The Cottage Bakery in Central Bedfordshire

The cottage bakery made a birthday cake for my daughters 8th Birthday. It was made exactly to my specification with matching cupcakes to go with it. My daughter loved the design and both the cake and cupcakes tasted amazing. Would definitely recommend.

£2.40 for a basic white loaf, fake plastic cream in the cakes which is just AWFUL and the sausage rolls are brought in frozen from Leicester........it says it's the best bakery, it's not!! Maybe the owner should think about his customers and produce, rather than drive around in an expensive car with a private number plate, nice to see where my money goes. Get some real cream and support British dairy farming instead of being a peacock, shame on you. Shame. On. You.

Today I had the best vegetable pasty I’ve had to date 😋 won’t be going anywhere else. Want to try the cakes now

We have been travelling from Rushden to this place for months as my Son has had a medical issue with his throat and their food is beautiful you could never get food any fresher ar tastier from anywhere else it is all cooked on the premises fresh every day sa dwiches rolls of all kinds cakes of all kinds even cold drinks and fresh coffee to go we also bought a beautiful Birthday Cake for my Son on his birthday last year I hadnt tasted anything quite so fresh and lovley we love this shop and highly recommend it to anyone!

Great fresh bread. Nice pasties and pies for a lunchtime treat. Parking directly outside. Hand made sandwiches are recommended.

We love this quaint little bakery staff are helpful bread beautiful cakes very tasty we need Dr go anywhere else

The lady who served me was rude I said I wanted Chinese chicken it is want I order every time I go in. She put me down for coronation which i am not so keen on as it has sultanas in. When i said that it was the wrong thing. She said that I had asked for coronation chicken, I said maybe you mis heared and I need to speak up. She said that shes got the rest right so that proved i had said coronation i found the rest of the staff much more friendly and they smiled. Unfortunately the one bad apple will probably mean that i will not be going back again.

Stopped in here to fuel up during a cross country cycle ride - didn’t want a heavy lunch meal so the cottage bakery was ideal - we had a Cornish pasty, which travelled well in its paper bag to Amphill Park where it was enjoyed - a great pastie, crispy, flaky pastry and filling was luxurious with fine pork and small bits of potato. None of that chewy pork with cheaper padding via too much potato you get in other pasties. Perfect, and lovely and hot. Perhaps the only negative might be it was too hot (heat). Thank you!

I visited this bakery as I’ve heard a lot of about it in the past. However, when I walked in, there was a lot of selection of cakes, limited on pastry. What shocked me was the staff, the two ladies i found extremely unfriendly, as I asked about the prices regarding the toothpaste cakes, the woman with the light hair seemed quite abrupt at me, also very moody, these ladies seemed like they didn’t want me there, as at one point I asked about card taking, I got a rude response saying ‘yeah we do’ in a curt manner. I think some people in this particular shop need to sort their manners out!!!! I also had a sausage roll which was appalling, very pink and squashy on the inside and tasty unpleasant. This bakery I would not recommend at all!! Greggs is so much better, I will not return.....

Friendly service and hygiene rating is five out of five. I shall return soon. The roll and the salad were fresh.

Very unimpressed after today’s visit to here.This is the first time I’ve felt the need to actually write a review.On arrival our order was mixed up at the counter.fsir enough it happens.Then to my disbelief they wouldn’t accept my currency.It says it’s a British cafe on website.I had every British Sterling note to pay for my order and it wasn’t accepted.I had to pay by card.My order was rock hard and could have been doing with a steak knife.One I’d certainly avoid next time working in the area.

Forget the calories, enjoy the range of cakes, eclairs, doughnuts. The bakery is located on the main street, almost opposite the Albion pub, it is not easy to park, but worth it. You can park a little distance away in Chandos road for example. At least you can lose a few calories walking to and from the bakery!

Pretty good food good I would go there for breakfast and lunch I would like it better if it had more options of food

My boyfriend always goes in for sausage rolls, breakfasts etc before work in your bakery and loves it. Just a great place to sit, relax and eat some homely food! Would definitely recommend.

The staff were lovely, the food was very acceptable and an excellent price. Breakfast included tea and bread and butter, as well as toast.

In the morning the pasties and sausage rolls are a great treat. Try to get in before 10am when the tradies come and buy them all for lunch. The chicken and mushroom pasty is beautiful and full of flavour. The sausage rolls are moist and can be eaten without sauce. We had to eat them outside once we got them home as they are really flaky.

