Bread and Loaf in Shropshire

It is the best local bakery in Birmingham, in my opinion. But apart from the quality, it is the community spirit that I like.

Sourdough seed bit this morning but love the croissant and the whole set up

I did the Viennoiserie cooking course at LOAF bakery last week - oh my god, it was the BEST day! Neil was an incredible teacher, and so knowledgeable; the pastries and brioche we made were amazing!!!! the lunch was sooooo delicious! the amount of pastries we each took home was huge!!! I LOVED the whole day, and I cannot wait to do another course there. HIGHLY recommend this course to everyone. Thank you LOAF. xxx

A fabulous artisanal co-op bakery selling not only real bread but also pastries, weekday lunch items, flour and other goodies. This place is a huge asset to Stirchley.

Did the back to basic bread making workshop today. It was such a fun and informative workshop. Neil is a great baker and teachers learned a few different methods for making bread and created different styles of loaves and rolls. Lunch is included which was home made soup and home made humous and of course breads. Really delicious. We were also treated to amazing croissants on arrival. I have learned so much and can’t wait to try out the techniques. Will do another workshop in future.

Great community bakery, lovely bread and delicious cakes and pastries. Really friendly staff too!

It's just okay. The bread is good. The pastries are always over baked and just don't justify the price, which is high. I've bought the almond croissants several times and they just don't quite stack up to french bakeries. also, the cookies are hard and seem overbaked. Go there for your bread. Go somewhere else for your pastries.

Well a fantastic local bakery the best bread I have ever tasted ,and a great choice ,I would highly recommed

Great bread and lots of other tasty items such as jam and honey as well as flour. Friendly staff.

We attended a brilliant sourdough course with Rachel. Learnt so much and had loads of fun. Came away from the course with full tummies and so much bread!

Attended a brilliant 'Back to basics bread' course at loaf led by Neil who was very knowledgeable and attentitive. We made a vast selection of bread with the finest quality of ingredients. Cannot wait to do another course in the near future!

What an amazing bakery, this bakery reminds me of the European independent bakeries, with the smell of fresh pastries and warm staff. The decor is cool and the selection of pastries and sweet treats are just right. The cinnamon roll is my favourite

Lovely little store selling high quality bread, pastries and coffee amongst other things. Their almond croissants and hot cross buns were wonderful and definitely something I'd go back for.

Bloody love this place. Been eyeing up their bread making course for longer than I can remember. Finally got there and it did not disappoint. Great day making bread. Cheers Neil for your help.

Amazing local bakery and true to its co-op roots. They consistently make the best sourdough 🥖 we’ve ever had. Everything is fresh and sold out everyday.

Excellent quality bread you wouldn't find in the shops. Such a shame there's only one shop in Birmingham!

A hidden gem! Everything is tasty, beautiful and smell great. Very friendly staff too.

Delicious croissants and the best cinnamon bun I’ve had in a long time. Don’t be put off by the lack of the pastries in the cabinet, they keep them behind :) very patient server whilst I waited for a text order!

The best Bakery in Midlands, reminds me of home local bread in Poland ❤️🌞🌈

wonderful bread and wonderful people.

This place is the best bakery I've ever been to. They make proper bread and pastries, and they have hearty lunch options (soups, salad boxes, pizza, and yummy sausage rolls). You can tell they value high-quality ingredients, texture, and flavour. And it's a co-op, so you know the food comes from a true passion and love of the art of baking and cooking. I'll be back as often as I can!

Always worth the journey. Great freshly baked bread. The cardamom pistachio bun was incredible!

We bought some cheesy bread rolls and butter buns today, really delicious! Great service with a smile, would highly recommend and will be back to stock up and try more!

Great local place for artisan bread and lunch

Fantastic community bakery and cookery school.

What a fantastic course and thank you Martha you blew me away with what is not needed in making bread

Attending the Dumpling making class in the cook school half. It was a well run, great event. Showed into a cupper and breads while waiting for all members to arrive. Small groups of 10 help show and guided through making 4 types of dumpling with their fillings. Hands on and well taught. Then all cooked and eaten. Bring a pot to take any home they were yummy!

