Dunn's Bakery in Haringey

I used to love coming here but every other time I buy a pastry from them, the cream inside is gone off and cheesy. It’s gross. I’m pregnant and really don’t need the extra hassle of biting into something that is completely gone off. Others should be aware that they need to check things are fresh first before leaving the shop. A little tip: How about some stickers to show when produce has been made, and then rotating produce so you don’t sell it past it’s sell by date? You need to sort this out as it’s illegal to sell gone off food to the public! Check the food safety act.

It is the best bakery that I have been in UK

We love it but the queue is sometimes a bit tricky - can you add a sign?! Today was literally a bun fight and someone got cross with my baby’s buggy being in the way 😔

We ordered gender reveal cupcakes from Dunn's Bakery and they were absolutely fabulous! Great customer service, communication and the cupcakes themselves were absolutely delicious. Would highly recommend!

I've been a customer at this bakery for years, as someone who grew up in this area. However, my experience as a person of colour has consistently been disappointing. On multiple occasions, I've been ignored while standing in the queue, with staff serving others who arrived after me, even when I’m clearly next. I've raised this issue with the management multiple times, but it continues to happen, making me feel unwelcome in a place I once considered part of my community. What makes it even more disheartening is that there was a previous situation where another customer had to apologize on the staff's behalf for the way I was treated. It's humiliating and upsetting to have to rely on strangers for common courtesy when it should come from the staff themselves. This is not just my experience—my ninety-year-old mother has faced the same treatment. The bakery’s product quality is decent, but no amount of good bread can make up for the constant feeling of being overlooked and disrespected. If there were another bakery nearby, I would go there instead. Until this issue is properly addressed, I can no longer support this business.

I love Dunn’s. Their cakes nice. Their staffs are supper nice. I remember when I was pregnant my second child and I really wanted to it tiramisu but some of my friend said must check if the egg is well cooked for not, so I called to ask Dunn’s and I realised their customer service is just perfect, the one who picked the phone at first didn’t know about that as she only sale assistant but then after that the chef did give me a call back to explain. I have been their client for many years since I moved near CE and so my family.

I ordered vegan cupcakes for my child in this wonderful place, apparently I was mistaken and chose not vegan but regular ones, after which the nice girl at the bar said that they could offer me chocolate ones, but my daughter doesn't like chocolate ones, but for lack of anything else I agreed to this. Since it's her birthday today. After an hour of waiting I came to pick up new cupcakes and they baked me new vegan vanilla ones. What wonderful people work for you. Thank you very much for this, the child will be happy! It was very nice to be there, everyone is smiling and ready to help. I will definitely come back again.

From a Canadian who had travelled most of the world and always sought out bakeries in every city, Dunns has to be my Favorite. It may have the Best Cinnamon Rolls on the planet. It's a MUST visit for anyone coming to London.

Dunn's Bakery is a reliable spot for a quick bite or fresh loaf of bread when you're in the neighborhood. While they might not be the most extraordinary bakery in town, they consistently deliver decent quality. We've never had a bad experience, so they're always a safe bet for a satisfying treat.

Wonderful local business with delicious food, and a great help to local organisations

UPDATE: What kind of business is leaving argumentative comebacks to unfavourable reviews in 2024? You could have said: "Sorry you were inconvenienced again, we'll take your feedback on board and make another dozen next week! If you're in doubt, give us a call before heading over and we'll gladly put some aside for you." If you care about the stars, don't wait another 200 years before learning some customer service. I can't believe you checked the CCTV down to the second to respond to that other person. Have you been huffing the yeast?! Reviews are based on how we feel. I feel I'm Dunn! 1/5. Good bakes, currently not worth the aggro. Original review: I love this place but if you're only going to make Chelsea buns on two days per week, you should make enough of them so that one greedy woman hasn't bought them all before 10am. Keeps happening.

History and traditional ‘values’ mean nothing when you are cutting corners which impacts on quality: cheap slimy margarine in the filled rolls? Really? And I suspect many of their ‘fresh pies and tarts’ have spent time in the freezer. I prefer to spend a few extra quid for top quality every time at Sourdough Sophia’s tbh.

