Bostock Bakery in East Lothian

I visit the north berwick store regulary. Unfortunately the young girls have messed up my orders on a few occasions now but everytime I have left it as they are perfectly pleasant. I ordered three chocolate croissants the other week and they then tell me after i’ve paid they don’t have any so gave me the plain instead with no refund for the difference. I left this as I was too bothered. I was in yesterday… Placed a large order with one of the young girls again and ordered and paid for a lady loaf to take away also. She never gave me an order number or a receipt Unfortunately and the girl forgot to give me the lady loaf too. I was so busy dealing with my kids who were unwell that i left after we had finished the food and drinks and didn't realise until i got home that she hadn’t given me the loaf. I immediately contacted and then spoke to the owner who was extremely unhelpful, absolutely ridiculous suggesting it needed to go through some sort of process when i had indeed essentially been defrauded. The owner sent a email to the staff to tell them not to just give me the loaf… they showed me the email which was lengthy and to be quite frank.. ridiculous . The staff today were embarrassed to have to not give me the loaf as they know I am always in and always pay. Thier owner specifically went out her way and spent time on sending them an email instructing them not to hand one to me. Customer relations are non existent here and in fact antagonistic. I drove all the way back over in the morning… Honestly expected it to be easily resolved with them giving me the loaf they owed me today but instead was faced with having to call the owner who was completely unhelpful and a pain. I am most disappointed with the owners attitude as I have spent thousands here over the years and due to the stinking attitude from the owner I will definitely never be returning to the store. *she as indeed now discovered she was in the wrong after all the needless hassle she caused me.

Horrible staff in this place; really rude and they don't listen. How difficult can it be to serve two teas and two croissants and still GET IT WRONG. Absolutely no atmosphere. The place was near silent! Cannot imagine I'll be back. Much better bakery in Dunbar. Note: this refers to the East Linton bakery.

Up there with the best bread I've ever had. Great place. Worth a visit

The most fabulous bakery! Croissants, bagels & the best ever carrot cake…

Fantastic breads and pastries especially "pastal de nata".

The coffee and pastries were delicious but the attitude from the lady (Kristen/Kirsten) serving me was simply awful. Not even a hint of a smile! Very unwelcoming. I spent £22 on coffees and pastries, the least I expect in return is some customer engagement!

Every time I visit North Berwick the side quest to Bostock is a must! Their sausage rolls are great, pastries and brownies amazing! A bit pricey cause let's face it, £3 for a doughnut is a lot but it is a great doughnut! Full of raspberries with fluffy dough! So as a treat once in a while for sure worth it. Also can I just say that today (11/09) the service was amazing as always! And one of the staff made my day by showing proper hospitality training! Something petty but not many people do that now: she sprayed D10 on a piece of cloth behind the counter and then went to clean the table! So respectful and good... Very demiure! :D It boils blood seeing staff taking the whole bottle of detergent and spraying it straight on the table making guests inhale it while eating! Ew! So yeah! Big pat and a rise deserved as they are great!

BOSTOCK Bakery - North Berwick What a great little bakery this is. It was late afternoon when we popped in so there was not much produce left but we managed to some of the nice bread that was left. We also had a quick coffee and chocolate cookie served by the two young ladies who were very friendly and welcoming. We will definitely be back , hopefully earlier the next time when there is more baking for sale.

Delicious pastries and sausage roll from this Boston’s branch in the centre of North Berwick. Service was friendly and quick, and the food was very good indeed. Would visit again when in town

Really delicious pastries! Had the croffin and the almond croissant, both were incredible!

Five stars for the product ! The pastries and bread are fabulous , if you like an acidic bean coffee you’ll like the coffee , not to my taste . but that’s just me. No atmosphere to speak of. They have signs up to ask customers to not touch the produce and wait to be served. That’s absolutely fine, however they open the paper bags with their hands ( sticking their hands right inside the bags) instead of using tongs ( food handling 101) and don’t use tongs at all for the bread . Even if their hands are clean it’s about perception. They jump on people who accidentally pick up the bread , one woman looked very uncomfortable when she was told off . When I asked the staff member not to use her hands to open the bags ( defeats purpose of using tongs to pop pastries into bag) she threw the bag down and rolled her eyes, and was very rude. The staff need some food hygiene and customer service training . We ate-in both times and also took things away. We won’t go back tomorrow because of the attitude of this staff member . Over two days we spent £41 Loved, loved the food

The baked goods are amazing, but ordering a coffee is like pulling teeth. One of our party had to abandon the order as he had waited so long and the three colleagues behind the till gossiped and ignored customers out of awkwardness over the wait. I recommend grabbing a bun and going to Steampunk for the coffee to accompany it.

