Levain Bakery

Nice fresh cookies and pastries. Love their walnut chocolate cookie. My fav. They opened in Bethesda Row after Georgetown location. Staff is nice and bethesda row is very lovely to look around.

I’m delighted to see the “Best Levain Team” back together again. Welcome back to Bethesda, Notra! Bri and Mamado missed you as much as I did! This is the best bakery in Bethesda that sells the best chocolate chip walnut cookies!

My toxic trait is that I always need a dessert after a meal. I was staying at the Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriott HQ and this bakery was a short walk and even shorter drive from the hotel. Chocolate chip cookies are a top 3 dessert for me so the choice was easy once I scanned the menu. Unfortunately I have a walnut allergy so I had to pass on their signature cookie and try the Two Chip Chocolate Chip cookie. I’m so glad I indulged in my guilty pleasure because this cookie was AMAZING!!! I thought I wouldn’t enjoy the thickness of it in fear that it wouldn’t be too doughy and undone in the center, but that wasn’t the case at all! It was baked to perfection, and obviously the best way to enjoy it is warm. It was so good I had to get a second one for the drive back home to North Caroli

The first time I went to Levain Bakery ... I was in the Georgetown location, and I was concerned that this spot wouldn't be as good because you know, how could it be? But let me tell you the Levain Bakery skills transfer ... These people can bake... I have never had a cookie like this... they are sooo delicious 🍪👩🏾‍🍳... I wish we had one of these in my town. The cookie is almost as big as a biscuit and the chocolate chip to cookie ratio is unbelievable.... It's quite amazing. I will never be afraid to walk into this store, no matter the location... Go there and eat all the delicious baked goods, you might need to hit the gym or fast the next day, but wow it's worth it no matter what!!!

It's a beautiful bakery with lots of baked goods to choose from. I was craving a chocolate chip cookie. This cookie was thick, dense, and cakey, and the center was soft like and crumbly. The flavor was intense chocolate from the chocolate chip but was lacking the buttery richness that I prefer in a cookie. The price is at $5.50 per cookie. If you prefer thinner, chewy, butter rich cookies, this isn't it.