Manny Randazzo King Cakes

All I can say is YES. Yaaaaaas! My favorite King Cake in NOLA. I will gladly stand in line. I will gladly drive by to see if the sign says «Sold out» or not and then drive by again the next day. If you haven’t already, get one of these King Cakes! Especially the cream cheese. You won’t regret it!

ONE OF MY FAVORITE SIMPLE KING CAKES!
My best friend who is originally from the area always remembers to bring me one bc she’s amazing like that!
This king cake is simple but delicious, the breading is sweet but not too sweet so that it can pair with the fillings well. The icing is sweet but I usually just knock off a little to even it out. I’ve heard the lines are insane during Mardi Gras so plan accordingly!

Someone at my husbands office had a Manny’s Randazzo’s King cake shipped to the office and I have to say I was beyond impressed.
I’ve never had a king’s cake before so I have nothing to compare it to but I know this was delicious.
To me it tasted more like a really moist pastry with cinnamon bun frosting with the most delicious cheesecake and fruit filling than an actual cake.
I’ve never really wanted to go to New Orleans until I had that cake!

What’s all the fuss about?! Am I really standing in line for king cake? There are like 1k king cake shops all over yet, here I am standing in line at 0645. Yes! I did say 0645. They opened at 0630 and the line is wrapped around the building. Totally worth the wait!
These are baked daily and sold until sold out! Which I reckon is before noon. Get here early and plan to wait.
By the time I made it last time, I was only able to score small traditional king cakes. It was amazing! It wasn’t super sweet like most places. The traditional purple, green and purple colors were made up of cylinder sprinkles (pastier tasting) and not sanding sugar sprinkles (the ones made of pure sugar). White frosting coats the perimeter of this delicious concoction. Inside is laced with cinnamon sugar.
The soft soft bread makes this worth the wait. It tells me that it’s baked fresh versus other places I have purchased from. I don’t have to guess if they had made this today or yesterday or days before. It’s all in the bread!
Give this place a try and you won’t regret!

Yesterday a Manny Randazzo King Cake was delivered to my NYC office as a holiday gift. The cake is beautiful upon opening. It resembles a cinnamon Danish with a sweet confectioners sugar frosting glazing it. A cake like this is hard to have delivered from the Deep South to pretty high up north but, Manny’s does an exquisite job of making sure you get to softest and freshest cake no matter where you are. I am serious the cake tasted like it was baked that day. It was so moist. If I have any negative things to say it is that the cake is very sweet. But, of course it’s sweet, it’s a cake ! You can tell these cakes are made with love and fresh ingredients!!!
Also the best part is waiting to see who finds the baby ! It was a big deal around our office. Manny’s gives a sheet with the history of the King Cake. I am sure it is on their website too. What are you waiting for? Get a Kin Cake before Mardi Gras !

There are always close and then never have any king cake still always run out they claim it takes six hours for every cake but if you make one at a time it will take you to use the make cakes for everyone that’s the reason they’re always close I guess they make one cake at a time

Best king cake ever! I have had the pleasure of eating them since they were «born»!!

I think it’s fair to call it an addiction.
Having a Randazzo’s King cake during carnival season is as much tradition for me as having red beans and rice on Monday and gumbo for Thanksgiving. I always find the time to independently stand in line for a piece of goodness. As everyone else, my order always includes at least one more for someone else. On my visit this month, I left with 8 cakes.
The King cakes are unique in that it is soft and tastes more like a cinnamon roll. The icing is thicker than I prefer but soft enough for me to scrap off with a plastic knife or finger.
Any native knows, the recipes at a few other Randazzo family locations are similar if not the same but after the father passed, each heir has rights to a specific geographic location. That said, head to Chalmette or the Northshore for the same treat just with a different name.

Got there at 6:30am. Waited in a line behind 20+ people but only took 10 minutes.
Come after 7am for a smaller waiting line (probably 3 – 5 minutes). They probably had 500 king cakes made in their lobby!

My ultimate favorite King cake of New Orleans. It’s definitely the cake part because it’s so soft & flavorful! I like icing but the this king cake is just incredible. I usually manage to get one in the first week of King cake season with no wait… After that you will be waiting in long lines with no guarantee they will have one when its your turn. They are just that good!!!

Drove 20 miles to get here and found a big sign on the door. SOLD OUT.
4 other people in the parking lot with me shaking their heads.
Give me a break. Sold out???
This is Mardi Gras season.

One of my top two favorite king cakes. That’s not totally true, it’s a tie with Haydel’s but I never get Randazzo’s because I’m usually not I the area but I decided to stop in today because, reasons.
The line this morning was pretty long but moved quickly. Once I was inside there were several people working, filling the next person’s order before ringing it up at one of the several registers.
In. Out. And on my way to the next stop.
One nice thing they do is when you order multiple cakes they space them out with a little sample cup. Really good for 2 – 3, but if you plan on getting more bring a box to help carry them. There were several people leaving the parking lot barely holding on.
And yes they are totally worth the wait, especially if you’ve only sustained yourself on grocery store king cakes.

there king cakes are amazing :)
hands down the best in the city!!!
There soft… There King Cakes are not to sweet just perfect.

