This ole bakery... smells good, looks tidy and they are always super friendly. I can always get…read moresome vietnamese pork balls here too... which is a first but they are super yummy! They also have chicken satay sticks? I love a bakery with variety... and you know what, it tastes really good too. Never has let me down and always well priced, i'm a big fan.

This is one of my favourite local bakeries. The bread is always freshly made and the service is…read moreimpeccable. Not only do they have a wide variety of bread options and sweet baked treats, they usually have a discount table towards the afternoon. You can find all sorts of baked goods on the table as it varies from day to day. Many times I've picked up their scones at half price or sometimes even more than half price. I have taken home bags of cookies at a fraction of the cost or loaves of bread heavily discounted. When I am planning on having guest over in the afternoon, I duck out quickly to see the specials. I know, sounds a bit sad, but it is a part of my grocery run and they do have hard to resist specials a lot of the time. Clearly, I get bread here a lot! The service here is wonderful. The ladies behind the counter are very patient with me. I like to take my time in choosing my cakes and baked goodies. I like planning on when and what I will be consuming during the week. Sometimes they might even pop in a suggestion- I think it may be a ploy to rush me, but I still very much appreciate it. Great little bakery in Jindalee with great value for money options.

When I first moved to Brisbane, my partner told me this was the BEST bakery he had ever been to…read more And the best in Brisbane. I was skeptical - mainly because it was right in our backyard, and I figured his big-noting was due to not bothering to try the competition. Turns out I was wrong to second-guess his statement. This is actually the best bakery I have ever been to. In my life. Having lived in Melbourne and Brisbane and travelled reasonably extensively. The thing that makes this place so special to me, is its unassuming nature. It's not fancy. The owners haven't spent thousands of dollars making the place look modern and slick and trendy - instead they continue to display their delectable fare in regulation glass shelving with windows. The name cards are handwritten, and the sandwiches are made in the back in clear view of the shop front. This is where I should start my review. The sandwiches. OH THE SANDWICHES! Thick cut bread - white or wholemeal, or grain. Stuffed with all manner of toppings - my favourite being the Ploughmans. This comes teaming with moist roast beef, piled high with delicious fresh salads and lashings of spicy, sweet relish. It's a joy to behold, and I can only ever eat half of one despite my best efforts. The pies and pastries are all here in all manner of flavours, but at this window my favourite is the bacon and cheese. Unlike many pies of the same name, this comes with chunky slightly chewy bacon pieces that are cut into different imprecise sized squares. The cheese is a welcome surprise when it hits, as it too is random in its size and placement throughout the mix. It's always chewy and smooth and mixes with the bacon and delicious beef and gravy mix perfectly. The pastry is golden and fluffy and makes the fresh flaky sound when you crunch into it that I love. The cupcakes are second-to-none. I have yet to get past their simple small buttery vanilla cupcakes with white icing and pastel coloured hearts. I will order four in a white cardboard box as a 'congratulations', 'I'm sorry' or 'just because' gift as I know the recipient will give me one. ;) They are so moist, so fluffy and so soft in the mouth it's like they were made by a cupcake fairy. The icing is perfection - too often you have to fight your way through thick layers of tasteless sugary plates atop your cake, but this is different. The perfect thickness, this icing has a slight crunch to it and it perfectly blends with the creamy buttery cake underneath. The staff are always cheerful if not run-off-their-feet, although I often wonder how they do it with no air conditioning - especially in the humidity and heat of a Brisbane Summer. The prices are a little more than you would pay elsewhere, but 100% deserved. You can purchase a variety of cold drinks including a variety of juice and trendy sodas (my favourite extra treat is the cherry cola). This place doesn't need to advertise at all besides its time-honoured chalk board on the footpath. It has relied on word of mouth, which has clearly spread like wildfire all over the city as this place is almost always PACKED. And for very good reason. My top tip is to grab your savory and dessert items, pick out a beverage (I hear they do great coffee too) and cart your feast to the nearby park. The kids will LOVE it and you will be enveloped by the bliss that only quality, fresh baked goods can bring.

