2025 Pyney’s 🥧 Reviews
Review No 28
The Redhead Bakehouse
(Redhead NSW)
April 2025
Exploring the Central Coast and Newcastle area was one place that’s been on my bucket list for sometime. This area has so much to offer and absolutely littered with so many quality bakeries and 🥧 joints. I decided to set up base around 30 mins south of Newcastle in the Belmont area and the first bakery on my list was Redhead’s Quality Bake
The bakery itself is located in Cowlishaw Street in the coastal area of Redhead. The bakery has been in operation for the last 17 years. Owners Gareth & Lauren started the bakery then in 2023 they added business partners Ella and Nathan. As it turns out both Ella and Nathan started working at the bakery when it first opened up, which is very cool.
This bakery itself is pretty tiny both in the service area and production room. Don’t let the size worry you, this joint gets crazy busy and the amount of cars parked out the front is a good indication of this.
The layout inside is fantastic and flows exceptionally well. From the moment you walk in the door you greeted by a cabinet full of golden colored 🥧’s. Then if that’s not distracting enough, you look to your left and there’s a huge assortment of cakes, sweets, and other sensational treats. The color of the 🥧’s really had my attention so we decided to get cracking.
The menu board is stacked with a huge assortment of classic flavours and some epic gourmets ones thrown in as well. I tried the cheeseburger (outstanding) chicken carbonara (outstanding) steak cheese and jalapeño (outstanding) but I really wanted to try the “chunky steak, smoked chili kabana” apparently this thing had a bit of 🔥 to it, and I was keen to give it a go.
🥧 THE REVIEW 🥧
1. Value for Money – $8.50 is slightly creeping up there, but nothing to get worried about. It was a decent size 🥧 weighing in around 263g which is above the industry standard. Overall this 🥧 was priced well for what you got. 8.5/10
2. Meat/Fill Ratio – Full, Full, Full. This was a easy one to score. 10/10
3. Flavour – The flavour in this 🥧 was bloody awesome !!! From the first bite and nearly every bite after that, you got a decent chunk of steak and that smoked 🌶️ kabana. I was expecting the 🌶️ kabana to be a lot hotter and give me some massive issues a few hours later, but it wasn’t that hot and the kabana blended in with the the steak beautifully. The dark gravy sauce, gave this 🥧 that extra flavour and tasted great. Fantastic flavour guys, loved it !! 10/10
4. Pastry – The pastry was great, apart from the top bake and bake thickness. Every other aspect was nearly perfect or there about’s. The color the stand out, all their 🥧’s were golden in colour and could light up a room. The shape, shrinkage and stability were also spot on. The bottom bake and thickness was excellent, but as previously mentioned the top bake and thickness needed a little work. Overall the pastry was really good, just a few minor tweaks needed. 8.5/10
5. Serving Temperature – Excellent serving temp. Straight out of the oven into the mouth. 10/10
Overall Rating
🥧🥧 47/50 🥧🥧
This was a beautiful 🥧 and one that wasn’t far from being perfect. The flavour was exceptional and really surprised me. I was expecting this 🥧 to be a real ring stinger. Don’t get me wrong, it had some punch to it, but nothing that would scare you away or stop you from trying it. The pastry was terrific and was almost perfect apart from a few minor blemishes. The price point was acceptable, the thing was full, and the serving temperature was spot on. The team have done a fabulous job with this one and I’m so glad I gave it a try, great work guys, loved it.
Another little beauty to add to your list. The suburban location is the last place you would expect to find a bakery, but you cannot miss it just look out for all the cars. This bakery is a must stop for all genuine 🥧 lovers. I forgot to mention there is a small range of gluten-free pies available as well from Thus to Sat (check availability)
To Gareth, Ella, Nathan and the entire team I cannot thank you enough for allowing me to share your incredible 🥧 journey. You guys have a sensational business and it’s not hard to see why, from your products to your staff everything is first class. You don’t have a huge space in the bakery but it works and works well. I wish you guys all the best and you will see me again, I absolutely loved this visit.
