W C Rowe Bakery in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Visited to get some pasties for tea for my family and visiting family. Staff attentive, polite and helpful. Always friendly and always our place to go for a tasty, quick and easy tea!

After coming down to Cornwall for many years on holiday and to enjoy a delicious hot pasty……. Wow so disappointed this year came down at Easter and thought we get a traditional pasty from rowes in Truro not only we got it and it was cold it also seemed to of lost its traditional meat filling thr was no steak inside well a couple flakes if your lucky a load of pepper probably to colour the potatoes to make it look like steak pieces and the pastry was awful hard I really would not recommend a pasty from rowes not anymore such a shame as it was the best at one point not no longer shame on you rowes bakery charge a hefty penny for a pasty but penny pinch on your meat filling

Great bakery. The cornish pasty’s are amazing and are nice and warm. The staff were friendly and helpful. Great prices. Very enjoyable.

Best pasty ever! Friendly staff and clean place, if you come to visit Truro please take a break at Rowe's!

Pasties are part of Cornish heritage and they dont come more authentic than those made and served up by Rowes - Made with fine skirt beef, juicy, perfectly seasoned - Yes the café is basic but its functional and with food that you can eat unlike many of the eateries in Truro which range from poor to dreadful, with a couple of exceptions - dont be deceived by cute frontages or home spun menu's a lot of it is characterised by high prices and low rent food - Rowes pasties are top fayre and great value - Truro needs to get its act together, because this is my lunch option of choice

Have visited several of their shops this week whilst on holiday in Cornwall.,and found their pasty’s to be excellent and they keep warm for ages.Have tried several of their different types of pasty’s and found all of them to be excellent.just a shop not a restaurant.

While shopping in Truro, we spotted this little bakery with traditional Cornish pasty’s. We sat it although we were originally going for a takeaway. I have to admit, the Cornish pasty did not disappoint me. It was very tasty and arguably the best I’ve had. If shopping in Truro again, I would definitely call in here again. This also has plenty of room for disabled.

Popped in for a quick snack with a group of friends, what a friendly place! The staff were all welcoming and Julie was especially helpful, carrying my hot drink to the table. The Cornish pasty and cheese and bacon wrap were very tasty.

I am very disappointed ! I made my reservation three weeks if not more, It was accepted for a Wednesday night at 6:45 pm on the web site stated the restaurant was open. I get a cancellation hours before my sons 21st birthday family dinner that I that I had 4 other prople coming and I get a call to tell me they do not serve dinner on Wednesday. Even on that day the website indicated they were open. This was where my son picked for his special day and it was s big disappointment fir all of us. Not one person in the three weeks has the sense to call me prior to say it was a mistake. This was not good customer service.

Good selection of products! All so tasty! Staff very friendly! Not only this but Charlotte behind the counter was so lovely today when a family member was attacked by a seagull! Thank you for being so kind and helping! Will be visiting again!

Popped in for a quick snack to take away. The service was great and the pasties even better. Tasted so juicy and they were massive. Best I have tasted for a long time. Keep up the good work guys

I used to pop into Rowe's, both in Truro and Penzance, and was always able to get a Vegetarian cocktail pasty. The last few times I've gone in over the past few months (different days, from mid morning through to mid afternoon) they haven't had any, the space for them is always empty. This used to be a great meal for me, I have allergies which are limiting as it is, and now this option is no longer available though it's advertised. I'm not the only one who's had this problem, I won't be the last. I don't think I'll bother anymore.

Went for a hot drink around 4.30 to be told "machine is off" by 2 very blunt staff members. That was it. Nothing else. Thanks for your lovely welcoming tone. I shan't be coming back.

Home of the best chicken pasty in Cornwall and a contender of a steak pasty. I live rowes pasties and normally eat them all the time. But unfortunately due to the pasty tax it is becoming harder to get a hot pasty and unfortunately the chicken 🐔 pasty is not nice when luke warm on many occasions I gave asked for a hot pasty not minding the extra cost and have been disappointed 😥 that non were available. On this basis you only get a three as your shops are always clean and your staff friendly. Please in future make sure I can get a hit pasty. I find myself having to eat inferior pasties from other shops because I can get a hot one.

We enjoyed a simple lunch: a fresh tasting ham roll and a vegetable Cornish pasty with coffee. Very good value in a friendly atmosphere. Good for a quick lunch while shopping on a wet day!

I was visiting my father in hospital, and was trying to keep myself busy. I came across this bakery and did my usual 'tut'... but lo and behold, I looked closer into the window and they had pasties suitable for me!!

Rowe's pasties are without a doubt the best pasties in Truro. In the summer months they do get very busy with tourists and queue's coming out of the door which shows how popular they are. The only reason why I have given it 4/5 is that sometimes the pasties are just warm rather than hot.

i would not usually bother to write a review on a bakers

I find it is best to visit in the morning or early after-noon in order to avoid queues or poor choice as this busy popular bakery soon runs out of my favourite spices pasties.

