Reeve the Baker in West Dorset

Ria went above and beyond today to make us feel valued customers and made sure we had everything we needed to thoroughly enjoy the foods we bought. The selection of pastries, cakes we tried today are the best we have had from a bakery. Thankyou

Overpriced for what you get is the phrase that comes to mind . No atmosphere and cold interior . Two very average sandwiches and a cup of coffee..£17 .. which I thought was ridiculous. Plenty of better places to go in beautiful Sherborne .

Gorgeous pastries and lovely coffee. Great decor too. An excellent addition to the town centre. Loyalty scheme available for coffee purchases. Their toasted ham and cheese on sourdough is amazing and their freshly made sandwiches are excellent. One of my favourite cakes is their Bakewell. Yum!

£11.70 for a toasted sandwich and a latte. The coffee cup hadn't been warmed, so the coffee was luke warm. The toastie had, to my taste, too much cranberry in it, it was oozing through the bubbles in the sourdough. There was more cranberry than brie.... The table was dirty, in fact all the empty tables were. I asked the waitress to clean it, then I had to ask her to give me the cloth. She hadn't got all the crumbs off the table. There were crumbs and water on the tray as well. I didn't order tea, but I saw that customers were given a tea bag and a teapot of warm water. It's really not very professional.

Absolutely awful experience…. No signs up the window to say no dogs aloud so me and my husband went in and sat down with our cocker spaniel, was sat down for about 10 mins and no one said anything about no dogs. I was at the till ordering our food and drinks and was just about to pay when a bolshy staff member comes yelling over to the person taking our orders “ NO THEY HAVE A DOG WE DONT ALLOW DOGS!! Waving her arms around and really being dramatic about it. The lady serving me was apologetic but I have NEVER felt so embarrassed and never have I been made to feel in a cafe/Restaurant that I was a criminal, everyone in there eating/drinking was staring at me because of the attention drawn to us by the staff member shouting at us and waving her arms around. Never again, ever if I didn’t have my dog would I set foot in this awful place, walk further up the hill and you will find a lot more welcoming cafes. Disgusting!!

A lovely independent bakery/cafe with a good selection of cakes and snacks. Slightly more expensive than most of the cafés in town, but worth it on occasion.

Lovely food and cakes, well worth a visit, always go here for lunch when out, also very friendly staff.

Great baguettes and coffee. Constant queue for toilet though.

Can’t not pay them a visit when in the area to see family. Would be a hell of a lot heavier if I lived close by!

Is this shop dog friendly or not? Our well-behaved dog who also acts as a therapy dog in a children's hospital was allowed in with us during one visit but was not allowed in during our last visit. There are no signs confirming that dogs are or are not allowed (the same applies in their Salisbury shop). They failed to reply to my email on the subject. Reeve the Baker -totally inconsistent and unsatisfactory approach. If you have a dog, ask first to avoid having to leave once you're seated with your dog. Other and better dog-friendly cafes are available in Sherborne.

Excellent service with a smile with good choice of sandwiches ( breads of various kinds) & a good range of cakes.

Excellent place for breakfast, brunch, tea and snacks with delicious sweet and savoury cakes and sandwiches. Hot and cold drinks table service and takeaway. Worth their prices which are medium.

Excellent service , & they do a mean coronation chicken sarnie !!!

Good coffee, could do with a bit more sevice with a smile

Reeve is an amazing bakery! All the food there is delicious, once you’ve been I’m sure you’ll be back again soon. The pastries are cooked absolutely perfectly and taste so amazing. I honestly find myself eating one in the bakery and taking one home for later. Their giant doughnuts ,might look like novelty, but they’re light and fluffy and better than most doughnuts I’ve eaten. If you’re planning on coming down, be warned there’s probably going to be queue and the sitting area is going to be busy. In my experience this lead to some slow service, bringing our food over, but with products this good it’s to be expected.

Deliciously tempting treats displayed in the window, it's hard not to resist. I opted for their giant ring donut. Best decision ever!

Bought two drinks, hot chocolate and cappuccino for £8.95. thought the cup of average and lukewarm hot chocolate was very overpriced at £4.95. wouldn't return.