I love this bakery so much. The strawberry pie was addictive, the banoffe pie as well. I used to always buy boxes and boxes of pies and baked goods from them. There should be more branches all around london so that it’s easier for me to get it. The warm feeling you get when you enter the bakery is lovely.

Literally the best cake I've ordered. Tastes amazing.

Eine tolle Bäckerei mit sehr schönem Angebot. Man muß natürlich probieren, um zu erkennen ob es persönlich schmeckt. Vom Vollkornbrot war ich begeistert. Und erwähnenswert, man kann noch bar zahlen.

Great bakery, one of the best I've been to. I'm always surprised by the prices for the quality you get, and I stop by most mornings before work to grab a coffee and sandwich. The staff are all friendly and it's nice to see familiar faces every week.

After hearing glowing reviews about Dunns, I was excited to try it out today. Despite the shop being bustling, it seemed adequately staffed. However, my excitement turned to disappointment when, after waiting patiently in line for 5 minutes, I was twice bypassed by other customers. First, the lady who called for the next customer served someone behind me (after making eye contact with me), and then it happened again with a tall male wearing a hat. It felt deliberate, as if we were invisible. When I raised this issue with another apologetic staff member, the tall male muttered something under his breath. Overall, it was a disheartening experience reminiscent of the discrimination prevalent in the 80s.

From one of the former employee's experience: The atmosphere that you breathe at the entrance of the bakery might be sweet, but behind the counter, it is a completely different smell. Racist and classist system, hazing and bullying behavior from the oldest members of the team, poor training and working conditions, and an attitude of tacit complicity from the owner who seems to have no joy and purpose to improve and maintain his family legacy. The bakery survives only thanks to their loyal customers; I will give it a decade before declaring bankruptcy as many of the Crouch End businesses who have ignored the “change.” Their products are mainly kept for many days or frozen except for the “daily goods,” ignoring one of their core values so-called “freshness.” Give time to visit other businesses in the area such as Gail’s or Sourdough Sophia who care about their integrity and an inclusive environment.

Great loafs of bread and delicious cakes.

Such a good bakery with a great atmosphere and tasty food but it is a little pricey 👍

We get a lot of bread and rolls from Dunns and have been doing so for years. Picked up a bag of soft white poppy seed baps yesterday and they were like cardboard: tasteless and dry. What’s been omitted from the mix? Disappointed !

The food is great but what separates Dunns from other good local bakeries is the staff They are so wide eyed, fresh faced and with their cute little straw hats, I can’t help but smile each visit It’s like being served by real life Easter Bunnies.🐰 Thank you.

I was incredible but I did drop a lot of muffins on the floor xxxx

Brilliant cakes - try out at your own peril - serious risk of getting addicted

Ordered a Taylor Swift birthday cake for my daughter. It showed four album covers from the Eras tour. It exceeded all expectations. A must for any fan of Taylor Swift. Great communication with Grace on the design and was just what we wanted. The cake was delicious and one of the nicest chocolate cakes we have tasted.

Loads of choices. Great desserts . My favourites are strawberry, lemon, and caramel tarts. You will definitely find something you like there.

I was in Crouch End for an important meeting and was hungry and saw your bakery. I was impressed initially with fast service, chatty staff and lovely looking food and cakes. After I left, I started tucking into my chicken escalope sandwich and I was gutted, chicken was very dry. I ended up removing the escalope and eating the bunn and other fillings on their own. I'd just had a workout and needed some protein Wish I'd have had one of the sausage rolls instead, they looked great.

Sensational bakery, with a selection of cakes, patties and breads. So many it’s hard to choose. Would 100% recommend the chocolate brownie and the raspberry pastel de nata.

The raspberry pastel de nata was really nice - I would buy again. Tiramisu was bland and lacking coffee/alcohol taste. Chocolate tart was nice and rich as usual.

