Venice Classic Pastry and Deli

When I’m in the area, I always come by for their «barbari» bread. I’ve been hunting for bread made like this for a really long time, and when my aunt told me Venice Classic Pastry carried it, I just had to try it.
And, man, was I impressed! They have a variety of pastries and deli. Their prices are incredibly affordable and for the goodies you buy, the price is extremely accomadating.
What’s also really impressive is their customer service. They’ve always been attentive and sweet, even when they’re busy. I’ve always felt welcomed.
Venice Classic Pastry is my go-​to for bread in the La Crescenta area. I’ve only tried their bread here, and it’s always made fresh.

Awesome people, Great customer service and always fresh. Thank you guys.

One day about a year ago my dad brought home a case of chocolate and white chocolate mini pastry cakes gifted to him by a friend. Being a pastry snob who refuses to accept grocery store bakeries as legitimate, I met the cakes with distrust and let them rest on my counter top until my sister’s rave reviews and the dwindling amount of cakes got the best of me and I had a taste. Cue fireworks, confetti, parades and rainbows. BEST.DAMN.CAKE.EVER. As a self proclaimed food snob who refuses to even look at chain donut shops or eat pastry’s from Starbucks, this cake blew my mind and further served as a reminder why I could and should be picky. Incredibly moist, flavorful without being overpoweringly sweet and super addicting. I think I can eat 10 and still feel good about myself because it’s so delicious it’s worth the extra hours I’ll have to spend on the treadmill. Even my mom who isn’t the biggest fan of sweets and takes about four separate coffee breaks to finish a Sprinkles cupcake reminisces about this cake. As I work in Burbank, my whole family will sometimes use visiting me as an excuse to come visit this bakery. These cakes are their true daughter. I can’t attest to the service here as I’ve never actually stepped inside this bakery and have only accepted delivery from my family a multitude of times. Seeing the reviews I’m glad I haven’t had to deal with any terrible service to taint the perfection that are these cakes. But even if I was to experience it first hand, I think I could close my eyes to it and eat away any sore feelings with the cakes here.

My husband and I live in the are and drive by daily, decided to stop in one day when we had a lamajoon craving. Good flavor & fresh. Been here a few times now and it’s always a positive experience.
The girls at the counter have been helpful & friendly each time, which is appreciated. Will be going in to try the pasties soon.

I think this place deserves 5 stars for their pastries and baked goods, but their service deserves 1 – 2 stars…
I’ve always enjoyed coming here when I used to live in the area because not going to lie, they have the best, just-​perfect-​and-​not-​too-​sweet cakes. I loveeeee their small cake mousses and the pantry with the mini pastry cake thingies! It’s sooooo good. My FAVORITES are the mango mousse and the raspberry mousse! It’s just too perfect. I’d give those a definite ⁵⁄₅. It’s crazy how it’s not too sweet, but sweet enough for you to satisfy your sweet tooth!
ALSO, their decorations on their pastries are super pretty and cute. I’d always give people cakes from here on their birthday and not one person hated it.
Butttt, their service is not too great… I hate to say this because I really like this place, but the female workers here are too sassy and they have the biggest attitudes! I think if they worked on their service, in no time, they’ll be receiving 5 stars from everyone.

Customer service is non existent from the owner on down.
There is horrible planning for the days needs and one day stuff sells out in 5 min and another day you get baked goods that have been sitting out for 5 days.
Cakes are horrible! Avoid at all cost. They are dry and old and of course it’s never their fault.
Nothing they have is worth the trouble!

This is probably the best bakery in the neighborhood. Fresh pastry, bread. They open very early and close late 7am-​8pm. I always get my treats when i’m in the area.

They wanted to charge me an exorbitant price for a simple cake that was supposed to be for 20 people. On top of that when I asked the employee to show me other designs that might cost a bit less she shows me a single picture and walks away leaving me hanging after I said no to it. Unbelievable…

Everyone needs to be careful of this place. If you are buying pastries or anything from there, check it very well. They have old food thats been sitting there for I don’t know how long. When I purchased my pastries it looked good until I got home. Right before we started to eat the pastries we noticed there was mold and it was old. For all customers. Just beware of what you’re buying and eating from there. I don’t recommend this place for anyone.

