Hominy bakery can be found at the bottom end of the shopping strip on Katoomba street. The small…read morelittle store is your old school type stuff with a different loaf special daily. Their specialty is a loaf using potato in the sourdough mix. The bakery also sells full sized cakes, slices, foccacia, danishes and more. I love how all the product signs have handwritten names on them, showing care for all that they do. The sandwiches look amazing too! Grab a cookie with the soft centre, apple turnover or a lemon curd and pistachio snail! Put it on your Katoomba visit list.

On our way to hiking in the Blue Mountains, picked up almond croissants, sourdough bread, and…read morefocaccia - all excellent, ESPECIALLY the almond croissant! They no longer sell sandwiches so you can't pick up lunch here.

If you're a tourist then you'll probably appreciate the reasonable prices. Grabbed a couple of meat…read morepies and a cream and finger bun for later. I also tried a V energy drink that got me through the rest of my tour. Sat on a park bench across the street. If you want something quick and reasonably price then swing by Chelsea's.

The Buttery in Katoomba has hands down the best Bee Sting Cakes in the Blue Mountains. Believe me,…read moreyou will have Bee Sting mania on your mind as soon as you bite into the cream, custard, pastry and almond iced sugar combination. You can purchase a small $3.70 or a large bee sting cake $15 depending on the voraciousness of your appetite. The Cream Buns (yes, these beauties are endangered species so please purchase them whenever you can...to show your support) are the best I have ever tried. Ample cream, a real fruit bun that has a slight scone texture and a sweet raspberry jam. Heavenly for $3.50. They also do cheap egg and bacon rolls $5.70 and so long as you like firm eggs - these babies are a bargain. They have a wide range of pies but I would avoid the Vegetarian Pie which was blah. The reason why this review gets four stars is because I once bought a chocolate eclair from here which had burnt choux pastry. Which has the most horrible eggy taste and unfortunately I am unforgiving. They also have a beautiful chocolate torte and other beautiful French pastries and a window display of never ending treats. Please do not visit Katoomba without partaking in a taste of their delicious bee sting cake. It is better than sex.

We'd never heard of Leura until our Blue Mountains tour pulled into the little town for a lunch…read morestop. Bakehouse wasn't the place designated for lunch along the way, but we checked out a couple other reviews and decided to hike the extra few blocks to check it out. The outside's pretty unassuming, and so is the dining room. The pies, though, they speak for themselves. We saw so much variety in that little shop that we started calculating whether we had enough time on the ground for the trip to come back again to try more selections. We held back on that impulse, however, and limited ourselves to 2 savory pies and one sweet. We'll be darned if those weren't the best meat pies we've had on 4 continents! Most especially, we will never forget the Kangaroo in a rich tomato goulash. We didn't see anything of its like anywhere else in Sydney (and we tried hard too). That ultra-lean meat was melt-in-your mouth tender and there was serious artistry in the veg and spicing that went into the rest of the stew to fill the pie. Then there was that buttery, flaky crust enfolding it all into a little dish of perfect, homey love that just warmed a body from the inside-out. Good savory pastries are rare as hen's teeth back in our home town, and so commonplace in Australia that we almost started taking them for granted. The meat pies in Leura, though, were something so special that they'll be our first stop next time we fly halfway around the world for a visit!

The pies were excellent and so delicious. Very limited beverages basically coffee, tap water and…read moreapple/orange juice. Only getting 3 stars because the girl at the counter had such a surly attitude. It seemed like she really didn't want to be working. Also, they were blasting pretty offensive MUSIC, lots of swearing in the music, not family friendly music. Otherwise the steak pie and the mince meat and potatoes pies were very good. FYI serve yourself, communal tables, paper cups wood cutlery and NO TOILETS.

I have been coming to the bakery at this location since I was like 6 years old so thought I'd stop…read moreby while in town. The selection of cakes wasn't very big but they did have a nice selection of pies and sausage rolls. My son isn't a big pie fan but got the meat, cheese and bacon pie. Although he is 7 he said it was the best meal he's ever had and wants to go back for another pie someday. Parking isn't easy but a short walk from a block or 2 away and your here. The sausage rolls I had tasted great. The prices were decent. We had 2 cans of coke, 2 sausage rolls a pie, 3 tomato sauces and it was $13. I'll stop here in a few months when Im back in town.

