Farmhouse Bakery in Waveney

Bought 2 eccles cakes they tasted nothing like a eccles cakes, The filling had a funny taste and a lack of fruit, they went in the bin.

Visit farmhouse bakery on a regular basis- staff always helpful/ friendly- food excellent and reasonably priced- well worth a visit

Steak n kidney pie £3.50 not worth anymore than £1.00 over priced

Best bakery in Southworld. Not too fancy like the others in town but great value for money and amazing tasting foods. I always come here for sandwiches and cakes when visiting. They also have seating inside and outside.

Absolutely superb Full English Breakfast and the staff really lovely. Also during our week stay in Southwold we have had some really tasty pasties to take away and eat on the sea front.

Bacon was totally hard couldn't even get a fork into it,there were four of us,and had to wait ages as well,we all had problems need more staff and organising.

Really tidy little place to stop off for some sustenance! Service was attentive, and they made my puppy's day by bringing him a sausage!! Bought several cakes to have at home, bread pudding was superb and I had a crunchy nut cornflake millionaires style shortbread with jam it banged hard !!! Lovely place lovely grub, do it.

Sunday breakfast I had a roll with sausage egg and bacon beautifully cooked and served with a smile my wife had a cheese and ham toasted croissant again delicious! Both washed down with lovely cup of illy coffee! Will be back !

Not too badly priced and fair presentation. Food is tasty but on this occasion, the portion size was very poor. One of us had a jacket potato which was laughably small. I've seen bigger grapes! Disguised under the cheese and little side salad, it was so over baked so some parts were inedible. However, the sausage roll my friend had was very good.

Whilst having a day out in Southwold we decided to stop for a hot drink at the farmhouse Bakery because of its display of traditional baked cakes in the window. We ordered two drinks and two gingerbread men biscuits. The staff member was very polite and helpful. The prices were reasonable we would definitely come back again.

Honestly, the worse pasty I have ever had in my life! Actually inedible, had to throw it in the bin after 2 bites. I also got OJ which had ice in the bottom. I think it is the seocnd worse cafè in southwold, after Duchies charging £8 for a salmon sandwich. Go to magpies instead.

Great little cafe, offering lots of choice from cakes and pastries to soup and wraps. Four of us had a really lovely lunch today. We all enjoyed the food and service. Plentiful portions at a very reasonable price. Very tasty, what a great little find. We don't live local but whenever we're in the area we will be back. Thank you

Old school bakers shop with tasty breakfast offerings and plentiful servings. Quite small so seating maybe not guaranteed. Would recommend.

We were so looking forward to our picnic so decided to buy some sausage rolls Across the road at the Magpie bakery sausage rolls were £4.15 outrageous! So we came here and sausage rolls were £1.70 I know why now We bought 4 and literally spat it out it was so disgusting and threw them all in the bin No doubt the worst sausage roll I have ever tasted The pastry was undercooked there was no pork in the filling which tasted disgusting I do wish we had bought the ins from across the road Bugger the price I threw away £6.80

Had full English breakfast worst cafe food ever had, I would not recommend and over priced

Great bakery. Lovely sandwiches and Pennines, really friendly staff.

Had breakfast and tea here . Food all very good as we had the breakfast roll and a bacon roll . Lovely bread and filling . Staff on the day excellent.

Purchased eccles cakes. The filling was unlike any I had ever had before,just a miniscule amount of fruit bound up with some kind of bulker I could not identify. Very poor value. Also a sausage roll,the pastry was undercooked and inedible.

14.45, can we have some sandwiches please? No, we’ve stopped serving…. Why? We’ve been here all day… Would have preferred to support local business, but couldn’t, so went to Tesco

Excellent customer service. Great coffee.

Staff were friendly but the tea was shocking. Ordered a pot of tea and not only did it have 1 teabag and 0 flavour, it also looked like dishwater when in the mug. Didn’t even drink it! The cakes and pastries are nice but not fresh. Considering the tea wasn’t the most reasonably priced it was so disappointing. I love to support small businesses but this was poor.

Lovely sandwiches and coffee But no toilets

Lovely selection and very reasonable

The Halesworth one is quite nice place, staff friendly and have eaten in few times and actually tasty.

