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The Best Bakeries in Melbourne for the Ultimate Sweet Tooth
From crusty cobs to the doughiest of donuts, these are the best bakeries in Melbourne.
Melbourne has never been short on excellent baked goods, but right now the bakery scene feels especially irresistible. New names are landing across the city with beautifully baked loaves, golden pastries and sweet things worth setting an alarm for, while long-loved institutions continue to prove exactly why they have become local fixtures. From cult croissants and crackling sourdough to glossy doughnuts, fruit-filled danishes and buttery pies, the best bakeries in Melbourne are keeping the city very well fed.
There is a certain pleasure in a bakery run here that never loses its shine. The scent of fresh bread, the pastry case glinting back at you, the promise of something still warm in a paper bag. Whether you are chasing an old favourite or planning your next cake-fix, these are the Melbourne bakeries worth knowing now.
Bloomwood
In the bustle of the CBD, Bloomwood feels like a pause button — a serene Japandi-inspired bakery where pastry becomes poetry. The cabinet gleams with creations that lean playful and precise: taro croissants with a violet blush, lemon-lychee blossoms that taste like summer bottled, and golden corn-and-cheese Danishes with just the right hit of nostalgia. Pair your pick with a velvety matcha or coconut iced latte and sink into the calm.
121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Joey’s Doughies
Joey’s Doughies brings a sugar rush of the highest order to the CBD, with glossy doughnuts, crullers and apple fritters piled high inside QV. It is playful, rich, and just a little excessive in the best way, with flavours that flirt with nostalgia and drinks to match. For a midday pick-me-up with serious personality, this is your sweet little stop in the middle of the city.
Corner of Lonsdale & Shop R1-007, QV Melbourne, Swanston Street, Melbourne
Neighbourhood Kneads
At Thornbury’s former All Are Welcome site, Neighbourhood Kneads is already drawing its own devoted crowd. Artisan sourdough, flaky pastries and a savoury cabinet worth crossing suburb lines for give the bakery instant pull, while the whole space feels settled, familiar and full of ease. It is one of those rare new openings that slides straight into neighbourhood life (it is in the name after all).
887 High Street, Thornbury
Cobb Lane
Cobb Lane has become one of Melbourne’s most beloved bakery names, drawing people in with cult sourdough, golden pastries and lunches worth rearranging your day around. Across its city and inner-suburban outposts, there are daily-baked loaves, deeply tempting sandwiches, signature pies and excellent coffee, all wrapped in that unmistakable Cobb Lane pull. Step in for one thing and chances are you will leave with a paper bag full of reasons to come back.
Multiple locations across the city, including new CBD address
Lilla Bakehouse
Lilla Bakehouse has become one of the CBD’s most charming bakery stops, drawing people in with kaya scrolls, sesame prawn shio pan, steamed egg brioche and corn matcha lattes. Founded by former Kudo baristas Bamboo Yue and Shi Yi Sim, the Queen Street bakehouse weaves Malaysian and Chinese flavours into every glossy, and deeply craveable bite.
s17/370 Queen Street, Melbourne
Time After Time
Melbourne’s bakery crush of the moment, Time After Time, is drawing crowds down Howey Place with pastries that feel both playful and precise. The charcoal croissant is the headline act — striking inky layers wrapped around fillings like matcha custard or ricotta, fig and honey — but the supporting cast of buttery classics hold their own immensely well.
7 Howey Place, Melbourne
Urbanstead
Urbanstead is Abbotsford’s considered follow-up from the founders of Tivoli Road Bakery, shaped by craft, community and slow-food values. Naturally leavened loaves made with Victorian grains sit beside croissants folded with LardAss butter, pies, galettes and Cornish pasties. Buckwheat cookies, cardamom shortbread and Monte Carlos fill the shelves, while classes with Michael and Pippa James bring seasonal cooking back into focus at home.
203 Langridge Street, Abbotsford
Butter Days
Butter Days has arrived in Malvern with serious pastry allure, like a butter-scented daydream. Led by Dessert Masters winner John Demetrios and Martina’s Scandinavian sensibility, this neighbourhood bakery is all beauty and golden details. Sunshine buns, brown butter bickies, warm Danish morning buns and stacked potato pretzel rolls keep the cabinet irresistible, while pale timber interiors and Allpress coffee draw daily detours easily.
