Correction (9 October 2026): an earlier version of this page listed places and details we could not stand behind. It has been rewritten from scratch: every place below was confirmed at two independent sources on 5 October 2026.
Which St Kilda bakery opens earliest, and which one does gluten free bread? This page covers five bakeries and patisseries in and around St Kilda: one on Acland Street, three in Balaclava and one in St Kilda East.
Each place was checked against two independent sources: OpenStreetMap, the place’s own website and the Australian Good Food Guide. Hours appear only where a named listing prints them, and we say whose listing it is. We copied no menu prices, so this page prints none.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Acland Street cakes, vegan brownie | Monarch Cakes | 103 Acland Street, St Kilda |
| Rye bread | Baker in the Rye | 185 Carlisle Street, Balaclava |
| Artisan baking, morning start | Dana Patisserie | 175 Carlisle Street, Balaclava |
| Gluten free bread | Lichtenstein’s Bakehouse | 287 Carlisle Street, St Kilda East |
| Early opener, closed Saturdays | Glick’s Balaclava | 330 Carlisle Street, Balaclava |
Monarch Cakes — 103 Acland Street, St Kilda VIC 3182
Monarch Cakes is an Acland Street cake shop. Its website says it has been baking from the same recipes for over 80 years. It also says its Polish Cheesecake has been made the same way since the early 1920s. The site pages look dated, and sources disagree on hours, so confirm details with the shop before you go.
The order: the Toasted Coconut Fudge Brownie, which the shop’s site labels vegan.
Baker in the Rye — 185 Carlisle Street, Balaclava VIC 3183
Baker in the Rye calls itself an artisan rye bread bakery in Balaclava on its own website. AGFG’s listing shows 6:30 AM to 5:30 PM, seven days a week. The bakery’s own site prints no hours, so treat those times as the listing’s claim. AGFG files the same Carlisle Street address under St Kilda East.
Go for: the rye, going by how the bakery describes itself, with AGFG listing a 6:30 AM start.
Dana Patisserie — 175 Carlisle Street, Balaclava VIC 3183
Dana Patisserie’s website title reads Dana Pattiserie, Artisan Baking, spelling and all. The site lists 175 Carlisle Street and gives hours of 7:30 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Weekends are also listed as 7:30 am to 5 pm. That makes it a daily stop on the site’s own listing.
Go for: a morning pastry run, with the site listing a 7:30 am start every day.
Lichtenstein’s Bakehouse — 287 Carlisle Street, St Kilda East VIC 3183
Lichtenstein’s Bakehouse gives a Carlisle Street address in St Kilda East on its own website. The site advertises Gluten Free Bread at Coles and Woolworths around VIC, so some of its range reaches supermarket shelves. For the shop itself, the site lists Sunday to Thursday 6am to 8pm, Friday 6am to 4pm and Saturday closed.
Go for: gluten free bread, which the site says is sold at Coles and Woolworths around VIC.
Glick’s Balaclava — 330 Carlisle Street, Balaclava VIC 3183
Glick’s Balaclava lists its address on its stores page as 330 Carlisle Street. Its site gives hours of 5:30am to 6:00pm on Sunday, 5:30am to 6:30pm Monday to Wednesday and 5:30am to 7:00pm on Thursday. Friday runs from 5:00am to 6:00pm in summer and, in winter, to 30 minutes before sunset, and Saturday is listed as closed. The stores page still carries a closure banner, so confirm before you go.
Go for: an early start, with the site listing 5:30am openings from Sunday to Thursday.
Quick answers
Which St Kilda bakery lists the earliest opening time?
Glick’s Balaclava, whose site lists 5:30am from Sunday to Thursday and 5:00am on Fridays in summer. Lichtenstein’s Bakehouse lists 6am on its own site. Baker in the Rye shows 6:30 AM on its AGFG listing. Check each listing before you go, because hours change.
Where can I find gluten free bread near St Kilda?
Lichtenstein’s Bakehouse, on Carlisle Street in St Kilda East, advertises Gluten Free Bread at Coles and Woolworths around VIC on its website. We found no other place on this page that says the same.
Which St Kilda bakeries are closed on Saturdays?
Lichtenstein’s Bakehouse lists Saturday as closed on its own site, and Glick’s Balaclava does the same on its hours page. Dana Patisserie’s site lists weekend hours of 7:30 am to 5 pm. AGFG shows Baker in the Rye open on Saturdays from 6:30 AM to 5:30 PM, so that one is the listing’s claim, not the bakery’s own.
Where is the cake shop on Acland Street?
Monarch Cakes is at 103 Acland Street, St Kilda. Its website says it has been baking from the same recipes for over 80 years and that its Polish Cheesecake dates to the early 1920s. Sources disagree on its hours, so this page gives none.
How we checked
We checked every place on this page against at least two independent sources on 5 October 2026: OpenStreetMap, the places’ own websites and the Australian Good Food Guide. We copied no menu prices from these places’ own pages, so this page prints none. Menus, prices and opening hours change, so check with the venue before you go. The cover photo is illustrative, from Unsplash, and does not show any place on this page.
Seen something out of date? Email [email protected] with the page link and what has changed, and we will check it again.
Sources
- Monarch Cakes: openstreetmap.org/4729890291, monarchcakes.com.au, agfg.com.au/monarch-cakes-82801, monarchcakes.com.au/coffee.htm, monarchcakes.com.au/order
- Baker in the Rye: openstreetmap.org/1749607879, bakerintherye.com, agfg.com.au/baker-in-the-rye-80621
- Dana Patisserie: danapatisserie.com, agfg.com.au/dana-patisserie-54318
- Lichtenstein’s Bakehouse: lichtensteinsbakehouse.com.au, agfg.com.au/lichtensteins-bakehouse-81307
- Glick’s Balaclava: glicks.com.au/glicks_stores, agfg.com.au/glicks-balaclava-81296, glicks.com.au