Worst Rocky road I have ever tasted, Belgian bun was Ok. prices were reasonable.

Wow what a nice place stopped by to have a sausage roll and a bacon and sausage roll filled to the brim valve for money

Sandwiches/Rolls/Baguettes freshly made to order. Lovely soft, fresh breads. Vegan pasties available. The bakery can get busy, but I imagine is popular for a reason. The best thing about this bakery is the coffee. Absolutely superb! I love a soya latte and this is without doubt among the best I have ever tasted. 5 stars for that alone.

Excellent value for money. Friendly and dog friendly.

Nice little bakery, staff very helpful and polite food is good quality and I have yet to beat the prices in Southwold, I will definitely go again. Enjoy...

Nice full English breakfast and jacket potato for a good price

Lovely people and a cracking breakfast

A busy little place. Looked to have some beautiful breads and cakes. We had a breakfast which was cooked to order.

The young blonde girl behind the counter needs urgent customer service training. Came in with my young children for the "meal deal" and was told very rudely that it was a takeaway only option. Even though the advertising on the outside says nothing about being takeaway only. You know there's ways of talking to people with courtesy, a lesson this place should teach its staff.

Excellent drink and food at very reasonable prices. Small indoor seating area and obviously takeaway.

Seriously slow and unapologetic service. Basic quality. Go to the COOP next door.

A lovely little tea room/bakery/eatery situated in the middle of Southwold High Street. It offers a wide range of food to eat-in or take away, from jacket potatoes, to sandwiches, wraps, pies and warm sausage rolls, all at very reasonable prices too! Service was friendly and prompt. A great find - make sure to get there early as the indoor seating area is quite small.

Traditional home baking with Cakes you just won't find in the new style bakers, yum ❤️

Great place to go for a nice bit of cake well priced and friendly staff

Had a lovely breakfast and some great fresh baked bread

Went here this morning, three of us, one gluten free. They had lots of gluten options and the bacon sandwiches were excellent. Would recommend for definite

Just had excellent gluten free birthday cake. Beautifully decorated and scrummy taste. Will be back to order another one

Great to find gluten free options. Delicious, will definitely be back

Very reasonable prices for Southwold.

Nice bakery currently offering take away service. The branches in halesworth and Bungay 5 stars.

Very poor useless won't go again 1 person at lunchtime service ridiculous

Called in here yesterday as the other option had a huge queue outside. We regretted it. Drinks were milky and weak, very processed sausage rolls, and a stale iced bun and almond croissant which we ended up throwing away. Staff were polite but food was absolutely awful. We go to southwold a lot but next time we’ll queue with everyone else at the other bakers.

Well not the best, blonde girl very helpful. Cakes 7/10 staff 9/10. First appearance, lay out let’s this little place go unnoticed could be a lovely place with a little love and attention. Will go again

Pitstop last Sunday for coffee and cake. Very lacklustre staff and tables not being wiped. Bit of a concern in these Covid times. The blonde girl who served us was pleasant but lacked alot. The other girl (darkhaired) was obviously leaving or having a break as she stood out the back with a roll-up in her mouth (unlit). Not a good look. The cakes were passable but the coffee diabolical which we didn't finish. When water is continually boiled and reboiled it created a horrible metalic taste. Couple that with poor quality coffee, it was memorable. We used this bakery as they had spare tables, we usually have coffee elsewhere. Lesson learned... we will not return nor recommend. Great shame when business and reviews in these difficult times can make or break. I cannot remember the last time i felt strongly enough about something to leave a bad review.

Exactly what we were looking for. Tasty simple food reasonably priced with friendly service. The place could do with redecorating and an updated look.

Visit cafe on a regular basis Staff really friendly nothing to much trouble cakes lovely highly recommend

Will not visit again, not covid secure at all. Had the cooked breakfast which included tea (but evidently not coffee) Tea bag left in tea. Both tea and coffee were only half full!! Cold platesCold foodSausages were reheated and coldSausages were very poor quality Shabby (not shabby chic just shabby) plaster around sockets falling off ColdNeeds decoratingNo hand gel and not asked to sign inHorrible strange odour Service poorDidn’t ask if everything was ok - clearly they knew what the answer would have been!! Eggs overcookedDidn’t ask how we wanted our eggsPricey for what it was considering we didn’t eat half of it

Lovely place to eat, friendly staff who are very helpful

Delicious food, including home made soups, cakes and bread. There is an excellent selection available along with some seating. The staff are very friendly and helpful. Highly recommend a visit to this delightful traditional bakery.

