Parsons Bakery in Malvern Hills

We chanced upon this bakery, which also serves sandwiches, cakes & drinks. We’re newbie locals (2 years in!) & so still discovering what’s available to us. Quite often we’re after a takeaway lunch to take with us walking but have struggled to find something, which is quite simply high quality. We’ve visited twice and would highly recommend the sandwiches and cakes - so very good. The bread pudding was delicious but had to restrict myself to half the cake for my hips sake!! The coffee was fine but no different from quite a few other places aside from the Faun & Abbey Rd cafes. We’ve looked into the Parson bakery background and found they are a long-standing, well-established Bristol based bakery, which turns out my Bristolian husband remembers well! They really do need to ‘sing out’ about their heritage. Also, the staff are really lovely and efficient. To top it off, the prices are really great - 4.50p for a sandwich, cake & drink…..

Stopped in after hiking the North Hill (highest peak in Worcester). Got a lovely apple / raisin pastry - just the right crispy crust and tasty filling. Son has a "Pasty".

The older lady that works there is very rude and dismissive. As soon as we walked in we were made to feel unwelcome and when my friend asked her a question she was met with a very sarcastic and horrible reply. We left without buying anything because of her. Seems like she’s on a power trip and likes to put others down

On new yrs eve me and my good lady decided to have a mooch around Malvern and enjoy our day. We decided we wanted a honk of pastry to make life generally better and to make a mess of our faces. We had various sweet and savoury pastries from parsons. The young girl working was lovely, chatting with us both despite being in since 7 and looked tired. I ate various different pastries then me and my good lady tucked into a custard slice a piece. As I stood looking at the Abby with the bakery infront of me I started to laugh. Now I’m a fat f£&ker but I’ve never had a cake be so nice it made me laugh. My good lady asked why I was laughing, I said it’s the custard slice!!! I was so happy with it I started to chuckle. I never thought I’d laugh at a piece of cake!!!! Well done parsons bakery!!! It’s a first for me that I giggled like a little school girl at a piece of cake. Definitely use you again

Nice cakes and decent coffee. There are a few seats inside, so if you fancy a break whilst wandering around Malvern, worth popping into this bakery as prices are good value.

We were in Malvern for 4 days and on 3 of them had bacon doorstop sandwiches at Parsons for breakfast. Really thick bread and plenty of lean bacon with ketchup. Absolute bargain at £2.50 a go and even better when you include a decent coffee for £3.25. No queueing, great service, great value.

We ordered bacon and sausage baguettes which would have been quite nice had they not used really cheap sausages, also, the bacon was super dry. The bacon and cheese wrap was huge but also awful tasting, it was really dry, they usually have tomato in and this one didnt and the 'flaky puff pastry' was really thick. Also ordered was a lardy cake, a firm favourite of mine, this one was crunchy on the top and really dry and poorly constructed. On the plus side, my son had 'Australian Crunch' which he said was absolutely beautiful. I would not recommend and I will not be returning.

My wife and I are staying at the abbey camp site and fancied Danish pastries and croissants for Sunday breakfast. As parsons bakery opens at 10am on a Sunday I waited until approx 9.45 and set off to buy some, which we were really looking forward to.At 10am the bakery promptly opened and I was told that the Danish pastries hadn’t been iced yet, and the crossqnts were just about to go in the oven, which would take approx 20 mins.Undeterred I waited 20 mins and whilst the croissants were ready, the Danish pastries would be quite a while longer, so I went next door to carousel to buy some.Very disappointing

Stood in a queue for 10 min and two girls managed to serve one customer. It took one girl five min to make two coffees! Seriously-it was ridiculous! Everyone was moaning

Always been a good bakery, and seems clean but had a chicken supreme pasty and been ill for 4 days since! Pasty was nice though

The best cakes around.. especially the cranberry and white chocolate muffins and gingerbread teddies..cannot go anywhere else now, shame their so far away.

