Alwatan Bakery

Delicious baked goods and great grocery selection. Friendly and helpful staff. I enjoy visiting and supporting this small business.

This Bakery is located in Hikes Point area near elementary School I attended in 1970s. I moved away in 1989 and returned 2 years ago. The neighborhood has transitioned to more international families. Alwatan, Restaurant displays a Lebanese Flag(let's skip politics and concentrate on food); Diversity of food & culture is what makes this place great. My wife wanted to get some spices for rice and we stopped here while she went in. I reminded her to get pastry. She was in there seemed for ever but when she brought two plates of pastry for the kids and Me. She also purchased many items not easily found elsewhere if one cooks at home. The pastries were delicious( my wife hid leftover)

I am always excited to visit a different ethnic store. The Alwatan Bakery is next door to the Alwatan restaurant. The store is well organized and larger than it seems from the outside. There are countless rows of canned goods, biscuits, sauces, spices, etc. They also have a freezer section full of pre-made kibbehs, falafels and other breads. They also offer some fresh halal meats. And then there are the baklavas and other sweets. My experience here today is 3 stars instead of 4 stars because I'm just not sure whether the owner cared about my presence in the store.

A great bakery with delicious Baklava and pita bread! Kosher. Inexpensive. Friendly staff. One minute away. You really cannot go wrong here!

I've enjoyed coming to this establishment for many years. It is within walking distance of my house and every time I walk in I'm always greeted with a smile and a hello. The food is always fresh and I enjoy trying new dishes, however I always stick to getting the same lamb gyro with extra sauce, (I love the cucumber sauce and like a lot of it) and extra tomatoes. Sometimes I get the combo that comes with fries and a drink. Or the tomato and cucumber salad which bursts with flavor. The hummus is creamy and is never dry. They give you good size portions that I will order to go and take it to a party for the appetizer portion. It's a great place to get food to go for picnic food as well. It's a wonderful family establishment that you must try.

It has plenty of middle eastern groceries, meat, canned goodies, frozen and refrigerated goodies and sweets. It should rank an average (3 stars) but the fact they make their pita bread, cheese bread, za'atar (thyme +sesame seeds) bread, meat and spinach pastries, so they ranked 4. It needs a little more organization, and little more supplies to earn the 5th star. Their next door Alwatan Restaurant may open later than scheduled but the food, what I have tried is decent 3-4 stars. Bon Apetit

This place is awesome, hands down. I used to eat here 5 or so years back when I lived in this area and enjoyed it then. Note: it's better now. I moved back to the area and my wife and I decided to stop back in for lunch. Got a gyro, falafel, and hummus all of which were incredible. We personally get hummus with 3 extra pita breads once or twice a week now. This has happened for weeks. I throw in falafel or other items from time to time and everything I have ordered is spot on. Go here, and then go back, and back.

Sweets! Sweets! Sweets! Best baklava and pistachio desserts. Flaky, yummy and sweet! They also make fresh breads. Pita breads are soft and cheap. It's a steal. I'd pay more actually ~ it's that good. Get the desserts variety tray. Perfect for gift giving, party and own pleasure.

Every thing was good from the door step till the end of it. Guys work here are so friendly and they make you feel like one of their family.

When I left Louisville more than 30 years ago I was amazed at the foods I could get from the Levant it seemed only from the bigger cities like Houston and Dearborn. It would take some time before Louisville grew enough, but when I returned to Kentucky, I was amazed by this little bakery/grocery ... great selection, good-to-great prices, and bread that is out of this world! The people that run this place are kind, helpful, and some of the best people I have come to know and I am so happy they are now part of my community. Going back some time now, it's rare that I go more than a few days without bread from Alwatan!