If you want to pick up a loaf for your AirBnB, or cakes for a picnic lunch, Tasmania has an outstanding list of bakeries, cafes and patisseries.
The best bakeries, cafes and patisseries in Tasmania for 2026 are declared.
Several are licensed for dining in and many are travel destinations on their own. Here are the really special recommendations.
Check the websites, Facebook or Instagram accounts for opening hours.
Statewide Tasmania
Banjos
85 Elizabeth Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000
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Salamanca Square, Hobart, Tasmania 7004
One of the many reasons Tasmanians love the Banjos bakery empire, is the 5.00am opening time in some locations. Try these (above) in Hobart, for a start.
Banjos is everywhere, though. There are 29 of the pie/cake/salad roll/doughnut/loaf meccas across the state. If you’re on the road, check the website for your nearest Banjos.
The curried scallop pie, the famous Christmas platters, the Easter hot cross buns, the party pies for the football – the big charity sponsorships – and open kitchens – make Banjos a local favourite. Visitors who discover it from overseas, come back to it.
Launceston and Northern Tasmania
Launceston is the Tasmanian city which draws international visitors, thanks to its UNESCO City of Gastronomy listing – but a short drive or bus ride away, there are destination bakeries which also lure foodies.
Bread+ Butter
70 Elizabeth Street, 65 Cimitiere Street
20 George Street, Launceston 7250, Tasmania.
This is Launceston’s number one gourmet bakery/patisserie mini-empire. They bake fresh pastries and sourdough bread every day and use 100% cultured butter.
Cultured butter is made using cultured cream. It is slowly made using traditional methods, then churned, hand-worked, and salted to perfection. You can taste it in the croissants in particular.
Bread + Butter can be found at three locations in Launceston.
The menu covers house crumpets, sardines on toast, bagels with salmon and cream cheese, pastrami bagels, kimchi toasties, tray pizza, pork and fennel sausage rolls, chickpea rolls, walnut croissants and other wildly original offerings.
Dine in or take away – check the website for details.
La Petit Chou
76 George Street, Launceston, Tasmania 7250
This is an unusual French bakery and patisserie. It offers gluten-free, but also stunning croquembouches for weddings and birthdays. Noémie and Prosper are two chefs (and a couple) who both emigrated from France to Launceston.
The menu is authentic. Rose Chouquette has rose ganache and fondant, with raspberry. There are juicy local Tasmanian raspberries in the macarons. Mille Feuilles, also with raspberries and a vegetarian Croque Monsieur with mushrooms and Bechamel sauce, make this place a stand-out.
They also make escargots, serve great coffee and can organise boxes for parties. The Royal for four people is little-known outside France, but it’s the country’s number one bestselling cake.
Manu Bread 215
Invermay Rd, Invermay, Launceston, Tasmania 7248
This French bakery café has traditional sourdough loaves to offer and exquisite pastries. Its artisan approach made it a hit with locals from the start and over ten years later, visitors from all over the world stop by.
Try mille-feuille, pain suisse, choquette and Paris brest.
Ross Bakery
15 Church Street, Ross, Tasmania, 7209
The bakery is one of the reasons people driving from Launceston to Hobart (in either direction) stop in Ross. It’s on the Heritage Highway, about one hour from Launceston on the way down. Or, about one-and-a-half-hours from Hobart, heading to Launceston.
The Ross village Bakery has been operating on the site for over 100 years. Their wood-fired oven is a unique piece of colonial history – a traditional semi-scotch brick “3 bag oven” – with the capacity to bake 300 loaves at a time. Expect a fantastic lunch in a stunning old town – and take home bread for breakfast.
Dalilah’s Patisserie
40 Franklin Street, Swansea, Tasmania
Around two hours’ drive from Launceston or Hobart, Dalilah Alloin is in pretty Swansea – and rated by Delicious magazine as having one of the best regional bakeries in Tasmania. Dalilah was taught by a French pastry chef and her East Coast patisserie is where visitors stop, on the way to Maria Island or Freycinet National Park.