Having had lunch here during various previous visits to Sherborne, the last with our rescue dog Brian, we were most surprised to be told that dogs (other than presumably guide dogs and assistance dogs) are not allowed in the shop. My partner and Brian were at a table close to the toilet, the furthest point from the serving counter. One of the assistants during our previous visit had been delighted to see Brian. Annoyingly, I couldn't see a sign telling us that dogs are not welcome. In future, we will visit dog-friendly establishments for lunch in Sherborne, Brian having had another successful visit to the Bristol Children's Hospital as a therapy dog the previous Thursday where he was made to feel most welcome by the staff and the patients and their families.

We went here for 2 cups of tea & 1 toasted teacake to eat in. The tea was £2.65 each and the teacake was £3.75 and wasn't worth it at all. The restaurant was cold and the windows are very draughty, the interior is nothing special and the toilet area was freezing cold. Not the warm up stop we required!

Great staff, always happy and friendly even when under pressure. Great food, the ham salad rolls and lardy cake are immense

Mid afternoon tea & cake, quick service, but disappointed by being served with teabags and a pot of hot water (so able to steep tea in boiling water). Stollen was also disappointing; stodgy with no definition between cooked dough and marzipan. Not up to their usual standard.

I come here occasionally for a bite to eat and a coffee if I’m shopping in the town, I enjoy the variety of sandwiches, cakes and bakes and the coffee is nice. I always get a warm welcome from the friendly staff, unless I am served by the manager. Unfortunately, I can’t help noticing this each time I go in when she is there, she looks miserable and an attitude as though she doesn’t want to be there at all. I feel as though the other members of staff are on tender hooks. But it’s definitely more of a relaxed atmosphere on the other days. All in all a lovely bakery that I can’t fault, just the manager needs to work on her smile.

Loved it. Staff are so lovely. Food was delicious.

Great bakery with friendly knowledgeable staff! 😀😀

Lovely cafe with amazing food. Gives you a feeling of being in France

Love this place.....the wonderful smells that greet you as the door is opened. Love the great choice of sweet and savoury offerings.... beautifully presented. The tea was excellent and the cranberry sourdough toasted sandwich was just perfect. Comfy seats and seating ....a perfect place to rest, relax and think about life!!!.....thanks Reeve 🤗

Picture this 2 absolutely soaked tourists , dive into this bakery to get out the rain the best coffee and cake ever , and when we left we bought a few cheese straws for later ! They didn’t last until later amazing ! I suggest if your in the area dive in you won’t be disappointed

Easily the best bakery in the south coast. Bit more on the pricey side but the quality is unmatched. Punchy pepper pasty 10/10

Reeve the Baker sells delicious bread. I go here to buy seeded sourdough bread . The staff slice it beautifully.

Lovely food and coffee served by friendly staff

Lovely cakes and coffee in friendly atmosphere👍

Small friendly bakers with tables you can "eat in" - great range of food freshly prepared.

Incredible pastries, toasties, etc. Coffee was lovely too, worth the extra few quid!

Good for a coffee and a bun, friendly staff, great service.

Lovely bread & cakes which are delicious. There is so much choice & although you can eat in we haven't done that yet - but we will as there is a lovely atmosphere there. The staff are always welcoming & friendly. Looking forward to our next visit.

Coffee is served in small cups and is expensive. Cakes are very pricey. Cafe is always cold with air con on full blast and door always propped open even in winter.

Very expensive £7.50 for two slices of toast and very small cup of coffee. There put about ,70p on each item to eat in, so the more you order the more you pay. Will not be returning

Always a banger from Reeve the Baker. Very good munch, outstanding to be honest.

Never go past without going in , you never know what you'll find , posable a bargin

Excellent customer service and great food and drinks

Delicious bakery. Friendly staff.

Fantastic service recovery from the manager on shift at lunch today (I think her name began with a K? With dark hair) After a poor start to our visit she totally turned it around, and we will definitely be going back for the delicious coffee, baked goods and redeemed service

Both had a Sausage Roll and a Doughnut each,plus 2 Coffees £17.40 a bit pricey.Couldn’t believe the Sausage Roll price £2 to eat out,£3.75 to eat in,nearly double the price to eat in didn’t see the Doughnut prices must have been nearly double to eat in.Found it a bit extortionate to charge so much on each item to eat in,Coffees were also warm not hot.

