Feast for your eyes and stomach. I love everything about this bakery/Italian Pastry shop. Can easily be uprooted and planted on a trendy Manhattan neighborhood block. There's so much to love here. Mini pastries--reduced in size for the guilty pleasure of tarts, cannolis, cream puffs, tiramisu and more. Cookies, biscuits, pies, cakes, marzipan and holiday specialty items. Excellent baked goods that draws a line during the holidays. Monteleones has been a fixture in Carroll Gardens for years. It's phenomenal. Come see for yourself.

This bakery smells amazing upon walking in, with the vast array of pastries and sweets available to fulfill your cravings. There were several patrons there on an early mid-week afternoon so you know this place is popular and their treats are good. I tried their cross-bun and for my first time ever trying, it was pretty good, reminded me a bit of a fruitcake. The staff were busy so we waited a few minutes to be serviced which was not bad a all. Since my eyes filled up with so much to view, will return to try some traditional italian pastries.

25 years ago, this place had the BEST chocolate chip cookies, and they still do!! Rich, chewy, chunky and delicious! I worked in downtown Brooklyn and would walk up Court St. I'm still here and I'll be back. The cannoli are really good too. I'm glad you're still here. Keep up the good work!

Have mainly gotten cheesecakes here, which are ridiculously creamy and delicious. Everything else has been top notch also.

You will not be disapponted. The baked goods here are some of the best in NYC for any italian bakery. From cheesecake to cannolis to little scrumptious cookies and what nots, I havent had a bad anything here, ever. Other trendy bakeries could learn something from these guys who have been around since aliens populated our planet with seeds. Then someone grew wheat, and these guys started making baked goods. Tip the staff, they work hard open to close.

If I leaved near Monteleone, I would probably be here every day. This is a true, old school Italian bakery with a fantastic variety of pastries and cookies. We got half a pound of mixed cookies and I wish we had ordered more! All of the cookies were excellent but some of them were truly among the best Italian cookies I've had, especially the pignoli cookie- these were absolutely incredible and I think I could've had half a pound of just these! The pistachio cookie was also delicious and had so much real pistachio flavor. I didn't catch the name, but there was also an oval-shaped cookie with jam and almond paste that was fantastic. You can tell the cookies are made with high quality ingredients and it just feels like a cute, charming neighborhood place. I would make a trip to Brooklyn just for these.

I need to let my fellow gluten free folks know that they have at least 8 different gluten free cookie options and they're all delicious!! FYI-not a gluten free kitchen. Also, there's a non-GF cream puff pictured.

I'm something of a contrarian, and also an NYC transplant desperate to be considered savvy and good enough at navigating this chaotic, beautiful city. So, a few years ago, I determined that I'd never buy another Junior's cheesecake again. I want to have ... a cheesecake spot, I told myself. It had to be authentically Brooklyn, make me feel like I was onto something that no one else knew about, better than everyone, more insistent on authenticity and quality. Who was this supposed to impress?? Unclear, but I found Monteleone Bakery a few years ago, and ever since, when someone tells me to bring dessert, I show up with one of their cheesecakes. The little touches are what tell you this place is legit: the owner's Alfa Romeo with a CANNOLI license plate. The string holder hanging from the ceiling that they use to box up your treats. The endless supply of Italian cookies, cakes, and pies. And the cheesecake! It's everything I love in cheesecake: creamy but not mushy, firm but not crumbly, sweet but not cloying. The transplant in me -- safely hidden but threatening to pop out at any time -- wishes they had a raspberry compote on top -- but I am afraid to ask. Maybe that's not authentic. I don't know. I'm just here to enjoy.

We love this place! We can't walk by Monteleone's without grabbing a couple of treats to take home. They do have a couple of two person tables outside if you simply cannot wait...not that I have ever been too impatient to eat a cannoli myself, nope. They have a great variety including classic cookies, traditional Italian cookies, tarts, cannolis, mini cakes, slices of cheesecake, even hamentashen, to name a few. They have gelato in the back too. The woman who was working the counter was very nice and patient, explaining the desserts we were not familiar with. Prices are fair too- lot of the smaller items are ~$2 per piece.

What a great family run bakery. I was in the neighborhood and really taken back by how good everything looked. I wasn't sure what to do!! The owners daughter who works there, was happy to help. She came around the case and took the time to describe each pastry and what the sellers are and even what she recommended as her favorites ! Great prices and don't forget the espresso on the way out! I will absolutely be back over and over.