Lucas Smith's has a reputation locally as being one of the best. Their fresh bread is beautiful and…read moreis their main attracting feature. Having said that they do have a large selection of extremely tempting cakes! They also sell sandwiches and will make them up for you fresh if you can't see one you want. In fact everything is made fresh and their prices are very good. The nearby businesses particularly use them frequently at lunchtimes. Their mince pies at Christmas time are to die for but you'll have to be quick as these are also very popular. Parking is available on the street outside.

Great local baker, with the bread pies, cakes and sandwiches made on the premises from fresh…read moreingredients - not made from chilled/frozen ready-prepared mix like the high-street chains. Their wheatmeal bread is excellent, but so is just about everything else they make. If you can't get to this main shop, then try one of their other shops.

I absolutely adore Chatwins! I went there while I was on holiday (from the US) and loved their…read moretarts. Their apricot tart was amazing!! So amazing, that I went there two days in a row. I had pasties for the first time there and they were very reasonably priced and very tasty. The ladies there were nice and gave me some great suggestions. If I lived in Chester, I'd probably get so fat from eating all of their delicious pastries all the time!