Mietta's Review
The favourite spot for locals in the ACT. High quality breads and pastries are made in this award winning bakery. Sold direct to the public, the goodies are also available to eat in, and they feature on the breakfast and lunch menus. Silo also has a walk in cheese room, with an excellent selection of cheeses. Always busy. Many regard this as Canberra's best cafe.

Other published opinions

Canberra Times Eat Out Bryan Martin, 28-04-10 Score: 15/20

The Australian Food Eating Out, John Lethlean, 10-10-09 Score: 2.5/5 "Rarely have I experienced a place where there is such staff reticence about not only talking with customers but each other, too. Fortunately, the food makes up for it, which is why the place is groaning with customers immune to the indifference of waitstaff who seem to derive little enjoyment from their lot and are happy to hand out water glasses so filthy they look like the cataract lenses of my late Labrador. Essentially, Silo is a bakery/cafe ... it all looks and smells superb"

Sydney Eats 2009 minor "Despite the crush. Silo is still a favourite cafe/ bakery"

Canberra Times Michael Brissenden, 10-12-08

Canberra Times Michael Brissenden, 26-11-08

Age Good Food Guide 2009

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2009 Score: 14/20

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 14/20

Sydney Eats 2008 "A seasonally changing menu offers delights such as chestnut and chorizo soup, tarte flamiche with endive salad and a wonderful cassoulet $20 to keep you going all day in the winter months."

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2007 Score: 14/20

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2006 Score 13/20

Gourmet Traveller Australian Restaurant Guide 2006 "Silo fans pursue their baked treats with worrying fervour. It's safe to say Leanne Gray's unrivalled stirato and sourdough breads, or perfect tarts"

Gourmet Traveller Australian Restaurant Guide 2006 - Best cafes "Silo, it's gotta be said, is the blueprint for what Canberra cafes should be like great coffee, nice food and bakery treats, plus a cheese room. Sadly no one has had the sense to replicate the formula successfully elsewhere in town."

Sydney Eats 2006 "It's not just the excellent breads and pastries that bring people from far afield; it's also the unfussy decor, good service and very good food and wine. Not to mention the cheese room. The former butcher shop is long and thin, and when busy, which is most ofthe time, it can get quite crowded."

Sydney Morning Herald GFG 2005 Score 13/20

Sydney Cheap Eats 2005 "If Silo was three times the size, it would be just as busy. Breakfast is hugely popular on Saturday, with some people just here for the bread and pastries - and they're prepared to travel for them."

Gourmet Restaurant Guide 2005 "Part bakery, bistro and cafe, Silo is a safe haven for local foodies." Also mentioned in Best Cafes.

Sydney Morning Herald GFG 2004,Score 13/20

Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide Australia 2004, Good vegetarian options,'Silo is always busy and invariably noisy...hearty French, Itailan and Spanish-inspired food that sings with flavour...The wine list is thoughtful and fairly priced'

Canberra Times 26/7/2000