I stopped in here recently for a quick Saturday morning breakfast on the way to an appointment…read morehoping for a quick and tasty breakfast. The establishment relatively recently came under new management. It was previously one of West End's numerous Vietnamese bakeries, and while it remains a bakery the new owners seem to be going for more of an up-market French boulangerie vibe. I ordered a filled baguette and a takeaway Di Bella coffee. The delivery of the baguette was instantaneous and while I waited for my coffee I didn't stand on ceremony, biting into the baguette and assessing their work. The bread itself was quite good, with a slight glaze to the crust and a pleasantly chewy inner. The toppings - chicken and avocado - fairly well-executed for a simple combination. The coffee however took too long to arrive, causing me concern about whether I'd be late for my appointment. What should for an experienced barista take 1-2 minutes tops took more like 4-5. Even worse, when the coffee arrived, it was insipid and milky, leading me to think the maker either didn't dose enough coffee into the group-head or used an insufficient one-shot for the large cup. Either way, it was a deflating first coffee for the day. The price also seemed a bit excessive at close to $12 for the coffee and baguette. Considering I could get a tasty roll significantly cheaper at one of the several Vietnamese bakeries in the neighbourhood, if I go back here it will probably be to buy bread for home use.

West End has a few Vietnamese bakeries but WEB has set itself apart, making fine, French style…read morebakery products at a pinch of the price of a well known French bakery across town. I don't want to say too much, because then I'll have to line up behind YOU! to buy my delicious almond croissants, baguettes and sour dough bread. Friendly warm staff!

A really consistent, affordable and friendly place to go for a quick and easy bite to eat. I quite…read moreenjoy their range of pies and ready made sandwiches under $4. They come on wholemeal bread with options including bacon and egg. You can even sit at a footpath table to eat your meal. This place seems to be a real favourite with the tradie crowd who enjoy a bit of a chat with the really friendly Vietnamese lady who works there. She always has a big smile for you, which is nice. They also sell mixed bags of bread to take home for $1-2.

This bakery is in the heart of Boundary Street in West End, they are extremely affordable and offer…read morea huge selection of pastries, cakes, rolls and anything you could imagine. If I'm ever cruising down Boundary Street with some loose change in my pocket I head on over to Rodney's and buy one of the $2 bags filled with iced pasteries. If you're in West End and you're after a no hassle lunch without all of the usual West End degenerates, hit up Rodney's.

Delighful, delicous, delovely...yes, this cupcake'n'coffee store looks positively edible…read more From its pink and white candy-striped walls, to the chocolate brown banquettes (complete with cushions and teddy bears); to the divine concoctions on display at the counter, it's a sweet tooth's paradise. I couldn't decide between a Miss Piggy cupcake, or the one with the strawberry cheescake icing (the latter ended up winning the coin toss), so I took it, along with my beautifully creamy cappacino, to devour on the small patio outside. And the cake? Well this is where I differ to most other people so far. I thought it was Ok...but I'm going to go off piste here and say that it was most definitely not the best I've eaten. (I've had better in...gasp...Shingle Inn). I was definitely more taken with the cuteness of the cafe than the cake itself. It should have been fluffier, the icing should have been tastier... Maybe I should have gone with the Miss Piggy after all???

As soon as I saw a shop called 'the Cupcake Parlour', I knew it was somewhere I wanted to visit. I…read morearrived at the gorgeous little shop after walking as fast as my legs could carry me. The pink and white theme only adds to the cute factor, along with making it quite impossible for straight men to frequent this place. Inside is just as adorable, with a cosy little booth to one side and a display cabinet full of various cupcake flavours. There are many flavours to choose from; more traditional ones like chocolate and some fancier varieties such as marble, each of which has a chocolate seashell perched on the carefully iced top. I absolutely love seashells but when it comes to cupcakes I believe it's the original and the best, so I chose a vanilla flavoured one. I have to say I was disappointed. The base was delicious and exactly what I would expect of a cupcake, even if it was a little heavy, but the icing was not. The main reason I love cupcakes is because of the amazingly creamy, buttery icing. The icing here is harder and can absolutely not be described as creamy. It's still a nice place and the cupcakes are presented so well that I'm sure I will be enticed into trying them again.

