Wenzel's the Bakers Reviews 

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Considering 66 reviews, most reviewers were unhappy with their experience overall. Customers frequently complained about poor food quality, mentioning dry sandwiches, extremely hard bakery items, and unappealing pastries that tasted terrible. People also reported frustrating encounters with rude service, unnecessarily long waiting times, and staff completely ignoring patrons at the counter. Furthermore, diners expressed disappointment regarding unexpected cross-contamination issues and noticeably smaller portion sizes in various products. Some reviewers were happy with the exceptionally friendly staff and delicious food options available at certain well-kept locations. Consumers consistently appreciated the helpful service, clean store environments, and great value meal deals that made their visits enjoyable.

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I was in your Watford store in Watford High Street. I'd ordered a hot chocolate and the assistant vanished to the back and I was thinking he was making me my drink. After 5 minutes or more he returne... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Going down hill, ordered 2 baguettes, firstly no seeded option anymore and secondly, filling was so thin it's no longer worth even buying. Usually buy as a treat but will avoid going forward. Stop... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I had the falafel and hummus wrap and was very disappointed. It was extremely dry as there appeared to be no hummus in the wrap.Could do a lot better 😢

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

The last 2/3 occasions of buying ring doughnuts , I've found them to feel quite hard even though they had today's date on them. If they were cooked 'on the day' surely they would be fresh and soft,... See more


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  1. Bakery

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Wenzel's the Bakers was established in 1975 and is a firm favourite with customers in NW London and beyond. Visit us for freshly baked bread and cakes today


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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I have ordered 4 times from wenzels…

I have ordered 4 times from wenzels Kings Langley for home delivery 3 times food were not put into the bag. First time the bacon rolls were missing and I phoned was told that the rolls were not put into the bag we went to wenzels and got the bacon rolls. Second time two cakes were missing and the third time 4 cakes and a packet of crisps were missing. The staff are not checking the orders won’t be buying again.

August 26, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Going that extra mile

I tried to order online food for a funeral however due to traffic problems I needed to collect the food at 9am. I visited the Greenford Station branch and spoke to Lauren the branch Manager, Lauren who was due to work from 9am that day came in early to prepare the order on time for us. It was the hottest day of the year.
A big thank you to Lauren for her kindness.

September 7, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I visited the southampton store and…

I visited the southampton store and they are FANTASTIC! the staff are amazing and incredibly accommodating, you want a sandwich or a baguette with or without certain ingredients, they will make it, no trouble at all.
And the range of food and fresh baked goods are incredible!
Can't find what you want on the shelf just ask!
The manager Steph is an absolute delight!
Claudia and Dylan are wonderful too!!

August 27, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Appalling Staff Member!

Disgusting customer service by a member of staff at the Woking branch. I have never been spoken to or treated the way I was today by anyone. Will not be buying from this store again. Absolutely disgraceful!!!!!!!

August 22, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Melissa helps in Chelmsford

I went into your Chelmsford store a week ago . There was a particular baguette I liked that had run out. A lovely lady called Melissa made a similar one for me whilst I waited. She was ever so bubbly , polite and made me feel a special customer, Wish there more like her. She is a credit to your Chelmsford store

August 9, 2023
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

portion/cost

Well,
the cost has nearly doubled and the size of baguette has actually halved........Surely you can't have it both ways!

August 7, 2023
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

So so

Called into the new Salisbury store. Sausage rolls were only just OK. Barely any meat. Didn't buy any pasties as they looked very mean and with a huge roll of pastry taking up all the space. No variety of doughnuts although apparently they specialise in them. Every else cake wise looked so so. The filled rolls looked good though. Thought they might also have a good variety of breads but all I saw were fast food type snacks and drinks on the shelves.

August 3, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not Vegan friendly.

Read online that they had Vegan baguettes and vegan sandwiches available so I went along to their Watford football stadium shop to buy some. Guess what? The girl there said “We don’t do Vegan sandwiches or baguettes”

July 10, 2023
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Rude, Flat & Nothing To Write Home About

Good points: Nice looking cakes, bit of a twist on the normal, like cookie bombs and the croissant/donut crossovers.

