Maria’s Pastry Shop

This place is a dump. The cannolis are horrible and their pastries literally look like they fell on the floor. Wasn’t impressed.

I’ve been to Maria’s Pastry Shop a few times and feel it’s a pretty valuable establishment in Westbury and on Post Ave. There aren’t a lot of stellar bakeries on Long Island from what I’ve seen, so solid ones like Maria’s hold more weight. The place is very inviting because it is well lit, clean, and has some seating available too. There isn’t much of a selection when you walk in though so don’t expect to see a multitude of items to choose from.
FYI I haven’t had the cookies, rainbow cookies, and cannnolis here (I’m lactose intolerant). I’ve had a couple of the cakes and cupcakes. I’ve gotten a few standard cakes here over the years, mostly of the chocolate-​ish or yellow-​ish varieties and have found them to be tasty and moist. In addition, i remember the prices being relatively cheap, like in the $ 15 – 20 range, though not sure if they’ve increased the prices over the years. If i rated this place off the cakes alone, it would definitely get 4 stars. I stopped by last week cause I had a craving for cupcakes. I got a yellow one with chocolate frosting and a chocolate one with vanilla frosting. Honestly the cupcakes ($ 2.25 each) were pretty forgetable and I feel they can do much better. It tasted fine and satisfied my sweet tooth, but if I’m getting them from a bakery they should feel and taste better than Duncan Hines.
Also have to note that the service hasn’t been the best when I’ve gone — the woman there and the younger girls weren’t rude, but weren’t the friendliest either.
Thus I’d give 3 stars overall. One of its strengths so far is that it’s not ridiculously overpriced like some of the other bakeries I’ve seen. I’m repping for the proletariat so I’m always assessing whether the price is right. I have this place in my mental rolodex as a solid spot to get cakes for birthdays and also want to come back to try some rainbow cookies — hopefully that experience will up the rating.

The only thing I’ve tried from this place is their carrot cupcake and it was gross! Vomit worthy gross! I wish we’d stayed away after I saw they had an overall low rating, but I was craving carrot cake, and they’re right next to Alfredo’s Pizzeria.
The cream cheese frosting was seriously disgusting. I can’t even describe the horrible taste. I wanted to brush my teeth and rinse my mouth out with listerine as soon as I took a bite! How long had this been sitting on the shelf?! It must have spoiled because I can’t figure out why else this would have tasted as bad as it did.
Ugh. Just GROSS!

Uh… no. this is not it. This stuff is day old… maybe even 2. Cookies are good but that’s about it. Please don’t go in there not knowing what you want because you will have to tell the little girls «I’m not ready» every20 seconds. They’re right down the block from my OB so I always wander in. Mucho expensive BTW.

I do not appreciate the 10 dollar minimum, it’s just a way to make them get more money out of people who don’t walk around with cash. Cannoli is pretty good, but the jelly bars are not good at all. You can get better.

Ordered a graduation cake from Maria’s and it was good, but not great. We usually order from Oxford bakery in queens but it was too far so we decided to try Maria’s cake. The cake ordered was vanilla cake with vanilla custard and cherry filling. Like I said before it was good, but there were improvements I would have liked. They were cheap on the fillings, both the vanilla custard and cherry filling. Other than that it was good and the decoration was beautiful. We had whipped cream base with green flowers made of buttercream I think and edible gold pearls. There was also black grad caps that were plastic. It was beautiful.

Wonderful pastry shop!
Maria’s is fantastic. Their new location (across the street from where they were for decades) is bigger and better — and more convenient to stop in for a treat when you are leaving Alfredo’s Pizzeria next door!
Their Rum Babas are the absolute best. I had a Rum Baba at a fancy Italian shop in the Village (NYC) that did not compare.
Definitely a place to try if you’re in the mood for good Italian baked goods!

Ehh I got butter cookies, the case was empty but I chalk that up to keeping stuff fresh I bought Danish I’ll update my review once we taste them

Coffee is good but service is horrible. Two teenage girls wait on customers and they are very pushy and impatient. The blonde girl waiting on me was very unpleasant. It seemed like it was a chore for her to wait on customers. Bakery goods are good not great. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend because of the rude service.

