Bakeries & Delis

Rude Boy Doughnuts is posing us a question: can you make a splash in the Sydney food scene, without overcomplicating things?

Hungarian buns with custard, honey cakes and Turkish pide.

The Corner is Palm Beach's vibrant new neighbourhood hub from The Boathouse Group.

The Italian sandwich bar does Tuscan-style schiacciata sandwiches, carbonara scrambled egg-loaded croissants, pizza by the slice, and Italian sweet treats in the Sydney CBD.

Buttered is a Sydney bakery and cafe offering a selection of much-loved Korean pastries and top-notch drinks.

San San is a creative sandwich bar in Revesby doing a modern take on the classic deli.

Sydney institution The Grumpy Baker now delivers a bakery by day, bar by night in inner Sydney’s charming Potts Point.

After years of anticipation, world-renowned Melbourne export Lune Croissanterie will open in Sydney on Saturday 7 December, 2024.

Prefecture 48 is a three-storey, Sydney CBD Japanese dining hub with an omakase, whisky and cocktail bar, kaiseki restaurant, robata grill counter, Euro fusion restaurant and patisserie.

Part of the Walker Street precinct in North Sydney, Una is a neighbourhood providore selling gourmet and artisanal produce, pantry items, gifts, wine, and boutique spirits. 

A true all-day destination, Sol bread and wine is a bakery and wine bar in North Sydney’s Walker Street precinct.

Run by a family of fourth-generation fishmongers, Uncut Seafood Delicatessen is an upmarket seafood shop and kitchen in Bondi.

After hitting viral status on TikTok and Instagram, sugar-coated tanghulu fruit skewers have landed in Sydney's Darling Square.

Avner’s Bakery is a Surry Hills spot baking chewy bagels, smoking pastrami, curing lox, fermenting juicy pickles, and crafting beloved Jewish and Eastern European sweets.

Salumerie is an Italian deli and sandwich shop in Potts Point, joining beloved Llankelly Place laneway neighbours Dear Sainte Eloise, Piña and Room 10.

With a hole-y commitment to fun and flavours drawing inspiration from the Philippines and the rest of Asia, Donut Papi was founded by Kenneth Rodrigueza and Karen Rodrigueza-Labuni way back in 2015. 

Set your alarm—beloved Sydney patisserie Shadow Baking now has a permanent bakery location in Darlinghurst, and consistently sells out just hours after doors open.

After a fire paused operations in mid 2023, Penny Fours bakery is back in Balmain, with the same sweet treats for which they’ve always been known and loved.

As far as hype goes, Japanese cheesecake brand LeTAO is the crème de la crème, with one of their cheesecakes selling every 10 seconds. Their Sydney flagship is the place to experience the full menu, with some Australian specials thrown in too. 

Beloved city pasta shop Fabbrica has expanded into the bakery scene with the arrival of Fabbrica Bread Shop inside Rozelle’s Maloney’s Grocer.

Just a few clicks south of Ulladulla, this lakeside bakery has been quietly gathering fans since opening in December 2020.

August 2024 update: Gelato Messina is launching Snackbar—a weekly Sunday pop-up at the Messina HQ in Marrickville—on Sunday 22 September.

Cult favourite A.P Bakery is now wielding its flour powers in the Sydney CBD, serving fluffy focaccia, seasonal sweet and savoury pastries, loaded toasties and baguettes, cookies, cakes, and whole loaves from a hole-in-the-wall bakery on Barrack Street.

On the ground level of the historic Hinchcliff House at Circular Quay, Grana serves lunch and dinner.

Greens Super Market is Australia’s first completely plant-based supermarket, with a mission to make plant-based living more accessible and affordable, and bust the myth that making environmentally conscious choices has to cost and arm and a leg.

Enmore bakery Saga’s closure in June 2023 might have broken a few hearts, but appetites were more than piqued by owner Andy Bowden’s assurance that a new project was coming soon.

Drawing from Italy’s rich and diverse culinary heritage, Bottega Coco is a stylish and innovative all-day restaurant and patisserie joining the lineup of impressive eateries in Barangaroo.

Lenny Briskets is a food truck turned NYC-inspired deli cafe and diner serving some of Sydney's best Reubens, alongside other top-notch New Yorker-style sandwiches.

Ken's Continental is a European-style deli, cafe, and sandwich shop by Michael Mu Sung, the founder of Farmhouse and Bones Ramen.

This sunny yellow spot next to Marrickville Station soft launched in May 2023, serving a neat range of sweet treats with a full menu yet to be revealed.

Cult-status bakery Lode Pies' second location can be found within the Sydney Place dining precinct in the heart of Circular Quay. 