However, Northampton branch, lifeless, rude "WHO'S NEXT" screaming dullards. No manners, no smiles, so rude to the customer before me and after me - claiming she hadn't paid for the food she was waiting for. Two tills, two staff, queue out the door, but one decides to back the other and stand by the coffee machine instead.

Breakfast sausage bap and a coffee meal "deal" is £7. Laughable.

Cakes in the window are in plastic trays, packed in twos, so theyre not baked/made on site, it's just mass produced delivered stuff. Tastes floury, no actual "cakey" taste to it. At least decant them out of the plastic travel boxes and put them on the display trays!

Won't be back again. Maybe if they had attitude transplants.

June 23, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AVOID!!!

AVOID If I could give zero stars I would. I got food poisoning from a chicken baguette was really ill for over a month cause of it. I went to the doctors and they gave me antibiotics due to having an infection caused by undercooked chicken

April 17, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Coffee is awful!

Coffee is awful!! On top of that it's more expensive than Greggs and McDonald's who provide a good cup of coffee for the price.

May 17, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Having worked for this company

Having worked for this company, management is terrible, they employ people with no concept of food safety food hygiene SERVICE? food safety compromised! Don’t care attitude as a direct result of how you are treated, sent to multiple stores, which you must pay for, you can’t budget! Thieves constantly raid their shops, not a safe place to work! And on top of all the hard work you do, abused by shop managers with such ego! You will not be happy and it will affect your productivity and health! Do not support these vultures!

May 11, 2023
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Wenzel's is seriously overpriced for…

Wenzel's is seriously overpriced for the quality of food.

I've been to Wenzel's only a few times and every time I am disappointed. the food lacks flavour. Thier conish pasties lack that spicy-suety punch and their ginger breadmen is overpackaged and bland. I brought thier snowmen cupcakes in december which was just a mint flavour overload.

everytime I felt I paid too much for substandard food.

Thier housestyle and packing is attractive thou however I feel like greggs beats them at everyturn except presentation.

May 16, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wenzels Oxford Road - lunchtime - nothing left!

Wenzels Oxford Road, Uxbridge - went today at 12.30pm - Saturday - hardly anything left - no baguettes that we wanted - only ham/cheese or chicken peri period available, no doughnuts, etc - visit was a wasted journey. Staff said no chicken available and said only what's left is available. Disappointed - won't take the chance of going again!

April 22, 2023
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Impressive service

I use the Wenzels on Golders Green rd several times a week.
Their service is fantastic.
Front of house you are greeted by a "Rylan"lookalike who is continuously smiley and super efficient regardless of the growing numbers of customers in peak time morning.
Ably assisted by a team behind the scenes who seem to work at a phenomenal rate all the while keeping the ambience within the shop cheerful and professional.
They make tailor made orders that are second to none.
A pleasure to go in there knowing I'm getting a first class service.
Keep it up .

April 4, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Quality had dropped

I have been going to Wenzels in loughton since it opened at least 2 or 3 times a week and loved their seeded baguette with chicken salad or chicken sweetcorn. However over the last few times of getting it I noticed the chicken mayonnaise filling amount has been reduced but about 2 week I got two chicken salad baguettes and they was literally less than half the amount. I literally had no filling in most bites just bread and salad. It’s possible they were running out of filing so had spread out what little they had.
I had read some reviews and it had said write to customer services to give them a chance to rectify so I did, but they cannot even be bothered to reply to that email. Hence I’ve written this review so it comes to their attention. It such a shame such a great sandwich place has gone downhill and standards have not been maintained.

March 29, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Did not receive order

I placed an order online for delivery. I received an order confirmation and then nothing after that. I started to get worried as the delivery date was approaching I never received any message from Wenzels with tracking details or courier information.

As I feared my order didn’t arrive, messaged the customer service team and no response.

AVOID AVOID AVOID

April 3, 2023
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