Closed due to card payment failure and no cash taken. All those pastries in the window!

I recently visited Bostock in North Berwick and I must say, they have the best pasties I have ever had. From the moment you walk in, the delightful aroma of freshly baked pastries fills the air, setting the stage for an exceptional culinary experience. The pasties are simply delicious, with a perfectly flaky crust that encases a generous filling. Each bite is a harmonious blend of savory ingredients, cooked to perfection. The seasoning is spot-on, enhancing the natural flavors without overpowering them. What sets Bostock apart is the evident care and craftsmanship that goes into each pasty. They are baked fresh daily, ensuring that every customer enjoys them at their best. Whether you’re a local or just passing through, a visit to Bostock for their pasties is a must. I can't recommend them highly enough - truly the best I've ever had!

Such a lovely place after tried a bad place, the croissant was like in France so sweet and good, all staff is so lovely and smiling. Thank you

Definitely a new favourite coffee spot in East Lothian here in North Berwick 🙏 Great coffee, friendly folks, the cardoman bun was top knotch (😉) and as a takeaway... The pork and apple sausage rolls absolutely hit the spot for lunch! Many thanks! 🙏

Thank you so much! On a busy weekend, the food was so lovely and the staff friendly and helpful.

the best bakery I have ever been to! the food was all fresh and so much variety you don't usually find !

Exceptional baked goods 10/10 Coffee maybe not quite to my taste, but here for bakery so top marks!

Food was delicious but this place is always let down by the young girls working there, not customer service orientated at all. They need more experienced staff to get the queue moving faster. Three people working today when two sharing the work would be fine.

Overpriced, far too busy to sit in so why charge more especially when people queue in front of you ruining any atmosphere, staff lack patience and customer care, overall overhyped and just best avoid.

We live in St Andrews but so happy we made the drive to NB. Liked the look of the goodies in the window so popped in for lovely savoury brioches and coffee. So good we bought bread, carrot cake and salted caramel to take home. Lots of competition in the high street but this is one not to walk past. Definitely recommend 👍

Nice massive plain Croissant:) It’s good for walking with you on the beach!

The basque cheesecake was really good not something you see often. Also the Almond croissant was so good it came with a sweet filling (which I think was frangipane). Only regret was I should have bought 2 almond croissants lol

£10 for 4 hot cross buns to then bring home and they were hard. Never again daylight robbery

Popped in for cup of tea - proper tea leaves in a tea pig - mmmmm Shared a croissant- hazelnut praline...light as a feather and more than delicious. All goods baked in their sister shop and delivered daily. Totally recommend !!!!

We love Bostock! We always do takeaway; it's one of the few places in North Berwick that isn't Dog Friendly so we take our pastries and sit outside usually. It's also got limited tables and when it's busy, they are right next to the long queue so that can impact the atmosphere. For 5 star service I'd probably love the staff to recommend more things, we stick to the usuals and if they are out of stock we just don't have and there's not much interaction with the staff. But all in all, it's not worth missing; the food is exceptional. The bread is wonderful.

Artisan bakery selling great bread and a range of cakes and pastries. Also have a couple tables for coffee

Amazing food for reasonable prices. We had a selection of pastries and coffee even had to get more pastries to go to have at home later

Great cinnamon bun and hot chocolate! :)

YUM. Everything we had was excellent. The shop itself is quite small and got busy due to there being limited space to wait to be served, but I cannot fault the food. Will definitely return for more.

I've wanted to go here for a long, long time. Thankfully I stayed in NB for 3 nights and got to indulge as much as possible. I'm a cafe/bakery/patisserie addict (and a pastry chef) and this place is heaven. Too much choice really. If you think the items look good it's hard to describe how that doesn't even do them justice - everything is perfectly made, perfectly balanced and a dream to eat. The flavours are knock out. I'll be thinking of the hazelnut praline cruffin forevermore. I'd move to North Berwick to live closer to Bostock.

Some of the best sourdough ever tasted and also very light but still great crust. Pastries looked awesome also.

If there's one bakery in heaven it's this one.

Visited this place recently and was pretty disappointed. The food was ok. My friend also had the same opinion.

Popped in for a tasty donut takeaway, lady was very off-hand and donuts very overpriced at £2.89 each ! Yes I bought 3 as I thought I may go up in a puff of smoke if I refused ny purchase 🧙‍♂️

Got heavily overexcited by its eponymous nature… on enquiring as to whether that was also the name of the owner… I was as devastated as Homer Simpson on his visit to the Matsumura Fishworks and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern… turns out that my fish bulb is a frangipani-y, syrupy, brioche. But I digress… Staff friendly and offered some advice on things to do in the town for the day. Bougier spot than I was expecting in North Berwick, but it had good vibes, tasty pastries and hot coffee.

lovely choice of fresh produce felt the staff were ok but a bit cheesed off perhaps Sunday morning syndrome but yummy

Great shop suppling fantastic flavoursome baked goods to the public.

