The Best Focaccia in Melbourne: A Fanatic’s Edit

Sometimes the only cure for everything — long weeks, grey skies, existential spirals — is a slab of pillowy, oil-kissed focaccia. Melbourne gets this. Big, fluffy, warm-from-the-oven bread has become a citywide love language, whether you’re tearing into it at a restaurant or carting home a bakery slab like precious cargo. It’s simple, yes, but gloriously so: salty edges, soft centres, that hypnotic dimpled top… culinary serotonin.

We’ve done the (very enjoyable) hard work to round up the best focaccia in Melbourne — the ones that spark cravings, have us salivating, and keep us coming back. Let’s carb.

Studio Amaro

Studio Amaro does focaccia with real flourish. Their house-baked sourdough slab arrives warm, steamy and begging to be torn apart, best dragged through lemon-kissed ricotta or glossy olive oil. It’s simple, comforting and exactly what you want before diving into pasta or another round of spritzes. A Chapel Street favourite for a reason — carb heaven, but make it chic.

168 Chapel Street, Windsor

Gracie’s Wine Room

Gracie’s Wine Room serves up focaccia that’s nothing short of irresistible — pillowy soft inside with a golden, delicate crust. This house-baked beauty perfectly complements their share-style menu, from indulgent lobster rolls to fresh Sydney rock oysters. Whether paired with the signature hot honey-stracciatella dip or enjoyed alongside a crisp limoncello spritz, every bite is pure joy.

27 Toorak Road, South Yarra

Spyglass Coffee

Found in Melbourne’s bustling CBD, Spyglass Coffee transforms focaccia sandwiches into a flavour sensation. Filled with bold and mooreish combinations like crispy porchetta with tangy celeriac remoulade, earthy mushroom with truffle cream, or creamy stracciatella with mortadella and pistachios, each sandwich is a flavour-packed delight. Paired with expertly brewed coffee, it’s an addictive treat.

34 Queen Street, Melbourne

Lagotto

Lagotto in Fitzroy North is serving up the kind of focaccia dreams are made of — golden, pillowy, and utterly addictive. Baked with wholemeal flour and paired with smoked malted butter, each slice delivers a heavenly balance of chew and fluff that melts on the tongue.

1 York Street, Fitzroy North 

Elio’s Place

Elio’s Place masters focaccia with their housemade wholemeal loaf. Served with rich miso butter, it’s a match made in heaven alongside their luscious burrata, fiery chilli oil, and tangy pickled onions. For a next-level experience, pair it with their melt-in-your-mouth beef carpaccio crowned with macadamia pesto and Parmesan.

1/238 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Palermo

Palermo‘s sourdough focaccia is nothing short of divine. Baked fresh daily, it arrives golden and airy, with crisp edges that give way to an impossibly fluffy centre. Served alongside whipped cultured butter, this bread isn’t just a starter — it’s a show-stealer. Warm, indulgent, and deeply satisfying, it sets the tone for a feast to remember.

401 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Juju’s

Thornbury’s Juju’s is the go-to spot for focaccia sandwiches that are nothing short of life-changing. Their focaccia is pillowy, flavour-packed, and perfectly baked, making every bite unforgettable. Start your day with the Morning Bite sando, featuring creamy avocado, fluffy eggs, and alfalfa sprouts.

For lunch, the chicken schnitzel, mortadella, classic salad, and salami with nduja combos shine. The shop’s cute fit-out makes the experience even sweeter.

750 High Street, Thornbury

263 Coventry Street, South Melbourne

Mari Mari Bakery

For Northcote locals, Mari Mari is the neighbourhood micro-bakery making waves with its incredible handmade focaccia. Crafted in small batches using traditional techniques and top-tier ingredients, their focaccia is a true labour of love — pillowy, golden, and bursting with flavour.

Freshly baked to order from their cosy home kitchen, Mari Mari delivers to Melbourne’s inner north every Friday and Saturday. Prefer to pick up? Swing by ONLY_S cafe and grab your pre-order.

Only S, 58a Victoria Road, Northcote

Zita’s 

When it comes to focaccia, Zita’s in South Yarra rises to the occasion with bread so good, it feels like a warm hug. Pair it with a spritz from their perfectly curated menu, and you’ve got yourself a match made in heaven.

The best part? Zita’s is now offering gluten-free focaccia, ensuring that everyone can indulge in their irresistible creations.

Sitchu Tip: Don’t miss their toasted focaccia with octopus, ’nduja, fennel salad, and stracciatella cheese — it’s a hearty, soul-warming sandwich.

16 Toorak Road, South Yarra

Austro Bakery

This beloved European-style bakery is back, and it’s all about that focaccia. Austro in North Melbourne offers some of Melbourne’s fluffiest, most irresistible focaccia slabs twice a week. Gloriously golden and full of flavour, their focaccia is so good it’s supplied to hotspots like Cam’s Kiosk and Florian. Don’t skip their carefully-crafted pastries, either. 

39 Lothian Street, North Melbourne

Hope St Radio

Big, fluffy, and (almost) a meal in itself, the focaccia at Hope St Radio in Collingwood is some of Melbourne’s finest. Order a number of share plates amongst the group of you while you’re here, and make sure this bread is at the top of your list. Served with a light, creamy whipped butter, these carbs go down a treat.

35 Johnston Street, Collingwood

Suze

You can always trust a wine bar to serve up superior versions of quality staples. Suze‘s house-made, slow-ferment focaccia is no exception. Served with a tangy agrodolce dipping sauce, it’s the perfect combo to kick off your meal.

6 Newry Street, Fitzroy North

Bar Rosella

For the best focaccia in Melbourne, make a beeline straight for Bar Rosella. The stuzzichini (appetizer) dish is done Puglia style, with the top crisped up to provide a crunchy contrast to the soft, fluffy underside of the bread. Served with a drizzle of olive oil and a hint of Italian spices, you’ll fall in love at first bite.

229 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

Henry Sugar

Henry Sugar is giving Australia’s most iconic spread a seriously grown-up moment. Their focaccia arrives warm and golden, ready to be slathered with silky Vegemite butter that delivers just the right hit of salty, umami depth. It’s playful, clever and unexpectedly elegant — a little pre-dinner ritual that sets the tone for everything that follows.

296-298 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North

Don’s Wine Bar

Don’s in Prahran does focaccia the way it should be: thick-cut, olive-oil rich and generously salted, with that golden, chewy-meets-pillowy texture everyone chases. It arrives warm, best torn apart with a glass from their natural-leaning wine list, and enjoyed in the intimate, house-party glow Don’s is beloved for.

202 Commercial Road, Prahran

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