Hart's Bakery is a cafe in Temple Meads, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: It is under the station approach ramp, not on the concourse; allow ten minutes before your train for the queue.
Address: Arch 35, Lower Approach Road, Temple Meads, Bristol BS1 6QS
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.
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.
Pinkmans bakes Bristol's cult sourdough doughnuts and focaccia across five cafes; the Stokes Croft unit keeps the croft in brunch bakes and toasties.
Tip: Branches at Whiteladies Road, Wapping Wharf, the Cathedral and Westbury-on-Trym bake the same doughnuts if Stokes Croft sells out.
Small Street Espresso has poured Bristol's benchmark flat whites in a slim Old City room since 2012, rotating guest roasters past its house Clifton beans.
Signature drink: Espresso on the Clifton Coffee house roast
Tip: It shuts at 15:00 and all weekend; sister bar Little Victories at Wapping Wharf covers the days this room is dark.
Boston Tea Party's Park Street original is where the Bristol-born cafe chain began, still doing all-day brunch on the slope it calls the BTP OG.
Signature drink: House-blend flat white
Tip: The chain famously banned single-use cups; bring a reusable or drink in, and expect a weekend queue for brunch.
Cafe Kino is Stokes Croft's worker-owned vegan co-op, feeding Bristol burgers, fry-ups and coffee in a room that doubles as a community events space.
Signature drink: Oat flat white with a vegan fry-up
Tip: Everything on the menu is vegan including the big breakfast; evening events sometimes take over the basement.