Best coffee and cakes in Malvern. Service with a smile in what has been a difficult period. The manager and assistant manager have been absolutely brilliant throughout Covid. This little bakery in Church Street, Malvern has bought us much joy and happiness and has been an absolute saviour during the last six months. Well done to all the staff. Thank you

Visited This Bakery in Malvern for the first time today. Husband had a cheese and onion pasty. Said it was the most delicious pasty and pastry he had ever tasted. Full of filling. I had chicken and mayo baguette, lovely crusty bread, loads of chicken filling, really tasty. Good deal too. Sandwich, cake and a drink £3.75. Exceptional quality and good value. If we lived in the area we would frequent often but unfortunately it was just a day trip.

great value pastry, wide range of products, great meal-deal. good stop for passer-bys! highly recommend the biscuits!

Due to lockdown and the lack of Supermarket delivery slots we started looking at different delivery options and came across Parsons Bakery in Malvern. Phoned and spoke to Amy who was very helpful. We ordered meal deals as the best option and they were delivered that day by Amy. We have continued to use Amy for delivery. The baguettes are excellent as are the cookies. Great find and excellent customer service.

Fantastic help from manager Amy going far and beyond. Great service. Fantastic bakery. Well done to her and staff.

I found out about this bakery on Facebook after seeing a picture of the fabulous range of cakes they offer! I have been here 4 times now in the last 2 weeks, I am totally in love with their Easter biscuits!Amazing customer service from Amy she went above & beyond I can’t thank her enough, if you haven’t tried this bakery yet then I would say to definitely go there! :)

Manager Amy was fantastic. Great service and very friendly. Made a real effort to help! I will definitely use again Many thanks Steph

We popped in today for a coffee and a slice of cake. Lovely little shop and warm friendly staff, no dramas and a wide selection of cakes pasties and drinks. Treated ourselves to a couple of homemade pasties for our tea which were delicious. Would certainly visit again, and does it really matter if it’s in Malvern Wells or Malvern town...!!!!???

Friendly staff. Spotlessly clean food tastes great, and is really good value. Especially the hot sandwich with coffee

Despite the listing, this is in Great Malvern. I work nearby, so sometimes have a pastie or bacon sarnie.Am afraid I found the beef/stilton pasties lacking in both ingredients, especially the Stilton.The bacon sarnies are OK, although some of my workmates don't like the doorstep bread.The staff are very good & helpful.

Stopped here for a coffee to go and were sucked into all the wonderful cakes and choices! Highly recommend stopping here!

Horrible experience in here this afternoon. The card machine wasn’t connecting to the Wi-fi which I told the lady, she assured me it was, and proceeded to get her card to proof that it was a problem with my card. She declared ‘see it’s worked!’ Only to encounter the same problem I had. I absolutely understand that these things happen, but her attitude stunk. Really disappointed.

Sausage rolls are the best I have ever eaten, perfect balance of size and flavour, cooked to perfection. Bread pudding 'to die for'.

had my lardie cakes this morning.Not as normal, pretty dry .Dissapointing the lardie cakes /dripping cakes are lovely and moist with loads of treacle but unfortunately not today.

Been in here a few times before walking in the Malvern Hills. The Chelsea buns and sausage rolls are delicious. Also liked the yoghurt topped flapjack which surprised me. Helpful and friendly staff. Great selection of breads, pasties and cakes. Good prices.

We stopped in here for an enjoyable quick coffee and sat at the small breakfast bar seating area. We also picked up a couple of pasties and a veggie sausage roll for lunch- all of which were delicious!

A great selection of cakes, great service and a smile. All for 95p. Will be returning as conveniently located in the high street.

Stopped by for a sausage sandwich which did not disappoint, lovely thick door stop bread it was served in and three sausages in the sandwich which doesn't often happen so was even better!

I love coming here for my breakfast always hot and perfect. Makes it even better with such a friendly team.