This place could be really nice but, quality is seriously lacking, Don't have the sausage sandwiches they are grey looking microwave things, the bread was ok, I feel cleanliness is again lacking in every aspect. I don't give 1 stars but this is the only fair score

Delicious food. Friendly staff.

Girl behind counter looked disinterested in serving, food looked poor.

Greet bakery. Toasted sandwiches were really tasty and so was the shortbread. Staff are really friendly and not too badly priced either. Would really recommend.

Initially the bakery/cafe looks quite ordinary - until you taste the food! Delicious! Good range of baguettes, sandwiches, pies and many other lunch options, including plenty of vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options. Very good value for money and absolutely delicious. Though it didn't look anything special the food certainly was - don't judge a book by its cover!

Visited your cafe in halesworth, Chelsea bun was days old, really nasty, nothing was dated, I would have hoped that as a bakers everything would be fresh daily and if not why not, will not be going again unless they up their game.( formerly cheries)

I popped in to this shop today to ask if they sold individual portions of clotted cream, as I noticed that they sold cream, jam and scones as a package - all I wanted was the cream (we already had scones at home). I was sold a 40g (small) pack of Roddas Clotted Cream for £1.10.Seeing the size of the pack my partner suggested that we needed a second one. I was reluctant to pay what I thought was an exorbitant price, but further along the street is The Cornish Bakery. Here I was sold a similar sized pack for 55p - half the price of the Farmhouse Bakery. A check online indicates that catering packs of the 40g size cost around 33p per unit. I find that the price charged by the Farmhouse bakery is blatant profiteering. Readers beware.

been to bungay - halesworth and southwold shops throughout the year. each shop needs a good clean and make over. food quality is consistently very poor. rolls a good size in the meal deal.

I bought 2 sausage rolls which had certainly seen better days. My wife bit into one and immediately said they were off. On closer examination they were not fresh at all. Both were chilled at the time but I’d have expected a freshly baked pastry not refrigerated for a few days. £1.70 each but we were too far away to take them back. Greggs is still the high street bakery king

Didn’t eat there but went for a loaf of bread. Everything wrapped in single use plastic which the lady serving said was a ‘new thing’. Really?! I think they’ll find most retailers going in the opposite direction. Very disappointing 😡

Very good bacon rolls, pasties and coffees. Nice service. Just plain, old fashioned but good. This is an honest shop doing things well in a modest way. Poncy people asking for vegan pasties and double choco mocha coffee and then have a hissy fit when told that they don't sell them need to go for a walk along the pier and not stop.

Very impressed with the new management in this bakery and was delighted to find they are now doing a range of wraps. I can highly recommend the chilli chicken one - the wraps are big too (one is enough for lunch!) and are really reasonably priced. Fast and friendly service too. I’ll certainly be returning!

We were nicely surprised at the quality, quantity and value of our eat in lunch at this bakery. Lovely cheerful girls.Our party had pasties, very tasty filling and light pastry - coronation chicken sandwich - and an excellent prawn wrap with a substantial amount of prawns. All were very tasty, and a great price. Would highly recommend for a super value bite to eat.

Quaint little café/bakery - bit disappointed of the lack of a customer bathroom - (wash hands etc). Nonetheless, lovey Cornish Pasty!

If you are looking for a snack and maybe a cuppa, then you would be spoiled for choice in Southwold high street, but the farmhouse bakery is a little gem hiding in plain sight. A tiny shop with a handful of tables it has a great selection of snacks, pastries and cakes. All of it at very reasonable prices, (especially compared to a cafe on the pier charging £2.60 for a bottle of fanta!) The prawn cocktail wraps were just £4 and they were massive. We had a selection of sandwiches, wraps and pasties as well as hot and cold drinks. We would have had cake but were too full! The staff were very friendly, I'd definitely return.

