Astoria Bakery & Cafe — Restaurant in New York

I would say to avoid this place at all costs. Not sure what goes on in this area but everything in stale and old at this bakery. I have tried many items from this bakery which all look like they would be great. Wrong. Today I've actually had enough... over $20 with tip everything was inedible. Everything out of the refrigerated case was room temperature. Cream puffs were hard as a rock (including the filling), creme bruele was watery on the top, also room temperature which made me NOT want to eat it. Chocolate raspberry cake was probably the freshest thing there. Probably since Valentines day. Ridiculous? Does no body else say anything? Am I the only one who thinks their stuff is stale on numerous occasions? Only thing I can see being good is the croissants, they TASTE fresh, and they heat some of them up.. It sucks to see a place that has gone through two renovations but food taste absolutely rancid. Where is the...

This my first review and I had to make a review because this place is no good…. Order 2 quiche, 1 croissant sandwich , 4 americanos and a very plain croissant.. total? $52 and it wasn’t very good. The croissant was plain, I’m out of town visiting but I been to others in NY where they toast it and it’s crisp with a nice glaze on top. This place here give you the croissant plain out the container. Costco croissant would be better than this. To make it worse, I had food poisoning and I can’t help but to think it came from here. It was the quiche, it was still very cold after heating it up for only a minute which is not long enough. Only thing that was good was the coffee. Customer service was bad, they kept forgetting out stuff. I had to ask for my croissant which they forget and I had to ask for another coffee and I had to ask yet again for the...

This place is just ok. If you are making a special trip to go there don't waste your time. The food is ok, you can find the same stuff if not better in other bakeries within the area. The service is HORRIBLE! The manager and 2 other employees that are sisters are mediocre to say the least. I had an experience in that place and would never go back. First a African American lady walked in and i noticed the 2 sisters making fun of her when she was talking on the phone and after the lady left they started to laughed and talking about her, totally inappropriate! I tried to tell them that it was wrong to make fun of customers and that i didn't appreciated that. After i left they were laughing and making fun of me, i found out through another customer that ran into me in the train. Total TOXIC and cheap...