Marias Italian Bakery

This bakery is the best in the area! I love going to get the sugar cookies, cannoli, and other awesome treats.

My gosh!!! I have never tasted such authentic, delicious pastries. Don’t even have to go tot Italy with these desserts!

Maria’s is delicious. I don’t know about authentic (personally after three trips to Italy I have never had anything similar there), but it’s damned good. I think the highlights are the sugar cookies, cannoli (they fill them after you order so it doesn’t get soggy), and the sandwiches/​subs.
I read one review that compared their subs to Subway — with Subway being the winner at $ 6 instead of $ 8, are you kidding me?! That’s like complaining that McDonalds has cheaper burgers than J. Alexanders, so McDonalds is a clear winner at $ 4 less. Maria’s loads their subs with 2−3X the meat and toppings of Subway to the point where I have a hard time closing them. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t even mind Subway, but the quality of meats, bread and even the lettuce does not compare with Maria’s. I eat half a sub and I’m full and have to save the rest for dinner. I highly recommend the Italian sub, it’s divine.
So try out Maria’s if you’re in the area. You can’t go wrong with a sandwich and sugar cookie for lunch. It gets a little busy so order ahead of time. There’s no seating so it makes sense to pick up an order to go anyways.

Best bakery out there. The sugar cookies are the best I have ever had. Wife and I bring them to nearly every gathering we attend.

Amazing Cannolis and we love her cookies and her brownies are super dense and moist! The sugar cookies with the frosting are really really good!

Service lacking. Okay so three times now, I’ve walked in — and either someone rudely cuts in front of me and orders or the people behind the counter are gossiping about the wedding plans or whatnot, and I end up walking out. Tried again because I love small local delis and wanna support — and this time I was waited on but they were out of what I wanted. So it was like — ugh. Not sure I’ll go back. Cole slaw was good. So who knows? Could definitely improve considering the competition out there.

My coworkers and I found Maria’s website and were excited when we saw their menu. We ordered submarine sandwiches, which were made to order and ready in about twenty minutes, during the lunch rush. Maria’s is less than a mile from our firm, so that’s convenient. The sandwiches were good, but really nothing special. And around $ 8 apiece is rather expensive. I hate to say it, but Subway (right next door) will make you a hot, delicious foot-​long for $ 5 – 6.
The next day we decided to try their stromboli. We ordered what the website calls a «Whole Loaf (10 slices)» and assumed that it would be ten slices as advertised, and we could split it five ways. They told us it would be ready in ten minutes. When we came to pick it up, it was not sliced, so we had to wait another ten minutes. There is zero seating at Maria’s so we had to take it back to our workplace. When we returned, our stromboli was room temperature. We believe it was pre-​made, and heated in a microwave oven at the time of our order. It did not taste very good. I would like to give Maria’s another chance but I can no longer get my coworkers to go along. There are plenty of other Italian-​style places around here which offer high quality, freshly-​made food. Unfortunately we didn’t get a chance to try the baked goods.

I actually would like to give this place ½ a star, if that was possible. Honestly, I don’t know how this place can even call itself a bakery. I got their «freshly made» cannoli, Tiramisu, homemade cookies and macaroons. The cannoli was just BLEGH, the Tiramisu dry, and the cookies and macaroons not worth the calories. For such a crappy taste, you’d think they’d offer cheaper prices to attract customers?! Seriously, don’t even bother to stop by this place!!!

Ok people you all need to come in here and get yourselves some fresh cannoli! The ones dipped in nuts are so delicious. I’ve tried a couple other treats from them but the cannoli are the best. Buy 10 of them and have yourself a great night

Favorite sandwich place in Novi, cookies are fantastic.

Not a fan! They do have some good things there and we like there bake goods. This place is really expensive, the sandwiches are between $ 7 to 10 and they are simply deli sandwiches that are nothing special. They could be so much better, they should dress the sandwich better and they should make in house dressing. If your paying $ 10 for a sandwich I don’t won’t Kraft in a package for my Italian sub. I have lived around Italian bakery’s all my life like Alcamo’s and Dearborn Italian Bakery. They are significantly less in price and the products they serve are defiantly a step above. Again, this place really does have good bake goods and they do take pride in what they do but I’m just not fan.

After reading the diatribe from Chris P that really only showed us how entitled this little chap is, i feel it is important to point out that potato salad is potato salad. its ingredients are bland. a quality establishment will limit their salt content to allow for preference.
the majority of the soups are phenomenal (italian wedding, tuscan bean and sausage, chicken tortilla, chicken tortollini). the sandwhiches are hard to beat. all the breads are made fresh in house. the onion rolls are second to none. the ciabatta is excellent. the italian bread is above average.
The homemade sweets are excellent as well. the cakes/​cookies/​pastries are always tasty. watch out for the caramel apple walnut danish/​pastry!
their ordering system is very old world (as is the pricing and portions, phenomenal!). when you come in, make note of who is ahead of you and wait your turn like a human, chris. employee turnover is always high in entry level service jobs. this place will listen to and accommodate just about any request. give this MARKET a try and you will be glad you did.

I bought a chocolate cake from here two weeks ago. The cake was moist and delicious, and the vanilla frosting was perfect– not too sweet. Ordering the cake was a breeze, as was pick-​up. Need a cake/​dessert? Maria’s your gal!

Went for lunch, got an Italian sub — the fresh bread made it good. Quality of the meat was so so. Lot of fat in the ham. Cannolis were excellent, chocolate chop macadamia cookie not so impressive. Was dried out and tasted like it had been sitting for a while. Same with Peanut butter cookie.

Definitely a great bakery and deli… we found this place accidentally and have been going there ever since. My favorites are the baked goods and deli meats. Excellent selection and assortments of items. Good quality and good value — you won’t be disappointed…

The subs and sandwiches are the only «meh» items on the menu but I have only tried a few. Others may be much better. Awesome pizza, awesome pizza bread, exceptionally good cookies, and a really cool selection of random items. It’s good for going in and getting something for lunch or dinner on the fly, or planning a meal ahead. Fast and friendly service. Make sure if you are ordering cookie trays for any holidays you call days ahead. They are closed on Sunday which is a huge bummer :-/​I continue to go back often after my initial visit. I recommend it highly!

Maria and her staff are always friendly and speedy with orders! (Yes, I did say Maria herself is serving customers and taking orders!) I have tried almost everything on the menu the last two years and I haven’t ever had a bad bite or experience yet! We even do large lunch orders for an office and there’s never been a mistake– that goes to say a lot about her and her business!

Maria’s has been around for at least 30 years. And it’s wonderful. Top notch cannoli are the first reason you should visit. The 2^nd reason is delicious pizza bread. The third reason is their chicken salad (yum!). There are so many other reasons that even if these three didn’t piqué your interest, you’ll want to visit if you live, work, or visit anywhere in the area.

Yummy treats & I do love Boar’s head lunch meat … But… Not a fan of the pre-​made sandwiches… The ham in the Stromboli was so thick it was. Let’s nicely say… (ickeyish!!!) hardly any pepperoni, & the green pepper was no place in be found in the rolls. Go for the sweets & skip the meat emt’s

I worked at O’Brien Sullivan Funeral Home for some time, and we went around the corner to Maria’s for lunch EVERY SINGLE DAY. And I never got sick of it. Need I say more?
She has catered numerous family events and is one of the nicest people I’ve met. Keep up the good work!