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Iggy's Bread

131 Macpherson St, Bronte NSW 2024, Australia

Recommended by 21 people

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131 Macpherson St, Bronte NSW 2024, Australia

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HoursMonday: Closed Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM Thursday: 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM Friday: 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM Saturday: 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM Sunday: 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM

*Opening hours may differ during holidays.

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About Iggy's Bread

Bronte’s benchmark bakehouse turns out crusty, wild-fermented sourdough loaves and rustic pastries that pull early dawn crowds down Macpherson Street. The attraction is simple: bread sold warm straight from the oven alongside sourdough croissants laminated with rich butter. Enthusiasts make regular morning runs for the hefty white sourdough, dense double-sided poppyseed bagels, and pain au chocolat. Weekend pastry batches are batch-limited and move quickly, often gone within thirty minutes of opening. Settle on a loaf with dark blistering or tear into a crisp pastry on the walk down toward the ocean.

  • Oven-Warm Sourdough & Bagels: Loaves emerge fresh from morning bakes with blistered crusts, chewy crumb, and dense poppyseed bagels.
  • Sourdough Croissants: Rustic lamination with a sourdough starter delivers layered flakiness, tangy depth, and rich butter.
  • Early Morning Sellouts: Small-batch morning bakes draw queues well before 7 AM, with popular weekend bakes clearing out early.
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The Case for Iggy's Bread

Why Bronte locals and visitors line up early for artisan sourdough and morning pastries

  • Signature Sourdough Croissants

    Iggy's relies on natural sourdough fermentation and high-grade butter to deliver artisan croissants with a distinct balance of crisp, flaky exterior and chewy, flavourful crumb.

    crispy with the outside flaking away gently and the inside is soft and lets you taste the sourdough starter used as well as the richness of the savoury butter

    Paul Nguyen

  • Oven-Warm Morning Loaves

    Unlike bakeries that finish all baking overnight, Iggy's pulls fresh sourdough loaves directly from the oven throughout the morning hours.

    the bread here is warm in the mornings, with fresh bread coming out of the oven still

    SashKet

  • Worth the Dawn Queue

    Customers gladly brave morning lines knowing the reward of warm, fresh-baked goods justifies the early effort.

    Completely worth the early start and highly recommended.

    D

  • Pure Crumb Satisfaction

    The sheer quality and aroma of fresh artisan baking creates immediate satisfaction that customers cannot resist tasting on the spot.

    Waking up early, getting the perfect loaf of bread and eating the quarter of it on the way home

    filiz peksen

  • Weekly Home Provisioning

    Loaves, bagels, and rolls retain their signature crumb and texture through freezing, allowing customers to provision bakery quality at home all week.

    I can't believe how fresh it taste each time reheated up from the oven and the crunch from the croissants just no words to describe

    Joe Tai

  • Low-Waste Fresh Batches

    By intentionally capping production to minimise waste, key items routinely sell out early, encouraging visitors to stop by early.

    have a (sensible) policy of minimising waste, so they often run out of key items well before closing time

    Marco Marini

Signature artisan sourdough loaves and morning viennoiserie baked fresh daily

  • Croissants

    Iggy’s Pastries has the best croissants I’ve had in Sydney. Perfectly flaky, buttery, and absolutely mouth-watering.

    D

  • Bagels

    I went with the bagels and boy was I happy, smile from ear to ear. I usually feel sick after eating bread, but my experience today was the opposite. Loads of butter later, I felt satisfied.

    Marina Hanna

  • Pain au Chocolat

    these pain au chocolat are soooo unreal!

    riturhs

  • White Sourdough

    It’s the white sourdough that I particularly love here. Fantastic crumb, really chewy with a nice thick crust and toasts absolutely beautifully.

    SashKet

Frequently Asked Questions

When should I arrive to avoid missing out?

Arrive as early as possible in the morning, especially before opening or on weekends. Queues can stretch down the street before 7:00 AM, and popular items like croissants, pastries, and key bread loaves frequently sell out well before closing.

Can I get items to take away?

Yes, takeaways are standard and recommended. While there are a few places to sit down, most patrons take their freshly baked bread and pastries to go, often heading to the nearby coastline or enjoying them at home. Delivery is not offered.

Are croissants and pastries available every day?

Pastries and specialty sourdough croissants are primarily baked and available on weekends (and some Fridays), whereas artisan sourdough breads, bagels, and rolls are available throughout the week. Croissants often sell out within the first few hours of opening.

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