The best bakeries in Perth

When you step into North Street Store, remember just two words: cinnamon scrolls. They’re warm and flaky with a generous amount of icing, but just enough that you won’t feel sick eating one or two for brekkie. If you’re more of a savoury slinger, you can also fill up on French-style filled baguettes, stone-baked pizzas and all your classic savoury pastries. The bakery’s 1950s-inspired fit-out is charming, but keep in mind, it’s takeaway only. Luckily, you’re just a short stroll from Cottesloe Beach, where you can enjoy your buttery goodness with a view.

Must-try: Cinnamon scroll, conti roll, baguette

Address: 16 North St, Cottesloe

Opening hours: Mon-Fri 8am-8pm, Sat-Sun 8am-3pm

Expect to pay: $6.50 for a cinnamon scroll or $14.50 for a conti roll

Start your day the Parisian way with a flaky, buttery French croissant from Harvest Boulangerie. These guys have mastered the classics, offering a tempting line-up of pain au chocolat, éclairs, apple turnovers, madeleines, crème brûlée danishes and their signature mille-feuille (similar to a vanilla or custard slice). Prefer something savoury? Harvest bakes up Aussie riffs on French favourites, including a sausage hot dog croissant and a bacon and goat’s cheese focaccia roll. Alternatively, grab a sea salt baguette and take a five-minute stroll to Scarborough Beach for a picnic lunch in the sun.

Must-try: Baguette, apple and rhubarb danish, ham and cheese croissant

Address: Tenancy 2/22 Scarborough Beach Rd, Scarborough

Opening hours: Daily 6am-3pm

Expect to pay: $6 for a plain croissant or $5.40 for a baguette

Having lived and worked in Copenhagen, the self-proclaimed bread dorks at Miller + Baker specialise in dark-crust sourdough, heavy rye and morning buns. They make all their doughs from fresh flour, ethically sourced from regenerative local farmers and stone-milled on-site. You can pre-order and pick up a staple loaf any day of the week from their main bakery in Perth CBD or their home base café in Subiaco. Watch their Instagram for monthly specials, with past hits including a sesame caramel scroll, yuzu and vanilla mascarpone cruffin, and vanilla blueberry morning bun. If you’re eager to try baking at home, swing by Miller + Bakery’s Lake Street bakery, where they’ll happily share a piece of their treasured 'mother' sourdough starter. 

Must-try: Sourdough sandwich loaf, cardamom bun, cheesymite scroll

Address: 6b/236 Lake St, Perth

Opening hours: Mon-Sat 6.30am-2pm, Sun 7am-1pm

Expect to pay: $5.50 for a cheesymite scroll or $8.50 for a sandwich loaf

Mary Street Bakery has become something of an institution in Perth, with five bustling locations (Highgate, City Beach, West Leederville, QV1, Allendale Square) that attract a throng of bread lovers every Saturday morning. Their brioche doughnuts have risen to cult-like status, available stuffed with passionfruit curd, salted caramel and jam, or rolled in cinnamon sugar and 100’s and 1000’s. Grab one of each to share, and continue loading your pastry box with classic croissants, pork sausage rolls, vegetarian pies and fudgy chocolate brownies. Mary Street also serves an all-day breakfast menu, where you can sample their cultured sourdough topped with runny eggs, a generous slab of avo and chilli jam.

Must-try: Stuffed doughnuts, pork sausage roll, fried chicken buttermilk pancakes

Address: Locations in Highgate, City Beach, West Leederville, QV1 Plaza & Allendale SQ

Opening hours: Varies per location

Expect to pay: $6 for a plain croissant or $9.50 for a sausage roll

From their mothership store in Fremantle, these wild bakers have been fermenting, baking and delivering sourdough goodness to markets all around WA. Wild Bakery is best known for its signature 100 per cent sourdough country-style loaf, affectionately named after Hannah, the daughter of founders Daragh and Trish Grier. Pick up something sweet to share too, including chocolate croissants, Swedish buns, orange jaffa cakes and chewy coconut rochers. 

Must-try: Hannah sourdough loaf, Swedish bun, rhubarb and raspberry tart, pork and fennel pie

Address: 346 South Terrace, South Fremantle & 856 Beaufort St, Inglewood

Opening hours: Daily 6am-3pm

Expect to pay: $6 for a croissant or $14.50 for the Hannah loaf

It’s all about the dough at Common Bakery. This Fremantle favourite by Bread in Common is famous for its daily baked wood-fired bread, which you can pick up at their two locations in Nedlands and Broadway. Common Bakery’s long-fermented multigrain sourdough and traditional olive ciabatta fly off the shelves, along with their spiced fruit loaf and dense rye loaf. While you’re there, you might as well pick up a lemon cruffin, cinnamon scroll or vegemite croissant – just pre-order on their website so you don’t miss out.

Must-try: Almond croissant, spinach and ricotta scroll, Margherita focaccia

Address: Locations in Nedlands & Fremantle

Opening hours: Varies per location

Expect to pay: $6.50 for a plain croissant or $8.90 for the Common white loaf

Wind your way through the crowds outside La Patisserie South Perth on a weekend and you’re in for a treat. Their dessert case is a feast for the eyes (and later, bellies), with croissants piled high, and fruit tarts and eclairs glossy and tempting. Grab a coffee and perch on their outdoor seating in the sun, or wander down to the riverside as you look over to the city. You can’t go to La Patisserie without grabbing a little something for later. Their loaves and baguettes are crisp on the outside and pillowy-soft inside. 

Must-try: Palmier, salmon Benedict crêpe, ham and cheese croissant, beef bourguignon pie

Address: 3/35 Mends St, South Perth

Opening hours: Daily 6am-3pm

Expect to pay: $5.50 for a pie or $21 for a savoury crêpe