209 Glenferrie Road, Malvern
T6 Patisserie
T6 Patisserie in Carnegie has us seriously considering starting a Facebook group — or possibly a full-blown cult — dedicated to one singular, god-tier pastry: the Malaysian potato curry puff pain au suisse. It’s got layers — flaky, golden, absurdly buttery — and inside, a spiced potato filling so good we’d swear allegiance to it if asked. And then there’s the pandan gateau, a softly spoken stunner with all the elegance of French patisserie and the nostalgic joy of Southeast Asian sweets.
88 Koornang Road, Carnegie
Back Alley Bakes
Back Alley Bakes is Coburg North’s microbakery marvel, hidden behind a pink roller door and pumping out artisanal sourdough, buttery viennoiserie, and the cult-fave crois-sauso — a pork-fennel sausage roll wrapped in flaky croissant dough. This husband-and-wife passion project turns biodynamic flour into irresistible morning buns, danishes, cinnamon scrolls, a gorgeous array of sandwiches, and Basque cheesecake, all paired with robust Axil Coffee Roasters brew. Open early and buzzing with local love, it’s the perfect pitstop for Coburg’s baked good hunters, craving craft and comfort with every bite.
10 Leslie Avenue, Coburg North
Tarts Anon
Tarts Anon is the cult bakery reminding Melbourne that tarts can be the main event. Former fine-dining pastry chef Gareth Whitton and partner Catherine Way turn out rotating creations that swing from classic lemon to smoked pecan, tiramisu, mulled-wine ginger and whatever wild stroke of genius hits that month. Each slice is silky, balanced and borderline addictive. Pop in for a wedge, or preorder a whole tart and instantly become everyone’s favourite person — no questions asked.
Pre-orders open each week on Monday at 6pm
10/658 Church Street, Richmond
Prahran Market
29A Gwynne Street, Cremorne
Pecks Road
Pecks Road has gone from Caroline Springs cult favourite to full-blown CBD obsession — and thank goodness, because crossing town for a turon doughnut was becoming a personality trait. Here, Filipino flavours meet Melbourne bakery magic: pandan cream buns, brûléed banana doughnuts, ube lattes, Spam-adjacent sandos and a Filipino banh mi that deserves its own fan club. This place is pure, playful joy.
Sitchu Tip: The ube matcha iced latte is ridiculously good.
Shop A6/1-7 Caroline Springs Boulevard, Caroline Springs
Shop 3/234 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Masses Bagels
After five years of fermenting fanfare, Masses Bagels has landed in Collingwood — and it’s every bit worth the hype. Hand-rolled and wild-fermented over three days, these chewy-crusted beauties come in classic schmear form or tartine-style with trout, tomato and next-level quark. There’s coffee, house-made shrubs, and a front-row seat to the rolling-and-boiling action. A cult market favourite turned micro-bakery dream, this 15-seater is Melbourne’s new spiritual home for bagel lovers.
5 Smith Street, Fitzroy
Bakemono Bakers
We’re big fans of the pastries flying out the door at Bakemono Bakers. This Japanese-inspired bakery, housed in a converted garage on Drewery Lane, offers an impeccable selection that’s hard to resist. Enjoy puffy Danishes filled with blueberry custard or Nutella and strawberry, and for something savoury, the classic ham and cheese croissant.
Sitchu Tip: Don’t miss their soul-warming chai latte, brewed in-house weekly — it’s delicious!
273 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Akimbo
Akimbo is Northcote’s golden child of naturally leavened loaves and low-key cool. Behind its terrazzo counter, Sunda alum Lindsay Oates turns out sublime seeded sourdoughs, pizzetta focaccias, cardamom buns and brown-butter macadamia cookies — all baked in a rare Italian oven. Batch-brew from Fieldwork Coffee seals the deal. A sun-drenched space with serious flavour cred, Akimbo brings a restaurant-level finesse to your everyday loaf run.
