Ackroyd’s Scottish Bakery

I go here for the shortbread cookies, fern cakes and pasties. The shortbread cookies taste exactly like the ones I used to buy in Edinburgh Scotland. I really have to control myself to not eat them all on the way home and to make them last. Delicious! Staff is very friendly also and the prices are great. No one else around that I can find make shortbread cookies anywhere near as good as these.

only three cause they had no veggie pasty’s. thought they use to make more variety of shortbread too. would have liked a chocolate flavor one, not just milk chocolate topped. like things plain.
mac/​cheese pie wonderful; a nutmeg/​white sauce, almost a quiche thing going on. cheese and onion pie bland. nut tart had some hard little nuggets in them, the whole thing being fairly tasteless. lemon tart pretty good, but something artificial giving it a zing, but better than most.
will probably return even tho its so far away. lady help making an effort to be friendly; tho guy pretty much ignored me.

Great pasties — I really like them, but my hubby likes the ones from another place better. We take turns getting our favorites! Just great stuff to make you feel better in your tummy. Always worth a visit.

Sausage rolls, bridies and pies, oh my! I love Ackroyd’s homey feel, traditional fare from the British isles and yummy imported groceries. The cheese and onion pies are delicious and I can’t get enough of the meat pies with HP sauce. A great selection of teacakes (Fern cakes!) rounds out what I feel is a truly unique experience.

Wow! This is for sure a quality bakery! It’s vey clean, and super nice people working. I believe this a family business, and I think if your a restaurant owner, this is the quality of product that can make you stand above the rest! The Unilocal coupon is a genius move! Come in use your coupon and judge for yourself!!!

I love Ackroyd’s. The pastries have never disappointed. Especially love the Pork Pie. They have an amazing variety of imported foods from the UK. It’s hard not to take a long time to see all the different, unique products. Quite expensive on the imports, but I guess that is to be expected.
I’ve been here a handful of times and never had an issue, but the last time I was here, I felt I had interrupted the workers in the back. A middle aged smile-​less woman came up front to help me. I was very friendly and told her I forgot every-​time I come here what I ordered the last time. So it takes me time to make a decision, and that I was sorry for taking so long and nervously laughed. She just glared at me, no smile, no, «take your time», no «can I help answer any questions»…nada. Just a blank glare. So I quickly ordered what looked good and then while she packaged my order, I said I was going to look around at the imports. It’s hard not to take forever at this, everything is different than what I’m familiar with, so I think I was annoying her with how long I took looking around. She asked me at least twice if I «needed» anything else. I said no, I was just looking. She finally took off back to the back of the store which was fine by me, but I ended up getting some HP sauce and a few other imported products. I took them to the front and I waited at least 3 – 4 mins. She finally came back after another customer came in the store. She helped the new customer first, and was really friendly to her! I was so confused by this. Was it something about me she just didn’t like? Lol… Oh well! Can’t win them all! I paid for my products after the other customer was taken care of and she was right back to stone faced and really unfriendly! I’ll be back and just hope she’s having a better day next time. Sheesh!

I send my husband to Ackroyd’s to get my comfort food fix. Their mac and cheese pies are crazy good! It’s also a great place to get hard to find candy and chips.

I drove 60 mikes to visit this bakery for the 3^rd time. Most everything was very good although I was disappointed in the currant bars… tasted more like raisins… and the fern cakes at 16 $/​doz ended up being thrown away they were so stale. The meat pies are absolutely wonderful as is the Shepard’s pie. I’m told by a Scottish friend that the plain loaf doesn’t look authentic. I will go back but will check the freshness of the pastries before leaving for home.

Note: I am bias to my meat pies hence four stars because if I was not bias it would be five.
Every time we are out this way, or if just one of us happen to be out this way, we immediately jump at the opportunity to pick up a couple boxes of their meat pies, sausage rolls, cheese pies. They are all so delicious. I definitely recommend re-​heating left overs in the oven.
You will not be disappointed.

I was looking for something different to do over the long weekend, and I happened upon Ackroyd’s website. I’ve been looking for somewhere for meat and pork pies, so I decided to make the trek.
The place is small, but packed to the brim with Scottish (and English) goodies. The display cases hold savory pies and pasties on one side, and sweets on the other. I decided to get an array of both.
As others have mentioned, the customer service is kind of curt. If you have questions, you’re going to have to be the one to ask them (and be prepared for a rather short answer rather than a conversation). If you know what you want in advance, you’re better off — this is not a chit-​chat kind of place.
Having said that, if it’s not Scottish it’s crap, and the baked goods are most definitely good. Flaky and full of meat, they are a good treat on a winter day when you take them home and warm them up. So far I’ve had a pork pie and meat pie, as well as some mini sausage rolls and a cookie, and I’ve liked everything I’ve had. I’m not blown away by the sausage rolls as some other reviewers are (don’t get me wrong, they’re OK but not life-​changing), but the meat pies are definitely legit.
If you’re in the area and you want to try something different, try Ackroyd’s.

