Roeser's Bakery

First time here. Was pretty busy, but I'm sure that's normal for a Saturday early afternoon. Love that they have their own small parking lot. The service was friendly and helpful and was managing to take care of everyone ordering. I tried to get a little bit of everything to try the donuts and pastries, and the only thing I forgot to get was the ice cream. Everything was fresh and delicious. Would recommend and will be back.

Love Roser's have been going there over 20 years for everybody's cake especially my kids never a disappointment although one time I did inquire online and they never got back to me so I had to go somewhere else.

This Bakery delivered just what I ordered. Moist beautiful cake, the strawberry filling was fresh.

I hadn't been here in a while and decided to introduce a friend who is also a foodie and a server at the very top shelf fine dining restaurant in town. Point being, is he knows good food and legit offerings when he sees and tastes them.It's been there over a 100 years located in our old neighborhood of Humboldt Park. I remember going to Roser's as a kid with my grandmother and family. We got a lot of birthday and holiday sweets here and many times just popped in for a treat. They are another place that offers off street parking on the side of the building. Something becoming nearly impossible to find. It's decor is old school the way it should be as is the staff made of of mostly neighborhood folks. Everyone is very friendly and willing to answer any questions. Now their pastries and sweets are top shelf and hard to beat anywhere in the city. Hence, the reason they have been around over 100 years. Just eyeballing their sweets is enough to give you a cavity in the best kind of way.My buddy went crazy! As he could not make up his mind on what he wanted he went for the brass ring and took two boxes of mixed donuts, pastries and cookies. He also commented on the super reasonable prices for what would cost an arm and a leg anywhere else.Part of it is the working class neighborhood around them and a large part if Roser's just isn't interested in sticking you up. Because of that they have an extremely loyal following with generations of families walking through their doors. One suggestion is get there early. We went about an hour before closing and the selection was good though a bit limited as they make only enough to sell and keep fresh. Stop in for a real old school neighborhood bakery and prices you won't find elsewhere for offerings that are hard to beat.

We picked up an atomic cake for a birthday. It was fresh. They personalized it with a message on top. The price was more than reasonable. It was delicious and everybody went home happy!

Yesterday was the fat boy Birthday !And what does fat boys like? Cake!! And so I shall review my birthday cake from Roeser's. Roeser's is one of the best bakery's in Chicago. Roeser's has been owned by the same family since 1911. They bake classic & creative goods. I've had cake from them before so i was happy to be receiving a cake from them. My wife ordered a vanilla cake, strawberry & Lemon Curd filling with buttercream frosting. The cake was baked pretty well. It wasn't as moist as I'd like cake to be but it was still cool. 6.8/10Now the filling was fantastic! The lemon curd was tart & sweet. It had a great balance. The texture & lemon flavor was spot on & it paired nicely with the strawberries. They also had a great balance of sweetness & texture. Spot on! 8.9/10 (8.9/10 because they didn't layer the filling the way my wife requested. And I'm sure that affected the taste.)The buttercream frosting was solid! Very well done! It wasn't overly sweet. It went well with everything. 8.8/10My wife had it decorated with a logo of some Boxing . The sport I most love .All in all a solid8.9/10

Roesers is a staple bakery in my family. They've been around for ever for a reason, they make darn good pastries! My absolute fav dessert of theirs is their donuts. Love them all especially when it's Fat Tuesday season. You can preorder your paczkis two weeks before Fat Tuesday! They fill those babies up with goodness and they're soft and tasty. Pictured is the Nutella opened up, look at all that filling! In the assortment box is:strawberry filling powder paczkiNutellaPB&JChocolate glazed with custard fillingApricot with glazePowdered sugared covered with raspberryThe bakery is small inside so I do recommend showing up early or preordering when you can. However, popping in is always fun to see what's available that day!

Over 100 years of serving tasty treats and celebrating all things wonderful in the world! Nothing has changed except for maybe not being able to get through on the phone as they are always so busy. Be prepared to wait in line, but the classic bakery feel and deliciousness is so worth the wait. Old school bakery at its finest, the women behind the counter are helpful and fun! On many occasions they have helped with same day last minute orders!!

Oh. My. Stars. It took me 40 minutes to get her from Edgewater but I see the drive happening many more times in the future. I stumbled upon it looking for Boston Cream Pie Cake for my god sister. Because it looked small when I picked it up for the amount of people attending I used it as an excuse to get a second cake-- strawberry shortcake with whipped cream frosting. The cake part for both were tasty and moist but also light. One had yellow cake and custard with chocolate frosting while the other one was white cakes with real strawberries in glaze for the middle. There were other whole and half cakes available including red velvet which came highly recommended by other patrons as well as carrot cake. There are also two displays full of cookies and donuts. The staff was kind and patient yet professional. The white cake they airbrushed and added flowers. There is a parking lot you can pull right into and load up with all your goodies. Will definitely be back!

I called to place an order for 10 apple fritters and was told a deposit was needed. I was shocked, as they're only $1.90 or so each. The person who answered the phone was somewhat rude and dismissive of my concerns with releasing my card info over the phone for apple fritters. I can understand a deposit for cakes....but 10 apple fritters. I will just walk in and get what they have available.