205a Victoria Road, Northcote
Sebby’s Scrolls
Sebby’s is one of Melbourne’s best bakeries for cinnamon scrolls, drawing a loyal crowd for freshly baked swirls with buttery dough, cinnamon sugar and that signature glaze. Beyond the classic, there are vegan options plus savoury favourites like pizza and Vegemite scrolls. Add expertly brewed coffee and you have a bakery stop that always hits the spot.
367 North Road, Caulfield South
2C Acland Street, St Kilda
OCAB Bakery
OCAB Bakery is a standout Melbourne bakery housed in the backstreets of Moonee Ponds, blending French technique with Persian influence. Expect beautifully layered croissants, from Biscoff to Vegemite twists, plus saffron-poached pear tarts and daily sourdough. Paired with Coffee Supreme and a welcoming local feel, it is one of the best bakeries in Melbourne worth crossing town for, easily.
28A Shuter Street, Moonee Ponds
32A Ballarat Street, Yarraville
Double Dutch Bakery
Housed on Stubbs Street, Double Dutch Bakery is Kensington’s sweet neighbourhood gem, where glossy danishes, flaky kouign-amanns and signature sourdough disappear fast. Led by Jacob Dekker and paired with Rumble Coffee, it balances serious craft with easy charm. Come for the Speculaas buns and Reubens, stay for the beautifully made pastries, espresso and sunlit local energy from morning through lunch.
61 Stubbs Street, Kensington
Zelda Bakery
Zelda Bakery has earned its cult status — just follow the buttery scent and the queue snaking through Ripponlea. Open only Wednesdays and Fridays, this micro-bakery is home to some of Melbourne’s flakiest, most sought-after croissants, golden sourdough, seasonal crumble cakes, and glorious chocolate babka. Everything is handmade with precision and passion, and the result is pure baked magic.
54 Glen Eira Road, Ripponlea
Secondipity Roasters
Secondipity Roasters is where Melbourne’s coffee scene meets Korean bakery magic. Known for their wildly popular salt breads — think spring onion cream cheese or vanilla cream-filled — this Collingwood spot brings serious flavour. Their monthly seasonal bakes keep things fresh (hello, Mont Blanc with a salty twist), while their house-roasted beans fuel everything from perfect pour-overs to creative lattes. It’s bold, buttery, beautifully balanced — and absolutely worth the hype.
88 Langridge Street, Collingwood
Semla the Bakery
Semla the Bakery is a Scandinavian dream in Seaford, slinging cardamom buns, rye sourdough, and caramelised tosca buns straight from a converted garage. Inspired by Sweden’s beloved “fika” ritual, this micro-bakery brings soul and sweetness to Melbourne’s southeast. Free delivery is now available based on your suburb, or catch them at the Edigrocer pop-up in Edithvale every Saturday from May.
Follow the scent of spice and sugar — your weekend just got way more delicious.
Free local delivery; order by 12pm Wednesday for delivery every Friday
Check postcode eligibility at shop check out
SATURDAYS – Edigrocer pop-up (every Saturday from May)
Simply Mike’s
Simply Mike’s has landed in Brunswick with the cinnamon scrolls Melbourne already can’t stop talking about. Formerly known as Cinnabuns in Albion, the bakery’s new Sydney Road home is drawing crowds for its soft, cream cheese-topped classics, plus croissants, danishes, quiches and smart savoury bites. Come for the scrolls, stay for the pastries and house drinks that make this one feel especially fun.
871 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Dua Bakehouse
At Dua, Raymond Tan reimagines Scandinavian classics through a Southeast Asian lens — most famously with his vivid green pandan princess cake layered with chiffon, jam and pastry cream. Bread lovers are spoiled with pillowy shokupan, semla-style melonpan and ube-filled pandesal, while savoury favourites include Spam-and-egg sandos and siu mai sausage rolls. Settle into the vintage Ikea–inspired space, order a cherry mocha or strawberry matcha with malted milk, and enjoy one of Melbourne’s most creative, comforting bakery experiences.
