Best of Canberra - Bakery

Bakery Culture at Jamison Plaza has a good range of sourdoughs, the pies are great but a bit pricey.

Does anyone know of a bakery that does oven baked cheese kranskys? The best ones i have had so far is from the bakery in Holbrook.

madelini said :

The bread and croissants at Autolyse are fab. Also, Sweet Bones has the best cinnamon rolls.

Cake wise, definitely recommend Flute Bakery and La Sable Patisserie in Mitchell. Also, Tupelo has a small range of baked goods (croissants and danishes, mostly) that are top notch, but I don’t know if they would be able to count as a bakery.

We think alike – I second La Sable in Mitchell and the muffins at Tupelo are simply amazing, nothing fancy just perfectly selected flavour combinations cooked properly (i.e. not hard as a rock like most muffins)

Clearly I’m not a bakery snob….

Someone mentioned Bread Nerds at EPIC farmers markets, while I do enjoy their bagels and pretzels I find them quite stale and something that has the be toasted or warmed up to enjoy eating.

For me I love the Vietnamese rolls at the Charnwood Bakery and I was a fan of the bread at the Kaleen Bakery (the big shops) when I lived nearby.

But alas I can’t go past the High Fibre / Low GI loaf of bread from Bakers Delight, stays fresh for days.

Sadly allergies don’t let me enjoy most sweet stuff.

Vote for Silo but boo for their January holidays. Flute runner up

The Vietnamese bakery at the Wanniassa shops isn’t bad either.

For me, for bread Silo is still hands down the best bakery in Canberra. Been going there for 12 years and I swear by it.

My grandfather was an artisan baker in Europe, with the bakery round the side of the house, so I grew up around bread and bakeries. The sourdoughs and baguettes at Silo are by far the closest thing I’ve tasted to the kinds of breads my grandfather made.

The runners up:

– Flute – bread is almost on par with Silo, pastries too, but I think their inaccessible location and limited opening hours and stock lets them down

– Chiefley shops – they have a Czech baker and he makes great Czech/Polish style light rye sourdough loaves, which are a bit different from the usual artisan sourdough, but this is what most people in central Europe still eat. If you’re from that part of the world and want a nostalgic fix, go to Chiefley on a Saturday. They also have awesome pies and poppyseed and sour cherry strudels.

– Knead

– My house 😉 Occasionally I dig out the old recipes and make my own; takes a very long time but the results are on par with the commercial bakeries. It’s not as difficult as people think, just time consuming and messy

I think Autolyse and A. Baker are way overrated as far as their bread goes. I mean obviously they’re much better than your regular bread, but something about them just don’t hit the mark for me. Not sure what it is but they just don’t have the depth of flavour and don’t last as long as proper 100%  sourdough should. Also overpriced. I suspect a large part of their popularity is due to their hipster locations and vibe.

bronal said :

Perhaps there ought to be two categories: one for the innercityites and foodies; and one for the rest of us.

I belong to the latter category and my vote goes to the Erindale Bakery.

+1 for both the comment and for Erindale Bakery. A bakery should be judged by its meat pie, its finger bun and its vanilla slice, and you will find excellent examples of all three at Erindale Cakery Bakery.

Perhaps there ought to be two categories: one for the innercityites and foodies; and one for the rest of us.

I belong to the latter category and my vote goes to the Erindale Bakery.

Rollersk8r said :

rubaiyat said :

Rollersk8r said :

Autolyse is very good – but – it’s super expensive. And it’s extremely frustrating when you just want 1 thing and the 10 people in front of you are have the longest and most complicated coffee orders in history.

Dobinsons is still right up there in the value for money stakes. Although I do feel a bit sorry for them. They’re very late on the bandwagon with everything being salted caramel and/or nutella. They’ve got a massive range and still do a roaring trade – but lucky their sweet stuff is never that good, or I’d be the size of a house.

Autolyse is fairly priced for their product. Sourdough is a two day process.

