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Ann's Bakery

3.3 (34 reviews)
InexpensiveBakeries, Irish
Closed 7:30 am - 6:00 pm

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Inside and my dessert!
George R.

This centrally located place was buzzing with trade and its easy to see why. It offered a great 2 course lunch deal and a soft drink (€14.95). The deal was a carvery main meal: baked ham, turkey breast or roast beef with potatoes & vegetables - a dessert of choice with a hot or cold drink. Tea & coffee or the usual coke, orange, lemonade etc. All the drinks in the deal are dispensed from machines. Mains food choices extended to batter fried cod, chicken curry and other meals. I had roast ham & roast beef without gravy, Yorkshire pud, mashed potatoes and cabbage. I don't like gravy. Never have. I was offered more vegetable choices but I said no thanks. The taste of all the food was 4 star, well cooked, darn good, fresh food and great portions. I wasn't able to finish my main. The mashed potato was ace too - balls of flour was the old description in greengrocers - Dublin Queen potatoes were dry & floury, perfect for mash and chips. If I'd change anything here the battered fish should be cooked to order - had this been so I would have chosen it. The meringue desserts were stunningly good too. The food is served up a bit like canteen food, staff were under pressure to keep the tables clear and clean and the seating isn't luxurious. The sauces - tomato, brown, mustard etc are all in those awful plastic sachets and are the cheaper end so 1 star for this. All in all a pretty fair deal in a city where food prices, to put it kindly, can be the crazy side of over the top and hotel prices would make Dick Turpin blush.

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Bridget R.

A bag of fresh scones, a loaf of batch bread and a few cream cakes and I'm in carb heaven, courtesy of Ann's Bakery. There's very little to differentiate the sit-down offering inside from other cafeteria-style eateries in the city centre. Coffee and tea, check. Dry sandwiches with a scraping of butter, check. But there's a few lovely faces behind the front counter who say hello as you walk in, and the price here for a pan of brown or bloomer are on par with the grocery shops in the area but fresher by far. A bag of five fresh scones sets you back about €2.50,I always leave two out and freeze the rest. Mmm. So, artisan bakers the good folk at Ann's are not, but a fast dip in can net you a few sugary favourites made fresh... how terrible is that?

Alexandra M.

Ann's Bakery isn't one of my favourites. There's something about the decadent cakes, sealed loaves and cafeteria that irks me. The whole decoration and presentation lacks sophistication, if you ask me. There's nothing wrong with the quality of the food. I just miss the added thrills that other bakeries employ to entice customers. Here's an example of what to expect when you come to Ann's. The cake fridge is filled with sickly sweet, white icing cakes. One of the cakes even had a scanned photograph of a baby on it. I later saw this service advertised in the window. The back section of the bakery has a hot food counter where you order fast food style. There are seats upstairs and downstairs and a whole lot of screaming children. Overall, coming to Ann's feels like eating in a school canteen.

Beans, sausage, ham, toast, and egg
Warren A.

Came here for breakfast. Chose their hefty breakfast option for 4 breakfast options plus toast. Had beans, ham, egg, and sausage. The sausage was real good. The food may be in the greasier side, but for the price and portions, it was worth it. Good location and plenty of seating downstairs and upstairs. Good for that quick bite but don't go looking for the healthy option.

Ann's bakery has the potential to be the ultimate salt-of-the-earth tea shop but it obviously just couldn't care less. It's a prime location, a great name and it's baking cakes like it ought but they're missing that Granny-ish feeling. They need floral wallpaper and bent wood chairs. They need it to be rainy and miserable outside and cosy within. They need to turn the heating up to 11. They need to turn off that racket. They need to spit-wash the clientele on the way out the door. I think it was a misstep - this McDonalds-like canteen corridor type of thing, what they should've done was make the architect watch Mrs. Doubtfire a few times, or for that matter as many times as it takes. Ann's Bakery you are underachieving, get the finger out.

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Thay D.

