The Handmade Bakery in Kirklees

We bought bread to take away, was delicious! Highly recommend the cinnamon bun thing and the olive sourdough! Sitting area could be bigger

Must visit. Welcome stop after walk along canal. Sourdough took home - VERY good.

We bought sandwiches to take away. The sandwiches were fresh and tasty

Brilliant place, lovely staff. Wonderful food. The mushrooms on toast are very tasty. Can get very busy but don't be put off waiting, it's worth it!

An absolute staple of Slaithwaite life - the best bread and pastries in the village, reasonably priced. The canalside location is perfect for grabbing coffee and a snack before or after a walk, or sit in for hot food and a look behind the scenes in the open kitchen. It can get a bit hectic in busy times or when the weather is bad and people are clamouring to sit inside, but the seating and ordering system has been adapted recently and staff are generally helpful. The business is a cooperative and truly independent and local, well worth supporting :)

This is the finest bakery I have ever been to in the UK. I love my bread, cakes and sandwiches. Nowhere beats here. Cakes are out of this world and breads and sandwiches and super tasty. I can’t recommend it enough. Thank you to you all. There are some amazing hard working staff there too!! Raj

Terrible customer service. Dropped in at 3.40pm on Saturday for a quick coffee and cake. Waited 5 mins whilst a small group were finalising their order, to be told that I could now only order a take-out rather than sit in. The place doesn't close until 4pm so a little bit odd to say the least (would completely understand if it was 3.55pm). But then taking a look at the other staff's faces probably explained things as they were clearly annoyed with some final customers of the day (no eye contact or pleasantries as I took a seat at a nearby table). I live in Marsden and walk to Slaithwaite every weekend, but won't be popping in the Handmade Bakery again! Maybe sort out the attitude (and your counter system as it's confusing), though going off other comments on here, it doesn't appear that good customer service is a priority.

It's the bread I go for it's so good but if you want a coffee and cake that works too.

Best sourdough loafs I’ve tried in the northwest. If you sit in, try the mushrooms and try not to cry with delight 🤣

Best bacon buttie ever imo (looks exactly like the photo on website already), my niece had the beans on toast, lthat looked amazing too, reasonable price considering the ample portions & quality of the food

We went here for a much needed warm drink on a cold day. The woman behind the counter was rather direct and not particularly welcoming. I asked her if the hot chocolate came with cream and marshmallows (as is the way with some establishments) because I do not like cream and marshmallows so I wanted to be sure. The woman abruptly said that it didn’t and seemed affronted that I asked her this. The hot chocolate arrived and it was warm, not particularly chocolatey and just underwhelming in my opinion. Having recently moved into Slaithwaite this is somewhere I won’t go to again or recommend.

We really love this place. Wonderful bread, and bakes. All the food is simple, but such high quality that it shines. It would be helpful if there was a sign saying that the service system for the cafe is to put an item on your chosen table to show it is taken prior to queueing to order your food. The service otherwise is good, and helpful on the whole, but as food is made to order a wait will be necessary.

After a walk along the canal path, this was a welcome stop for a fragrant peppermint loose-leaf tea and a slice of vegan cheesecake.

Beautiful food. Greatest bread ever made in the premises! Get there early!

A busy, loud and draughty cafe, the food was good, nothing special, a bit highly priced .

Home made food whats not to like!

Love it. Great bread, food and friendly staff. No dogs allowed which is great for me.

I lovely place for coffee and breakfast . Pastry are amazing.

What a great find with a fabulous menu.

Best baked bread in the whole valley

Lovely coffee and bacon sandwich 🥪

All the homemade pies and savouries are to die for scrumptious

Nice bakery! The seeded granary was most delicious!! We also brought some almond croissant and ‘pulla’ (think that’s how it’s spelt) which was a cardamom and cinnamon bun! Didn’t get a chance to take a photo, as we delved into them as soon as we got home! It’s not dog friendly inside, but is outside.

Nowhere else quite like it. They make some great stuff. Good service. Nice presentation. The staff are paid properly. Right by the canal. Not too expensive. Good coffee.

Lovely coffee and nice n spicey ginger cake.

Beautiful coffee and lunch- we cannot wait to return

Really lovely place great coffee we sat outside by the canal after long walk.

Stopped off for cake and coffee after a stroll on the canal towpath. Great Darkwood coffee and tasty cakes. Eat in or outside by the canal. Bagged one of the last brown sourdough loaves available to takeaway - really very good bread.

Lovely bakery on the canalside at Slaithwaite,delicious cakes and savouries and coffee. Great breads to buy ,but get there early for those,they sell out pretty fast . Great service,happy friendly staff. Great value .