Collingwood Yards, Shop 1/35 Johnston Street, Collingwood
Baker of Things
Baker of Things has well and truly found its footing in Richmond, with a devoted following and a pastry cabinet that still sparks plenty of excitement. From the Maker Coffee crew and led by ex-Beatrix star Zoe, it channels that same sense of joy through blackberry yo-yos, raspberry caramel lamingtons, citrus layer cakes and wildly good fougasse. Sweet, clever and full of charm, this is a bakery Melbourne has taken to wholeheartedly.
117 Burnley Street, Richmond
Baker Bleu
Baker Bleu has become one of Melbourne’s most trusted names in bread, with outposts across the city serving the cult-loved sourdough, pastries, and beautifully made cafe fare it is known for. Whether you are stopping in for a loaf, a buttery morning pastry or something more substantial from the all-day menu, each space carries the same polished, produce-driven appeal that has made Baker Bleu a true local fixture.
Multiple locations across the city
Hector’s Bakery
From the legends behind Hector’s Deli comes Hector’s Baker, Richmond’s newest carb mecca and already the source of serious queues (yes, it’s worth it). Open daily from 7am, this sleek, sunlit spot is turning heads with cinnamon scrolls, apple fritters, flaky pain au chocolat, and that cheese and pepperonata croissant. Add their cult-fave sandwiches to the mix, and you’ve got breakfast dreams on lock.
Designed by Quinten and Josh Powell, it’s a new Melbourne bakery you’ll want to lose time in.
33 Stewart Street, Richmond
Lulu & Me
Lulu & Me is the cheesecake haven Collingwood didn’t know it needed. This light-filled, minimalist warehouse bakes up TikTok-famous pay-by-weight Basque, pandan, and New York-style cheesecakes. With irresistible specials like tiramisu and rich chocolate, it’s a tasting experience you won’t forget.
1-5 Hotham Street, Collingwood
Falco Bakery
Falco Bakery in Collingwood is a beloved blend of artisanal baking and serious credibility. Head baker Christine Tam, whose experience spans Melbourne’s top bakeries and San Francisco’s Tartine, crafts exceptional sourdough loaves, divine pastries, and unique treats like the iconic peanut butter miso cookie. Their chicken sandwich and Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and pastrami toastie are standouts, while house-roasted coffee seals the deal.
288 Smith Street, Collingwood
266 Johnston Street, Abbotsford
156-158 Langridge Street, Collingwood
Amann Patisserie
You can trust Amann Patisserie to satisfy every sweet craving. Owner Yohann Godec honed his craft at a boulangerie in Versailles, so the croissants here are as flaky and buttery as they come. Operating from a small commercial kitchen with a charming “pastry door,” the focus is firmly on impeccable technique and fresh-from-the-oven perfection. There’s a small counter if you want to enjoy your treats on the spot, but otherwise, it’s all about precision-made pastries.
645 Nicholson Street, Carlton North
Creme de la Creme
Sweet tooths and savoury tooths alike will love Creme de la Creme in Spotswood. Wonderfully flaky croissants, danishes, cookies, and donuts are just some of the many baked goods you’ll find in this Spotswood bakery. We recommend trying The Habibi, which includes crispy golden potatoes with a spicy, tangy kick of garlic, coriander, and chilli, all on a flaky croissant dough. For something sweet, you can’t go past the Iced Vovo croissant or the knafeh croissant.
101 Hudsons Road, Spotswood
Publique Bakery
Publique is one of Melbourne’s most beloved French artisan bakeries, now with two locations including a luxe new outpost near Queen Victoria Market. It’s a true sanctuary for beautiful baking, where passion and technique come together in every loaf, croissant and pastry. With more than a decade dedicated to mastering French classics, Publique feels quintessentially Parisian — elegant, polished and consistently delicious.
Sitchu Tip: If you’re craving something savoury, the Quiche Lorraine is an oozy, salty marvel that’s impossible to resist.
QVM MUNRO 18 Blender Lane, Melbourne
Preston Market
The Flour
Baking their way to our happiness, The Flour is one of our new favourites, where expert coffee gets poured alongside the likes of exquisitely presented Mont Blanc cakes, pistachio matcha lime and stout malted milk cakes, freshly baked madeleines and canelés, choc-hazelnut galettes, and the sweetest strawberry tarts and peach tarts we ever did see. It’s a French patisserie and bakery in Melbourne not to be missed.
