Quirky little place, but yummy food, decent coffee and low prices. The staff are charming. The decor makes me feel like I’ve gone back in time, but in a nice way. Worth a visit.
Best place around to get your straight up avo on toast at the price it should be, $10. Served on top notch sourdough at just the right thickness and rightly accompanied with a lemon wedge. Its the simple things 👌🏻 Coffee is great here too. Perfect combo to chill in the sunny courtyard.
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Sometimes living in Toorak/South Yarra gets a bit boring. Even despite being away from the area so long nothing really ever changes... so we drove across to Brunswick to try something NEW.
And it turned out great. I don’t know why we don’t come across to this side of town often yet I felt like a pie and saw on urban list it was noted as one of the best pies in Melbourne. Oh it really was!
We were served by lovely staff. Happy and smiling, we ordered a butter chicken pie, burgundy pie, beef sausage roll, a pink cupcake and a jam donut. Added two coffees and a ginger beer and it was $40. Bargain!
My little one scoffed the cake side of the order and wouldn’t share any of it but I managed to get a dot of jam on my knife and it was delicious in that donut.
My beef pie was absolutely stunning. The pastry was crisp and buttery.. great meaty filling with no gristle (my pet hate)
My partners chicken makhani pie was really really good. Indian in a pie is a great idea.
There weren’t many seats inside or out front available as it was full of patrons so we went out back into the most beautiful garden.. sunshine + pies + coffee + happy children was a great lunch.
We will 110% be back next Sunday to try more!
Sugardough has an amazing selection of Breads and very affordable breakfast options. The sourdoughs are delish and always so fresh, great coffee, and their smashed avo is around $10 and so so good. Also try their veggo pie if you’re in a rush - hard to find a good veggo pie these days but they’ve got one.
Haven’t tried any of their pastries yet, but we always come here for the quiches and pies and it’s delicious every time! Really good value for money, especially the quiches as they are quite big. Coffee is great too. Quite a small place so seating can be quite limited, but really cosy atmosphere and friendly staff. One of the gems around here for sure!
Nice hidden gem in Brunswick. I loved the little cookie that came with my latte! Breakfast pie was great value, and it was savory too. Lemon slice was bit sweet for my taste. The place is small but we were lucky to grab a seat. The only downside I noticed was a fly hovering above the desserts...
This is THE best croissant I have ever had. I got the almond one and I can't believe I've lived my life thus far without experiencing this. Also had the granola and it was delicious 10/10 recommend
Busy bakery. French Italian! Nearly always jam packed with people no matter what time of day. A good sign of good food! Everything prepared on premises.
Service can be a bit eratic and slow, however the wait is worth it.
If you are lucky enough to get a table their daily specials, especially the soups, are magnificent.
Nothing seems to have changed here, save and except for the change of management. The assorted vintage bakewares and cutleries still adorned the place, the counter is still brimming with pastries, cakes and tarts, and my cup of latte still came accompanied by a tiny dove (or maybe duckling) shortbread bickie.
The latte was just what I needed for an afternoon pick-me-up. Strong and smooth, a great brew indeed.
Feeling peckish, my partner ordered the prosciutto panini and he quickly found out that you should be careful when you’re eating. The ciabatta bread was a bit tough and overall a bit dry, and made contact with the roof of his mouth. Nothing major as he still managed to quickly demolished the panini.
Would have liked to sit a bit longer to take in the quaint and homely atmosphere, but as they were closing for the day, it was time for us to head off.
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Sugar dough Panifico & Patisserie is an adorable little cafe located on Lygon street in Brunswick that serves cheap homestyle meals in a cosy family friendly environment. Although this venue is tiny inside only seating a max of 20 people on minuscular tables for two, there is a garden out the back to accommodate for large parties. The mishmash of cutlery, furnisher and old fashion crockery sprawled on the walls truly makes this cafe one of a kind. Upon entering one is immediately drawn to the squishy counter littered with an assortment of freshly baked cakes and pastries with savoury paninis and pies behind a glass cabinet. The wooden shelves house freshly baked breads with homemade jams and there mighty organic fresh free range eggs. Everything is made on the vicinity and whipped up in style in the small kitchen with ease.
After previously visiting this cafe for a quick takeaway and remembering it to be rather good, we entered Sugardough again on a cold late Sunday afternoon to a moderately busy atmosphere but comfortably got a tiny table for two next to the wall with a perfect view of the blackboard menu. Observing that it was an order at the counter deal we got ourselves comfortable with the Sunday age and pondered upon what to order from the large array of items scribbled across the board. After seeing dishes arrive around us we quickly ordered at the counter deciding to go for the roast vegetable, pesto and feta tart along with the organic granola with yogurt and strawberry and rhubarb compote and a long black.
The long black arrived quickly with there trade mark biscuit of a tiny little duck shortbread cookie. The brew was hot and thick with a lovely dark aroma and was as good as I remembered it to be. Shorty after our meals arrived looking mouth-watering we couldn’t wait to dig in. The roast vegetable, pesto and feta tart composed of oven roasted capsicum, zucchini, eggplant on flaky puff pastry with a side of garden greens and tomato relish was a huge slice of antipasto goodness. The shear size of the tart that was hanging over the plate was utterly delicious. The vegetables where all cooked to perfection ensuring that the thin pastry was not soggy at the bottom. The standout would have to be the tomato relish that was pleasantly sweet and the perfect complement to the flawless tart.
The organic granola with yoghurt and strawberry rhubarb compote served with soy milk was equally as enjoyable and filling. Firstly the granola was littered with every sort of nut one could image toasted to perfection in a sticky glaze. From almonds to walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, macadamias and more this was essentially just a bowl of nuts with a few clusters of oats and seeds. I love my granola chunky and by god was it chunky with whole nuts filling the bowl to the brim. The granola was overly toasted so it was almost on the bitter side just how I like as it wasn’t overly sweet and full of sugar. The thick dollop of creamy tart greek yoghurt was a match made in heaven with the sour yet subtly sweet stewed rhubarb and strawberry compote. The generous serving of soy milk coated the dish pulling all elements of the dish together. This was by far one of the most filling bowls of granola ever consumed due to it being almost only made up of nuts but we pushed on and finished each dish as they were too good not to finish.
Sugar dough is a fabulous humble little cafe that is sure to deliver excellent freshly baked goodies at a dirt cheap price. The food may not appear anything specials but I can ensure you all dishes pack a punch of flavour and the coffee is equally as good. I will certainly be returning to this great establishment as the staff are utterly friendly and the comforting environment is perfect for a relaxing afternoon treat.
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