Wave Hill Breads Bakery

Tiny retail space as the main purpose is supplying to good area restaurants and shops.
Oh! But the bread! Excellent artesian quality with a solid rotating variety of types and favors.
The rusting baguette is solid. The grandma’s style cold pizza bread is nice too as is the olive focaccia style w sun dried tomatoes, Kalamata, green & black olives.
Fresh, crusty, satisfying & hearty breads.
Street parking.

Absolutely in love. Came here during the snow storm and the owner could not have been more courteous. Just don’t be alarmed by the outside, the store lives on a street of homes. Focus on the quality! We used to buy their olive bread every Saturday at the New Canaan farmers market, and never knew they made it!
Everything from their sourdough to sandwich bread is phenomenal. Don’t even get me started on the pastries. I never would have tried something called «monkey bread,» but it’s seriously the best. Their chocolate croissants and almond croissants come pretty close to Isabelle et Vincent. Seriously I want to spend every day here. Huge gem in the middle of nowhere Norwalk, you’re missing out if you don’t stop by!

PARIS IN NORWALK, CT. While eating one of the chocolate, almond, or butter croissants and the baguette in this bakery extraordinare, I am transported to one of my favorite boulangeries in Paris. Magnifique! The artisan baker-​owner, Tim Topi, is over the top in his pride and care in every loaf, cookie, muffin, croissant, etc. He offers tastes if you wish and welcomes little tours of his bakery. He showed me the organic grains he grinds. and the aromas of the loafs are amazing. His sourdough, baguettes, and whole grain breads are fabulous – now I don’t need to search for the «best» loaf in NYC… it is here is this GEM!

Not cheap, but best bread in the area

One word: phenomenal.
I had heard that Wave Hill was open on Saturday, and that one could go to their wholesale bakery location and buy their breads. My boyfriend raved about the bread, which he purchased at Fairway, and so we decided to make the short drive from Stamford to Norwalk to check it out. When we arrived at the High St location, we were greeted by the baker, who ended up being the friendliest and most attentive and informative baker I have ever heard of or encountered. Since we had only ever purchased the bread in the local Fairway, the baker made sure to explain the entire selection, and even went so far as to have us sample a variety of the breads! Such pride! As he described what goes into a «healthy» bread, one that is well made with the best ingredients, we ate the samples with excellent olive oil and vinegar and were left wanting to buy one of each of the available breads! We had originally intended to buy just one baguette, and we ended up buying 2 breads, 1 cookie, and 2 croissants. When we got home, we ate the Wild Yeast loaf and the cookie, which were exquisite! Highly recommended! We’ll eat the croissants and focaccia tomorrow!
You will NOT be disappointed. Best bread I’ve had outside of France.

Picked the olive and roasted pepper bread up from the market. It’s a tasty bread but I subtracted a star because I bit into an olive with a pit and was lucky to not to break a tooth. Careful.

Hhhhmmm — I left the place a very nice review with 4 stars, which I don’t dole out lightly, yet the Owner or rep on behalf of the Owner tries to dis what I wrote.
You did not serve pastries at your old location, did you? It was only bread from what I recall.
I’ve been several times to this «new location» in 2013 and simply do not like the space no matter what appetizing choices you may have on any of your menus. It is cold, uninviting and not a place I would choose to dine in. Comfy chairs? Okay, if you say so… You can easily rock the factory look — both Sugar & Olives and Nicolas Roberts nearby are similar functional spaces but they make the ambience inviting, especially the former which is stunning.
Furthermore, that street and neighborhood and the dearth of parking is really a nightmare.
What a shame you didn’t leave well enough alone with my nice 4 star review.

Their bread is in the real european style. Their baguettes are outstanding! I have friends who are chefs who rate this bread as the best available in the greater NY area. I buy at the Litchfield Farmers Market.

What a delightful place to have around! Fresh breads and bread based pastries all the time. The staff is friendly and helpful. They have very good coffee, a few small tables for seating, as well as two nice arm chairs with the day’s newspapers conveniently on the table. Nice bright place to sit for a spell. I like their croissants and scones the most. Their almond and chocolate croissants are sublime! I also hear people ordering buttered bread, which really can be a simple but lovely pleasure if it’s good bread.

I had been hearing about Wave Hill Breads from everyone I meet in Fairfield County. I have seen them at the Westport Farmer’s Market and bought their products from other area vendors. The breads always looked and tasted yummy! They supply bread to many renowned area restaurants. Just look up the list on their website! I had also heard that their Norwalk location has a café offering light breakfast and lunch fare.
I ordered a delicious Fire-​Roasted Poblano Pepper and Grilled Cheese Sandwich. I asked them to add some pear or apple to my sandwich for a touch of sweet to complement the spice of the poblano and salt from the cheese, and they wonderfully obliged. It was an excellent sandwich. The bread was the perfect combination of crunchy and chewy if you know what I mean. There were many other options on the menu that will bring me back to Wave Hill Breads café.
Finally, a few Triple Nut Glazed Brownies caught my eye, and I had to have some. Perfect and delicately sweetened, loaded with all kinds of nuts. It was simply divine! No pictures of that on my blog post, folks. That treat is safely in my belly. :-)

It’s in Norwalk on High Street now. Got this place off
and I was disappointed. Chocolate chip cookie was way too sweet and wasn’t any better than some pre-​packaged cookies I’ve eaten. Olive bread with peppers was tough and much more air than bread. I’m sorry but chewing bread shouldn’t make my jaws tired. People are friendly and nice but if I’m near there again, I won’t return. I’ve had bread much better than this.

Yes, indeed they have moved to Norwalk, which made me a bit sad, I loved having them in our hometown. However the bread can be found at local farmers markets and grocery stores. Delicious bread — so airy with a great crunchy crust. The first time i bought it i tried a bite in the car on the way home and ended up eating half the baguette!

Very good bread, but overpriced. Try the olive bread — you won’t regret it

Handcrafted artisanal bread for farmer markets, fine restaurants, and amazing quality. Not the sort of place to go for a sit down cup of Joe or tea as this is a working environment but the bread is so amazing it’s nearly impossible to keep a loaf for more than an hour or so past when you bought it.

What? No Unilocal love for Wave Hill yet? very hard to believe.
They make some seriously good bread — i think the sterns called it «the best bread in america» and its available at some local farmers markets if you can’t make it to their little store on route 7 in Wilton. I tried a few times to get to their bakery and they had some pretty odd hours, 9 to noon every day except tuesday when they are closed. They are located in back of a building so it’s easy to miss from the road (look for the «free bread samples» sign) .
If you are nearby and are of the bread-​loving kind, it’s most definitely worth the trip. if they are at a local farmers market near you and you see them — give it a try, i know you will like what they make. I believe all the breads they make are the same dough, all very good. perfect mix of chewy and crunchy, nice outer crust surrounding the wholesome breadyness.