Reviews of Big River Bakery. (Bakery) in Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear).

Big River Bakery

98 Reviews

78 Comments

Bakery

Bakery

42 Wretham Pl, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1XU, United Kingdom

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Information of Big River Bakery, Bakery in Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear)

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This business has received very good reviews from their customers, so probably it’s a place you should try if you are looking for this kind of services.

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Reviews of Big River Bakery

R. K. R. K.

Andy, the founder visited our Newcastle Business School on the 22nd June 2022 as part of our Rural Entrepreneurship conference and made this interesting presentation about his background, values and the contributions that this bakery is making to to the community and society at large. The slides in the pics are self explanatory. Our lunch was then sponsored by the bakery, which was delicious. I look forward to visiting the bakery one day and taste the food at the venue.

P. M.

This place is amazing. Stotties are best in the world. Fact. Try the stottie making classes.

A. P. (.

A fantastic local bakery, run by the community for the community. Really friendly service with a great range of handmade artisan breads at affordable prices (they explained that they are matching their products to the needs of the community). Also currently (Nov. 19) hosting a great vegan doughnut business. The bakery also offers workshops and experiences aimed at various age groups and interests. And best of all - the bread is delicious!

M. S.

One of the best sausage rolls I've ever eaten. Nice coffee and very friendly.

n. f.

Smashing Bakery with Quality products and for a great course with excellent staff. I love the stotties simple the best.

J. M.

Read about this place a few times and eventually got there. Certainly wasn't disappointed! Absolutely superb! All freshly baked on the premises, you can watch the guys making and baking. We sat in and had a coffee and sandwich which tasted great and so good value. We also had to buy a couple of fresh out of the oven, proper stotties to take home! Will be visiting again soon for more supplies for us, and the family, living in more remote southern postcodes 😀😀

D. J.

Freshly made stotties £1 & still warm from the ovens, vegan selection including mushroom rolls, cakes and flapjacks. The other breads, cakes and snacks look fantastic and you can even grab a brew and sit in. Great watching what's happening in the bakery while waiting. A real hive of activity and delightful tasty treats.

M.

Super customer friendly place, tasty grab&go sandwiches with vegan options! Also wonderful carrot cake, quickly prepared and decorated (with tiny, cute chocolate carrot) when I asked if they ever serve it! Recommend:))

s. h.

Amazing bakery with fantastic staff and delicious bread and baked goods... what's not to like?? Would particularly recommend the sausage and bacon stottie 👍

A. D.

Love this place! Love the bread, love the baked goods, love the people and especially love the ethos!

R. P.

As seen on the Hairy Bikers! Can sit in - but only a small amount o space - but seldom in use. Prices vary but competitive with Gregg's. Stotties are my favorites, might have to wait for a batch of fresh ones as they shift fast! Sarnies here are good (sampled Ham and peas pudding! wowsa) hey do a bit of charity work as well - so get there to help them pay for this (I think its to do with a certain day food prices bottom out at less than costs - just what can be afforded - to help those with money issus). Nice staff, fast and fresh food and the baking smell to die for! Quite a range of items including sweets and sarnies! Worht a visit (and pickup some Stotties at worst freeze em!)

M. R.

Amazing bakery! The staff were so friendly, welcoming and helpful. The Baker even came to speak to me about one of the recipes I was enquiring about, amazing service! The stotties were fantastic, the texture was perfect and the flavour was great. The cheese scone was absolutely delicious, the texture was perfect and I really enjoyed the amount of black pepper used. The chicken balti was delicious, it contained a range of fresh vegetables and larg , pieces of chicken. The spices used in the chicken balti worked perfectly together. The cinammon swirl was my favourite of the products I tried. The crust was amazing, the flavour was delicious and the topping was incredible. Definitely get down to the Big River Bakery!

A. J.

Absolutely amazing food, sourdough bread was unbelievable and for the sausage rolls.....to....die......for

A. F.

Attended the Stottie making course. Loved it and the staff were brilliant!