199 Victoria Street, West Melbourne
Heart Bakes
Let the warm, buttery scent of freshly baked cinnamon scrolls draw you in — and don’t be surprised if your heart grows three sizes in the process. That’s the magic of Heart Bakes, a sweet little corner shop serving pure comfort in every bite. Settle in with a great coffee and a perfect treat: Levain-style walnut chocolate chip cookies, carrot cake, breakfast muffins, Earl Grey cream cheese cupcakes and those legendary scrolls. The only challenge? Choosing just one.
220 Bridge Street, Port Melbourne
AM Bakehouse
This bakery is equivalent to heaven for any pastry lover. Located in Glen Iris, you’ll come here for the sweets, but stay for the savoury items. Their pancetta and brie ciabatta toastie is warm, gooey and deliciously creamy, and all their pastries are baked to be crisp, flaky and light. AM Bakehouse makes for the perfect weekend outing, so grab your friends, pick out a bunch of goodies and sit at one of their tables to enjoy the atmosphere while you eat.
Sitchu Tip: We recommend you try the fig danish. With a crispy, perfectly baked exterior and creamy, sweet interior, it’s absolutely divine.
286D Tooronga Road, Glen Iris
Gordon Street Bakery
You haven’t lived until you’ve tried Gordon Street Bakery’s choc-almond croissant. That’s all. Oh and their sourdough bread and low-key friendly vibes are the perfect antidote to the Sunday morning scaries. It’s one of our go-to bakeries in Melbourne, every time.
142 Gordon Street, Footscray
#1000 Bread
A newer bakery on the CBD block, #1000 Bread, quickly grew a cult following thanks to TikTok. Walking the line between a traditional European bakery and a modern Asian bakery, owner Kathy Wang takes inspiration from both but adheres to neither. This unique bakery is known for its unconventional viral cube croissants, a delight to tear apart and munch on. However, you can’t ignore their mochi bagels and egg tarts, which are equally as delicious.
315 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Madeleine de Proust
Madeleine de Proust is Melbourne’s dedicated madeleine patisserie, earning instant acclaim for Hyoju Park’s nostalgic, exquisitely crafted take on the French classic. Each bite blends artistry with memory — delicate, sculptural and almost too pretty to touch. The flavours shift from elegant vanilla to creative, modern twists, all baked with meticulous technique.
Sitchu Tip: Don’t miss the corn madeleine: brown-butter sponge filled with cream cheese and buttered corn, topped with popcorn ganache and a corn-infused chocolate “husk.”
253 Lygon Street, Carlton
Mietta by Rosemary
The heavens descended the day cake queen Rosemary Andrews decided to open up her first brick and mortar store. The former Attica Summercamp head pastry chef has put down sticks in Malvern with Mietta by Rosemary. This is one of the dreamiest bakeries in Melbourne, focusing on cakes by the slice, takeaway coffee and other premium baked goods, all handcrafted by Rosemary and her team of experienced pastry chefs.
Sitchu Tip: Try and get your hands on her famously good lemon tart, or a slice of the burnt honey espresso dulce de leche layer cake.
23 Glenferrie Road, Malvern
Iris The Bakery
Iris The Bakery may be a newer name in Brunswick, but it has already found its rhythm, drawing a devoted morning crowd to its sweet little shopfront for daily bread, coffee and something just baked. Thoughtful produce sits at the heart of everything here, from cardamom buns and chocolate chip cookies to honey-spelt loaves, focaccia, croissants, whole quiches and savoury tartines. Wholesome, generous and full of charm, it is one of Melbourne’s most exciting new bakeries.
1 Wilson Avenue, Brunswick
The Butter Room
The Butter Room is where Korean and French influences meet in delicious style. From the theatrical lava pandoro to matcha-chocolate canelés, cream cheese garlic bulbs and featherlight croissants in flavours like matcha and injeolmi, every detail feels a little extra in the best way. Add towering fruit-laden cakes, black sesame scones and the much-loved strawberry matcha latte, and you have one of Melbourne’s most tempting sugar hits.
