Parsons Bakery in North Somerset

My local bakers, so called in to get a pasty and some cakes. Service was appalling. Kept working at the oven and setting out goods without a word of 'sorry to keep you waiting' or. better still, showing a bit of customer service by stopping and serving me. Service when it came was unsmiling, and the pasty was lukewarm at best, though to give it its due, it was tasty (chicken). Most of the stuff it sells is fine - I like their cakes and pastries - it's just the service that lets it down. (This wasn't just this time. Being the local bakers my daughter and I have used it several times in the recent past and the experience has always been the same or similar).

Confused about this place No brown loaves, no cold pasties ie to heat at home Seemed more like a hot take away rather than a bakery.

A short review to say that I popped in here for a quick ‘eat-in-the-car’ snack. There was a good array of rolls and pastries on offer (some, if not all, savoury pastries were hot). I did want something hot and suitable for a light lunch on what was a cold day, and I fancied a pasty. I’m not usually impressed by pasties as the tradition seems to be, too little meat and too much potato, plus a fair amount of pastry. Pasties are usually a carb-fest, and usually stodgy to boot. Well I concur the beef pasty, I enjoyed here, didn’t contain a lot of meat (no surprise there). I can, however, report that it had had little or no potato, it wasn’t stodgy, it tasted of meat, it was moist with a good thick and rich gravy, plus the pastry was flaky and light. The pasty was thoroughly hot and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was good value for about £3.20, so thank you for the pasty, and the pleasant and efficient service too.