Bakehouse is a bakery in St Philips, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: It shares the site with wholesale cake maker Cakesmiths, so the sticky buns here are the freshest in the city.
Address: Bakehouse at Cakesmiths, St Philips Road, Bristol BS2 0JZ
Ahh Toots decorates Bristol's most painterly cakes by the Christmas Steps, a small counter of patisserie, brownies and made-to-order showpieces.
Tip: Order celebration cakes weeks ahead; slices are walk-in and the counter changes weekly.
Worth the queue: Whatever showpiece cake slice is in the counter that week
Hobbs House brings a fifth-generation Cotswolds family bakery to Gloucester Road, selling its century-honed breads and cakes with Extract coffee.
Tip: The famous sourdough sells out on Saturdays; weekday mid-mornings are the quiet window on this stretch of the road.
Worth the queue: A wild white sourdough from the family ovens
Anna Cake Couture pipes macarons and hand-finished cakes from a Cargo container at Wapping Wharf, Bristol's patisserie counter on the harbour.
Tip: Friday and Saturday evenings run late for dessert after dinner on the wharf; whole cakes need ordering ahead.
Worth the queue: A box of macarons to eat on the harbour wall
Parsons is Bristol's own everyday bakery chain, hand-baking rolls, pasties and iced buns; the Gloucester Road shop feeds the indie mile cheaply.
Tip: This is the budget counter, not the sourdough one; a lunch here costs less than a flat white elsewhere on the road.
Worth the queue: A hot pasty and an iced bun for pocket money prices
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.
Tip: Watch the bakers work the bench from the window seats; weekend afternoons run later here than most Bristol bakeries.
Worth the queue: A cruffin or laminated pastry from the open bakery bench
Hart's Bakery laminates and bakes everything inside a Victorian railway arch under Bristol Temple Meads, the send-off pastry stop before any train.
Tip: It is under the station approach ramp, not on the concourse; allow ten minutes before your train for the queue.
Worth the queue: Morning sourdough and a custard tart under the arch
