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Pastry Paradise: The Best Bakeries in Hobart
Masters in creating flaked croissants, scallop pies, delectable doughnuts and freshly baked sourdough, these are the best bakeries in Hobart.
Everybody needs a good gluten dealer in their life, and in Hobart, you’re spoiled for choice. At Pigeon Whole Bakers in the CBD, Jackman & McRoss in Battery Point and Six Russell in Sandy Bay, an early alarm seems entirely reasonable. There are honeyed morning buns, curried scallop pies and 36-hour sourdough loaves to investigate, before you’ve even considered the croissants.
And the best bakeries in Hobart extend well beyond the city centre. Think za’atar flatbreads in North Hobart, Italian sourdough cornetti at Sunday pop-ups, butter buns at Farm Gate Market and cruffins worth driving to a little blue shed in the Huon Valley for.
In This Guide
The Best Bakeries in Hobart
Pigeon Whole Bakers
Hobart takes its bread seriously, and Pigeon Whole Bakers has been setting the standard since 2011. The real object of affection? Its famous morning bun, a glorious tangle of flaky croissant pastry, cinnamon, cardamom and local honey, with a caramelised bottom and sticky centre. The almond croissants have their admirers too, alongside seasonal fruit Danishes, daily-changing sandwiches and exceptional sourdough, including a ruby wheat loaf made from Tasmanian heritage grain.
At the handsome Art Deco flagship on Argyle Street, you can even watch the bakers at work.
Suburb: Hobart
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Bakery
Best For: Breakfast, Quick bite, Locals
Doux Cafe
Doux is what happens when a former fine-dining pastry chef decides Hobart deserves better snacks. Alex Liu’s Bathurst Street cafe turns out the good stuff with serious precision: crisp choux, glossy canelé, Basque cheesecake, Japanese custard puddings and madeleines still warm enough to justify ordering two. Savoury plates are equally clever, coffee is excellent, and the menu changes often enough to reward repeat visits. Basically, arrive hungry and surrender to the cabinet.
Suburb: Hobart
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Patisserie, Cafe
Best For: Breakfast, Quick bite, Solo dining
MAMA Artisanal Bakery
There’s no MAMA shopfront to stumble across. Italian chef Roberto Mele makes Hobart come looking, armed with a 20-year-old sourdough starter, cultured butter and a very fine understanding of pastry. His 100% sourdough croissants share the line-up with custard-filled cornetti, cruffins and savoury creations like the sopressa and smoked provolone sandwich. Find him at Domenica Mattina, the occasional Sunday bake sale at Pitzi Pasta Bar, where espresso accompanies an ever-changing selection of seasonal bakes. Check the pop-up calendar before heading out. These aren’t every-Sunday appointments, and the pastries have a habit of selling out.
Suburb: Hobart
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Patisserie, Bakery
Best For: Weekend plans, Breakfast, Locals
Need To Know: No shopfront. Pop-ups run on selected Sundays at Pitzi Pasta Bar and pastries sell out, so check the calendar first.
Circle of Life Doughnut Co
Who decided vanilla slice had to be rectangular? At Circle of Life Doughnut Co, Hobart’s favourite childhood sweets are getting inventive second careers. Think soft, yeast-raised doughnuts filled with vanilla custard, raspberry shortcake with white chocolate and biscuit crumb, and brown-butter caramel cheesecake. Keep an eye out for the Choc Ripple Cake special, too, a nostalgic number we’d happily see make regular appearances. The Homer Simpson wears strawberry icing and sprinkles, while the company’s roaming van takes its doughnuts to towns beyond Hobart.
Suburb: Hobart
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Bakery
Best For: Quick bite, Locals, Weekend plans
Need To Know: A roaming van also takes the doughnuts to towns beyond Hobart.
Cripps DT & JL Bakehouse
Some of Hobart’s most fiercely defended hot chips come from a Bellerive bakery. At Cripps DT & JL Bakehouse, the generous servings arrive dusted with a distinctive seasoning salt that east-shore locals have been raving about for decades. But don’t let the fryer distract you from the pastry cabinet. Curried scallop pies, chicken and Camembert pies, and flaky sausage rolls make a fine lunch, while the jam doughnuts, apple-custard doughnuts and old-fashioned vanilla slice have their own loyalists. It’s proudly old-school, pleasingly affordable and best approached with an appetite.
