The Old Bakery in South Hams

Visited in September with our 1 year old. Ordered a variety of cakes and drinks, all of which were excellent. Staff went to extra trouble to find an ice cream flavour that our daughter liked. Have visited before for cream tea, and also for lunch, excellent both times. Convenient little cafe when in Totnes

We always visit The Old Bakery when in Totnes for lunch. This was our first visit post Covid. Another excellent lunch was had by the three of us. Lovely Cheese & Tomato sandwich for myself and a very tasty Tuna & Cheese panini for the ladies. Very nice pot of tea too to boot. Thank you.

Ravenous and in need of a hot pasty, me and my partner stumbled across the Old Bakery of Totnes. At first, we thought the pasties looked delicious and the selection was great. How naive we were!! Due to the lack of prices (in fact the labels gave us no clue of the Rip off we were in for!!), we selected a chicken and leek and the traditional Cornish pasty. Just two pasties to eat in, it wasn’t going to cost us the Earth right? This place wasn’t fancy in the slightest, was just as basic as Greggs! So me and my partner were flabbergasted when they had the cheek to charge us over ten whole pounds!! £11.10 for 2 sh*tty pasties! However, the worst was yet to come... the chicken and leek pasty was actually inedible and when we sat down disgruntled already by the mediocre customer service and pure theft of our purses, we were secretly hoping these pasties were going to be something special. They were the opposite. My partner could’ve gotten a better Cornish in Greggs. But mine was by far the worst! It smelt “rancid” in my partners words!! They should’ve called it a blue cheese pasty!! Since when did chicken and leek contain cheese!! The sauce wasn’t creamy at all, just tasted like pure cheese sauce and we were gagging and couldn’t eat it and left immediately as it smelt so rotten! We went up the road, however, and tried “Chunk” and it was a third of the price and edible this time (in fact I couldn’t recommend enough)! Save your money and sanity and avoid the Old Bakery like a bad smell!!!

During a lovely day out In quirky Totnes with my elderly mother , she sadly suffered a horrendous nose bleed . “The Old Bakery “ was a Sanctuary we desperately needed to tend to my mum. I do not know names of staff that day. There was one gentleman who was working . He was kind, helpful, and showed such empathy I had to write this report to express my thanks and also to inform the general public how refreshing to know that good Samaritans are there when we need them ! Thank you Mr Man @ “The Old Bakery “ PS The Lemon Drizzle cake is delicious and was much needed!!! Best wishes Gilly

Friendly place but went in for afternoon tea £9.95 scones and a pot of tea .Disappointing that the scones were not home made and jam in a plastic pot ,wish we had walked further as plenty more places with home made scones

Had a pasty which i enjoyed and some nice cakes good service and environment Not to busy and good size inside :)

We bought to take away 2 Chelsea Buns that looked good in the window. One of the buns completely different and smaller to the other and stale. I am local and will avoid in future, but they probably thought we were tourists and would not be going back anyway.

A very busy and popular cafe and bakery very friendly and helpful staff and good value ,we would definatly visit again

Popped in for two cups of cappuccino,s they tasted like dishwater , the cakes & pasties might be ok but definitely not the coffee

I will not go back to this place - it is over-priced for what you get and very average in qualify. A small cup of coffee was £1.70, a can of Fanta £1.80 (really!?!) but what really took the biscuit (literally) was that the price for having two quite small shortbread biscuits almost doubled by having them inside (£2.80) instead of take way (£1.50). Just for plonking them on two plates and a short walk to the table - what cheek! And on querying the price differential -which btw was not made clear anywhere - they just didn't care. So in the future I will take my custom to other more reasonable places in Totnes - of which there are very many!

The window was the selling point, which made us visit. We had a variety which included a pasty which was rubbery, and obviously microwaved. Sausage roll was very chewy. Cup cake looked appealing but underneath the mountains of icing the cake was stale. Chelsea bun was huge and thoroughly enjoyed. A mixed bag, but think there are better choices on the high st

Called in on our last visit to the town. Had a nice cup of coffee and a piece of bread pudding that would have fed 2 of us.....it was that big - and I think a mere snip at £1.25. The staff were fine although busy and what looked like new/summer staff but we all have to learn so not complaining. What was nice is that the table we had was more than adequate for 2 people and a lot bigger than a bog standard café table. Would definitely return - and as it was busy when we later passed by this tells you something!