I tried looking for a place that could make my sons 1^st birthday cake. Everyone said no because the design was a character that theyve never heard of. Thankfully i heard of classic pasty in la crescenta through word of mouth and went in person to get a quote. The service was amazing !!! They said no problem and the day of. all our guests were amazed! What a beautiful and delicious cake. This is art to them. Thank you for making my sons birthday that much special! !!!

Buyers beware… They will sell you old and expired pastries and claim as fresh and new. On more than one occasion we purchased pastries to take to guests house and when they were served, come to find out they were old and stale. Talk about being mortified. When we called to let them know the owner himself hung up on us. How freakin rude! Even though other reviews have Also mentioned the old hard pastries, they comment that they’re so shocked and it’s the first they heard of this… Owners are money hungry! Too overpriced. No customer service! Haven’t been here in years.

Probably one of the best coconut desserts I have ever had. It tasted like a coconut cream pie. The desserts are so beautiful that you expect them to be good. They were excellent! Next birthday I will try to convince them to make me a coconut cake !

This is absolutely the ONLY place you need for your occasional and daily needs. I order my birthday cake from here and it looked amazing! And it’s tastes just like it looks! I promise you, you will not find any other place that can make a cake that tastes as good as they make it!
Their customer services skills were also top notch! I had an image of what I wanted, gave that picture to them and they made exactly what was on the image. Stop looking for another bakery, you already found the best one! Artin and Raymond, thank you for your amazing customer service and exceptional baking skills!

Cake I ordered was exactly what i wanted. I was very pleased with the look and taste of the cake. All our guests loved the cake.

Their fresh baked Barbari (Armenian bread) is delicious. It comes in whole wheat or regular. Unfortunately, their service is terrible. I feel like I’m disturbing the workers when I go in to purchase. I showed up at 1:30pm yesterday and the sales person huffed and puffed all the way back to the register, and gave me attitude because I asked for fresh bread. Her exact words were «do you know what time it is, we don’t have fresh bread now, go pick up the packaged one over there»
Business has really picked up and now their loafs are MUCH smaller and prices higher!
However, as stated above, bread tastes good!

Tasty pastry, recommend coconut flavor, sweet and crispy. Should try something else next time since they have variety of bakery.

I have been ordering cakes from here for years and I am extremely happy with all the taste and they have also great pastries and extremely tasty sandwiches there a marble cake is my favorite

I never ever write reviews but this time around I really have to take the time out and thank the team over at Venice Classic Pastry. After hearing from a few bakeries that the cake I wanted for my daughter was too difficult and/​or too expensive, I knew I had to speak with Artin. Right away he said of course we can make anything you’d like and did not charge me an arm and a leg. They have made the cakes for my kiddos birthdays the last couple of years and I have never been disappointed. The taste is amazing and it always come out looking even more amazing than I can imagine. Thank you!!! In addition to the cakes, all their other pasties are yummy.

Yummy cheesecakes and excellent value for money. Shop is just way too tiny and got a bit awkward trying to get in and out — you need bigger premises guys and more seats. Loved it though,

You cannot trust some of the ratings you see on Unilocal.Besides the fact that this pastry shop has received only 3 stars from some harsh critics…
I totally regret not taking more pictures to show you just exactly how large of a place this is. I mean they’ve got A LOT to offer here. From Armenian sweets to cookies to savory dumplings to ice cream and an entire deli! Not to mention their extremely wide range of pastries. I’m telling you, it’s ridiculous. They have full-​sized fruit tarts for $ 13. They’ve got cake slices and 1-​serving pastries for under $ 2 each. Keep in mind that you get what you pay for here. If you want a slice of the rich triple berry cake, you go to Sweet Lady Jane’s in Beverly Hills. If you want a slice of a light and fluffy tiramisu or mango mousse and not willing to spend more than $ 3, you come to Venice Classic. The quality isn’t BAD, it’s just not high-​end nor is it over-​the-​top. Just a simple bakery with a HUGE selection. (Great for parties) I got an enormous tray of various pastries for this past 4^th of July holiday and didn’t spend more than $ 30.
Lots of parking and friendly staff!
Chocolates
Cookies
Biscuits
Hard candies
Tacky candies
Curry rolls
Armenien rolls
Middle Eastern ice cream
Cheesecakes
Chocolate cakes
Mango mousse
Raspberry mousse
Cream puffs
Tiramisus
Snickers cake
White chocolate cake
Strawberry shortcakes
Sandwiches
Bread rolls
…and many more.