A great little cafe with the best cinnamon buns around and really good coffee…read more The staff are really friendly and the service is always great. There's only two tables inside but they do takeaway options as well. I haven't tried the sandwiches yet but I've heard good things and they seem to have a good selection.

From the owner: PureKnead sells a range of artisan breads & cakes, all made with quality ingredients and attention…read moreto detail. We also run a bespoke cake service. Check us out on Facebook & Instagram

Akins is a great little independent bakery - one of a dying breed left in South Shields. They sell…read moreall manner of bakery items - bread, cakes, sausage rolls, pasties - as well as cooked meats, crisps, drinks and other things! The staff are very friendly and the bakery products are generally very good. It goes without saying that you pay more for homemade stuff (rather than some of the prepacked rubbish you find in supermarkets) but it is definitely worth paying slightly more as the difference is in the taste. They are always packed on a lunchtime with college students as they do sell sandwiches and other lunch items, so it is best to go before or after the lunchtime rush if you are in a hurry. All in all I really like this bakery. Especially the chocolate ginger cake!

This is a family run bakers and has a nice selection of pies pastries, pasies and breads. The taste…read moreof the produce is first class and very filling. The prices are very reasonable and the staff are very friendly, the pies are lovely and are full to the brim woth filling and are much better than the pies you get from the larger bakers.

This is my most favourite bakery ever.I live quite a distance from them but try to get to the…read morebakery at least a couple of times a week,as it is so worth the effort.I don't know much about the firm,but I think they are an independant bakers who have a couple of shops in North Shields. All I do know is that they are the tastiest.The bread is just so lovely and the savouries so tasty.You can realy taste the difference.They do seem to sell out of some items quite quickly as they are very popular. I just love the cakes though,they do such beautiful cakes,that taste divine. I think they are realy competetive price wise and the range on offer is fantastic. Lovely friendly staff as well. Well worth trying if your'e passing.

This is not aimed at the Anslem Road branch as we have not shopped there but within the last 2…read moreweeks myself and partner have visited the North Shields branch (the one just off Tynemouth Road) and in Cullercoats and have found the staff who served us to be off hand and unhelpful, we were looking for Artisan type breads with hopefully sour dough ingredients or perhaps a French loaf. North Shields staff member said she was out of French sticks? and that French bread was rubbish ? Unlike the lady today who did not even know what sour dough bread was, her attitude was so poor my partner refused to buy any bread from her ! Very disappointing that a small local company who clearly do produce a good product have little or no staff training let alone a friendly SMILE ?????