La Delice Pastry Shop

Large selection of cookies and cakes for such a small shop. Staff somewhat rude and unfriendly. Needed some explanations on what certain cookies were and she didn’t appreciate me asking questions. Cookies were good though.

I was looking for some cup cakes and only found trendy bakeries with products in my opinion that were less than a good value based on quantity and price. That;s what trendy brings to the equation. I relied on Unilocal and found a good bakery that was a reto to my childhood. Cakes, pies, pastry, cookies and stuff I had never heard of, yet they looked interesting and tasty. Lot’s of choices. Good to very good. With so many choices it’s hard to discern the freshest. Nevertheless, it’s hard to be believe you will ever be disappointed.

Just ran in for quick bite. Had a Chocolate Croissant. One word-​amazing. Light and flakey. Gooey chocolate but bot too gooey with a suit. Fresh. Definitely a must stop.

Coconut macaroon was huge, but wasn’t great. Maybe we came too late in the evening and had a bad batch but it was too hard and stale. Their selection and aromas are quite enticing, however, so we might give it another try if we’re again in the area.

When do you see bakeries like this anymore?! Especially ones that are open until 9p!
We had to stop in between having dinner across the street at Handcraft and going to New York Comedy Club. A very small shop, but we ordered about 6 – 8 cookies to go in different varieties, which cost about $ 3.50.
The cookies themselves were OK, some better than others. We had gotten some butter cookies with jelly and chocolate that were pretty good, and overall met my expectations. I’ll definitely be keeping this place in mind when I need to bring a tray of cookies or treats to a party!

What I don’t get about this place is that you are not allowed to take pics inside! Lol come on! You are no Carlos Bakery or Magnolia! And both allow pics to be taken, actually they encourage it to so they get more publicity!
The cakes here are so old school, u can buy a piece for yourself but i wouldn’t ever take a cake from here to a party or a gathering bcz it’s simply ugly and not modern designs. It’s like they are stuck in the 1970’s! And the quality is not that good too!
Tried cakes and cookies, nothing special at all.

I grew up in the area and remember having the frog cupcakes at a neighbor’s 8^th birthday and the rainbow cookies. I had never been here though, but had treats from here when I was young.
The reviews on here are very accurate. Basically, the bakery goods are all amazing and well-​priced but the management is very tense. I was very «rushed» by the worker behind the counter, yet it was just one other customer and me in the store.
The macarons are amazing, and I’ve never been a «macaron person.» These are chewy and delicious. Mocha and tiramisu are great. However, the macarons, like most things here, are sold by the pound and not by the unit. This is sort of unconventional, and the sign didn’t say how many macarons satisfied the minimum requirement of ¼lb (clerk said 5). So a con to this bakery is you can’t get one of small things like rainbow cookies, macarons, etc. Rather annoying. Don’t worry, things like cupcakes and slices of cake are sold by the unit.
Worth a shot. The management isn’t too bad, just not super friendly and they pressure you to get in and out for no reason (I didn’t go when it was about to close or anything).

Going to preface this by saying I personally have never been inside. However, a couple of my friends ordered a cake from here as a surprise for my birthday. They got a teramissu cake with lady fingers all around the outer edge. Personally I am a huge fan of any kind of cake you can name but the one LA Delice made was honestly one of my favorites in recent memory. It was buttery and fluffy, the lady fingers were soft and the words on top were (quite literally) the icing on the cake. I loved it and cant wait to come in the stor myself so I can change this 4 star review to a 5.

Every time I have come here to grab a pastry I have walked out thinking the staff was very unfriendly, and borderline rude.
Understandable when the place is busy, but the times I’ve been a patron, I’ve been one of 2 people in the shop.

What’s not to like about an old corner bakery from which the heavenly scent of cookies, cakes, and other treats wafts through the street, momentarily catapulting you into a world where everything is sweet?
I stopped in today because by 3PM I had eaten nothing and needed to get a new tank for my Kangertech K Box at Henley, a block or so south. I went in partly just to get out of the cold but decided to buy a prune hamentashen ($ 3.50) and so glad I did.
They have big slices of coconut cream and carrot cake for $ 4.50. It’s cheaper than a fancy bakery like Corrado (which I adore). This isn’t French confectionary frou frou pastry, though they do have macaroons in an array of flavors.
You’re not allowed to take pictures, which is quite odd. And the service is not exactly solicitous but the place smells like a heaven populated entirely by bakers and consumers of baked goods.
It’s on the way to Mexico Lindo and near the Gramercy location of Henley, so I will probably stop in every time I’m in the area for a little treat.

This is really one of the gems of Manhattan. I have been coming here since I was few years old, when it opened in the early 1960s. If you want to experience how good things used to be, this is the place.
Old school coffee, that will really wake you up.
Real authentic actual pastries, the way they were always meant to be.
Enjoy!