Uprise Sourdough
76-80 Mersey Main Road, Spreyton
https://uprise-sourdough.square.site
About an hour from Launceston, near Ulverstone and Burnie on the West Coast, this is a destination bakery.
Pumpkin and Turmeric loaf, Fig and apricot fruit bread, cardamom buns and unbelievable choc chip cookies (forget packets of supermarket biscuits) have helped put Uprise on the Tasmanian foodie map.
Kristjan Rowell founded this Danish-inspired bakery and the baked goods – like canelés, tartines, babkas and choux pastries – are deliciously authentic.
The Cupboard Bakery, Beauty Point
173 Charles Street, Beauty Point, Tasmania 7270
Half an hour from Launceston, but a few decades back in time, this is where nostalgic people can find old-fashioned ice-cream and a spider milkshake.
Local suppliers include Valhalla Ice Creams, Doppio Foods roasted coffee, Origin tea, Young’s vegie shed, and even Pottery for the Planet reusable cups.
The Cupboard Bakery is run by husband and wife, Troy and Michelle, with 30+ years of experience between them. They also work alongside Michelle’s younger brother, Grant.
Three kinds of Chai and an old-fashioned Spider milkshake stand out on the menu. Take home sourdough bread, or French baguettes are good for your Launceston AirBnB.
The cake and patisserie menu changes all the time but is always spectacular.
Vegetarians can pick up a broccoli, cauliflower and cheese pie. The classic Tasmanian curry scallop pie is also on the menu, along with egg and bacon pie for breakfast – and a jalapeno, cheese and steak for lunch.
Hobart and Southern Tasmania
Gordon Ramsay is a fan of the seafood and fish here, but locals and international foodies also rate the Paris-perfect patisseries and wildly original local bakeries.
The Little Missy Patisserie
151/153 Argyle Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000
Provencal French style pastries and European style make this dine-in (and take away) bakery, the most glamorous in Hobart.
You can hire a room for a special occasion or just walk in for an unforgettable afternoon tea. Little Missy Patisserie owner and chef, Oonagh Murphy, is famous for her vanilla slices.
They are prepared every two hours for visitors and Oonah says, “We balance the sweetness with toppings … a creamy Monte Carlo cream and then we just put the passionfruit powder dust and the crispy elements like caramel shards and fruit on top.”
Mama Artisanal
121 Harrington Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000
Sourdough croissants and cult favourites like the Espressomisù and Bloody Mary croissant give Mama Artisanal an edge. They cater at festivals and markets and have regular sales, where you’ll see them out and about.
Jean-Pascal Patisserie
30 Carlton Street, Newtown, Tasmania 7008
Jean Pascal Lepretre is a fifth generation French National Pastry chef originating from the small town of Bolbec in Normandy, France.
He worked under the famous Roux Brothers and at iconic establishments such as Fauchon. Jean Pascal is also a qualified ‘Chef de Cuisine’, ‘Chocolatier’ and ‘Confiseur ‘ which includes confectionery making, marzipan work and pulled sugar.
Jean-Pascal has helped to give Tasmania its world-class foodie reputation.
On the other side of the street from the dine-in bakery/cafe, you’ll find a retail outlet with baked bread, rolls, pastries and cakes.
Queens Pastry
144 Harrington Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000
Ham and cheese croissants are fresh out of the oven in the morning. Retro doughnuts and even donuts go out, with locals, by the boxload.
Summer Kitchen
21 Marguerite Street, Ranelagh, Tasmania 7109
The best vegetarian and vegan bakery in Tasmania, if not Australia.
30 minutes south of Hobart, Ranelagh is a tiny town. Yet, the temptation of this kitchen draws people for lunch and afternoon tea every day. Try roast quince and chantilly cream tarts; leatherwood and wattleseed cakes; cream buns with blackberry jam.
This organic, wood-fired bakery is in the stunning Huon Valley near Hobart. It’s been a local success since 1975 and is now firmly on the Huon visitor itinerary along with its famous cider and old-fashioned shopping.
