Rio De La Plata Bakery Shop

Great Argentinian Facturas! If you need a cake to impress at a gathering order a mil hojas cake it’s to die for!

I am actually more impressed by their savory items than their sweet. A spinach empanada was spot on, with tiny bits of red pepper in the filling. Garlicky berenjena in escabeche was intense. Five stars for both.
Flan, nicely portioned and just firm enough tasted fine. The facturas did not blow me away. The medialunas were the small kind that I had in B. A,. and two of the others, plumped with custard were tasty enough but nothing special.
Very reasonable prices and nice service.
I am still going with La Gran Uruguaya for the best practitioner of these arts but I would certainly return if I am in the area.

Since my kids were small we’ve bought their pastries and breads.
Recommended their custard breads, flaky and buttery!

The selection here just doesn’t thrill, and I’ve been unimpressed with the Argentinian baked goods here on 3 separate occasions.

Sweet service, even sweeter pastries! I got the dulce de leche danish things which were really sweet and flaky and delicious, perfect for a morning café. I also got the empanadas, which were good but not the best I’ve had. They told me they had tons of dulce de leche filled sweets so that seems to be their strength. I’d love to come here more often and discover the beautiful world of dulce de leche!

If this were owned by a funky band from the late 80s and early 90s then it would be Rio De La Soul Bakery. Whereas if it were Rio De La Playa Hata Café, then it would be full of people complaining about their bfs and gfs cheating on them. Actually that’s kind of what it is.
What to get: anything with Dulce De Leche
What else: let me explain the Facturas of life, son
I came here to experience my first genuine Argentinian bakery. I’m in love with the Colombian, Peruvian, Brazilian, Mexican versions, so why not a little Argy Bargy action?
The service was really nice when I first walked in. When they realized that I only wanted to buy a couple of Facturas, they were a little disappointed, I could tell. I felt awkward. I’m torn between a 4 and a 5 because I didn’t like that awkward feeling. Also, the Factura itself was good… but not amazing. It was a little crusty, flaky, not so fresh tasting. The dulce de leche inside was a little hypersweet and syrupy and chemical tasting.
Yet despite all this I really enjoyed the experience, and I understand that these little things are wildly popular in Argentina, and what I like most about this place, other than the idea of it and the lovely décor, is that the prices are absolutely bargain basement. You can get almost anything for 50 cents or a dollar, and that is remarkable. I don’t know how they make a living with those prices, but for such a bargain, even though it didn’t rock my world, I have to give a 5 star.
And besides, they were very good. Just not mindblowing like the Colombian stuff nearby at Gata Golosa. Garland heard this place was actually opened by a German in 1947. Nothing to it I’m sure.
And if it were Rio De La Plating Café, then let’s just say that absolutely nobody, ever, should go there.

This bakery is one of the best bakery’s ever !
I was not a big fan of bakery’s I would not eat bread at all or anything from a bakery until my Argentinian boyfriend took me here, this place makes me feel like I’m in Argentina from what my boyfriend has described. I love it the staff is super friendly, the place is so cute and cozy and in the summer they open the door so it’s a little outdoor coffee drink with bread ! They have other Argentinian foods and drinks also you can pick from so that’s a plus! I love it I would give them 10 stars or more. Just go… you’ll love it

They sell factura which I remember from when I was little. Most awesome puff pastries. Only bad thing is that no one who works here seems to speak English but pointing works just fine. I bought a dozen. Sooooo good. Didn’t realize that it was so to where I worked– now the only problem will be how many times I go a week! Haha!

Truly one of the best bakeries in Queens, you can enjoy the mini pastries for 75 cents each or grab an empanada for a dollar. Friendly service with heart of gold.

Cuando vi que tenían todas las medias lunas y las variedades de facturas casi me muero!!! Las media lunas estan EXCELENTE! a touch of home!

Stopped by on New Years Day looking to get a cake on our way to grandma’s. I didn’t think they’d be open but I saw people coming and going and was pretty surprised!
The people there were SO nice. I was looking for like a strawberry shortcake but the super nice lady helping me told me that most of their cakes were dulce de leche cakes with layers of different fruit — they had strawberry, pineapple, and peach available and I went with the strawberry. I got a smallish cake (that would feed our group of 6 with plenty to spare!) that was $ 16. It was honestly way too sweet for us so unfortunately most of it went to waste — but it was totally my fault since I knew it was a dulce de leche and those tend to be really sweet!
I also picked up half a dozen empanadas at $ 1.75 each. There was a bounty of different types of bread (a guy was refilling baskets going «caliente!» as he walked behind them — fresh out of the oven and hot)! Wish we had more time to explore but we were running late. The empanadas were SO GOOD, even eating them a day later. I would definitely go back for those!
They also have sandwiches and what looked like hot dishes here as well — wish my Spanish was better!!!

Great Argentinean bakery! Have been stopping here for media lunas and facturas since long before I ever lived in New York, and it’s a great place. Can’t go wrong!

