Polar Bakery — Restaurant in Atlantis

Updated : We went back in today I. Hopes that, since they are still in business, they had pastries as our last few trips were met with mostly empty shelves.

There was a new face behind the counter who was very nice and knowledgeable. They have Saffron buns today - I am not sure if this is just for the Christmas season though.

The shelves were a little over half full. I wanted a dammesugare, a rum ball, Princess cake and a couple of croissants.

They dammesugare was out on the shelf as well as plain croissants. I asked about the rum ball and she said she was by herself and had to put soMe more items out and she had the coconut covered rum balls which I was fine with.

They did not have the almond croissants and they did have a loaf or rye bread left.

I am not sure what else she still had to bring out but there was sugar cookies, ginger cookies, gingerbread cookies, Princess cake, fruit tarts, lemon squares, raspberry squares, brownies, chocolate flourless cake, almond crescents, rum balls , eclairs etc. More than enough to make a nice pastry box to bring home.

I am so glad I stopped back in again.

Original : I have to say that I stopped in here after the breakfast nightmare I had at another location because I’m starving at this point and I remember they had croissants and au bon pain and who doesn’t love a good bakery on Christmas Eve day.

To my delight upon my check in I get two free cookies. So I’m looking at all of their delicious bakery items and of course I had to try the princess cake and they had rum balls. I have not had rum balls since I was little from a bakery back in the 70s where I grew up. I’ve never seen them again so I asked The woman while my breakfast was making to just pick me out a few other things to go along with the two must haves. I got a nice size box and a breakfast sandwich for $18

The egg sandwich that they had available came on dark rye or a croissant. I am a sucker for good Rye-bread and I assumed (which was my own fault ) that it would be on sliced rye bread. However it was on a dark rye roll which I wound up taking off the bottom half and just eating it that way it was a very dense and It was a bit on the dry side. It did not have caraway seeds that I’m used to and part of the reason I love rye. The egg was poached and the sandwich was good but I will definitely have to recommend getting on a Croissant.

The princess cake was absolutely delicious. The fondant, the cream, the jelly oh my. It was so perfect I didn’t think anything else in the box would top that.

My 2 free cookies I asked for oatmeal as those are my husbands favorite. She gave me 2 different types and they were perfect texture between chewy and crunchy.

The rum ball was just like I had remembered from my childhood. It’s small (maybe 2-3 inch round) and I doubt anyone could eat a whole one at once. It was creamy and rich and delicious.

The lemon bar was way too sweet for me but it was flavorful. They had a different version of a rainbow cookie that was 5 layers high. That was good but different than the Italian ones. And the last was an almond square pastry. It had chocolate on the edges a creamy texture inside and topped with almonds for a nice crunch on the outside.

They have fresh made loaves of bread that they will slice for you and a bunch of self serve candy on the side.

One lady came in with a slip so I guess that you could pre-order. But I’m sure no matter what you get you ...

I want to start with the good. I have not had anything bad tasting at this bakery. Everything is delicious and my family and friends adore this bakery. My favorites are the fruit slices, raspberry squares, the danishes and of course the princess torta. Now for the bad. I ordered 2 cakes for the same week, picked up a few days apart. Both cakes were 50% cream. When I went to pick up the second cake I mentioned this to the owner who said it's mainly a cream based cake and the humidity affects it. No amount of humidity would ADD cream to a cake AND the slices in the display don't have anywhere near as much cream. The second cake I paid an extra $5 to add flavoring, which was not there. At all. Now I don't care about $5 but it's the principle. When I pay extra for something I expect it to be there, not to mention my friend was excited to try it with flavoring. If we had not just had another cake 2 days previously I may not have noticed. I think it's a shame that this bakery is taking advantage of people and not giving them what they paid for. I will continue to purchase things from the display however I really don't recommend ordering cakes from here any more as the owner is scamming people, letting you pay for the cake and then getting mostly cream.

Edited: I will cede to them the limoncello, as the owner is correct, marzipan and the raspberry are very strong flavors and may overpower it. However, I called you scammers due to the cream. I purchased 2 cakes from you last year that did not have half of the amount of cream, so saying "that is how they are made" is not an acceptable answer, as in the past I purchased without...

I moved out of the Lantana area 5 years ago but loved the polar bakery. I was visit family in town and decided to stop in to get all my favorites only to find the bakery to be drastically different. Quality has gone down, rather than full cases of many different baked goods there were more empty shelves than full. No breads, no buns, what was there was mostly cookies, brownies and a few other items. I was able to get a slice of princess cake which I love, and lemon bars both of which I’ve had before from Polar. The recipes have changed. The princess cake did not have the raspberry jam, the lemon bar which use to be very tangy and firm was more like half baked jelly with a hint of overly sweet lemon flavor. We couldn’t even finish the lemon bar. Besides the lack of product, the bakery as a whole was lacking in the decor and cleanliness. The girl behind the counter took forever and completely left out one of the items I asked for. Only after leaving did I read the other reviews online about the new management taking over. This is a shame that they have not kept with the Polar tradition and recipes. I will...