The Bakery

I tried their carrot cake. Not too sweet and not overpriced. I love it. And it’s a good place if you are sick of the crowd in city centre. Especially this Christmas season.

Had the best sandwich in a long time from this place. Great price, friendly staff. Already can’t wait for my next sandwich :-)

Fresh baked bread, fresh cakes.
€ 4 for the best sandwich this side of town.
What more to say!

Stopped in early on a Wednesday morning. Wasn’t greeted with a friendly smile, more of a «Why are you here?» kind of attitude.
Ordered a croissant and an apple turnover. The croissant was more doughy then flaky but the apple turnover was excellent. Just the right amount of sweetness with a perfect filling to pastry ratio.
I’d go back for the turnover but I’d avoid the croissant. I’d also love to try their lunch options the next time I’m in Dublin.

The Bakery is situated down a side street, which is quite unfortunate as I don’t think many people realise that the best bakery in Dublin is minute away from them.
Upon entering the store you will notice how small it is, and that there are only three areas to sit, which are inconveniently situated right beside huge windows looking out onto the street. This is the only negative thing about the shop, after that I don’t think you can say a bad thing against it.
The prices are exceptional for the quality of product your are receiving. I got a huge sandwich on proper brown bread, along with a sizeable chocolate cake slice for five euros and fifty cent. I was so stuffed after the sandwich I had to «force» *ahem* myself to eat the chocolate slice, which I must say was perfect. It wasn’t gluey, overly moist, or stale. It was 100% fresh and I couldn’t believe I had nabbed it for a euro.
I’ve also tried a date and fig slice, which while sounding a bit unappetizing, was quite unbelievably better than the chocolate slice! I still can’t even register this still as I am a chocoholic. It looked beautiful — dark mahogany wedged between golden pastry — and it wasn’t too filling or too overpowering. Hats off to the baker, amazing, amazing, amazing!
The staff are brusque but I think that it is a given as the shop is very busy. Having said that they are quite friendly to regulars, and I even saw one woman run around the till and give a man a huge hug for his birthday.

So far so good!
I recently moved in the area and decided to give an irish bakery a try. Being from France I must say it’s very hard for me to appreciate anything bready or cakey anywhere else.
I ordered a cheese salad sandwich on brown bread and it was one of the best sandwiches I’ve had in a long time. Fresh, and the bread was actually tasty! Never thought I’d be enjoying an irish loaf! (Besides soda bread, that is, which I find exquisite).
The coffe wasn’t good, that’s ok I won’t get it from them.
I previously tried their carrot cake, loved it.
edit: I still want to give it 4 stars, but I forgot to say that yes, they are not overly polite, but I don’t really care for the amount of time I’m spending there.
I also had their croissants. They are not croissants. But I’m not in France and not expecting to eat good ones here at all.

How a bakery should *not* be!
I’ve no patience for bad service or rudeness, no matter how fresh or nice the desserts are.
This breaks my culinary heart, it really does. I’ve been visiting this place about twice a week for the past 9 weeks. I enjoy the sweets and the 5.50 Euro special of a sandwich and cake.
I was there yesterday and had a lovely sandwich. Pastrami, bacon, Edam cheese and mayo on soft brown bread. It was yum. The brownie was delicious too.
Today, I was craving the same thing. So I went back and was served by the older counter-​lady. She was rude, hostile, and abrupt. When I started placing my order that I’d like pastrami, bacon, and Edam cheese — she cut me off and said it be more than 4 Euro. I pointed out that I know, I usually get the sandwich and cake special, and she said it’ll still be more. I slightly protested, stating that it’s never been that way in the past — which was, I suppose, an invitation to be lectured.
She told me that I must never of ordered from her (true) and that the other girls are doing it wrong (great, but I doubt it). Then she said that you can’t just order five toppings.
I wasn’t. I was ordering the same as I did the previous dozen times. If I was just being incorrectly charged, then this place is nowhere near as good a value as I first reviewed. But if you look at the pre-​made or the custom made suggestions on the chalk-​board, they are not any more modest than what I was asking. She was having a bad day, I suspect, and decided to flex some muscle over a customer.
There’s no shortage of places to eat in Temple Bar. Granted most are rubbish, but there are gems. I can easily find some place else to spend my money. Basically they lose out on 11 Euro a week for three minutes of work. It won’t break them, but it will add up.
I just walked out and went to an establishment down the road (which I’ve previously reviewed) that has fresh ingredients and an excellent deal of 5 fillings and a fillet of chicken with a combination of 3 things, be it a fizzy drink, crisps, or candy bar, all for only five Euro.

Fabulous place. Less than stellar service, but I got over it in favor of the quality and great price of their food.
4 euro for an enormous sandwich (I especially love the smoked salmon or the chicken & stuffing), 3 euro for vol au vents (addictive) or mini tarts, and even less for a whole host of delicious pastries. Always fresh, but they do run out quickly if you go towards the end of the day.
No seating inside (except for like 1 table if I remember correctly), but just outside on Cow’s Lane there are lots of little benches and such to sit on and enjoy the sunshine (if there is any).

Last semester I had a class with Economist Tony Foley and he was always gong on about how great Fresh Irish Cream Cakes are, but my friends and I never had any idea what he was talking about. Today I found out. They are AMAZING. It also could have just been The Bakery, since everything looked amazing and was pretty cheap. The cream cake I got was like pastry style hot dog bread with cream and jelly inside for less than 2 euro.

The Bakery in Temple Bar makes the best fruit flan. I had two slices today after a collegue brought it into the office for someone’s birthday. Mmm! It was so soft and moist and had pretty icing sugar and kiwis on top as decoration.
If you fancy not getting your food to go, The Bakery has a delighful seating area on the adorably named Pudding Row. It’s in a great location, near the designer market so there’s plenty to look at as you sip your tea and enjoy your treat.

This was one of my first discoveries when I arrived in Dublin. We were on a break from the Guided Walking Tour of Dublin (which, by the way, I highly recommend), and our rest stop just happened to be outside The Bakery.
What amazing pastries! If you’re heading through Temple Bar and not keen to fork out for some overpriced Panini or Irish Stew, I recommend popping in here for a snack. The apple turnovers are particularly scrumptious!

Had a coffee and a scone in this place today, was actually quite nice, was expecting to pay over the odds and them to have snooty staff but I was wrong on both counts. Great coffee and friendly service. There was a nuce buzz around Temple bar too and they have a small seating area in the back of the bakery.
As Jo says great range of pastries, cakes and all things baked and reasonably priced too.