Before you even think about coming here...go for a run or...I don't know...stop eating for a few…read moredays, you will soon find out why. I once called in just to get a quiche which is ridiculous because that's probably the last thing this business is known for (it was amazing for your information), and walked out with 3 slices of cake, 3 Banoffe pies and 4 tarts. I took half of them home and the other half to Uni with me and before I could even explain to everyone what they were, they were gone. The Welsh Lady is a deceptive temptress who lures you in with her unassuming shop front, tucked away in Rosalie and STEALS YOUR WALLET AND YOUR WAISTLINE! Eventually returning both, one thinner, the other thicker (I'll let you guess which is which). Everything they bake here makes you want to quit life and die from a decadent, gluttonous overdose of sugary wonderment. Specializing in cakes to order they have everything you can imagine and more. Words can't do this place justice, so if you are wanting the perfect wedding or birthday cake, or simply just something sweet for any type of celebration The Welsh Lady should be your first port of call. P.S The Banoffe pies are out of this world, go now and get yourself one before they are deemed illegal.

I can divide everyone I know into two categories: those who like chocolate cake and those who like…read moreplain vanilla cake. Personally, I fall into the vanilla cake category but the Welsh Lady is the only cake shop that has the ability to make me question my allegiance to Team Vanilla. If you're a fan of chocolate cake, the muddier, richer, and more decadent the better, then the Welsh Lady is your holy grail. Her deep, dark mud cakes are so moist and dense that it's almost like she's mixed dark chocolate mousse into the batter. Most of my friends fall into Team Chocolate and I've become very used to being served a piece of chocolate birthday cake at parties and leaving it on the plate half finished. A couple of years ago at a dear friend's 21st I watched the cake be presented with a flourish. Chocolate again, I thought. I had to admit that it was a beautiful looking cake, covered in huge, elaborate chocolate curls and sprouting sparkly butterflies and stars on silver stems but I didn't expect my tastebuds to enjoy it as much as my eyes were. After one bite of the cake I knew there'd be no half-eaten leftovers on my plate this time. Through a mouthful of mud cake I demanded to know where my friend had gotten such a cake. 'MULSH NADY' she replied, her mouth was just as full as mine. 'Huh?'. She swallowed her chocolate-y mouthful and said 'Welsh Lady'. I nodded, swallowed, and went back for seconds.

Bow & Daisy are high on my list of quality bakeries & cup cakes in Brisbane. Having purchased…read moretheir cakes several times now, they've been consistently fresh and flavoursome, light and fluffy, and offering many combinations of flavours. They are friendly and helpful and it's always a delight to purchase from them. I highly recommend buying from them, although I'm not aware of them having a store, they are always available from markets around town or ordering, and if you're lucky, keep an eye out, you might catch them in town at the One Eleven building on Eagle Street on a weekday selling their goodies :) Memorable cupcakes we've sampled are the cafe latte - injected with coffee and topped with a choc covered coffee bean, and the bannoffee - a banana caramel and cream cupcake with fresh bananas!

The Hot Bread Kitchen is devastatingly underrated as far as bakeries go, but it's a really great…read moreplace to get a sausage roll, a fresh loaf of bread or a croissant. The owner, an older french gentleman is often hard at work in the back when you approach but his friendly approach and nice demeanor ensures that your bread buying is greatly appreciated. I recommend getting an apple pastry or a sausage roll - they're delicious and inexpensive. However, the BLT's they have are a little overpriced but still delicious. There's nowhere to really sit, so everything is takeway - which makes it perfect for on-the go style of eating. They aren't open on Monday's nor do they take credit card.

Having been twice now, I can confirm that Sol has a very nice menu going for it and a number of…read moreother things against it. For one thing, they've been woefully inefficient with service on both of the mornings I visited. People wait at the counter to order for far too long, and another line of people sits and glares towards the kitchen waiting for food. For a breakfast place, speed is awfully important; most of us customers have work/school to get to and we're eating out because we want to be full quickly. They managed to overcharge me once too, but I didn't want to make a big deal out of it and ruin everyone else's day by holding up the line. The menu is expansive, and vegan- and GF-friendly, and the chia pudding and avocado toast I've gotten have been quite tasty, though the bread in the latter was a bit tough, which isn't a good thing for a bakery. Honestly, some things I grade on a curve because Australia sucks at them, but breakfast is the other way around: the bar is quite high. There are two other places that consistently execute similar things better just on this street. And another prominent one I still haven't tried. So I may come back, but I have to say that while they are offering some good stuff, the price is too high and the service is too low to be rated alongside the best cafes in West End.