Fabulous lunch in a lovely cafe. The sandwiches and cakes on offer were very good. The service was excellent, .

Fabulous place, I would heartily recommend the frittata 😋

Such lovely food. The Guinness cake is famous locally and I can see why! The savoury Danish is also amazing. And if you're sitting in the cinnamon toast is really nice. Staff are... largely friendly? I think they're quite frazzled, bless them! But some of them make a real effort to be cheery, and they are appreciated!

Always a treat to visit here. Savory Danish and Guinness cake are particular favourites

What a brilliant place for a coffee and a bite to eat.

Poor and slow service. We have visited many times, and sadly will not return after our most recent visit. We waited well over 20 minutes for 2 bowls of soup, watching other customers being served before us who had not arrived until well after we had. My soup was cold when it arrived, and had to be sent back. The lady was not apologetic in any way - by the time my second bowl of soup arrived, my partner had finished his. We asked for more butter, and had to get up and ask again for it. When it arrived, it seemed to have come from the freezer - it was hard and notspreadable. The cake slice we took home also completely tasteless. Really disappointing!

Friendly helpful staff good coffee and inviting menu.

Good coffee. Didnt eat but the food looked good.

Their Baguettes, fritatta and sticky ginger cake are my favourites

Great bakery with lovely atmosphere

One of the reasons why Slaithwaite is such a great place.

Stunning food and drink - don't think about it just go

Savoury danish. Grilled cheese sandwiches. Cakes and fresh bread. Darkwoods coffee and now iced lattes. Yep. Still a winner.

What a find, great food and lovely and friendly staff, we had breakfast and bought a loaf to take home.👍

Bacon butty😋 best I've had in a while. Lovely small seating area outside overlooking the canal.

Friendly staff, idyllic setting and award winning food. What more could you want?

We called in after a bit of shopping. Bought a couple of focaccia & a brown soda type loaf … both delicious. Decided to stay for coffee & a bite. I had the best americano for a long time & shared a substantial focaccia sandwich ( pesto mozzarella roast veg) which was suggested by staff to have grilled … good call. Not too busy. All staff very friendly & helpful & a decent clean toilet!!

Fantastic place, great food which is reasonably priced. Well worth a visit. Gets really busy and sometimes have to wait for a table. Service is always good and pleasant. It's a must visit.

The most delicious mushrooms on toast and bacon sandwiches. The bread is gorgeous

A great place to eat, with the added bonus of a fantastic selection of fresh bread to take home.

Great place for lunch. A small but interesting menu of freshly made, tasty food. Friendly and efficient service. Lovely coffee! Came away with a fresh loaf of bread too.

We called in for coffee (excellent flat white) & bacon sandwiches. Would have been very nice except that they didn’t remove the bacon rind so we had to dismantle the bun & pull it off ourselves …. Not good as it really wasn’t crisp enough to eat & should have been be cut off. A little bit overdone too but we still had a nice time in a cosy atmosphere.

Great breakfast. Stopped here after a run with my friend for some refuelling. I had beans on toast with cheese. Homemade beans and delicious bread, made it really good. They were busy, so we sat outside while waiting for a table

Visited yesterday. Had the homemade beans on toast. They were the best I have ever had. I have tried a few things from the menu and haven't been disappointed. Very relaxed place with great attentive staff. It does get busy, but if you are prepared to wait, it's definitely worth it.

Have visited a few times. The food is all homemade. The cinnamon toast is fantastic. Really good value for money. Great staff. Will definitely be back

I follow artisan bakeries on social media, and saw this one and thought I've got to visit. The bonus of owning a motorcycle is you have an excuse to go on adventures. The ride through the peak district certainly built up an appetite. On arrival the location is so picturesque, and the reclaimed industrial interior is on point. The staff were brilliant, polite and attentive. We got there about lunch time and there was no queue and we got a table straight away. There are some seats outside and more inside. My wife who was a bit windblasted fancied sitting in the warmth. We had the Reuben and the New Yorker sandwiches with the salad. Wow wow wow wow, the bread and fillings were worth the journey. Total price for sandwiches, salad and coffee and speciality tea £16 which I thought great value. The only downside was I'd promised my wife Cheesecake, but there wasn't any so we've got to go back.😋😋😋😋😋. The toilet was also really clean so I really can't find fault. Massive 👍👍👍👍🤞

One of our party hails from Slawit and we've been meaning to try this place for ages. So glad we did. Homemade beans on toast, toasties, frittata and accompanying salads all delicious. We bought a loaf of Yorkshire leavened bread to have for breakfast the following day and it didn't disappoint!

