Mary Street Bakery — Bakery in Highgate

Reviews of Mary Street Bakery

• Anthony

  Added 2016.05.02

  Very crowded with music playing too loud to talk. Servers were very busy and distracted, felt much too rushed. Food was decent but they couldn’t do scrambled eggs for us. We were expecting a relaxed brunch but it was a pretty stressful atmosphere instead.
• Xavier

  Added 2016.01.28

  Service was hit and miss. Generally friendly smiles all round except for the woman who waited our table. She obviously hated her job.
• Aiden

  Added 2016.01.10

  Having missed breakfast, I decide bacon and eggs are in order. The friendly waitperson who comes over to take my order patiently explains slow cooked eggs for me (sous-vide in their shells at 63° for 45 minutes, they are cooked through but extremely runny - and no, you don't have to wait 45 minutes for them). The eggs, when they arrive, are served with salt and pepper on toasted, buttered slices of Mary Street Bakery's moorish sour dough. I honestly have no idea how the chef gets the eggs out of their shells without breaking the fragile white - at barely the touch of my knife there is gloriously golden yolk spilling out. This is the kind of simple dish that only impresses when done with skill and quality ingredients, and I'm definitely impressed. The perfectly cooked side of bacon (ordered extra crispy, though whether this is actually crispier than normal I have no idea; considering I detest undercooked bacon I generally err on the side of caution) is relegated to breaks between mouthfuls of egg and toast, lest the bacon overpower the subtler dish. My only complaint would be that the provided butter knife makes cutting through the chewy sough dough crust rather a struggle; even a mildly serrated edge would be useful.
• Aiden

  Added 2015.12.03

  All in all a satisfying meal, but I can't leave without one of the things Mary Street Bakery is possibly most famous for these days - donuts. After the donut craze of recent years, Perth started paying attention to the gourmet, made in-house donuts at our cafes and the bakery has been showing up on 'must-try donuts' lists ever since. There are always several different varieties on offer, but I settle on a salted caramel filled donut to take away. Once I've got some room for it I dig in and somehow, despite my high expectations, I'm still pleasantly surprised. The donut is light and fluffy, more pastry-like than the doughy-tasting things generally served up by lesser bakeries. The salted caramel is actually salted, no half-assed jumping on the bandwagon here, and there is A LOT of it. I have genuinely never seen a donut with so much filling before. Caramel craving sated, I'm glad I took it home to eat - no one makes it through a donut that filled without wearing some of it.
• Andrew

  Added 2015.08.25

  Interesting, lively atmosphere if you don't mind being packed in tight.
• Hunter

  Added 2015.08.03

  The oddly multilevel interior breaks up the seating area, creating a sense of cosiness in a space otherwise light and airy with large windows and high ceilings. A mezzanine level hosts the till and the displays of bread and pastries, keeping the bustle of the counter above the seated patrons. I haven't decided yet if I want to dine in on a pastry, so I head up the stairs to check out the day's selection before taking a seat.
• Logan

  Added 2015.04.21

  Overall a bit of a let down unfortunately.
• Alyssa

  Added 2015.02.22

  Fantastic breakfast with great coffee. Very busy and good vibes throughout this lush place. The 'old English' was a great sarnie with runny eggs
• Kevin

  Added 2014.09.26

  After settling in at a table by the window, the attentive waitstaff bring water and a menu, and take my coffee order. The bakery doesn't have mugs for large coffees, but a self-indulgent part of me is pleased; I love the Tiffany & Co blue take-away cups but rarely get coffees to go from Mary Street.
• Joshua

  Added 2013.11.30

  Baked eggs were quite nice with subtle flavours and interesting textures but everything else was disappointing. Chickpea chips looked great but we're way too salty to even get through. Coffee was small which is ok if decent but was very mild in flavour. More like warm milk...
• Alexis

  Added 2013.09.17

  Just before 11am on a Friday is a little late for the brunch set and a bit early for the lunch crowd, but the bakery still hums with conversation. There are quieter cafes on Beaufort St to while away a weekday off, but this is no hidden gem - Mary Street Bakery has a formidable reputation and the customer base to prove it.
• Colin

  Added 2013.07.02

  Get my morning coffee from here most mornings. Great coffee, sometimes could be a little hotter but no real issue. Also there donuts are awesome especially the passion fruit.