Rudy’s Pastry Shop

Hungout with the owners of Rudy’s and it was an excellent time. So accommodating to my Sailor friends and I. This place has been in business for over 80 years and is one of the older bakeries in New York.
I had a cheese Danish with a coffee, then hazelnut gelato for dessert. SO GOOD.
Best customer service and hospitality. I hope to come back one day just to visit this place. Presentation and quality of the food is wonderful. Everything looks like it was just baked this morning.
Thank you guys so much!

A friend brought me a Crumb Cheese Turnover.
The size of the item is huge. There is a yummy white glaze and a crumble topping. The pastry itself is light and delicate while the cheese center is decadent.
Great experience and I hear their Linzer Turnovers are great!

grew up going to this place back in the 1970’s it had good chocolate cakes and still does.

So I finally made my way to Rudys. Lucky for me there was a spot awaiting my arrival right in front of the store. Very cute store. Was charming, dim, clean, and quiet at 3:00 on a Thursday afternoon. The girl behind the counter was super sweet and patient so excellent customer service. I got a bunch of things to try, which came out to a bit of a pricey $ 26, but nevertheless, everything was good to excellent. Now let’s review.
–Rainbow cookies– good, not great, a tad bit dry, but still tasty.
–Chocolate dipped Cannoli filled to order-​AMAZING! My favorite item I ordered — seriously bomb worthy!
–Lindzer tart– very, very good
–Red velvet cupcake– great
–Banana chocolate chip bread pudding– dry, didn’t like it all, perhaps has alcohol in it, but a good banana flavor with fresh banana chunks, but very dry
–marzipan stick — yummy chocolate covered marzipan — delish!
–Alfojores– incredible shortbread cookie with coconut and dulce de leche was fabulous– not too sweet at all, just perfect!
I love this bakery and I will definitely go back! Hopefully, next time I can give them 5 stars, but if there was a 4.5 I would give that :)

Their pricing is very arbitrary. We ordered maybe a total of $ 8 worth of sweets and they chalked it up to $ 14 which is almost double what we ordered. The graham cookies i bought were old and stale. There was discoloration spread on a corner, something i dared not mention out of being a nice non confrontational guy. They ripped me off with a smile. Wont see me there again. Deserts were okay quality but pricier than marthas bakery. Food itself was a ⁷⁄₁₀.

Highlight: amazing cannoli dipped in chocolate. Can’t go wrong with it ;) have it with coffee

Ordered a strawberry shortcake with chocolate last minute this past Saturday for my sons 16 birthday. They made it right then and there. It was very tasty. Everyone loved it unfortunately I asked them to write happy birthday Jay but it was written has happy birthday Joy … Oops.

Maybe I didn’t get the right thing, but my chocolate peanut butter thing was wayyy overpriced and not good. It tasted like they melted Hershey’s chocolate, put skippy in the middle and called it a day.
I thought this place looked like one of those venerable old bakeries that survived the ages with their classic recipes. But the pastries didn’t look very good, and what I got was awful and soooo overpriced.

My family have been shopping at Rudy’s for as long as I can remember. This bakery has always been my oma’s go-​to when it comes to buying Christmas cookies for the family gatherings. and I’ve been going here with her since I was very little. Coming to this shop in the winter is pretty much ritual.
We’d always get butter cookies, the brown sugar/​cinnamon star cookies, some almond? crescent cookies topped with powdered sugar, and some other kind of cookie with nuts and shaped like some human figures. Sometimes we’ll get a slice of cake, or something like that. The quality of the cookies this past Christmas was noticeably different from years past, but it wasn’t any less delicious.
During my last trip there with my mom we noticed they opened up the space a bit– before they were just a typical walk-​in, walk-​out bakery but they’ve expanded the shop with a small seating area and more sweets and things.

This is the best place in Ridgewood. I come here and order the homemade hot chocolate all the time. I’m addicted and I’m in love.

My family and I have been patrons for about 10 years, we’ve yet to be disappointed.
The staff is super friendly and all the baked goods and food is delicious. Since they’ve expanded, it’s been my mother’s favorite place for coffee and croissant sandwiches.
I personally love their iced coffee, it’s made with a smile and I feel like they’re happy I’m there.
You can’t get this quality of food, beverage and hospitality in a lot of places, but Rudy’s has it down to a science!

I love bakeries like this. Had black forest cake and it was delicious.
The main counter girl is friendly and attentive. There is one counter girl who will just stare and not say anything if you ask a question. Kind of odd but won’t deter me from future cake runs
Nice to work as they got wifi. And the place is clean.

