Ramona-Lee Pastry Shop

My grandparents were born in Italy and the ONLY pastries and cakes served in their home came from Ramona Lee. Delicious, fresh and authentic enough for my fussy Grandmother. As I kid, I remember the cannoli crème cakes which were present at many birthday celebrations. The plethora of pastries and cookies always graced our Sunday table after our family meal. So many fond memories of delicious bakery items that rounded out my Italian American experience. I have many cherished memories associated with this bakery.

I purchased some mini pastry at Ramona Lee and they were wonderful. The prices were compatiable to other bakeries. They are an old fashion Italian bakery with flavors I remember from my childhood. My parents used to go there in the 50’s. My only suggestion for them would be to accept credit cards and work out an agreement for a few parking spaces with their neighboring fast food place.

For my dad’s birthday, I wanted to make it extra special by getting him a cake from Ramona Lee. It’s his favorite cannoli cream and even though it’s out of the way and inconvenient for me to get to, I decided to do it anyway. It’s a small, no frills, hole in the wall bakery so I almost had a stroke when the girl behind the counter told me a cake to feed 25 – 30 people was FIFTY FREAKING DOLLARS and an extra $ 15 to put some plastic decoration pieces on top that looks like it came from the dollar store next door. If this was a fancy, specialty bake shop, I would expect these outrageous prices but from Ramona Lee? REALLY?
I sucked it up and paid the price. After all, it’s just to make my dad happy anyways. Well the big day came and the cake looked okay, definitely not worth $ 65. It wasn’t the best cannoli cake I’ve ever had either, it was average and there were no chocolate chips in it which was disappointing. The staff was nice, but I would never get another cake here ever again since their prices are literally double the average bakery for no reason.

I really like this bakery. My coworker has been bringing in cakes from here for years and the cannoli filling has become the office favorite. I recently walked in there for the first time to pick up a cake and was pleasantly surprised at how clean the bakery was and the selection of goodies they offered. I find it to be reasonably priced and was even told to save my receipts as when you spend 100.00 you get money off of your next purchase. I don’t remember how much off it may have been something around 5.00. I’m still a fan of cannoli cake and they decorate it beautifully with delicious whipped cream frosting. The cake we got was for 12 – 15 people and could feed more with smaller slices and it cost 29.95– no tax! Don’t go in there without getting a cannoli cake!!! The service on the phone and in person was really nice. I did feel like they really did appreciate my business.

I absolutely LOVE this bakery… the owner is such a sweet woman… offered me coffee and pastries as I was trying to pick out a cake for my sisters bridal shower. Canoli cake is to die for… along with everything else I’ve tried from there. Everything is made fresh on premises… the only reason I could think why it’s never really stocked up is maybe the fact that it’s not a big named place and she usually does a lot of «made to order». But again, I find her pastries to be amazing!

I’m still ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ about this bakery. Came here w/​my niece, at the time she was 2 and she got the Dora cookie… i think it was actually not made there and packaged for resale.
I had a éclair from here and it was pretty good. Real custard which is how I like them. I was weird when I came in there was almost nothing left on their shelves. But there were tons of cookies…
Gotta give this one another shot and i’ll let everyone know how it is.

Just returned from my second trip to Ramona Lee’s. So far, so good. If you want to experience what awesome tastes like, get the chocolate crème puffs. AWESOME! And, the Sfogliatelle are to-​die-​for. A friend recommends the canoli and chocolate canoli, too. The folks running the place are very nice as well. I still have a lot of other things to try, but like I said, so far, so good.

My feeling on kids is that they’re fun to make, but hard to live with.*
You enter through a heavy door that sits under a bafflingly low overhang, bakery essence wafting thru the air yet nothing seeming the least bit fresh. While they keep later hours and peddle odd promos that aren’t really deals at all, I can see either side of previous review. The woman working didn’t know how to work a bakery and struggles to show and explain to me what stuff is, but alas…
I dropped $ 2.13 at this cash-​only spot for three pastries, or so I thought. I opened my bag to find 4 tiny items, only 2 of which I ordered; the fourth, I assume, wasn’t free. The green and chocolate cookie was alright but there wasn’t much to it, the ‘brownie’ was just chocolate with some crumbs, definitely not a brownie, and the coconut/​raspberry cookie wasn’t bad but I didn’t ask for it (or for 2 for that matter).
*Not entirely sure how that relates.

I may be biased, because I worked there 40 years ago as a kid, and knew the original owner Al, and his son Russel who took it over (if they are no longer a part of this, let me know), but the quality was always the best. No short cuts. Only the best ingrediants. They cared about the product. When I went back there many years later (mid 90s), it was if I never left. The same standards (I was allowed in the back and saw for myself how things were made and the cleanliness). I have fond memories of that place and the people there.

I dunno– my friend loves this place but I don’t find anything good about it–
The pastries always taste mediocre to me — the cookies don’t move me– so really, what’s left if a bakery doesn’t excite you?