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Bakery cafés in Hobart

Cake counters on Collins Street, a vegan patisserie, a contemporary tea room and a Sandy Bay Road bakery open from 06:30.

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Hobart’s bakery cafés are mostly in the CBD, within a few blocks of Collins, Macquarie and Victoria streets, with one long-hours bakery on Sandy Bay Road. They range from a cake-and-espresso counter to a vegan patisserie, a tea room and a training café run as a social enterprise.

The city takes pastry seriously. Time Out wrote in 2026 that Hobart’s bakeries turn out some of the best laminated pastry in the country, and pointed to a ruby wheat loaf made from Tasmanian heritage wheat.1 The island’s own contribution to the bakery case is savory: the curried scallop pie.

Local tip: Ask about the cupping sessions at Bloom X Coffee Bites on Collins Street to taste roasters such as 5 Senses and Audrey Coffee side by side with your cake.3

Where these cafés are: Hobart CBD (4), Sandy Bay (2), New Town & Moonah (1), Battery Point (1).

At a glance

8Cafés listed
5With opening hours
06:30Earliest opening
18:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: The Sandy Bay Bakery & Cafe, from 06:30 (Mon–Fri 06:30–18:00 · Sat–Sun 06:30–17:00).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (38%), specialty (25%), outdoor seating (25%).

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The scallop pie and other Tasmanian bakes

Nobody is sure when the curried scallop pie first appeared; the best guess is the early to mid 1900s, and early recipes appeared in local newspapers in the 1930s.2 Its sauce traditionally uses Keen’s curry powder, a Tasmanian invention by Joseph Keen of Kingston in the 1850s or 1860s, which contains no cumin and so tastes mild.2

A well-made version holds five or six whole scallops in a creamy curry sauce, sometimes with wakame.1

Collins Street and Victoria Street

Bloom X Coffee Bites at 102 Collins Street sells cakes such as Strawberry Cream and Matcha Basque Cheesecake alongside Villino house blends, rotating single-origin espresso, cold brew and matcha lattes.3 It also runs cupping sessions with roasters such as 5 Senses, Audrey Coffee and Villino.3 It opens Monday to Friday 07:00–16:00.

The Little Poet at 6 Victoria Street is a vegan and vegetarian café and patisserie: handmade desserts, plant-based brunch, organic coffee roasted in Tasmania and Taiwanese mountain tea.4 It hosts workshops, art shows and music.4 It opens Tuesday to Friday 07:30–15:00 and Saturday 08:00–15:00, and is closed Sunday and Monday.

Tea and cake on Macquarie Street

Hobart Town Tea Rooms, in Shop 1 at 147 Macquarie Street, is a contemporary tea room that also does takeaway.5 It is the bakery café to keep in mind for an afternoon tea in the CBD.

Hamlet at 40 Molle Street is a social enterprise café that has trained people with disability, neurodivergence or mental health concerns for hospitality work since 2016.6 It has supported almost 800 Tasmanians, and in the last financial year 68 percent of its graduates moved into jobs or further study.6 Besides the café it runs a catering arm and a condiment production line.6 The café opens Monday to Friday 07:30–14:30.

Sandy Bay Road, early and late

The Sandy Bay Bakery & Cafe at 166–168 Sandy Bay Road keeps longer hours than the CBD bakery cafés: 06:30–18:00 on weekdays and 06:30–17:00 on Saturday and Sunday. Bloom closes at 16:00 and The Little Poet at 15:00, so Sandy Bay Road is the place for a late-afternoon pastry.

Coffee costs more in Tasmania than anywhere else in Australia, A$5.44 for an average cup in the 2026 Daily Brew Report, so a pastry-and-coffee stop adds up faster here than on the mainland.7

Sources

  1. The best bakeries in Hobart, Time Out Australia (May 15, 2026), accessed October 2026
  2. History of the Tassie scallop pie, The Hobart Magazine, accessed October 2026
  3. The best coffee in Hobart, Sitchu (August 28, 2026), accessed October 2026
  4. The Little Poet, Hobart & Beyond (May 21, 2026), accessed October 2026
  5. Hobart Town Tea Rooms, Hobart Localista (2026), accessed October 2026
  6. Hamlet cafe celebrates 10 years helping Tasmanians find employment, Pulse Tasmania (May 13, 2026), accessed October 2026
  7. Good news: Australia’s coffee price hikes are slowing down. Here’s what a cuppa costs in each state, Time Out Australia (August 25, 2026), citing the Daily Brew Report 2026, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Bakery cafés in Hobart: questions

Which Hobart bakery café opens earliest?

The Sandy Bay Bakery & Cafe at 166–168 Sandy Bay Road opens at 06:30 every day and stays open until 18:00 on weekdays and 17:00 at weekends. In the CBD, Bloom X Coffee Bites on Collins Street opens at 07:00 on weekdays.

Where can you find vegan pastries in Hobart?

The Little Poet at 6 Victoria Street in central Hobart is a vegan and vegetarian café and patisserie with handmade desserts, plant-based brunch, organic Tasmanian-roasted coffee and Taiwanese mountain tea. It opens Tuesday to Saturday and is closed Sunday and Monday.

What is a Tasmanian scallop pie and how old is it?

The Tasmanian scallop pie holds five or six scallops in a creamy curry sauce, traditionally made with Keen’s curry powder, a mild, cumin-free blend invented in Kingston in the 1850s or 1860s. Its exact origin is unknown, but early recipes appeared in local newspapers in the 1930s.

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