You can’t go wrong with anything that you get here.
Great coffee
Great cakes
Great pastries
Great service
Located just a few blocks from work, I tend to come here when I want a strong cup of cappuccino. Other times the co-​workers and I come to get cakes and pastries for someone’s birthday in the office. Rudy’s never disappoints and it doesn’t matter what you get, everything is to die for. When you come in you are always welcomed and greeted with a friendly smile and courteous service. The owner knows all of us at the work place and even when she’s busy she makes time for all of us. I’ve never have sat down in their back area but I will one day when we have more time to enjoy a baked good and their strong cappuccinos.

Rudy’s tends to be my study spot/​go-​to spot for meetings every Sunday. It reminds me of Central Perk from Friends, because it has such a spacious but homey layout.
I’ve tried three of their cakes, their pumpkin pie, both versions of their hot chocolates, their egg sandwich and iced tea, and have not been disappointed. Hopefully everyone there won’t get sick of me because I see myself showing up for many more Sundays to come.

My daughter got me a cake from Rudy’s and I must say that not only did I love the design, the cake is DELISH., moist not dry and the caramel filling OMG amazing, the frosting is just right amount of goodness. We will definitely be ordering cake again. Also, when my daughter ordered the cake, the person who helped her was super kind, friendly and very informative about the cake and how they make they cakes yummy. I give this place a 5. Thank you Rudy for making me cake not only yummy but memorable.

can’t really write a heart filled review as I was literally in and out.
my boyfriend use to live down the street and ranted about their coffee so we stopped off to get one and I got a chocolate mousse cake to go.
it wasn’t what I was expecting — I thought it would be more light and rich — however I found it to be more stale — like it had been sitting there for a few days.
coffee — he swears by it, I thought it was nothing special.

Nice old school bakery w many original pieces. Tried the guava stick, blueberry crumble pastry, peanut butter heaven and marzipan stick. All unique tasty treats.

1) Chocolate, nutella & espresso.
2)Croissant, egg, spinach & cheese
3)Hot HOMEMADE chocolate.
4)Cooold chocolaty chocolate
5)Cupcakes taste incredible.
THEN the desserts that just scream at you from their beds. Presentation definitely on point
6)Kid friendly
7)Small and relaxing ambiance in the morning.
Let’s say their food taste great. What makes this place EXTRA special is their incredibly friendly owner and workers. That smile you get when you come in literally makes you feel at home.
A gem in Ridgewood that I hope continues to serve the community beyond my years.

Simply the best! My favorites are the alfajores, anything with Nutella and the gluten free chocolate cupcakes! Oh, and their raspberry sprinkle cookie, mini chocolate chip cookies… the list can go on and on!
The staff is super friendly and they never disappoint.

I really never heard of Rudy’s until I saw an episode of Unique Sweets on the Cooking Channel about Queens and after watching I knew I had to visit Rudy’s.
Walking into Rudy’s was an experience. You walk in and prominently displayed are large display counters of scrumptious looking pastries of all kinds (don’t overlook those amazing chocolate covered items as well!).
At the rear of Rudy’s is an intimate café area with (if I recall) seating for about 20 people comprised of some high chairs and tables and some couch/​sofa seating.
I zeroed in on the display counter boasting various single serving cake slices and the Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake quickly mesmerized me.
The Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake was totally scrumptious; multiple layers of soft fudgy chocolate cake coupled with smooth silken buttercream really was decadent.
This was especially true when coupled with a cup of Rudy’s hazelnut coffee, which was very good too!
I could not resist the cornucopia of delicious looking pastries behind the display case, so I had to get some pastries to bring home.
Slowly surveying the plethora of awesomeness, I contained myself to just four items:
— Apricot Hamentashen: The Hamentashen’s at Rudy’s are so beautifully made; almost perfect triangles of pastry perfection pocketing the fruit jam. It was a nice crispy texture and the apricot jam was so fruity that I wish they sold it separately.
— Oatmeal Cranberry cookie: Big cookie! This behemoth was so tasty. Nice texture from the oatmeal and just enough sweetness & tartness from the cranberries.
— Rainbow Cookies: This one I bought for my big sister who is a huge fan of this cookie. Honestly, I was never a fan of this cookie, but Rudy’s variant were pretty good. My sister liked them as well.
— Carrot Cake: This stole the blue ribbon as it was awesome. A really noticeable carrot flavor was present in every bite, no overpowering frosting, moist PERFECT cake texture, cinnamon, and vanilla bean shone through too… I want one for my Birthday!
Atmosphere and service were spot on for a place like Rudy’s; friendly and very homey feeling.
Had a nice conversation with one of the partners (Toni) who was super nice and patient while I made my selections.