The Archway, 16 Katherine Place, Melbourne
Core Roasters
Core Roasters is one of Melbourne’s most exciting bakery openings in recent years, found behind a forest-green frontage on Barkly Street in Brunswick East. Inside, coffee, pastry and clever flavour combos steal the show: think pandan coconut jam toast, mushroom rendang pastries, espresso banana bread and tiramisu cookies. Add exceptional brews, lush hot chocolate and Taiwanese iced tea, and you’re set too.
14 Barkly Street, Brunswick
Calle
Roll into Calle for the bakery’s much-hyped croissant wheels, the glossy, filled spirals that helped put this Carlton North favourite on Melbourne’s pastry map. Flavours shift regularly, while the wider pastry line-up spans almond croissants, pain suisse, escargots and fruit danishes. Savoury cravings are well looked after too, with artisan sourdough, baguettes and European-style sandwiches rounding out the line-up.
649 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North
229 High Street, Northcote
Dröm Bakery
A little drive for a big reward, Dröm is the French-inspired Bayswater bakery locals would happily cross town for. Bakers start before dawn, handcrafting loaves, pastries and viennoiserie behind glass panels so you can watch every fold, glaze and rise happen in real time. The shelves brim with sweet and savoury creations that vanish fast, so arrive early and order generously — a few for friends, a few for later, and absolutely zero regrets.
1/19 Scoresby Road, Bayswater
Via Porta Bakehouse
Via Porta Bakehouse is Hawthorn’s early-morning treasure, devoted to buttery viennoiserie, warm loaves and the simple pleasure of something freshly baked. From golden croissants and seasonal pastries to beautifully crafted breads, everything here feels thoughtful and quietly refined. The bench-style space is made for a quick solo coffee or a calm breakfast moment, while pre-orders keep you ahead of the sell-out rush. A neighbourhood bakehouse with authentic European charm — and the pastries to match.
646 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn
Candied Bakery
Armed with an impressive repertoire of freshly baked goods, this westside neighbourhood bakery is also renowned for the scrumptious array of in-house-made pastries. While savoury bites are available, peeling your eyes away from the likes of cream cheese and custard, pistachio cream, and peaches-and-cream pastries is a mighty task. We’re partial to Candied Bakery’s range of delicious croissants, like these Earl Grey and lemon golden wonders. Keep an eye out for their tiramisu croissants as well.
81A Hudsons Road, Spotswood
Kudo
Kudo Bakery is a charming heritage-listed hole-in-the-wall devoted to the art of gluten-free baking, founded by husband-and-wife duo Felix Goodwin and Elena Nguyen. This is far more than a coeliac haven. It is a destination for anyone with a soft spot for exceptional bread. Rustic sourdoughs, seeded loaves, brioche, baguettes and sandwiches rotate daily, while the sweet line-up spans cookies, chiffon cakes, canelés and choux pastries. Add expertly brewed Ona Coffee and you have one of the CBD’s true standouts
Windsor Hotel, 8 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
Mabels
Maybe it’s Mabels. This Toorak sweetheart specialises in celebration cakes that feel instantly nostalgic — from decadent choc-raspberry to classic carrot, each one layered with colourful icing and displayed on charming cake stands. The shelves stay busy with gluten-free carrot cake, vegan chocolate cupcakes, lamingtons, marshmallow slices, lemon tarts and gingerbread people. And whatever you do, don’t leave without the lamington sponge or traditional Victorian sponge — pure, old-school birthday magic done right.
525 Malvern Road, Toorak
Bistro Morgan Bakehouse
Nutella scroll anyone? Serving up doughlicious delights to Melbourne’s southside sugar addicts, Bistro Morgan’s drool-worthy creations are only the second most impressive thing about this Windsor bakehouse. The flagship shop on High Street offers light bites and brunch plates, but make no mistake, the sweets are still the star of the show.
190 High Street, Windsor
Moon Cruller
If it’s sweet, doughy and deep-fried, we’re already in the queue. Moon Cruller takes the doughnut concept and gives it a glow-up, serving crisp, swirled rings of pastry in six rotating flavours. Cinnamon sugar, chocolate and vanilla glaze are always on deck, while the remaining trio changes often — and with the Lune team behind the magic, they’re guaranteed to hit.
