The 15 Best Bakeries in Edinburgh (2026)

Lannan Bakery, in Stockbridge, is the bakery Edinburgh talks about most. Darcie Maher's viennoiserie (cardamom buns, croissants) sits alongside Scottish classics (custard slices, iced buns, pineapple tarts), and the whole menu is deliberately rotational; the site itself says it can't guarantee any specific item will be in stock when you visit. It carries more than 1,500 Google reviews, an unusually large number for an independent bakery, and reviewers consistently call it the best bakery in the city.

The one honest catch is the queue. Weekday mornings routinely run 30-40 minutes, and weekends are worse; the smart move is to arrive by 8:30am for the 9am opening, or use the newer Lannan Pantry pre-order counter at the same address (open 10am-5pm) if waiting isn't for you. No prices are published anywhere on the site, in keeping with the changeable menu, but nobody who's queued has called it bad value.

Twelve Triangles on Brunswick Street in Leith is where Edinburgh's sourdough movement genuinely started, and it's been recognised well beyond the city: the Financial Times named it one of the UK's 20 best bakeries in 2023, and The Good Food Guide included it in Britain's Best Bakeries 2025. The slow-fermented sourdough is the foundation, but the pastries, particularly the seasonal doughnuts, are what most people queue for. It rates 4.6 from nearly 500 reviews.

This original branch is takeaway only, open 7am-2pm daily, with nowhere to sit. Nobody publishes exact prices, though one reviewer cites loaves at roughly £5-7, and go early: bread and pastries reliably sell out before the 2pm close. There are now seven Twelve Triangles locations across the city, including a branch on Easter Road, if Brunswick Street isn't convenient.

Söderberg in Stockbridge is the Scandinavian option: cinnamon and cardamom buns, kladdkaka (a dense Swedish sticky chocolate cake), mazarins, and seasonal specials like semla and saffron buns around the relevant holidays. It rates 4.5 from almost 500 reviews, with the cardamom bun the single most-praised item. Worth knowing before you go: it's one of seven Edinburgh branches sharing a central bakery, so nothing here is made on-site at Deanhaugh Street itself, just baked centrally and delivered daily.

Prices for the actual pastries aren't published anywhere on the site, which only lists retail merchandise like coffee bags and granola with a price tag. One long-time customer's review noted a recent batch of cardamom buns wasn't quite up to the standard of a few years back, worth flagging as the one dissenting note among otherwise glowing reviews.

Babka, tucked into Tollcross, is Edinburgh's Jewish-heritage bakery: daily-baked challah, beigels, and both white and rye sourdough, alongside its namesake cinnamon babka. It's the only bakery on this list with a fully published price list: a beigel is £1, a white sourdough loaf £4, challah £4.50, and a whole babka loaf £15 (£3 for a slice). It rates 4.7 across 225 reviews.

It's part bakery, part sit-in cafe, with seating for up to eight, and it sells out often enough that pre-ordering is genuinely necessary: at least a day's notice for anything yeasted, two days for sourdough specifically. One Polish reviewer notes the babka recipe here is a different style from traditional Polish babka, which is worth knowing if you're chasing a specific memory rather than just a good bake.

Mòr Bakehouse on Hunter Square is the pick if you're in the Old Town and want something savoury rather than sweet: Cornish pasties, pies, sausage rolls and fresh baguettes made with Scottish ingredients, alongside sweet slices like apple & almond and lemon cheesecake bar. It's a short walk off the Royal Mile, open until 8 or 9pm most nights, which is later than almost anything else on this list. It rates 4.4 from 535 reviews.

It's worth knowing this is a six-branch operation (four in Edinburgh, two in Glasgow), not a single independent shop, and halal options are limited according to a few reviewers. Prices aren't published online. The pepper steak pie and steak-and-Stilton pastry are the two most-mentioned items; the house coffee, brewed with Edinburgh Coffee Roasters beans, gets a mixed response from reviewers who find the flat white too strong.

La Barantine on Victoria Street, the cobbled, colourful street that runs down from the Old Town to the Grassmarket, is the French boulangerie-patisserie on this list. The published catering menu names exact prices: a box of French macarons is £18.95, a four-piece pâtisserie box £24, and a breakfast platter with croissant, pain au chocolat and pain aux raisins runs £18-£35 depending on size. It rates 4.5 across more than 1,000 reviews, the second-highest review count on this whole list.

It's worth knowing this is a five-branch chain across Edinburgh, not one unique shop, so the Victoria Street location is one of several rather than a singular find. The website's published prices cover the cake and catering menu; day-to-day counter prices for a single croissant or baguette aren't listed online, so budget to ask in person.

Mimi's Bakehouse, in a prime spot inside the City Art Centre directly opposite Waverley Station, is the pick for a proper sit-down bakery-cafe experience: scones with Rodda's clotted cream and house mixed-berry jam, an award-winning afternoon tea, cupcakes and traybakes, with vegan and gluten-free options across the range. It rates 4.4 from 537 reviews, and the scones are mentioned more than any other single item.

One honest note: Mimi's original flagship, on Leith's Shore, has closed, and this City Art Centre branch (one of six Edinburgh and East Lothian locations) is the one I've used here. Online pricing runs £4 for a cupcake up to £98 for the largest celebration cakes, and £20-£60 for an Afternoon Tea box; in-cafe scone and pastry prices aren't listed separately online.

Krema Bakehouse on Leith Walk is best known for bespoke custom cakes, from bento-sized to a full 10-inch, in flavours like carrot cake with cream cheese or chocolate sponge with Kinder Bueno filling. But it also does genuine in-store bakes worth stopping for on their own, particularly a well-regarded cinnamon bun. It rates 4.7 across 512 reviews.

