Address: | 401 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014, USA |
Phone: | +1 212-462-2572 |
Site: | magnoliabakery.com |
Rating: | 4 |
Working: | 9:30AM–11PM 9:30AM–11PM 9:30AM–11PM 9:30AM–11PM 9:30AM–12AM 9:30AM–12AM 9:30AM–11PM |
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Kate Bigam
hhh, the stories Ive heard about Magnolia. "The line wraps around the street!" True. "People are totally obsessed!" True. "Theyre the best cupcakes youve ever had." FALSE. Dont get me wrong, I really liked the vanilla cupcake I had from Magnolia. Though the line wrapped around the block, we didnt wait for very long - 10 minutes, max, under scaffolding that shielded us from the elements. The cupcake security dude at the door monitored the volume of customers, letting a few people in every time an equal number exited. Very high security, that Magnolia. I was, however, surprised at the, well, BASICNESS (not a word, I know) of Magnolias product. I mean... they dont have flavors? They have vanilla & chocolate, topped with vanilla & chocolate? Only? I got a white-cake cupcake with light green vanilla icing and a little pink flower. It was super cute, very couture-looking, if you can describe cupcakes as such. It didnt look like an icing job I could have pulled off with my own baking skills (which arent very high-level, I admit). I was expecting a ton of ridiculous, wacky, creative flavors executed flawlessly - instead, I got $2.50s worth of a Betty Crocker blue ribbon-winner. Oh, yeah, and the lemonade I got was refreshing and also fairly inexpensive. That said, my whole Magnolia experience was only $5.00, and the staff at Magnolia is friendly, engaging and helpful, not too hassled or harried. It was worth it if only for the experience of visiting the most talked about cupcakerie in NYC, but I cant say Im in a massive hurry to go back.
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A Private User
I can understand those that think Magnolia is too sweet, but personally I am obsessed with Magnolia cupcakes and cakes. They provided the cupcake favors for my wedding and each and every guest loved them. I order a Magnolia cake for my birthday every year and I wouldnt have it any other way. I am slightly aggravated that the Sex and the City tour has caused it to be a tourist trap, but you still cant deny the quality and experience of their baked goods. Their banana pudding is also AMAZING. I dont love all of the specialty cupcakes, red velvet, etc, but their classic vanilla and chocolate with vanilla or chocolate icing is THE BEST I have ever had and has become a staple for the celebrations in my life. When I tell you I crave these cupcakes, I am not kidding. My sister moved to Florida and having been unable to enjoy the familiar cupcakes as she used to when she lived in New York, I gave her the recipe to make her husband a cake for his birthday (we have the Magnolia recipe book, it was a gift as everyone knows our obsession with this bakery) and she said it came out AMAZING. Just a true testament to the amazing-ness that is Magnolia Bakery. As a side note I have a special affinity to this original Bleecker location although I must give props to the Columbus Circle location as they baked our wedding treats :) The line is irritating, the Sex and the City tourists are irritating, but if you catch it on an off time I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
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Claudia Rodriguez
Ir a NYC y no comer un cupcake de Magnolia es ¡como no haber ido! No sólo es porque los cupcakes están realmente buenos y son auténticos sino por las propias tiendas que son ULTRACUQUIS. Tienes varios distribuidos por la ciudad pero yo te recomiendo el de la calle Bleecker, en el Greenwich Village, porque está en una esquinita súpermona, porque el barrio es una pasada, porque era la tienda que salía en Sex in the city y porque la casa de Sarah Jessica P. en la serie está al lado. Fíjate en las tartas que tienen en el mostrador, ¡son una pasada! te recomiendo los cupcakes de red velvet...
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Jia Jack
Cozy is the word realtors would use to describe the space youll occupy for a couple hours. But that is the charm of the Blue Note: not only a level of intimacy with customers packed in so tight you have to climb over the chairs to sit, but you get that same level of intimacy with some of your favorite artists. Recently it has been Seu Jorge, Talib Kweli, and Roy Hargrove for me. I got to enjoy them up close and personal. Yeah they seemed a bit elevated, but because of the talent not the proximity. Its a distinction you appreciate when youre here even if you dont notice it. Now I love the massive venue, but it tends towards the megastar who has this esprit following where everyone can recite every song, so much so that the artist is really directing the energy rather than performing. In situations like that the artist usually has a song that attempts to bridge that division, and restore the human connection. At the Blue Note, every song has that connection so that a performance is more conversation than lecture.
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Eileen Lagares
UPDATE (JUNE 2017) : On someone elses choice... ended up here 2 weeks ago despite my better judgement. Sad to say that absolutely NOTHING has changed. RUDE ass employees that can kiss my ASS! Overpriced for no reason! People DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY HERE!!! Go to Sweet Sugar Sunshine Bakery on Rivington Street. That is business to support. Friendly and there baked goods taste AMAZING!!!! There banana pudding is heaven. Magnolias taste blah compared to theirs... Just saying. With 5 ppl in the store was told to go wait outside in this cold weather. WHO DOES THAT?! I wouldnt have a problem if the RUDE ass employee also volun-told himself to bare the cold with everyone else who he mushed outside to wait. I fully understand how busy it gets... but seriously 5 ppl on the line... & its freezing outside. Thanks for ruining my first time experience... & I came from a far distance!!! Will NOT be returning!!! I rather take my business to a more friendlier establishment. You dont deserve the 1 star rating...
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A Private User
Ik heb de chocolade cupcake geprobeerd, was niet onder de indruk. Om eerlijk te zijn smaakte het als een cakeje van de aldi, met veel te zoete topping. De chocolade was er overheen gevlogen. Ik had verwacht dat er toch iets beters gepresenteerd zou worden dan dit. Helaas, een tegenvaller. Misschien smaakt iets anders dan de cupcakes wel heel goed, dit heb ik niet geprobeerd. Gelukkig hoefden we niet te wachten. Maar toch..... Leuk voor de vrouw.(SATC momentje)
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A Private User
The cake in the cupcakes was below average as they tasted like day old dried choclate cake on top of very good icing. I still dont understand why the same choclate cake was under three different floavored icings that I tried. Some of the boxed cake mixes Ive made in my time tasted better. Their idea of baking one type of cake and putting different icing on them is not my idea of a quality bakery. Service was nonexistent but the question of cleanliness is more important. After entering the store, you actually pick by hand from the cupcakes displayed in the window what you want. Box them yourself and then go to the counter for payment. Watching some people handle, pick up and return the same cupcake was a little disheartening but I still purchased them. That was my last vist.
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DANIEL LARIOS
To die for! My fiance and I were both enjoying a day in the city for her birthday, she is a "Sex and the City" TV show and movies fanatic so I brought her to the famous Magnolia Bakery where the TV show filmed a scene. We simply had to try thier cup cakes after watching the show. Unfortunately there is no seating outside like the movie however the pastries are super delicious! *Warning* be prepared to wait online outside, it is such a popular spot that there is an employee at the door making sure as two customers leave then and only then can two more enter. Dont let this discourage you the staff is insanely helpful, the pastries are amazing, and if you are a Sex and the City fan like we are you will overlook the line and enjoy.