Flinders Sourdough — Restaurant in Melbourne

Had the worst food experience at this Bakery on New Years Day, the sausage roll we purchased was hard dry and tasteless(grey processed meat) - not even tomato sauce could redeem this cardboard monstrosity, which is concerning as I am not a picky eater.

I was convinced it was frozen! surprised given this bakeries reputation.. I searched their reviews and there was a picture from another poster of a sausage roll that looked nothing like the one we purchased... what a conspiracy.. did they buy in cheap frozen sausage rolls? My only regret is not taking a picture.

This bakery is renowned for their bread, my advice is to stick to what...

I feel really bad for writing this review ... but DO NOT go here for sourdough.

Was initially excited to see this artisan sourdough bakery. However very disappointed when I saw the sourdough loaves. The loaves had none of the markers of a good sourdough. Instead of being golden, they were pale. No ear. No blistering. No open crumb, looked quite dense. I suspect oven was not hot enough, weren't baked long enough or the starter was not happy.

However, the customer service was wonderful, staff were friendly and the pies were a notch above. Beach buns were also quite good, appreciated the...

A cue to a bakery is usually a good indicator for me, and whilst waiting in line I was sussing out what everyone in the nice sitting area were eating. Based on what I saw I couldn’t make up my mind as all the food looked great!! I went for a sausage roll (classic me) and was NOT disappointed. The moisture content as well as flavour to texture ratio was off its nut and there was also minimal oil that I associate with bad ones. The pastry was perfect and overall I left definitely knowing...