Vegan, organic pies are a stand-out, at Summer Kitchen, as are the vegan Easter buns.
Dine outdoors on a big group table or take away for a sunny Huon picnic.
The Pinto Empanada pie has boiled egg, pinto beans, jalapenos and olives. There is also a Bruny Island wallaby and potato pie.
All the beef is organic from Kelty Farm. You can take home a loaf of pumpkin sourdough bread for your Air BnB or tuck into a pecan praline cheesecake for afternoon tea.
Daci and Daci
This mini-empire in Hobart at 11 Murray Street (at Salamanca Place), 31 Newtown Road, Newtown and 182 Sandy Bay Road, Sandy Bay is a Tasmanian classic.
Local foodie couple Naser and Cheryl Daci put their wow-factor birthday cakes in the window and visitors from Melbourne who miss Brunetti, scoop them up.
Dine indoors or outside in the sunshine. Go gluten-free or vegan. Pick up Espresso and Marsala Tiramisu for a special occasion, or a legendary Bombe Alaska. The Three-Tier Concorde is a $170 chocolate mousse and Belgian chocolate meringue extravaganza.
Roast pumpkin, caramelised onion and feta tart, or prawn, fennel, marmalade and smoked salmon tart are great for picnics, but most people fall on them for lunch.
There is an excellent Tasmanian wine, beer and cider list. Try Dunes & Green Sparkling or Bruny Island Cider or the local Cascade Draught.
Jackman and McRoss
57 Hampden Road, Battery Point, Tasmania 7004
Winner of the TripAdvisor Traveller’s Choice for 2025, this large dine-in bakery is in historic Battery Point, Hobart. You can sit outside and admire the beautifully preserved colonial houses in the village or go indoors.
Wallaby, blackberry and native pepper pie is pure Tasmaniana. The curried scallop pie which is a Hobart favourite for generations, is also good for lunch. Battery Point residents have been having their breakfast every weekend here for years.
Six Russell Bakes
6 Russell Crescent, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005
This is a Bistro and Bakery with butter and cheese from Melbourne’s Maker and Monger. The sourdough bread is baked daily along with handmade pastries.
Pigeon Hole
93 Goulburn St, West Hobart, Tasmania, 7000
Everything at Pigeon Hole is locally sourced, right down to the chairs – made by Jon Grant, a well-known craftsman in the Derwent Valley.
The owners of Pigeon Hole also own Weston Farm, which provides plenty of the menu’s fresh produce. Richard and Belinda Weston are dedicated to the paddock-to-plate philosophy that has made Tasmania famous.
The menu changes all the time, but the cucumber pickles, tomato relish and smoked paprika will always be from the farm.
Pigeon Hole is also licensed with local Tasmanian beer and wine.
Pigeon Hole is recognised internationally and has featured in Good Weekend, the Qantas magazine and Country Style. There are tea-towels, gift vouchers – and you can even stay on the Weston Farm.
The waffles and fresh fruit, delicious salads and queue-for-sandwiches make Pigeon Hole very special.
Pigeon Whole Bakers
24-32 Argyle Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000
Two pigeons, one city. Not to be confused with Pigeon Hole, this is in the heart of the city of Hobart.
Julia Stone is a fan. The customers are also such huge fans that the ABC reported, they’ve had to be asked (nicely) to stop filming the staff. Featured in Time Out, Australian Traveller, Broadsheet, Gourmet Traveller and even Cosmopolitan Japan, this is the bakery which put Tasmania on the cult bread map.
In 2023, Delicious magazine rated its croissant, the best in Tasmania. Run don’t walk.
Also recommended –
Crisp’n’Sweet
Shop 6A, Claremont Plaza, Glenorchy, Tasmania 7011
Earthly Delights
2665 Waddamana Road, Waddamana, Tasmania 7030
Paradise Regained
Glen Huon Road, Glen Huon, Tasmania 7109
Poolish and Company
Cygnet, Tasmania 7112
Little Missy Patisserie
151/153 Argyle Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000
Hours: 9am-2pm Monday to Saturday