Bakery with a few tables inside. Friendly staff and decent sandwiches. Found it much better than previous reviews suggest

The 'A'' board outside attracted us to a good selection of fayre for lunch and we sat at the one table provided outside as we had our Springer Spaniel with us. Couldn't fault the friendliness of the staff, speed of service and quality of food at VERY sensible prices for a popular seaside location.Our choice of sweet chili chicken wrap, large bacon, brie & cranberry roll, toffee sponge cake, excellent strength latte coffee & tea was generous, fresh and delicious.Only small drawback is the establishment doesn't have its own customer 'facilities' but has an arrangement for free use of those in the hotel opposite, which are excellent!

Cake was great lady who served us with long blond hair if being miserable was an Olympic sport she would win a gold medal

Found this bakery/ cafe in Southwold on the High Street. Ordered two teas...sausage roll and Eccles cake which I usually love. Tea bags left in the mugs, no sugar offered. No tray. Tea good. Eccles cake...YUK !! Not sure what the filling was but it did NOT contain currants, very dry. Strange smell inside the shop not dissimilar to stale cigarette smoke. Bought a packet of cheese scones at the same time to take home....definitely no cheese in them and they left a very unpleasant feeling on my teeth ( not dissimilar to that of full fat Coke ). Will not be visiting again !!

Sandwiches ok but bread a bit like cheap sliced bread. Eccles cakes, my favourites, were awful.....pastry fine but filling a hard pink paste of, I assume, dried fruit but no visible currants. Bought 2 ate 1/2 yuk.

Despite it being a quiet Tuesday morning we had to wait 20 minutes to get three clumsily assembled sandwiches. One (bacon) tasted like cardboard as it was so dry, another (egg mayo) tasted of nothing at all, a thirst was just about OK, all on cheap sliced bread. At over £9, very poor value, a factory made sandwich from Tesco or the Coop, both nearby, would be tastier and cheaper. The only redeeming feature was the server seemed new so may improve but lots of infinitely better alternatives available.

A Fantastic, Delicious Birthday Cake prepared at very short notice. (Due to being let down only days before my child's party) The very helpful brilliant girl that works at the bakery got me out of a right pickle. Thank you so much Farmhouse Bakery.

Nipped in on a Sunday having seen what looked like a yummy Eccles cake in the window. Having bought it I decided to tuck in and it was filled with a handful of currents and some odd cinnamon laced mixture as a filling. It was definitely not an Eccles cake by and stretch of the imagination. I won’t be visiting here again with much better in the town.

Came in here today as we saw some nice cakes in the window and wanted something sweet to eat while we walked along the beach. My boyfriend chose an Eccles cake which was a good size and seemed good value for money and I had an almond macaroon. My boyfriends Eccles cake was filled with some sort of chewed up paste which looked nothing like what you’d expect in an Eccles cake. Couldn’t even discern what it was supposed to be by taste - all we could taste was cinnamon. My macaroon was fairly tasteless and really dry. I’ve had better from other local bakeries back home. We were both really disappointed with our experience here today and unfortunately won’t be returning.

In our visit to Southwold we looked for somewhere to have a light lunch, we decided on Farmhouse bakery, very disappointed. Not the best food, jacket cold cakes dry All in all very poor xx

Friendly staff, very nice pies and pasties. Southwold is a little expensive generally and this is reflected in the prices.

I don’t see why SOME people are critical of the Farmhouse Bakery. Sure, it’s small and no haute cuisine establishment. It’s a bakery and cafe. Their filled jacket potatoes are incredibly good - a big, waxy, well-cooked potato with a huge dollop of tuna and mayonnaise. 2 meals with a tea each and under £10 !! What’s not to like?

As a tradesman in the town I visit regularly, I had bacon and brie roll which is my favourite with so many other options available (freshly baked roll too), staff are always friendly and always greet you with a smile, good selection of beautifully made cakes too. Have tried all the bakeries in town and farmhouse is by far the best for value and options. I highly recommend if you haven't tried already.

I have my lunch in farmhouse bakery southwold 6 days a week as i work in southwold I find it very friendly and reasonably priced food is great cakes also would recommened it if your in town.

I use the Farmhouse Bakery on regular occasions and have always found the service, food and atmosphere excellent. I happened to see a couple of recent reviews which were not very complimentary, in fact rude and I question the customers motives. I find the place warm, friendly and superb value and will continue frequenting it as often as I am close. This venue is second to none and has my ongoing support.

