Italian/French bakery in Little Italy serves specialty coffees and desserts, creates one-of-a-kind wedding cakes, and offers metro delivery.
Cannoli, Stogliatella & Gelati
Gift Baskets/Corporate Gifts
Wedding/Catering
For four generations, the Ferrara family has been delighting Little Italy with its outstanding Italian/French desserts. Cannoli, stogliatella, gelati and more have been made right here since 1892.
Today, not only can you come in and enjoy the "Ferrara Favorites" along with specialty coffees, lattes and espressos, you can now order for delivery anywhere in the continental USA for a taste of Little Italy at home!
Planning any event? Let Ferrara's customize a special cake with an inscription of your choosing. We are famous for our one-of-a-kind Wedding Cakes available for metro delivery.
Good desert and great location but usually very long line ups. It is expensive but is a well known touristy thing to do if you are a tourist - a NY experience but not worth it for a local.
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Everything looked good. Service was good. My friend and I each tried one of the cakes. Though they were presented well, they were tasteless--almost like prepackaged supermarket varieties. It was very disappointing to both of us.To top it off, the bill (with tip) came to $34. For my half, I literally paid $17 for a piece of cake with a scoop of gelato, I was disgusted.I got a much better dessert at HK restaurant in Hell's Kitchen last week, and it was half the price. I'd never go back here.
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A huge selection of great desserts! Everything I tasted was delicious! The atmosphere was nice and everthing was immaculate.
Would definitely reccomend to anyone!
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This place is really popular in Little Italy as well as Chinatown itself. It's so popular that you have to wait for something as small as a pastry or a cake or ice cream or coffee. But, if it's the atmosphere that you're into checking out, this is definitely one of the spots you should go to. It's very nice and has a huge billboard outside that makes it look like a fancy restaurant rather than a bakery.
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Ferrara Bakery & Cafe is a good place to go for dessert after dinner in Chinatown or Little Italy. Expect to wait for a table when the cafe is busy and don't expect great service. I like the eclairs, cannolis, bavarian cream puffs, fruit tarts, and gelato. They have a smaller midtown location, but they don't bake pastries there.
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By ams735
Ferrara Bakery and Cafe has given my family and I great memories through the years. I think that it has come such a long way incorporating the very same traditions from years ago when I used to go when I was a child with my parents to today taking my family there after a dinner in Little Italy to enjoy some pastry, espresso or gelato. When going to Ferrara?s I always receive good service along with the excellent food and great atmosphere that they have to offer. From the second that you enter the establishment you are greeted with the fine aroma of the great pastry that is offered along with being treated as a very welcomed guest by the courteous staff. Some of our favorites that we cant live without, not only having one while we sit but taking a few home to enjoy the next week are the cannoli?s, lobster tails, tiramisu, and New York cheesecake that is out of this world. Even to my surprise it seems the prices have been slightly lowered during this hard time! I would suggest Ferrara Bakery and Cafe to anyone that is interested in experiencing the best of the best in food and service!
Pros: Ambience, Service, Fine Pastry Cons: Parking
Posted 03/11/09
I Recommend Ferrara to all of your friends and family!
By itstime4bed
Absolutely awesome! Best pastry that i have had in a long time and reminds me of my childhood and when my family and i used to go to Italy for the summers. I would recommend Ferrara Bakery and cafe to anyone that is interested in the experience of the find foods and the history that this establishment has to offer. I recently rented out the room that they have to offer on the second floor for an office party and the staff besides being as courteous as they were worked well with my needs and tried to accommodate everything that I needed. The Cannoli?s, chocolate covered and regular are out of this world and I can never seem to get enough of them! The decor is beautiful and I feel that the staff compliments it nicely! After the many great experiences that I have had there, we chose to order my daughters sweet sixteen cake there and came out exactly the way we expected! The office staff and staff downstairs wanted to make sure that my experience with Ferrara was one that was memorable and I want to make sure that people know where to go when looking for the freshest pastries around!
Pros: great party room on the second floor, Great atmosphere and decor and excellent food Cons: must find your own parking, and very crowded on a saturday night ( must mean its good!)
Posted 03/11/09
Don't be fooled by the nice decor
By Drw352
Can't stand this place. My first experience coming to this place was so-so and I came in with my friends a couple nights ago because they wanted to try it and were greeted with snobbish, pretentious people- presumably the owners of the place. The staff was nice of course. We bought a variety of about 10 pastries from them and was utterly disappointed. They were stale and the flavors were mediocre. There are better patisseries! Don't be fooled with the nice decor.
Pros: Nice Seating area, Clean Cons: Rude owners, stale old pastries-not so fresh products,
Posted 02/09/09
Love the Tiramisu!!! hands down the best italian bakery in NYC...best St. Joseph pastries in town
By nan8986
I love this place. I have been going to Ferrara's for over 20 years. I purchased my wedding cake from them and every year I get a replica of my wedding cake for my anniversary. I get all my birthday and special cakes from them. Their strawberry shortcake is great! The item i like the most is their TIRAMISU it is the best i have ever had. during the holidays they make struffoli, pasteria, and pizza rustica which i ship to my family in California. I can't wait until they start making their St. Joseph Pastries which are to die for i love the one that is filled with bavarian cream...delicious!!!!
Pros: best tiramisu, st joseph pastries and cakes in town! and they some of their items Cons: none.
Posted 01/20/09
great Italian landmark!
By aerogal619
Hands down, the BEST cheesecake I have ever had. So creamy, with a delicate crust and perfect sweet strawberries. I took some biscotti home and wasnt disappointed with that either! Great desserts, beautiful and unique pastries. Table service is fine, but the line at the counter is long and slow.
Pros: great history Cons: boring dining room, bathrooms upstairs
