The Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop

Bakewell is a favourite place to visit,when we are in Derbyshire Had lunch here on the Monday. Although restaurant was fairly busy we got a table. Had the soup which was mushroom, really tasty, came with a lovely warm roll and butter. It was the best ! On the Friday we returned to Bakewell for our last full day. We decided to get some Bakewell puddings to take home. 😋 we love em ! Before we purchased,we again visited restaurant for drinks and cake. I had a hot chocolate with Bakewell rum 😋! Also a huge slice of choclate cake with Terry's orange 🍊 😋. My husband had a coffee and a huge slice of toffee and ginger cake which he absolutely loved ! Although I couldn't quite finish my cake one of the ladies kindly wrapped it up for me. Was a little expensive but for what we got was fantastic. Staff were lovely, friendly and efficient. Many thanks to all the staff and merry Christmas 😊 🎄 ❤️

Delicious food! The restaurant was busy but they could still accommodate us as walk-ins. Bakewells were a bit pricy but tasty.

Lovely little shop which sells the “not what you expect” traditional Bakewell Pudding, and the more known Bakewell Tart. £5.95 for a decent sized Bakewell tart was very fair and both were delicious. Though totally different. The pudding reminded me of treacle tarts you get in North America. Would definitely recommend, the ladies in the store were really helpful and friendly.

Went in for lunch for 3 people. The food was excellent, but the service was atrocious. After being seated we had to ask for a server so we could place our food order. We ordered a soup and a main course and the person bringing out the food had to ask if we wanted our soup served before the main course. Why would you want them together. We wanted Bakewell pudding for dessert and had to ask for our dishes to be cleared so we could order it. Meanwhile other tables were being cleared. I asked the person serving the food and he said he’d send our waitress, but she never showed up and we never saw her again. I did get the server to order it and then had to ask again that it had been ordered. It took over 15 minutes to get their signature dessert to us. Overall service was appalling. The place needs more staff and better communications between the staff they have and then with the customer.

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!

A nice spot for breakfast if visiting the area. Slightly strange smell upstairs in the restaurant and they had run out of orange juice on a Sunday morning (9am) - I gladly had the last one but the rest of the group went without! Food was tasty but not huge portions. We didn’t have a reservation but were seated quickly.

A local pudding shop that has been serving customers for over 300 years, with food supplied by local farms in Derbyshire. Traditional British puddings and tarts, served with cream tea, are among the best options

There's a lovely selection of bits in this shop including drinks, gifts and of course Bakewell tarts and puddings. The puddings are behind the counter and are available in 3 sizes. Service was quick and very friendly. There's also a restaurant but wasn't open when I was there.

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!!!!