Choukette

Choukette brings a French bakery, café and restaurant to Sydney Road in Brunswick, with a menu that spans pastry-counter staples and more substantial lunch options. The venue invites guests to sit down for coffee, cake, soup, a casserole, quiche, pastry and other French-style fare, making it suitable for a quick café stop as well as a casual meal. Its offering includes traditional French baguettes, macarons, cakes, pastries, pies, sandwiches, jams and biscuits, alongside cold drinks.

The lunch selection listed on the website includes salad, zucchini slice, ham and cheese croissant, croque monsieur, sandwich, soup, pie and quiche. There is also a dedicated focus on cakes and pastries, with the croissant given its own section. These named offerings give the bakery a broad appeal: visitors can keep things light with coffee and a pastry, choose something savoury for lunch, or settle in for cake. The website does not provide a full current menu, so the selection may extend beyond these examples.

Choukette describes itself as an authentic patisserie and salon de thé, with seating for customers who want to enjoy their food and drinks on site. The team says it works in a friendly atmosphere, and the business has been part of Brunswick’s multicultural Sydney Road since 2008. It is run by an international French team, with the venue presenting itself as a family as much as a workplace. That combination of French baking and a local Brunswick setting is central to its character.

The bakery also places emphasis on how its food is made and how the business operates. Its stated priorities include making everything in-house from basic ingredients, using local products where possible, and reducing waste through recycling and composting. Choukette is open throughout the year, and its range of baked goods, lunch dishes, coffee and cold drinks makes it a practical option for solo visits, relaxed catch-ups and informal family stops. With a 4.4 Google rating from 569 reviews, it is an established choice for French-style bakery and café fare in Melbourne.