Dunns did a fantastic job with our wedding cake. The service all along has been wonderful and they made the cake identical to the picture we shared as inspiration. We had so many compliments from guests about how delicious it was. We ordered vegan and gluten free cupcakes along side this which were also a huge hit! I would highly recommend!

Yummy food, baked & prepared on-site.

Dunn's is just like that bakery you remember from your childhood. We come here all of the time, and it's always busy. It has all of the traditional staples, from bloomer bread, to rice crispy cakes, lovely tarts, hot sausage rolls, or our favorite - the sandwiches. You can be in and out in under 3 minutes, and for £10 have two sandwiches, and two sweet options too. I also quite like the system of just approaching the counter that has the type of baked goods you want and one of the team members will call out to serve you.

Service and staff conduct a real letdown. Lovely produce though, savoury and sweet.

Traditional bakery, baking on the premises. Supplies local shops including one of the supermarkets too! Does everything associated with baking. From cookies to wedding cakes. And lots of kinds of excellent bread.

On the basis of their bread alone, I can’t really recommend Dunn’s. I’ve bought a few loaves before in their local resellers and not been overly impressed, so today paid £4.75 for a large sourdough direct. Bland taste and mediocre texture, nothing like as good as my usual Dusty Knuckle at £4.40. Okay, the Crouch End rents are higher but it seems Dunn’s needs to up its game and stop living on its reputation..

Dunns in Crouch End is simply the best in all respects. My recent experience was a lovely birthday cake they baked for me at short notice with order placed on Dec 31st and delivered on Jan 02. The cake was deliciously looking and with just the right sweetness. Thank you especially to Natalia who was diligent in making sure she got my order correctly.

Just drove past the bakery and an older female worker pushing around 6 stacked DUNN’S crates randomly across the busy road, not at the pedestrian crossing 5m down the road, starts banging on my back window as I drove past. Some basic Highway Code, safety training and common courtesy to wouldn’t go amiss, especially when the DUNN’S logo is emblazoned across the crates.

Best bread in the whole of London!

My first mince pie of the Season - freshly purchased this morning. My personal choice is to pop it in the microwave for 10 or 15 seconds. Now - there are mince pies and there are Dunn’s mince pies! The pastry is perfect and is packed with delicious mincemeat full of dried fruit and not loaded with sugar. Happy Christmas Dunn’s.

We had chosen for the cake theme to be balloons and multicolored and that was the result. White mostly ( a lot of white ) with 4 balloons in different colours. The result was a bit disappointing because we expected it to be multicolored like playful and age appropriate for a kids bday party however it was really fresh. I wouldn't choose it again but just for how it looked not for the taste or freshness.

I purchased a birthday cake for my partner and it was absolutely wonderful. The care and attention and the artistry was visibly stunning. A big thank you to Sandra and the team for their fantastic customer service. Would highly recommend

I have previously ordered birthday cakes from Dunn’s without issue. However, recently I ordered a red velvet birthday cake with buttercream for my kid’s birthday which was an absolute disaster. I collected the cake took it home - the cake looked fine. Prior to the party at home, I took another peek at the cake and to my surprise the cake which was still in its box had a crack around the chocolate disc on top of the cake! Later when we took the lid off the cake box to reveal the cake to the party guests the cake sponge had literally split apart from the center! We have purchased many cakes over the years and never have we seen anything like this. Not to mention it ruined the birthday kid’s day. I tried to cut a slice of the cake but it just crumbled - you couldn’t even cut a proper slice. The kids who usually love sweet deserts complained the cake was just too sweet to eat. I raised the issue with Dunn’s bakery Crouchend and received a disappointing message to say they will investigate internally. I have heard nothing further - no explanation or resolution - very disappointing experience. Poor quality cake and service. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since the above issue, I wanted to express my appreciation for the professional manner in which Dunn's has addressed the recent issue. I am pleased to acknowledge they have looked into the matter and resolved it in a manner that reflects a high level of professionalism.

Felt so good to step in a bit of London history. It’s so impressive how they’ve stood the test of time AND can provide such a broad range of goods at such low prices.