As builders in the area we have used every bakery in southwotld and we think farm house for value of money has it spot on. Always Fresh food whether it be hot or cold and very friendly staff every day! So if you want some lovely food at reasonable prices this is the place to go!

Have lunch here a few times a week as I work in Southwold, really lovely quality food for a good price & lovely staff. Can’t go wrong 🤗

Awful place, dirty tables, dreadfully rude unprofessional foreign manager with long black unkepmt greasy hair, stale foods as left in glass shop cabinets overnight, you only have to look through the window every night to see this. Really poor quality ingredients in all their produce. Unhygenic practices, no gloves or hairnets or uniforms worn by staff, just an absolutely Horrendous experience, will NEVER go back. There are Far Nicer places to eat and drink in Southwold. Its cheap and utterly nasty. Less rhan 1star. You would be better off buying a sandwich out of the co op or tesco.

Visited yesterday the foreign lady was disgustingly rude to me made me feel un welcome and out of place she was very unhygienic and would not visit again due to her attitude

It is great to find a straight forward bakers/cafe in Southwold. Mugs of tea. Cakes/pastries. Sausage rolls. Veggie options. Nice loaves of bread. Friendly staff. Tables inside for lunch or cup of tea.

Lovely friendly place. Very good coffee reasonably priced. Staff extremely friendly

This place has a large selection of delight's for sale. The staff are friendly and efficient and I would recommend this establishment highly.

Ah some sweet treats a few pasties and of course sausage rolls All good.

I visited this bakery twice this week. The first occasion I had to call the young lady from the back and she practically threw the bread at me. Secondly I went in at 4:20pm today where she refused to sell me a loaf as she said the till was closed even though I had the correct money. The sign still said open! She needs a lesson in customer service!

The bakery probably sells decent bread but the cafe was a real disappointment sadly. Cheap teabag tea served in a mug, toasted sandwich that was small and had an overall unpleasant flavour and texture along with a tiny salad, consisting of literally one slice of tomato, half a slice of cucumber and 2 inches of a lettuce leaf, so not even a reasonable garnish! Lovely staff but well below average food sorry :(

Went in here at the weekend to get bread rolls, the lady who served us was extremely rude and abrupt, not necessary by any means to be like this, she was obviously not local due to her accent, & equally not happy in her job, the rolls have always been good quality and affordable but unfortunately they have now joined the other high priced shops in town, we paid a vast amount more this visit than we did at Easter and I must say the quality had gone downhill no end, the place was dirty, the hygiene from the workers was atrocious, I would think the environmental health department would have a field day in here. There are much better bakeries in town and with the prices not much to compare we will vote with our feet and use the other bake houses, we have always supported the local shops but after this visit we will no longer be supporting this one, some customer care skills are needed and soon.

Excellent food, great staff very friendly, fully recommend, will always use, keep up the great work!

Popped in for a coffee and a hot sausage roll and both were delicious. Polite helpful and friendly staff, would recommend highly and will be coming back on a regular basis.

Good food. Catered for small children and space for all the family. We enjoyed our lunch, and on what was a very hot day it was cool inside.

We came to visit Southwold for a weeks holiday with family, we stumbled across The Farmhouse Bakery as it was close to the house we rented. The bread was so good, that we ended up coming back most mornings to collect bread to take back for our breakfast! I myself am Gluten Free and the Gluten Free bread was some of the best I have tried, so much so I ended up taking 10 loaves back home to freeze and keep! This is highly recommended especially for those that are Coeliac and require good quality bread! We’ll certainly be returning!

We sat outside chatting to other customers that was all very nice but it didn't compensate for the poor flavoured coffee or the Eccles cake that was far too sweet and dry for my taste. There are much better establishments elsewhere in Southwold.

Tough one to review. Much to like - but not everything. Called in here for a coffee - which was OK. Saw a range of sandwiches, so we thought we'd get some for a packed lunch affair. Very good sandwiches - about the right sort of price, I guess. You are in Southwold, so I guess you need to expect that shops and so on can get away with lousy service - if you don't like it, there will be a new customer along in a minute who will. But it still grates !