Since I moved to New York about 25 years ago, I’ve had a hard time finding cakes that I really like in New York. I pass by this bakery on my way to work and decided to give it a try. I’ve gotten cupcakes and small cakes from there. They have some of the best cupcakes I’ve tasted in New York. I am very picky about frosting and their frosting is just perfect. It’s not too sweet and I love the fluffy texture.
The other thing I like, is every single time that I have gone there the employees are extremely polite. This is very important to me. So many places I go in one time and never return. This place I’ve been to many times. They are always consistent with taste and service.

My friends and I were walking around and passed this place. The store displays are full of adorable cupcakes– it was the rainbow frog ones that drew us in! There are so many different types of cookies and cakes here, the store has an old bakery type of feel that lets you know they’ve been here for awhile. Unfortunately, some of the baked goods look kind of old as well. The three of us split a rainbow frog cupcake, made of pink buttercream– it was really sweet! Good but too sweet and the cupcake part seemed to crumble and the cake to frosting ratio was off. Nice to try once, this place.

When I need a nice assortment of old fashioned holiday cookies to take to a party or for guests, this is the place I stop. They have years of experience so you can’t go wrong. I’ve never been disappointed. They have a great selection. Everything is delicious. For home made cookies the price is right. I’ve never tried anything but the cookies. Everything else does look good though.
I’ll take one of everything! Happy holidays!

Tried their pistachio cake ($ 4), Napoleon ($ 4 for the bigger ones), and mocha and raspberry macarons (2 for $ 3). Didn’t like the Napoleon because the texture is too soft and the custard is too thick.
Also bought a rum ball ($ 2.25) but haven’t eaten it yet as I typed this review.
Overall it’s okay and not too expensive. Will try their cheesecakes and cookies next time.

I went for the cost time and they have a huge variety of pastries you can get. They even have whole cakes yo purchase. I ordered Oreo cupcake, chocolate chip cookies and a red velvet slice… they were yummy!

Everything at La Delice looks unbelievably appetizing. Unfortunately the items we’ve tried (cakes and cupcakes) aren’t remotely worth the calories as everything tastes old and/​or of cheap ingredients
I wish this place would reduce it’s offerings and go for quality instead of quantity. Until that happens I suppose we’re just going to have to make do with my sad baking skills.

Being a lover of baked goods I was excited to find this old timey looking bakery not far from Murray Hill. It was a disappointment on every level. The Boston cream donut was old and bland, the apple turnover had old brown filling that tasted like it was from an expired can, and the cookies tasted like they were a month old. No exaggeration, they tasted like leftover Christmas cookies in January. The coffee was bland, not hot and they didn’t have cream or half and half. To boot, the woman would not let me put the milk in the coffee myself. On the up side, it is comforting to know that there is a place to go in New York were there is strict control over the coffee milk supply, just in case someone is trying to kill you.
Ten dollar minimum with credit cards.

Terrible customer service will ensure i go elsewhere. I went in to buy a cupcake for a friend’s birthday. After walking in (no greeting, by the way) and browsing the cases to find only a couple child-​based cupcakes I asked about the selection of cupcakes. She pointed and said there were more in the window. I was then again left to my own devices: no walk over with me, no asking what I was looking for, just pointing.
I found one I wanted though and went to purchase. Being as it’s a bakery I asked for a candle. I was told that they didn’t have candles. Again, it’s a bakery so I persisted thinking perhaps she didn’t understand me. At this point she again points across the store and said they have boxes of candles if I wanted, in blue or multicolored. Pointing. Again, not helpful.
I purchased a box of the blues, and while she walked away to get change (not using the register right there) I removed two candles, and gave her back the box, upon which she starts freaking out, telling me I can’t do that. She held my change hostage while trying to force the candles back into hand. Eventually I gotta change while she continued to mutter about how I couldn’t just take two candles (remember, I purchased the entire box, so they were mine). As I went to leave she yelled across the shop at me again about how I couldn’t do that. So I stopped, turned around, and reminded her she was talking to a customer who literally just paid her.
For a moment she stopped then wished me a good day. But again, just as I was about to cross through the door out onto the street, she muttered more complaints my direction. So I stopped again, and asked for her manager. The other employees started to get involved and all three eventually told me I had no right to get the manager/​owner name and information. They weren’t going to allow me to complain. I called the main number — no voicemail. Eventually one of them got a card and gave it to me just to get me to leave… which is of course all I wanted to start with.
In a nutshell, awful service.

BEWARE!
This is a real disappointment as I used to frequent this bakery.
Today I bought a piece of cake which was not only old, but MOLDY as well!
At first, I noticed the odd taste but since I had never bought this flavor before, I wasn’t sure if this was the intended taste or not. Then half way through my cake, I peeled off the remaining wrapper and discovered green mold!
They claim the cake is one day old but I highly doubt a cake can go moldy in one day, especially when the weather’s been so cold (it’s snowing outside).
I wanted to talk to the owner (who had served me) but got a lot of random excuses as to why I couldn’t talk to him or his wife. Therefore I decided to write a Unilocal review instead.
I just hope I don’t end up with food poisoning!