Balthazar Bakery

Balthazar is the kind of bakery that you hope stays there forever. As a palmier lover who has tried all possible sources, I’ve stopped looking when I found perfection here — it just melts in your mouth. If only baked goods magically made us slimmer…

Love this place and so happy they do all of their baking in NJ! A big plus is that the prices are reasonable too. I usually get their cheese danish, almond croissants and monkey bread. Their seasonal cakes like the Bee Sting are great as well as their baguettes.

Very impressed, potentially 5 stars but I need to go a few more times. I was surprised that they were completely out of Madeleines on a week day in the mid-​afternoon. I’ve had them from here before and they were fantastic.
I got the monkey bread and a blueberry danish. I thought they were fairly priced. Both were delicious. The monkey bread definitely had more of a «European» as opposed to «American» feel — not super sweet or super sticky, but still tasty.
As for those who say the line goes out the door… Well. Yeah. Because the place is so tiny, it can barely fit 4 people. I wish they offered more coffee options, but they are just a bakery.

They make just about everything here and they make it well. Come early to avoid the long line and ensure that you beat your competition to the popular items.
On the service side, the staff is very knowledgeable about the product. The line does move fairly quick.
Parking is very limited. Be prepared to park down the street and walk a bit. It’s gonna be okay since you have to work off all that carb anyway.

Whenever I pass by that area, I take a little detour to pick up a couple of things.
I always get a bread and a few desserts. Some even make it back home.
Bring lots of cash
Be careful in the poorly designed parking lot. I saw a good smashup

This is my favorite bakery in the area. And by area I mean the whole of East Coast. I would give you recommendations but then I would just be sharing the menu lol. This is the spot!

Hidden gem. Incredible selection of beautiful and delicious french pastries.

= 4.5 stars
Great bakery up in Nothern Jersey.
Basically a factory making lots of bread and European-​style pastries for many restaurants, hotels, and airports.
They have a small display room, where you can order. They go to the back and bring out the goodies.
Their pastries, granola, and cookies were excellent, especially the polvorones and mandelbrodt.
My favorites were the potato tart and pissaladiere. Reminded me of my younger days, living in France and Belgium. Next time, going to pick up a bunch of these.
Only complaint: Olive bâtard — too little olives.
Service was great.
: A–

The best bakery around my neighborhood! A huge selection of artisan bread and pastries, not to mention cookies and sweets that will blow you away. Must tries:
1. Fig and hazel nut bread.
2. Potato tarts (savory)
3. Lemon bar
4. Dinner rolls
5. All of their savory scone
Warning: the only downside about this place, they are expensive. If you are willing to pay for high quality bread, this is your place.

I went for a quick visit to pick up some treats for my family. I LOVE how you can see the kitchen from the store through the window and smell the amazing aroma of fresh baked goods as soon as you walk in. The interior was small and compact but cute and the staff was friendly.
My friend suggested the monkey bread, which was crunchy on top but soft in the inside (loved the sugar topping and swirl of cinnamon!). I also picked up random pastries and cookies that looked appealing. The earl gray madeleine sounded interesting but it was dry and flavorless so I don’t recommend it. My family enjoyed the chocolate chip cookie, canele, and mini blueberry danish.

Absolutely amazing place !!
If you love and appreciate good bread this is the place for you .
Also great place to grab deserts, and pastries.

Balthazar Bakery has the most amazing oatmeal raisin cookies that I have ever tried and I am seriously addicted to them!
One of my coworkers brought a bunch of baked goods in one morning and everyone went crazy for all the goodies! I finally had a chance to come check out the bakery and store front yesterday for the first time and I was in aw of everything they had to offer. I love that when you are inside the store front you see all the busy bakers making and preparing everything from fresh breads to cheese danish’s. The smells coming from this place should be bottled and sold as perfume. Nothing like the smells of fresh baked bread and butter!
I picked up 4 oatmeal raisin cookies, a cheese danish, a blueberry cheese danish and an apple fritter. The cookies needless to say didn’t last long but I was strong enough to save one for my boyfriend to try, he fell in love with them and now wants them every week! Can’t wait to go back and try more that they have to offer!

