Hearthfire Sawtell — Restaurant in Sawtell

Just one visit to Hearthfire bakery is enough to offer a kaleidoscope view into a humble, yet tantalising world of cuisine. Displaying the best of the past, present and future of cafe and bakery culture.

If the graffiti stained, rhino milk sipping snobs in the hellscape of the Melbourne coffee scene has left a bad taste in your keep cup, or the bland McCafe coffee served in champagne glasses in the caverns of Sydney has left you looking for your wallet, this may be the place to remind you that the culture isnt dictated by pretentious trust fund babies wearing their grandparents clothes.

A unique menu and top tier coffee made however you so desire, all served by staff that dont need to pretend they are better than you, nestled in a picturesque beachise town. It's the answer for those seeking a unique, consistent and wholesome dining experience.

They do not however have cheese and bacon...

Bloody delicious. Pies, pasties and sweet treats are outstanding. A truly good bakery with high quality ingredients. Even down to the the full cream organic unhomoginised milk used for the hot drinks. Coffee was good but the chai is setting the benchmark for the rest of the town. My partner believes the beef and red wine pie along with the almond croissant are the best she has had. I particularly loved the spinach and ricotta pasty. Made with silver beet gives it some good thick flavour and an amazing pastry. My kid loved the custard scroll and with good reason. It was bloody beautiful. I'm about to smash the macadam and fig brownie. Looks amazing. Not a cheap feed but I love some baked goods so...

Just so disappointed ! Paid $12.00 for 6 hot cross buns yesterday ,as a surprise fresh nice morning tea for my visiting mum. Not only were they stingingly expensive but they were inedible. So tough you couldn't eat them. Dry & tasteless , I was so embarrassed to have served them. It was like they were burnt as the knife could not cut through the top or bottom of them & chewing was hard to do ( my poor elderly mum gave up ) How could you think to sell something so bad & of such poor quality ..do you not check what you sell before you sell it to your customers for freshness at least? I am local to Sawtell but will not be back, such was my disappointment I could...