Suburb: Bellerive
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Bakery
Best For: Budget-friendly, Quick bite, Locals
Bread Line
The oven does most of the talking at North Hobart’s Bread Line, where Middle Eastern flatbreads emerge hot, fragrant and ready to ruin any plans for a modest breakfast. There’s za’atar scattered over soft manoush, sujuk and melted cheese, and a much-loved tandoori chicken flatbread. Vegetarian appetites are well looked after, with falafel and spicy hummus foldovers among the favourites. Then comes the sweet counter: Biscoff baklava, pistachio kadaif and walnut-filled classics. The walnut baklava is especially good with strong coffee.
Suburb: North Hobart
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Middle Eastern, Bakery
Best For: Breakfast, Quick bite, Locals
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Six Russell
Across the road from McDonald’s, Six Russell has been busy improving on the breakfast muffin. From the Tso family behind Me Wah, this Sandy Bay bakery has earned a following for its fennel-spiced pork sausage, soft omelette, melted cheese and dill-caper sauce creation. The 36-hour sourdough is worth bringing home, but leave room for the pastry cabinet: chocolate-and-custard pan suisse, almond croissants, matcha cruffins and miso chocolate-chip cookies. There’s also a handsome selection of tinned seafood, local preserves and good butter for anyone whose breakfast run becomes a grocery shop.
Suburb: Sandy Bay
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Bakery, Cafe
Best For: Breakfast, Quick bite, Locals
Imago Cafe & Bakery
There’s a good chance you’ve eaten Imago’s sourdough without knowing it. This Elizabeth Street bakery supplies bread to cafés and restaurants across Hobart, but visiting the source has its own rewards. Owner May Xin traded financial management for flour and fermentation, and her pastry team has quite the imagination. Raspberry-chocolate croissants and almond pastries share counter space with inventive specials, including charcoal croissants filled with matcha chocolate and cream. The seeded sourdough, flecked with fragrant nigella, is a favourite worth taking home. And if breakfast is on the agenda, the eggplant shakshouka deserves attention.
Suburb: Hobart
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Bakery, Cafe
Best For: Breakfast, Brunch, Quick bite
Mother of Pearl Sweeties
Some Hobart locals have very firm opinions about chocolate-chip cookies. Specifically, the brown-butter and sea-salt version from Mother of Pearl Sweeties, the New York-style cookie business run by baker Hayley Bird. Her generously proportioned creations range from red velvet cheesecake and Iced VoVo to s’mores, gingerbread cheesecake and an eyebrow-raising salt-and-vinegar potato-chip number. Find her at Hobart’s Sunday Farm Gate Market, or seek out the roadside cookie fridge in the Huon Valley. The flavours change, but the ambition rarely involves moderation.
Suburb: Hobart
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Bakery
Best For: Weekend plans, Quick bite, Locals
Need To Know: Find the stall at Farm Gate Market on Sundays (check weekly appearances), or the roadside cookie fridge in the Huon Valley.
Toni Brisco Bun House
Mick and Bri do the 3am starts so you don’t have to. The couple behind Toni Brisco Bun House have turned a modest side hustle into a Sunday morning favourite at Hobart’s Farm Gate Market, where their freshly baked Buttery Buns command plenty of attention. The cinnamon buns are a crowd favourite, but don’t overlook the rotating specials: rhubarb and custard, chocolate and hazelnut, or buttered Tasmanian apple with vanilla custard and streusel. Savoury appetites are well catered for, too, with a Vegemite and vintage cheddar number.
Suburb: Hobart
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Bakery
Best For: Weekend plans, Breakfast, Quick bite
Need To Know: Sundays only at Farm Gate Market. Check weekly stall announcements before heading out.
Yen’s Gluten Free
There are few things more dispiriting than bread that crumbles before the butter goes on. Yen Nam decided there had to be a better way. With a background in sports science and professional patisserie training, the baker behind Yen’s Gluten Free has devoted herself to making sourdough that people with gluten intolerances can genuinely look forward to eating. Her small-batch loaves have beautifully soft centres, satisfyingly chewy crusts and not a gum or preservative in sight. The seeded sourdough has earned especially devoted admirers. Order ahead for collection from her Sandy Bay kitchen, or stock the freezer for another day. Good bread is one of life’s simpler pleasures. Nobody should have to miss out.
Suburb: Sandy Bay
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Gluten-friendly, Bakery
Best For: Locals, Breakfast, Weekend plans
Need To Know: Order ahead for collection from the Sandy Bay kitchen.
