{"id":299626,"date":"2025-07-28T22:46:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299626\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T22:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:46:55","slug":"i-tried-the-bakery-in-east-bristol-selling-some-of-the-best-pastries-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299626\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I tried the bakery in East Bristol selling some of the best pastries in the city’"},"content":{"rendered":"

True to my origins, I love a bakery trip\"Estel<\/p>\n

Estel is a Content Editor for Bristol Live. She joined Bristol Live in December 2019 after working at WalesOnline. She was a finalist at the 2019’s Regional Press Awards as well as the 2019’s and 2020’s Wales Media Awards. Born in Barcelona, Estel loves the countryside, yoga and a good bath.<\/p>\n

Baked goods at the Loaf bakery on Church Road(Image: BristolLive)<\/p>\n

I grew up in a country where a daily trip to a bakery isn’t unusual; you collect your bread for the day and may treat yourself to a freshly baked pastry. So, true to my Catalan origins, I love a bakery trip<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While bakeries in this country are certainly much more expensive, I can’t help myself and I have to admit I have tried a fair few around Bristol<\/a>. However, there is one I keep going back to – and I am lucky enough it is the one closest to my home.<\/p>\n

Loaf – which these days have several bakeries across the city – serves a wide range of baked goods, as well as cakes and salad boxes, among others.<\/p>\n

It is fairly standard to see a queue outside the bakery along Church Road, in East Bristol<\/a>, particularly over the weekend. So, if there is a specific pastry you are after, you will need to get there early.<\/p>\n

Their cinnamon swirls (\u00a33.30) are always a hit, and they are my must-buy if I pop over before going to see my boyfriend in the morning. He loves anything cinnamon-related so these huge, rich pastries are a sure way to put a big smile in his face.<\/p>\n

You are going to have to get there early for a pastry(Image: BristolLive)<\/p>\n

There is also a vegan version of the cinnamon swirl, with the bakery being well-prepared to cater for its Bristol audience.<\/p>\n

My usual go-to are the cardamom and pistachio knots (\u00a33.30), which happen to be vegan. These are always very yummy, oozing with syrup.<\/p>\n

These days, I can’t visit Loaf without having to get something for my nearly three-year-old. The alternative would be to have to share my pastry and, while they are huge, I would still rather have a whole one to myself thank you very much – especially when a trip to Loaf is usually our end-of-week treat.<\/p>\n

\"BakedBaked goods at the Loaf bakery on Church Road(Image: BristolLive)<\/p>\n

Loaf doesn’t do small version of their pastries – which is standard in Catalunya, even if the miniature versions tend to work out quite expensive in comparison.<\/p>\n

This means my son usually gets either a croissant (\u00a33) or a pain au chocolat (\u00a33.20) and he can easily eat the whole thing in one seating.<\/p>\n

Loaf usually has specials on as well and, in my experience, they all tend to be excellent. This time, they had a double-baked banana and pecan croissant (\u00a35.50).<\/p>\n

(Image: BristolLive)<\/p>\n

This large pastry had a generous amount of the rich filling and I would not hesitate to buy it again. While I tend to go to Loaf for a sweet treat – and their cakes, such as the croissant cake, are always delicious -, the bakery also sells outstanding savoury goods.<\/p>\n

I am a big fan of their sausage rolls and have also enjoyed their salad boxes in the past. There is also, obviously, the bread but, having been raised on baguettes and ciabattas, I have to admit sourdough is still growing on me.<\/p>\n

Loaf has three bakeries in Bristol, on Church Road, Redfield, inside the Bristol Beacon, in the city centre, and along Bedminster Parade in Bedminster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"True to my origins, I love a bakery trip Estel is a Content Editor for Bristol Live. She…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,10296,393,786,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-299626","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-east-bristol","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-food-and-drink","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114933297740315528","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}