Mansoura's Oriental Pastry

We sent a selection of Baklava, Greybeh & Maamoul (Kosher) pastries to friends in Boston to thank them for the wonderful care and love they have shown our daughter. The pastries were ordered Thursday, delivered on Friday and by Sunday the Baklava was finished!! Our friends really enjoyed them, and the ease with which we were able to order them online was perfect. Now if they could do them Gluten Free, we would have them shipped to Jamaica every week!!!

I like good food. It's why I live in a town with a lot of it. It is rare that I will make a trek more than 10 minutes to get the food I love. Mansoura Pastries is easily an hour from my house, without traffic. Yet, it is worth every minute, every toll and every parking ticket. People think that Manhattan is where all the good food may be - and the only place that can justify "Manhattan prices." I would easily pay double for any of the chocolates or pastries this bakery sells. It is the real deal, made with quality ingredients. And, I believe, still handmade!! You just can't find this kind of goodness in the mass produced crap that you see on every corner in the city. Schlep there - or order online. I would highly recommend it.

Heavenly. Simply heavenly. The walnut baklava couldn’t be more divine. Shaped like diamonds because that’s what they’re worth. Not drowned in syrup. Not too dense or flaky. Just perfect proportions of all that is good in baklava. To achieve this takes a mastery of craft that is rarely seen, so one can expect such perfection from all of the other offered delights. But today, I laud and enjoy Mansoura’s baklava.

I appreciate the delicious, unpretentious, elegant goodness of Mansoura pastries and have lost track of how many orders I have placed. The obvious care and attention to detail make me confident to share them as gifts and I am impressed that such delicacies travel so well all the way to Nome, Alaska.

Mansoura is a spectacular gem tucked away in Brooklyn. Their products are amazing - from the Turkish delight to the apricot roll to the dragées. But more importantly, everyone at Mansoura is incredibly helpful and courteous, whether by phone, email, or in person. I recommend Mansoura to friends and family constantly and have had their items shipped all the way down to Florida for various events. This is a New York institution that never disappoints.