Libby's Italian Pastry Shop - New Haven

Delicious Sfogliatella and Rodeloli cookies. I grew up on her Italian ice cream. I miss the traditional decor and the service is meh.

Too sweet for me. I recommend the cappuccino. The coconut cannoli is also great.

Wow, the inside is quite different from how it looked when I was in college. It used to have an old school Italian vibe inside, with a side dedicated to the espressos. I don't mind the changes and the sleek new look, because it seems like they didn't take anything off the menu. If anything, there's more drink and pastry options. Although some other cannoli flavors were quite tempting- like the Nutella, and the chocolate dipped, I had to go with the original, and a lobster tail for good measure. These are already filled. The cookie on the cannoli was nice and crisp. I liked the filling as well- which had a hint of vanilla, and some chocolate chips. The filling for the lobster tail was the same as the cannoli, which I enjoyed, because sometimes the fillings of lobster tails in other places can be too lemony or ricotta heavy. I'm glad Libby's is still going strong.

Very nice staff but the food was so underwhelming. Looked very good but nothing tasted good. Soggy shells for cannoli and San Giuseppe. Artificial tasting fillings. Would not recommend.

The nicest people behind the counter!Ok, I got that out of the way. The last thing I want to do is trash a hard working Italian family business. Last night after Frank Pepe pizza, I wanted to have a little dolce vita so we walked next store to Libby's Italian Pastry Shop. The counter people were helpful. My wife was like a deer in headlights. She looked at all the various pastries and decided on a latte. My sister in law wanted a hot chocolate and my brother in law wanted a black coffee.I'm in my element so I ordered a espresso and a pistachio cannoli. I also ordered pignoli cookies to have Sunday morning while I type this review.I start chatting with the smartly dressed barista. I mean, we're in Connecticut right? This gentleman looked like he could have been a Yale instructor during the week and whippin' up lattes in his spare time. All is right with the world until I see him open the Swiss Miss package. Now I know we're not in Brooklyn anymore.. My wifes latte? It tasted fake, like one of those machines that's free at the car dealer. My pistachio cannoli? The shell was weak and the cannoli cream had no pistacho taste. Zero point zero. The cannoli looks like it came from the Whoville bakery. I saw the barista open those creamers that you'd get at a diner, it looked like mud.Yelp says a two start review means: Could Have Been BetterIndeed