Malcolm Barnecutt

Popped in for a early breakfast as no one else was open. Inside was a lovely room with lots of caricature and history. We had a full breakfast as well as a vegetarian breakfast. Both were lovely along with a nice coffee and good service. Thumbs up.

The tea was good, but the toasted tea cakes were stale and tough. I was expecting them to be crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, but I suspect they were a few days old.

Such friendly service, great prices and delious cakes. We picked up some treats for our journey home and gifts for family who also loved the cakes.

Always friendly with simple honest food and a good price to match. Love the veggie breakfast and take out cakes when you head off!

This branch of family company and Bodmin based bakers Malcolm Barnecutt just so happens to be the former Bodmin Guildhall, which they purchased in the mid eighties after the Bodmin town council moved out. The bakers have kept the building 's original features, with the former council chamber being turned into a coffee lounge extension of their colourful café. After hearing opinions on possibly being the best pasties in Cornwall, I popped in on a Monday afternoon for lunch after visiting Bodmin Jail with two colleagues. Two of us had a Cornish pasty each whilst the other had a pepperoni pizza slice. We both ordered a side of loaded chips, which surprised both of us, because they looked and tasted like chips that you would find in a reputable chip shop. We all enjoyed our portions. After immediately walking into the bakery, I was struck by Barnecutt 's wide range of pasty variations, including a traditional steak and two curry variations. I decided to try a cheese and bean pasty which was nice and very well filled,with very tasty pastry and a well presented crimp, but was not quite warm enough, and then purchased a traditional steak and beef curry pasty to consume at a later date. We then all had a slice of their exceptional heavy cake, another Cornish delicacy. A very nice lunch from the Greggs of Cornwall (although other local chains Rowe 's and Warren 's might have something to say about that). Malcolm Barnecutt is a craft bakery which do not rush their pasty making, and still do so by hand and then freshly baked every morning in their shops,They (like so many others) call themselves the quality baker , I certainly agree with their motto. In fact they have been baking for over ninety years. Our waitress was very friendly and served us faultlessly. We will be looking into ordering from their pasties by post service when their website is back online. Very well done Barnecutt 's!