Olympia Bakery

I’ve been here a few times because each time I come I hope it gets better, but it never does. I’ll say that everything I’ve had was decent, except the pound cake, which was tremendously dry. The unfortunate downfall for me is that the customer service is always so terrible. Every time I go in, the people behind the counter make me feel like I’ve inconvenienced them. Either that, or they’re all just that grumpy, all of the time. To top things off, there are quite a few good bakeries in the area, so I can’t even justify coming here anymore. I can’t give them 1 star because they’re always well stocked and I’ve never been truly disappointed with their product except for the pound cake.

I have to agree with some of the previous reviewers regarding their wholesale products sold at various markets in the south suburbs. I would recommend not buying it because it seems to really lack the quality compared to that from their bakery.
However, everything from their physical bakery is quite delicious and fresh. It can get hectic inside during the weekends. Pazckis, pound cakes, little sweet treats are perfect for any occasion. Best in the area.

They completely screwed up our order last year for a wedding cake. So much Miscommunication. Spoke with he elder lady (with a thick accent) who took our order. I think the mistake was making it with her.
I had a feeling it might have have happen. I should have taken the advice from people around this area, that this bakery is a bad place to make orders.
I learned My lesson

***If you order a cake from here make sure the person that takes your order reads it back to you and review it once more a few days before your event. Save your receipts!
*** If your order is wrong, you’re out of luck because nothing will be done about it =/​
I ordered my wedding cake from here thinking it was the best decision. I ordered two sample cakes first to try the different fillings. I decided to go with all vanilla cake with fresh strawberries and chocolate mousse fillings.
The day of the wedding they delivered the cake and it looked beautiful on the outside and it tasted good, but I realized the order was not right.
—Wrong flavor –The top tier was chocolate cake instead of vanilla cake
—It didn’t have the ombré effect we had discussed. The lightest color tier was the middle instead of the top tier.
—Very little amount of fresh strawberries for the fresh strawberry filling
I got a slice and a half of strawberry in my piece of cake and it was the same for the rest of the guests. In the sample cake there were plenty of strawberries, so this was a bit misleading. I brought a picture with me when the order was made and they said it would be no problem to make a blue ombré effect. The picture was left with them and was attached to the order. If it would have been any other day I would not have been bothered much, but this was a wedding cake and I spent a good amount of money on it. I passed on other vendors thinking here was the best choice.
I called the bakery afterwards to tell them about what had happened. I was even more disappointed because they told me in the original order it said chocolate cake not vanilla. I told them that is not what I had wanted in the first place, that there must have been a misunderstanding when the order was made. I made many trips to the bakery before the wedding day asking if everything was okay but the order was not reviewed before the wedding. I asked if there was anything they could do about this misunderstanding but they said that nothing could be done about it. Basically that «the wedding had passed and what’s done is done»
If you come to this bakery stick to the already made cakes and pastries. If you are looking to make a cake order, I strongly suggest going somewhere else.

Overall, this is a great place. It serves tasty sweets at a reasonable price. I would highly recommend it to anyone with a sweet tooth… especially if you’re Polish.
My issue with this place is that while they have great sweets, the workers strongly favor anyone that can speak Polish. On several different occasions, I would be waiting in line when a Polish-​speaking customer enters. The customer would start talking to the cashier in Polish and would receive immediate service, even if there’s a long line of people waiting.

Do you have a sweet tooth? If you do, I found the place for you! They always have a good amount of product in stock so you VERY rarely find empty shelves.
The baked goodies are very good and reasonable priced and the service here is very good also.
Need something custom made? Give them a call and they can accommodate you easily.

This product was bought from Berkot’s in Orland Park but was made by Olympia Bakery in Hickory Hills. I love Berkot’s but their bakery products are generally horrible. I bought this prune coffee cake and it was utterly dry. The filling was spread on top only and not throughout the coffee cake. I spent $ 6 for this and had to throw it out because it was so dry.

This is such a great bakery. When we lived in the area, we would always order from Olympia. Very friendly staff and yummy baked goods. The kolachky and cakes are great!

This bakery produces everything from wedding cakes to tea cookies. Many a graduation, communion, and birthday cakes have been purchased here by my family. But their specialty is their polish pastries and deserts (you will have to give pardon to my spelling on these) Delicious kolachky, kruschikie, pazcki; you name it, they have it. Everything is made from scratch every day, and the smell surrounding the place in the morning is heavenly. The only drawback is that not many of the employees can speak much English, and sometimes if you don’t exactly know what you want, ordering can get kind of tricky. So when in doubt, point it out.