Veneris Bakery & Coffee is a bakery in Old Town, Heraklion.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: A savoury pastry straight off the tray
Tip: Family-run and far enough from the tourist streets that the queue is almost entirely local rather than visiting.
Address: Meandrou, Iraklio 713 05, Heraklion
Queen Boulangerie is the late-opening patisserie on Agiou Titou in Heraklion, baking through the day and still selling pastries at eleven at night.
Order: A pastry from the late-night counter
Tip: The counter runs late into the evening, so it covers the gap after the tavernas stop serving.
Worth the queue: Pastries
Costis Patisserie bakes on the Knossos road out of Heraklion, selling cakes, sweets and coffee to take away from morning through to late evening.
Order: A slice from the cabinet with a Greek coffee
Tip: On the Knossos road, so it works as a stop coming back from the palace rather than a city-centre errand.
Worth the queue: Cakes and sweets
Crumb Healthy Living Lab is the Heraklion bakery to know if you avoid gluten or sugar, with clear labelling and a plant-leaning brunch menu.
Order: A gluten-free cake with specialty coffee
Tip: One of very few Heraklion bakeries that labels gluten-free and sugar-free clearly on every item in the cabinet.
Worth the queue: Gluten-free cakes
Kritikos Fournos runs bakeries across Heraklion, and the Ikarou branch is the easy stop for ekmek kataifi and a box of cakes to carry back home.
Order: Ekmek kataifi, the syrup and cream classic
Tip: A Heraklion chain with several branches, useful because the Ikarou shop opens early on the airport road.
Worth the queue: Ekmek kataifi
Queen Boulangerie is the late-opening patisserie on Agiou Titou in Heraklion, baking through the day and still selling pastries at eleven at night.
Order: A pastry from the late-night counter
Tip: The counter runs late into the evening, so it covers the gap after the tavernas stop serving.
Worth the queue: Pastries
Costis Patisserie bakes on the Knossos road out of Heraklion, selling cakes, sweets and coffee to take away from morning through to late evening.
Order: A slice from the cabinet with a Greek coffee
Tip: On the Knossos road, so it works as a stop coming back from the palace rather than a city-centre errand.
Worth the queue: Cakes and sweets
Crumb Healthy Living Lab is the Heraklion bakery to know if you avoid gluten or sugar, with clear labelling and a plant-leaning brunch menu.
Order: A gluten-free cake with specialty coffee
Tip: One of very few Heraklion bakeries that labels gluten-free and sugar-free clearly on every item in the cabinet.
Worth the queue: Gluten-free cakes
Phyllosophies is the bougatsa house on Lions Square in Heraklion, opening its phyllo by hand every morning since 1922 and across three generations.
Order: Bougatsa with myzithra, honey and walnuts
Tip: Also bakes chortopites, tyropites, baklava and loukoumades, all from the same hand-opened phyllo.
Worth the queue: Bougatsa with sweet myzithra
Kirkor has baked bougatsa on Lions Square in Heraklion for generations, and is still the first place locals name when you ask them about breakfast.
Order: Bougatsa with custard, cinnamon and icing sugar
Tip: A bougatsa counter rather than a cafe, so expect to eat standing or take it away.
Worth the queue: Bougatsa with custard and cinnamon
