Ovy Bakery

There is a mango, passion fruit, yuzu pastry here that is amazing!!!

Great Dobos, perfect balance of the cream vs. «cake» layer, and not too sweet, just perfect again. The «Cremes» was delicious and so was the «Honey» one with a harmonious tart fruit taste.
I am looking forward to trying the Diplomat soon.
I would also recommend to order «gogoi» with cheese and garlic sour cream.

I work part-​time at the Peninsula hotel and enjoy the luxury of having very fancy leftover deserts. This place is up-​to-​par with the finest deserts I’ve had! Except, much cheaper! It has a mixture of French, Romanian, and other traditional desert specialties. Definitely worth it!

I have ordered from Ovy’s twice and both times I was pleased with the quality of the product and the speed with which it was delivered. My first order was for cozonaci (walnut bread) and brinzoici (sweet cheese stuffed egg bread.) With my second order, I added smoked Romanian sausage (carnatzi.) The quality of the baked goods is impeccable. The brinzoici are sweet and slightly lemony and the cozonac is swirled with a generous paste of ground nuts. Although I have not yet cooked the carnatzi, they appear plump and juicy, indicative of being freshly made.
They will let you order throughout the week and take down your number and information. When they are ready to ship, they call you back and let you pay by credit card over the phone. Shipping is 18.00, but it is well worth it for me because we do not have access to this quality of Romanian product here in the Detroit area. I have sent gift packages to relatives in other states and they too, were pleased with the packaging and speed of delivery. With the most recent shipment, they even included a lovely Christmas card!
I am very pleased with Ovy’s product and I am very glad that he brings authentic Transylvanian style food products to all of us in strainatate (living abroad.)

I had tried some desserts from here at a neighborhood party and wanted to visit the store. Someone gave me a gift certificate so I decided to get some pastries when my parents were in town. We stopped by and bought an assortment to try. The word I kept hearing as we sampled everything was decadent! There wasn’t anything that wasn’t fabulous. I will definitely be back. I don’t live in Skokie but it is worth the drive.

The pastries here are amazing and I’m absolutely thrilled to have found out about this place. I went in upon the recommendation of a friend and bought several pastries to try. They were all delicious, which was a sentiment echoed by my colleagues who also tried the cakes.
I decided to order two big cakes for a party, a big dobos and a long pineapple-​orange creamy tort. The owners were very accommodating in figuring out what to get and what size. Ovy also did a *fabulous* job decorating both cakes (even though I had only really asked for a small decoration on one). They both looked absolutely terrific and got lots of ooohs and aaahs at the party. Most importantly, people thought they were fantastically delicious. I have never seen so much of a birthday cake disappear at a party.
It wasn’t cheap, but what customized cake is? And again, the quality was superb. I am excited to continue going to this place.

Ovy’s creations are delicious works of art. I’ve tried between eight and a dozen different things from Ovy’s and I’ve loved nearly every one of them. Fresh, flavorful, rich without being too heavy. I don’t remember the names of most of them, but everything that included chocolate among the ingredients was great.

Bought the 3 Groupons. 1^st one: dobosz and chocolate decadence (I think that’s the name). 2^nd one: plain cheesecake, chocolate mousse wedge covered in ganache, and crème. 3^rd one: 3 dobosz. First, the bad news: the cheesecake had a strange off flavor, and the crème (a square that purported to be of pastry crème) was fairly gelatinous and had very little flavor. Better: the decadence (round chocolate thing) was OK, but nothing to write home about, and not worth $ 5.85 (the other pastries were $ 3-​$ 3.50). The chocolate mousse wedge was also OK, but not impressive. The dobosz was better, but only if grading on a curve. I’d been looking forward to tasting the wares here, but unfortunately none of the pastries stands up very well when put up against places selling similar items, like Sel Marie or Rolf’s.
Portions are small (not sure where another reviewer got «could serve two»).
The man behind the counter was not welcoming at all.

I bought the 3 groupon series and have used them all by purchasing 3 pastries on each separate visit. I enjoyed everything I purchased. I tried two varieties of the dobos cake, a savarina, greek yogurt cheesecake, and some things I can’t even remember. I’ll definitely go back to try more, especially since there’s always new things in the case.
I ordered an 8×8 dobos cake for a birthday, which was very well received. It was presented beautifully, decorated impeccably, and tasted delicious. It reminded me of the Serbian keks torte my mom used to make, which is why I ordered this cake. It was a little more expensive than I expected, at $ 55. You can get the same size cake at Whole Foods for nearly half, though it may not be as good.
They don’t primarily do party cakes though. They specialize in pastry bites and slices, focusing more on their catering. You’ll always find plenty of delicious offerings in the case, and I recommend them for catering any time!