Little Missy Patisserie
At Little Missy Patisserie, the menu depends on what came out of the oven that morning. This Argyle Street favourite takes its cues from the French countryside, with seasonal Tasmanian produce finding its way into delicate choux buns, buttery brisée tarts and beautiful little cakes. The French vanilla slice has a devoted following, while the three-cheese and spring onion scones are every bit as deserving of your attention. Everything is vegetarian, the selection changes daily, and the former hole-in-the-wall now has a proper dining room for anyone who’d prefer to take their cake sitting down.
Suburb: Hobart
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Patisserie, Vegetarian
Best For: Breakfast, Quick bite, Brunch
Need To Know: Everything is vegetarian, and the selection changes daily.
Hansel & Gretel Bakery
The pretzel in the logo is your first clue. Hansel & Gretel Bakery is bringing a distinctly European streak to Kingston, with fresh bread, pastries, coffee and hand-finished cakes filling the cabinet from early morning. Its Black Forest cake comes loaded with chocolate, cherries and cream, while the bakery also turns out the pretzels and bratwurst buns served at Hobart’s new Bierhalle. That last detail makes sense: both are ventures from owner Chris Cooper.
Suburb: Kingston
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Bakery, Cafe
Best For: Breakfast, Quick bite, Locals
Queens Pastry
If the siren call of a fresh, flaky croissant sends you weak at the knees, make a beeline for Queens Pastry. Fresh batches emerge at 7.30am, 8.45am and 10.30am, making punctuality a delicious and ever-so-serious business. Go classic with ham and cheese, or surrender to the twice-baked vanilla slice croissant. Then there’s the double-proofed doughnut collection, from Nutella custard to cinnamon sugar, and cruffins with inventive fillings like Snickers and strawberry French toast. The difficulty is deciding what to order when everything is still warm from the oven.
Suburb: Hobart
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Patisserie, Bakery
Best For: Breakfast, Quick bite, Locals
Need To Know: Fresh croissant batches come out at 7.30am, 8.45am and 10.30am.
Daci & Daci
You can walk into Daci & Daci for a croissant. Leaving without a cake box is another matter. Founded by Naser and Cheryl Daci in 2011, this Hobart institution takes its cues from Europe’s grand coffee houses, with marble counters and a patisserie cabinet that could test the resolve of anyone. The twice-baked almond croissants come with a caramelised almond crust, the Italian bomboloni are filled with lemon curd, raspberry jam or chocolate-hazelnut cream, and the magnificent Concorde layers Belgian chocolate mousse with crisp cocoa meringue.
There’s excellent savoury territory too, including chicken, leek and tarragon pies. Visit the Murray Street original, pop into Sandy Bay, or make an occasion of high tea at the New Town salon de thé.
Suburb: Hobart, New Town and Sandy Bay
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Patisserie, Cafe
Best For: Special occasion, Breakfast, Weekend plans
Need To Know: Three locations. High tea is served at the New Town salon de thé.
Jackman & McRoss
Tasmania takes its scallop pies seriously, and Jackman & McRoss has been giving people good reason to do so for decades. In a handsome Battery Point building with a baking history dating back to the 1840s, this Hobart institution is famous for its scallop and wakame pie, packed with plump scallops beneath crisp pastry, with homemade ketchup on the side. Beyond the savoury counter, there’s a formidable collection of fruit tarts, jam Berliners and lemon meringue treats. Take your spoils to a table on Hampden Road and watch Battery Point go about its morning. You might find yourself ordering a second round.
Suburb: Battery Point
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Bakery, Cafe
Best For: Breakfast, Brunch, Locals
The Best Bakeries Near Hobart
Poolish & Co
There’s a mushroom ragout pie in Cygnet with a following among people who normally insist on meat. At Poolish & Co, that’s only the beginning. This little Mary Street bakery turns out beautifully tangy, mixed-grain sourdough and French pastries with equal care, from crisp canelés and cinnamon scrolls to Basque cheesecake topped with seasonal fruit.
The mushroom ragout pie and sausage rolls have their loyalists, while a date brioche with orange caramel is worth watching for among the specials. Popular bakes can sell out before lunch.
Suburb: Cygnet
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Bakery, Patisserie
Best For: Weekend plans, Quick bite, Locals
Need To Know: Popular bakes can sell out before lunch.
Knead Bread?
There’s something appealing about a bakery where you can help yourself to fresh sourdough and a box of homemade sweets. At Knead Bread?, a growing Howrah microbakery, the weekly menu runs from jalapeño-and-cheese bagels to focaccia topped with potato and onion. Its savoury sourdough boxes are another draw, with fillings such as basil pesto and feta or caramelised onion and cheese. Then there’s vanilla slice, caramel slice and generously filled cookies. Check the latest menu before visiting the self-serve shelf, with a dedicated bakery planned for 2027.
