NONE BETTER. IT IS UNFORTUNATE FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE THERE EXISTS AN ALL AROUND BETTER PASTRY SHOPIN BROOKLYN. THEY WILL SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES TRYING TO FIND ONE AS COMPLETE AS VILLABATE. MERCHANDISING,DISPLAY, QUALITY, SELECTION AND AUTHENTICITY ARE ALL COVERED.SURE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT PASTRY SHOPS THAT MIGHT HAVE 1 OR 2 SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT ARE EXCELLENT, BUT NOT THE WHOLE PACKAGE. WHEN YOU ENTER VILLABATE, IT HAS IT ALL. BREADS, PASTRY, CAKES, WEDDING AND PARTY CAKES,GELATI, ESPRESSO,CASSATA. IT IS SIMPLY A WELL RUN BUSINESS FROM THE PRODUCTION END.

YES, I WILL AGREE THE SERVICE IS RUDE AT BEST. ARROGANT IS MORE LIKE IT.

TO EXPLAIN HOW ARROGANT..I TRAVELED FROM ATLANTIC CITY EVERY WEEK FOR 20 YEARS TO GET2 ITALIAN CHEESE CAKES EACH WEEK FOR MY BUSINESS. THEY STILL DON'T CARE TO KNOW MY NAME.. NEVER SAY ...HI! OR EVEN ASK.. HOW WAS THE TRIP... 5 HOURS BACK AND FORTH.

I NO LONGER SHOP THEIR I PUT UP WITH ALL THE RUDENESS FOR 20 YEARS. I STOPPED THIS YEAR. I DONT DESERVE TO BE TREATED LIKE THAT. ONCE AGAIN, THEY PRODUCE A GREAT PRODUCT, THE FRONT SERVICE AREA IS A DISASTER. EVEN IN THE NEW STORE.…

Overrated and Overhyped Dump. I totally agree with the reviewer who called this place horrible! The cake, cookies, pastries and bread too are AWFUL! Ricotta flown in from Italy my buttocks! There is no way they have it flown in specially for them. Common sense tells you the cost would be prohibitive. Sub- par ingredients and a lack of artistry and imagination abound here. Don't waste your time and instead head over to a REAL gem where all the products are presented with true style and substance- It's called Tasty Pastry Shop and it's located on 13th Avenue and 82nd Street. I will never go back to this bogus bakery where the people are rude and they lie to your face. My wife and I stood on a long line that stretched around the corner this Easter expecting to receive fresh and palatable pastries and cookies. What an embarassment! Take my advice, stay far away!…

The BEST Pastry Shop in Brooklyn. I don't know what pastry shop the person who gave the previous review saying Villabate is bad was at, but it sure wasn't Villabate. My family has been going there for years and never had a bad piece of cake or pastry from there....even the stroffoli for Christmas is great.

I sent cookies from there to my son when he was in Iraq for a year and he shared them with all his buddies. And recently when that same son (he's home now) got married I served them to his out of town in laws who are now looking for me to ship them pignoli cookies and all the other goodies to them. If you go on line and google Villabate you come up with reviews from different people and an article called the Best Cannoli in NYC and another one "take the D train to the best bakery". All of these people can't be wrong. I suggest you go back and try again.…

NEVER AGAIN.. This bakery is an over-rated dump with really bad desserts. The cakes are made with truly sub-standard ingredients and the breads are tasteless and bland. The texture of the bread is very unappealing and they sell some of the worst Italian pastries I have ever had in my life. I dont know who gave the previous review but it is totally without truth or merit.

I also discovered an insect in my cannoli which turned me off bigtime. The place looks very dirty to me and I would not ever recommend it to anyone.…