The place to go if you want a chocolate eclair, delicious choc covering with tasty pastry and…read moredreamy cream filling that squeezes out the side as you bite into it. Lovely cakes with soft sponge and sticky icing that you end up licking off your fingers. pasties that taste as good as they smell and fresh baked uncut bread that lasts for a week. Great chat with the Ladies who serve a a bacon sandwich which fills your hunger with ease.

If your after something quick whilst you're on the go, Thomas the Bakery is the ideal place. With a…read morerange of sandwiches, pies, pastys, pizza slices and sausage rolls - there is something for everybody. They also offer some yummy desserts including cakes, slices, biscuits and flap-jacks. The food is always fresh and tasty and the staff are friendy. The bakery is located right on the highstreet.

Thomas the Baker is much like greggs but less of a chain store. The thing I like about Thomas the…read moreBakers is their sandwiches! They of course make many other products like cakes, cookies, pasties, rolls, drinks. But whenever I had lunch from college I would walk down to Thomas the Bakers and grab a sandwich because they are the nicest sandwiches I think I have ever had, Definitely worth a taste. It is situated on high row and easily accessible.

Visited the Nesham Road shop the other day as I was passing and fancied a sandwich. The staff are…read morenice and friendly, and the sandwich (and sausage roll) was even better.

Nice family run bakers. Love the fresh bread, cakes and pies on offer. Get there early though, it…read moreshuts early afternoon and all the good stuff will be gone after the lunchtime rush.

A lovely little bakery and café doing something a bit different from others in Darlington. I…read morevisited for brunch/lunch with my parents. My dad chose the black pudding brunch which includes black pudding bread (!), bacon, egg and mushroom. He really enjoyed it but wondered why there was a drizzle of honey mustard dressing across the plate, which didn't really mesh with the flavours or add anything. He thought that a drizzle of brown sauce would have been excellent though. I chose the rarebit which comes as a meal with a choice of salad (which I think changes daily but on this occasion included a pasta salad, a cous cous salad, a Greek-style salad with feta and olives, or a simple green salad) or on its own. I got it by itself and it came with a pot of chutney and a small dressed side salad. It was really tasty, indulgent without being too heavy and rich. The chutney was slightly spicy which cut through the cheesiness very well. We all ended up having a cake - my mum had carrot cake with Mascarpone, my dad had a bakewell tart, and I had a ginger, stout and dried apple cake. My cake was really good and I was even offered fresh cream with it which I obviously couldn't turn down. Carrot cake was also really good. The bakewell tart was a bit disappointing, very hard to cut into, and oddly out of three tarts in the cabinet only two had flaked almonds on top and my dad ended up being brought the one without any. Overall Clervaux is a great option if you're in the area.

Went once found it disgustingly dirty , staff were scruffy and the tables were not cleaned , sat on…read moretable , ordered breakfast and waited for table to Be cleaned ... Didn't happen and got served our breakfast on table with people's dirty plates and leftovers ..... Tried again 3 weeks later to see if it was a one off , it wasn't and still dirty and made it worse that the muffins were clearly stale and the eggs were cold ... Ergh never returning

In my opinion Greggs make pretty average food but I suppose that's not a bad feet for a large chain…read morefood store. I think the pastries are pretty cheap but the pre-packed stuff is slightly more expensive.

This branch is located right in the middle of Darlington, but there are at least 2 more within…read morewalking distance. it always seems to be busy, but the staff are very quick and I never have to queue for very long. They have a variety of different pasties, including corned beef, cheese and onion, steak and chicken. They also do pies and sausage rolls. There is a larger selection of cakes and sweet things to try, and when there is a special occasion, they often have cakes to match! The food is pretty nice, the steak bakes are my favourite! Reasonably priced and ideal for a lunchtime snack.

Beautiful unique cakes. Made our celebration even more special.read more