Don't take cash that's an auto 1 star from me... business's that don't support cash are a danger to freedom

Best Chocolate Croissant I've ever had...Very courteous staff..

Amazing almond croissants and very delicious Basque cheesecake!

One of the best bakeries I’ve been to ever

Stopped for a coffee and a pastry. Service was very friendly, coffee was good, and the baked goods were outstanding. Loved the decor too.

Prima volta che assaggio un Cruffin. Lampone e pistacchio spaziale. Alla parete sono esposte le loro tipologie di pane, bellissime e sicuro buone. Consiglio a chiunque quindi passaggio di fare un salto.

Enjoy the mouth-watering delicatessen that this bakery from heaven has to offer to us, weak sweet-craving mortals.

The best sausage roll I have ever eaten

Ottimi pasticceria e ragazze simpatiche

I knew this was the place to go when I saw the queue; artisan bread and pastries to accompany great coffee. What is there not to like!

Really nice leaf tea and top end pastries.

This business does not accept cash which is outregous. This is discriminatory and illegal to refuse people to pay by cash. It deserves a closer look by authorities as this business should be dealt with on the grounds of discrimination. I saw burnt loaves of bread as well, all of them and never tried their cakes, their coffee was small and just average taste but expensive. I will not go there again and do not recommend it to anyone who doesn't want to be refused service cause he or she does not carry their bank card. I want to remind the owner that cash is a legal way of payment in UK.

Yep. Very, very nice. Get there early, or all the interesting goodies will be gone

Greatest pâtisserie in the country / world.

Maybe we hit this place on a bad day? Maybe the person making the coffee was new? Maybe they were closing up shop for the day? Maybe the person who was cajoling them for more hot oat milk put them off? But. The coffees we were served here were poor. In fact, they were really poor. Ordered a flat white and a mocha. Both were essentially hot milk, one having chocolate in it. Worst coffee I've had in years. On the plus side - the donut and the filled muffin were out. of. this. world. The jam inside the donut was a particular highlight for me. Both absolutely divine. Worth the journey alone. My advice? Get the cakes here, but go elsewhere for coffee.

Was unable to leave zero stars. If want service with a smile then don't visit this place.

Beautifully 😍 crafted baked goods. Cool cafe place to chill with food and drinks. Attentive, informative staff.

Bakery with delicious selection of breads and pastries. Would definitely recommend the savoury brioche. Coffee was good too. Staff are really friendly and polite. A must go to in North Berwick! :)

pasties r soo nice, coffee are a little small and it is expensive but the quality is there

Always get one of their amazing cruffins, absolutely delicious!

Les prix sont un peu chers, mais la qualité des pâtisseries / viennoiseries est au rendez vous. Nous y passons à chaque fois que nous venons à Northberwick.

Gorgeous fresh baked pastries, breads, bagels and sausage rolls. Decent coffee too. Located in a lovely part of East Lthian

Good quality bread and rolls. Croissants and cakes looked tempting. Friendly service

Popped in for a flat white, I won't be using this business again!! There are so many cafes in North berwick and would suggest using one that is much friendlier and better coffee Had ordered a flat white priced on the menu board at £2.64, when charged £2.77 I quizzed the young girl....her smug reply was "The priced had gone up today and its only 13p" and that was that. I suggested they should change the hand written price board to reflect the actual price. Her manner was dreadful tossing me a business card and smuggly suggested I should call the manager to complain as l just work here!!. Called the manager who stated they were just too busy to change it, but they certainly had the time to change the price increase on their POS system There are many cafes on the High Street and I would suggest using any other place than this one, coffee was mediocre and not worth the price tag for an extremely small coffee

Lovely selection of amazing pastries. Gorgeous looking pastries tempt you in, it's so hard to choose which to try. We had coffees and Hazlenut praline Cruffin and Almond Bostock croissant. Delicious. Not much seating, so definitely not guaranteed a sit down. Can takeaway tho. Very friendly service

Worth the 90 min drive from Glasgow! Loved the bakes. Had the cardamon and cinnamon knot a d the twice baked almond croissant! The basque cheesecake and coffee was great too! And I loved that there was stuff for takeaway (loaves, bagels, etc) alongside bags of coffee and hot sauces and other little items!

