Food tour in Old Town
Old Town Guided Walking Tour + Rakia Tasting
Snack Shop Old Town is in Old Town
Plovdiv eats its mornings standing at a counter, and banitsa, mekitsa and milinka set the rhythm. Mekitsa and Coffee on Knyaz Alexander I fries to order in the centre, while Gibb Bakery in Kuchuk Paris and the long-running Hali Banitsa Counter beside the Hali market draw their queues before mid-morning. Hlyab Bakery near the Ostromila roundabout and Byala Rada on Knyaz Alexander I round out the spread, from cheese bureks to garash cake.
7 bakery places in Plovdiv we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Plovdiv · Bakery across every city.
Order Classic mekitsa with sirene
Mekitsa and Coffee is the only Plovdiv counter that fries mekitsa to order.
Order Butter banitsa
Gibb Bakery in Kuchuk Paris near the Kaufland junction runs through the early-morning queue.
Order Marmalade banitsa
The unnamed banitsa counter beside Hali market on Evlogi Georgiev has worked the same corner for roughly fifty years; the marmalade banitsa is its anchor.
Order Cheese burek
Hlyab Bakery on the Komatevsko Shose roundabout near Ostromila runs the southern Plovdiv standard for cheese bureks; second branch sits near the meat shop.
Order Garash chocolate cake
Byala Rada has run a Bulgarian patisserie counter on Knyaz Alexander I for decades.
Order Sirene banitsa
A no-frills Old Town pastry counter on Saborna runs the morning queue for sirene banitsa, kifli and milinki.
Try Butter banitsa, milinka
Gibb in Kuchuk Paris is the bakery locals cross town for.