From the creator of the ultra-famous Strawberry Watermelon cake, HEARTHE is a cake shop and cafe concept.

The strong hold Gelato Messina has over Sydney knows no bounds. Messina has conquered the city's heart with scoops of creamy creative genius since opening in Darlinghurst back in 2002.

Gluten-free bakeries are really having a moment in Sydney right now. What might seem like a niche concept has blossomed into a cult flour-free category, with scores of fans queueing up for finessed baked goods, all of them sans wheat.

Fresh from the team behind Roller's Bakehouse and Butterboy, Norma's Deli is Manly's new Greek-inspired deli cafe and all-day diner, complete with cocktails, wine, bespoke olive oils, fresh-baked pita, and perfect saganaki. 

Sydney's bakery scene just keeps getting better and better. Mia Dolci Italiani—which is an Italian pasticceria to be precise—has been dreamt up by Da Orazio chef Orazio D’Elia and classically trained Italian pastry chef Riccardo Falcone (ex-Rockpool).

From the team behind icons Sweet Belem Cake Boutique and Fich, Lunas Petersham is an all-day diner paying homage to its owners’ Portuguese heritage and family focus.

The tenth The Grumpy Baker to grace Sydney’s streets, the institution’s Abercrombie Lane location in the CBD offers its beloved freshly baked goodness with an Israeli twist that affirmed all the previous venues as neighbourhood favourites.

If you love flavour and sharing a spontaneous meal amongst fifteen of your favourite friends, then this eclectic street food diner is right up your alley—with a menu stacked full of dishes to take your tastebuds from China to Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand. 

A far cry from its clubbing reputation in the old days, Potts Point has quickly become one of the top dining spots in Sydney. Among the legacy of late-night kebab shops in the Cross, you’ll find Teta’s—a tiny Lebanese deli in an old architect's office. 

Brought to you by Ester head chef Mat Lindsay, Reuben Hills’ Russell Beard, and Ping Jin Ng (of Paramount House Hotel and Paramount Coffee Project)—the same team behind the now-legendary Shwarmama—A.P isn’t your average bakery.

Inner West favourite Feather and Bone will be expanding to the east—opening a second butcher and shop on Bronte Road in Waverley.

From a new live music custodianship of The Lansdowne to a fresh 4am license for Club 77, Sydney's nightlife has had a neat string of wins this month. The latest is a new era for Candy's Apartment, with the iconic Kings Cross nightspot officially reopening as "Maali" this Friday 20 May. 

Want a bar that does it all? Bar Mammoni is a jack of all trades when it comes to dining and drinking in the CBD—but that's not to say it's a master of none. 

Chocolate-covered penis and sprinkle-topped vulva waffles are on the menu at this pint-sized dessert shop on Bourke Street. Rude, anatomy-focused, or downright fun—whatever you want to say about it, Mykiki is sure as hell doing desserts differently.

Did someone say coffee, cannoli, and fresh AF focaccia? Situated in the ‘burbs of Kensington, Bar Lucio is a go-to for Italian daytime treats and top-quality Italo-style coffee. Count. us. in. 

Humble may well be outgrowing its name. The bakery-cum-cafe has opened in a second location—in the Quay Quarter dining precinct at Circular Quay—and it's done so after just over a year since the bakery's inception.

Nestled in the vibey hub of Simmonds Lane in Avalon, Leonardo’s Deli is where you want to head for top-quality cold cuts, artisanal cheese, and tasty vinos. Founded by two designers, Michelle Gilmore and Nic Chamberlain, the deli and wine bar has since become a much-loved staple in the Beaches.

Josh Niland is one of Australia's most impressive chefs—and his mastery of seafood and sustainable practices have earned him global acclaim. Fish Butchery is where you can catch a glimpse of this visionary's work.

Since opening his doors in 2014, LP’s Quality Meats owner Luke Powell has tread the line between smokehouse restaurateur and wholesale butcher, crafting meaty smallgoods for his Chippendale eatery and eventually for the rest of Sydney.

Down the bottom end of Crown Street, amidst endless restaurants and takeaway shops, you’ll find a lit-up yellow sign hanging over a couple of small outdoor tables, chalked-up specials boards, and eye-catching dark blue doors.

Vic’s Meat is a name that needs no introduction across the Sydney food landscape as one of the best-known wholesalers in town and provider of meats to big names like Quay, Bennelong, Woodcut, Sixpenny, Aria, and more.

Sydney’s delicatessen matrix is a hard one to break into but anyone who’s been to Bronte Road’s newest kid on the block knows that Frank’s Deli has cracked the code.

