Natale's Summit Bakery: A Review of Summit's Favorite Bakery

All products are beyond delicious. Strawberry shortcake very delicate. Especially noteworthy are the brownies. Service is top notch.

Amazing bakery that's been a Summit landmark for a long time. I revisited today and it was still the same! They have amazing cakes and pastries and cookies. The prices are still reasonable which is surprising given inflation and the area. I got a birthday cake for my mom - chocolate topped and fudge on the inside, a philly fluff cake, 2 cannolis and a large chocolate pastry all for $75. I'll always come by here if I'm in the Summit area.

Excellent bakery with the tastiest cakes and baked goods. Very friendly staff who take the time (and interest) to assure satisfaction with your purchase. We travel some distance to buy bakery items at Natale's but we're never disappointed.....very much worth the trip!

Haven't been here in awhile. Was in the area and stopped in. The glazed cruller donuts are delicious and reasonably priced, $1.50. However, the Boston cream have been disappointing time and time again, very little filling. I got the pumpkin bars $2.50 each - good but expensive. They were very small and the two pieces were different sizes, see photo.

Natale's is a great bakery right off Broad street, just a couple of minutes from downtown Summit. With ample parking on the street or around the block, the only thing stopping you from a sugar-filled paradise is the lines that can crop up during busy periods. The staff inside is great, and with signs stressing that tipping is not permitted, you don't need to feel the pressure of doing extra mental math while stuffing pastries into your cheeks. Inside, there are several cases with pastries, cookies, and cakes. They've also got a good selection of donuts and breads, though I didn't try any of those. The pastries, cookies, and cake were all fantastic. Pastry wise, I got a raspberry horn and elephant ear, both of which had a great sugary crust but with a fluffy, delicate center. The raspberry in the horn was fruity but not oversweetened. On the cookie front, I had chocolate chip, m&m, sugar cookie, linzer tart, and rainbow sprinkle, . My favorite of these was the linzer tart, though it wasn't my favorite linzer tart ever. I prefer a bit less filling in mine, with a crisper shortbread. These have a healthy amount of filling, and the shortbread cookie was a bit on the softer side, though still delicious! The other cookies were pretty standard fare, done well and with no complaints, but by design aren't exactly the reason you'd visit Natale's. A note on the chocolate chip and m&m that they're large and thin, with about a 5 inch diameter - not the thick/raw dough types that have become popular. Last we have the cake, which was for a birthday celebration. We got a yellow cake with fudge, which was pre-made in the case but customized quickly in the back. They did a great job, and it was filled with flavor! The layers were perfect as well. I'm definitely coming back here, and if I have I a say in it, that'll be sooner than later!

The owner Patty has addressed our issues and made things right. We agreed to give her another opportunity.

Excellent bakery. Family owned and every employee wants to accommodate you. Ambiance is that of a clean bakery. No inside tables to eat at. Their Philadelphia cheese pound cake is to die for. Their donuts are scrumptious. Nothing ever tastes stale or old. They sell out of breads and donuts pretty fast. I love going g I. Here but also hate it because everything smells so good and I can never leave with only what I went in there. I highly recommend this place and will (and do) go back a lot.

We were in the area for other things, but figured why not stop in; it's on our list and a sweet treat would end the errands and endeavors for the day. We got a choco chip cookie, Linzer tart and raspberry twist. CC cookie got the thimbs up from the kiddo, the linzer was sofy and not crumbly (which I have experienced far too many times) with nice sweet jam, and the twist was crispy/chewy and dense, the jam tasty but soaked into the pastry, and the outside was crusted in sugar, and so it overpowered any crisp buttery texture and flavor. Glad I took advantage of the opportunity, and would 'go out of my way' to get here again.

I had a few additional treats from this place. I was able to try their famous Philly Fluff cake and the checkerboard square cake. The Philly Fluff was a pound cake made with cream cheese. This was very solid. It was very light, and the cream cheese was incorporated so well that it was not even tasted. I enjoyed this more than I thought. The checkerboard square cake was a chocolate and vanilla cake filled with and iced in chocolate fudge. Again, this was light and flavorful. The fudge was the key here as it was sweet, but not too over powerful. The cake portion was tasty too.