At Bostock you can find an extremely high quality bakery products. Whether you go for a pastry or a bread loaf, you won't be disappointed at all 😋

Lovely wee place if you're looking for nice coffe and pastries for breakfast

Wonderful little bakery and possibly one of the best decaf mochas I have ever had the privilege to taste. Amazing. Great selection of baked goods which you would expect. There are not a lot of seats inside but perfect for a takeaway treat.

Popped in on spec for late breakfast. Cheesey croissant was good, bagel with miso aubergine was very good, and the almond croissant & cruffin were both absolutely fantastic! I now feel shortchanged with every almond croissant I have ever had!

Love the food, but not always a good experience buying from them. A man in front of me was refused the use of the loo just because he was taking away (very unfair). Then I didn't have use of my card and so only had cash. Then got refused because they are still card only.

Sold out of soup and savouries as usual at 2pm … same for east Linton - why not make more / always people being turned away - people make the journey here and so often disappointed- 6 people waiting to be served and I staff member serving whilst other one toasted herself a bagel and went through back

A perfect stop to refuel while exploring North Berwick! The twice baked almond croissants. The pecan tart is a true show stopper. The cruffin is sinful - we went back for more! A pretty cafe where you can sit and gaze at the array of freshly baked goods .

One of the best bakeries I've been to in the UK. The pain au chocolate was OUT OF THIS WORLD. Look at that lamination. The flavour was nutty and delicious and packed with chicolate. It was seriously one of the best I've had this year. I also bought a pecan pie and salted caramel brownie (not pictured) and devoured them. Very decent quality goods here and nice service. If I lived nearby I'd be there all the time!

Good products and cute place but they have no wc for clients. I could understand if they were only a bakery but they run also a coffee, so it's not acceptable.

Be aware, they do not accept "CASH", so we had to leave.

Love good coffee and delicious cake then go here

Decent enough coffee but expensive products and somewhat surly staff.

Great bakery supplying quality bread and baked goods. We always visit when in North Berwick. Good coffee also available.

Great selection. You will enjoy the variety on offer there. Its not cheap, but craftsmanship often isn't

Great coffee and bakes were delicious, recommend trying this place.

I chose the Griffin pastry which was filled with pistachio and was the most buttery divine pastry I have ever had. Just delicious

Absolutely delicious pastries and very friendly staff. We'd definitely recommend stopping by here!

Staff were quite cold and stand-offish, food looked great but was average at best

Lovely bakery, I had two things - both super fresh and delicious!

A lovely little bakery, the croissants and pain au chocolates were fantastic and the staff were very friendly

Only popped in to grab something before my train. Super cute little cafe, it is a tad expensive but so worth it for the quality. Hands down, the best doughnut ive had, very light and fluffy and the raspberry filling was perfect. Definitely worth a visit

Custard/vanilla donut had gone off and tasted like cheese and onion in the centre

I had the best custard donut here I’ve ever had.

Wonderful range of both savoury and sweet baked goods. Good coffee too.

Can't comment on the goods as left without purchasing anything due to the poor attitude of the staff. Staff very cold, snobby and stand offish. Very unpleasant and rude atmosphere made us leave. No matter how good the cakes I don't accept rudeness especially when there should be customer service!! Croissants did look overdone and were a very dark shade of brown.

A nice wee shop. Clean and efficient. Food looks good and is ok. Prices are slightly steep.

Amazing selection of pastries, buns & cakes

Terrible customer service. Discrimination against the exempt.

Always a queue (but in a good way!), Absolutely delicious food, especially the doughnuts, which are possibly the best around

Lovely bakery. Admittedly, it's not the cheapest but everything is top quality so it's totally worth it. I highly recommend the oat porridge bread and the sunflower linseed loaf. Also the lemon cake and brownies are delicious. My sister declared the coffee the best in North Berwick.

Excellent croissants and pastries. All freshly baked, light as air and delicious. Special thank you to the kind and attentive member of staff who has ran out to catch me after I left my bag in the cafe.

Top quality as always, the Raspberry and Pistachio Cruffins are amazing.

LOVED IT! Lovely oatmeal bread, amazing poppy seed bagels & beautiful cakes.

The pastries are absolutely delicious. Unfortunately the price is not. £14 for 2 croissants and 2 cruffins. Perfect as an occasional treat!

A game of two halves ! Our first visit there was a guy serving on his own and the transaction did not go that well ! With a few tutts and frowns due to his own miss understanding by not listening ! However he did apologise in the end. On the second visit the guy was not about and there were two friendly lady’s in the shop. Nice pastry’s and nice coffee. I think shop owners need to realise when you charge a premium price for a nice product people go it for nice coffee and nice food but if the customer service is poor people won’t go back. We always go back to see if it was a one off. This time the polite girls/ women redeemed the shop from Mr Grumpy.