The Bristol Loaf is a bakery in Redfield, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Sister sites in Bedminster and at the Beacon carry the same bake; go early for the weekend pastry run.
Address: 215 Church Road, Redfield, Bristol BS5 9HF
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.
Tip: The smaller shop at 45 Gloucester Road covers the bottom of the hill; the carrot cake sells through by afternoon.
Worth the queue: The 50-year-recipe carrot cake, baked on site since the 1980s
Bakesmiths fills a double-height Whiteladies Road room with cakes, breakfast rolls and coffee, the bakery-cafe flagship of Bristol's Bakehouse team.
Tip: Their sister Bakehouse in St Philips bakes the sourdough; mornings here are calmer than the brunch-hour crush.
Worth the queue: A slab of the award-winning cake with a flat white
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