Do NOT buy Groupons here. The owner/​manager was rude, unreliable, and unprofessional. She didn’t honor the Groupons. They were closed for over a week at time and on the day the Groupon expired. The cakes were mediocre.
I saw a deal on Groupon and thought it would be a great opportunity because I needed a birthday cake. I bought three $ 10 Groupons. The week I needed the birthday cake, I went in during their business hours but there was a sign on their door that they were closed for about a week. I was so disappointed.
I went back this week during business hours and again, there was a sign on the door that they were closed that day – the day the Groupon expired! The sign said they would honor Groupons for the next three days but unfortunately, that was only partially true.
I went back two days later and the owner said I could only use one Groupon. She said I needed to come back two more times because they only honor one Groupon at a time. She also said that she would not honor the full price of the third Groupon.
I had to explain that that was my third time there and that they were closed the previous two times during business hours. I asked to speak to the manager and she said she was the manager. I asked to speak to her supervisor and unfortunately, she said she was the owner.
After arguing with her and explaining that I would have used all the Groupons before the expiration date had they been opened in the first place, she finally agreed to let me use the Groupons but she only honored two and the cash value for the third one. As the owner, she had the power to honor the Groupons but she just decided not to. That goes to show how much she cares about customer service.
Also, I had driven 45 minutes each way just to get to this bakery three times. I spent 4.5 hours in the car! What a waste! It doesn’t make sense to get this Groupon, especially if you don’t live around Skokie and if you don’t have time to make multiple trips. If you do, definitely call ahead to make sure they are open.

I found this bakery through Groupon, and I am so glad I did! The pastries are absolutely ethereal! We tried the chocolate cake, which had a not-​too-​sweet, wonderfully textured ganache, and a confection that had both mango and yuzu mousse. It too was not too sweet and intensely flavored. I can’t wait to go back and try the Dobos torte and other pastries. Prices are between $ 3.50 and $ 5.50 for individual portions, most of which could serve two. Very reasonable for the quality.

I can‘t have enough of these sweets. They taste just as i knew them as a kid, and every time i miss back home, i go by Ovi‘s and grab of my favorites: Savarina.
It‘s not much of a dine in, he has a few chairs, but if you have no patience to make it home and eat, that‘s good enough! You should try it!

My wife is from Transylvania and over the years, I’ve loved sampling the various cakes on our annual visits to her homeland. My wife was excited when she saw a Groupon pop up for this bakery… we would finally have the opportunity to have somee of our favorite sweets here in America
We arrived at 6:00 on a Saturday… an hour past closing. Unfortunately, I looked at the wrong Transylvanian bakery online to get the hours. Not looking for a closed sign or seeing the hours, I pulled on the handle and it was open… but it looked closed as I peeked inside. I think it Was Ovy who peeked out from the kitchen. I asked if they were closed, and he said «Yes, but you’re fine…» He was very welcoming and explained to us some of his specialties.
Past the service, his cakes are fantastic. His cream is heavenly. My wife and I ordered 4 treats and each has been impressive… mostly on the smoothness and balance of his crème. My wife has always bragged about Dobos, as it’s one of Transylvania’s most famous cakes. I never understood what was special about it until having Ovy’s version. the way he integrates the crème into the cake and builds a balance between the cake and the crème is delectable. His round cakes are a treasure that leave your tastebuds dancing from it’s sinful flavor for many minutes after finishing your treat.
Then to top it off… his prices are very reasonable. It’s about $ 3 for most of the cakes and $ 5 for his round cakes.
As a side note: He sells Kurtoskalacs from Chimney Cake Island… another one of my favorite Transylvanian deserts. You can read my review of them on Unilocal as well. I can’t speak for the Gulyas, but if he won the Gulyas Festival contest, it has to be good. Most of the Gulyas’s there are fantastic.

Wonderful Romanian cakes along with some classics like Opera and Sacher. If you have time to sit ask for the «papanasi» a freshly fried doughnut, dough made with farmer’s cheese and served with cream and jam. Brought back wonderful memories. The place is small but nice and clean and the owner was friendly and helpful.

We were in area and dropped in and tried a couple of the pastries and cakes and they were ok. They have 5 bar stools for eating in if you want but it’s a fairly spartan setup. They also serve Intelligentsia coffee, and you get a free small cup with any pastry purchase. They’ve been open about a year.

Amazing pastries. Nice variety. Although some of the chocolate selections look like they’d be overwhelmingly sweet, they are actually at a perfect amount of sweetness. Very nice staff and free coffee, you can’t go wrong. So excited to have this place close by.

Beautiful pastries/​cakes! They seemed too precious to eat but my sweet tooth tore through the box before I could admire it some more (not before I took pictures of them though)
I can’t remember what the names were of each pastry/​cake but I posted some pictures. The cakes were light and not too sweet but felt that it was too pricey.
The shop is nestled in a little a mall strip so it’s easy to miss. There is no place to sit so come here for great dessert after eating from other great restaurants in the area
Staff was not very welcoming and they seemed hesitant to honor the Unilocal deal which made things very awkward. Overall, not sure I would return.

We received a dobosh from a friend as a gift that was absolutely outstanding!!! Ever since we have made a point when we are in the area to pick up some pastries from this shop. Don’t miss the filled cookies. Fabulous!