The Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop

I had great service at the Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop and restaurant. I went up to the restaurant for breakfast, and was able to get a table, even though I didn’t have a reservation. I had the Original Pudding for breakfast, along with a pot of tea. It was DELICIOUS. I had bought a tart and pudding to bring back for my husband to try later, and we both preferred the pudding to the tart, though the in-restaurant experience, when it was served with warm custard, was the highlight. Would definitely go back!

Hard to visit Bakewell and not partake of a tart/pudding. This was the place we chose and the light bites were very nice and good value. We tried a Bakewell Pudding and a tart and it was very nice indeed. Definitely worth a visit if you are in town.

Came here to try the famous pudding. Was surprised at the cost, so opted for a sharer between 4 of us. It was delicious - did not expect to like more than Bakewell tart but it definitely took poll position! Nice seating. Service was quite brusque

A wonderful shop in Bakewell! The most delicious puddings, amazing food, lovely atmosphere with wonderful, friendly staff. Our experience was great, we went in for cream tea & the original Bakewell puddings. It was so nice we returned a few days later to have the cooked breakfast, Bakewell tart & deluxe hot chocolate! It was all so yummy! 100% recommend if you are travelling this way to pop in. Thank you ☺️

The Original Pudding Shop is worth going to Bakewell on its own. It is a bakery, coffee shop, gift shop and a fantastic restaurant. We visited the restaurant and it is brilliant. Staff are very friendly and professional. It is a very busy restaurant. The standard of the food is exceptional. Quality and quantity is great We will certainly visit again next time we visit Bakewell. We took home a Bakewell Pudding to eat later.

Tried the Bakewell pudding and flaked Bakewell tart. The former was very sweet and lacked in flavour, with the strawberry filling being the only recognisable note I could taste. The second one was delicious, but in my opinion has too much Amaretto in it. Staff was kind and helpful.

The Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop is a charming, well-maintained spot that feels deceptively spacious inside. Beyond its quaint exterior, the ground floor houses a bustling café, bakery counter, and gift shop, while upstairs offers a cozy restaurant serving cakes, drinks, and light bites. As a clear tourist hotspot, the shop was busy, with a lively atmosphere. The gift shop offers trinkets like mugs and jugs, with prices ranging from reasonable to pricey. Large Bakewell tarts were available for around £6. We headed upstairs to the restaurant, where a short wait led us to a warm, homely dining area. Limited seating added to the cozy charm, though it could mean a brief wait during peak times. The staff were friendly and welcoming throughout. The menu leaned slightly expensive. A generous slice of delicious, fresh chocolate cake cost £6, while the famous Bakewell pudding, served with custard or cream, was £10 individually or £16 for a sharing option. Our group opted for individual puddings with custard. Though small, the puddings were warm, freshly baked, and delightful, paired with creamy custard. At £10, the price felt steep for the portion, but it’s a must-try in Bakewell. Alternatives like Bakewell tarts, sandwiches, and other cakes were also available. Overall, the experience was pleasant, blending touristy appeal with genuine charm. A visit here is worth it for the iconic pudding and cozy vibe.

I was so excited to be in Bakewell and get to the Original Bakewell pudding shop and cafe. I ordered the Bakewell pudding, which came with custard and some sauce. Honestly, you don't need anything extra other than the pudding itself. The pudding has so much flavour. It is absolutely delicious. I didn't have any of the custard and sauce, just the pudding itself. I enjoyed it so much so that I bought a few to take back home to freeze and defrost as and when I wanted to have a cheeky pudding.

Great service and such a cheery atmosphere. The food was so-so but as a tourist, I probably don't know what constitutes a good pudding anyway so don't take my word for it. Definitely worth a visit!

We had a nice afternoon tea here overall after walking on the Monsal Trail in December 2022. The ambience and decor of the place are nice, an old building with an attractive and comfortable dining room upstairs with some nice old beams and the shop downstairs. Tea itself was very good, the bakewell tarts were great (although a bit sweeter than what we're used to for bakewell tarts) (4 stars) and the bakewell pudding was excellent (5 stars). Sandwiches were not as good, overly large and kind of plain and out of balance, being on a large roll rather than sliced bread, and the filling being rather coarse (3 stars). Service was overall good, but a little mixed with most friendly and attentive, but one server was a bit curt and tended to ignore us. Overall, this was very good and we would definitely go back but with a better idea of what we like.

Came here twice and both times got the famous Bakewell pudding! Good: - Was the best place for Bakewell pudding and tart in the area by ratings in Google - The portion sizes are huge for each thing - the large sized Bakewell were huge and we split with 5 people - Milkshake was refreshing, but kind of tasted like water still and it wasn't very milky like I wanted it to be - Pretty cute wood aesthetic Bad: - The Bakewell desserts were too sweet - my teeth hurt a bit afterwards - French onion soup just wasn't very tasty - it was a lot like mustard tasting - Service was a little slow, it took a while for people to get to us Overall enjoyed coming here and all of the food we got but would not come again.

BEST DESSERTS IVE EVER HAD!!! Staff is absolutely amazing! So sweet and kind, and their service was quick and pleasan! Will definitely be coming back soon!!

Food is expensive (ham & piccalili sandwich, seven quid - panini, same) and the staff don't care about you enough to bring you cutlery with your food, so you have to get it yourself. Fruit scones only, no plain ones. "We sell them but only in packets" so it's impossible to have them with your cream tea. We spent £20 instead of £40 as a result; their loss, not ours. Sandwiches without butter on the bread. Wtf? Panini had surprise ingredients, e.g. the "buffalo mozarella panini with basil, olive and pesto oil" had actual olives in it and no trace of pesto whatsoever. The inside of the shop is "cute" but you can get the majority of the fare from any tourist or seaside shop. Cheeses, chutneys, plaques that say "you don't have to be crazy to live here but it helps", etc... that sort of thing. We didn't stick around for cakes after our meal. And you're not permitted to smoke in the open outdoor courtyard, apparently.