The napoleon cake is fantastic, very flaky, tastes fresh. The cream puffs are filled with éclair crème rather than whipped crème but I’m not complaining and it was gigantic. Large pastries are about $ 3 each. Next time I need a cake I am going to come here and try theirs! I was disappointed that they did not have lobster tails eventhough it is listed on their website that they do.

My 2 favorites are black and white cookies and sesame cookies… or wait — rainbow cookies and those clam-​shell pastries. No, cheesecake and cream puffs. No, those big chocolate butter cookies that fall to dust in your mouth. OMG: CANNOLI !! I LOVE MARIA’s I have never been disappointed. They run out of stuff from the busy weekened sometimes so get there early. They moved across the street last year and added a nice fancy coffee cappuccino menu. Apple turnovers are to die for. Thats enough writing, I have to go there now. :)

Horrible customer service! Went here and the attendant was rude and unhelpful. She was very impatient while I was giving a cake order. I’m not sure that I would ever go back here.

Been here a handful of times over the years. Great service and an excellent selection of Italian pastries. The new location is right across the street from where the old Maria’s use to be, so Unilocal may lead you to the wrong spot. The new address is 167 Post Avenue.

I’m not sure what all the raves are about. I’m not implying Maria’s sucks, but pretty much nothing sticks out here to make me feel that this is an outstanding spot. They have the extremely typical cookie case, no specialty cakes on display, the 2 workers I had the pleasure of dealing with seemed to just want to rush me out of the store as soon as possible. It is very clean, and has nice furnishing.
Maybe it’s just me, or maybe the neighborhood doesn’t have any real decent bakeries nearby.
My example of an extraordinary bakery would be Dortoni’s of Levittown.

Friendly service!
We got the red velvet cupcake. It was just decent. A bit dry… but overall it wasn’t bad.
The place looks clean with few tables & easy to find on Post ave.

BEST ITALIAN PASTRY SHOP!!! EVER!!!
My family and I have been coming here since I was a young and Maria’s makes the best cannoli’s, they are not pre made, they make them while you wait, so they are super fresh and delicious. The Cassata cake is amazing moist and yuuuuummmyyyyy… They make amazing pies during the holidays, and they also have the best mini pastries around. I am such a desert girl, and no place tops Maria’s.

Classic small town bakery, great find!
The bakery world has gone from all types of pastries with a few specialties to a world of cupcake pushers! Now this is not a knock on the cup cake world, my recent review of Molly’s Cupcakes will prove to you that I am all for a great cupcake.
But as a kid, a trip to the small town bakery meant, among other things, a box of the assorted cookies! The jelly stuffed, confectioner sugar covered soft pastry cookie, the leaf shape chocolate sandwich cookie, jelly sandwich half dipped in chocolate and sprinkles classic, it is a fat kids dream! But finding these has become more and more rare.
Well Maria’s does it, and does it well! Take a look at my pics and you will see what I mean!
It is a small place with a limited selection, but that tells you they pay attention to detail.
They also have a nice selection of cupcakes, such as the giant red velvet in my pics as well… fantastic!
Now I am just afraid the fat kid in me will want to come out to play more often!

You will feel like you are in a small Brooklyn bakery right here in Westbury. Very authentic Italian bakery. Limited number of items. so delicious are the Italian pasteries. They make their own pastry filling. (not tubs of weird bavarian crème like some places do)… Really light, and delicious here.
They are authentic!
Napolians, and anything in the pastry case that looks good should be tried. Italian cheesecake etc.
The Italian biscuit cooks, even plain coffee here is good.

My mom moved down the block and raves about Marias. So far, everything has been yummy that I have tasted.

This place is excellent. Best cannolis you’ll ever find. These types of bakeries are few and far between out here in California, so I make it a point to stop here whenever i’m visitng my relatives on Long Island.
The cookies are really good here too, but if you’re only going to try one thing you should get the cannolis.