Levain Bakery – Upper West Side, NYC

One of the best cookies I’ve ever had. The cookies were warm and freshly made. The oatmeal raisin and the chocolate chip coconut cookie were both delicious. There was a lot of options you can pick from. Although the cookies seem pricier side for $5 each, the quality speaks for itself. I would totally come back again when I’m in NYC, highly recommend!

Having watched enticing videos of Levain Bakery, I was curious. I opted for the two-chip chocolate cookie, and it was a delightful surprise. This cookie was soft and chewy on the inside and crispy on the outside. It's not your typical American cookie due to its impressive thickness, and the chocolate inside melted beautifully, creating a divine treat.

To complement the cookie, I enjoyed flat white. Which was also very nice.

This place serves one of the best cookies 🍪 in the world! 🌎 Levain Bakery 🥧 on the UWS 🗽 offers incredibly fresh and delicious 🤤 cookies and pastries 🥐 - definitely get the Two Chip Chocolate 🍫 Chip Cookies, Dark Chocolate Peanut 🥜 Butter Chip Cookie, and Caramel 🍮 Coconut 🥥 Chocolate Chip Cookie! Their original store 🏪 is a block away. Staff 👨‍🍳 is friendly and the service is quick! ⏲️ I wish I came here more often!

Not that Levain needs another review, but from a non-local standpoint, I felt the need to share my experience. It is a really, really good cookie. It is pretty solid in taste and texture. I personally love the somewhat under-baked center. Let me put it to you this way, we were in NYC for one week and we went to Levain 3 times. Some people think it’s ridiculous to spend $5/cookie, but honestly, the cookie is so ginormous that you eat it in two different settings (for me, anyway). I took off one star because the second visit we ordered 3 caramel coconut and they gave us all two chip chocolate chip (hubby wasn’t too pleased, as he was craving the caramel coconut). Also, we ordered a lemon loaf and although I’m sure it’s meant to be a dense loaf, it wasn’t very fresh. We’ve left New York and we still think about these cookies.

It’s a small bakery situated in a basement. They limited the number of people to get in so the line was formed outside easily. Not much flavor to choose from but the cookies were so amazing! Soft inside and crispy outside, and it’s gigantic! Although I could not eat that much one time, would definitely buy it again when I come back to this nabe.