River Baker Cafe

Bakery · Orbost

Bakery · Orbost VIC

Pies, pastries and fresh bread on Nicholson Street, Orbost.

A country bakery with pies at the top of the list, plus sausage rolls, vanilla slices, carrot cake, salad rolls, bacon and egg rolls, glazed donuts, bread and coffee. Guests say it is all made on site. Take it away, or sit in.

4.6 ★ on Google from 267 reviews

Call (03) 4101 9023 Get directions
Rows of golden-brown individual pies with crimped tops, cooling on a wire rack

From the oven

Pies, slices and bread, made on site.

A thick slice of vanilla slice with a pale custard filling and yellow icing, on a white plate with a fork
Vanilla slice: a generous slice with yellow icing.
A slice of layered carrot cake with white icing between the layers and a crunchy nut topping, on a plate with a fork
Carrot cake: layered, with icing and a crunchy nut top.
A cream-filled lamington beside sugar-dusted cream puffs in the cabinet, with yellow tarts on the shelf below
Lamingtons and cream puffs: cream-filled, from the cabinet.
A golden loaf of bread with a sesame-seed top, baked as a row of joined rolls
Fresh bread: a sesame-topped loaf.
Chocolate cupcakes with swirls of dark icing dusted with icing sugar, in foil cases
Cupcakes: dark chocolate icing.
Glass jars and a cake stand of biscuits on the counter, one jar labelled Giant
Biscuits: in glass jars on the counter.

What guests talk about

  • PiesThe most-mentioned item in the reviews, including cheeseburger and pepper pies.
  • Sausage rolls and pastiesFlaky pastry, often named alongside the pies.
  • Vanilla sliceGenerous slices, mentioned in 15 reviews.
  • Carrot cakeA guest favourite, and good with a coffee.
  • RollsSalad rolls, bacon and egg rolls and spinach and ricotta rolls.
  • Donuts, lamingtons and coffeeGlazed and jam donuts, lamingtons with cream, and good coffee.

From Google reviews. Ask at the counter for what's in the cabinet today.

Good to know

A country bakery that guests recommend to travellers and locals alike.

  • Nicholson Street, Orbost174 Nicholson Street, Orbost.
  • Pies firstPies are mentioned in 73 reviews, far more than anything else.
  • Made on siteGuests say the pies, cakes, slices and bread are all made on the premises.
  • Sweet thingsVanilla slice, carrot cake, lamingtons, eclairs and glazed donuts.
  • Eat in or take awayTables inside, and everything is easy to take away.
  • Hours7am to 4pm daily on Google Maps; please call ahead to confirm.

Opening hours

Monday7am–4pm
Tuesday7am–4pm
Wednesday7am–4pm
Thursday7am–4pm
Friday7am–4pm
Saturday7am–4pm
Sunday7am–4pm

Hours from Google Maps (checked 30 October 2026). Google Maps also lists shorter hours on some days (for example a Sunday shown as 7am to 8am), so please call ahead on (03) 4101 9023 to confirm.

Find us

The bakery's front, with the River Baker Cafe name on the sign above a verandah and a stone-clad base, under a blue sky

Driving through Orbost?

Stop on Nicholson Street for a pie, a slice and a coffee. Open 7am to 4pm daily on Google Maps; call ahead to confirm.

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River Baker Cafe
174 Nicholson St, Orbost VIC 3888
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