Vietnamese bakeries & banh mi shops
Vietnamese bakeries are one of the great Australian food stories. Families who arrived from the late 1970s opened hot bread shops in suburbs such as Cabramatta, Marrickville, Footscray, Springvale and Richmond, baking light, crackly rolls that became the base of the banh mi – the pork roll Australians now queue for at lunchtime.
69 places across Australia
The essentials
This page lists bakeries identified as Vietnamese by their name or cuisine. Many other hot bread shops, run by Vietnamese-Australian families under English names, appear on the Hot bread shops page. The list is built from each shop’s name and the details recorded in open map data. If a specific requirement matters (allergies, certification), call the shop before you go.
Frequently asked questions
What is in a classic banh mi?
A crisp rice-flour-lightened roll with pâté, butter or mayonnaise, cold cuts or roast pork, pickled carrot and daikon, cucumber, coriander, chilli and a dash of soy.
Why are the rolls so light?
The dough is made to bake into a thin, crackly crust with an airy crumb, often using a share of rice flour or improvers.
Do Vietnamese bakeries sell sweets too?
Yes – look for pandan cakes, coconut buns, pâté chaud and sticky rice desserts.