Deluise Bakery

Homemade Donuts.
Homemade. Donuts.
WHY ARE YOU STILL READING MY REVIEW GO GET A HOMEMADE DONUT
Homemade everything, calzones, cookies, pastries… this place is a gem. I was on the hunt for homemade donuts and stumbled upon Deluise, boy am I happy I did. Everyone was incredibly friendly who worked there too, as if I needed more of a reason to take my sorry butt back. Also, try one of the Zeppole’s, absolutely stuffed to the max with cream (see the picture in the photos).
Honestly I’ve always gone into Federal Hill to Scialo’s for cookies and pastries, but the last few times I’ve gone the customer service has been atrocious. So I’m very happy to give Deluise my business from now on.
From one Paisan to another, well done Deluise Bakery.

We’ve been stopping here, based on a friend’s recommendation, each year for over 20 years on our way to the Cape. Our favorites are pizza and spinach pies but everything else we have tried is equally good.

I’m not quite sure how I lived in this neighborhood for 17 years and never went here until last month. Since then I’ve been trying to make up for lost time. They have the best donuts I’ve ever had, and I didn’t even realize I liked donuts that much. I’m now hooked.

Everyone is right, the donuts here are legit! If it wasn’t for Unilocal I never would have known this gem was so close to my home. We got a variety of donuts to try and they were all great. They are just so fluffy! There is no better way to describe these heavenly donuts. My husband loved the jelly and it was a pleasant surprise that it was filled with blueberry rather then the usual grape. I was partial to the chocolate frosted and glazed. Oh these donuts are filling too, I was satisfied after eating just one.
I do agree that labels on the items in the case would be helpful, I felt like I was being a pest asking what everything was. Will definitely be back!

Everything they have that I tasted is delicious and fresh. The staff are friendly and helpful. The price is VERY reasonable and much less expensive than other bakeries in the area. My family and I used to do business with LaSalle bakery but constantly complained to each other about the price. A great aunt steered us to DeLuise and we’ve been customers to them ever since. The taste AND price fit.

Loved the Zeppoles but a bit sloppy on the dusting of powdered sugar on the bottom instead of top and all were different shapes. However the taste is out of this world!

My husband and I were messing around on Unilocal one night, and he decided to search ‘donuts’. You see, I am not a huge fan of donuts, I do not crave donuts, they scarcely even cross my mind. That said, I can be convinced into many a foodie craving. My husband? Donut. Lover. For. Life. So, we searched, and DeLuise Bakery came up. We were familiar with the location, but never knew they made their own donuts! Amazing!
I had some time the following day, so I stopped in. There they were: an entire row of diferent kinds of homemade donuts. Regular, old fashioned, chocolate frosted, chocolate frosted old fashioned, coconut sticks, jelly sticks, coconut with blueberry filing, glazed, glazed old fashioned… my head was spinning «ONE OF EACH!» I cried, barely recognizing my own voice. These were donuts worth waiting for, donuts that rivaled Allie’s (sacrilege, I know), these were the donuts that would earn me the title «Wife of the Year» or at least «Wife of the Week». Spinach pies? «I’ll take one» Torrone? «You make torrone? I’ll take one of those, too!»
I ate half of the spinach pie before I even got home. Did I mention that there is no eating allowed in my car? No? Well here I was, breaking my own rule. It was the perfect combo of garlicy-​goodness and the ratio of pepperoni was perfect. I took the treats inside, and cut into every darn donut, taking a wedge to taste-​test, and they were ALL spectacular. My favorite was the coconut blueberry. It was a fluffy and bready sweet sandwich of blueberry love… There were blueberries, like REAL blueberries in the middle! And the torrone… oh the torrone… I’ve never had any so fresh, so airy… the almonds were plentiful, every bite was a perfect juxtaposition of crunchy and soft. I adore thee, torrone from Deluise!!!
I have to clarify why I only gave 4 out of 5 stars — it was their bread. It was very dense and dry, and did not last beyond that first day. I love a good Italian loaf (what carb-​loving Italian gal wouldn’t?!) but this one did not satisfy. Regardless, all of my other purchases were absolutely worth 5 stars.

torone anyone? super fresh and so many almonds i actually tell myself its health food while im eating and believe it!

It was an idly muttered challenge that led us to Deluise’s door. My indicted co-​conspirator proclaimed that he wanted doughnuts. That led to a random search on Unilocal and the discovery of this well-​reviewed place located about a mile from our abode.
That unearthed a memory of our right-​wing-​radical former landlord saying that his favorite bakery was near our new home, and that their cookies are super.
So, with those two conflicting bits of information (great reviews on Unilocal!recommendation from sketchy landlord!) in mind, we went up the street.
Walking in, the place has no ambiance. This is the visual opposite of Seven Stars with one exception: they both have displays full of yummy looking baked goods. But we were here for doughnuts, so that’s what we went for.
The verdict? The chocolate frosted raised doughnuts are to die for. Great texture of the dough, and an insanely good chocolate frosting that is generously applied. The other doughnuts are also superb.
Since our first visit, we’ve had their calzones and strombolis (spinach and eggplant parm — fantastic!), other doughnuts (also delicious!), and last night we got an apple pie. The apples were a little softer than either of us might like, but the crust was great and held together well when cutting and plating. The flavor was delicious.
This is not a yuppified local butter and eggs kind of place like Seven Stars, but it’s darned good, and a run to pick up pastries for a morning get-​together with friends won’t break the bank. I do wish they’d label everything, though. I could make decisions way better with a little more information.
ps Although this might start a war, I like this place way better than Allie’s!