Excellent French-​style breads and deserts and OK pastries. We occasionally stop at the Balthazar branch adjacent to their eatery (which is on our list to visit after we win the lottery) in downtown Manhattan, but this Jersey location is where the action is, not only in terms of the baking (which you can see through picture windows), but in terms of a full selection of sweets and savories. Fortunately, they’re only a brief detour off the Turnpike, although on a weekend morning you’re likely to find a traffic jam in their small parking lot on a commercial strip. Their baguette is excellent (and better fresh here than after it’s been transported to NYC on the back of a truck). Deserts are also excellent; we particularly enjoyed the lemon tart we picked up this trip. Breakfast pastries vary; when they’re good, they’re very good, but on this last trip a pair of cheese danish, with and without fruits, left us unmoved. Nonetheless, Balthazar Bakery is one of the best in the greater NYC area.

I think it is great to have this bakery very close to where I live. Basically this place is where they produce all the bread that they provide to Balthazar restaurant in nyc and other places that carry the product.
I have had danish pastries, croissant and monkey bread. They are really good and soft even though it has been baked for a little bit. Still soft as fresh off the oven. I also love that they have mini versions of some of the pastries so that you can try those pastries for cheaper price (well the portion is definitely smaller, but I believe that sometimes that is how you are paying the price of cutting down your fat).
Highly recommended.

Balthazar, Bakery, Bread and YES you want to go here. Pastries are not my thing so other than the Apple Tartine and Mandelines I can’t comment. Those are both really good especially if you warm them in the oven first.
Bön Appetite!

Tucked in the industrial side of englewood near the railroad tracks is Balthazar’s factory of goodies! I haven’t been to the Soho location but I’m glad I can get it easily nearby. Just dunno if the price is the same.
I usually get the almond croissants and the cheese and blueberry danish and during the fall I get the cranberry tea cake. They’re good! Others like the monkey bread but my son and I didn’t feel the same way about it.
Recently we brought the Berry Noisette Tart to a picnic and it was a hit!!! Get some because it’s one of their summer specials.

Still 4 stars.
What’s good:
— Bread. I think this is their core product, so you can’t go wrong.
— Cakes. They do slices but once it sells out, there’s no more (not sure why they can’t just slice up another cake?). They do pre-​orders too.
— Danish.
What’s not good:
— Madeleines. If you’ve had a good madeleine, you’ll understand.
— Canneles. Same as above.
— Palmier. Financial Patisserie’s minis in the city are way better!
Note, they have coffee but didn’t have non-​fat milk options. We had a stomachache from it later.

Not a fan of their pastries, of which we sampled more than 10 varieties. I agree with my husbands succinct critique: «nothing was really very good.»
The croissants were dry, the mini chocolate variety had a mere 3 tiny shards of chocolate.
The monkey bread was dry, simply pieces of cinnamon bread topped with turbinado sugar arranged in a muffin shape. Very disappointing.
Pecan sticky bun: dry.
The Bolstock: a slice of brioche topped with almond paste and almond slivers was very, very good — but $ 3.50 per slice. The croissants are $ 6.50 each! Very steep prices for dry pastries.
If you are a fan of Balthazar, I challenge you try Sook Pastry in Ridgewood — far superior. I’m glad I live closer to Sook.

Follow the smell. Balthazar’s bakery is one of the reasons I love living near by in Englewood (that and the popcorn factory); you can smell glorious pastries and bread wafting around the neighborhood.
Whole foods in Paramus charges $ 3 for the Balthazar baguette they sell but here it’s only $ 2…and they’re perfectly crusty on the outside and chewy on the inside. The chocolate chip cookie was decadently delicious, and mine had bits of walnut which I loved (luckily I don’t have a nut allergy). The apple pie was excellent. We’ll try the mini grapefruit tart tomorrow.
It gets crowded and people take their time ordering so expect to wait. You can watch the bakers in action through the window but realistically you’ll be trying to figure out what the people in front of you are ordering and praying they don’t take the last of something you want. I have yet to try the monkey bread yet because it’s always sold out.

We have brunch in SoHo at Balthazar several times a year and always stopped in the bakery next door for some bread or pastry. Then my wife found this place and we now drive here every few weeks for a fix.
Their French bread is wonderful, crispy and full of flavor with good «tooth». The apple bread pudding, not always available, is my wife’s favorite. I get the almond croissant. As good as Taritne’s in the Village. That’s a compliment.
The cookies — in bags by the door — are worth considering. Crispy and full of flavor. I grab a bag for the ride home.
If you are lucky, they will be baking so you can get to see the 500 pound mound of fresh butter they use to make the yummy baked goods behind the glass window in the sales room. That gives you an idea of the richness of their goods.
If you like French bread, this if your go to place. Want to add a few tasty treats to your menu, give their display case a look and go a little wild.
Highly recommended.