Took the sourdough course with Rachael and Molly. Wonderful course, learned lots through doing and eating! Highly recommend the course!! The shop has lovely bread (of course), but also baking accessories, flours and hot sauces. Loaf is a cooperative and their love for baking and sharing this love, is awesome.

Loaf is hands down the best bakery in Birmingham. The croissants are the best, I am yet to try many of their breads because there is simply too much choice but it all looks incredible!

The best croissants and pastries ever! Sometimes they are over-cooked, which is not so great; but when they're on-from, I have never tasted better - sooo buttery and the layering of the croissants and puff pastry - wow!!

The best sourdough in South Birmingham if not the world. Plus there's a gorilla on the shop opposite to look at as you queue with the hipsters.

The Rye Sourdough they make is the best bread I have ever tasted in my life

FInd out about this business on my Edexcel IGCSE business exam. Good marketing/promotion on their side. Keep up the fake charity and send croissants. You are my idol. Congratulations you made it into my small business iGCSE business exam. I hope my answers helped your decision making. Hope to see you soon on paper 2.

We often drop in here to pick up bread for lunch and for breakfast on Saturday mornings. They do the best bread and croissants and great lunches. Their veggie sausage rolls are particularly fine.

The best sourdough and focaccia I've ever had!

Fabulous bread and cakes all made on the premises. Lovely staff.

Found this shop by chance as I was going to the station. Bought their Fig & Fennel loaf, brought it home and ate the lot! 10/10 for texture, crustiness and flavour. I wish I lived near you! Mail order?

This is a bread shop that reminds me of my childhood the beautiful crusty loaves and unlike the equivalent bread shop in barkers street you can pay with cash as well as cards, Most mornings I have my eggs with two slices of white bread lovely cannot wait for Christmas to buy my mince pies

Amazing Focaccia I popped in here on a visit to Shrewsbury and bought a garlic and parsley focaccia. It was delicious, as good as any I have eaten in Italy. Well worth a visit.

Amazing friendly staff and fabulous food. Thank you to the man who served me the food in a box rather than a bag so it would survive a long car journey home too! Highly recommend!!

If there were such a thing Loaf would be the bakery all of the other bakeries want to be. Alas, it is as rare as true love that it is open.

Lovely Cinnamon buns, friendly staff. Very popular, if you snooze you'll loose.

Beautiful beautiful buns!!! Soderberg in Edinburgh do these to die for cardamon buns that I couldn't find anywhere local.... Now Loafs cardamon pistachio and orange buns are even better..! Delicious beautiful looking baked goods. Love it!!!

Smells delicious, staff are so friendly and the place is very clean!

I have never been to Bread and Loaf myself. Don’t get me wrong, I have always wanted to but, I have always found myself too busy to stop. Regardless, it is the type of shop you see in your city, town or village and recognise the value that its presence offers. Given these facts, you can imagine my joy when I heard my brother was a regular customer (Clearly has far more time to spare than me!) My joy increased when he started to drop me off the occasional loaf. The loaf in question is always the cheese and marmite yeasted white loaf and it is generally warm when he drops it off. I have to say, I currently share my home with my wife and a greedy Airedale terrier. However, for the last twelve months, we have also accommodated our daughter, her husband and our grandson. What I am trying to say is, this bread iis in high demand. It’s not quite feeding of the five thousand but, the smell of the warm loaf does not help me in my quest to smuggle it into the house and secrete it from our guests and, let me be clear, if there was ever a time to be selfish it would be when you have a cheese and marmite loaf in your hands that was still warm. One small final point. If you do happen to find some in your bread bin the next day, stick it in the toaster. You will not be disappointed! This is the tastiest loaf that I have ever had the pleasure of hiding from the family.

I have never been disappointed here: great bakery products and lunches, great staff and great service, and very reasonable prices for the high quality products. What a Stirchley gem! Oh, and a great response to the pandemic too in every way.

Mince pies are amazing - without a doubt the best I've ever had. Definitely a good idea to pre-order online and collect. Make sure you don't miss out!

