Oh Sunnyside Bakery, your name is very misleading. If anything the look of your business is frankly…read morevery, very gloomy, cloudy side at best! Fortunately I have always been taught to not judge a book by its cover, and this old adage has proved ripe and useful yet again when brought into the context of this place! This place has been up and running for decades now and has been able to survive the downturn in footfall to the Ballynahinch main street due to the new stupid road system due to a core pool of loyal customers. They are loyal for good reason. Warm and friendly staff, freshly baked breads of all types and genres ranging from traditional Irish favourites to more modern breads, to a wide range of buns, cake and tray bakes. This place does an unbelievable mars bar krispie square if my memory serves me correctly! So know that whatever baked goods you need, you will be in good hands here!

Very friendly staff and great food. They even have special cakes that can be ordered for birthdays…read moreand other occasions. I particularly recommend their vegan sausage roles, and finally the pricing for coffee and cake is very reasonable!

I bought a delicious coffee cake here last week. It was truly scrummy! Staff friendlyread more

The Oakley fayre is a long standing, family run establishment loved by the locals of Downpatrick…read moreand many visitors. With a menu comprising a great mix of traditional Irish breakfast, lunch and bakery items and modern, up to date hot and cold food and drink options. Called in on a whim for coffee Saturday past and ended up ordering a bowl of soup just because it smelt so good wafting by. Welcoming and efficient service as always, and they thankfully didn't seem to mind the ever changing table numbers and different orders as groups of family came and went.

This is a really wonderful little bakery and restaurant that has been satisfying the bellies of the…read morepeople of Downpatrick for a long time and long may it continue! The store has been recently done up inside and is a good bit more pleasant and airy than what it was in the past. The store bakes a lot of fresh bread every day ranging from the usual Irish style favourites to multigrain and granary loafs, so all your bread needs are satissified. There are a lot of savoury pastry options on offer, as well as a vast array of buns, cakes and sweet pastries to help insulate you by increasing your fat reserves! The restaurant has a fairly basic menu o f the usual lunchtime options, but it everything is well prepared and delicious, with the added bonus that a lot of it can be prepared to take it away if you ask nicely to guarantee a good lunch! The sandwich station at the front is also great for those wanting a quick lunch. I hope that this review has sounded Fayre! ;D

This place proves you may have money but it don't buy class. It stays two stars but I did consider…read more1 star. For many years we've ordered our Christmas desserts - the pavlova is quite good, the sponge cake is excellent and the lemon meringue pie is truly awful rubbish apart from the meringue topping. All the dessert, cake and pastry prices really are top dollar for what is largely industrially processed, cheap fat and sugar - no butter in sight in most pastries. Their butter shortbread at £4 has butter but M&S is far better quality, less ingredients and far cheaper - a local bakery should be able to beat M&S on prices. We had stopped buying their flaky mince pies a few years ago as they are margarine based cheap fat with an unpleasant aftertaste while again M&S offer much more tasty butter flaky pastry at half the price. We also stopped buying the lemon meringue crap. And for my observation about class well it's this: Like many others we collect our goods on Christmas Eve and with Wu flu the queue outside on a bitterly cold winter morning, with a sharp wind, was very long indeed. We were in the queue about 40 minutes and noted others queuing comment on why the management weren't offering those queuing and freezing complimentary tea and coffee to warm them up. Goodwill is missing here. Once inside the social distancing evaporated so we froze for nothing which is falling. Fact is tea/coffee is a nominal cost and on a bitter winter day it's the human thing to do. As I said ya might have brass but it don't buy ya class.

Food is amazing. Cutlery and dishes have always been clean. Food isn't greasy or oily and the chips…read moreare perfect. 10/10 would recommend

It's been a month and a half since I visited this bakery, and I just can't stop thinking about it…read more Seriously the best Soda Farl on the whole Island. So moist and actually fluffy. I've never had soda bread like it! The scones were great too... and the biscuits (oatmeal cookies half dipped in chocolate) were a treat so don't want to miss! I wish I could fly back just to go here again!

Great food great price and great service will be back. The various meal deals are great for kids…read moreand adults or workmen and the portions are massive. The bakery side also is great with tons of sweet treats for after a coffee or your meal.

I am going back for sure! The staff are very friendly. One of my favorite store to do grocery…read moreshopping. All the product was reasonably priced for european food. I can do my grocery shopping for my family in less than 30 minutes including parking. I highly recommend supporting this local business and getting yourself some delicious food.