Roma Bagels Pastry Cafe - FLUSHING

If you're unable to visit Sicily for that cassata cake, order it here instead. It's incredibly sweet and absolutely delicious!

The café is fantastic, and the pastries are incredibly delicious; they remind me of the pastry shops in Italy.

Later, when we sang happy birthday and cut into the cake, I realized there was a problem when my 10-year-old, who loves sweets, handed me his slice and said he didn’t want it. The rest of us tried it too, and we all had the same reaction: the cake was extremely dry and tasteless. Honestly, I could have gotten a better cannoli cake from Stop & Shop. The prices were on the higher side of moderate for an Italian bakery, but after tasting the products, it was clear I overpaid for last week's leftovers. It’s such a shame because everything looked so appealing, and as a local, I really wanted to find my new favorite bakery. Unfortunately, I won’t be returning and wouldn’t recommend it to friends either. I’m sorry, Roma. I had high hopes, but you didn’t deliver.

Local neighborhood bagel and pastry cafe. Huge space inside with plenty of seating and a large selection. I came in and was respectfully greeted. Next time I come to this spot I will have to ask what they are known for/what they recommend to try their masterpiece. They sell cakes, pies, cookies, and small individual pastries (the owner clearly stated that they do not sell slices but rather individual small pastries). Individual pastries priced well at $4 each but I'm sure this varies depending on the type of pastry. The tiramisu slice was very visually appealing. The bottom cake portion of the tiramisu slice was unfortunately stale and hard. Chocolate pastry cake was much better, was actually moist, generic chocolate pastry, but visually appealing. Again, next time I come I will have to ask what I should absolutely try and hope that it is better than the tiramisu.

My first time buying from here so, I bought the assortment of mini cakes (red velvet, tiramisu carrot). All of them were very dry and hard on the outside. It also tasted like it was a week old or more and in the fridge too long or something. I figured at least one of the cakes would taste better but they all had the same problem. I don't understand how that could be. Not sure if I would come back to this place.