A great local bakery on Oxford Street in Bulimba. They sell all the usual tasty bakery goods -…read morefreshly baked bread loaves, bread rolls, pies and sausage rolls, cakes, cheesecakes, tarts and pastries. They also have a range of freshly made sandwiches and rolls for a quick and healthy lunch. The bakery is out the back and you can see through the windows and watch them baking. There are free tasting on the bench of the latest chocolate brownie or some other delicious treat. You can also buy whole cakes and cheesecakes, and they have a range of ribbons and candles and flowers for decoration of your special gift. You should also try a local speciality - Bulimba Bombs. They are delicious, light merengue with caramel and apricot. The bakery also sells and serve Di Bella Coffee, so you can pick up a bite to eat and seat in the arcade beside the bakery and enjoy a coffee and piece of cake.

A bakery with a wide variety of savory pies, pastries, bread, cookies, and other sweets. I had the…read morefeta spinach triangle, which was both quite large, and had a delicious filling. The pastry was buttery and flaky and I really like the fact that they sell day old items at a discount out front. Some bakeries operate a bit dishonestly and try to pass the day old stuff as fresh, while some others are wasteful and throw it all out to maintain the highest quality product. This bakery has found a great solution to the day old baked good conundrum, that many places face. I wish there was at least one vegetarian pie option, but that is a downside that won't affect the carnivores.

I had the best experience at the launch party at Chester Bakery and Bar. I really like the concept…read moreof bakery by day and bar by night. They were showing off a few items on their menu and gorgeous cocktail creations. My favorite was the rum punch. It is refreshing and before you know it, you need a refill. The food was incredible. Wagyu beef sliders with guacamole. Yes! I also loved the croquettes they were serving. For desert, the brought out brownies bites and strawberry tarts. I could have had a whole tray of strawberry tarts. The staff were SO nice!!! Even with so much going on and trying to keep up with the demands, the made sure you had a drink in your hand and you were having a great time. This made a great impression on me. I haven't been to the area so that made it even more appealing to come back. If this is just the preview of what kind of food and drink Chester B&B will serve, I will definitely be making the trek back real soon and bringing my friends!

It seems almost wrong 'updating my previous review' for Chester Street because the difference…read morebetween the same venue post-renovation and reformulation is vast. Seemingly as soon as they store opened under the hands of Damien Griffith, it shut for a little face-lift. While locals have been enjoying the fruits of a pop-up bakery while the renos were underway, the curtains were finally lifted this week in a series of test kitchen dinners and finally the grand re-opening on Friday. I was fortunate enough to attend one of the test kitchens (as a guest of the venue), and being on a table with other food bloggers meant we were able to sample almost 80% of the menu. From bar bites including a wagyu burger (my favourite), braised leek & bacon croquettes, fresh gravlax, creamy hummus with spiced lamb (which could have come with more than one slice of bread given the ample serving of hummus - it easily fed 6 of us), and a duck and mushroom pie (for the price, myself and others on the night agreed it could come with more of a ploughman's plate arrangement. The duck was moist and the side of pear chutney complimented it well). There's mains like the grilled barramundi (not amazing and a little dry in parts) or the lamb (this was the hero dish from everyone at the table). And, if there was still any room left there's a range of desserts by Jocelyn Hancock including my personal favourite the chocolate and almond cake with espresso creme fraiche. There's also a passionfruit tart, deconstructed eton mess and citrus cake. The space is beautifully simple with white subway tiles leaving way for the main attraction; the wood fired oven. Bakery by day, bar by night, this concept as are many born from Damien Griffith, is an ambitious one. But, if there's anyone in Brisbane to make it work it's this guy. It's novel to think that the same spot that can provide you a fresh loaf of ciabatta or sourdough at 7am can be feeding you delicious meals (either constructing a meal from the bar bites and sharing amongst a group or taking advantage of a main to yourself) and cocktails (try the Aperol Peach Spritz for a Summer refresher) at 7pm in the same day. I think this venue's versatility, location just a hop, skip and jump from James Street and combination of accessible fuss-free food with a focus on premium ingredients gives it an edge as the new "hot spot" in the area.