It’s another notch in the belt for husband and wife duo Mike and Mia Russell—a third outpost for Baker Bleu and the bakery’s very first interstate opening. Like most things in Melbourne that have made the great border jump into Sydney’s great hospitality scene, you’re in for a major treat.

Another entry on the sandwich front for Sydney is Kosta's, Rockdale's newest hole-in-the-wall sandwich joint with stacks of attitude.

Ben Shemesh (ex-Dear Saint Eloise) and Emily Van Loon (a graphic designer by trade) opened up this charming deli in February 2020, right before the world closed down. Going into lockdown two weeks after opening, the shop immediately found a devout local customer base for takeaway goods and remains a hot ticket spot for breakfast and lunch for those in the area.

Not much beats a new pie and sausage roll empire on the scene, so brace your bellies for Pie Society.

Pistou is a fresh, romantic, French-inspired spot from Jules Bouillon, whose experience includes being a part of the team that opened the legendary Balthazar in London and, more locally, NOLA Smokehouse and Bar and Glorietta in North Sydney.

There are some time-honoured artisanal crafts that just trump all others. And when said crafts involve making traditionally leavened sourdough and sweet Viennoiserie baked goods with bright, pops of colour—you know you’ve stumbled across a goldmine of deliciousness.

Part deli, part pasta shop, part commercial kitchen, and part den of culinary action and inspiration, Fabbrica is an extension of the pasta we’ve come to know and love at Ragazzi—and a spot to live and breathe the ritual of pasta making, and then some.

If you’re on the hunt for an epic, delicious, knock-your-socks-off doughnut in Sydney, no doubt Donut Papi is high on your hit list. The Filipino-inspired doughnut shop is one of the best in Sydney, serving handmade, sweet, doughy goodness layered with Asian flavours and stacks of creative flair.  

Sydney, feast your eyes on the flossy pink and nostalgic new cafe making a big name for itself in Petersham. Setting up shop in the space formerly known as Daisy’s Milk Bar, The Sunday Baker is a sweet mecca filled with retro baked goods and an all-day menu.

There’s no denying Sydney is living out a new golden age of desserts and cakes and adding to this fresh chapter is Black Star Pastry’s brand new store in the heart of the CBD.

We wouldn’t blame you if you haven’t yet made a pastry pit stop at Clovelly’s best-kept secret.

Seeing as there is no better time for a virtual bakery to thrive—let us introduce you to La Maison Cookies.

Wholegreen Bakery is not a new discovery among the coeliacs of Sydney. In fact, its Waverly outpost is known to churn out the best damn gluten-free croissants, brioche, sourdough, pain au chocolat and, come Easter time, hot cross buns around.

A delicious new venture has landed in Clovelly’s decade-defying Sweet Kiss Cake Shop. 

Much like its venue name suggests, Lox In A Box marries up two winning concepts—bagels and deli feeds and the perfect convenience of takeaway.

In a new foray into the Eastern Suburbs, The Grumpy Baker has now set up shop beachside in Coogee.

Copper & Cocoa is a patisserie sensation. It first made a name for itself with their iconic cakes but, since making it big in the wide world of pastry, it has transformed from a bakery into an all-day cafe, serving up French-inspired treats. From traditional croissants to a French ploughman’s board featuring duck liver parfait, Branston pickles, baguette and a choice of camembert, vintage cheddar or blue vein cheese—this place is authentic and well worth a visit. 

When it comes to food mashups, we’ve had some pretty heroic and outrageous creations in recent years. The cronut is a crowd favourite, but who can forget cruffins, waffle-doughnuts (also known as wonuts) and the delicate, not-sure-we-needed-it macaron-doughnut (macaronut).

Burwood’s iconic Dulcet has landed in the city and cue all the pillowy desserts. This patisserie was the brain baby of pâtissières Vivienne and Juno and with all desserts being hand-crafted, these treasures take commitment to make.

Sitting right in the heart of Cammeray shops is the latest addition to the Brewtown family of cafes across Sydney. Brewtown Cammeray is their first expedition across the bridge and into the north side, which has been welcomed with warm arms by locals because TBH, the north side is always in need of some top-notch coffee. 

JC&Co. is all about hitting every one of your hankerings for the sweet stuff on the head and damn do these legends do it well. We mean like, reallyyyyyy well.

Just three hours out of Sydney, Mayfield Garden is a charming destination that's fast becoming the artistic and entertainment hub of the Central West. Brimming with tasty eats and idyllic gardens, Mayfield Garden has a smorgasbord of fun events and is perfect for a weekend city escape or your next big milestone.