Ah my neighborhood Italian bakery. I often find myself here. They definitely have a selection if you have a sweet tooth or are looking for egg biscuits.
I have not tried their bread, but they do have custard pies year round (where as other nearby bakeries do not). They are also open later than their counterpart Sal’s.
The service is not overly friendly but not distasteful either. I really have no complaints; I am just more of a fan of other bakeries than Deluise. By the way, street parking only. Be careful when you get out the drivers side!

Driving by this Mount Pleasant institution only makes me miss their neighbor, Mainelli’s — and their once huge portions of eggplant and cheese ravioli for $ 8 that not even an over-​pumped Aussie could help save.
As a strict, non-​dairy vegetarian, I also miss Deluise’s slamming pumpkin muffins, that I was known to pair with a tiny serving of coffee milk.
In addition to this perfect fall snack they make all types of pastries and novelties from the traditional turnover to the gesticulation-​inducing zeppola. All of their goodies are prepared with as much time-​honored care one might expect from this enclave that was once home to a thriving Italian-​American community.

Old style bakery with all the classic favorites and fantastic prices.
I always go for the doughnuts – especially chocolate frosted. They make the trip completely worth it. These are dense, filling, and oh-​so-​amazing. And then of course I might as well get other things while I stop in… so I end up bringing boxes of pastries home. I’m a big fan of the blueberry turnovers and the raspberry crumb bars, and of course, nothing beats an old-​school bakery brownie with nuts when a chocolate craving hits.
This is my favorite bakery in RI so far, and honestly, the only place I’ll go for something sweet when I’m feeling too lazy to make it myself.

Being from CA we have a lot of local donut shops. When I moved to providence I could only find Dunkin Donuts until this shop. They beat local CA shops. These donuts are dense and filling unlike the fluffy kind I am used to. I had 2 was full! This is rare… Great shop! I also tried the cheese cake & a blue berry scone. Wow! So delicious.

Um, all I can say is «holy cow». I motorcycled down from Massachusetts for this. And it was well worth the ride. The store is your typical local Italian style store in your typical Italian style neighborhood, so you’re left wondering whether this place is gonna be any good. Particularly after having ridden through some pretty sketchy areas to get there. But fear not Obe-​wan, your journey will be fulfilled. The food looks terrific the minute you walk in the door. And the service was excellent — friendly, helpful, having fun. I bought 4 different donuts– regular sugared jam filled, coconut jam filled, cinnamon sugared and coconut sugared. Yes we ate a lot of donuts. And we were oohing and ahhing the whole way through the experience. What lively dough. What balanced sweetness vs that awful super sweet Dunkin donuts thing. Essentially, this is an amazing place — it doesn’t get much better than this.

Donuts! Crunchy old fashioned donuts too! It smells heavenly in here. I haven’t tried anything except their donuts, but their other pastries looked great and they had all the typical Easter pastries (and Zeppoles!) when I went in this past weekend.

It looks small from the outside, but this bakery has everything.
They have a really great selection of pastry, breads and baked foods for extremely reasonable prices. When you walk in its almost overwhelming because it smells amazing and you just want to eat everything you see.
OH the donuts. They are the amazing, heavy, old fashioned kind that really fill you up. Make sure you get one of the chocolate frosted ones… they are heavenly.
The people here are super nice too. I was so overwhelmed by all of the pastry, but the woman behind the counter helped me pick out the good stuff and I left happy with my ½ dozen.
I love this place and I’ll be back soon.

Wonderful bakery.
I go here at least once or twice a week.
Reasonably priced bakery. I have not had anything yet that I do not totally enjoy.
Very friendly staff.

By far the best bakery in Rhode Island. They created the most beautiful and delicious wedding cake for my daughter. It was stunning and our guests could not get enough. Don’t bother tasting other cakes and shopping other bakeries. Don’t waste your time because Deluise is as good as it gets.

It has happened my friends. The day has come. A bakery has finally rocked out a Bismark that can compete with my precious, now closed, Butlers in Westport. I never thought it would happen. It has taken years. Perfect cream, abundant flavorful jam, magic. I do prefer the longer shaped Bismarks to the round ones but that’s just a weird personal preference lol. They taste the same. I’ve tried the brownie, a vanilla vanilla cupcake, a rum cake, mini blueberry turnover, chocolate frosted donut, sugar coated donut, and a mini cannoli. Everything was awesome. Fudgy brownie. Super moist cake. The apple turnover is a tad too over spiced for me but some may like it. Normal small portions, which I super love. Awesome prices with everything except the Bismark being under $ 1. You hear that? Suck it Seven Stars. with your $ 3+ brownies. I have a new love, and it is you Deluise.
2015 update– Still awesome :) This is one of my very favorite bakeries

My little bro stayed the night and suggested donuts and coffee for breakfast, so I hopped on my handy Unilocal app and this delicious little spot popped up. Decided to give it a try and I’m glad we did!
We got there around noon on a Saturday and there were a few people ahead of us in line which gave us some time to check out the cases. Full of delicious looking desserts, but all very no-​frills. I like that. So many places try to make the décor and the decorations on their pastries all fancy and cutesy, but I’d rather just have good food. Actually, come to think of it, it seemed to be just strictly a bakery. Didn’t notice any coffee or beverages available. And there isn’t seating. It’s just a go in for your sweets and leave kind of place.
We decided on a French cruller, 2 coconut jelly sticks, a chocolate frosted donut, and 2 spinach pies. The total? Under $ 8. That made me happy! I mowed the cruller as soon as I got in the car. It was crunchy on the outside, airy, and creamy in the very center with the perfect amount of icing. SO GOOD it’s the best French cruller I’ve ever had. I had a bite of the jelly stick and it was also tasty. My bro enjoyed his spinach pie and I look forward to having mine later.
There were 3 friendly women behind the counter so we were in and out very quickly. I hope this spinach pie is awesome because they are my favorite and if this one is good I will have a new lunch-​stop!