I finished lunch and came home, and from far away I could see a really long queue across the road from my house. It turned out to be Molly Tea’s new Burwood Baking Lab, about to open. This time it isn’t only a milk tea shop. It’s a bakery too, with egg tarts and baked goods as well.
The Milk Tea
I don’t usually drink this brand, but I’d seen lots of people on social media recommending one drink. I like apple flavour anyway, so as I was passing I bought a cup. It’s the Jasmine Apple Milk Tea. It’s pink, and it looks really pretty. This cup was $7.90.
The Shop
Molly Baking Lab is at 130 Burwood Rd. The part that surprised me most is that Molly Tea made a whole tart range and opened a tart shop in Burwood. You can watch the tarts being baked through the glass. Tray after tray of golden, crispy tarts come out of the oven, with flower-shaped pastry opened up in layers and caramel-coloured spots on top. It’s hard not to be drawn in. The packaging is all yellow.
The Four Tarts
There are four flavours, and each has its own character.
All-Butter Croissant Tart
This one uses a croissant-style pastry, with a strong butter smell and lots of layers. The best part is the flower shape, with the edge of the pastry opening up and turning golden brown when it’s baked. The crust is crispy and the butter flavour is strong. The egg custard is sweet and fragrant. Eaten together it isn’t greasy, and I couldn’t stop at one bite.
Tahitian Vanilla Lava Tart
The name was the most tempting of the four. The vanilla filling is runny, and the moment I bit into it, the vanilla filled my whole mouth. The vanilla flavour is just right. I couldn’t taste the lemon, though.
Dark Chocolate Tart
Before it even got near my mouth, I could smell the cocoa. I don’t like bitter chocolate, but I liked this one too. The chocolate is rich, and the cocoa taste stays with you afterwards.
Matcha Ganache Tart
This is the one for matcha lovers. The ganache is matcha with white chocolate, and the green top sits on the golden flower pastry, so it looks great. The matcha is the bitter type, and with the crispy shell and the soft filling it’s amazing. The filling softens the bitterness, so anyone who loves matcha will like this one.
Bake Times and the Queue
The tarts come out at set times, 2pm, 4pm and 6pm. If you’re only queueing for tarts, it’s not too bad. I went for the last round at 6pm and got mine after about a 30 minute queue. The milk flavour is strong, and the pastry is really crispy. When there’s no queue, I’ll buy them again.
The Opening Offer
For the opening, on 6 and 7 November, the first 200 customers who bought 2 drinks got a free mug. That’s over now, so don’t plan around it.
What Stood Out
What I remember most isn’t only the tarts. It’s the flower-shaped croissant pastry, the four different flavours, the baking you can watch, the timed bakes and the matching yellow packaging. Molly Tea is clearly trying to build a fuller afternoon tea experience. A cup of tea with a fresh-baked tart suits a Sydney afternoon.
Molly Baking Lab (Molly Tea Burwood, store 2)
130 Burwood Rd, Burwood NSW 2134
If you’re in the inner west, our Strathfield Park review is a good playground to pair with a trip to Burwood, and our Swee mochi review covers another Sydney dessert stop. For a fun photo stop, see our Love Letters Photobooth review, and our NSW school holidays and term dates for 2026 page helps with planning.