The Portarlington Bakehouse

2 stars for nice backyard with small playground for kids. Personally I cannot enjoy to eat too sweet, sugar taste bread. And couldn't taste other than sugar from almond croissant and hotcross bun. Almond croissant could've had more flavour but not. This place thou has been loved locally, quite historical bakery worth to visit to see old time classic design inside and sit outside backyard.Was gonna buy savory bread, but didn't end up.

There are too many choices!Sweet, savoury and drinks selections galore. Hot or cold. Sitting inside or outside?They even had some fresh loaves of bread and eggs on a separate counter if you want a quick purchase. (Milk is in the fridge).After much thought, we tried the Sheppard's Pie and a toasted BLT. Tomorrow we go back and try some more. For something sweet, we consumed the 'Beesting'. Tomorrow we go back and try some more.Had a nice cuppa coffee and sat outside. Tomorrow we sit...hmmm

We dined in on a weekday in Jan 2020 and sat outside so the kids could play on the playground while we ate and chatted.Atmosphere 10/10Food quality 7/10Coffee 2/10Milkshakes 7/10Overall service 8/10Cleanliness 7/10Order Accuracy 8/10Speed of Service 9/10Value 8/10Worth the visit if you have kids and/or dogs.

We drove down here from Belmont with my co-worker's advice. The working hours on Google are incorrect. The vanilla slice is poor as it has thick pastries and a butter-like custard. The meat pies and the coffees are below avarage. 1-star is only for their cozy space & backyard, however T.I. (an American rapper) is running at the background which I don't believe their playlist fits to the atmosphere.

Love this café. Best coffee in the area, huge selection of cakes and sandwiches and the best pastries ever. Add to that a nice setting outside.You can also buy a great loaf of bread.

Been a customer here for a long time. We ordered 2 pies last week that were mushy and the pastry tasted like cardboard. The cream continental pastry was tasteless too. The fresh loaves have been stale lately like two day old bread. Hugely disappointing.

The coffee is great but the pies are terrible. Too much pastry which looked and tasted uncooked. We had 3 different pies which had the same meat filling with the only difference being curry or cheese. Don’t say, it’s steak and cheese when it’s all mince.The ambiance is nice but food was very ordinary

I love such places.An old traditional bakery following the business concept for more than 100 years.The bread, pies, sandwiches, morning Buns, just everything was superb. The coffee was one of the best I had in more than a week on our trip through South Australia and Victoria.The coffee fruit bun was great and the front loaf was as well. The almond croissant was like I remember from childhood.And the bread was really lovely as well.You see and taste the passion and the Woodfield oven flavor in the bread.A place worth driving to from a greater region and definitely must-do again on my next Melbourne trip.Thanks to the friendly staff for this great experience.

The staff and service are spot on. There is a great selection of either savory or sweet food. The hot drinks were perfect. The apricot Danish was delicious as was the vanilla slices. Well worth visiting for a bite to eat.