If you're after a custom cake, message ahead through Instagram to give the team time; if you just want something off the counter, the cinnamon buns and cookie pies are what regulars order. It's open 8:30am-6pm on weekdays, 9am-6pm at weekends, and prices for in-store items aren't published; custom cakes are quoted per order.

Babyfaced Baker, a small blue-fronted shop at 341 Leith Walk, started life as a pandemic-era food blog run by Rhiain Gordon before becoming one of the most talked-about bakeries in the city. The menu changes weekly and is announced on social media, but the coffee pecan bostock, mango bostock and chunky stuffed cookies come up again and again in reviews, alongside a genuinely extensive vegan pastry range rather than a token gluten-free-adjacent afterthought. It rates 4.8 from 234 reviews, one of the highest scores on this whole list.

It's takeaway only with no seating, and open just four days a week: Thursday and Friday 8am-4pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am-4pm, closed Monday to Wednesday. Its own website is a JavaScript storefront that doesn't publish its range as readable text, so the Google listing is the better place to check what it has on. No prices are published anywhere I could reach.

Sloe Lane Bakery, further up Leith Walk, makes everything from scratch: sourdough, baguettes, sweet pastries like almond croissants, and savoury ones, including a mushroom parmesan knot that gets mentioned as often as anything sweet on the menu. It partners with Carter Coffee for its drinks and also stocks coffee beans, chocolate, tea and local ceramics. It rates 4.7 across 86 reviews.

It keeps short hours: closed Monday and Tuesday, open Wednesday to Sunday 8am-3pm only, so it's easy to miss if you're not planning around it. There's some outdoor seating but the indoor space is small. No prices are published online, so this one's best treated as a walk-in-and-see stop on a Leith Walk bakery crawl rather than something to plan precisely around.

The Pastry Section, on Great Junction Street in Leith, calls itself a contemporary bakehouse, and the counter backs that up: brownies, cinnamon buns, lemon meringue tarts and snickerdoodle cookies are the everyday range, with the Persian Love Cake singled out repeatedly in reviews. Bespoke cakes are ordered separately through the website. It rates 4.7 from 138 reviews.

It's worth knowing this is a three-branch mini-chain (Leith, Stockbridge, and Drumsheugh Gardens), not a single intimate independent bakery, though the quality is consistent across reviews regardless of branch. It's closed Monday, open Tuesday to Friday 8am-4pm and weekends 9am-4pm, and prices for counter items aren't published online.

Sugar Daddy's Bakery, in Marchmont, is the one bakery on this list that's entirely gluten-free: cookies, traybakes and full wedding cakes are all made in a dedicated gluten-free kitchen, with clear allergen labelling that reviewers repeatedly single out for praise. The white chocolate cookie dough slice, lemon blondie and red velvet cookie are the most-mentioned items, and it also does dog cakes and corporate orders. It rates 4.8 from 458 reviews, tied with Babyfaced Baker for the second-highest score on this list, just behind Sweet Me Bakery's 4.9.

It's takeaway only, no dine-in, and only open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am-3pm, so plan around that. Popular items sell out well before closing, especially at weekends. Prices aren't published online, though reviewers consistently describe them as reasonable for the quality and the gluten-free specialism, which usually commands a premium elsewhere.

Sweet Me Bakery on Brougham Street is Edinburgh's Hong Kong-style bakery: sausage and cheese buns, chicken floss buns, coconut buns, custard buns, red bean buns and a matcha twist bun, all baked in-house through the day. It rates 4.9 from 82 reviews, the highest average score of any bakery on this list, even if the review count is smaller than some of the bigger names.

It's a genuinely small shop, pick-up only, and closed Sundays; go earlier in the day for the widest choice, since popular buns get baked in batches and the best sellers go first. No exact prices are published on the site, though one customer review puts most items at around £1.50, which would make this the cheapest bakery on this whole list if accurate.

Patina, out in the Edinburgh Park business district on the tram line west of the centre, is the fullest sit-down bakery-cafe on this list: croissants, pain au chocolat and Danish pastries (with vegan and gluten-free options) at £4-£6.50, sandwiches and salads £8-£11, and a wider all-day menu £8-£14, all made on-site by hand. It rates 4.5 from 533 reviews and hosts a Thursday evening pizza night (pre-order and advance payment required).

It's genuinely not central, so it's a deliberate trip via the tram rather than a stop on a Royal Mile walk, but it's the one bakery here with a full published price list and proper indoor and outdoor seating for lingering over a coffee and pastry rather than grabbing and going. Open 7:30am-3:30pm on weekdays, 8am-4pm at weekends.

Manna House Bakery & Patisserie, in South Queensferry under the Forth Bridges, is the day-trip pick: pecan praline and caramel carrot cake, Middle Eastern arayes, a Reuben melt sandwich, and a strawberry tart, all served with a view of the bridges from outside. This is a different, currently-trading Manna House from the one that used to operate on Easter Road in the city centre, which has closed. It rates 4.5 from 679 reviews, the third-highest count on this list.

It's about 30-40 minutes from central Edinburgh, so it only makes sense if you're already planning a trip out to South Queensferry to see the bridges, but reviewers treat it as a destination in its own right rather than an afterthought. Closed Monday and Tuesday, open Wednesday to Sunday 9am-4:30pm. Prices aren't published, though one reviewer notes a £1.70 surcharge for having an Arayes served hot rather than cold.