50 Rose Street, Fitzroy
A1 Bakery
Young and old, friends and families, rusted-on locals, and new migrants are all brought together to break delicious bread at beloved institution A1. For little more than the change in your pocket, you can walk out of this always-bustling bakery with freshly made flatbread scattered with za’atar, pillowy halloumi-filled pies, and juicy chicken tawouk wraps overflowing with crunchy pickles and garlic sauce. For the sweet tooth’s, the baklava is honeyed, nutty, flaky perfection.
643-645 Sydney Road, Brunswick
The Hamptons Bakery
From the elegant interiors to the line-up of artisanal treats, this bayside cafe-bakehouse has plenty of charm. The scent of freshly baked bread greets you before you even step inside The Hamptons Bakery, where modern brunch plates make the most of the team’s house-made loaves and pastries. Great food, excellent coffee and an easy coastal feel make this a favourite neighbourhood bakery in Melbourne for good reason.
427 Hampton Street, Hampton
Monforte Viennoiserie
Freshness is everything at Monforte Viennoiserie, where crisp layers and buttery centres turn a simple pastry into pure pleasure. Using local organic ingredients, including LardAss butter from the Bellarine Peninsula, the team creates delicate beauties that vanish fast. The rotating line-up shifts often, but the honey, sea salt and chocolatine croissants remain standouts: golden, generous and utterly irresistible.
585 Canning Street, Carlton North
Bread Club
Bread Club is a carb lover’s dream, helmed by two French bakers with pedigrees spanning Vue de Monde, Woodfrog, Tivoli Road and Baker D. Chirico. Classic sourdough and baguettes share the spotlight with banana-split croissants, toffee-custard doughnuts and saffron buns. Pull up for Inglewood coffee, Persian potato salad, baguettes, pork sandwiches and zucchini, mint and feta pies, freshly baked daily.
Sitchu Tip: The garlic fougasse is dangerously moreish.
558 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne
65 Cardigan Place, Albert Park
Rustica Sourdough
With several shopfronts across Melbourne, we sleep easily knowing that Rustica is never far from reach. Part bakery, part cafe, it churns out some of the best sandwiches in town. The sourdough is the real drawcard, especially the olive-and-fresh-basil loaf, but the pastries are just as tempting, with a daily line-up worth keeping an eye on.
Multiple locations around the city
Cremorne Street Bakers
Cremorne Street Bakers taps into nostalgia with a modern twist, baking old-school favourites like Anzac caramel slice, chocolate whisky cake and sour cherry pie. After years of supplying some of Melbourne’s top cafés, its Cremorne storefront lets you head straight to the source. The brand’s luxe hampers are just as enticing, filled with treats from Hey Tiger, Pearsons and Gron Haus, alongside ceramics and handmade body products that make gifting feel especially chic. Equal parts sentimental and stylish, this is Melbourne baking at its sweetest.
135 Cremorne Street, Cremorne
Lune Croissanterie
Lune hardly needs an introduction. This is the bakery behind what many call the world’s best croissant. Founder Kate Reid, a former Formula 1 engineer, famously studied the croissants she adored in Paris and rebuilt them with near-scientific precision. Scoring one takes commitment, with queues that snake and shelves that clear fast, but the pilgrimage more than pays off. There are eleven flavours to choose from, though the classic still has our heart.
Multiple locations around the city
Agathé Pâtisserie
Agathé Pâtisserie has long drawn a devoted following. No visit to South Melbourne Market feels complete without a stop at its petite stand for a chocolate croissant, or three. Demand is high, and quantities sell out fast, so arrive early. Better still, order online and spare yourself the heartbreak.
South Melbourne Market: 322 Coventry Street, South Melbourne
Dench Bakers
Set on Scotchmer Street, Dench Bakers is a much-loved local staple, part café, part bakery, and ideal for breakfast with a loaf tucked under your arm. For those who know their whole wheat from their light rye, the bread selection is seriously good. Whatever you choose, make sure a Vegemite scroll comes with you for the ride.
109 Scotchmer Street, Fitzroy North
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