Stopped off here and the other half and I had a ploughman’s sandwich, a chunk of gingerbread and a cuppa tea. All were fantastic. The bread was lovely and crusty, and the sandwich packed with ingredients. The gingerbread was awesome, nicely gingery and not at all stodgy. The tea was spot on. Wouldn’t hesitate to go back again. Wish we’d bought a loaf before we left.

Had the most amazing cinnamon toast. Really tasty and filling. The staff were very attentive and delivered amazing customer service. Can get really busy but well worth a visit.

I’ve been a regular customer at the Handmade Bakery for nearly 8 years and it’s always been great.. up until a certain member of staff started that thinks its ok to be rude to her customers (on many occasions). I’ve emailed the bakery twice now about this toxic individual and got no reply. It seems they aren’t bothered, hence why I’m writing here. I won’t set foot in this place while she works there. A paying customer should not be treated like a subhuman. This has gone on too long and I can’t bite my tongue any more. Absolutely shocking.

Called for a sandwich cake and brew. Because we wanted something different than on the menu it upset the computer and the system. The system seems to be set up to only take the menu listed, so a simple request of only a little milk in tea and a cappuccino using only froth ( no hot milk) caused problems. Plus we don’t eat bacon and asked for an egg sandwich which caused further confusion. When the tea came it was like hot milk. When I returned it she almost snatched it from me and said she would bring another - which she did. It was stronger tead hot milk. This made our stop an unpleasant experience and I won’t come again soon. Throughout I was patient as the lady said the till and system were new plus it’s hard to hear behind a screen and through a mask. I don’t feel I deserved poor treatment over the tea

A lovely friendly spot to call in for a coffee and gorgeous handmade pastry. Just delicious. It’s was lovely to sit in the sunshine and watch the world to by.

We last visited the cafe about two years ago and have been dreaming of the mushrooms on toast ever since! We finally revisited and were not disappointed at all. Along with a bacon butty and a croque monsieur we were a happy foursome. Very pleasant...

Was super disappointed on a recent visit. I had my son and his family from London up for a visit and we popped in for lunch. In spite of there being no sign outside saying dogs weren't allowed, an extraordinarily rude woman in uniform strode...

Went for a birthday lunch, we had a bowl of Mushroom Soup although a large portion it was over spiced really. Quite a long wait for the sandwiches we ordered the Bacon sandwich was disappointing and rather fatty. The other sandwich was served with a...

The Handmade Bakery had been recommended to us and as we were in Slaithwaite made a point of visiting the bakery. First thing that struck is was the lovely smell of baking bread etc and also the 'buzz' to the place. Disappointingly, this ambience was...

I have had bread and various other products from the bakery on numerous occasions. All ways lovely and delicious if a tad expensive. I have only eaten once in the cafe. Service was slow, tables dirty full of previous customers dirty cups etc. My main...

Bough Yorkshire leaven bread, delicious pastries and slices of cake to takeaway and we weren’t disappointed. People told us this was a must visit when in Slaithwaite and they were so right. Orange cake and ginger cake were sublime. Bread delicious and the pastries very...

Great bakery serving fab Darkwoods coffee and small but tasty menu. Service was super-friendly and the bread we bought for home was some of the best I’ve ever had. Covid-safe and great location by the canal side.

Easily the best bakery around... Polish baked cheesecake - WOW Orange cake - WOW Lemon polenta almond cake - WOW Sandwiches - WOW Truly can’t express how much me and my boyfriend love this place, sometimes we take a second trip for more which says...

This cafe is now back to takeaway only - good friendly service, interesting menu and tasty bakes to suit most tastes.

So happy to see that “sit-in” is available again after withdrawal during the first phase of COVID. Really good attitude to sanitisation and COVID-secure procedures, felt comfortable throughout both visits since it reopened. Haven’t had a single item that had disappointed yet. Bacon sandwich is...

Stopped by for bread and a croissant, but there happened to be a couple of spare tables inside so decided to stay for breakfast. Delicious coffee, fantastic menu choice, friendly staff and plenty of baked goodies to take home (can't forget the croissant) looking forward...

Called in with my son, 2 takeaway teas & 2 Bacon rolls £12.70, Bacon was very fattie & most was thrown in the bin outside, i could call at any cafe & have 2 full english breakfasts for that amount of money, We actually wanted...

Breakfast at The Handmade Bakery was fabulous. Cinnamon toast to die for and a bacon butty that filled me up all the way back to Scotland, bought some great flour for baking and made my own bread with the Yorkshire flour. Great coffee too. Wish...

