Ambrosia Bakery

On my way to Hartford, I stopped in for a pastry. Not exactly a french type bakery nor a clean inviting atmosphere but it is a nice established customer service place.

Great bakery near our house.
Tons of cookies and pastries as well as stuffed breads and fresh breads.
We tried a little piece of chocolate/​coffee cake, cannolis and stuffed breads. They were all great! The sausage/​pepperoni stuffed breads go quickly on the weekends so we ordered ahead for the next day. Staff is super nice and helpful.
See you there!

great product great prices!!!

Great variety of tasty pastries! Very reasonable prices for a specialty bakery as well.
Only thing missing is elephant ears or I’d give it five stars

For a bakery not located on the Boston Post Road they have a fairly large selection of pastries, pies, and cakes.
Driving by, what caught my attention was the many different country flags painted in the exterior of the building. I thought… is it an Italian bakery? Is it a Polish bakery? Is it a German bakery?
I’d say it’s a little-​bit-​of-​everything bakery. Their paczki’s (Polish) are pretty good and packed with a lot of fruity jam. Their cannoli’s (Italian) taste of all sugar, little ricotta, and could use a little more work. Their tres leche cake… well I asked for their tres leche cake and I mistakenly received some type of caramel cake with no milk in it, so I cannot really comment about their tres leche cake. The caramel cake was OK. I notice that they make a lot of custom cakes (ie; birthday cakes).
There’s really no tables or chairs inside but there’s a couple outside. The view isn’t anything special because they’re basically overlooking their parking lot.
Prices seem fairly reasonable. I realize reviewers are saying it’s not as grandiose or opulent as a NYC bakery. Well, la-​dee-​da, good for them. They can pay higher prices in the city if they want. I like living in Connecticut where prices are more reasonable and where my entire paycheck doesn’t go towards food and living in a closet. Even if the pastries and desserts aren’t the absolute best in the world.
Ambrosia serves its purpose A-​OK.

Great pastries & breads! Cakes too! This is our go to bakery in the Walnut Beach area.

This place was alright, but I wasn’t totally impressed. I mean, I’m not a bakery snob or anything, but I have set my standards pretty high thanks to living in Boston and NYC… so a run of the mill bakery doesn’t always cut it for me anymore. This is not to say it’s bad, and it’s not to say it isn’t still ten times better or more than I could ever make myself!
Ambrosia had quite the selection to start with — variety of cookies, cakes, canolis and other Italian delicacies. I have to say I was ecstatic when I saw rainbow cookies under the glass! I haven’t had any of these since living in Manhattan. Well, they certainly weren’t my Orwasher’s…that’s for sure. I didn’t even finish them. Typically, I have to restrain myself from inhaling an entire dozen when purchased from my UES favorite…
We also got a couple slices of cake and a few canolis. Red velvet and Oreo cakes weren’t anything to write home about, but were good to satisfy a sweet tooth in a pinch. The boy seemed to enjoy his canoli very much. I’m not one for canolis in the first place, so my word doesn’t hold much here.
The counter attendant was friendly and seemed to be willing and able to offer help if we needed it. Prices were more than reasonable. The inside of the shop is pretty boring, but then again, you’re in the ‘burbs and just there to buy the sweets. It isn’t a city-​bakery where you’d typically sit and chat or surf while enjoying your treat and a coffee or tea.
The parking lot is oddly arranged, you can’t really tell where the spaces are and it is very tight.
All in all, I’d go back, only if I was in the area and had a hankering for a specific type of desert that I’d expect them to have.

I absolutely love this place! They have muffins, stuffed breads, pies, pound cakes, cookies, fresh baked bread and even cold cut sandwiches made to order. They have traditional pastries from many different countries so there’s something for everyone. I have yet to try something from here that wasn’t great. And the employees are so friendly and attentive.

Bring back many memories of the bakeries back in Bklyn, NY. A real treat for the senses and cakes are freshly made. Perfect.

Dangerous! These treats are decadent and filling, and not extremely healthy. But I suppose healthy eating is not what leads you to a bakery in the first place, so pig out!

a good bakeshop, not too far off post road. used to come here too often when i worked down the street making pens. everything i had was good, but not consistently bowling me over. mostly i had cookies and more cookies. definitely worth stopping if you are in the area. they call it «european». is it a portugese bakeshop? italian? im not sure, but it was A-​OK!

Made a quick stop to check this place out. They have a large variety of baked goods from breads to cookies. The hermit cookies are pretty rockin! Worth a stop if you are in the area.

This amazing bakery had tons of baked goods — cookies, cupcakes, pastries, muffins. You name it, it had it in massive calorie-​inducing form. All of them looked so attractive, I wanted to buy some to bring back to my Mom (in Raleigh, NC) so I am going to have to figure out a way to pack them nice and tight in my suitcase!
Prices are fairly cheap ($ 2 got me a muffin and a croissant and I was going to spend more than that on a piece of pound cake at Starbucks!) but I’m not sure how much cupcakes and cookies are. I’ll be sure to post later, as I’m going again to pick up sweets for people!