Stir Bakery - Cambridge

Isaac H. M.

I decided to leave a review here, considering there is many people these days leaving bomb reviews.
I have been coming to this bakery for the last few months and the bread is great, tasty, well made light but consistent.
Also to mention a small thing that made it stand to me, for some reason my card wasn't working, so instead of having to leave without bread, staff (Desi I believe) allowed me to come back later to pay, so I could take my bread. A small gesture that speak load about the community centred approach of the business. She is super nice and thus small gesture meant a lot as a costumer!

Yuliia B.

Starting with the bakery, the bread is overpriced and, unfortunately, doesn't taste good. It is very rubbery and stale, even of you buy it fresh. Difficult to chew or cut, especially after toasting it. And on top of that, if you cut the pice fir a toast most likely half of the toast will be missing. There is a massive air hole in the bread, so the bread is uneven. If you want one toasties in the morning you will have to use two pieces of bread. Honestly, the £1 bread from tesco in a plastic bag taste so much better without massive air holes in it.

Don't recommend the stir Cafe as well. Food, frankly, doesn't worth the money you are spending on it. Why would you serve eggs benedict and avocado toast in a bowl? How am I supposed to cut it? With a spoon? The presentation looks like someone has given up on life and cooking a long time ago, just throw a raw spinach from a height into a ball and call it art. Better to eat at home or go somewhere else for a better food quality.

Michal K.

Amazing rye sourdough. The wheat sourdough is also great. Very good croissants, pain au chocolates, cinnamon knots, muffins etc. My favourite is the giant cheese & jalapeño pretzel, though.

Doina C.

The staff at the bakery are so arrogant. I definitely won't return to this place again.

I also recommend improving hygiene practices when handling bread to ensure safety and quality standards.

Jonty I.

Good food, bad coffee, very slow and often unfriendly / supercilious service. Used to come regularly for brunch at the weekend, but have recently stopped as the experience was always a disappointment. Interested to see a run of poor reviews recently.

Christopher S.

Delicious (vegan) options. Recommend the porridge and the salmon eggs Benedict. Nice and prompt service even though place was very busy. We will come again!

Trevor O.

We used to come here all the time for their seeded bread. Recently however the bread we brought home was completely burnt on the bottom. Returning to the bakery two more times since then and all the seeded loaves were clearly burnt even on top. When I brought it up with the person working she looked annoyed with me and just shrugged her shoulders.

We also used to get a banana loaf and bring it home. It’s expensive but it was delicious. The last several times we have picked up the banana loaf it was completely stale when we opened it at home. So we had to toast it to even make it edible - not what you expect after paying £16 for a loaf!

The croissants are not real croissants (no flakiness!) and the scones are incredibly dry. All in all, a so-so bakery that used to do bread really well, and now it doesn’t 😢

Roman P.

I have been getting my bread from this bakery for years. The vast majority of the time, I enjoyed it and am very happy with the service. This morning it was a different story.

I arrived at the bakery and had a look at their bread on the shelves. For the first time I thought that all the breads on display looked burnt. I pointed this out to the red-haired girl working behind the counter. All she said was "I am not the baker" in a voice that basically said "that's YOUR problem". I am not easily offended but I definitely was today. Even more so because I like this place and I have been enjoying the bread for years. I hope this is an exceptional occurrence because I want this place to do well. However, the behaviour of the staff today was simply unacceptable, so I felt I had to point this out.