Very poor experience. Coffees and cakes took ages to arrive.No apology. Coffee was lukewarm, cakes average. Staff surly. What a shame.

Excellent service excellent cakes and coffee and the bonus is no dogs allowed love this place five stars. Hopefully will set a trend that everybody doesn’t want to share their experience with a load of dogs and mainly uncaring owners who thinks that everyone wants to share their food with a dog

I love Reeves... they are a real institution around Wiltshire and Dorset. The Sherborne store is really a good one! Clean and tidy with a lovely friendly staff, who were so helpful. The coffee was great, I think that it was Pelican Rouge, and it was definitely worth it. There was a lovely choice of sandwiches and cakes, I had a fabulous almond croissant to go with my latte. And a gorgeous sourdough loaf for later. Thank you, promise I'll be back soon.

A very big thank you to all the staff who looked after my sister in law on Saturday 18th Feb when she had a fall outside.thank you so much

The lady who served us needed improvement on her customer service, we were coldly greeted, she was impatient when we were placing our orders and she carelessly flung our cakes/bags on the countertop - her name was Linda.

Great coffee and cakes. Plenty of food to choose from. Staff where very pleasant

The food was ok, but they brought over our drinks and they were really badly spilt. It was a freezing cold day and they asked to keep the fire open to clear the condensation, so it was freezing to sit. Being honest, probably ok for take away, but I don't think I'd go again.

Bit overpriced 2 teas and 2 smallish teacakes =£12

A really nice local bakery that has an excellent selection of sweet and savory items. I especially find the doughnuts here to be very delicious. The Pelican Rouge coffee they serve here seems to taste very nice too. The staff are always friendly and there is plenty of interior seating which is comfortable.

Was pleasant to sit in and loved the soda bread toasties I had

Top job the best bread and cake I've ever taste Devizes shop.

Good coffee great cakes. Excellent refreshment stop on a cycling ride. Staff very polite & friendly.

Welcoming and friendly staff when we went recently. They serve great tasting coffee and cakes to die for. Bread is of excellant quality too.

This place has the most beautiful bread but it is expensive. You get what you pay for! You can get sit down tea and coffee and some nice snacks as well. It’s always busy which tells you how good it is

It's just a cafe! searching for places open in Sherborne on a bank holiday! £6 for an ordinary sourdough sandwich with no side salad. If your image is a cheap cafe with very ordinary seating, tables and decor then charge ordinary prices. I have had food from other Reeves like Shaftesbury and it was good.

Having only arrived in town at 2pm, to meet a friend an hour later, we dropped in for late lunch about 3.30. Still a good amount of lumnch options and they were happy to make us the ciabatta of our choice. As you'd expect, the baked items were really lovely, the coffee was good, the service was just right.

My husband cannot stay away from Reeves he just loves the bakery items. We particularly enjoy the brown sough dough bread, great with no side effects (if you are an IBS sufferer this is the bread to have). We enjoy the sausage rolls and hubby loves the Belgian buns. Prices can be a little high yet worth it. Staff friendly and efficient. A great bakery in the town and very popular, prepare to queue.

My wife and I each had a pasty foolishly thinking that at the price they would be premium quality. Well they were not (gloopy and horrible) Lidi sell far better pasties at a third of the price.

We picked Reeve the Baker for a quick savoury snack and coffee. Served to our table promptly. The savouries were OK though perhaps a little more expensive that we expected. We put this down to our lack of eating out due to Covid having got us adrift from price levels. The staff were helpful.

Reeves is a must when I visit Sherborne. It is the first place I visit. A Latte and a sausage roll for breakfast - heavenly! I really should try something new. Everything looks so appealing, and very fresh. It has a nice atmosphere, and is spotlessly clean. The staff are helpful and friendly. The WC is always clean.

A little pricey. Coffee wasn't that hot. Cheese straws were odd tasting. Cakes were nice though

Pleasant venue for a break. Food was good, as was the coffee. Good service.