Parsons offers a good range of baked goodies; the custard slices, apple-cream turnovers, moon cakes, bread pudding, Chelsea buns .... I could wax lyrical. I rarely eat cakes and biscuits but whenever I am in Malvern it is a must.

Lovely location, outside seating, cheap coffees, great pasties!! Good choice of juices and sandwiches! Recommended!

I have been using this bakers since it opened and it is a very enjoyable part of my day. The shop regular girls and Emma the shops manager are polite and nothing is ever to much trouble. How ever my experience was spoilt by two area managers on Monday who would do well to learn from the regular girls they were rude forgetting the very basics that the customer is always right. I have seen a lot of good staff leave because of this bad management over the years. With over 40 coffee out lets in a 5 mile radius these area managers may want to review how they treat regular customers and staff.

After tackling the hilly inclines in Malvern, it was a comfort to find this bakery. Brilliant cakes and pastries at a reasonable price. Friendly staff and clean shop. The Peppermint Crunch is gorgeous. I only wish we had this bakery in my home town!

You could get very fat! Excellent bread and tempting cakes. This is an excellent place to buy any bake items.

Lovely little bakery on Church Street. Delicious pasties which are good value on their own, but even better Parsons offer half price cakes after 2 every day, which is a great deal. Friendly staff too.

Been visiting this store for a while now, the pasties are delicious, the cakes are fresh, the coffee is good and cheap (unlike Nero and Costa both on the same street), but it's the service that makes me keep coming back.

Super little bakers. Great bread, sandwiches and cakes. Reduce price for cakes after a certain time which is always worth while if you have a hungry family or you are having a treat.

I stopped by today as the sign outside said that all cakes were 85p! Unfortunately it would appear that they are 85p as the one I had was stale. This was really disappointing and has put me off returning.

Great staff,good coffee and great prices,enjoyed pasty and cake of the day.Seating limited but available

Siempre pop aquí cuando visite Gran Malvern, ya que tienen una buena selección de pasteles, dulces, sándwiches y bebidas calientes. Ahora todos los pasteles 85 p después de las 2 pm. . La frambuesa y muffins de chocolate blanco son deliciosos. . Las rebanadas. como flan y jengibre. Conveniente ubicación con personal simpático y cubierta de asientos es un lugar encantador para entrar y date un capricho.

Normalmente el parque al lado del parque y piscina luego diríjase por las colinas. Hay paradas mientras camina, pero siempre es bueno encontrar un buen café y un aperitivo después del paseo antes del inicio del viaje. Las tartas y la amplia variedad de pasteles, sándwiches y una buena selección de bebidas calientes, todo a precios muy razonables. El personal es siempre amable.

Well what can I say each time we visit Tewksbury this bakery cannot fail to satisfy it has been I believe a family bakery for 100 years that surely must be the reason for such good quality pies pasties and cakes I myself normally never eat pasties but I have succumbed to the apple stuffing and sausage meat my husband enjoys the standard pasties which in our book is not standard also the cakes are divine if your in town or passing through this is a must if you want food to take away or enjoy sitting next to the beautiful canal the bakery is easily found on the high street

Very very good little place half way down the hill on the main shopplng street.Went in today with the mrs and had two bacon doorstop sarnies (massive) and full of bacon on beautiful crusty bread.Two plping hot good quality coffees were also consumed and the bill was £5 something,bargain.Whenever i am in Malvern this is a must stop as they do some lovely breads,savouries and cakes.The meal deal is fantastic value and after 2pm all cakes just 80p.Always very nice young girls serving working hard but always happy and welcoming.Would be ideal pre hike up the hills to stock up on energy or a place to look foward to visiting when the walk was over.I really can recommend the place.

Visited this small bakery on Bank Holiday Monday. It has a fantastic choice of cakes, sandwiches and drinks. It also does hot bacon, sausage sandwiches as well as pasties etc. There is a small seating area housing half dozen chairs to eat in. Service was excellent and great value for money.