D. M.

Following the Hairy Bikers' visit we had to try the legendary stotties. We weren't disappointed, super fresh, super tasty and value for money. Bang on! Get the pease pudding on sale and you'll be on to a winner. Keep up the hard work, ethics and ethos.

C. R.

I popped into today to get some stotties and ham etc. I’m on the Autistic spectrum and I find it very difficult with communication. So to cut a long story short, went in and was greeted by a warm and lovely lady with a great big smile that made me feel at ease. She was very courteous and friendly. The prices are excellent and the stotties, ham and pease pudding are the best I’ve ever had. I couldn’t recommend this place enough and I guarantee to return very soon. A very friendly place for people on Autistic Spectrum that struggle in places. Thank you very much.

A. G.

Great morning shooting the video for the community song at Big River Bakery with the fabulous people of Sheildfield

T. C.

Excellent community bakery which produces excellent local fayre at very reasonable prices.

A. O.

Just visited this bakery whow what a lovely warm welcome from Amy . Gorgeous freshly baked stootties still warm .The homemade sausages rolls best ever eaten .A hidden gem with definetly return .

g. k.

Great sausage roll. Worth 2 75 pence as proper meat inside

N. C.

Disappointed quite expensive and never got the hairy bikers treatment but the stotties for a £1very nice

A. J.

Placed an order for bread, scones and sausage rolls to pick up on Friday from their shop. Excellent value and very high quality goods. I can highly recommend this great bakery. Worth travelling to.

S. C.

Just had a work team building event here. Really great fun - baked some lovely bread. The staff are excellent. But most importantly is the ethos behind this bakery...it focuses on sustainable practices and supporting the local community. We need more businesses to operate in this manner. Please support them.

A. J.

Superb community enterprise with lovely bread, bakes and a wee cafe

j. m.

First time in the bakery for me could have stayed all day watching them making bread hot 2 ham and pease pudding sandwiches and 2 stotties which were to die for defo my favourite bakery from now on10+*

D. S.

Stotties are amazing! Staff were lovely too

S. W.

Good food and nice people at a great price

A. J.

Good fresh bakery which seems to be a trend nowadays copying the old system of having a local bakery as opposed to the mass churned out factory products. Very popular place .

d. g.

Thee Best Ham and Peas pudding Stottie in Newcastle ! Haven't tried everything else but can't wait too !

D. J.

Absolutely first class bakery . Beautiful quality items made on the premises . The staff team are very friendly and helpful . The prices are incredibly good very reasonable for the high quality items

C. R.

Worth hunting down excellent bread and home made sandwiches and sausage rolls friendly staff .support your local shops

J. C.

Their stotties, ham and peas pudding sandwiches are the best ever and the service welcomed with a smile on staff faces I would give them a 5 Star *****

P. J. W.

Great bread and pastries, and they do a proper ham and pease pudding stottie. And it's a socially responsible business.

A. H.

Lovely sourdough bread!! I had to freeze some of it or I would have just ate and ate it till it was gone 😃. Definitely recommend it. Staff were lovely. I got caught in a downpour of rain and they gave me paper towels to dry off, a decent bag to carry my bread in so it wouldn't get wet and directed me to the closest bus stop so i wouldn't have a long walk back to the stop on sandyford road. Thanks a lot to you all🥰 I'm sure I'll be back!! ,

S. W.

Saw on hairy bikers my partner from there can't wait to visit for a stotie. Sorry about spelling I'm from Stoke lol zz

I. S.

Superb local store. Community active and the stuff the make is second to none. Staff are wonderful and really friendly. Propper bakery

K. S.

They are open on Thursdays and Fridays with view to open on Wednesdays too, and bread is usually available from 11:00. They can take card payments as well as cash. The bread is 👌delicious.