Popped in here after a long drive, just a basic cafe I’m afraid, very warm, uncomfortably so, lucky to get a table next to the back door, the food was good, service good, but basic

Popped in earlier today and ordered a cream tea for two,a pot of tea and a couple of bakewell tarts. Prices were very reasonable and all came to around the ten pounds mark......the place just seemed a little grubby,the toilet doors were filthy and a few tables that we approached were dirty and needed cleaning. That aside not too bad and the food was quite decent. Visited 12th July 2018.

Called in The Old Bakery for coffee and cake, lovely mug of coffee and Chelsea bun . Good selection of cakes and light snacks reasonably priced - the sandwiches looked appetising. The service was quick and friendly.

Popped in for a cup of coffee and a bit of cake. The service was lovely the food cake was delicious {Chelsea bun and bread and butter cake} and the price was very reasonable. Other food looked good too.

Had a pot of tea , scone , clotted cream and jam . Only reason I did not give it excellent was jam although good was in a packet . Scone was top quality as was the tea and clotted cream .

Stopped in Totnes on a beautiful sunny day. Such a lovely town. Came across the old bakery and it looked very inviting. The coffee and bread pudding were superb. A nice table in the window watching the world go by.

Visited here this week ( I have been here a few time before) I wonder what has happened? I had the worst lunch ever. The pasty had been microwaved which meant the pastry was chewy the filling well what filling, the steak if you could call it that was sparce and even though pasty had been microwaved it was Luke warm. Swapped the salad to beans another mistake as they to were cold. £7 with a pot of tea never again. The lunch repeated on me all day.

We stopped in this little cafe/bakery for a drink on our way through Totnes. Although the hot chocolate is only produced by a Cadbury machine, it isn't over-priced & comes out plenty hot enough (often hot chocolates seem to be made luke-warm at cafe's). the cafe has a nice, relaxed atmosphere and the staff were friendly. Would definitely come back and give some of the pastries a try!

Located on Fore St. An excellent bakery offering a good range of fresh cakes, buns and pasties.

Whenever we are on Holiday in Brixham, we always visit Totnes, and make a beeline for The Old Bakery. We find the staff friendly, and it’s a comfortable place to enjoy lunch. The pasties are nice, and I enjoyed my thick strawberry milkshake and rich tasty cheese and onion sandwiches. Although none on display, the lady even went out the back, and managed to find some cream tea scones, for my Mom to take away. We will hopefully be back next season.

They were open early before we headed off to the train station. We were able to pick up a few cornish pasties for the road which were decent quality for decent prices.

Popped in here for a couple of Latte's with the good Lady on Monday. Cost of each Latte £2.35, more than fair we thought. Sadly decided to enjoy a steak and pork & cider pasty to accompany our drinks. which we were naturally going to consume at a table. It was obvious & fair from the pricing at the counter that a surcharge of approx 40p per pasty would be added due to VAT laws to heat them. It showed no information at the counter of a further £2 per pasty charge to eat in, only on the table menus. Admittedly you do get included some side salad & coleslaw, But this was not required by either of us. So to accommodate this we received a 50p discount per snack. So still robbed of £3 extra to enjoy a warm dish with our coffee's whilst occupying a table anyway. This is wrong, unfair, unreasonable and damn right Bad customer service. I naturally questioned this rip off, but got nowhere. Well "The Old Bakery" I can assure you I am going to get somewhere with my opinion & disgust. Here for starters, to enlighten your future paying customers away from your ridiculous and excessive charging. And to go to any other premises in Totnes other than yours. As the saying goes " Don't bite the hand that feeds you. Well you did feed us but you also bit our hands, the ones that feed you with our hard earned money. Times are hard and competitive, may I suggest you wake up and realise people have a choice. You shall not be ours again.

I called in for lunch, service was good and the 2 pasties, a cappuccino & a small bottle of water was extortionate at 13.05.

Called in for a light lunch wanting to eat a pie or local pastry. They didn't look appetising so ordered sandwiches. They were ok but for the price not up to standard. Much better places nearby.

Not bad. Couple of cheese and onion Pasties very tasty, pastry nice but could do with a little more cheese in really. Will try again though.

We stopped in for a bite to eat while passing by and received a very warm welcome. Tasty sandwiches not...

I wouldn't bother with this place, the food is below average and you will leave feeling ripped-off, especially if you have to pay for the privilege to eat in. For example, when ordering a pasty - they only display the prices for take-away, if you want to eat in then it's twice the price and will find this out when you go to pay. Very sneaky in my opinion and I would prefer to know how much it is beforehand. For the price I paid, the pasty was just awful, soggy and not tasty at all. I would avoid this place, especially since there are much nicer places to eat in Totnes.

