(212) 647-9956
184 9th Ave
New York,
NY
10011
40.7454
-74.0019
Neighborhoods: Chelsea, Midtown
Price:
$
Last updated 10.17.11
Category:
Bakeries, Restaurants, Dessert Shops
Payment Methods:
Visa, Discover, MasterCard
Restaurant Special Features:
What People Are Saying About Billy's Bakery
The Owner
Billy's Bakery
Owner
Billy's Bakery was founded in 2003 with the mission of providing our customers immediate gratification by offering classic American baked goods in a friendly, small town environment. Billy's truly harks back to the warm feeling of a 1940's American kitchen at a time when gathering around homemade treats was the center of life. At Billy's we keep it simple fresh products, baked onsite, using the highest quality ingredients. Visit us at our West Chelsea flagship store or give us a call so we can deliver to your doorstep.If you're interested in participating in the future growth of Billy's,…
Featured Review
Allison Austin
Contributor
The Scene – Poodle skirts and Mary Janes would be perfectly appropriate in this lovely little shop, where the brick walls are painted a soft yellow, the wallpaper looks like grandma's and everything from the antique ovens to the bottle-green pie dishes is retro bakeshop done just right. Friendly counter help furthers the small-town impression. – – The Food – It's the baking equivalent of shabby-chic: Polka-dots of pink and turquoise frosting turn an otherwise plain yellow cake into something more charming; desserts come in old-fashioned flavors like chocolate cherry.…
Editor's Tips
- Know Before You Go:
- Most cakes can be ordered one day in advance, but for special requests, such as elaborate decorations and personalized messages, allow at least two days.
| ambiance | 88.10000419616699% positive |
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| dessert | 76.14999771118164% positive |
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| drinks | 100.0% positive |
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| food quality | 97.6200008392334% positive |
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| menu variety | 100.0% positive |
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| overall | 100.0% positive |
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| return potential | 100.0% positive |
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| service | 60.59000015258789% positive |
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| value | 100.0% positive |
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| wait time | 100.0% positive |
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Come in for a cupcake- leave with a pie!
by Straight to the Chase at Citysearch
Billy’s Bakery bills itself as “Old-fashioned Baked Goods Made from Scratch”- no artificial ingredients here! Their pies are my favorite… do you know how hard it is to find an old-fashioned pie, made with real, crispy, fresh fruit (not sugary crap) here in NYC? Or anywhere? They’ve also got cupcakes, cookies and bars (such as lemon bars), cakes (in varieties such as Red Velvet, German (or regular) Chocolate, Banana, Carrot, Yellow Daisy, Pineapple Upside Down, etc), cheesecakes and breakfast goodies like muffins and lemon loaves.
Their trademark cake is “The Icebox Cake”… it’s made with “Fresh dairy whipped cream layered between chocolate wafer cookies”. They’ve come up with very creative and unique ingredient combinations- I have never heard of butterscotch gingerbread cookies before, or cherry muffins, outside of Billy’s. Their cheddar cheese biscuits really hit the spot when you’ve got the (salty) munchies too.
They also do catering, and if you order online, you can have cakes and other products shipped to that special someone.
Not a bakery for cupcakes
by silverblue , Citysearch Contributor at Citysearch
Billy's cupcakes were one of the contenders at my 18-cupcake-store blind tasting party and it wasn't rated very highly on the scoring sheets. I decided to give it another try, this time at the Chelsea store itself. The interior is cute and reminds me of my grandmother's kitchen with the kitschy wallpaper. And it smelt just like that too.
Upon the staff's recommendation, we got the pumpkin cheesecake, which was really really good with the whipped cream. It was a little harder than I expected but the it tasted just as you think it would - pumpkin pie with cheesecake. We almost ordered another one, but decided to try to vanilla cupcake instead, upon the staff's recommendation.
Unfortunately, my verdict still stood by what we rated it at the party. The frosting was way too sugary, I could
almost taste the sugar grains in there. The cake itself was really dry and didn't have the moist fluffiness that you would expect in a good cupcake. I didn't even finish my half.
In short, the other cakes on the counter looks pretty good, but I wouldn't get cupcakes here at all.
snob now.
- Pros: Pumpkin cheesecake
- Cons: Cupcakes are actually not good at all
terrible attitude
by libertygirl1 at Citysearch
In a city where service is king,I find it hard to believe Billy's is still in business. Their average cupcakes are not worth being belittled and snapped at my their surly staff. (I'm English, polite is in my blood - I did nothing to antagonise these wankers, bar having the temerity to enter their store)
- Pros: none
- Cons: the people who work there
Average sweets poor service
by halovete at Citysearch
I have been to Billy's several times and each time I walk away wondering why I came back. In a time when the cupcake is king of the hill Billy's is at the bottom of the heap. I love a good cupcake but at Billy's prefer the the banana cream pie of everything I have tried. The coconut cake would have been perfect except for the meringue topping is just wrong. I've had it twice and both times it did not sit well. Most of all each time I have been there the staff has been preoccupied. There always seem to be lots of young people behind the counter but every time I am there I feel like I am interrupting social time and putting them out of their way to assist.
Even though from the outside Billy's looks so inviting and the enticing aromas inside seem to beckon decadence... I say walk on by and go to one of the many other better bakeries in the city.
- Pros: Cute Shop
- Cons: Inattentive and rude Staff
The Details on Billy's Bakery
Place Categories:
- good cupcakes
- poor customer service
- nice staff
- dry actual cake
- highly recommend lovely bakery
- great place
- bad experience
- really enjoy instore billy
- incredible desserts
- rude attitude
- moist red velvet cake
- great decor
- really disgusting frosting
- delicious cupcake icing
- fabulous cookies
- too dry look
- great peanut butter pie
- tasty vanilla cupcake
- arrogant manager
- unique products
- absolutely delicious banana cake
- like act
- order german chocolate cake
- dry wall
- rich cake portion
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Message from Billy's Bakery
- Cupcakes, Cookies, Layer Cakes
- Pies, Bars
- Delivery to 5 boroughs & more
Billy's Bakery was founded in 2003 with the mission of providing our customers immediate gratification by offering classic American baked goods in a friendly, small town environment. Billy's truly harks back to the warm feeling of a 1940's American kitchen at a time when gathering around homemade treats was the center of life. At Billy's we keep it simple fresh products, baked onsite, using the highest quality ingredients. Visit us at our West Chelsea flagship store or give us a call so we can deliver to your doorstep.
If you're interested in participating in the future growth of Billy's, please email us at info@billysbakerynyc.com.
We look forward to seeing you soon at Billy's, where life is a piece of cake.
Marc and Wayne
Co-founders