As a visitor to Brisbane, starting about 10 years ago, there's a few things on my list of must-do's…read morethat include a visit to Mick's Nuts (opposite Sol Breads & struck of my list now) to stock up and a visit to Sol Breads as well as the markets. Sol Breads never disappoints. Love their range of REAL food. The staff can be a little bit blasé, but that's what I love about the place. Always on hand to answer questions. As much as I was full on this visit, I was being Little Miss Piggy & had to chose a sweet to go with my beetroot vanilla latte!!

Good banh mi We visited this iconic banh mi outlet for the…read morefirst time in years and since they changed owners. The banh mi was still good - and very good value at $11 for the crispy roast pork version. The roll seems a little larger than the standard banh offering, however I think that the next time I visit I'll ask them to hold the sauce. I don't like the sweet hoisin flavour and it makes the roll very soggy. By the time we reached the end of the banh mi it had disintegrated and there was liquid dripping out of the bottom of the bag! 5 March 2017 Brisbane's best banh mi We've been coming here for years (before banh mi was trendy) to eat what is probably the best banh mi in Brisbane - crusty baguette spread with pate and filled with lighty pickled carrot, cucumber, fresh coriander, fish sauce, meat and chilli if you wish. It's fresh, full of flavour and very good value for money.

It's fairly common knowledge among gourmands that unless you have access to a personal French…read morebaker, the best way to get a quality baguette in Brisbane is head to one of the Vietnamese bakeries. Decades of French influence in the SE Asian country have rendered their boulangeries tres bien! Kim Thanh Hot Bread are a fine example of affordable and quality cheap eats in the heart of the cosmopolitan melting pot that is West End. The baguettes are crunchy on the outside with a soft inner which manages to be substantial enough without being either too chewy or too airy. A heated display houses a good selection of pies and sausage rolls, most under $3, which offer value for money far superior to your average service station. But the star of the show for me (and legions of others) are their famous pork and salad rolls. They are made fresh on request, and though the ingredients in and of themselves are rather humble sounding (pork luncheon meat, carrot, cucumber, coriander, chilli and a kind of pork liverwurst on a bread roll) combined they add up to more than the sum of their parts. The fragrant coriander and fresh salad adds a delicate counterpoint to the two kinds of pork. Be warned, that if you ask for chilli, they can tend to pile it on. Usually I will specify "a little bit of chilli, please". The staff are very cheery and accommodating, and sometimes after a big night at the local pub I'll pass them doing their first early morning bake in the wee hours If you have the right change handy they usually don't mind selling you something freshly baked, which is undoubtedly the best drunken munchies around!

I've visited Moreish in the early morning, so I can't say what the lunch and dinner food is like,…read morebut I've had many, many breakfasts here. The only drawback I can think of in terms of Moreish is the name (it's one of a few 'new words' that constitute a pet peeve of mine). Everything else here, I love. The staff are always friendly. And I mean, genuinely friendly and very generous. One morning the chef decided he wanted to mix up the menu and try a new dish, and asked if we wanted to try the dish for free in exchange for our opinion. Of course we said yes and it was delicious (mine was a unique take on Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise sauce that hit the right level of creaminess). Typically however I'd order poached eggs on toast, sausages and mushrooms here - because I love a standard hot breakfast, no matter what time of day. The coffee is also excellent; I can't ever remembering ordering less than two cups per visit at Moreish.

I find it hard not to like bakeries. There is something about the smell of fresh bread that just…read moremakes me smile. And when a bakery is independently owned you get a unique taste to their produce. St Lucia Bakery is a quiet little one, tucking into a bunch of shops at the Sir Fred Schonell and Mitre Street junction. It does not look like much from the outside. The white plastic tables and chairs are pretty dodgy but who really cares when you are only there for a few minutes to scoff down a pie or muffin. The muffins they sell are massive! They are a total meal in themselves and tasty as hell. Try their sandwiches and croissants as well if you have a chance. Family owned, this little local bakery is quite the treat and prides itself on its friendly service. You will leave this place with a smile guaranteed.

I tend to like the savory foods at bakeries and this quaint little family owned shop offers a nice…read moreassortment of savory items including meat pies, sausage rolls, bacon & cheese rolls, fetta spinach triangles and pastry pizzas. I enjoyed both the sausage meat roll and the feta spinach triangle but did not like the pastry pizza. The sauce was way too sweet, making it virtually inedible. The bacon cheese roll used some sort of cheese sauce that was too thin. I'd much rather have actual cheese in my roll rather than cheese sauce, which made the roll taste too much like it came from McDonald's or some other low quality fast food shop. That said, it is nice having a warm savory pastry for breakfast on the go and this shop satisfies that need.