La Dolce Vita Courthouse Bakery
9 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA
Crema's Take
“If you're craving legitimately good Italian pastries and cookies without leaving Pennsylvania, La Dolce Vita delivers the real deal—their black and white cookies and wedding-worthy Italian cookies are the standouts that keep locals coming back. The bakery excels at traditional items like fresh baguettes and coffee cake, though their tiramisu could use some work, and it's a genuinely pleasant spot to linger with coffee and a pastry, especially if you're meeting someone nearby.”
What to expect
Classic coffee drinks done right. A slow-sit spot, good for meetings. Pastries and light food on the menu. Family friendly.
Google Reviews
It’s a standard Italian bakery like in NY or other actual cities. The bakery items are good, the Italian cookies are ok even though they don’t make them all and the cakes and other items are ok. The actual bakery is very nice, the cashier/barista/c.s. woman was nice and…
I ordered about 300 Italian cookies for my wedding as one of our dessert options and La Dolce Vita did an amazing job! Our guests loved the cookies! They were also able to help deliver the cookies for us to make things easier. Since they’re closed on Sundays, they coordinated…
Adorable bakery. I'd recommend their black and white cookie. However, as said on here multiple times the tiramisu needs a rework, especially for an Italian bakery. There are no layers. It's watery. Not good. I threw mine away. Until it's been reworked avoid. Otherwise,…
I live in Lancaster County, but do not get into the city that often, but when I do, I always stop here! Wish they were open on Sundays, we would come more often not to mention a new love spot for our guests ♥️🤍💚 try everything! I grew up in the Italian market area in South…
I bought multiple items to try. The baguettes were delicious. The tiramisu wasn't bad, a little watery for me. Bought a coffee cake slice, delicious. Had a frappe mocha drink with whipped cream topping. It must be homemade I didn't care for it It tasted like whipped fat it was…
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