No meat pies!!, but if your ok with that it ready is excellent. The bread is just right not the cheapest but value for money in my opinion

lovley people fantastic bread the best tea its just good staff allways say hello take your frends its the best place to visit

We called here while cycling down the canal, the staff were very welcoming, the food was good and we were able to sit outside.

This is a great place to get lovely artisan bread and patisserie stuff like delicious croissants etc (though the almond croissant doesn't have much almond in it) - the problem is the service, which is hopelessly slow and there's not enough places to sit - they manage the space very badly. Otherwise it would be a total classic.

I've been a supporter and customer since day one when the bakery opened in the tiny back room of the nearby Green Valley Grocer. That space was quickly outgrown and the bakery moved to this canalised industrial space and opened a café space. Outstanding stuff. I'd be there every day if I could.

Arrived at 3pm able to park outside cafe. Very quiet. Limited menu but interesting cafe as you can see product been made. Fresh bread available to toast, cakes including vegan option. Alternative to dairy available for drinks. Staff very pleasant. Rustic/basic setting so great if cycling or walking there. Outside seating available.

I am a regular visitor of this bakery (their focaccia is to die for) and I won’t buy bread from anywhere else!! I have just been for the bread basics course and I had a terrific day; Steve and Dave were great hosts and made the entire experience. The amount of food we ate & took home absolutely justified the cost of the course - I’d highly recommend it. Over the course of the day it became apparent how hard everyone at the bakery works - for all the bad reviews saying that the service is slow / bad, just think these people regularly have a 4am start and barely have time to take a break or eat breakfast / lunch.

All the food at this place is great, but the service is shocking. One more than one occasion I have been in to buy bread and had to wait over 15 mins to be served. One person serving and making drinks whilst 10 other staff stand around and have a chat. Think the staff need some training in customer service

Located by the canal, the bakery has some nice seating outside with a lovely herb / fruit / veg garden. The bread is amazing...all freshly made on site and the coffee and leaf tea was way above expectations. The range of cakes looked very tempting.. but didn't try any as had had breakfast just before. Will return to try them another day.

Discovered this by chance and nipped in for a coffee and beans on toast. Food and atmosphere was lovely and great value, will definitely come again

We called in for drinks and ended up having a great bacon sandwich with their bread. It was very filling. We will be back.

Great place for a drink and light meal after walking along the canal. Take some very special bread home or even book on for a day learning how to make speciality breads.

This place is lovely but it gets very crowded and it's sometimes hard to get a table. Also means you're sometimes eating your food with the detritus of other people's meals still hanging around.

That smell is hard to resist. Beautiful breads to chose from. It is a simple place (out of IKEA catalogue), situated in an old factory. A few breakfast options of traditional dishes, home cooked. Delicious raisin bread and granola cup.

A great place to stop, to refuel after a walk along the canal.

Called on our Marsden to Slaithwaite walk. Excellent frittata and great delicious vegan options for two members of our family who are long standing vegans.

I've still not managed to come here and stop for something to eat yet but I have called for fresh baked bread again. The fresh stuff on offer is really tasty, my favourite is an olive focaccia - absolutely stuffed with fat juicy olives.

Gorgeous working bakery. Beautiful food, all freshly made. The menu is not extensive but always something for everyone. The fresh breads are amazing and the smell is heavenly. Not a lot of seating but you’re never waiting for long.

Heavenly breads and totally scrumptious pastries. Light and airy building on the canalside. Long queues.

We love to visit to purchase their amazing Artisan Breads. Whilst their we always have something to eat and drink. We had a porridge and a bacon sandwich along with a hot chocolate and a latte coffee.

food and coffee were both very good, nice place to pop in for a quick lunch, will definitely call again

Visited the bakery after a nosey around Globe Arts Christmas Fair.

Best coffee around and good selection of food cakes and bread. I always visit when in the area. And have either lunch or justcoffee and cake. Can't wait to go again.

What a fantastic place, lovely staff, great service, fabulous food, we had a gorgeous grilled cheese sandwich with their own unbelievable bread (the home made onion relish on the side was amazing) and a Frittata, straight from the oven which was world class! All other dishes we noticed, or were being served made us drool!! We cannot wait to return. we took away a fresh cob too (Yorkshire leavened) which again was sublime, well done to all at THB, and see you soon.

Shame it didn't come with the beverages. We had eaten it before the drinks eventually turned up. I would prefer my drink with my cake. Loads of staff but not working efficiently in my opinion.

Walked down from Standege and came across this little cafe right next to the canal.