Best Bakeries in Bodmin: Pasties, Bread and Cakes

Short answer: Malcolm Barnecutt is the one people drive for — widely rated among Cornwall's best pasties, with a proper café behind the counter. Rowe's is the 75-year-old classic with seating and free parking; Oggy Oggy is the friendly high-street stop for a baguette and a coffee.

The three that matter

• Malcolm Barnecutt Bakery — nearly a thousand reviews, and the pasties are widely rated among the best in Cornwall. What makes it more than a counter is the proper café at the back doing jacket potatoes, paninis and cakes, so it works as lunch, not just a bag to carry off.
• Rowe's Cornish Bakers — a bakery established 75 years ago, with well-balanced traditional pasties, spotless seating and, unusually for a town-centre bakery, free parking. The reliable choice with a car.
• Oggy Oggy Cornish Pasty Company — the friendly high-street pasty shop, with good Lavazza coffee, filled baguettes and cakes, and staff who'll happily put things together to order.

Which one, when

A sit-down lunch: Barnecutt's café. In a hurry with the car: Rowe's, for the parking. Coffee and a baguette on the go: Oggy Oggy. For the pasty verdict specifically, our Bodmin pasty guide goes deeper.

Where to eat them

Bodmin's bakeries are the natural provisioning stop for the Camel Trail — buy, ride, eat by the river — or for a half-term day at the Jail. Not a bakery but worth knowing: Coby's, a woodland café with a dog menu and a stairlift for step-free access.

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