New Palace Bakery

No doughnut in the world is worth waiting in line for two hours, but that’s what I did on Fat Tuesday. By the time I walked back to my car and started driving to pick my daughter up from school (an hour late because of the line), it took twenty minutes with the heat blasting directly on my frozen toes and fingers for the tingling sensation to stop. No doughnut is worth frostbite either. It would have been INCREDIBLY helpful, if when I called the bakery a week earlier to place a paczki order, they had told me you could advance to the front of the line to pick them up…
Frostbite and irritation aside, there is no comparison between these packzis and those at Meijer. These are heavy with filling, there are about two dozen fillings to choose from, and the fillings are excellent. My family enjoyed this once in a lifetime treat, as I won’t be going back to stand outside ever again. Me? I don’t even like doughnuts with filling, so I got sugar-​coated plain packzis, which were delicious (but a doughnut from Loony Baker in Livonia would have made me happier).
The loss of two stars is for not informing customers (namely, me:) that ordering ahead brings you to the front of the line.

I got paczki here for Fat Tuesday and some of them were good but some were very stale. Maybe it’s because the demand is high for Fat Tuesday and they need to make then in advance or maybe my expectations were too high because of the great reviews. I recommend the custard or the specialty fillings. I did enjoy the experience of waiting in line at my childhood town and neighborhood bakery :).

These are the best Paczki’s I’ve ever had. Very light and fluffy. Not heavy at all. The apple Paczki was a party in my mouth! Fresh a small diced apples. Kinda reminded me of a apple fritter from the apple orchard. You must go here! My coworker picked them up on her lunch hour and said the line was out the door. I will definitely be making my own visit to check there other items!!!

This place is always packed when we go and for good reason. The baked goods are fantastic, especially the Polish specialties. I also love the old school bakery vibes.

I think it’s silly that Unilocal makes you write a review of a certain length in order for it to be posted as a review and not a «Tip» … When all I really want to say here is, «Perfection» … So I have to fill up space with nonsense.

We bought Babka… Paskos…Seven Sisters cake…2 days before easter. The place was packed full of happy excited people waiting for all kinds of baked goods. Staff was energetic and engaged. Later, a taste of the baked goods and we completed the trifecta. A perfect experience. My heritage is ¾ Slovak but as there are few Slovak bakeries around I borrow from the Poles and I can report that the baked goods here brought back memories.

They changed their recipe for paczki this year and they tasted stale. We purchased ours on Monday to avoid the wait in line.

Best paczkis for Fat Tuesday. We should of called ahead. Wait was about 35 minutes. We didn’t have time to wait it out this time. Will plan better next time.

I’m very happy with the Packzis I got for work today. I was worried with how crowded they would be today, but they got our large order correct. We pre-​ordered, so the wait outside was only 25 min. Not too bad considering. They were pretty inexpensive, had lots of flavors, and the fillings were amazing. I’m excited to check out the rest of the bakery on a less busy day sometime.

Don’t get your Packzi here. They are very skimpy on filling and feel day old. Not cheap either I had to wait in line and not satisfied at all. We paid 8 – 9 for a half dozen of what seems to be day old Packzi.

Paczkis was very good. I had a blueberry and it was really filled with the filling. We waited about 20 minutes which was great for it being so busy. Disappointed that a lot of the flavors were gone because they sounded very good and unique.

What a great find! All kinds of Polish and other yummy sweets made in-house…all at such low prices that I’m not sure how they make money.

This place is great!!! The customer service is excellent and the pastrys and bread are great also. I would highly recommend this place to anyone, We will definitely be back!!!

Wow! There is literally so much to choose from. I kept asking the poor girl for recommendations but honestly, how can you choose??? The girls working behind the counter are super nice and more than willing to help you out. And the prices are insanely cheap! OH MY GOSH! I got 4 items for $ 1.80. How do they even make money?
–Lemon Poppy Seed Roll: it’s quite refreshing with bits of poppy seed throughout. It’s slightly dry – more like bread, but a nice light snack. I love the lemon poppy seed glaze – that’s what makes it nice.
–Almond Roll: there’s a slight hint of almond but it’s more just like vanilla bread. It’s light.