Suburb: Howrah
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Bakery
Best For: Locals, Quick bite, Breakfast
Need To Know: Self-serve shelf on selected days, plus local deliveries. Check the weekly menu before visiting.
Paradise Regained
Keep an eye out for the little blue shed on Glen Huon Road. You’d be forgiven for driving straight past Paradise Regained, but missing self-taught baker Fi Reid’s French pastries would be a terrible shame. Her husband built the roadside stall, where lemon-curd cruffins, vanilla-bean croissants, blackberry-and-apple pies and seasonal fruit Danishes make for some difficult decisions. Savoury quiches and baguettes also appear on the changing menu. Open Friday to Sunday from 7.30am until sold out, so an early start is advisable. Especially if you’ve got your heart set on a cruffin.
Suburb: Glen Huon
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Bakery, Patisserie
Best For: Weekend plans, Breakfast, Quick bite
Need To Know: Open Friday to Sunday from 7.30am until sold out.
Summer Kitchen
The sourdough starter at Summer Kitchen has been going since the 1970s, which tells you something about this Huon Valley institution’s dedication to good bread. Forty minutes south of Hobart, in a former hardware store in Ranelagh, organic wood-fired loaves share the counter with some seriously good pies. The homity, filled with potato, leek and sour cream, is a local favourite, as is the hearty lentil shepherd’s pie. There’s Bruny Island wallaby with potato and gravy for the adventurous, and old-fashioned custard tarts for dessert. Take a seat in the leafy courtyard, preferably with a loaf to bring home.
Suburb: Ranelagh
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Bakery
Best For: Weekend plans, Outdoor dining, Breakfast
Need To Know: About 40 minutes south of Hobart.
FAQs About The Best Bakeries in Hobart
Pigeon Whole Bakers on Argyle Street has been setting the standard since 2011 and is famous for its honey, cinnamon and cardamom morning bun. Jackman & McRoss in Battery Point is known for its scallop and wakame pie, while Six Russell in Sandy Bay pairs 36-hour sourdough with an upgraded breakfast muffin. Daci & Daci brings European patisserie to Murray Street, New Town and Sandy Bay, and Queens Pastry on Harrington Street bakes fresh croissants at 7.30am, 8.45am and 10.30am.
Queens Pastry on Harrington Street bakes fresh croissant batches at 7.30am, 8.45am and 10.30am, ranging from ham and cheese to a twice-baked vanilla slice croissant. Daci & Daci’s twice-baked almond croissants come with a caramelised almond crust, while Imago Cafe & Bakery on Elizabeth Street makes raspberry-chocolate croissants and, as a special, charcoal croissants filled with matcha chocolate and cream. For something rarer, MAMA Artisanal Bakery makes 100% sourdough croissants with cultured butter, sold at occasional Sunday pop-ups at Pitzi Pasta Bar.
Jackman & McRoss in Battery Point is the best-known address, with a scallop and wakame pie packed with plump scallops beneath crisp pastry and served with homemade ketchup. The Hampden Road building has a baking history dating back to the 1840s. Across the river in Bellerive, Cripps DT & JL Bakehouse makes curried scallop pies alongside chicken and Camembert pies and flaky sausage rolls. Cripps is also known for its hot chips, dusted with a seasoning salt east-shore locals have loved for decades.
Yen’s Gluten Free in Sandy Bay is dedicated to gluten-free sourdough, made in small batches by baker Yen Nam, who has a background in sports science and professional patisserie training. Her loaves have soft centres and chewy crusts, with no gums or preservatives, and the seeded sourdough is a favourite. Order ahead for collection from her Marieville Esplanade kitchen. For vegetarians, everything at Little Missy Patisserie on Argyle Street is vegetarian, from choux buns and brisée tarts to three-cheese and spring onion scones.
The Huon Valley rewards an early start. Paradise Regained, a little blue roadside shed on Glen Huon Road, sells lemon-curd cruffins, vanilla-bean croissants and seasonal Danishes from Friday to Sunday, from 7.30am until sold out. In Ranelagh, about 40 minutes south of Hobart, Summer Kitchen bakes organic wood-fired loaves from a starter dating to the 1970s, alongside homity and wallaby pies. Poolish & Co in Cygnet is known for its mixed-grain sourdough and mushroom ragout pie, and popular bakes can sell out before lunch.
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