Very, very German! Full of pretzels, jam donuts, brot and crumbles :)…read more Mr Schwarz, the owner, has owned this amazing place since the 80s, and success has been very since. I had the apricot Danish (yes, it's from Denmark, though it looked, and was extremely delicious)

W had the Char kway teow and Assam Laksa, and thought they were just so-so. Definitely not as good…read moreas the better Malaysian restaurants in Sydney. The Assam Laksa broth was on the sour side with lots of bits of fish. I enjoyed it but my friend thought it was too sour. The Char kway teow didn't have enough soy sauce flavor, so I actually made us thought of Pad See Ew (The Thai version instead).

Very good Bak Kuh Teh, and pretty good Penang Asam Laksa. I would have wanted the Asam Laksa to be…read morea little more brothy, but that's likely a personal preference. Service is casual and friendly.

Leura's a visitor driven village, for the most part. Fancy-schmancy boutiques, posh restaurants,…read morecafes for weekenders to rest weary feet and wearier wallets. Leura Health Foods is one of a tiny few stores left actually serving the local community. Even fewer since the Woolworths incursion that I still shudder at every time I go past. Doesn't belong. At all. Sigh. So it's a welcome thing to wander in here and find everyday service and real advice, as well as a way-better-than-average range of healthy goodies. From Tibetan incense to organic inca berries, wasabi powder and lots of gluten free foods not easy to source elsewhere up here, this little store is a fav. Not as pricey as you'd expect for Leura (although health food's never cheap) I love picking up something oddball and interesting. Rhino coffee this time (I'm a sucker for a good name). Not fancy. Not schmancy. Just good.

After indulging ourselves at Rubyfruit vegan bakery, we wandered over here to gather a we bits and…read morepieces for the drive home. I was surprised to find walls and walls of vitamins, potions, gifts and snacks. As a vegan, I'm always keen to be pointed in the direction of food I can eat without having to read ever label. The staff here are all over it and promptly had a selection of foods for me to choose from, followed by a lovely chat you can only find in a country town.

What a great place! Friendly folks making quite the assortment of savory and sweet pies. You que to…read moreorder at counter and then they bring food to your table. They do offer a couple of different salads although I am not sure I ever saw that on menu. I had regular tossed salad along with a lamb rosemary pie. Very tasty. Hubs got beef pie and it was delicious as well. I couldn't resist the fruit tart - it was SO superb! They do a great business here and I completely understand why.

So many pies and goodies to choose from! Oftentimes, bakeries run out of pies by the time we get…read morethere, but they had plenty here. We also enjoyed a sausage roll and tried a couple of their cookies. This would be a place to stop at again, if we were to be in that area another time. Friendly service, plenty of seating.

More of a 3.5 but I'm rounding up because I enjoyed what I ordered. I was looking for something…read moresweet, but the pastries didn't look enticing. I would've had a slice of cake, but I've been wanting to try a local savory pie. Also, it seemed to be the item most people ordering so I went with the steak and wine sauce. Pies are small but rich and taste. Crust was flaky. A tad too much pepper, but I ate all of it. Younger Staff were fine, but not the older woman running the cashier. She seemed to care less about being there and didn't want to answer As if I were disturbing her. I felt my bill was a tad off, so I read the previous review. Maybe there is a seating charge. The pies were under 10 and I ordered a small coffee, and my bill came out to 17.

$108 Dollars for 4 small pies (1 was cold ) and 4 small cakes. After buying sat down to be…read moreconfronted by the female manager saying you must grab your stuff and leave now, When I asked why was told you didn't pay to sit down. She then went and got a male from the kitchen to confront me and tru to intimidate me telling me we were not welcome to sit as you didn't pat for the right to sit down. My wife and and my elderly inlaws were absolutely lost at the behaviour and the way this was handled. Will never ever attend this establishment again. Oh after this all happened we ate in the car and seen the male manager getting cans and bottles out of the bin carrying them back into the food prep area of the kitchen. Another reason not to consider eating in the establishment. If 0 stars were available I would give that.

Best pies. Literally my childhood…read moreOnly except cash though. Pies are $3.50 Highly recommend this place. Great food overall Good donuts everything

Anyone that can take my back to my school tuck shop days by selling me a vanilla slice for $2 will…read morebe my BFF for life. Bakeries are at their best when they're small, family-run, and full of sweet things with a bread rack at the back and a hot glass display cabinet at one end with the meat pies and sauso rolls in. Croissants? Two bucks. Bread rolls? Like, 20c or something ridiculous. Who even uses 20c coins anymore? I can barely remember what one looks like.