A cute little bakery in a two story old house with lots of cookies , cakes and specials that change…read moreweekly. I bought a Buttercream Frosted Vanilla Cake, a Peanut Butter Chocolate bar , a Triple Chocolate Cookie and a Dulce du Leche Cookie.All so good. The Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar was a special and I think it's like a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup on steroids so rich and good!!!!!The cake was moist and iced so beautifully. Hard to find but go by construction signs to park. I vote for coffee service for the cute sitting area!

Nice little shop. Owners are very friendly. Everything I…read morehave tried its amazing, the cheesecakes, the butterfinger cream cheese pie, the cookies and the tres leches cake has excellent flavor and texture but felt I needed a coffee to pair with. Just a recommendation of considering selling coffee!

Kari's Rating 9.9/10…read more TLDR: -Seriously my favorite bakery ever and I'm a bakery connoisseur -The flakiest most delicious pastries -Handcrafted sweets and made to order cakes This is my absolute favorite bakery to go to when I am home in Barrington. I've been coming to ambrosia for at least 20 years since my childhood, and this bakery never disappoints. The only reason it didn't get a 10 out of 10 was because sometimes they're closed on days when I need them open, and I find myself to be extremely disappointed I forgot to read the website! Of course error on my side! I remember coming here before I was tall enough to peep over the pastry case, and I've always been so fascinated by the little show window where they have cake decorating or someone demonstrating how to roll pastries-what an art! My number one pastry that I come here for is the ham and cheese croissant. Ambrosia's ham and cheese croissant is the flakiest most savory ham and cheese croissant I've ever had. They don't add any mustard or gimmicks and yet it is so flaky and savory that it doesn't need an extra dash of flavor. I know for a while they were making them smaller, but this time I came, I realized that the ham and cheese croissants are bigger than ever-which probably makes me think they've gone up in price, but I will happily pay the up charge for a little more. Now that I am older, and I have adult money, I find myself going in and trying one new item to add to my repertoire of treats. Today's new addition was the almond Bear-claw which I already had extremely high hopes for because I do love a good almond croissant, but I was a little worried what bear-claw meant. Truthfully, it just meant the shape of the pastry as it still had the classic buttery flaky crust, as well as a sweet almond interior. I was not disappointed! I did end up bringing home four ham and cheese croissants, an ambrosia roll for my dad, the almond Bear-claw, and two freshly made baguettes. I come home relatively frequently, but every time this bakery is added to my morning agenda, I realize I have such few moments left with my family, and I want to cherish them all and I love that ambrosia has been that tradition for us. I feel like most bakeries I go into in the city are mass produced and everyone is just trying to place orders and then rushing to get out the door, but ambrosia the workers really try to make you feel seen and have a way to uplifting conversation with you. Through all of the order, placing chaos, they're willing to explain what's in everything, what's new on the menu or what flavor profile would go with which handcrafted drink. There's a certain side of human conversation to this bakery that makes this visit extra special for me. I can sense everything is made overnight and then baked in the morning, so as soon as you walk in, you can smell an overwhelming bakery scent, which only makes your mouth water more, which I'm starting to think is actually a really strategic sales tactic! Haha! I would never miss a chance coming back here and spending time my parents and picking up a few surprise treat for them. I will keep the tradition of picking up a few extra treats as I would love for this bakery to continue being something my whole family can look forward to whenever I come home

I've been wanting to try this place forever, so was happy to find out my husband ordered a birthday…read morecake for me from here. The Chocolate Bavarian Torte is amazing. I love that it is light, rich, but not overly sweet. I am a huge fan of chocolate mousse in cake and they have perfected it. And to top it off with the chocolate ganache... YUM! I told my husband it's probably the best birthday cake I've had and I hope he remembers that for next year. We also picked up some almond croissants and chocolate croissants and both were delish... to me they were a bit on the smaller side though. The cafe is really cute and clean with a sitting area. We came an hour before closing, so options were limited but they do have a big display case and would love to go back and check out what else they have to offer. I am a fan of flourless cake- so hoping to get to try a slice the next visit.

Wonderful little self serve bakery and amazing prices! Great selection! Much better than bakery a…read morecouple blocks over.

Authentic Mexican tamales that you can buy by the dozen on the weekends. They have chicken with…read moresalsa Verde and pork with chili rojo. Some of the most authentic tamales that I've been able to buy. My husband ate 4 without breathing, he really loved them! $16 a dozen, I will be back to pick up more!

