From the aroma of freshly baked bread to the sight of a perfectly iced cupcake, there’s nothing better than discovering a fresh, delicious bakery you love. Whether you’re after a crusty baguette, a decadent doughnut, or great sausage roll, we’ve got you covered. So, grab a cup of coffee and get ready to discover the best bakeries around Sydney’s North Shore.
Sydney’s bakery scene is as diverse as it is delicious, offering everything from traditional sourdough loaves to innovative, Instagram-worthy pastries. So, use our Quicklinks below to discover the best bakeries around Sydney’s North Shore that are a true paradise for bread lovers and sweet tooths alike!
- Loulou Boulangerie, Milsons Point
- The Grumpy Baker, Waverton
- Bourke Street Bakery, Neutral Bay
- Maggio’s Italian Bakery, Cammeray
- Lamin8, Lane Cove
- High Street Bakery, North Willoughby
- Bakerie Artisan Bakehouse, Gordon
- Arthur’s Bakehouse, West Pymble
- Mrs Jones The Baker, St Ives
- Pottery Green Bakers, Turramurra
- Flour Shop, Turramurra
- Bobbin Head Bakery, North Turramurra
Best Bakeries on Sydney’s Lower North Shore
Loulou Boulangerie, Milsons Point
Bonjour! Fancy a little taste of French? Then Loulou Boulangerie in Milsons Point is the bakery for you. Indulge in their selection of delicious pates, savour their freshly baked croissants and peruse their selection of tasty French pastries with a hot coffee. From fresh bread to mouth-watering sausage rolls and everything in between, you’ll fast become a regular at this boulangerie.
- Address: 61 Lavender St, Milsons Point
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The Grumpy Bakery, Waverton
Established in 2002, The Grumpy Baker began as a café and retail bakery on Oxford Street, Darlinghurst. The Grumpy Baker’s delectable menu grew to include Traditional Pumpernickel, Fig and Walnut Sourdough, Organic Carrot Loaf, Linseed Soy and 3-Grain, Pugeliese, Turkish Bread, and a wide variety of Baguettes and Ciabattas. It’s the perfect stop first thing in the morning to enjoy some freshly baked goods.
- Locations: 85 Bay Road, Waverton | 64A Clark Road, Neutral Bay | + Vaucluse, Bellevue Hill, Coogee, Maroubra
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Bourke Street Bakery, Neutral Bay
If you haven’t yet visited Bourke Street Bakery, you’re in for a treat (sweet and savoury!). They have a number of locations across Sydney serving up an array of baked goods. You can’t go past their delicious pork and fennel sausage rolls (which you can buy uncooked and freeze for later). They are also well-known for their flourless chocolate cakes. You can also order from their Neutral Bay location online.
- Locations: 7/19-25 Grosvenor St, Neutral Bay | Shop 6/1 Denison Street, North Sydney | + Alexandria, Balmain, Banksmeadow, Barangaroo, Kirrawee, Marrickville, Newtown, Parramatta & Surry Hills
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Maggio’s Italian Bakery, Cammeray
Take one scroll through this delicious online bakery and you will find yourself rushing in store to start the taste-testing. If you’re after a cake for a special occasion, then this is the place to choose with an array of options from Passionfruit Cheesecake to Maggio’s Chocolate Cake. This family-run cafe also serves up the most amazing breakfasts, with scrambled eggs, truffle oil, pastries and more.
- Address: 463 Miller St, Cammeray
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Lamin8, Lane Cove
Specialising in viennoiserie (think flaky pastries including croissant, danish and palmiers), Lamin8 Viennoiserie and Patisserie, prides itself on baking everything fresh from scratch, ensuring only the very highest quality products. In fact, the focus on viennoiserie is where Lamin8 gets its unusual name; ‘to laminate’ being to create many thin layers of dough separated by butter, produced by repeated folding and rolling resulting in light, flaky (and utterly delicious!) pastry.
- Address: Shop 11/115-119 Longueville Road, Lane Cove
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High Street Bakery, North Willoughby
In search of culinary bliss? High Street Bakery’s expertly crafted bread, delicious pastries, and incredible cakes will win you over time and time again. Whether it’s an impeccably flaky croissant, a luscious éclair, or an extraordinary celebration cake you’re after, this bakery is your one-stop destination.
- Address: 5/201 High St, North Willoughby
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Best Bakeries on Sydney’s Upper North Shore
Bakerie Artisan Bakehouse, Gordon
Gordon Bakerie
Bakerie@ Bakehouse is a neighbourhood bakery & cafe in Gordon, dedicated to producing handmade breads using traditional baking techniques. Most of their breads are made with whole grains and go through a slow proofing process, which sharpens and improves the taste. They select only the finest ingredients and, when possible, use natural and organic ingredients. The bakery bakes both sweet and savoury items including rustic breads and pastries.
- Address: 773 Pacific Hwy, Gordon NSW 2072
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Arthur’s Bakehouse, West Pymble
Operating in West Pymble since 1988, Arthur’s Bakehouse is famous for its specialty European breads, incredible pies, traditional pretzels, pastries, cakes and gingerbreads. Head in first thing in the morning for a mouthwatering bacon and egg roll and coffee!
- Address: 9 Duneba Ave, West Pymble
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Mrs Jones The Baker, St Ives
Mrs Jones The Baker, Warringah Mall
At Mrs Jones The Baker, they handcraft artisan breads and sweet fare on the premises using the best of the best local ingredients and no artificial additives or improvers. Their aim is to bring you top-notch, made-this-morning-fresh, mouth-watering baked delicacies to our rustic table. They welcome you into their bakery and invite you to watch their bakers icing cakes and pulling rustic loaves from our four-deck hearth oven through our open-plan viewing window.
- Address: St Ives Shopping Village, 166 Mona Vale Rd, St Ives | + Frenchs Forest, Freshwater, Balgowlah, Mona Vale & Warringah Mall
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Pottery Green Bakery, Turramurra, Gordon & Lane Cove
Pottery Green Bakers is a second generation local family business based on Sydney’s Upper North Shore. If you stroll past any given morning, you’ll see the queue forming outside their cafe as customers await their coffee and baked treats. They are dedicated to artisan baking and providing customers with lovingly crafted products freshly prepared, daily. Their cafe represents their upbringing as Australians with a Vietnamese background. Flavours are drawn from classic French and Vietnamese influences, together with an infusion of Aussie classic favourites.
- Address: 97B Eastern Rd, Turramurra | 4 St Johns Avenue, Gordon | 112 Longueville Road, Lane Cove
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Flour Shop, Turramurra
Flour Shop opened in February 2020, initially baking 30 loaves of bread and 50 croissants. Their menu is small, but what they do, they do well. While they have their staples, about half their menu is fluid which keeps it exciting. The menu for each week gets put up on their Instagram page every Wednesday. It changes with the seasons – what’s abundant that time of year & what our bakers feel like making that week!
- Address: 16 Princes St, Turramurra
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Bobbin Head Bakery, North Turramurra
Bobbin Head Bakery, North Turramurra
Bobbin Head Bakery offers your favourite traditional bakery treats with a few modern twists (like delicious gluten free products), great coffee and a warm sense of community. The bakery provides a hub for the residents of North Turramurra and surrounding areas to meet for fresh cakes and pastries and beautiful coffee.
- Address: 278 Bobbin Head Road, North Turramurra
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