The Best Bakeries in Edinburgh
One bakery in Stockbridge has the whole city queueing before opening time. Here’s why Lannan takes the crown — and eight more worth building a morning around.
Our pick: Lannan Bakery
Hamilton Place, Stockbridge
Darcie Maher trained at The Palmerston before opening Lannan in the summer of 2023, and it has not had a quiet morning since. The name comes from the Scottish Gaelic for “house,” and that’s the feeling inside: a small, calm room that turns out some of the most exact viennoiserie in Britain.
The menu changes with the seasons and the day of the week, but the reputation rests on a handful of things done properly — laminated dough with a real shatter to it, a cardamom bun that’s become a minor local legend, and custard slices that disappear within the hour. Arrive early. Lannan sells out, regularly, and there is no version of this list that pretends otherwise.
Known for: Cardamom buns, pains suisses, custard slices
Address: 29–35 Hamilton Place, EH3 5BA
Best time: Right at opening, any day
Good to know: Small room, cash queue moves fast
Also worth the queue
Edinburgh’s bakery scene runs well beyond Stockbridge. These are the other addresses locals actually reroute their mornings for.
02
The Pastry Section
Bruntsfield
A tiny counter turning out precise, almost architectural pastries — the kind of place regulars text each other about when a new flavour appears.
Order: Seasonal fruit danish
03
Twelve Triangles
Portobello & Leith
Edinburgh’s long-standing neighbourhood bakery, built around proper sourdough and a rotating cake counter. Reliable in the best sense.
Order: Sourdough loaf, cinnamon bun
04
Cuckoo’s Bakery
New Town
Edinburgh’s cupcake specialist since 2009 — bright, decorative, and firmly in the celebration-bake camp rather than the austere-sourdough one.
Order: Salted caramel cupcake
05
La Barantine
Victoria Street, Old Town
A proper French boulangerie on one of the city’s prettiest streets — good for a croissant before the Old Town gets busy.
Order:Almond croissant
06
The Manna House
Bruntsfield
A neighbourhood favourite for sourdough and honest, unfussy bakes rather than anything trend-led.
Order: Seeded sourdough
07
Casa Angelina
Leith Walk
An Italian bakery and pasticceria bringing cornetti and proper espresso to Leith Walk’s morning rush.
Order: Cornetto and espresso
08
Söderberg
Multiple locations
Swedish bakery-café doing cardamom and cinnamon buns at a scale most of this list can’t match — dependable, citywide, and open long hours.
Order: Cardamom bun
09
Lovecrumbs
West Port
A quirky, plant-filled café known for towering slices of cake as much as its bread — one of the city’s more characterful bakery stops.
Order: Slice of layer cake
10
Bits
Leith
A small-batch bakery in Leith with a focus on natural fermentation — worth seeking out for bread as much as pastry.
Taste your way through the city
Pair a bakery morning with a guided food walk through Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns — small groups, local hosts, and a proper appetite required.
Part of our Eating & Drinking series · Welcome To Edinburgh