Hearthstone Artisan Bakery

My favourite bakery in Nanaimo. Their Peanut Butter Crunch Nanaimo bar is the the best variation in my opinion. They have delicious galettes too. Their cinnamon bun is also delicious. On the smaller side so their selection isn't very big, but what they do make is really good and they switch it up, so there's often something different.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Such an amazing work💕💕thanks to all the team❤️

Very good Nanaimo, very fresh, the best we tasted so far, plus great service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Walked in close to closing and bought a variety of awesome Nanaimo bars from a helpful young lady. Would recommend!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

The original and PB Nanaimo bars were the perfect treat on my first & last days in Nanaimo.

Had the best Nanimo bars in Nanimo here!
And pizza pretzels.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Thank you for cheering us on with being the tacky tourist by having an Nanaimo bar IN Nanaimo!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent fig and walnut sourdough today. And a cruffin! Delicious. Oh, and a cina twist. Outstanding. Helpful and courteous service. Definitely worth a visit.

Food: 5

Service: 5

We had to get some Nanaimo bars while in Nanaimo! If you don't know, this is a classic Canadian dessert, and this spot does an amazing job! The bottom layer is chocolate, ghram cracker, coconut and nuts. The middle layer is a buttercream custard, and a layer of chocolate on top. They also do a great feature flavour, it was passionfruit and mango during our visit. The two cost: $12.39. While there is no gettingaround the kick-in-your-teeth sweetness, Hearthstone does a nice job of adding some complexity to the flavour. The quality of the chocolate was amazing! It is worth noting this is a take-out only bakery.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

We had the Cruffins and they were delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Went in today, (Saturday May 24th at 4:00ish), and found a yummy looking cake, (salted caramel-chocolate cake)

We were greeted by a very friendly and super helpful young man.

Got the cake home, and it was moist and delicious, it was iced perfectly!

So good,
Thank you for a wonderful experience.

I ordered a custom cake and paid $115 upfront for the cake. I provided a photo of the exact cake I wanted. I confirmed with me that they could execute the requested design. The cake was a completely different colour. There were no cherries as the baker “forgot”. They blamed the colour on the type of butter they use. I myself am a baker and know that any quality of butter will turn the icing a yellow hue. Any experienced baker would know you add purple to cancel out the undertone. The piping was terribly done, looked sloppy and was sliding in certain areas. It looked nothing like the photo. There were smear marks on the top of the cake from where they had rewritten the number 22 repeatedly. When I sent an email and complained I received a response from Liam essentially saying tough luck. I wasn’t offered a refund- or even a partial refund. I then provided photos as proof and was ignored. Take your business elsewhere. They will take your money without telling you they don’t have the skills to pull off your requested design then deliver a sloppy discoloured cake and ghost you. Awful experience. Yikes!

I ordered a custom cake and paid $115 upfront for the cake. I provided a photo of the exact cake I wanted. I confirmed with me that they could execute the requested design. The cake was a completely different colour. There were no cherries as the baker “forgot”. They blamed the colour on the type of butter they use. I myself am a baker and know that any quality of butter will turn the icing a yellow hue. Any experienced baker would know you add purple to cancel out the undertone. The piping was terribly done, looked sloppy and was sliding in certain areas. It looked nothing like the photo. When I sent an email and complained I received a response from Liam essentially saying tough luck. I wasn’t offered a refund- or even a partial refund. I then provided photos as proof and was ignored. Take your business elsewhere. They will take your money without telling you they don’t have the skills to pull off your requested design then deliver a sloppy discoloured cake and ghost you.

Best peanut butter nanimo bars!!!! Omg delight!

Super disappointed in our cake. Made me cry today… I don’t recommend