectively tastes worse than the one you can get at the Polish deli for like half the price. Ptysie came without any cream, so just an empty dry choux bun. Got some chocolate rum ball, it had the texture of gum. Inedible. So disappointing when you’re paying a premium price but getting a subpar product. Time to go back to the test kitchen, lower your prices while you straighten out your kinks, and take customer feedback with grace.
… moreWalter Majchrzak
I believe they’re a Polish bakery, as Babka is a Polish word for old lady. Anyway, stopped in about 11am on a Wednesday for a rye bread and was told they don’t have any. That’s like going to a Polish meat market and asking for Kielbasa and being told they don’t have any – just doesn’t make sense. So I tried their “Spelt” bread. Brought it home, cut a slice and buttered it, tried it, wrapped the bread back in the bag and went to return the bread to the bakery.
The bread was so dense and void of any flavor. Zero flavor is a result of not adding (enough) salt. Did not like how dense the bread was, especially without any flavor. Truly disappointing.
When I arrived to the bakery and asked for my money back, I was told they don’t reimburse returns, but I could try something else as a credit. The store is very limited on choices and I asked for another styled bread. I could have asked for cake, but nothing looked desirable.
Got home, sliced a piece of bread and buttered it. The bread was spongy and again void of any flavor, again a salt issue. I ended using the rest of the bread for French Toast as it was a very spongy bread, like white bread at the supermarket.
Visually the breads at Babka look wonderful, but on taste they really fail.
… moreLizzy Emerson
Terrible experience. The staff were extremely rude, and after eating the pastries I had severe stomach pains. I ended up throwing everything away. Total waste of money.
… moreAnia Sernicki
Amazing rye bread!! I took my Polish grandparents here and they love the orkiszowy. So full of flavor and also healthy! I’m so tired of that crappy, unhealthy white bread sold in those overpacked Polish delis. It’s sooooo refreshing to see a Polish bakery take pride in their product and appearance. I hear they’ve been around for 10 years…keep up the good work!
Also their pączki – delicious !!
… moreAnthony
Was driving through Jersey (boo) & stopped by for pastries bread & an espresso was pleasantly surprised! This place makes you forget you’re in Jersey!
… moreAngelika Cachro
Pastries arent that bad but had better. I would say its about average. Service is great and its a cute looking place.
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