Amazing bread and their croissants are the best ever. You need to go early otherwise they will be sold out. Friendly staff and a local community shop that all Brummie should support.

Great bread, would recommend buying freshly baked sourdough, rye and baguettes from here. Still alot more of the menu I need to try.

MUST VISIT! The bread, cakes and savoury items are absolutely delicious! Can be pre-ordered on their website and then collected when convenient. Staff are friendly and polite with covid guidelines adhered to.

We absolutely LOVE loaf. The bread and pastries are fantastic (we have been customers for years) but their social engagement and charity contributions are an added draw for us. All round genuinely good guys and girls!!!

Loaf is an amazing independent bakery and cookery school, I have bought many a loaf, I particularly like the Stirchley loaf but their sourdough's are superb. When ...we have some normality back do try out 1 of the classes from jam making to thalli and thai...incredible teachers and a really addictive place, you really do want to return again and again....

Lovely bread and pastries with lovely staff serving it.

Fabulous bread, lovely people. Loaf has been instrumental in bringing Stirchley to life.

Gem of a bakery... and very well organised for safety under current circumstances.

Incredible bread and cakes. Also sell locally produced items. Love the concept and the bread is incredible. Well worth the journey every time

Delicious bread, cakes & pastries. Highly recommended!

great bakery, consistent quality. Needs to update their website from coronavirus lockdown to present condition!

The best bread you will find almost anywhere! 😀 High quality artisan bread at very reasonable prices. They also do lunch things during the week. I also attended their basic bread baking course due to inconsistencies in my previous results. I was taught by Martha what mistakes I had been making, and since then I have been making consistently excellent bread. Well worth the money.

we discovered this bakery yesterday .Whilst visiting the cafe next door (Well worth visiting !) The gentleman spoke to us for a bit and he had sold out of most things .So we bought some excellent sourdough bread to take home. Here I am , 2 x slices with quality butter and the "world is all good" . Everyone should support the real "Independents " places .

First time been here today it seems a gem, wish I started going sooner.

The bread from this little local bakery is amazing. The White Sourdough loaf and Chocolate Brownies (especially the ones with Caramel in) are fab. The lovely couple who own it have even offered a local delivery service during these very strange times we are living in! I so look forward to the Little Brown Paper Bag on my doorstep on a Saturday!

Delicious food and fantastic customer service :-)

"Our bread is baked with flour from Matthews Cotswold Flour who provide us with local, organic flour for a good price. We are happy to sell you this flour by the kilo if you bring your own container. " Apparently they are not happy to sell it to you!

Attended a baking class conducted by Loaf and it was a good experience. My wife and I got to bake lots of different stuffs and at the end got to try some of their delicious breads. Highly recommend to try this bakery.

Inspiring course. Learned a load of new stuff. We made a few mistakes, but it didn't matter, we came home with bags of delicious sweet breads. Our oversized humongous cinnamon buns taste so, so good.

Fabulous sourdough bread. Simple the freshest and the tastiest sourdough bread I’ve had. Well worth the journey! The vegan pastry was delicious too. Friendly service. Great little place selling genuine wonderful food. Next time cinnamon rolls! Service: 10/10 Food: 10/10

A bakery with no croissants at 9am. I'll try a different bakery next time so I don't waste my time. Disappointed.

Called in to get a wholemeal loaf and was immediately tempted to buy some delicious ‘fruit knots’ (sweet & spiced fruited stollen dough). A small bakery run by a great baker who produces fantastic breads. Well worth a detour to call in here if you are anywhere in Shrewsbury town centre.

The bread here is fantastic, on a different planet to anything you will buy in a supermarket. The sourdough is delicious and keeps well for a week (not that there will often be any left by then...)

Absolutely delicious bread, first rate sourdough, amazing pastries, recommended! 🤜🏼🙏🏼👌🏼

This bakery, does absolutely wonderful bread. Can highly recommend. My friend and I had some excellent cinnamon rolls. They were finished before we arrived home. Good prices and great customer service.

