Oriental Bakery — Restaurant in Gold Coast City

This little hole in the wall sells outrageously expensive Chinese steamed and baked ‘Char siu bao’ pork buns and other less than delectable looking baked items. The cashier is notoriously rude and only accepts cash. Never ask for ‘a baker’s dozen’ or a discount for quantity purchases. They don’t provide gift cards and could seemingly care less if you ever returned to their little bakery for a second visit. The place looks rather old and grimy and could definitely use a good clean. I don’t like to think about what lurks behind the door to the kitchen. I think they survive economically by the vast tourist activity in that area. I wouldn’t recommend...

The Oriental Bakery was our go to banh mi bakery of choice for the past 10 years, and would be still if we hadn't just moved.

Super friendly, delicious everything, but when we arrived in 2012 and banh mis were scarce, the Oriental Bakery was our saviour! Many banh mis have come and gone in the meantime on the GC and Brisbane, but these are by far the closest to banh mis that you find in the bigger cities (for me, it was the closest I could find to the old Eating St Food Court in Haymarket or Hunter Connection, if this helps). The BBQ pork pastry is also crazy delicious though!

Thank you for supplying our banh mis over the...

I have been a fan of Oriental Bakery since I lived at Broadbeach many many years ago. I loved their dim sims, curry puffs and spring rolls as a treat and have never been disappointed. Now I live up the other end of the GC.....but ..on every visit to Mermaid Beach (except Tuesdays) I will pop in, have a lovely conversation with the lady owner and buy my "fix" of absolute goodies !!! I love their variety of food on offer but always steer towards their yummy dim sims along with chilli sauce. If I could give...