An amazing place with wide range of pastries and bread. I loved the Bath Bun and Black Olive Bread. The price is reasonable and the staff are friendly despite being super busy on Saturday mornings. I highly recommend here if you’re around Crouch End.

A great selection of freshly baked goods and very reasonably priced. Our family’s favourites are ; seeded bagels 🥯, almond croissants 🥐 and Bath buns. Highly recommended.

I loved Dunn's when I grew up in Crouch End in the 50s and 60s before moving to Canada. We are having a family reunion in London next year and we have Dunn's on our itinerary to enjoy a jam doughnut in honour of Mum and Dad. The bakery has been around so long and I'd love to look at the memorabilia that must have been collected over the years. A truly iconic bakery.

Love Dunns. Crouch End institution. Great standard of food whether sweet or savoury. Can’t get better.

Excellent and reasonably priced.

Great local bakery.... reasonable price variety of sandwiches and cakes... pistachio ice cream is also superb! Love them all!😍

Fantastic bakery and food cannot fault it Terrible Saturday staff, not interested and lazy. It was really painful. It made the whole experience quite unpleasant

Great bread, pastries , and pasties

Possibly the best sausage roll I’ve ever had. Breakfast rolls are decent! Salmon bagel was great too. Friendly and efficient service.

This is a legend. It is london's best kept secret Despite the queue, we got done in 5mins Also, we had few dietary restrictions, so the staff quickly printed out ingredient and nutritional information for us to decide The prices don't make a hole in the pocket and the staff goes out of their way to help 😊 Along with a huge variety and best tasting bakery goods in london.

Honestly the best latte I've had in my entire life no joke. The almond croissant is also to die for. Sad that there isn't one on closer to me on Green Lanes as well (hint hint maybe open more stores?) 😂

I really like the story behind this bakery and huge respect to how far they have come with their hard work. I was in the area today and surprisingly walked by this little sweet gem. After I have been following them for so long on Instagram, I just couldn't ignore but had to pay them a visit. They have huge range of collections of savoury and baked sweet goods. Although everything is definitely top notch stuff, the customer service is really poor and needs improvement. I was browsing through their counter and one member of staff (tall guy and ginger beard with a cowboy hat) just wouldn't leave me alone. Am I that beautiful or something that you have to hover around me to which ever side of the counter I walk🙄. Their is so much to choose from, and plenty of other customers to serve so let me have a good look around first! Felt really rushed in my experience, will be visiting again but not this branch! Like seriously

Best bakery for miles. The sausage rolls in particular are incredible and an absolute bargain.

The best bread I’ve found in the UK, fantastic cinnamon buns, and truly good customer service. I asked if a particular bread was vegan and the server printed out a list of ingredients for me so I could be certain of what I was getting. Above and beyond!

Best bakery in Crouch End - especially love their freshly made sandwich (generous fillings and delicious bread)

Their doughnuts and sausage rolls are soooo good! I also can’t believe how well priced everything is. The staff is very helpful and quick to service. A really lovely local gem

Popular artisan bakery with a 200 year history. All of their produce is baked on the premises and are second to none. Now have a branch on Muswell Hill Broadway.

They were unable to make a ham and cheese bun. One of them simplest sandwiches you could ever ask for. Very disappointing. There was a time that Dunn's would make you a sandwich from scratch, after moving away from that very convenient customer service I thought they would at least be able to simply add a slice of cheese to one of their existing pre-made buns, especially given the customer to staff ratio at the time of day I went in. I might as well just go to any old bakery now that Dunn's is no longer special.

One of London’s finest bakeries, great moves guys, keep it up

Iconic crouch end bakery. Incredible baked goods- wide selection of bread, cakes, and sweets as well as what is arguably londons best sausage roll

Love this place. It’s a Crouch End institution.

The Sausage Rolls are the best.