S. P.

Best homemade food going, nothing like the big company products. Food is spot on and out this world. :-D

A. A.

Lovely bread and freshly prepared sandwiches

A. R.

Very good bread. Great service from a very friendly and engaging staff. Will visit again.

A. S.

Found open first time since covid 19. Sausage rolls, stotty and corn beef slice. Lovely and nice people. Shieldfield is proud!

T. H.

What you are doing is truly humbling.A lesson for the rest of England and the world should follow.Im in absolute awe.God bless you.

A. R.

A brilliant initiative, making fantastic bread, helping the community and making us think about helping the planet. A model that all businesses should consider followinng. I wish them every success.

B. R.

Fresh baked bread, good variety, also pies and other baked items, all made on site. Classes on baking available.

A. W. K.

Delicious bakes, good coffee, nice staff, and an all round flipping brilliant social enterprise. You can tell it’s proper good pastry when it goes EVERYWHERE! Yum. Well done.

M. M.

Great bacon buttie and coffee!

J. T. S.

Nice friendly staff Beer Sourdough Bread was delicious

E. B.

Very nice ham & peasepudding sandwiches, sat inside with coffee, sensible prices.

S. D.

Lovely sourdough. Staff friendly. Well worth a visit

P. C.

Bread OK cheese pasties pastry more like a pie considering the build up this bakery had was disappointed

B. R.

... does excellent stotties and sour dough ... don't take my word for it ... try it for yourself ...

C. R.

Amazing place, amazing concept. Lovely food and people

M. O.

Wow WOW WOW THE BEST HAM AND PEAS PUDDING SARNY AV EVERY HAVE .. THANKS BIG RIVER BAKERY..

A. C.

Tasty breads and baked goods.

S. P.

Delicious, organic, community-focused bakery, what more could you want? Get yourself down on a Friday for some scrumptious bread!

D. H.

Fabulous bakery...I purchased a stottie and two corned beef pasties!!...I love my food and can honestly say both products were incredible....Very reasonable prices aswell.....I'll be back very soon...Brilliant!!

S. T.

Bought an olive sourdough loaf yesterday and I can honestly say it was flipping delicious!

C. D.

Bought a wild garlic sourdough yesterday and I've got to say it is absolutely delicious 👍👍👍

K. S.

A (not so) hidden 💎. AMAZING 🤩🤩😀

P. W.

I live the big river bakery, lovely food great people and I'm never disappointed. Xxx

e. H.

Amazing stotties. Real ones not like greggs imitations

R. N.

Lovely community spirit. Friendly staff. Reasonable prices. Definitely would go back.

P. D.

Best bread in Newcastle, the sausage rolls are to die for.

C. S.

Excellent food at reasonable prices.

G. M.

Everything home baked excellent taste

J. W.

Best stottie bar none !!!

R. n.

Really great place to stop off and you really must have a stottie with ham and peas pudding. Staff were really friendly and helpful. Many thanks

J. Y.

Fabulous ethos and products

e. H.

Amazing stotties. Real ones not like greggs imitations

D. H.

Excellent

K. W.

The stotties man!

Q.

Charity bakery, excellent prices, a variety of bread, cakes and other local baked goods available, contributes to supporting the community.

R. P.

P. S.

A. O. C.

a. n.

Great bread and savouries,also loved the Christmas stotties, very friendly staff all in all a gem

d. f.

We all know that pearls are found in the hidden depths, and this particular gem is definitely worth the effort of seeking it out. Not only do they produce amazing, fresh, tasty breads of all kinds, but ultra tasty, fresh sandwiches and sweet and savoury treats, but they do it with a smile, great service and ridiculously low prices. Add in the vital element of doing good for society and you have this fabulous exemplar of a business with social responsibility as its core philosophy. You will find their products hard to beat, their value impossible to beat and come away feeling good about shopping there. A wonderful enterprise!

A. F.

Amazing service 😊 My family are always happy when I come home with bread from Big River Bakery <3

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