Shaw's Home Bakery is an independent business and makes a real change from the traditional bakeries…read morescattered throughout the town. In a prime location, this has to be the town's most innovative bakery- selling a variety of breads including Guinness wheaten and Mediterranean loaves. There is also a wide range of (rather unusual) scones to buy, with everything from your ordinary fruit scone, to flavours such as Cadbury's crunchie and raspberry ripple. I am personally a big fan of the Snickers- flavoured scone, as the chocolate and caramel just melt in your mouth. Shaw's also makes a real effort to follow baking trends, creating an array of delicious delights such as cupcakes and whoopee pies. The bakery also provides a daily supply of 'Paddy's pizzas' (a famous Northern Irish snack consisting of soda bread with a pizza topping) along with sausage rolls and other pastries. At lunchtime, Shaw's sells an assortment of sandwiches and you can also buy a meal deal (consisting of a sandwich, cookie and drink) for less than £3.

It's exactly what you want each time you visit, fast service , fresh food and seats for your party…read more Cost is very reasonable when you consider amount / portions

Love chocolate cake? Can't/won't make it yourself? Get yourself down to Knotts and buy one there…read moreand you'll be in choccie cake heaven. The cake these guys sell really is soo good. Mind you, it's not cheap (almost £4 for a 'loaf' type cake) so it would need to be good, and it is. There's a lot more on offer too - a massive range of food to go like stew, soup and prawn and chicken salads in the fridge and buns, tray bakes and scones etc over at the bakery counter. Again prices are higher than average - last time I had a scone to go, unbuttered, at 85p which is on the steep side for a bakery, but wowser it was white chocolate and raspberry and I think it was worth it. If you've got more time on your hands, the back section of the shop is a sit down cafe/restaurant which does more of the same home made type food. Again, a little bit pricey but top notch quality, with real ingredients and real food. Try the chilli chicken pannini. Yum.

Who doesn't love a good old innuendo in a business name every now and then? And who hasn't held a…read morecouple of bakewell tarts up to your chest area and pretended that they are indeed baps in a Northern Irish context rather than A bread orientated one! Just me? Oh well then..... This a lovely little bakery located on north street in the centre of Newtownards.There is something about local, good quality baked goods that the mass producing bakeries of this world just can't emulate, like the wonderful freshly baked smell that fills your nostrils on the entry to the bakery. They do a wide range of cakes, cream buns and tray bakes, with particular kudos from me going out to their pineapple creams which are annoyingly addictive( annoying in the respect that repeatedly buying them inflates my waistline and deflates my wallet!), but everything is good in here! Good work BnB!

Great bakery with a great staff. Best tarts in Ards! Just remember they close early and are not…read moreopen Saturdays and Mondays.