Lox in a Box
Bagels · North Bondi
A tiny, much-loved North Bondi bagel deli slinging Polish-style bagels stuffed with house-cured lox and Jewish-deli classics.
Best for: A pre- or post-beach bagel run in North Bondi

Bakery in North Bondi
An Israeli-style neighbourhood bakery and takeaway from the Shuk group, turning out house-baked sourdough, pastries, bourekas and made-on-site sandwiches a couple of blocks back from North Bondi beach.
This is the bakery workshop behind Shuk's popular North Bondi cafe, and it's where we'd send you for the morning-run essentials: proper sourdough, croissants, challah and Israeli-style savouries like flaky bourekas rather than a sit-down brunch. It's a small, functional shopfront built for grabbing and going, with baskets of bread lining the wall and a short list of salads and sandwiches assembled on site. If you want table service and shakshuka you head to Shuk proper down the road; if you want the baking at its source, you come here.
Bourekas, house-baked sourdough and pastries, croissants and challah, plus the made-to-order baguettes and salads; they also carry vegan pastries and gluten-free bread.
Small, busy, grab-and-go bakery shopfront
Local tip: It's a working bakery with limited seating, so treat it as takeaway — grab your bourekas and coffee and walk the two blocks down to the sand rather than expecting a table.
Worth knowing: Tiny footprint and minimal seating mean it's not the spot for a leisurely sit-down brunch — that's what the larger Shuk cafe nearby is for.
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Bagels · North Bondi
A tiny, much-loved North Bondi bagel deli slinging Polish-style bagels stuffed with house-cured lox and Jewish-deli classics.
Best for: A pre- or post-beach bagel run in North Bondi
Seafood · North Bondi
A Matt Moran seafood restaurant perched at the quiet north end of Bondi Beach, with arguably the best sand-and-ocean outlook of any dining room on the beach.
Best for: Long beachfront lunches, oysters and cocktails with a view
Japanese · North Bondi
A long-running North Bondi sushi bar known for fresh sashimi and its iconic hand rolls, tucked into a corner shop a short walk from the beach's northern end.
Best for: A fresh sushi fix straight off the beach