Bridgewater Bakehouse Bendigo

Excellent Bakery good food, fast service and reasonable prices.

Just been to Bridgewater bakehouse in bath lane, very disappointing. Asked for rolls/sandwiches to be made up, they said No rolls

Great, friendly customer service and excellent pies

Against my better judgement, we called in to Bridgewater Bakery in Bath Lane Bendigo with my elderly father today, as he thought this was the same as the original Bridgewater Bakery in Bridgewater…. As I had been there before and had a terrible experience with food, coffee and customer service, I tried to a talk him out of it…. It wasn’t busy, so that should have been an indication of what was to come… My partner had to ask for a cloth to clean the filthy table and when she moved the table to make room and add a chair for my elderly father the guy behind the counter went off! He leant across the counter, raised his voice and ordered her not to move the table… When we tried to explain he just got louder and angrier… The other staff behind the counter were obviously embarrassed by his inappropriate and aggressive behaviour…One said under her breath… “he’s always like this.” She told us this guy was the Manager. How sad for these poor staff members. This guys attitude, intimidating behaviour and the response from the staff obviously indicated this was nothing new and he obviously lacked any modern communication and customer service skills… We left and went down to the Bendigo Original Pie Shop at the end of the Mall (where I initially wanted to go)… It was packed and the the staff were happy to shuffle a table around and assist… The food was lovely, well presented and the coffees were great… The Manager delivered our order to the table and was happy to chat with my Dad, who remembered visiting the hole in the wall pie servery some 30 years ago… Steer clear of Bridgewater Bakehouse Bendigo and head to the Bendigo Original Pie Shop, You’ll be safer and enjoy the experience… The Manager of Bridgewater Bakehouse Bendigo is a dinosaur and a bully who is destroying the Bridgewater Bakehouse Brand.

BEST VANILLA SLICE IN THE WORLD!The lovely people behind the counter just add to the experience of purchasing goods here. The Vanilla Slice and Jelly Slice (my first) are amazing, the plain meat pie was good, but not as good as the sweets.Having read all the press about the vanilla slices, they were my first stop after entering Bendigo. It would have been one and done had I not been kept in town due to flooding, so I just had to go back and get another one each of the four days I was there.I could sincerely eat them every day of my life!

Third time I've been here and 3rd time coffee is lukewarm. I shouldn't have to ask for hot coffee. Very disappointed. No 4th visit for us.REPLY FROM BUSINESS OWNER IS INCORRECT. DIDN'T ASK FOR REPLACEMENT ABD DIDN'T GET ONE. WITH THE ATTITUDE DISPLAYED IN COMMENTS LIKE WE CAN'T READ EVERYONE'S MIND IT SHOWS HOW POOR THIS BUSIBESS IS IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS. NEVER EVER GOING THERE AGAIN.

Worth going out of your way for their delicious vanilla slice and other baked goods!

This relatively new outlet is definitely worth a visit. Every time I pass through Bridgewater I want to stop there for iced coffee and pastries. They are the best. So, when they opened a branch in Bendigo I had to try it out. The quality is just as good and their vanilla slices are to die for. They are incredibly good value and worth a visit just to try the vanilla slice. To be honest I have never tasted one like it.

Oh dear.....my previous review with 5 stars (see below)... needs to be amended down to 1 star.Vanilla slices purchased 9/11/2020 were so average. Changed/cheapened their recipe!!!! Icing now a simple sickly sweet thin coating instead of their previous luscious thicker icing that gooed onto your fingers (yum). The previous glorious layers of flaky pastry have been replaced by a thin layer!! The entire cake was just sickly sweet. That's all I can say - will not be making any further stops in Bridgewater or Bendigo for these. Don't bother.This was my previous review after 5 trips and 15 vanilla slices last year ........Yum! Best Vanilla Slices. Why? Try one