I'm a bit OCD with my vegetarianism but staff members Emma and Sharon have reassured me and the veggie sausage rolls are to die for! Brilliant food and friendly service.

If you want an inexpensive snack, cake coffee on the go or bread then this is a convenient little shop. Not easy for parking. Staff are very friendly and helpful.

I bought some cakes which were fabulous, even better it was 4 for the price of 3. Happy days!!! Parsons also sell lovely pasties and good sandwiches. I love the coffee they serve too. I will be going back to sample some more.

Located near St Swithun's Church downtown. Shop is small and has a queue often but the staff is very efficient, so not necessary to wait long.There are plenty choices of pasties, pastries and desserts with good deals. Its americano was aromatic.Should come to try its pastries again.

What a great place. Popped in after descending the hills into Malvern. Got a wonderful cup of coffee and a fabulous cake. I have to say that you get much better service and products than Nero or Costa on the same street. Great value for money. The kids also found plenty to choose from ! Highly recommend this little gem.

If your out and about and your visiting Malvern and you need a snack then try this bakery its just down church street town centre the pastries and cakes are very appetising you can even get a cup of coffee here all at a very competitive price the shop was very clean and the staff friendly .so go on treat yourself

After an pretty exhausting walk to the top of the Malvern Hills, we were in considerable need of a hot drink and substantial snack before our return journey, so wandered down into the town centre to see what we could find...Having past an almost deserted Cafe Nero at the top of the hill, we carried on towards the bottom in the hope of finding something a bit more wholesome - and weren't disappointed. There was a queue out of the door (always a good sign!) and by the time we got in, a number of the items in the window had gone - but as it's a bakery, new items were going into the oven all the while and the smell was heavenly.I opted for a capuccino and steak pasty and my other half went for breadpudding - and as she is a chef in a multi rosetted restaurant - was pleasantly surprised by the freshness and quality of the cake - superb!Friendly staff - a real homely feel - great quality food and clearly a hit with both tourists and locals alike - so if you are after some top quality baked goodies and a decent cup of coffee - then avoid the mainstream characterless coffee shops and try this place - you won't be disappointed.

This is a lovely clean bakery conveniently situated in the middle of Great Malvern high street full of appetising cakes and pastries at competitive prices.They sell coffee too.A great selling point is after 2pm all cakes are 75p! The custard and vanilla slices are delicious.The Chelsea buns and doughnuts look very tempting also! Sharon,my server was very efficient and friendly and I look forward to going back and choosing another 75p cake! Can thoroughly recommend.

Pasties are good. Shop opens at 8 am but pasties aren't ready till 9 Then they are piping hot. Haven't tried any other delicacy.

I am bringing everyone who comes to visit me to this place! Baked goods look and taste amazing, it's hard to not buy the whole shop. I am normally a great decision maker with shopping/food but everything looks so good I was there for a while. They have some interesting and different stuff as well as excellent bakery staples. I can highly recommend locals and visitors buys delicious things from here.

I really like the selection of cakes in this bakery the ice buns are great and better after 2pm when they are 75p

After our trip to Malvern called in here on Saturday afternoon & bought a vanilla slice and custard slice. Both were amazing-wish I had bought more now! They had a layer of jam in each cake as well, which certainly added to the overall flavour & taste experience!

We stumbled across this place and it's brilliant the staff were really friendly and helpful as my son has an allergy. The pasties were really tasty and so much better than the usual chain store stuff. We even went back later to buy cakes. Definitely worth a visit.

Came upon this shop/cafe in Malvern whilst searching for something hot and filling to eat for myself and 2 kids. This little bakery makes a change from the usual chains which sell similar fare..ie Greggs. It stocks freshly baked pasties, sausage rolls, cakes etc and all are reasonably priced. There is a small stool eating area if you want to eat in the shop.The young girl who served us was very polite and the shop itself very clean.The pasties tasted excellent and the sausage rolls received a glowing recommendation from my 8 year old.Well worth a visit.