I'm quite annoyed by this rating because this place has a few things going for it: - Central location (1 min walk from the Spire); - Nice website (cool design and prices displayed); - Homemade food (as it claims); - Family owned business (type of thing that should totally be encouraged); - Great big open space with 2 floors and glass doors; - Deals such as 2 course meal with drink for about 15€ and food to go for a fiver PLUS all day breakfast. As it seemed like a pretty good informal and cheap place I stopped by. Being so central, you can expect the place to be crowded with long lines and loud noise levels - and that is exactly what you get. Getting in I saw a shelf with a few individually boxed cakes with too much cream for my taste. Lots of people in trackies with small kids are the main clientele and it can be difficult to get a table. In fairness the place is kept clean but I didn't feel pleased when I was trying to enjoy my drink and my nostrils got invaded by some cleaning product that really put me off eating anything... My friend got a sandwich that was bland but my mocha was very bad. Looked not so good and tasted really not so good neither so I didn't drink half of the cup. Also with so much noise around, this is not a nice place to have a conversation with a friend, it is more a grab-your-item-and-leave-in-5-minutes type of venue. I would give it a go again though, maybe sitting upstairs and trying the food or some baked goods. IT HAS to be good. Hopefully then, they could try to use some nice herbal air freshener instead of a toxic cleaning product.

The blueberry muffin... Huge and really good!

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Though it's more like a canteen than a cafe, this is a nice, friendly place to stop in if you're shopping on Henry Street.

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If you want to experience a true Victorian pub in Dublin, The Stag's Head is a beautiful place to…read morestart. Tucked down Dame Court just off Dame Street, The Stag's Head is one of those rare pubs that feels genuinely historic rather than designed to look old. The building dates to the late 1800s, and the interior retains the ornate features of a classic Victorian "gin palace"--rich carved wood, stained glass, brass rails, and a warm, glowing bar that feels wonderfully preserved. We stopped in around 4:30 pm, which turned out to be a perfect time to visit. There were other patrons enjoying drinks and food, but the atmosphere was calm and relaxed rather than loud or rowdy. It felt like the kind of place where locals drop in for a quiet pint on their way home from work before the evening crowd arrives. The staff were excellent--friendly, welcoming, and attentive without being intrusive. The food was very good (we failed to take photos because we were too busy enjoying it). As a vegetarian, I was thrilled to see the Impossible burger front and center on their menu; it was deliciously prepared with guacamole on a brioche bun, and not an afterthought on the menu. My companions both chose the Irish Beef Burger, and said it was excellent. One thing to know: this is a traditional Victorian pub, so cocktails aren't really part of the program. Expect beer, wine, or spirits rather than mixed drinks. In a place like this, that actually feels exactly right. Other pubs do serve mixed drinks. Between the history, the ambience, the quality of the food, and the wonderful staff, The Stag's Head is the kind of place that makes you feel like you've experienced a real piece of Dublin.

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Stopped in for lunch and we're seated promptly at a table for two. Need to mention that seating is…read moreeither high top or booth and stool seating. Stools are ok but not super comfortable. Menu has a good selection of Irish dishes from seafood chowder up to lamb stew and pies. We ordered the potato soup, seafood chowder, 'banjo' burger with onion rings. The soups arrived first and the seafood chowder was loaded with huge pieces of fish, potatoes (not many) with a creamy rich base. Flavor was incredible and in itself a full meal. Served in a large crock style bowl. The potato soup was minus any whole potatoes. It was a rich creamy base with plenty of flavor and very hearty. The burger was really a double cheeseburger with plenty of cheese, grilled onions, what appeared to be a mayonnaise based sauce on a soft hamburger roll. Really tall enough that it was tough getting your mouth around it. Very well seasoned burgers and the onions were a nice touch. The onion rings were huge and had a very light batter on them. They served in a metal bowl to keep them hot. For dessert the apple crumble was ordered which was served in a large dish with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. This could have been warmer but still was good.. The 5 star rating is for the chowder as it outshone the rest of the meal although the burger was definitely a close second. Definitely will return to try other dishes when we come back to the city.

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Ann's Bakery - bakeries - Updated May 2026

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