If you go to Sydney or Melbourne you do not necessarily get better bread, in fact I think our bakeries are a notch up, and you pay anything from a dollar or two more for specialty loaves in the big cities.

Don’t measure well baked bread by what you pay for the industrial versions.

As with everything eat less, enjoy more!

You can’t taste “Lotsa”.

I’m fine with paying $7 for a loaf of sourdough, or whatever it is. However, last time I was there I ordered 2 coffees, 2 pieces of cake, 2 macaroons and 2 small chocolate milks – for $55.

Not sure of the individual prices – but even if the cake was $15 a slice – and the coffees were $5 each – the remainder was still expensive!

Weird. My wife and I eat lunch there with coffee and cake (shared) for less.

You didn’t ask?

Knead at the Belconnen Markets. All their bread is good, but the sourdough is to die for. They also do a lovely range of gourmet pies with unusual flavours.Yum!
Flute at Fyshwick makes the best multigrain sourdough of any of them, but the hours are very limited. Their pies are also good.
Autolyse does a wonderful grain bread with quinoa – best of all, it is low sodium.
Bakery Culture at the Jamison shops does excellent sourdough rolls, but I don’t like the full loaves as much.
And Silo has to be be up there with the rest too, for its lovely chewy crusts.

The bread and croissants at Autolyse are fab. Also, Sweet Bones has the best cinnamon rolls.

Cake wise, definitely recommend Flute Bakery and La Sable Patisserie in Mitchell. Also, Tupelo has a small range of baked goods (croissants and danishes, mostly) that are top notch, but I don’t know if they would be able to count as a bakery.

rubaiyat said :

Rollersk8r said :

Autolyse is very good – but – it’s super expensive. And it’s extremely frustrating when you just want 1 thing and the 10 people in front of you are have the longest and most complicated coffee orders in history.

Dobinsons is still right up there in the value for money stakes. Although I do feel a bit sorry for them. They’re very late on the bandwagon with everything being salted caramel and/or nutella. They’ve got a massive range and still do a roaring trade – but lucky their sweet stuff is never that good, or I’d be the size of a house.

Autolyse is fairly priced for their product. Sourdough is a two day process.

If you go to Sydney or Melbourne you do not necessarily get better bread, in fact I think our bakeries are a notch up, and you pay anything from a dollar or two more for specialty loaves in the big cities.

Don’t measure well baked bread by what you pay for the industrial versions.

As with everything eat less, enjoy more!

You can’t taste “Lotsa”.

I’m fine with paying $7 for a loaf of sourdough, or whatever it is. However, last time I was there I ordered 2 coffees, 2 pieces of cake, 2 macaroons and 2 small chocolate milks – for $55.

Not sure of the individual prices – but even if the cake was $15 a slice – and the coffees were $5 each – the remainder was still expensive!

jennybel75 said :

Dojo Bakery in Braidwood by far. They’re only small but the quality is top notch. In particular their lamb and fenugreek pie and rum glazed fruit bread.

Shhhhhhh!!!!

btw Does anyone know of anyone who bakes the genuine dark rye Bauernbrot?

There was a bakery in the Fyshwick Markets that said they used to do it. Unfortunately no longer.

It is a very healthy bread and keeps well. Carve it thin and spread it with smorgasbord type toppings.

Great! A little goes a long way.

Can you please NOT have a tie for first place this time?

Can it please not be a tie for first place this time?

Rollersk8r said :

Autolyse is very good – but – it’s super expensive. And it’s extremely frustrating when you just want 1 thing and the 10 people in front of you are have the longest and most complicated coffee orders in history.

Dobinsons is still right up there in the value for money stakes. Although I do feel a bit sorry for them. They’re very late on the bandwagon with everything being salted caramel and/or nutella. They’ve got a massive range and still do a roaring trade – but lucky their sweet stuff is never that good, or I’d be the size of a house.

Autolyse is fairly priced for their product. Sourdough is a two day process.