I have NO idea where the claims that the staff here are rude come from. They are not. The food is good, solid, tasty fare. No pretensions, no exotica, not a bar of wasabi ice cream in sight. Just high quality, delicious and traditional English fare and reasonable prices. If that is what you are after, you won't go wrong here. Unless you arrive after their pretty early closing time and have to go to C***a just down the road. That's wrong.

Great bread ,great cakes and fantastic pastries. Cannot go past this place without buying a sausage roll . Lovely made up rolls . A great bakery

Found that the staff serving at the sandwich bar a bit abrupt, asked for a speciific filling and they huffed and puffed about it. food ok but would not spend my money here again.

Supposed to be a fresh bakery.... bread stale after 1 day at home. This happens frequently especially at the end of the week, don't buy bread on Thursdays, Fridays or Saturdays

Lovely bread and cakes. A large selection of take away food both hot and cold. Orders taken for special events and friendly staff

Visited these 2 bakeries for years in ampthill, everyone loves the sausage rolls and fresh bread etc.... but they employ the rudest women, they ignore you for ages when you walk in, no rush to acknowledge your existence, been happening for years 😠

Popped in on the way home from town and bought some lunch, plenty to choose from, I ordered a sausage roll which was lovely and hot, friendly staff, clean and tidy shop

La casa de la Panadería fue una fuente muy buena para nuestras disposiciones de picnic para Houghton House - la calidad de la comida era de primera clase - recomendado.

Lovely sandwiches. Freshly made for you if you can't see what you want! Good variety of hot and cold food for lunch. Small eating area if you want to eat in.

Well price rolls and pastries. Always well staffed and friendly. Only criticism is loose the really cheap marge out of rolls spoils most rolls/sandwiches. Would rather pay 5p more per roll for butter. But keep up good work.

We love this little bakery for a good selection of warm and cold options to take home and eat straight away. Not always have my favourites as I guess they sometimes sell out before 12

We happened upon the Cottage Bakery on Church Street during all the road works in Ampthill as everywhere else was closed, yet this place was open doing great with all the workmen!Choosing a mug of tea and a toastie, it was a good place to stop off at for half an hour. The baker itself it traditional, and so offers a good selection of breads and cakes.

Good selection of freshly made bread, rolls, sandwiches, filled rolls, hot pies, pastries and cakes.For an one-off visit where do you start.Had a delicious cheese salad roll, plenty of fresh lettuce and cucumber. Followed this with a delicate pastry.Very enjoyable and I'll pop in again if I'm in the area looking for a snack for lunch.

You get what you pay for, which can be acceptable and some cakes and sandwiches are ok. However, the attitude of the staff is far from acceptable, giving the feeling that as a customer you are 'interrupting' their day(!). The extreme opposite of what one would expect in an otherwise lovely location.

Fresh bread baked daily, Cakes, cookies, Scrummy, delicious, Staff have a sense of fun, and knowledgeable about the local area

Delicious breads and rolls, and wonderful cakes for when you're feeling naughty! I've known this place since I was a child and my Mum would buy me a flap-jack as a treat. Just lovely!

Real bread with real flavour. Scrumptious sandwaiches and piping hot pasties. Why would you ever go anywhere else?

Lovely warm fresh baked bread and pastries, cakes and freshly filled delicious sandwiches crusty rolls and hot pasties, sausage rolls, pizza slices and that smell when you walk in the door.Why bother homebaking when you can buy it tasting better...for less.

we use this bakery for work , their bread and rolls , are really nice , in the past i have had thier cakes , huge and yummy .

if you want traditional baking of everything pies, pasties, cakes, give this a try. and thats before you mention the sandwiches and rolls. everything here is first class food

Lovely local British bakery. Don't expect anything super fancy, but excellent fresh small loaves and cakes.

Love the bread, cakes and filled rolls from here. Regular visitor, great team of people. Recommend you support this local bakery.

If your looking for anything fancy, don't go here. They are a nice traditional bakers - great for a jam doughnut or sausage roll or basic loaf of bread but unfortunately they lack a bit of imagination and don't stock any artisan breads or croissants or such like which is a shame. They always offer friendly service and I do enjoy their big jammy doughnuts:)

stale bread, cold bread, not much choice. some things are greasy, smells more like a garbage bin than a bakery.

Rubbish bread. Never have croissants. Cakes lack imagination. Staff are mostly miserable and rude. I will not hurry back.