I grew up eating facturas and I was delighted to discover that this place was within walking distance of where I live now. They have a decent selection of various facturas, along with cakes, fiambres, and empanadas. They also have a selection of pre-​packaged Argentine goods, like alfajores, chimchurri, and dulce de leche.
As for the food itself? Pretty good. Probably as close as one can get to facturas from Argentina without actually being in Argentina. Service can be a bit curt at times, but otherwise, a pretty solid place with really cheap pastries and goodies.

The place is lovely and staff are nice, but I don’t quite like their desserts. I bought a Napoleon cake, a caramel cake and a Tiramisu. All of them are too sweet. I make Tiramisu myself, for more than 15 times, and I don’t think they use Mascarpone cheese, an crucial ingredient, in making their Tiramisu. The layers of Napoleon cake is not crispy and taste more like bread.
To be fair, I only went to this place once, and maybe it was below their average performance, but I walked for half an hour to this place because it has such great reviews, and I am disappointed.

Sought out Argentinian pastries on a Queens adventure.
The medialunas were okay but not as sweet nor as flaky as I remember from my time in Buenos Aires. It was a Sunday morning, so I’d assume they were fresh, but they tasted a little stale.
Obviously better than nothing but I felt like their facturas left something to be desired.

Location 3
Food: 4
Customer Service 3.5
Price: 5
Accessibility: 3.5 (handicaps, strollers, walkers, etc)
Most likely to come back: 4
Review in progress …

Tasty baked goods! This place has a very old world feel. Employees are very nice and the baked goods are fresh. Best part is that it’s in walking distance from my home. Woot!

I live a block from this bakery and I never knew this place existed. I must have walked by a million times, but never have I pressed my face against the glass to peer in and see what is on the other side. Where was my curiosity as a child? Why did I not ask my parents if I can have some cake? I guess I was just too afraid to venture out of the Chinese bakeries. So when my friend told me about this bakery, I ran out the door to try it out.
This place is legit. I fulfilled parts of my childhood by peering through the glass and happily thinking about which cakes I want. If I could, I would gladly press my face up against the glass, but I didn’t want to ruin my makeup and make a fool of myself. Rio de la Plata has a ton of mini cakes and cookies for you to select from. Each one is $ 0.70, or you can buy it by the pound.
It was definitely difficult to choose from all the deliciousness. After half an hour of deliberating, my sis and I picked out 5. My favorite was this Neapolitan type pastry with layers of dulce de leche. It was milky, and buttery and it satisfied my tastebuds.
The alfajor I was not a big fan of. The alfajor is 2 cookies sandwiched between dulce de leche. I felt that the cookies were too dry for me. The other mini cakes we had were pretty good and all of them had the signature dulce de leche, but there are cakes and cookies without it. We also purchased a dulce de leche roll cake. It was ok. It was way too sweet, and seemed to be soaked in syrup. The cake itself was a little bit dry, and the syrup didn’t help it much.
I will definitely come back and try some more cakes. Even though the cakes may be too sweet for one’s taste buds, the dulce de leche is simply too good to pass on. Perfectly sweet and milky. My friend raved about the medialuna which is this croissant thing filled with dulce. I will have to try that the next time my sweet tooth needs to be satisfied.
Elmhurst, Queens-​representin’ ma hood.

Great bakery very good bread and the owner is a very good friend of mine crazy soccer fan! Like myself
go Argentina! 100 percent good services love it!

Like Natalia mentioned, visiting this lovely bakery takes me back to my childhood. There’s nothing extraordinary about this bakery, except that it has all my favorite snacks from Argentina all in one place.
Churros filled with dulce de leche, sandwiches de miga (not always fresh, sad to say, but when they are… mmmm hits the spot!). I wish they would make pascualina — the pizza/​pie with jamon y queso. God I miss those!!! I believe they sell the dough, but would rather pay someone else to make it for me!

Can I have some more dulce de leche please? Dulce de leche stuffed into little hollow triangular croissants? Dulce de leche slathered on fluffy bread? Or dulce de leche packed between two cookies?
Rio de la Plata hits the spot.
From the outside it looks like your standard Latin bakery. But its menu is a bit different. For one, it has a ton of mini Argentine inspired desserts. And many of them use the trademark dulce de leche. For example: mini alfajores — two biscuits sealed together with dulce de leche, rolled in coconut flakes — were quite memorable. Other little sweets looked promising too: fruit topped galletas, or Napoleon type pastries, made of thin dough stacked on top of fluffy whipped cream. I am usually not a sweets person, but even I was captivated by the selection. The best part about it is that most of the offerings are «mini», meaning you can do a crazy sampling of four or five things for only $ 2 – 3. Not bad.
Other Argentine goods are for sale here, including frozen ravioli, numerous types of yerba mate, and an array of fresh empanadas. I tried the empanada de carne and was pleased with the fluffy and flaky texture, contrasting the sweet dough with the salted meat. Way more pleasurable than other variations of empanadas, which are either too bread-​y or too greasy.
I’ll be back.