About Norfolk Street Bakery
Norfolk Street Bakery is an independent artisan bakery in Cambridge, established in 2012, offering Portuguese specialities such as pastéis de nata alongside sourdough, wholemeal and bloomer loaves, cakes and savouries. It was named Best Bakery in Cambridgeshire at the 2024 National Bakery Awards. The Station Road branch, opened in 2017, has a seating café serving toasted sandwiches, soup, pizza and breakfasts. Pastéis de nata are the obvious order, but Portuguese bakeries usually reward exploring the bread shelf too. Signature bakes include pastel de nata, toasted sandwiches, pizza and breakfast specials.
Doors are open on 6 days each week (it shuts on Sunday). The earliest you can drop in is 8am. Food hygiene officers from Cambridge City rated it 5 – Very good when they inspected on 25 September 2025.
Cambridge station sits around 0.3 mi away – allow 7 minutes if you walk. 8 other bakeries sit within about ten minutes' walk, which makes Petersfield a good area to compare loaves and cakes. From central Cambridge it is roughly 0.9 mi away. Practical notes: limited wheelchair access and vegetarian options.
Information from OpenStreetMap, the Food Standards Agency and our own research, last checked December 2025. Suggest an edit.