Lovely old building with lots of character and history! We just had to stop in for an afternoon treat! They do have a full menu but we opted for just a coffee, tea, bakewell pudding and tart! They were all sorts of delicious and I love that it came with custard and cream. Prices are just a little bit higher than your normal but I think it comes with the area and the novelty. Definitely give them a try if you're in town!

Would normally avoid leading bad reviews, but felt compelled to after witnessing many hapless punters being swindled at this place. 'Original' it may be, but quality this place isn't. All we wanted was a nice Bakewell pudding and were recommended this place by a local. Nope. It took about 20 minutes for our order to be taken, despite trying several times to catch an eye. The staff were too busy being stressed to take care of any of the tables waiting to order. It took easily another 20 minutes for our tea & cakes (!) to arrive. The only redeeming feature is the Bakewell pudding itself - it was delicious in fairness BUT we were so pressed for time we had to scoff it down. What should have been a quick and pleasant tea break was nearly an hour of irritation. Save yourself and go somewhere else.

Personally i found the food too dense and you couldnt get through a single tart without feeling bloated. It was £2 for a single brownie which i think is quite overpriced. It also took 1/2 hour to be seated when many places were available. There creativity in decoration though is above average, it is just sad that they didnt meet the taste requirements as well.

Had to be one of the biggest disappointments of my trip to England! I am a fan of Bakewell Tart (sorry pudding). Having read the tour guide spiel that in Bakewell they make them like they're supposed to be made I was really looking forward to it. The shop is on the main street. You enter and are greeted by a quaint country style cakes shop/deli. Then you head upstairs for the seating area, which was similarly nice. Staff were nice and attentive. " Two of the original puddings for me and my companion (of course), with custard on the side", please. a tad on the pricey side - but hey...this is the home of the pud afterall. The presentation was nice - served on a small plate with a well for the little custard jug to sit in. The pudding itself didnt look to appealing but as they say 'the proof is in the pudding'. Pastry was rubbery, filling was the weirdest bakewell filling Ive ever sampled: not much of a jam taste or an almond one at that - just sweet goo. I understand that maybe the bastardised versions I eat arent true to the original but they a million times better tasting than this fare. Then the custard..... In fairness it seemed to be made from scratch i.e. not powdered; but it was lumpy, with more of an egg taste than vanilla. I nearly cried :'(

The bakery advertises and offers the ability to mail a pudding anywhere in the world. Being a naive tourist, I bought into this and paid them to have it delivered to a friend in Canada as a souvenir. After 3 months and a repeated delivery it still hasn't arrived. Additionally, the bakery refuses to use any service with a simple tracking number so I have no clue what happened to them. As far as I'm aware they could have completely ignored the delivery since there's no way for me to know. Don't waste your money.

The Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop is well known in Derbyshire for selling Bakewell Puddings made to a traditional recipe and quite unlike anything you can buy in the supermarket. The choice of delicious food available here is endless and now Christmas is around the corner I'd recommend you hotfooting it to the Bakewell Pudding Shop for all your luxury munchies to see you through until New Year. Don't you dare call it a Bakewell Tart in here as the staff are trained like rottweillers to overhear the quietest comment about Mr Kipling, and will loudly explain that the original pudding was in fact called a pudding and certainly not a cake or a tart! There are much more than puddings available in this shop; treat yourself to some flavoured fudge, homemade Farmers Pickle or some good old fashioned boiled sweets. The last time I visited I spent an absolute fortune on bits and pieces and everything was delicious. Of course I bought a couple of Bakewell Puddings and they were spongy and delicious, unlike the drier versions I sometimes buy from Tesco. You can really tell that this is a good quality dessert and is wonderful with thick custard! As well as food, the Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop sells a range of gifts to remind you of your visit to Bakewell. I bought my girls' a Bakewell Pudding teddy bear each wearing a Bakewell Pudding jumper and also a couple of tea towels printed with the traditional recipe of Bakewell Pudding for my mum and mother in law, actually I went back the following day to get another one as I quite fancied making a Pudding myself and the tea towel looks fab pinned to the wall in the kitchen. On our final day in Bakewell we ate at the upstairs restaurant in the Pudding Shop and the food was superb. We had planned only on having a sandwich and a cup of coffee, but eventually decided to have a full meal because we were travelling home afterwards and fancied a treat. I had homemade soup (Chicken that day, although it changes daily) followed by the most delicious and moist gammon steak which had a fried egg and pineapple slice sitting on the top, as well as chips, breaded mushrooms, onion rings and peas. It was delicious and so filling that I couldn't even order the delicious looking shortbread dessert I had had my eye on all afternoon! My fella had a mixed grill which was absolutely huge and contained any breakfast item you could possibly think of, he didn't have a dessert either and couldn't even finish his cuppa after eating all that! I'd definitely recommend a visit to the Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop, whether you're just going to pick up some sweets, a Pudding or to have a meal you're bound to love the quaint and traditional atmosphere in this shop!

We stopped for afternoon tea and came out absolutely stuffed... Have to say though I'm not sure about the pudding, so sweet! Delicious but could have been a bit smaller for me :) ... Will be back!

Buy your original and famous Bakewell pudding's from this shop, made to a secret recipe.Also why not stop for coffee or a snack and take in the view of this peak district town.

Rip off merchants, advertise cake at £1.50 a slice and then charge you £3.95 because you eat in expected to pay £6 for 4 slices but got charged £15.80. False advertise buyer beware!!!!