Cardinali Bakery III

You haven’t eaten a triple chocolate mousse cake like theirs! The only way to describe it is — Absolutely Divine!
Great Gelato & breads too. Nice helpful staff as well.
Cash only though here, so make sure you have some!

Great deserts and friendly staff
But very slow service! I’ve been here quite a few times and it’s always so slow especially waiting for the check. I definitely recommend the tiramisu which goes very well with cappuccino.

We ordered the tiramisu cake for my Dad’s birthday and it was fresh, delicious and beautiful! Everyone ate a piece — even the loud dieters shut up long enough to enjoy this amazing cake. The service was excellent. The cake was ready on time.

Fresh fresh fresh!!! I found this bakery on accident and I will never look for another again. They sell hands down the BEST rainbow cookies around. Clean, good service, and unbelievable cakes/​cookies. A must try place!!!

Great bakery delicious pastries and gelato and a cakes are fabulous the thing I like the best is there brick oven breads old world style at its best. By far one of the best bakeries around

Great Italian bakery in Syosset! Lots of creative cookies and cakes.

One of the Best Places for: Cookies, Gelato, Cappuccinos, Cakes in Nassau County! Breads made there too. :) YUM!

Fantastic bakery! I come here all the time for birthday cakes, holiday cakes, and even specialty cakes for my friends and family. The pastry chef is extremely friendly and definitely a joy to speak with if I have any questions. The staff behind the counter are also extremely friendly and are very knowledgable when it comes to the pastries, cookies, bread, gelato and cakes. There is an extremely large selection of delicious baked goods on a daily basis! The bread is baked fresh every morning and is the most delicious bread i have ever eaten. I highly reccomended this bakery to anyone who lives in Nassau County and wants a true Italian bakery experience. Cardinali is worth the trip!
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I’m often accused by co-​workers of being long-​winded (I call it thorough) but I’m gonna keep this brief.
2^nd visit to this place after an always great dinner at Arata. Basically the staff is rude, the gelato is decent, and the pastries are meh.
I’ve had:
A rainbow cookie which was adequate (let’s say 5 of 10).
A cannoli: 4 of 10
A meringue cookie: 3 of 10 (tossed half of it)
Seriously, it was like they were doing us a favor to wait on us; consider this my last visit.

note: Cash only, no credit card.
3 stars overall
not a connoisseur of italian baked goods. My wife is. Got some for her for her birthday. She was «meh» after eating. If she is «meh», i am «meh».

Costly. And every time I have went there they never had what I was looking for. No cookies or simple cakes only the extremely expensive stuff.

One of the few truly Italian bakeries on Long Island. Still upset that the Huntington location closed so many years ago. The fresh bread is fantastic! Also there is such a large selection of fresh Italian cakes, deserts, cookies and gelato. My favorite thing is to sit by the window with a friend and enjoy a cappuccino and sfogiatella (I’m sure I misspelled that bc I can barely say it). *don’t forget the powdered sugar on top

I had gone to this bakery for the very first time around Christmas. I ordered a tray of Italian cookies and they tasted like they came straight from Italy. I also love that they have gluten free baked goods as well because alot of bakeries do not.
I also had the gelato and its the best I ever had When your in the area dont ever hesitate to stop in try these delicious things they make and say hello. The owners are very friendly and I love how they assisted me. I will definately be back for more.

I’m actually incredibly surprised that this place has so many negative reviews. First off, there are a few «annoying» things, like cash-​only and poor parking options. In addition, it is a little pricey, but I think that’s to be expected of a neighborhood bakery. But some of their selections are top notch.
My family used to buy Friendly’s or Carvel ice cream cakes for our birthdays, but as soon as we discovered Cardinali, it’s been fruit tarts for every nice occasion for years. They have a couple varieties, but they are LOADED with tasty fruit (e.g., kiwis, strawberries, and blueberries). I don’t remember a time when we’ve had bad/​unripe/​rotten fruit. Highly recommended.
And if you’re in there, you MUST try their gelato. As with all bakeries, you can always try a sample, but I strongly implore you — try their fruit flavored gelato. You will not be disappointed.
I didn’t have any other strong impressions from any of their standard bakery fare, but nothing was terrible. If not for any other reason, go for the gelato.

Got some pignoli cookies and sesame cookies, they were good enough. Cash only, which is odd for a business this large, kind of a turn-​off. Good Italian bakery, but nothing to write home about.

Try their chocolate gelato it’s flavorful and has a hint of honey. The scoop size is pretty large so you’ll have plenty of gelato to share. The bakery’s food options vary so you can pick from a treasure trove of Italian goodies. If such items as rainbow cookies, sfogliatell and italian bread are up your alley this is the place for you. It’s proximately to Syosset train station helps to make it an easy place to grab a sweet treat for a fun night in the city.

Excellent quality of pastries, breads and cookie tray/platter.Specialty cakes are the most beautiful picturesque displays of the event you are having. They are sweet as pie there.

A Bakery open in the blizzard :)
The blizzard that hit Long Island had most stores closed, and people off the road. For a few, me, and a woman celebrating the chinese New Year. Cardinali was a welcome site, open for business, with two nice ladies working, one of which Paula has been there for many years and makes a mean cappuccino.
Cardinali’s Is an Italian bakery and a café. They carry aritsan breads made fresh every day in addition to standard Italian, semolina and french etc. They carry cakes, fruit pies, italian pasteries, a full variety of their own gelato ranging from light fruit to decadent gianduia (chocolate hazelnut), and special occasion cakes. Their bakers are exceptionally artistic on many of their deserts. They even create actual fruit filled with gelato.
Cardinali’s is open later than any Long Island bakery often until 9 or 10 on weekends and it’s a great late night place for coffee and desert. They make a variety of espresso and regular coffee. That goes great with their in house made biscotti and pignoli cookies. Thier Italian cookies are traditional Italian style with some variations that are local favorites. My mother likes their coffee. which tips the scale to that extra star!

Cardinali’s is a great spot in Syosset for Italian cookies and pastries. Hands down they make the best rainbow cookies on Long Island. I’ve never been super impressed with their cakes but the cookies are awesome. When I was in college I would always stop here after a weekend at home before getting on the LIE and heading back to Albany. Same thing when I moved to Vermont in my mid-​twenties.
My issues are with the parking and general accessibility. Cardinali’s back door opens onto a «municipal» lot which is also used for LIRR parking or, in lay men’s terms, a nightmare. It also puddles, huge lake-​like puddles. Blech.

Daughter and i stopped in last night on the way home.
we got one plain cannoli and one chocolate cannoli and a fruit tart for my wife.
I can not say how my daughter or wife liked theres as they never got around to eating them last night.
I however did eat the chocolate cannoli and liked it very much.
cant say it was the best i have ever eaten but it was good.
would say i would definitely go back for more.
the staff was nice and helpful and very polite.
the do have a large selection of breads cakes and cookies and they also carry i think its galloto, sorry can not review that at this time as i did not try any.
but you can be sure ill be back for more.
there was only one negative aspect of cardinalis, they do not take credit cards, for me that is annoying as i like to earn the miles.