Mattarello Bakery & Café

254 Bellevue Ave, Montclair
(973) 337-6275

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Mike Ramos

I came here this past Sunday on the 19th to the bakery. The community was beautiful. The atmosphere was nice and the diverse culture in town was a breath of fresh air. I came into the bakery and it is such a beautiful bakery with lots of varieties and selections, but two inexperienced young men The customer service was great. The seating area was plenty, but the selections were horrible. I chose the cheesecake which was absolutely disgusting and I have had cheesecake from all over the world and this place was by far the worst the cheesecake taste like processed lemon juice. It had no sugar in it, and it was hard. I chose the lobster tail pastry and the cookie the cookie was tart and flavorless and the lobster tail filling custard was overpowered with almond extract and no sugar. I kindly went up to the associate, and I explained to him in a low voice that it wasn’t good at all, and that they should consider changing the ingredients in the product. He was respectful and apologized, but didn’t come up with a solution or a refund of any kind which I wasn’t expecting, but I felt that it was the most justified thing to do because I didn’t finish it. I feel they need to change bakers or add people from the outside. These were two young men that were Not from this country Who I guess open up a little business and is trying to make it and I am not trying to shoot the business down because it’s a nice business but the pastry selections there are disgusting. The only thing that’s good is the coffee because you can’t mess that up

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 5

chris T

Honestly with the hype of this place I have to say this was extremely disappointing, borderline offensive with how much they charge for how bad the quality is. I got a Nutella salted cookie. Which was about $5 and it was disappointing. I also got a mini cupcake the size of what you get at a supermarket $3 and not good. Staff was great though. Atmosphere was pleasant. But the food is not good.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 5

Gina Marie Soffian

The cookies are really good but the prices are high. Really wish they’d offer more variety since there aren’t many Italian bakeries in the area. I went in today, the man serving me meant well but it was a struggle. I only tried to order 3 types of cookies and I still came home missing cookies after repeating myself many times. I’m not sure if I paid for them or not, but I got 5 little Italian cookies and 1 big smores cookie and it cost $18

C V

So glad I don't live near here or i would be as big as a barn. Test run with a choc chip cookie-- unlike other bakeries, this was a very flavorful cookie with plenty of chips AND a big ole center of more cookie goodness. Other exceptional cookie options available as well as many tasty pastries. Will be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

chandra sekar

Nice fresh grind coffee always! Nice collections of pastries abd savory. Nice atmosphere and service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gabe K

The food is good service is nice. So a decided to take some pastries home. They put it in a box and a paper bag. I live 15 min away. See what happened to them. Today is Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New year. I am invited to a festive dinner and this was what I wanted to bring. See photos and judge yourselves!

Laura Saravia

This is a sweet spot work many options to choose from. I would go back for sure!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Tea Scott

This cafe is so cute and cozy. The staff member is super friendly. However, everything I bought was very underwhelming. I paid $22 for a large cannoli, an iced matcha, and candy fish. I was craving a cannoli and decided to try this place and I did not like it at all. The cannoli shell had a weird aftertaste and tasted like an unsweetened crispy funnel cake/fried dough of some sort. The filling for the cannoli didn’t taste like other cannolis I have tried from other places and was a little too lemony and fell flat. The chocolate pieces I could barely taste as they seemed to have been chopped up mini pieces of chocolate that melted into the cannoli cream with no chocolate taste at all. Best I can compare the taste is to a store brand vanilla cookie with crème.

The iced matcha with oat milk I got tasted like straight oat milk and was very pale in color. I kindly asked the staff member if he can add more matcha because it tasted like a cup of oat milk and he happily added more, but it still tasted like oat milk and since the matcha was hot and melted the ice I drank warm oat milk basically.

The candy fish was good and I think it’s supposed to be a better take on Swedish fish using more natural ingredients.

Overall, what I bought was disappointing but if you are in the area maybe you will like the desserts. I will say a lot of the desserts I saw looked good so maybe I just chose one that isn’t their star dessert. I would definitely be willing to try a different dessert and skip the matcha if I ever go again because the atmosphere of the cafe is nice and the staff are kind.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 5

Abdulrezzak Idilov

MATTARELLOOOOO

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

melly what

So highly impressed. I ordered 30 cupcakes 3 different flavors that was beautifully decorated. Absolutely delicious and decadent. The customer service was superb. I inquired about my potential order Thursday to clarify if they could accommodate me. On Friday I received a follow up call and placed my order for Saturday morning with an early pickup. Every step was executed with extremely well. I can’t give enough stars to express how happy my experience was. Thank you so much for everything.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Susan Cartwright

Such a great find- cute shop, great service, and the best blueberry scone and flat white.
I’ll be back to taste all the other delicious pastries.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Deborah Steincolor

Great variety of coffee (ie, cappuccino, etc), teas, and pastries which are extremely tasty. Atmosphere is conducive to lingering or not...customers choose the pace. Service is attentive, courteous, and timely. This has been consistently true every time I'm there. Also, wonderful variety of cakes to order and cookies, biscottis to take home.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Elsa Steen Koppell

Stopped in for a slice of tiramisu. There was nobody at the counter and I waited nearly five minutes for someone to come out of the back room to help me out. Not that big of a deal but just mildly frustrating. The tiramisu was delicious!

The tables were clean and orderly, pastry cases were gorgeous.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

Hubbs10

Delicious cappuccino and Italian hot chocolate, which has real melted chocolate. It’s not too sweet.

Food: 5

Service: 5

AJ's Computer Solutions (Fix My PC AJ)

Good place quality pastry

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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