South Australia’s best bakeries revealed in the latest Messenger ‘Best of Adelaide’ poll
Pie-eating and doughnut-loving connoisseurs across the state have decided with their stomachs – 2500 votes later, which bakery wins bragging rights? We reveal the top bakeries in your area.
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Your verdict is in. After more than 2500 votes, South Australians have decided where to find the best bakeries – from the city and suburbs to your country favourites.
It seems the long queues to get their baked goods is worth it, with Port Elliot Bakery winning overall bragging rights, followed by Ned Kelly’s Bakery at Alberton and Lobethal Bakery in the Adelaide Hills.
Port Elliot Bakery senior apprentice baker Russell Kleinig said the team was excited about being named best bakery in SA in The Messenger’s latest poll.
“Our team here at the Port Elliot Bakery are very dedicated to providing the best service and quality products, so we are beyond happy to have such recognition,” Mr Kleinig said.
The bakery opened in 1989 and, since then, has been a popular spot, not only for locals, but the wider community when visiting the Fleurieu Peninsula.
Its doughnut of the month is what reels people in the doors.
Just some the doughnut creations include lemon cheesecake, Fererro Rocher, triple choc Tim Tam and Oreo.
“We are always creating and working on new and exciting ideas for our doughnut and pie of the month and they’re definitely hot sellers,” Mr Kleinig says.
The bakery credits its success to using fresh produce daily, baked on the Port Elliot premises.
Looking for the best bakery closer to where you live? Here’s our ultimate guide to the Top 21 bakeries across greater Adelaide by region, with the best sausage rolls, pies, pasties and all the sweet treats your heart – and stomach – desires.
CITY & NORTH ADELAIDE
1. Bakery on O’Connell, 128-130 O’Connell St, North Adelaide
This proudly South Australian owned and operated family business makes and bakes more than 200 products at its North Adelaide site.
Just a few minutes from the heart of the city, Bakery on O’Connell has a range of cakes, pastries, slices, pies, pasties and sausage rolls.
But it is its cronuts – a cross between a doughnut and a croissant – that often win over customers, and its massive social media following.
It is open 24/7 and has a large dine-in section.
In addition to its bakery range, customers can also indulge in shakes, soft serves, toasties and even healthy options such as smoothies, fruit salads and baguettes.
2. Perryman’s Bakery, 54 Tynte St, North Adelaide
3. Abbots and Kinney, 78 Pirie St, city
NORTH
1. St Georges Bakehouse, Shop 9/222 Target Hill Rd, Greenwith
Whether you are after a freshly baked pie or a slice of quiche, St Georges Bakehouse has got you covered.
From the classic beef pie to the more fancy curry and chilli pies, there is something for every taste at this Greenwith bakery.
Bakery lovers can also expect a range of sausage rolls, pasties, kranskies, hot dogs and a selection of sandwiches, rolls, baguettes, wraps and focaccias.
Dining in? Grab a tea or coffee and complement it with a sweet treat from the bakery window.
2. Sunrise Bakery, 485 Main North Rd, Evanston
3. Fabulous Baker Boys, 2 Montague Rd, Pooraka
SOUTH
1. Becks Bakehouse, 25 Clarke St, Port Noarlunga
From humble beginnings in Melrose Park in 1982, Becks Bakehouse has grown into a bakery locals have come to love and trust.
Demand for good-quality bakehouses across Adelaide led the team to open two more bakeries in Somerton Park and Port Noarlunga, which have become popular with the southern suburbs community.
The Port Noarlunga bakehouse’s selection of goods include typical pies and pasties, as well as housemade pizza, custom sandwiches and rolls, wraps, bread, cakes, cookies and hot and cold drinks.
2. The Cottage Bakery, 196 Main Rd, McLaren Vale
3. CJ’s Bakery, 39C Beach Rd, Christies Beach
EAST
1. St Peters Bakehouse, 66 Seventh Ave, St Peters
This warm and inviting bakehouse in the heart of St Peters also doubles as a modern cafe where people can dine-in and enjoy the baked goods on offer.
It has been embraced by the people of Adelaide’s eastern suburbs which has fuelled its expansion into Thebarton and Ridgehaven.
Customers can expect a wide selection of pies, pasties and sweets, as well as breakfast and lunch options including baguettes, rolls, burgers and coffee.
Your dinner plans can also be made easy with its range of family-size pies.
St Peters Bakehouse can cater your next function, or you can select from one of its prearranged party and catering packs.
2. Banana Boogie Bakery, Shop 4&5 Main Rd, Belair
3. Pat-A-Cake, 50 Duthy St, Malvern
WEST
1. Ned Kelly’s Bakery, 212A Port Rd, Alberton
You’ll be greeted by a little metal man as you enter this Alberton bakery, but don’t let that spook you.
Ned Kelly’s Bakery, run by baker brothers Adam and Brett O’Hara, was the voted the best bakery in west and also received the second-highest number of votes in The Messenger’s best bakeries poll.
“Getting this recognition from the customer really tells us that we’re doing the right thing and our customers appreciate what we’re doing,” Adam says.
“It also makes all the early morning starts worth it.”
The Port Rd bakery is home to an array of pies, pasties, sausage rolls and quiche, but its signature Ned Kelly pie is what keeps customers coming back.
It is a traditional mince pie topped with bacon, a whole egg and cheese.
Other hot sellers are the bakery’s pasties with different fillings such as spinach and cheese, and meat, potato, pumpkin and carrot.
The bakery also caters for vegans with its curried cauliflower and lentil pie, which has been a staple menu item for nearly a year.
2. Orange Spot Bakery, 750 Anzac Hwy, Glenelg
3. Cafe De Vili’s, 2-14 Manchester Rd, Mile End
ADELAIDE HILLS
1. Lobethal Bakery, 93 Onkaparinga Valley Rd, Woodside
A drive through the Adelaide Hills isn’t complete without a pit stop at Lobethal Bakery.
Since 1975, this charming bakery has been serving the Hills community with fresh bread, all-day breakfast, sweet buns, salad rolls, cakes, gelati and warm, winter soups.
Visitors can also indulge in a range of kranskies which are a nod to the German heritage of owners Albert, Peter and Paul Trinkle.
Albert says customers appreciate the bakery’s strong family focus which started with his father Helmut and extends to the youngest members of the family who help in the shop.
“We’re onto our third generation of the family working here now and I think that’s contributed to why our customers think we’re the one of the best,” he says.
“We’ve got regular customers that come to the bakery and have been able to get to know the family.”
Lobethal Bakery has outlets in Lobethal, Woodside, Stirling, Mt Barker and Balhannah.
2. Otto’s Bakery, 9 Main St, Hahndorf
3. Balhannah Bakery, 2/84 Onkaparinga Rd, Balhannah
COUNTRY SA
1. Port Elliot Bakery, 31 North Tce, Port Elliot
2. Kiplings Bakery, 671 Port Wakefield-Auburn Rd, Port Wakefield
3. Home Grain Bakery, 13 Old Coach Rd, Aldinga
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