Fuimos como la exhibición de pasteles en muy buena pinta. Pedimos una porción de tarta de manzana y toda la cosa se llevaron en la parte trasera. Cuando la porción fue en una bolsa. Cuesta £2. 00.

Variedad riquísima de pasteles caseros para comer en el restaurante o para llevar. Servicio de mesa, el café era bueno sin ser excepcional.

We decided we must try a Devon Cream tea while in Totnes. Wow this was really good two scones jam and a big pot of clotted cream plus tea. The scones were so fresh and quite light and the meal was very enjoyable. The café was clean and the staff friendly. If you are in Totnes do go there.

Tea & cream is a speciality of Devon that you should try. I suggest you that you would likely have something light because it's very substantial.

Popped in on a wet Tuesday afternoon. Place us clean, staff are friendly. Food was excellent and prices good.

I've been a customer for a few years, it is a reasonable price for a coffee compared to some other places and I like the fact that there are people of all ages, it's not in the least pretentious (which can be a problem when trying to enjoy a coffee in peace!)

Purchased a sausage roll as displayed for £1, sat down had a drink and was charged £2.75 for the sausage roll to eat in. I heard of a small charge to eat in but double and nearly double again. The quality was just average, wouldn't go back!! Very misleading.

Had coffee and cake like you do.My husband says it the best bread pudding he's had brought back child hood memories. Chocolate cake hit the spot , Alot more to eat in then take away on cakes so my advice have a coffee and take the cakes home

ripped off with wrong change by £5 (did not notice until a bit later)steak pasty was a very ordinary cornish pasty with hardly any fillingluckily lots of other places in Totnes

This is a nice place to call in for some lunch and a drink. The cheese & onion sandwich was lovely and plentiful, washed down with a nice strawberry milkshake. Friendly staff and good service.

Excellent value coffee (best value in Totnes) and there is a loyalty card rewards system also. Friends and I meet twice a week there, as the atmosphere is friendly without snobbery and quality consistently good.

Lovely cafe that was dog friendly - other cafes where not unless you sat outside. We had toasted tea cake and also toasted sandwiches. Well behaved dogs are welcome. Will definately visit again if in the area.

Dropped in for coffee and cakes and were so pleased that we wished we had visited earlier and could return but it was the end of our holiday.

Wonderful service and delicious food. The bread by itself would make a lovely meal! but of course there is plenty more choice...Very welcoming and pleasant ambience.

As previous reviewers have stated, take-away prices acre clearly shown on bakery items in servery but, not eat-in prices. Today we were amazed at a £1.00 take-away sausage roll rocketing to £2.75 if you sat inside. Although this item comes with a salad garnish if you wish, it is the same extortionate price if you decline the garnish.The sausage roll and cheese & spinach slice were difficult to cut. Not particularly fresh and if the eat-in price was displayed we would have gone elsewhere but, I guess that's the idea. Not many people would refuse the items once you are presented with the bill. We didn't like to appear cheap-skates in front of other customers so, payed up.One sausage roll, one feta & spinach slice & two coffees = £9.00You decide........

Couldn't go down to Devon without trying a pasty.Everything about it was very good, meat potato, onion and turnip, with just the right amount of condiments.

My husband really enjoyed his huge pastie! It had plenty of meat in it and a lovely flavour. The sandwiches had lots of filling and came with a small side salad. We sat in to eat and did notice there was a big increase in price of the food to eat in. The staff were friendly and the food came quickly.

Popped in for tea and cake, on seeing the reasonable prices on the shelf I was shocked at the extortionate price for the privilege to sit in. A latte, tea and 2 very very average cakes (actually the chocolate biscuit cake was pretty horrid and tasted like it had been made with very cheap ingredients) cost over £9. Lots of stickers saying prices are take away prices, however why don't you set out eat in prices too? Crockery cheap, I ate off a plate from an Ikea range I had whilst at university many years ago, not trying to be too scathing but felt pretty ripped off on walking out...Considering all the other lovely cafes there seems to be in Totnes I would never visit this again.

I enjoyed my sandwiches and very good coffee. I found the staff were very nice, and helpful. I will go there again.

