Empire Cafe & Bakery

Empire Cafe & Bakery The Empire Cafe and Bakery Established since the 1940s, the Empire Cafe is one of the longest running family businesses in Newbury.

It prides itself on serving a locally-sourced, traditional British menu, including roasts and all-day breakfasts, as well as sandwiches and cream teas. We have our own bakery on-site, where all our bread and cakes are made fresh daily, including our famous lardy cake! A delicious selection is available from our shop. Celebration cakes are also available, made to your individual requirements. We sp

ecialise in wedding cakes and offer a range of sizes and styles to suit your taste, from the traditional tiered to cupcakes! Hire of cake stands and knives is also available. We also stock a wide variety of cake decorations for your own home-baking needs. Added to all that, we have a private licensed function room - The Upper Crust - located above our premises with a separate entrance. Please call 01635 41424 to chat about your event and to arrange a viewing.

It’s Good Friday. Sorry but we are closed today. But come back tomorrow for the last day of hot cross buns!
02/04/2026

It’s Good Friday. Sorry but we are closed today. But come back tomorrow for the last day of hot cross buns!

It’s Easter week. Which means hot cross buns!
31/03/2026

It’s Easter week. Which means hot cross buns!

Just over 24hrs to go and we are back! Open from 8am for all your cake, bread and cafe food needs. Service may be slight...
12/01/2026

Just over 24hrs to go and we are back! Open from 8am for all your cake, bread and cafe food needs. Service may be slightly slower as Wendy is recovering from her broken wrist still!

We will be open Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th December.
19/12/2025

We will be open Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th December.

Christmas cakes are go!!- fruit cakes- sponge cakes- yule logs- mince piesCome and get them!
19/12/2025

Christmas cakes are go!!
- fruit cakes
- sponge cakes
- yule logs
- mince pies

Come and get them!

23/04/2025

Our phone is back to normal now!

23/04/2025

For any customers trying to reach us today apologies our phone line is down due to Sky having a nationwide issue with their voice services.

Please email us or message us and we will respond.

Come and get your fresh hot cross buns! Freshly baked today
19/04/2025

Come and get your fresh hot cross buns! Freshly baked today

We will be open again as normal from 8am on Wednesday 8th January. Happy new year to all our customers and looking forwa...
06/01/2025

We will be open again as normal from 8am on Wednesday 8th January. Happy new year to all our customers and looking forward to baking and cooking for you throughout the year!

We are open until 14:30 today. Come and get your mince pies, Yule logs and Christmas cakes and of course fresh lardy cak...
24/12/2024

We are open until 14:30 today. Come and get your mince pies, Yule logs and Christmas cakes and of course fresh lardy cakes and fresh bread

17/12/2024

We will be open Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th December to enable our customers to be the freshest items for Christmas

Happy Christmas!!

Address

19 Cheap Street
Newbury
RG145DD

Opening Hours

Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 6pm

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