–Angel Wings: nicely fried dough with powder. It’s less sugary than a funnel cake. The dough isn’t sweet at all so you need to rely on the powdered sugar to get your sugar fill.
–Raspberry Kolaczki: it doesn’t have much of a taste. Just dough basically with a hint of raspberry syrup. Nothing special.
FINAL VERDICT: to be fair, I didn’t order what I would normally consider to be delicious (ooey-​gooey brownies or fudge or doughnuts) – so that’s kinda why nothing stood out as being delicious. Everything was well baked and a good light snack, but nothing fulfilled my sugar-​needs. But I’d go back and support this local bakery any day.

This is my neighborhood bakery and I enjoy stopping in. However, I’m a pastry snob and fancy myself more of an Astoria or Shatila Bakery kind of man.
I will say that the ladies are always friendly and hands down, New Palace is the place to get a Pazcki. The Rose Hip Jelly ones are my favorite. They actually have them everyday. What I really like, and they do this very well, is their rye breads. Get either the onion rye or the marble rye. They also carry Ukrainian Pasca at Easter. Double check their day-​old tray for a bargain. Day old donuts do just fine with some hot coffee. Their chrusciki is always very good as well.
The use of higher quality ingredients is what can really take New Palace to the next level. But why change for me? People love New Palace for how it is.
FYI-​Avoid the long wait on Fat Tuesday. They are open 24 hours the day before and there is ever hardly a wait. Plus they are more fresh.

This place is a VERY good old school bakery. Lots of variety and lots of fresh baked goodness. While many reviews rave about the Polish baked goods, the awesomeness is not limited to Polish goodies. I’ve never had a bad baked good from this place, and I’ve sampled a decent portion of the inventory.

If you’re interested in Pazcki or angel wings (chrusciki), at least, this is THE place to go in SE Michigan — nothing else comes close.
I ordered a couple dozen (for work!) ahead of time, and when I arrived the afternoon before Fat Tuesday, they were literally jammed tight with people — respectful people who offered to pull your ticket for you and made room for people coming and going.
Because I’d ordered in advance, I only had a 5-​minute wait, and they were super kind about me adding onto my order and otherwise taking up their time.
The price was a steal. The baked goods were incredibly fresh. We’re customers for life.

If your going to make the trip out for paczki’s, than do yourself a favor and go authentic and go to the best place in the area.
Never Ever a bad baked good from this place!
However I do suggest that if you are going to venture out on Fat Tuesday to order your paczki’s ahead of time. I’ve made the mistake in the past of not pre-​ordering and then had to wait 3 hours in line to get my paczki… No joke this place is THAT good!
The decorating is very polish and really out of date, but really no one cares! Their awesome baked goods make up for it!
At $ 15.25 a dozen for Paczki’s its completely worth it!

The D goes crazy when Fat Tuesday starts approaching. Stories in the paper, on tv, around the office, and among friends about where are you picking up puczkis. Or which bakery has the best puczkis. The debate goes on and on every year.
After years of having probably «fake puczkis» from bakeries and then finding that this place has the real deal, from the looks of the two hour line out the store and down the street on Fat Tuesday, I’ve come to a conclusion. I think I’ll stick with the fake ones for two reasons.
1. No two hour wait and even if I preorder mine, which I did, I still had to wait 45 minutes to force myself ahead of everyone to get to the preorder line. I have to mention, when I ordered them, they said there would be a preorder line and if there is a line out the door, just walk right up and come in and say you preordered. Tell that to the guy two times my size who has been waiting for two hours in line and I walk right up, cut in front of him and say, sorry preorder. The looks I got, I could have been a guy on death row. Therefore, two hours or 5 minutes at a local bakery making puczkis not made in Hamtramck.
2. Density. This is what really determined it. Call me a fake puzcki lover, fake polish, what ever you want, but the fake ones, well, they are just better than these dense, brick-​like donuts. The fake ones are light and easy to palate all that sugar.
Maybe puczkis are supped to be like that, its tradition, etc… Ok, well then I guess I just prefer the lighter ones than.

The place to go for paczki, chrusciki, and other Polish goodies.
Can’t wait to go back, so good.