We went their for a coffee and cake so it was fantastic. The cake I had is butterscotch and pear cake was fantastic and moist so it was fantastic in my life. The service was friendly and helpful

We ordered and paid for three cream teas but only two were available due to a major scone shortage (this was a bakery)! There were plenty of aimless staff who could have been, perhaps, baking? Half way through our tea we were asked if anyone needed the toilets as they would like to clean them without interruption. There followed a lengthy, and loud, set of verbal instructions about how toilets should be cleaned. Crockery was dropped during this instruction no doubt in amazement that absent staff were being blamed for erroneous toilet cleaning in the past. An off premise sale nearly bit the dust due to the inability of a member of staff to locate the wholemeal bread in the allergy file despite another member of staff repeatedly telling him to look in the bread section. A thoroughly enjoyable experience but don't plan to return and in fact mouthed this to people looking in through the window expectantly..

Cold and wet February day in Totnes so this was just perfect. Hot tasty homemade soup with a huge granary roll and plenty of butter.

This was a nice stop for good food and lovely cakes, it is well positioned right of the High Street and the added bonus for us it was dog friendly. The service was good and the staff very helpful, the cost was good with ample portions. Highly recommended.

We visited The Old Bakery on a rainy Wednesday afternoon in late October. The place was really friendly and the service was very good. It's an ideal place for lunch and a chat. The cheese and tomato sandwiches were plentiful though a little rich. Nice thick strawberry milk shake. I tried my Girlfriends Cheese and Onion toastie and it was very nice. Toilets were also clean. Recommended!

Visited by chance today wanting a sandwich for lunch. Menu very impressive with a wide range of sandwich fillings and types, including paninis, baguettes and different breads. Coffee was excellent and service satisfactory. Seemed a clean premises but hand dryer in toilet left my hands colder than when I entered the cafe!

I bought lunch for my Mum and Sister in this lovely bakery on Totnes high street. The service was great and the food was simplistic but nice and reasonably priced. This is the second time we've been to the cafe and I'd recommend for those who are after a cheap and easy lunch spot when taking a break from wondering the shops of Totnes.

Good variety of snacks and the service is quick. You are spoiled for choice from the selection of mouth-watering pastries and cakes. Good for a takeaway too if the tables are full.

Four of us visited for a light lunch and this was the perfect place. Good food promptly served by a cheerful waitress and at a very reasonable price. Ticks all the boxes !

Popular cafe and takeawayVery busy during lunch times!The menu is very good with a large selection of sandwiches,Hot snacks,and drinks.I always find the service very good!TheStaff are quick,efficient and pleasant! Never have to wait too Long! Would recommend!

Went to this cafe recently and whilst I had a lovely jacket potato, I was not impressed with the younger chef. On departure, I decided to take a Chelsea Bun home for my husband and whilst waiting at the till I notice the younger chef in the kitchen twiddling his hair whilst prepping someone else's food! Surely in his training he would of been taught not to do that especially in eyesight of customers? It makes me question whether or not he actually has any qualifications? Apart from this, I found the service lovely and I was greeted with a smile by the lady who served me and a positive attitude from staff all around. I would return again in hope that the chef gets training, as the knowledge is there just not the hygiene.

Great value. Great tasteBread pudding and florentine Nothing to dislike about this place. Easy to find and better value than further up into town

My wife and I popped in fro a quick lunchtime meal. It is simple and quick to order at the counter. The hot drinks came very quickly as did the food. We both had toasted sandwiches which came with a small side salad. The food and the service was excellent. The menu is simple and would suit families with children. We have been there several times and would highly recommend it..

Pleasant little bakery with friendly young staff. Service was quick and efficient. We had bacon butties on granary bread, which was really tasty. Tea was that good my father in law and I had to have a second mug before going.

Walking in at 2pm, tables were available but they all had previous customers dirty plates on them. We sat down and finally moved the dirty dishes to another table as we were sick of waiting for a waiter to clear the table. Not particularly clean and we had to take condiments from another table. Both ordered a jacket potato. Service was quick. My chicken and bacon filled potato arrived and it was clearly a cheap sandwich filler from the local supermarket. Not homemade. The coleslaw was also cheap and supermarket bought. The salad was a few pieces of shredded lettuce, a slice of cucumber and 1 tomato. Unattractive and tasteless. Add some onion maybe? The jacket potato was beautifully cooked, I won't deny that. I did enjoy it but there are other places that are better in Totnes. The waitress was very ignorant and didn't even bother to ask how our meal was when clearing our table. We tried to engage in conversation but she was very miserable and not a likeable member of their waiting staff. Never again, Old Bakery!