If you go to Sydney or Melbourne you do not necessarily get better bread, in fact I think our bakeries are a notch up, and you pay anything from a dollar or two more for specialty loaves in the big cities.

Don’t measure well baked bread by what you pay for the industrial versions.

As with everything eat less, enjoy more!

You can’t taste “Lotsa”.

Dojo Bakery in Braidwood by far. They’re only small but the quality is top notch. In particular their lamb and fenugreek pie and rum glazed fruit bread.

Autolyse is very good – but – it’s super expensive. And it’s extremely frustrating when you just want 1 thing and the 10 people in front of you are have the longest and most complicated coffee orders in history.

Dobinsons is still right up there in the value for money stakes. Although I do feel a bit sorry for them. They’re very late on the bandwagon with everything being salted caramel and/or nutella. They’ve got a massive range and still do a roaring trade – but lucky their sweet stuff is never that good, or I’d be the size of a house.

Three votes – Autolyse, Flute and Bread Nerds at the Epic Markets.

First runner up – the guys at the Epic markets who sell Cupacumbalong eggs – they make awesome pies and breads and pastries. But I’m not sure if market stalls count as bakeries?

Isn’t it nice to have a Best of… that actually is!

Mess said :

+1 for Braidwood Bakery, well worth the drive

Twentyone in New Acton makes really good pies and sausage rolls, but is not technically a bakery.

The best bakery in Canberra for mine was Chisholm Bakery which, as I was shocked to find out on the weekend, has now closed its doors.

Braidwood is doubly blessed there is also Dojo Bread just around the corner.

One of my earliest memories as a child was a family drive down from Sydney to Canberra. We stopped off at Braidwood where we ate hot fresh bread with butter and beautiful ripe cling peaches! Heaven!!

rubaiyat said :

Dame Canberra said :

rubaiyat said :

Definitely Autolyse. Sorry to hear their Sydney venture didn’t make it.

Ricetta in Manuka does seriously good bread as well as Pizza. Their pastries can be good as well but their range has shrunk lately.

A.A. Baker is let down by their coffee.

Flute in Fyshwick.

Danny’s in Narrabundah.

Dom’s in Queenbeyan.

Don’t know if Silo is safe, haven’t been back since they were closed down.

Hey Rubaiyat, I don’t agree with all of your opinions, but your bakery recommendations are dead on. I haven’t tried Dom’s in Queanbeyan – now I know where I’m visiting this weekend!

My vote goes to Autolyse, but I also like Erindale Bakery, Flute Bakery, Braidwood Bakery and Nimmitabel Bakery (it’s been a while since I’ve been to Nimmitabel though, so not sure if quality is still as excellent).

What can I say I love my bread and thankfully Canberra has finally risen to the mark after all these years! 🙂

Nimmitabel is only a coffee stop on the road to the coast.

The bakery is not that good, but maybe the prospect of getting out of the car and having a pie, makes it seem that it is better than it really is. Certainly no crust on their bread and the pastries are mostly doughy and soft, which they compound by zapping it in Chef Mike as the day drags on.

I stopped for coffee and something to eat in Nimmitabel recently. The pastry I had was pretty ordinary. The staff were polite, but nothing more. The bakery had no particularly welcoming vibe. I think it has changed hands in the last couple of years.

+1 for Braidwood Bakery, well worth the drive

Twentyone in New Acton makes really good pies and sausage rolls, but is not technically a bakery.

The best bakery in Canberra for mine was Chisholm Bakery which, as I was shocked to find out on the weekend, has now closed its doors.

Nilrem said :

rubaiyat said :

Definitely Autolyse. Sorry to hear their Sydney venture didn’t make it.

Ricetta in Manuka does seriously good bread as well as Pizza. Their pastries can be good as well but their range has shrunk lately.

A.A. Baker is let down by their coffee.

Flute in Fyshwick.

Danny’s in Narrabundah.

Dom’s in Queenbeyan.

Don’t know if Silo is safe, haven’t been back since they were closed down.

