Don't waste your time on the coffee shops further up Sydney Road in Seaforth. Go past the…read moreroundabout and hit the Bakehouse. It's low frills, but it's got decent coffee and lots of tasty baked goods each day. Try the croissants.

Located on a residential street in a small row of shops this place makes great bread and pastries…read more It's the closest thing to German bread I have found in sydney, and I have looked and found only two or three so far. They have a few loaves and some pastries. Vanilla slice is fabulous and the cinnamon scroll was tasty but a bit dry for my liking. The seeded loaf was ok but the dense dark loaf was excellent. Will come back here when in the area. It's a lovely place to get some great bread and pastries.

It's great! AMAZING…read moreSERVICE!!! So friendly and so kind! Plus attentive!!! I highly recommend coming here! The baked goods are amazing! You can see the bakers out the back baking and creating delightful goods!!! Love the pies, breads, sweets and savories!!! The coffees have great taste, non burnt, perfect roast, also they use real chocolate! Yum!

Our son purchased a beautiful tiramisu cake for 40 people,…read morefor his Dads 70th birthday. The cake was just delicious and beautifully decorated.

Great place to satisfy a myriad of baked goods cravings, both savory and sweet. Not a fancy frou…read morefrou place (read: cases and tables are a bit overstuffed with haphazard merchandising) but it seems like everything is made with love and staff is friendly. I needed to grab a hostess gift and this place had nice options for a casual get together. Don't expect patisserie elegance, so if packaging and presentation is your bag, find a fancier place. But, if you want some authentic lamingtons or overall a place with lots of options, this bakehouse is solid!

"World-shaking."…read more Not normally how I'd describe anything, let alone a patisserie, but - mon dieu! - what slice of provincial France exists here in outyling suburbia. They serve coffee in bowls. Bowls! Where are we, Biarritz? There's always a queue, a necessary evil I'm afraid but then, with the sheer Gallic quality of, oh, let's see, *absolutely everything* they produce (in the bakery you can see with your own two eyes (three if you're Tasmanian) out the back of the shop, no less), I'd be worried if there weren't a queue. And really, they could charge what they want, these taste magicians. Their artisan skillz endow them with a virtual license to print money. But do they? They do not! A regular latte is a mere $2.80. Say whaaat?! If you don't get in afore 8am you won't even see a Country Loaf let alone snag one. You'll be left with perfect baguettes, homemade jams, petit fours, and the best almond croissants I've ever tasted (and I once adjudicated at the Best Almond Croissants Awards).

In an area starved for freshly made, artisanal pastries, Ganache is the real deal when it comes to…read moreauthentic French baked goods. Arrive anytime after 10 in the morning and you'll find a seriously depleted selection of breads (their country loaves are a personal fave), but the range of sweets is grazed on throughout the day as guests stop for morning and afternoon tea. Considering the perfection of their pastries and intricacy of each creation, the prices are more than reasonable - just $1.60 for their mini items like raspberry tartlets and coffee éclairs, or $4.50 for a larger items, like the individual roasted, caramelised macadamia cake covered in dark chocolate ganache and flecked with edible gold. The seats are scarce with only some four tables on hand inside, but try to grab one if you can to get the full Gallic experience: the woman regularly manning the till speaks with a bona fide accent, the coffee served as bowls of café au lait rather than paper takeaways, the chairs familiar black-and-white Parisienne wicker creations.

This place is ace. I love it. The service at first is cold but when you get to know the owners they…read moreare lovely, warm, funny and easy to talk too. The cakes are amazing, tasty and made on site! 11/10 all round

I have a soft spot for treats and they deliver everytime! With so many choices its impossible to…read moreget bored or not find something you like. I love that they take orders its so useful for parties or birthdays when your short on time. Always a gluten free option on hand and friendly staff make it a great treat on the run.

Shortly after riding the ferry over to Manly, we stopped by Rollers for pastries and coffee to…read morestart our morning. They close at 2:00P, so we wanted to get there early and choose from the full selection. I loved their display of baked goods which are all lined up neatly into perfect arrays. Racks of the pastries were right behind the counter, including both sweet and savory options. The employee manning the front was so warm and seemed happy to help answer our questions about the day's offerings. She said the most popular item all year round is their almond croissant, filled with an almond frangipane, but her personal favorite at the time was the seasonal Hazelnut Praline Brioche. Given that this is something you don't see at any ordinary bakery, I couldn't resist and you could say she talked me into it! My second choice would have been their handheld apple pie with its perfect lattice and caramelized sugar on top. The HAZELNUT PRALINE BRIOCHE (A$12) was essentially a light airy donut filled with a smooth chocolate hazelnut cream that tasted like a Ferrero Rocher. The amount of filling was generous and oozed out with every bite... I could have eaten spoonfuls of the filling just by itself! A slightly crunchy praline crumb topping gave it a crisp cap. I thoroughly enjoyed every bite of this brioche as it wasn't too rich nor too sweet. I also got a flat white coffee which was good, hot and paired nicely with my brioche. My mom got their seasonal lemon monkey bread which she said was just okay. It didn't have that cinnamon gooeyness that one would normally expect in this type of dessert. Similarly, they also offered a lemon vanilla custard tart which my sister enjoyed. Oddly, it was labeled only as a "vanilla tart" on the display, which is a little misleading, especially for anyone who's not a fan of citrus. This cafe has a nice open air seating area with ample space, a couple seats at the coffee counter and some seats outside. Most of the tables were already occupied by the time we arrived, so we sat outside. With the cafe being located in an alleyway, we were able to savor our pastries in the morning sun without any cars or traffic whizzing by. What a lovely way to begin our day in Manly!

This bakery or bake house is a bit different from normal ones since they had some interesting…read moreflavors. I went when it was about to close so there weren't many customers there. Rollers was designed nicely and has an outdoor/indoor patio is a minute from the beach at Manly. Now on to the food. The pastry I got, hash brown, chorizo and cheddar was a lot heftier and filling than I was expecting. I felt like there more chorizo and cheddar filling than hash brown so was a little depressed i didn't taste that. But all in all the croissant still tasted great. 5/5 stars

Such good iced coffee. And I'm not talking about the delicious, creamy atrocity Aussies call iced…read morecoffee, I'm talking about coffee. With ice in it. It's an art, people! (They also have an 8-hour cold drip should you so desire.) The shop is tiny, but if you're lucky enough to snag a stump you'll be privy to some of the most amusing customer conversations. Hungry? They were whipping up waffles last time I was there. But don't get your tastebuds in too much of a tizzy, it's just waffles, so if that's what you want, consider yourself a winner. If not, well, tough luck. But let's be honest, you're heading here for the coffee because it's undoubtably Manly's best, whether hot or cold. And hey, I'm sure they'll even put the ice cream in there if you ask nicely. Just don't ask for decaf. Or larges.

These guys are serious about coffee. Whether it's a doppio espresso or cold drip, you can always…read morecount on a great coffee. The menu is simple: Coffee in one size. No large. No decaf. Waffles with optional chocolate. Because they do it simple, they do it well. The waffles are freshly made as you order. The chocolate is freshly melted Belgian chocolate. The coffee is either their standard blend, or a single origin that rotates every few days - and they are fastidious about how they make it. The actual café is just a hole in the wall with a few boxes & logs that serve as stools. The popularity of this spot ensures an intimate buzz and more often than not, a friendly conversation with the locals. Well worth a visit.