Cakes always yummy, lovely hot latte

Good for a bacon roll and coffee

My third time here. Looks lovely and the coffee is nice. Great atmosphere but seriously lacking in dairy free/vegan offerings. Oat milk for coffee available but nothing by way of food or cakes. Such a shame to be so behind with the times. Would come more if better selection that catered to out dietary requirements.

First visit good coffee and scones. Covid friendly.

Very busy due to 2 day Christmas event in the town but still good service. Excellent pasties which we ate inside. Take away service was phenomenal with a constant stream of buyers dealt with in an efficient manner.

The drinks are good, the food is excellent.

Nice staff,food & sitting area. Value for money is a little pricey with a typical sandwich at £4.75.

We came in as a family of four for lunch. Ordering was quick and easy at the counter. The lady that served us was very friendly helpful and efficient. We had a range of cakes, sandwhich, sausage roll and cold/hot drinks. At around £23 it...

Amazing pastries, I want to try them all

We were unsure of how to order food, not very forthcoming staff member but then found out trainee. Our sour dough sandwiches were tasty and filling.

I was wandering up the main street looking for a cafe for scone and coffee and whilst there is plenty of choice in Sherborne this one felt right. Lovely coffee and generous cheese scone and a nice sofa to sit on made it a great choice for me. I came back later to but a freshly cut sandwich and tray bake for lunch. Recommended.

Amazing coffee , fabulous flavour and wonderful looking cakes, pastries and sandwiches, thoroughly recommend

This is a great experience at any time of the day

We had a Wiltshire pasty, that I really enjoyed, very tasty pasty and filling- the filling is "soft" and squidgy, as noted by another recent reviewer, but that is not uncommon and still tastes good to me. Helen had the chocolate twist pastry as a...

Nice carrot cake. Reasonable prices. Polite.

Lovely coffee, hot chocolate and pastries. Prompt service

Very good very clean big choice on the menue, food very nice.

Lovely airy cool. Friendly staff. Good food.

We had take away pasties and sausage rolls. Unfortunately we didn’t think they were that great. Particularly the pasty which was gloopy.

Love the bakery, fantastic food and service however the sectioning of the food could be better with veggie and meat food as they do put both together which means I can't have alot of it as they are contaminated.

Seeded sour dough is fabulous...

Great drinks and food is very reasonable priced. However the member of staff who served us was very patronising in describing the "safety" procedures of receiving a drink on the table.

The best sausage baps, ever! Thank you to Katie and her crew.

Lovely coffee ☕ and very nice staff, thank you 😊

I realise it is a baker rather than a coffee shop, but if you offer coffee, at least make it a good quality!

Nice little bakery good selection donuts are massive

First time this morning eating in at Reeves. The baked items are very nice, had a sausage roll which was very hot and filling. All the hot items were bagged rather than presented on a china plate which is fine drinks were also in paper...

Wonderful coffee and fantastic lardy cake

Freezing cold air con pumping out despite the wet weather, coffee machine broken, they don’t provide cutlery supposedly as a Covid precaution yet none of the staff wear face masks!. Good baked goods but don’t eat in!

Charged normal price for a ham and cheese croissant and when it arrived it was in a paper bag! No cutlery, no salad or crisps alongside. Coffee in paper cup and no spoon or stirrer. This policy should be clearly advertised so customers can make...

Very disappointed today. Decided to eat in. Staff not wearing face covering. Charged normal price for a ham and cheese croissant and when it arrived it was in a paper bag! No cutlery, no salad or crisps alongside. Coffee in paper cup and no spoon or stirrer. This policy should be clearly advertised so customers can make an informed choice BEFORE making a purchase. Will not be going there again.

Staff were friendly, & food was lush as usual.

Exceptional pastries and coffee available here. Usual C19 precautions in evidence. The hazelnut brownie and viennese whirl were delicious. Coffee of a high standard. Staff obviously take pride in goods on offer. Very helpful especially with older clients.

Staff are always pleasant, friendly and helpful. Food is always very nice

Thanks to Katie and all the team, excellent coffee and bacon rolls. Keep up the good work, very friendly place to visit.