Pax + Co

The donuts and cakes here are amazing and have been for years, their food however, is decidedly average. Fried chicken and egg over a pancake, once is enough. Their pies are an utter hit or miss experience with put most recent being an over salted miss. The beef sandwich I tried during the last visit… dry and categorised as ‘never again’. If only Mary Street could apply the same consistency of their sweets to their savoury offerings.

Always pretty reliable! Good Friday wasn’t a good day for them, understaffed and 30 mins wait on 2 hot crossed buns and donut…they only realised they missed our order when they were clearing the drinks. Made worse by crusty melted cheese on the bottom of both toasted HC buns (obviously not cleaning their hot plates between orders which isn’t very hygienic)

I’ve eaten in and gotten takeaway from here several times each and have always been happy with the food, the customer service and the environment. A lot of people complain about the prices but I actually don’t think it’s too bad. The sit down menu is reasonably priced and so is the takeaway menu especially given that a lot of the food they sell is quite unique and of high quality. Highly recommend trying their malt milk shake and a morning bun if you haven’t before.

The cold brew coffee was very nice, thank you. The espresso in my long mac had a peculiar taste, not for me but I can see why others might like it. With the staff's service - perhaps it was too late in the afternoon and near the end of their work day or some other reason I don't know - I didn't feel very welcomed. The wait staff seemed process-driven rather than focussing on giving customers a positive experience - not a lot of smiling or greeting. The waiter had almost an expression of contempt when I had ordered two coffees but didn't order food, as he snatched the menu away from my table.

Lovely experience at Mary St Bakery. The food, coffee and juice were delicious. The beef sandwich is probably one of the best sandwiches I’ve ever had! The scotch eggs were crafty and very tasty, the meal could be a bit bigger but it was nice regardless. The carrot and quinoa salad was addicting, I couldn’t stop eating it! Great service from the whole team.