What a lovely place. You will get service with a smile.. The food is all fresh and very tasty. I would recommend the paste and the Carot cake. I understood from the staff that this Cafe is now under new management. Well done!. I will come again. This time I will try the Jacket. The children loved the slush!The staff are friendly and helpful. Well done new management! Keep up the good workBet

Good food and okayish prices, milkshake was not great but the food is always very good and i would suggest to anyone :) quick service aswell

We visited Totnes for the day and had our lunch in this little restaurant that is tucked away at the bottom of the main street. The jacket potatoes we ordered were tasty and the salad garnish was very fresh.Service was very quick and the staff were all smiley and pleasant to us.Other diners were very friendly as well and the atmosphere was good.The choice of cakes and pastries from the bakery was so great that, after eating our choccy desert, we chose a selection to take home with us and we were not disappointed.Our bill was very reasonable and the food was great value for the cost.We are going to visit this restaurant again.It was lovely.

The cakes are lovely and fairly priced (I'm from Surrey/London area where everything is overpriced). Staff were friendly and served us fairly quickly as it was busy. Would happily go again next time! Perhaps offering customers mini-tasters of their products might be worth considering...

Yuk, I went there yesterday with a friend for lunch, the pasties were stale and awfulthe coffee was like dishwater disgustingI complained and the waiter could not have cared less

DO NOT Recommend this bakery as I had awful experience there! They are extremely racist!! The brown hair women behind the counter is very rude and has really bad attitude!! Made me embarrassed front of lots of other customer. I'm a white Hungarian girl but has never had such a bad experience in terms of services before. We asked for cakes and coffee with my friends but without asking me if it's eat in or take away they packed the cakes for us as take away, then without asking me, she just let me know that the berry tart, which was the last one, is collapsing so she will charge only half price! After receiving it I've seen its not even in a box but totally collapsed, so I decided to grab it there quickly as would be hard to take it away. So when I sit down to have it, the women was running out from behind the counter, leaving all the customer there, basically came to my face and on a very loud voice and with a very rude attitude told me the following: 'You'r not supposed to have it here!!! This is take away and you didn't pay service charge to eat in!' I said to her I just wanted to have it here after seeing how collapsed is it, but she didn't even listened to me but asked me to leave, like I was committed a crime or something. I would've been happy to pay that service charge if she kindly asks me but I just left with a red face as everybody was looking at me! She should watch her attitude and learn some proper customer service! No way she could drive her business in London!

This is probably my favourite café in Totnes for a quick sarnie and a cuppa. It doesn't pretend to be 'arty' or 'bohemian chic' like many in this town. Prices are reasonable, service is quick, food fresh and staff honest friendly and sincere.Just a nice place to go and relax just a café...but its a good un!

As a locals we always eat at the Old Bakery. Friendly staff, spotlessly clean and excellent food at very good prices. Lunches are always freshly prepared and the portions very generous. Highly recommended.

I don't go here very often,butWhen I do have always foundThe food ok.Nice jacket potatoesWith generous fresh salad,andA large pot of tea.The place isAlways spotlessly clean! NoProblems.

What a great little place but then again, Totnes is full of great little places and leaves us wishing to spend more time there.We had tea, cookies and pies and when we had no idea what to order we were guided by the stuff that explained everything, made susgestions and smiled! Worth a visit!

Stopped here for a quick lunch - had a steak pasty which was very dry tasteless and overpriced - staff friendly and the place clean - would try somewhere else when on my next visit to Totnes

After wandering through the beautiful streets of Totnes, the 'old bakery' seemed like the perfect place to rest our weary feet! Never have I been more disappointed! After ordering what seemed like a lovely luxury hot chocolate, and 2panninis andand jacket potato our waitress came over to us, nose dripping sniffing from her cold. This then resulted in her serving our drinks and dropping a big nose dribble on our tray, before scuttling off to the kitchen to loudly giggle, and for the whole resturaunt to hear "GO AND GIVE IT A WIPE LOVE" .... This was the first problem... but then... it got worse. My sister in law was thirsty, so she ordered a refreshing sprite. As she went for a first sip, a smell that can only be described as a raw sewage lingered in the glass.I can only believe that the glass was cleaned in dirty water and that alone was made me to wretch. I wish I had never set foot in here, and all I can say is:DONT GO!

Me and my husband called for a coffee and cake whilst visiting Totnes for the afternoon. It is only a small cafe but the choice is very good. The owner was very friendly and even though he was busy managed to find time to chat to us. Its well worth a visit