Dom’s Italian bread is delicious and good value. Can you visit the bakery?

Not really it is out in Whoop Whoop back of Queanbeyan. I get their bread at either Woden fruit & Veg or the Manuka Milk Bar, although there are plenty of other outlets. They genuinely seem to be using wood to bake, unlike others who use gas but say they use wood.

rubaiyat said :

Definitely Autolyse. Sorry to hear their Sydney venture didn’t make it.

Ricetta in Manuka does seriously good bread as well as Pizza. Their pastries can be good as well but their range has shrunk lately.

A.A. Baker is let down by their coffee.

Flute in Fyshwick.

Danny’s in Narrabundah.

Dom’s in Queenbeyan.

Don’t know if Silo is safe, haven’t been back since they were closed down.

Dom’s Italian bread is delicious and good value. Can you visit the bakery?

rubaiyat said :

Definitely Autolyse. Sorry to hear their Sydney venture didn’t make it.

Ricetta in Manuka does seriously good bread as well as Pizza. Their pastries can be good as well but their range has shrunk lately.

A.A. Baker is let down by their coffee.

Flute in Fyshwick.

Danny’s in Narrabundah.

Dom’s in Queenbeyan.

Don’t know if Silo is safe, haven’t been back since they were closed down.

I buy Dom’s Italian bread from the local IGA two or three times a week. Delicious and good value.

Dame Canberra said :

rubaiyat said :

Definitely Autolyse. Sorry to hear their Sydney venture didn’t make it.

Ricetta in Manuka does seriously good bread as well as Pizza. Their pastries can be good as well but their range has shrunk lately.

A.A. Baker is let down by their coffee.

Flute in Fyshwick.

Danny’s in Narrabundah.

Dom’s in Queenbeyan.

Don’t know if Silo is safe, haven’t been back since they were closed down.

Hey Rubaiyat, I don’t agree with all of your opinions, but your bakery recommendations are dead on. I haven’t tried Dom’s in Queanbeyan – now I know where I’m visiting this weekend!

My vote goes to Autolyse, but I also like Erindale Bakery, Flute Bakery, Braidwood Bakery and Nimmitabel Bakery (it’s been a while since I’ve been to Nimmitabel though, so not sure if quality is still as excellent).

What can I say I love my bread and thankfully Canberra has finally risen to the mark after all these years! 🙂

Nimmitabel is only a coffee stop on the road to the coast.

The bakery is not that good, but maybe the prospect of getting out of the car and having a pie, makes it seem that it is better than it really is. Certainly no crust on their bread and the pastries are mostly doughy and soft, which they compound by zapping it in Chef Mike as the day drags on.

rubaiyat said :

Definitely Autolyse. Sorry to hear their Sydney venture didn’t make it.

Ricetta in Manuka does seriously good bread as well as Pizza. Their pastries can be good as well but their range has shrunk lately.

A.A. Baker is let down by their coffee.

Flute in Fyshwick.

Danny’s in Narrabundah.

Dom’s in Queenbeyan.

Don’t know if Silo is safe, haven’t been back since they were closed down.

Hey Rubaiyat, I don’t agree with all of your opinions, but your bakery recommendations are dead on. I haven’t tried Dom’s in Queanbeyan – now I know where I’m visiting this weekend!

My vote goes to Autolyse, but I also like Erindale Bakery, Flute Bakery, Braidwood Bakery and Nimmitabel Bakery (it’s been a while since I’ve been to Nimmitabel though, so not sure if quality is still as excellent).

Definitely Autolyse. Sorry to hear their Sydney venture didn’t make it.

Ricetta in Manuka does seriously good bread as well as Pizza. Their pastries can be good as well but their range has shrunk lately.

A.A. Baker is let down by their coffee.

Flute in Fyshwick.

Danny’s in Narrabundah.

Dom’s in Queenbeyan.

Don’t know if Silo is safe, haven’t been back since they were closed down.

Autolyse for me. Silo is also very good but the service is inconsistent and hours less convenient.