Pyney’s 🥧 Reviews
Sugar n’ Spice & All Things Nice
(Mount Gambier SA)
February, 2026
Following a brief visit to Melbourne, we proceeded towards Mount Gambier in South Australia incorporating an overnight stop in Cobden to catch up with the team with the at the
Cobden Bakery, before we arrived in Mount Gambier. We decided to make camp at The Bellum Hotel
just outside of town which ended up being a dangerous choice, as I am a bit partial to “Happy Hour”. I had a few places lined up in Mount Gambier and one of these was Sugar ‘n Spice & All Things Nice.
The bakery is located in the Woolworths shopping centre complex on Commercial Street, operated and owned by golfing tragics Victor and Tania. The bakery has just celebrated its 12 birthday and with no formal baking experience these two are doing a ripping job. Tania has been in the industry for a long time and Victor joined the party after spending years as a spray painter. With the help of 9 staff including baker Taylor, this is a cracking little joint .
When you walk in your’re greeted by a full 🥧 warmer and two sensational sweet and savory cabinets either side. The various cakes will have your attention immediately. Tania mentioned they do a stack of birthday and specialty cakes, and they all looked incredible. I quickly made my way over to the 🥧 warmer to avoid any further distraction as I was super keen to get started.
There is a good variety, over 10+ different flavours to choose from on the menu. Most of your traditional bakery favourites are here, even “Steak & Kidney” gets a start. One of the locals gave me a tip on the “Lamb & Rosemary”. I was told it was a little ripper, also it had a few added ingredients that give it some real extra flavour. After getting that late mail, that was the one I went with for this weeks review.
🥧 THE REVIEW 🥧
1. Value for Money – $6.80 was fantasic value in my opinion for a 🥧 of this size and quality. It was more than a generous size in diameter and depth and weighed above the industry standard. In this environment, any 🥧 priced in the six dollar range is great value. 9/10
2. Meat/Fill Ratio – No issues with the meat to fill ratio here, it was completely full. 10/10
3 Flavour – Slow cooked lamb, rosemary, garlic and mustard seed. The flavour that was in this 🥧 was wonderful. All the ingredients combined exceptionally well and the rosemary, garlic and mustard seed were the perfect balance and never overpowered each other. The lamb was cooked beautifully and couldn’t be faulted. Overall the team have done an epic job with this flavour. 8.5/10
4. Pastry – From first looks the 🥧 has a fantasic color to it, great shape and very minimal shrinkage. When cut open the stability was excellent and when tipped upside down it didn’t move. Both bake thicknesses were really good as was the bottom bake. Only real negative was the top bake needed a fraction more puff and was slightly underbaked. This was only minor but pics will show this. Overall nothing major just a couple of tweaks in what was very impressive pastry. 8.5/10
5. Serving Temperature – Perfect serving temp. Overall Rating
🥧🥧 46/50 🥧🥧
Tania, Victor and Taylor have produced a wonderful product that I thoroughly enjoyed. Lamb & Rosemary is not my normal go to, but this is one 🥧 I’d easily have again. The added garlic and musted seed was a sensational add on. It gave this 🥧 some extra punch and as mentioned earlier, the added ingredients complimented beautifully. The price point, meat ratio, serving temp were on song, and the pastry wasn’t far away. I’m so glad I chose this particular flavoured 🥧 it was fantastic. Great job team well done, highly recommended.
You’d be off ya chops if you didn’t add this bakery to your travel plans. Whilst only small it still packs a massive punch and will more than cater for your sweet and savory cravings. If your after a bakery of your own or looking to expand, the bakery is up for sale and 100% worth a look. All genuine enquiries can be made directly with the bakery or contact myself.
Victor and Tania a massive thanks for having me in on short notice. You guys are not only quality operators but quality people. The hard work you have put into this place is incredible. Your products are first class and your cabinet display is perfect and hopefully the right buyer is just around the corner. Stay in touch and hopefully next time we can catch up and have a ⛳️🏌️♂️round.
Mount Gambier itself has plenty on offer and has exceeed all our expectations. This place has so much to see and do, hope you enjoy the pics below.
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