Best Bakeries in Johor Bahru (JB)

Bakeries are lovely places to visit, but Mr Roti is one bakery you will call your second home. Freshly baked pastries and bread aligned in a range of sweet to savoury treats will have you salivating the moment you walk in. Their custard buns are gems you should look out for and desserts from their menu gives sinful a whole new definition. Legend has it, customers from other states stop by to sweep the racks clean. 

Welcome to a boutique-style eatery that has cheese written all over the menu, cheese lovers get ready to be spoilt to rotten with fabulous selections. Think green tea, mocha, Oreo, blueberry, chocolate nut and durian flavours, to name a few. Need a break from cheese? Nibble their Mini Lotus Pastry Mooncake. The white-washed interior festooned with faux greens and charming knick-knacks just sets the mood straightaway. 

Located in the heart of old Johor Bahru town, this unassuming joint has been satiating palates of locals since the year 1919. Yes, you read that right, it’s close to a century. To further rumble up your hunger, the fresh bread and cakes are made in a huge wood-fired oven, and no preservations are used. The real deal here is their signature banana cake, served hot from the oven and does run out like hot cake. It’s air-light, full of fragrance and the bouncy texture is inevitable.

A far cry from conservative and boring bakeries, Bake & Frost will have you weak at knees with their repertoire of sugary delights and fresh pastries. There is nothing more satisfying than wanting everything on the menu, these Instagram-worthy bites justify being greedy is good. Besides their cakes, the plenty of little nibbles are not to be missed, such as peanut butter puddle fudge that is loaded with semisweet chocolate, assorted pavlovas, and egg tarts. Complete your rhapsody with their towering milkshakes. 

Sidestepping from see-through glass shelve, Mastumiya Japanese Artisan Bakery is draped with ceiling-to-floor windows, offerings a see-through eatery. Despite the compact space, it’s jam-packed with freshly baked, healthy and hearty goodness. Their signature Celeb Bites Special is bound to satisfy the pickiest palate, with a crunchy exterior and spongy inside, then generously filled with Raspberries, walnuts, and cream cheese. With a delicate fragrance towing along, it’s tough to stop once you start masticating. 

One of the oldest and most revered bakeries in Johor Bahru, and has always been in brisk business despite the march of time and booming competitors. The no-frills interior, timeworn signboard, rack of metal tins, coal-fired oven, and an amiable elderly man offers an experience of time travelling back before development kicked off. What tops the scorecard is their huge triangular shaped Bengali curry puffs which come in potato, chicken, beef or lamb renditions. The lip-smacking concoction is encapsulated with flaky and crispy dough that is impeccable, not a surprise as patrons leave the eatery with armloads of it. Moreover, their Roti Bengali rank among the city’s best. 

If Mille Crepes is your jam, jump off the roof to this renowned cafe. Creativity is the name of the game here, therefore, be ready to hem and haw looking at the huge glass shelve chock-full with pastries, cakes, and confectionaries that will leave you slavering. Gobble down your selections in the atmosphere that hums with class and comfort. Their hearty Western delights are worth devouring too, but it’s tough to hold your patience till dessert. They also conjure up one of the best brews in town, an ideal partner for your cakes and pastries.