I love this place so much. If it were closer I’d eat their meat pies a couple times per week. The family is so nice too, very welcoming and easy to ask questions to. Get the meat pies, steak, kidney whatever they’re all excellent. Also pick up some HP sauce for dipping.

I’ve been going here since childhood, The meat pies are the best I’ve ever had. Bridies are my favorites and the sausage rolls are great too. I love the selection of imported goods as well. Their shortbread also deserves a mention. They’ve recently developed a full website with online ordering to have these tasty items shipped to wherever you may be, or to have your order ready for pick up at the store.
I had to hold back one star due to the sometimes crabby nature of one lady behind the counter. The other ladies are always pleasant. But truth be told, even if she yelled at me and called me names, I’d still come back for my Bridies.

My all-​time favorite place when I want a little comfort food, just like Grandma used to make.
Their butter tarts are top notch, and at least one (ok, maybe two) always gets eaten before I leave the shop. I generally HATE raisins, but butter tarts are the sole exception to that rule. Funny how childhood memories work…
I also enjoy the Scotch bread. It’s spongy, dense and delicious. I’ve also tried several of the meat pies and all have been excellent. I’ve even checked out the black pudding and haggis. Ackroyd’s gave me cooking directions for both, and I prepared them as directed. I preferred the haggis to the black pudding, all truth be told.

We love Ackroyd’s and have enjoyed it for my entire life! My grandparents and father used to get it for us a couple of times a year. We still do the same! Scotch meat pies and sausage rolls are my favorite! My husband just picked me up some cheese and onion pies– oh wow– delicious! The location looks the same as it did when I first got my license, 17 years ago, and drove myself there!

The one star rating is two-​fold: for the quality of their food products and their complete lack of common courtesy and customer service.
My parents drove close to 100 miles to go to Ackroyd’s Scottish Bakery, mostly due to my urging, because they were coming to visit me in California. They bought 3 dozen Scotch pies, 6 black puddings, 1 white pudding and a loaf of bread. The Scotch pie filling was delicious, but the crust is nothing like a Scotch pie crust, so it was disappointing (Cameron’s in Florida are much closer to a real Scotch pie). The black puddings were rancid, honest to God just bad (almost a metallic taste)…this was the most disappointing because they bought SIX! I didn’t taste the white pudding as they tried this one in Michigan, but my mother said it was freezer burned and also rancid-​how old are these products?
Not knowing the black puddings were rancid, my mother packed them (still frozen) into the middle of her suitcase and when she arrived here in California, they were still frozen and put them in my freezer. When she called Ackroyd’s to tell them of the rancidness of the puddings, she was told that something probably happened during transit! They traveled by plane, not a car! What an insult to even say that to a relatively educated person! No apology, no accountability that they sold rancid items (the white pudding didn’t travel). Now we are stuck with 5 rancid puddings which are going right in the garbage. Disgusting; and I feel terrible because I was the one who told them to go there.
Save your hard earned money and spend it on food that is not spoiled and sold by someone who appreciates your business!

I love this place. When I lived in Detroit, I went here all the time. I love all the meat pies. The pork pies and sausage rolls are my favorite. Every time I go back to Michigan I stock up. They have a variety of Scottish items and sweet items. But I always just get the meat pies. I can’t seem to find any this good any where else.

Cute little bakery with a great variety of sweet and savory goods, plus imported items. I haven’t been back to sample the meat pies yet (they looked yummy), but we got a selection of tarts and they were all delicious. Somebody at my Butter Tart, though, so now I have to go back. Don’t you hate that? Oh, and the woman working the counter was very friendly and helpful too.

Fond of Scotland and everything about it? This is the place to go to get your fixes until your next trip. My mom is from Scotland, so everytime we are in the Detroit area, we try to stop here to pick up some meat pies. They have tea cakes, drinks (Irn Bru), candy, scones, anything else you could think of or miss about Scotland. You can order online and have it shipped to you as well. I wish it was closer for me, but then again that may be trouble. Everything thing seems reasonably priced as well.
If it’s not Scottish, it’s crap!

I think this is a gem
I wish they had one in Chicago. Those yummy pies and English snacks that I have always missed
I have not tried their sweet tarts etc though, are they good?

I love this place! I grew up on the meat pies and cookies here, which is over 40 years ago! I remember coming in to this place when I was very young. My grandfather was born in Scotland and he always liked the stuff here. My mom still gets a box of assorted cookies for holidays for me and my brothers to share after the holiday meal. The meat pies are great for lunch as they heat up in a microwave just fine… make up some mashed taters and you have a stick-​to-​your-​ribs meal! I don’t mind the 30 minute drive from Ann Arbor to score some Ackroyd’s when I get a hankering for some traditional Scottish fare!