Pyney’s 🥧 Reviews
Pomona Bakery
(Pomona QLD)
July, 2026
After leaving Hervey Bay we made our way down to the Sunshine Coast. I had several meetings lined up for the week, plus I wanted to visit a few bakeries. One of those bakeries I wanted to visit was the Pomona Bakery. This bakery holds a very special place in my heart, it was the venue where I conducted my first ever review back in 2020. Since then over 1,100 bakeries and 🥧 joints have been visited. So I thought I’d head back to where it all begun and see if the 🥧’s had changed.
Pomona is located about 135km north of Brisbane. It’s a historic hinterland town in the Noosa Shire known for housing the world’s oldest continuously running silent movie cinema (the Majestic Theatre) and sitting at the foot of the rugged Mount Cooroora.
The bakery is in the centre of town just and has changed owners since my original review. Shane and Sam bought the bakery back in March this year and had no baking experience what so over when they took over. The couple has spent the majority of their career working on the land and are still farming whilst running the bakery and another one they purchased in Brisbane.
This old school bakery has a fantasic outdoor seating area and a beautiful cabinet display filled with all the old school products. The selection of 🥧’s on the menu is also quite impressive with over 15 different flavours to choose from. Choosing a 🥧 to review was a easy decision. I wanted to review the same flavoured 🥧 I did way back in February 2020. As soon as it came out of the 🥧warmer I knew I had made the right choice.
🥧 THE REVIEW 🥧
1. Value for Money – At $8.95 it’s certainly up there in price, but this bad boy weighed in at a whopping 348grams. This is over 100 plus grams higher than the industry standard. This was a huge 🥧 in both depth and diameter and the $8.95 price tag was worth every cent 10/10
2. Meat/Fill Ratio – Totally full !!! No more words required 10/10
3. Flavour – The flavour was as good if not better than my first experience back in 2020. Tackling this 🥧 was tough as it was so big, but the first bite was fantasic. The mince/chunky combination was beautifully cooked and the dark gravy sauce tasted great. This pepper 🥧 had some serious kick thanks to the black cracked pepper which could be tasted with every bite. Just a basic pepper flavoured 🥧 done really well. Great job. 9/10
4. Pastry – The overall standard of this pastry was really good. The color, shape and shrinkage were all of the highest standard. This 🥧 was bloody heavy and the stability was absolutely perfect. When tipped upside down this 🥧 didn’t move one bit. The top bake and its thickness was near perfect and tasted great. The only negative was the bottom bake was slightly underdone (wet lines in pic) Apart from this minor blemish the pastry quality was excellent. 9/10
5. Serving Temperature – Perfect temp !!! 10/10
Overall Rating
🥧🥧 48/50 🥧🥧
This was a epic product and hasn’t changed since my original visit. I’ve had so many Pomona Bakery pepper 🥧’s and they are up there with the best I’ve had. 348 grams is a massive 🥧 and the price tag was totally worth it. The 🥧 was full, the flavour great and the pastry was very well put together. The baking team have done a sterling job with this product and need to be congratulated. Be warned the black cracked pepper has a little kick to it 🔥 but nothing that’s gunna scare you away. Coming back to this sensational bakery didn’t disappoint, and I strongly recommend this particular flavoured 🥧 it was an absolute beauty. Great work legends, see you again soon.
A huge thanks to the team for having me in. I absolutely love this bakery and it was pretty awesome to get back to where it all started. Since taking over in March, Sam and Shane have made a few little changes, but the products are still as good as ever. This is your classic country bakery, where the people come to enjoy great food and catch up with friends. Stay tuned !!! You will see some big changes over the next 6/12 months with a full paddock to 🥧 experience. This is going to be a real game changer and I cannot wait to get back and give them a try.
Pomona is a fantastic little town that’s 100% worth visiting. It has that real country feel to it while only being a half hour drive from Noosa. The Pomona pub is also worth checking out, the pub grub meals are massive and well priced.
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