Empire Cafe

A lovely old fashioned cafe and bakery. It has the beams and ambience of an ancient dwelling and the owner has lived there all her life. We had a pleasant lunch and conversation in what must be a real cornerstone of Newbury life.
Apr 22nd, 2023

Was visiting Newbury and stumbled upon this lovely bakery! My wife and I just had a rum truffle and a donut between us and both were fantastic. 2.90 for both so reasonably priced. The lovely older lady serving was friendly and chatty and this place is the kind of bakery we all used to visit when we were children. I wish we lived closer so we could visit regularly but probably for the best as I'd be the size of a house!!
Apr 10th, 2023

I cant think of a bakery I like more. (Disclaimer - Ive not eaten in the caf so this review is really just about the bakery part of the business.) This is a proper old-fashioned English bakery, making real bread, with delicious traditional cakes and patisserie, as well as sausage rolls and pastries. The bread is excellent and the cream slices great. They also sell flour, jams and local free range eggs, and Ive seen them sell fresh yeast to customers too. Friendly service and good everything baked in old-fashioned brick ovens. Bakeries like this are rare these days, and the prices are reasonable too. This is no hipster sourdough bakery - this is the real thing.
Mar 23rd, 2023

(Translated by Google) It's been good But little desire to work. It seemed to us that they did not have enough patience. It was good. But not very willing to work, they were not patient enough. (Original) Ha estat b. Per pocas ganes de treballar. Ens ha semblat que no tenien prou pacincia. It was good. But not very willing to work, they were not patient enough.
Feb 23rd, 2023

Best place ever food is lovely and the drinks are yum
Feb 20th, 2023