Bakesmiths is a bakery in Whiteladies Road, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Their sister Bakehouse in St Philips bakes the sourdough; mornings here are calmer than the brunch-hour crush.
Address: 65 Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2LY
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.
Tip: It shares the site with wholesale cake maker Cakesmiths, so the sticky buns here are the freshest in the city.
Worth the queue: The 48-hour sourdough named best loaf in Britain in 2022
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