I see this little store as a special treat on a weekend occasionally. The food is delicious and…read morepotentially not ideal for the waistline simply because there is so much I would love to eat here. The baked goods are all handmade with top quality ingredients and you can tell the difference. They have a variety of cakes, danish, croissants, pastries and a host of other treats. I don't mind the coffee, the one I had I would give a 3 and a half out of 5, but not too bad. It is a fantastic place to go for cakes if you are entertaining at home or for a coffee and a croissant of a weekend morning. When I have been, the staff are lovely and service is quite fast, without feeling like you are being hurried out the door.

There's a new Cheesecake Shop in town. The Wynnum business has recently opened its doors and has a…read moredelicious looking range of delights. I bought one baked cheesecake with a glazed tropical fruit topping a couple of days ago and it was very nice... and writing that, I would like to say it was better than 'very nice'. It had all the good ingredients and it was presentled beautifully, but I thought it just lacked a little something. The prices are up there - close to $30 for many of the tortes and cheescakes and, well, if you haven't got time to make the real thing yourself, grab one of these; they are a definite crowd pleaser.

Seriously great bakery. Nothing to expensive and the food is OMG so fantastic. Fresh cream…read moredounuts are the best thing they serve in my opinion, they sell out fast though so you might have to try the mud cake, hedgehog or apple pie instead, they are all good. On the savory side they sell pies and sausage rolls, all made on site and full of meat chunks big enough to see. Many different pie flavours give you a big range when ordering and they sell cans of soft drink for a dollar so you have something to wash it down with.

I thought I'd pop in and tell you guys something weird I've discovered about the Cheesecake Shop's…read morecheesecakes. I don't really like them. Recently I've tried both the marbled cheesecake and the New York cheesecake and neither of them have been much chop - the New York cheesecake in particular had that sharp taste that only really synthetic flavouring can deliver. Weirdly enough (and the reason for the 3 stars) I seem to quite like their other desserts. I was at a party recently where someone brought out a Cheesecake Shop pavlova and it was giant, crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside and generously topped with crap loads of real cream and fresh fruit. I also recently had a chocolate cake from them and although I'm not a huge fan of chocolate cake I could tell this one had merit. So for me, I'll avoid them for cheesecakes, but pop in when I'm craving a pav.

We all know what The Cheesecake Shop is. It's a successful chain of stores that sell delicious…read morecheesecakes and variations thereof. The quality of food here is uniform with that of all other Cheesecake Shops I've visited, so I won't comment on that. Instead, I'll give you a few pointers about this store in particular. Parking on the street is tough. Traffic thrives on Waterworks Road, and there's a side-street beside the store you can park alongside. However, a lot of people tend to rat-race up this street and if you want to turn right onto Waterworks Road from the side street when you leave, good luck. The traffic won't allow it during busy times. Noonan's BP is located a quick jump across this side street on the same side of Waterworks Road as The Cheesecake Shop. The Noonan's BP complex has a store beside it with parking that isn't controlled by Parking Nazis. This store was once a DVD/Video shop and is now Campbell Newman's home base. There's usually at least one park free, typically more. As to the service here, it depends on who you get. The last time I came here (to buy a Black Forest Cake for my father) I was served by a middle-aged gent who was extremely friendly, helpful, and ready to chat to whomever came in. (Not in an annoying way, more of a charming "I'm a nice person who's not trying to sell you anything" kind of way. I mean, you're inside the store and it's not exactly a place you're going to visit unless you intend to buy cake anyway, so there's no sales push.) The time prior to this I went to get a cake for my sister and was served by a female who was less friendly and more automatic in her responses, which was fine because I wanted to get in and out of there.