Hart's Bakery
Order Morning sourdough and a custard tart under the arch
Hart's Bakery laminates and bakes everything inside a Victorian railway arch under Bristol Temple Meads, the send-off pastry stop before any train.
Bakery counters in Bristol worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.
Where to queue for bread and pastry
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Pinkmans Bakery
- ★ 4.3
- ££
- Stokes Croft & Montpelier
Order A sourdough doughnut with the seasonal filling
Pinkmans bakes Bristol's cult sourdough doughnuts and focaccia across five cafes; the Stokes Croft unit keeps the croft in brunch bakes and toasties.
Mark's Bread
Order A South Bristol sourdough loaf, still warm mid-morning
Mark's Bread bakes slow-fermented loaves at the Tobacco Factory on Raleigh Road, the real-bread anchor of Bristol's North Street food strip.
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The Bristol Loaf
- ★ 4.3
- ££
- Easton & St Marks Road
Order The organic sourdough that stocks half the city's cafes
The Bristol Loaf rises organic sourdough at Church Road in Redfield, the certified-organic bread bakery whose loaves stock cafes across Bristol.
Joe's Bakery
Order The 50-year-recipe carrot cake, baked on site since the 1980s
Joe's Bakery has baked on Gloucester Road for generations, a Bristol shop tracing its site's history over 150 years from tin loaves to sourdough.
Bakesmiths
- ★ 4.1
- ££
- Clifton & Clifton Village
Order A slab of the award-winning cake with a flat white
Bakesmiths fills a double-height Whiteladies Road room with cakes, breakfast rolls and coffee, the bakery-cafe flagship of Bristol's Bakehouse team.
Bakehouse
- ★ 4.2
- ££
- Stokes Croft & Montpelier
Order The 48-hour sourdough named best loaf in Britain in 2022
Bakehouse bakes its 48-hour sourdough in an open-plan room inside Cakesmiths' St Philips works, Bristol's bread counter with the mixer in view.
Ahh Toots
Order Whatever showpiece cake slice is in the counter that week
Ahh Toots decorates Bristol's most painterly cakes by the Christmas Steps, a small counter of patisserie, brownies and made-to-order showpieces.
Hobbs House Bakery
- ★ 4.1
- ££
- Gloucester Road & Bishopston
Order A wild white sourdough from the family ovens
Hobbs House brings a fifth-generation Cotswolds family bakery to Gloucester Road, selling its century-honed breads and cakes with Extract coffee.
Anna Cake Couture
- ★ 4.0
- ££
- Harbourside & Wapping Wharf
Order A box of macarons to eat on the harbour wall
Anna Cake Couture pipes macarons and hand-finished cakes from a Cargo container at Wapping Wharf, Bristol's patisserie counter on the harbour.
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Parsons Bakery
Order A hot pasty and an iced bun for pocket money prices
Parsons is Bristol's own everyday bakery chain, hand-baking rolls, pasties and iced buns; the Gloucester Road shop feeds the indie mile cheaply.
Mokoko Coffee & Bakery
- ★ 4.1
- ££
- Harbourside & Wapping Wharf
Order A cruffin or laminated pastry from the open bakery bench
Mokoko bakes pastries in full view at the foot of Gaol Ferry Steps, pairing an open bakery bench with single-estate coffees on Bristol's harbourside.
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