Peterson's Bakery came as a recommendation to me for their amazing donuts. I stopped in on a…read moreSaturday mid morning and they were still fully stocked with donuts, cookies, danishes, breads, and other sweet treats. They also had premade holiday cookie platters, cakes, gingerbread houses and more. I got a bavarian cream filled donut and cinnamon sugar twist. Both were so soft, fresh, and delicious! I loved the thicker bavarian cream filling and their chocolate frosting. The two donuts were just over $4 which was a steal! The woman who helped us was very sweet and made me smile.

Excellent everything. A family favorite and I have never had anything that wasn't wonderfully…read morefresh and tasted amazing. My grandfather was a Danish baker so my standards are high and Petersons is the best.

Delicious food. Quick to answer the food. Been back there since and enjoyed the other stuff I…read moreordered as well

We stopped in the while visiting family and omg, I need this in the city. The churro was so fresh…read moreand delicious! I had the strawberry one and my sister got apple which shockingly was really good because I don't like apple desserts. The inside is really nice too, they have some cool painting, decor, and games to play while you wait or enjoy your sweets. I can't wait to visit again!

Stopped in for a quick Valentines Treat before our son's hockey game ! Selection was great and…read morethat Churro Sundae was AWESOME!!

I placed an online order with her to ship all the way to Florida! And the packaging was…read moreexceptional. Nothing was damaged or spoiled. Ordered cake slices, banana pudding and cookies. Everything was to die for! The banana pudding was probably the best I've ever had. The cake slices were perfection and the cookies were not only huge but so yummy! I would 10000% order from here again! Loved the fast shipping and the customer service. Packaged was intact! 10000% recommended! Thank you again

My order was sent to Florida and arrived in perfect condition. I highly recommend the pineapple…read moreupside down cake and strawberry lemon flavors. Her cake was so good that I have sent slices to family and several friends. I appreciate her follow up to ask if all arrived in good condition. This is a good company to do business with in addition to having an excellent product.

Lindsey & Amanda came right on time with the product already prepped. Everything you see on the…read moreisland from the flowers to the serving spoons & cheese knives they brought for the grazing table. They build onsite, NOT prebuilt on boards and pieced together. The extent of work putting this together not to mention sourcing each selected product is something you'll be happy was done for you. This is much more than a charcuterie board on steroids.... It's truly a work of art, a conversation piece & will blow your friends & family mind. We had over 120 adults & around 15 kids. Everyone found something. We opted no nuts/shellfish due to allergies. Not pictured are a few desserts provided including vegan cookie dough dip (you will crave after trying) & truffle balls.

We found Lindsey by happenstance--thank goodness for Google! We were initially working with another…read morebaker to make cheesecakes for our wedding dessert and they unfortunately were not professional and left us hanging in the wind. Fear not, Sweets by Kash to the rescue!!! I called Lindsey up about 3.5 months out from our wedding date and explained everything. She did say that was not her specialty, but man she hit it out of the park! We were having a small wedding and wanted to have cheesecake as our "cake". We already had a sweets table and wanted to beef up the options for guests, as well as pay homage to our first date. Our first date was at the Cheesecake Factory and we thought it would be perfect for us. It was easy to set up a tasting. We chose to pick up the cheesecake from Lindsey and have a little date night at home and test it all out. The packaging was super cute and the decorations on top were beautiful. But the flavors, WOW! I think cheesecake is so underrated. It's rich and creamy and is such a great dessert. We devoured the tasting cheesecake in a few days LOL. Honestly, with how simple everything was to set up and get answers to our questions immediately, I knew we had someone good. But the flavors, MMMMMMMMM!!! We didn't even finish an entire piece and I knew Lindsey was the baker for us. We love to support local businesses as well, so in the end everything worked out. So we booked Sweets by Kash and had her deliver to our venue and set up the cheesecake for us. They were all so beautiful and we got so many compliments on the taste. We ordered chocolate chip cheesecake and Oreo, as well as a gluten free chocolate chip cheesecake. Our GF guests really appreciated being able to eat a dessert in its entirety and said it was outstanding. We opted to save the top so we could enjoy that deliciousness all weekend, but someone walked away with it sadly. I will absolutely placing an order so we can celebrate our wedding anniversary with our special cheesecake (and no, I will not be waiting an entire year, because that cheesecake is too dang good to wait!). Thank you Lindsey for being amazing to work with and I don't have the professional photos back yet, but if you zoom in on this one, you can see the lovely set up in the background.