Got a four pound Christmas pudding and finished it off on my own😋🤤

Dunns bakery is still, THE BEST bakery/Patisserie I have ever seen except for Patisserie Valerie when the original shop was still open in Soho. Dunns is 200 years old this year..200!!! If you needed a recommendation I think that speaks for itself..fresh and local flours and ingredients when possible and GORGEOUS breads of every kind. I cannot praise this place enough..New one just opened in Muswell hill I believe. Still as good as ever!

Great bakery and lovely staff. Good prices too, a croissant (and a very good one) for £1.25 is as it should be, not £4 elsewhere in London!

A brilliant place and friendly workers. :)

First visit today despite often seeing their cute little blue van on the road and living in the area for over 20 years. What a delight! Delicious tiramisu cake and forest fruit cheesecake. Generous portions at great prices.definitely will be back soon at the cost of my waistline.

The desserts look fancy and the variety is dazzling. But the taste is very very poor. I bought a few different items but enjoyed absolutely nothing of the offerings here. I was extremely disappointed and threw most of the things I bought in the bin. I give two stars instead of one because the staff were nice and the prices are quite low. I don't like to waste food though so I won't be visiting again.

Some of the best pastries sweet and savoury I’ve ever eaten, the desserts are also really good. Bagels too and other assortments

The best local bakery, full of history, lovely staff, amazing array of different bread, pastries, sandwitches and much more. And they are all very well priced. You have to try the broadway sourdough, my all-time favourite.

What's going on with dunns bakery 🤔 they used to bake a lovely Danish pastry - DID they change the baker? Really nasty Danish I bought yesterday I was going to bring it back but instead I give it to the dog - it was tasteless - no icing, soft - won't be buying from dunns again till they change the baker.

Bought our first cake from Dunn’s for our daughter 21st birthday. We had over 60 guest and everyone was complimenting the cake was so nice. It was worth every penny we paid and will never go anywhere else from now. Thank you for the prompt delivery of the cake also. I don’t want the cake to finish it’s that good.

very disappointed in the birthday cake that was made for me. I gave them a picture to copy to make the cake they agreed all the details but the cake did not reflect the picture and was finished terribly and they did not give me a refund or discount even though I complained the last said the cake looked fine to her but its so ashamed that I will need to present this cake at my husbands 40th birthday party tomorrow

Quite simply a local institution

This bakery is a treasure. Pastel de natas are back in their full splendor. The chef somehow manages to make them better than in Lisbon, which is quite a feat. Dunns is an integral part of what makes living in Crouch End into such a beautiful experience. It's their amazing people, bread and pastries that brings a smile on so many faces every day. It must be a true challenge to keep up this kind of quality of product and service at relatively low prices. Yet, this place becomes a routine visit and deviations in quality can be easily spotted. If it takes a little price increase to maintain this kind of experience, I'm quite sure very few would mind.

Very good and fresh bakery produce. My only criticism is the queuing system is not good. You could be forgiven for not knowing where it starts and ends. Please can you improve it or make it better. Every time I come in it’s incredible confusing. I have had staff and customers tell me that someone was before me. It’s not a nice experience not knowing how it all works. As I mentioned the food is delicious and I recently bought two birthday cakes. See photos.

Best bakery in London. My grandfather used to come here in the 80's & 90's whilst working at Hornsey Town Hall. I'm fortunate enough to now live locally and pop in often. Some of our family favourites... Jam donuts Sausage roll Strawberry and fresh cream cake White tin loaf and the sourdough is awesome! The staff are pleasant considering the continuous flow of customers - thank you, may Dunns continue to thrive.

I went today for the first time. I chose a chicken and avocado bagel based on the advice of a member of staff as I said I cannot have milk. She assured me it didn't have any milk. Half way through eating the bagel I began to feel very sick. I realised it had pesto in the bagel and pesto usually contains milk. I returned to the shop to double check with another colleague if in fact the bagel had milk in it. After disappearing for 5 mins at the back of the bakery, she returned to confirm that the bagel does in fact have milk in it!! Although I feel very poorly, thank goodness I have an intolerance and not a serious allergy as this could have had a very different outcome. Allergen information should be readily available to all staff and if they are unsure they should check instead of guessing or giving out incorrect information which could have very serious consequences for some. I was offered a refund and an apology but really more care should be taken to ensure this doesn't ever happen. More staff training needed and allergen info should be taken very serious! I wont be returning.

