Servatii Pastry Shop & Deli

Love all the Servatiis locations, especially their extra sweet, curl-​your– toes white/​vanilla icing on their cupcakes and cakes. I always request my birthday cakes from Servatii, had a huge sheet cake with photos from throughout my husband’s life displayed on it for his 40^th birthday, & got our delicious wedding cake (complete with intricate design, different cake flavors & fillings & with a free 1^st-​year anniversary cake) from Servatii.
I chose to review this site as I visited it most recently & they were giving out enough samples of cookies, and another one of their fantastic standouts, their soft pretzels, that I had a great snack. The pretzels are especially good paired with their beer cheese or garlic cheese spreads. And don’t forget their donuts. The donuts filled with cream are actually HEAVY they fill them so full, not a pathetic little half glob like most places, (cough, cough … Kroger, Dunkin’, Krispy Kreme…)

Horrible customer service! Took my order. Called the day before to confirm. When I went to pick it up, they had it completely wrong. No apologies. Manager wouldn’t speak to me when I was there. I called back upset and still wouldn’t speak to me. Wondering why they are horribly unresponsive and not caring. First time there. Last time there.

When I worked in Erlanger our manager was amazing and would bring goodies from here all the time! The deserts are to die for and you can’t go wrong with anything you get. Great little place and if you wanna make everyone at work happy show up with a box from this place! Trust me everyone works much better with some goodies on board!

Northern Kentucky/​Cincinnati, sometimes I feel like I don’t even know you.
I spent my most formative years living with you, but lately I feel like I’m discovering so many wonderful things about you that I should have known about way back in the day.
Case in point: Servatii Pastry Shop.
This local chain of bakeries/​delis has been around for 50 years. I’ve gotten to know them through my boyfriend’s mom, who is a fan, and I have resolved to stock up on their goodies whenever I’m in the area.
So far my favorites include their salty rye bread. I’m normally not a fan of rye bread, but I could just eat it plain out of the bag. (In fact I did … eat a few slices … shortly after purchasing a loaf … while still in my car.)
I also love their little icing drop sugar cookies. Considering they change up the icing colors with the holidays, they are relevant and yummy at any time. (Because I know that I always like to make sure my cookies are relevant.)
Servatii’s shops are mostly in Cincinnati — so I’ll attribute that fact to why this Northern Kentucky-​bred gal has been out of the loop. Can’t wait to update this review as I eat more and more wonderful things from this local chain.

Picked up some pastries for a ospecial occasion dinner at home. I received friendly and helpful service in spite of there being several other customers in the store. I had some questions about the selections and the young woman was well informed about the products. I paid and took my sweets home. As far as the quality of the desserts I give them a strong B to B plus. I’ve been in the food biz for quite a few years, traveled a good bit and eaten my fair share of desserts. When I think of my favorite European style pastries, and hold Servatii in comparison I think the grade of B to B plus is honorable. Maybe just a bit too sweet for my taste, but that is pushing it. Freshness was good, but could have been better, one of the selections had a distinct refrigerator taste. I didn’t yet try the bread, but I look forward to trying it soon.

Servatii’s has long been a Cincinnati favorite. If you’ve grown up in Cincinnati or lived there for any length of time, you know that Servatii’s is the best pastry shop in town. Hands down — the best doughnuts evahh! Now that I live in Louisville, I try to stop whenever I’m in town! Their cakes are so good too — try the white cake with chocolate icing — my favorite!

Apparently there are several of this local bakery/​deli chain in the Cincinnati area, but now there’s finally a northern Kentucky location at Crestview Town Center. It’s next to Dewey’s Pizza in an small outer strip center on the Dixie Highway side of the center.
I didn’t notice the deli part or menu, but the small store is filled with baked goods: breads, donuts, cookies, pastries, elegant desserts, etc. I purchased a variety to go, including a couple of raspberry pastries, a chocolate iced brownie and an almond pretzel. The family pretty much fought over tastes of the various items.
A few decorated cakes were available for take home and I know they take orders for personalized items.
Don’t know the individual prices, but total for the four items with tax were less than $ 4.