Boatyard Cafe and Bakery

First up - the sourdough bread is amazing. Great crust, lovely flavour. Definitely recommend. Pastry is also very good. Food gets top marks.

*Original drink review amended in line with owner's comment below. I can forgive and forget when people are in training!

We love Boatyard so much we got them to cater the breakfasts at our wedding!

We wanted something special for our festival wedding at Huntsham Court near Tiverton, so we ordered all manner of pastries, breads and sausage rolls from Boatyard that we collected over two days to give our guests delicious fresh options. The cinnamon buns were a particular hit!

Thank you so much to the team at Boatyard for going out of their way to make it happen - can't recommend them highly enough.

I cannot comment on the bread as others have done but I can comment on the pasty. I live in Cornwall and working in Devon and was on the hunt for a pasty shop. The boatyard is in a beautiful location and staff seemed friendly enough but the minute my pasty was put into a microwave I could only leave a 1 star review!

Boatyard cafe/ Emma's bread has catered a couple of our breakfast events. The Pan au Chocolat and croissants were flying off the plates! All of our guests commented on how delicious the pastries were!!

Definitely worth heading here early to buy some of Emma’s Incredible bread!! They also do great coffee and they’ve got lovely views whole you sit and enjoy it!

This bakery is so wonderful. What a lovely discovery.
Loved the Pain Au Chocolate combined with the gorgeous local pottery and boatyard view!
Will definitely return on my next visit to Exeter.

This is a destination treat for our family. We love their coffee (locally ground Exe Coffee Roasters I believe), and this past year with lock-down, it's a manageable distance by foot to incorporate a halfway stop at Boatyard for some snacks (whatever they've got left normally by the time we get there). They've got a good space inside to socially distance, clear floor markings for 2m, pay contactless with staff the other side of a screen and a collection point on your way out. We've had pasties, pain au choc, brownies, flapjack and more. All lush. You get what you pay for, eating out is not cheap, hence the treat feeling of supporting this business on our beautiful Exeter Quay.

Nice coffee with a lot of character. Not sure about brand but it was good. Relaxing atmosphere. I will have something to eat next time.