Excellent cafe, serving amazing cakes and bread. Friendly service and a nice space. Possibly one of the best cakes I’ve ever eaten. Highly recommended.
This place is a haven for anyone who loves the bliss of eating a high quality pastry or loaf! The attention to detail and selection of high quality ingredients is evident in both the taste and look of their products. Will definitely be back to sample more goodies 👍
This large and light filled spot is perfect for breakfast, bread, coffee or pastries. I love the simple and rustic yet innovative menu. Everything is pretty reasonably priced and fresh but hearty. The $13 egg, creamed greens and onion baguette is very crusty with just the right amount of sweetness and creaminess. Coffee is also very nice.
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This bakery cafe in the backstreets of Brunswick is an absolute hidden gem. Not your usual style of bakery, Wild Life has a large open warehouse feel with windows into the kitchen so that you can see the bakers at work. With it's white walls and open front, there is heaps of natural light making this a gorgeous place to dine.
It gets quite busy, especially on weekends; but if you are lucky, you will score a table and be able to dine in. There are tables indoors and out, as well as stools at the counter. Staff are friendly and always happy to suggest what is good. The shelves and cabinets overflow with delicious breads, pastries and cakes; all of which are such temptation.
Meals are also cooked in the kitchen, but we've only ever been here for coffee and cake. They really are irresistible, all hand made and just so tasty. Beautiful flaky croissants, gigantic choc chip cookies, delicious fruit tarts and amazing moist cakes. Every time we come we try something different and have yet to be disappointed.
The pastry is flaky and buttery. The cookies are full of molten chocolate pieces and the tarts have perfectly short pastry. The apple crumble cake was such a pleasure... we devoured it in minutes.
Coffee is also excellent and goes perfectly with these sweet treats. Wild Life Bakery is well worth seeking out as it's a beautiful spot to enjoy some fantastic food and coffee, or simply pop in to grab some takeaway treats to enjoy at home.
I found out about Wild Life Bakery the way plebs unaware of Melbourne’s latest advancements in sourdough found out about it – through this effusive Broadsheet review about its famed baguette with egg, creamed greens and onion jam. While it didn’t, in itself, sound that exciting, I believed the writer when he wrote: “it sounds downright boring on the menu, but then you bite into it and feel like Nicholas Cage and Ed Harris discovering a national treasure”. I wanted to feel like Nick and Ed when they discovered god knows what in a blockbuster film I’ve actively steered clear from for no apparent reason other than ambivalence.
The food is tasty and the coffee is good, but the service is a little disorganised and scattered. Orders for baked goods get forgotten, have had to follow it up a few times and they've missed a few things ordered off the menu.
I learnt about this place via a Time Out post and decided to try. It was very spacious with friendly staff and was not crazy busy on a Sunday afternoon which was nice. I liked the modern interior design of the bakery and somehow it reminded me of Lune Croissanterie in Fitzroy. The mocha I ordered was very delicious, however, their Shakshuka with feta and braised lamb shoulder was definitely a highlight of the day.
Great bread... just don’t throw it through a window. It weighed like a bowling ball. The cafe was airy, spacious and despite having to put our names down we got a table quickly. The coffee was good but the breakfast was stunning. These days you’ve gotta do something different to stand out and this place has done it.
Brown rice congee? Duck egg? Sumptuous yet surprisingly filing. A little spicy too. One of the best shahshukas I’ve had. Definitely worth a visit or many.
An amazing find! Set in a re designed workshop the space was really great! Delicious food and friendly staff. Lots of room and natural light. Comte and onion toastie was mouthwatering!
Wild Life Bakery is a bakery and cafe in Brunswick East from seasoned barista and self confessed bread lover Huw Murdoch. Murdoch was (and is) a huge fan of the bread at San Francisco’s Tartine Bakery.
Beautiful open spaces of dining area on Saturday 🌞afternoon.
I had an appointment and happened be parked🚫 near by.
Wonderful delicious bun which had cream cheese on top with fruity pastry. Turkish bread was crispy outside and chewy moist and tasty soft bread😋
Very nice lovely staff and helped me with their menu and parking area.
Thank you😊
I will definitely come back soon❣
What a beautiful calm space. Discovered this bakery recently and had a great time. I find the space so beautiful and open.
We had a nice chai and iced coffee as well as delicious pastries. They have a vegan cookie and carrot cake which were both delicious.
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This bakery in the small street of Brunswick will immediately draw you in with their heavenly aroma from their freshly baked goods and toasted sandwiches.
They update their menus and create new and limited edition goods that I always find myself here. Their selection of cakes and pastries as well as their infamous kimchi toastie & caramelised onion toastie sell out so early bc they are that good.
Almond croissant (4/5): the lamination and butteriness of the croissant is insane as I bit into that crunchy webbing. The almond frangipane was delicious but personally wasn’t mind-blowing as other reviews have stated. Wished to have more flakiness, as well as a bit of a softer interior to win my heart.
Kimchi cheese sandwich(3/5): the sourdough bread is the star of the sandwich. So well buttered and toasted, which paired well with that tangy fermented kimchi and cheesy goodness. I love my kimchi religiously but the kimchi here was unfortunately a letdown as it had not been fermented enough given its sour overpowering taste.
Their pies and sausage rolls are on another level. The flaky pastry obviously goes unsaid, but the filling is so complex - they love their mix of sweet and savoury, and aromatics. I always roll my eyes when I bite into their oversized pastries.
Caramelised onion cheese sandwich (4.5/5): the aroma in this made me speechless. A nice sweet salty and tangy kick from the caramelised onion which paired so well with the consistently buttery sourdough.
Look out for their specials bc they are always beyond amazing and wish they were here to say, esp their banoffee danish and apple walnut caramel koji turnover pastry.
Food: 4
Value: 3.5
Ambience: 4.5
Service: 4
By far the best sourdough in Melbourne! We’ve been buying our sourdough from here for more than 2 years. Haven’t been able to find another bakery that matches the quality! The staff are always so friendly which is a massive bonus! Definitely give their sourdough a try.
This place serves up one of the best breads and pastries. Definitely try their morning bun, focaccia slices and all their sandwiches are delish, especially their ham cheese toastie, roast chicken and egg creamed greens baguettes.
Had plain croissant, quiche and sausage roll.
All were good and nice warm quiche and sausage roll.
I went to Monday but toast was not available 😭
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I went there many times for a coffee on the go. They only offer 2 alternatives for non-dairy consumers: oat milk and soy milk. The coffee was absolutely delicious!!!.... I went recently to have lunch, they close early (around 3 pm I think) and I order a special menu of the day: a combination of salads, and again, it was delicious!... my salad was a full meal itself, after finished it I was absolutely satisfied. I loved the combination of colors, textures and the dressing full of flavors. I didn’t need to add nothing else. The dish came with a very thick slice of homemade -authentic- sourdough bread and a portion of butter aside. I loved the Wild Life Bakery, the vibes, friendly staff, the decoration, spacious, clean, well illuminated... I can’t wait to be in the surroundings again and have lunch there once more. A selection of a daily special plus a coffee was around $22/24, the prices are fair enough. Last but not least, you can buy very good quality bakery products there to take home, such as different kinds of breads, croissants and other sweet treats. I recommend
Very good sourdough, one of the best in Melbourne. We have tried many of the big brands in Melbourne and this has been the best so far. Also exceptional customer service! Will be coming back for more even though we live nearly 1hour away!
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