My partner got lovely vegan chocolate cake made for my 40th birthday. The cake was amazing and very yummy. It was moist and very tasty. Would recommend.

The most amazing fresh and delicious doughnuts! Only £1 each. V friendly service

Often buy bread in here which is excellent. Went in for lunch and got some sandwiches and pastries - all delicious. Amazing veggie sausage roll. Will be going back!

Food is good, however the elder Asian lady who works behind counter comes across as racist not the only person to say this too.

A truly amazing bakery. Really good priced products, a large variety of products and great staff. I highly recommend it!

The chocolate (plus extra custard filling) croissant is a steal for £1.8 and so big! Endless range of pastries and fast service too

Dreadful 'hot' sausage roll (it was luke warm and it was burnt) The hot steak slice I ordered was cold and was in fact chicken. Hot chocolate was tepid and latte was freezing cold and was more milk than coffee. All ended up in the bin ... Used to be so good here but I wont bother again - staff couldn't give a damn. Shame as I have lived in Crouch End for 35 years an this use to be the 'go to' place.. now its the 'run from' place for me.

Ordered a birthday cake for my son from here, really fresh and tasty highly recommend

My favourite place in Crouch End! I love their cakes, pastries, the sourdough bread all the ptoducts are fresh and nice! The people there are super friendly! Highly recommend!

The state of staff training or lack of is just unreal. Rude and incompetent, no second chances.

The Christmas pudding is amazing and its delivery service is such a massive help! Would highly recommend.

Yesterday I walked past someone near the new town hall flats, overhead one of the contractors describe Dunns as one of the best bakeries in the world... Wow, what an accolade... I still remember the days where my parents would order my birthday cake from here, delicious fresh cream gateau... A young girl full of surprise and excitement, still feel excited everytime I step foot in there. Lovely and friendly staff, service with a smile... Fresh bakes and the best homemade sausage rolls. Can't go wrong really... Hard to believe Dunns is 200 years old and still growing strong...proud to have it in Crouch End and Muswell Hill. Only slight downside is, I miss the custom made filled rolls. Not a fan of the pre-made ones. I'm looking forwards to your famous festive deep filled mince pies, yum yum 😋👌

Delicious birthday cake from Dunn's. Excellent presentation, taste and price. Will definitely be ordering my next cake from here.

Bought a chicken and chorizo cornish pasty tgey had different flavours and it tastes of strong cheese and made me feel sick . Had to throw it away. A waist of my money and 3.50

Bought some sandwiches and a tart in there. Queue system was a bit chaotic. Had recently arrived from Scotland and the server flat refused to take Scottish notes which is all I had. Said something about not being able to test them although didn't see them testing anyone elses money. I was embarrassed in front of my friends at this discriminatory behaviour and was pressured by the server to pay by card as I didn't want my friends to pay. All in all a very uncomfortable and unnecessary experience. First time I had experienced this discrimination and it was very humiliating.

Dunns made my wedding cake. They delivered the cake on time and there was no hassle. The lead up to the wedding day they remained in contact about what we wanted and made changes at the last minute. The cake was beautiful. Everyone said how nice the cake was. We had lemon, chocolate and Victoria sponge. On another side note Dunns do the most amazing sausage rolls, egg mayo rolls and blueberry cheese cake.

Food is so lovely and fresh, with such a large variety Bread,Cakes,Pastries,Ice Cream Ect, favourite bakery

Dunn’s is an an amazing bakery and certainly worth visiting if your in the area. Everything they make is really good quality and very tasty. I worked in Crouch End for 7 years and can honesty say it was one of the best places to get lunch! They will make you fresh sandwiches along with plenty of fresh pre-made ones to choose from. Their homemade ice cream is fab too.

Best bakery ever that’s all I can say plus the staff and food are amazing