Fantastic bread from a real bakers. Run by great guys doing it the proper way. Really worth a visit if you're in Shrewsbury.

Really really good bread (and pizzas on Wednesdays), and the fact that there's a queue at opening time should be an indicator that it's a great place. On only a few occasions my veggie roll or cinnamon roll pastry has been slightly burnt, however, but otherwise I'm always happy with whatever I take home :)

I missed a train connection so went for a wander. What a discovery! I’m now hoping for more train problems to enable more visits. The bread is great and the cinnamon swirls are beyond perfection. There’s also a fabulous greengrocer shop a bit further up the hill. We need more shops like these. They’re good for the soul.

Very good but a bit expensive and stocks do not last until closing time.

Loaf is not just a bakery, it’s an institution. Get in quick, everyone it Stirchley loves it.

Called in and bought some bread and a cake. The smell as you open the door is fantastic. The bread is some of the best I have ever bought. Worth a stop for anyone who loves real bread that is well made.

After getting off the train this morning we were drawn to the window full of delicious- looking real Sourdough loaves. There were lots of different varieties to choose from and many had been sold by the time we got back to the shop by 2pm. We chose a walnut loaf and a sun- dried tomato loaf. Both are absolutely delicious! There is so much bread around masquerading as sourdough, it was wonderful to find the real thing! We paid £3.50 for each loaf . Looking forward to trying other varieties next time. Highly recommended!

Absolutely love having this brilliant bakery so close by. Their pastries are fantastic and staff are lovely!

Fantastic sourdough course and great tasty treats. I made all this in one day!

Love going here for pain au chocolat on a Saturday morning. Bread is all amazing (loads of flavours) and the sausage rolls are next level. Can't give this place enough hype. Love it.

Bought bread for the first time last week, it was delicious, went back today for more!! To my embarrassment, and Loaf's credit, I "picked" at the focaccia on the way home, couldn't resist!! The shop is a few minutes from Bournville train station and totally worth the trip! We'll be regulars, the only place to get decent bread in Birmingham!

The smell of bread cooking drifted along the street as I walked into town. Lots of choice in a clean , well kept bakery. There were various sourdough loaves to choose from as well as cakes, baguette

Just been on the back to basics bread making course excellent shall be signing up for the other two courses soon.

Best selection of bread and focaccia I found so far

Perhaps the best multigrain bread I have ever had. Absolutely awesome taste and texture both fresh and toasted the next day. It's a 20+ mile drive for me, but it's well worth going. Highly recommended!

You simply cannot beat the great smell of freshly baked bread

Amazing bread, fab service and lovely staff. Always a pleasure to visit.

Love this shop. Great for my daughter who can't eat process food. My mother loves the soup and sausage roll. For me the veggie rolls are the best. My other half loves the Brummie mustard. And then to top it all they sell gorgeous cakes

What an awesome day! Rob is a fountain of knowledge when it comes down to bread and pastries. Looking for something different as a gift? I would definitely recommend you check out the website and if you get the chance visit the shop, best be early though as they sell out so quickly. Brilliant day and met some lovely people. Thank you loaf!!!

I really liked the bread, real focaccia although not much choice but all the breads were delicious Recommended

Very warm, cozy place with tasty food. And this bowl with soup is no small, but a piece of bread is huge!

I would say a proper bakery but it is so much more. Bread how it should be.

Phenomenal, jewel in Stirchley's crown. The only thing I felt was missing was butter

Phenomenal morning class with Lap. Learned loads, incredible roasted pork loin with crispy scratchings. Highly recommended.

Visited for baking school. Really enjoyed it and have since made at home some of the breads I learnt to bake. Fantastic tomato and bean stew for lunch, but don't ask Martha for the recipe - she'll just say "NO"! That was the only disappointing part. It's not like I'm a rival.

The loveliest people make the loveliest bread

Still does good bread but overpriced, as are the cookery courses, with unreasonable booking conditions. Also ordered a load of burger buns for an event last year and they had clearly been baked the day before because they were rock hard. They need more competition, becoming monopolistic.

Real sourdough bread and delicious food.