Aviv Cakes and Bagels

Amazing cakes and pastries! I've been going here for years and their cakes are always high quality. The William Pear Torte is a favourite of mine (and my family); we always get it for celebrations! I've tried their vanilla slices and quiches and they are both delicious. My only criticism is that the pastry on the vanilla slice is very thick which makes it a little difficult to eat. Aside from that, Aviv is a great bakery and I highly recommend it!

I love the variety, selection and quality of food at Aviv. There's a good mix of savoury and sweet items, and you can always find something to buy to satisfy a craving or to organise a work lunch/party or whatever. Their bagels aren't my favourite, but they have great quiches, and often at work we get their cakes for various occasions and they never disappoint.However ... with all of that said, the only real negative I can say is that they are a tad overpriced and to me, it lets them down. I also happened to buy a birthday cake, a mini quiche and a cookie and I had some sticker shock for sure. When the cookie was rung up and it said $5, I thought that was the mini quiche and cookie added up together. So that day I spent $51 and when I was leaving, I asked if there was a bag to put the cake in. The only bags were the cloth ones, and they were going to charge me .50c for one when I just spent $51. I had to do a whole separate transaction on EFT-POS just to pay for this .50c bag. I feel that not only are they a bit overpriced, but they need to use common sense when charging for a bag after someone has spent a certain amount. It's a bit off putting, however I'm sure the lure of their bubka (the best I've ever eaten anywhere) will get me back there eventually down the road ...

What’s next? This my question when I enter the store. I am on the mission to try everything what this shop has to offer. I manage to nearly complete what’s on the front display and slowly moving onto then cake section. Most of the staff know what I am doing and they are great at assisting while they have a good chuckle about it.So far no disappointment. The poppy seed filled pastries -any kind - are my favorites and they are the best in town - believe me I’ve tried many. Always looking if there is parking when I pass by. If there is - well there is no excuse for not to stop.

A few great treats, some savory, some sweet.We had some quiches, some savory trinagles followed by a sweet puff-pastry treat filled with chees-cake filling.There is a selection of about 3 or 4 type of quiches, and about the same variety of savory triangles.

Absolutely the BEST cakes and desserts to be found in Elsternwick, bar none! The quality of their work is absolutely excellent, and the consistency is literally incredible. In the 15+ years I’ve been going here, I honestly can’t remember even one time when their cakes of pastries were somehow different from the last time I had one. The consistency is just amazing, every single time an item is purchased, it’ll be as close to identical as is possible, compared to every other time the same item was purchased.All of the ingredients they use are very high quality and this is part of the reason that everything they sell here is also of the utmost highest quality.Seriously, just try something from Aviv and there’d be very few ppl who go home unsatisfied. Everyone I’ve ever taken here has also become an instant convert, they all just love the place and everything Aviv makes.One word of advice though, don’t go there in a Friday arvo or anytime much after midday. The queues are enormous, sometimes out the door! This just proves how much everyone loves Aviv, that they’re willing to line up our the door. If you must go on a Friday, just try to get there before midday if you don’t feel like standing in line for ages.Other than that, can’t think of a single bad thing to say about this place.

AVIV Cakes and Bagels at ElsternwickVisited on 19/2/2022AVIV is not close to home, however it is worth the trip to buy a few pieces for afternoon tea, or served as desserts after dinner.The window display is a bit of disappointment. If a passer-by does not know about its product will not stop and check out this gem.My wife and I order the following:Spinach QuicheVegetable QuicheRaspberry FriandBabka IsrealiVanillia SlicesThe quiches have good amount of vegetable fillings, baked with the smooth savoury custard in the pastry case. A couple of quiches can be a meal for the day.The Raspberry Friand is a bit sweet for me. The filling looks baked cheese cake, but in fact it is almond meal.This is the first time I have Chocolate Babka Isreali. Babka is made of a rich brioche dough, light and not not doughy like normal bread.The filling is a real test of a good Vanilla slice. The pastry cream or creme patissiere must be flavoured by vanilla pod, light yellow colout, and slightly thick and not runny.We give cakes and pastries we have eaten thumbs-up.

We love the flourless chocolate cake from this delectable European bakery so much we got one for my mother in laws birthday on the weekend and everyone raved about it being so impossibly light and yummy. I don’t think we will ever celebrate with a cake from elsewhere again!Original reviewOne of the cakes for my husbands birthday was a flourless chocolate number from here and it was so delicious my dieting sister who is about to get married practically ate half the cake. Great little discovery