To be honest we did not eat 'in' but bought pasties before leaving in the morning. We consumed them en route and they were marvelous.

My favourite pasty shop in Truro. Steak pasty is great, wholemeal vegetable is nice for a change too. Delicious

Ich bin ein Pasty Liebhaber! Dort bekommt man leckere Pasty,Baguettes und Wurstbrötchen. Für den kleinen Hunger lohnt sich ein kleiner Zwischenstop.

This is a busy baker's shop, with a friendly staff and a good selection of cakes, bread, rolls and buns. The Cornish pasties that they serve are amongst the very best available, as are their saffron buns and cakes.

Having tried 4 local different shops that sell saffron cakes, rowes are the current best,the pastys I find to have too much pepper.

Cornish pasties, like many baked goods, should be good but so often are not. But Rowe's seem to be reliably good. I have to say that I tend to distrust anybody's traditional "steak" pasties, so generally go for a vegetarian or chicken one. It was good, flavoursome, in pastry well worth eating and I was intrigued to notice how the potato had been finely cut into little flat squares.

Got our pasties from here on a whim as we were passing. Lovely and hot. We had a medium traditional and a chicken. My daughter said the chicken one was nice but could have done with more meat in it. Meat ones, £2.80 were fine, perhaps just a bit too salty. Have had far worse so would happily eat these again.

Have been coming to this bakery for years to get my Cornish pastie fix. I heard from my mother who lives locally that they weren't as good as before. So my wife and I decided to conduct a pastie challenge pitting Rowe's against the bakery next door (St Agnes bakery I believe). We each bought a medium meat pastie and asked the server to cut in half. Outside my wife and I consumed each half and rated the quality. Considering Rowe's was slightly more expensive, St Agnes won hands down. More meat, more flavour and well cooked. Pastry was thinner and crustier from St Agnes. Rowe's received a poultry 2 out of 10 compared to St Agnes's 8. I really hope by the time of my next visit that improvements have been made.

Bought the medium beef pasty and bit into over salted soggy vegetables. I had 3 chunks in the entire thing which only just constitutes what it was supposed to be - no gravy, no flavour and chewy pastry, this place has gone downhill from the quality of years ago. A product of penny pinching.

The following applies to the Lemon Quay shop in Truro. Pasty was well overcooked. Meat was chewy. Pastry was too thick and not seasoned well at all. I am from Truro originally and grew up on Cornish pasties and when I was younger Rowe was the place to go, but I won't bother again.

I had been to this bakery a couple of years ago and purchased pasties with sardines inside. These were no longer available but there was a good selection of pasties. This time I tried steak and Doombar, now there is a Cornish combination and very tasty. I also recommend their saffron cake.

Apart from having to pay for the privilege of eating in the café and having to eat out of a paper bag it didn't detract from the high quality of the pasties we bought,The taste was phenomenal and the choices were varied and excellent.The tea wasn't bad either,

Delicious little bakery with quite a selection of cornish pasties to choose from. We had some of the “Tipple” range which included a steak and doombar pasty and a pork and rattler cider pasty. Both of which were delicious, the pastry was flaky and buttery and the filling was incredibly flavourful.

My favourite pasty. Can't beat a good rowe's! Generally pick mine up from Tesco in Truro, always hot and fresh and served with a smile.

I love Rowe's pasties, and after trying probably every other local bakery these are definitely my favourite. Always nicely seasoned and well cooked.

I'm always happy with rowes this is no different..friendly staff great pasty just a shame it's not sunny out. I would recommend to anyone it's the first place my brother goes when returning home for visits. A*

Found someone's toe in my food, tasted like chicken until I seen the toe nail and the bone not the best experience but they gave me a new pasty so it was alright

Big tiger bap! Great balue lunch time meal deal with drink and snack. Also very nice steack slice, pasties a little on the small side.

As shop pasties goes Rowes are one of the best and the cakes are all yummy however the service is horrid.

As a child in Plymouth I loved saffron buns. When I travelled down from SE England in June 2014 to stay in Truro I made certain to buy "Rowe's large best saffron cake". Wonderfully moist, full of fruity flavour and that indefinable extra that saffron gives. I took the cake home, and every day I had a slice, spread with butter of course, it brought back happy memories from my childhood.

Visited here on a rather showery day. We asked for four of the 'special' pasties with Doombar, however there were only two left so we had those and two traditional. Walking just a little way down the street we found another branch with tables to sit in side. We were disappointed the original shop had not told us there was another branch so near as there were several of the doombar pasties there. However, we went in the shop to ask if we bought drinks could we eat the pasties we had bought up the road? We showed the pasties to prove this. (I need to mention here we are OAPs so could have done with a 'sit down after a mornings walk') There was only one of the 3/4 tables with people soccupied, so plenty of space and no one else in the shop. We were turned away however as apparently pasties to eat in would cost more as they would need to add the vat. This we would have been more than pleased to pay, and was going to suggest this, but the assistant was so rude in speaking to us, we felt it wiser to leave the shop!