If you want to taste the cinnamony sugary flavor of Mardi Gras bite the bullet and wait in line for a Randazzo’s King cake. They’re the best. The line moves fast so it’s not too bad. Get there early if want a plain cream cheese, seems to be the hot seller!

One of my favoriteeeee King cakes in NOLA! Their king cakes are a little bit on the sweeter side but so moist and amazing. There are different king cake sizes to choose from but I usually get 2 medium traditional to go. You can also order ones with filling but if it is your first time trying you cannot go wrong with traditional.

King Cakes are a must during Mardi Gras season, and this place does them better than anywhere I’ve tried. Any bakery can get the icing and cinnamon right, but where so many fall flat is the texture of the cake-it’s too dry, too spongey, too much like white bread, etc.
Enter Manny Randazzos! Their king cakes are like no other. The texture is perfect, moist but not too moist, so that the cake is the shining star and not the icing. Just the right amount of cinnamon swirled in the batter. Eating king cakes from here just screams «Mardi Gras Season.»
Keep in mind they are VERY popular and WILL sell out the closer it gets to Fat Tuesday, so plan ahead and get there early, especially if you plan on going on a Saturday. I remember going the Saturday Mardi Gras weekend to get king cakes for the Endymion Extravaganza that night and waited almost an hour in line. Bring a friend in these instances so someone can wait in line while the other grabs coffee and beignets at Morning Call down the street.

Got up early to get in line at 6:30 AM, because website said they open at 6:30 am. When I got there some people were already in line patiently waiting. But they didn’t open until 8:00 am!!! Really that’s ridiculous ! They don’t have times of operation listed on the door and the ladies that work the counter (that were already inside) don’t even bother to acknowledge the people waiting outside. The least they could have done was let us know what time the doors would be opening. I’m so mad, what a waste of time! And the King Cake wasn’t even all that!!! Will not be coming back to this place! They seriously need to update their website, Unilocal,and other sites so people don’t waste their time standing in line for no good reason!

Was gifted our very first king cake by my landlord for Xmas. It was very good, soft and moist, enjoyed it a lot. Have had other king cakes since, but they are not as good.

The king cake was good but I thought it was pricey for a large Danish style cake. Also, the line here gets long! I will not be standing in line here again. It is something I had to try once that’s about it. I really do not see what all the hype is about.

I wasn’t a big king cake fan until one of my co-​workers recommended I try Randazzo’s famous king cake. I called to see if there were any left over and I was in luck! I bought a medium and a large king cake and the large is significantly bigger. It was massive, enough to feed my entire office.
Their king cake taste more like a donut than an actual cake. Their frosting is like donut glaze and the texture is lighter.
Overall, best king cake I’ve had in NOLA.

King Cakes are everywhere in New Orleans, and like most other culinary delights everybody claims theirs is the best. Well, we all know that there can only be one best and Randazzo’s is it!
This cake smells good, looks fantastic and tastes great. It’s soft and sweet like a fresh cinnamon bread with frosting. It doesn’t have that gritty sugar topping on it like others I’ve tried. It’s moist and has consistent texture.
The location is small and in a business district. There’s usually a line, but the sales person said it moves quickly and you only wait 15 – 30 minutes depending on the holiday. When you finally get inside all you smell is warm, sweet bread! It was heavenly.
Monday –Friday 630 – 5 and sat 8 – 4 closed Sunday
You can take it on the plane-​just buy a box with your cake. Once opened, you really need to keep it in a bag or Tupperware container to maintain freshness-​ours was great even after 4 days.
Remember, each cake has a hidden baby inside. Hope your the lucky one who finds it!
Online orders are available. Google them for more shipping details.

My once a year guilty pleasure. Since I can’t be home for Mardi Gras, my brother was thoughtful enough to send me one of my favorite’s a Randazzo King Cake. It arrived on my doorstep in perfect condition. The cake was beautifully decorated, fresh and absolutely delicious that I ate ¹⁄₃ of it by myself. Laissez les bon temps rouler!

After hearing nothing but good things about this bakery, we ventured out to try it for ourselves. Unfortunately, it didn’t live up to the hype that so many people had shared.
The venue itself is very small and is only open during the Mardi Gras period, which is fair enough as they specialise in a food that should only be eaten during this time. They bake all their king cakes right in the store, which is also a big plus for me. You can’t eat the cake there so I won’t mention much about the venue other than what I have already said EXCEPT for the woman serving us was incredibly rude, which killed our excitement to try the cake. She was abrupt, impatient, and had an attitude of «why am I even here?»
So onto the cake itself! It was… okay. Ours was incredibly doughy, there was almost no flavor and the icing on top didn’t cover the entire of the cake. It did have the cake already placed inside for us, this is a big deal as putting it in yourself kills the fun. But it wasn’t nearly as good as everyone had told us it would be.
Overall, it was just okay. I probably wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone as our experience with the worker and the cake itself was very underwhelming.