Spot on, have tried pasties from all over, this one was the real mccoy, warm real pieces of steak and not soggy and not dry. I don't usually don't eat all the pastry but this was too good to leave.

On our recent visit to Cornwall we wanted to try a real cornish pasty so stopped here. Now I'm not a pasty lover neither are the children. We bought two little steak ones a chicken and a normal cornish pasty. I was absolutely amazed it was the best pasty I have ever tasted I loved it and so did the children. I only wish they delivered to Gloucestershire because I'd order them. If your in Cornwall you have to try them.

Staff do not want to be there which is a shame as servcing damn good hand food like pasties which is something we should be proud of!

Don't eat here if you have allergies! Out of date allergy information and Incompetent staff led to a very sick child!

called in here for a good ol cornish pasty and yummy yummy, very nice would recommend this place for your pasty buying, very polite staff

Another fine pasty from Rowes..pretty much faultless really , usually hot and freshly made unlike some other so called pasty makers

As a retired baker, who ran his own successful Bakery in the New Forest, while I was visiting my mother in Lerryn nr. Lostwithiel, I had a different Pasty every day, and Rowe's were the best, by a Cornish mile. On my last trip to Cornwall I visited their shop in Truro and once again the Pasty was perfection, also loved the Hevva Buns, (Heavy cake) and have started making my own at home. 10 out of 10 to Rowe's

All us Cornish have our favourite and mine is Rowes - lovely flaky pastry and just enough pepper. Only one that comes close is Horse and Jockey in Helston but moe expensive.

Filling plentiful and meat lovely and lean, pastry just right and not greasy like some we have had. Wonderful!

I think rowes are the best pasties in cornwall, usually visit the one in falmouth...love them...my partner also loves their patties..

I travel up and down country a lot and alwayd stop at Rowes for my pasty and must not forget the Saffron Cake which is an old Cornish favorite.

I love a pasty me but can only queue so long pasty tax I nearly drew my pension..... get some more staff in on a Saturday please

I have been using Rowes bakery since it opened in Truro. As someone who has lived in Cornwall for 43 years I think it would be wrong of me to judge Rowes on all their products just the one the Cornish are famous for the pasty. Located in Victoria Square or pasty square due to all the other establishments that sell the same product Rowes rank as one of the best. The problem is there is no consistancy in their pasties. Sometimes the pasty is half empty. Other times there is no seasoning (pepper is essential). Then you can get one with undercooked vegetables but when they get it right it is a joy to behold. The one issue I have always had with Rowes is the fact that you can go in at 1 pm, a usual lunching time, and there will be no pasties ready to eat. They are all still cooking in the oven. This has always perplexed me because the queue builds, creates pressure on the staff, they then rush and you end up with a second rate product. My honest opinion is the better option is to drive to the factory shop on the Kernick Industrial Estate, (TR10 for those with sat nav) Penryn, buy your pasty their and if its piping hot drive on to Falmouth 10 mins away and find a vantage spot overlooking Falmouth bay and enjoy the said purchase. Proper job.

Every Cornishman/woman has a very strong view on the best pasty. Usually the best is your Mum's (of course) - but my Mum doesn't make them very often anymore so I have tried quite a few others! Rowe's are the best in Truro (that will provoke a fierce debate among any other Cornish viewers!) - and a safe bet where ever you are. Sometimes the meat isn't evenly distributed through the pasty but I don't really mind that. The pastry is always good, lots of onion and pepper. Yummy.

When they are good my gar they are ansum but it's a bit like pasty roulette, every so often you'll get a nasty one with chewy beef and hard tatties. Trust me I'm a Cornishman you pays yer money and takes a chance !. Lovely staff who are proper Cornishmaids and that makes a huge difference to me. Even when you get a bad one and you will at some point you'll come back because of the service. The chicken ones are the same, sometimes tender tasty and ansum other times great chewy lumps of chicken with little or no taste. I like em hot n peppery and rowes provide that mostly out of tourist season. Good selection of tasty treats and they are always superb as is rowes bread

rowes bakers are renown in cornwall!! excellent choice of pastys! ive even worked in there factory and can verify that there made in a clean safe mannor!

good old pasty , nice pastry and nice filling , not bland and not to peppery , just right me handsome

If you want a great example of a typical old school Cornish bakery this is it , from pasties to saffron cake, scones to heavy cake you wont find any better.

Brilliant choice of pasties, staff always happy and service always very fast. Sandwich choice great and meal deals very reasonable price wise ....

Without a doubt, you can never go wrong with a Rowe's pasty. They are obviously a local bakery chain, but the fact they can still continue to make a consistently good pasty on a mass scale is a credit to their greatness. Try steak and stilton for a change, well worth it.

Food not that great, premises nice and clean and staff friendly but thats all.

Rowe's are THE pasty shop! Always tasty, Reggae, Reggae Chicken is lush!