7 bakeries worth the trip across Hungary, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Hungary guides.
Daubner Cukrászda ★ 4.6 · Budapest
varkerulet · Szépvölgyi út 50, 1025 Budapest
Daubner on Szepvolgyi ut in Buda's Rozsadomb hills runs a hundred-year cake counter where locals queue for birthday and name-day pastries in Budapest.
Tip: Closed Mon and Tue; queues run 30 minutes deep on weekend mornings.
Auguszt Cukrászda Belváros ★ 4.5 · Budapest
lipotvaros · Kossuth Lajos utca 14-16, 1053 Budapest
Auguszt on Kossuth Lajos has run as a family confectionery since 1870, with a Belle Epoque counter and a hidden Paloma Garden terrace in downtown Budapest.
Tip: Closed Sun and Mon; the Paloma Garden terrace opens from May onwards.
Artizán Bakery ★ 4.4 · Budapest
lipotvaros · Hold utca 3, 1054 Budapest
Artizan near the Hold utca market in the 5th district is the downtown sourdough bakery favoured by Budapest cafes, with long-ferment loaves and laminated pastry.
Tip: Mon to Sat 08:00 to 19:00, Sun 09:00 to 15:00; sells out by 14:00 most days.
Stika Bakery ★ 4.3 · Budapest
erzsebetvaros · Dob utca 46, 1074 Budapest
Stika on Dob utca in the Jewish Quarter bakes laminated pastry, sourdough loaves and kurtoskalacs in a former kosher bakery, a new-wave Budapest morning room.
Tip: Closed Mondays; the line runs out the door by 09:30 on weekends.
Szamos Marcipán Cukrászda Párizsi utca ★ 4.2 · Budapest
lipotvaros · Párizsi utca 3, 1052 Budapest
Szamos Marcipan on Parizsi utca near Ferenciek tere is the 1987-opened downtown shop of Hungary's biggest marzipan and patisserie brand, with cakes, marzipan and ice cream, Budapest.
Tip: Open daily 10:00 to 19:00; the marzipan-figure window display is a sight on its own.
Első Pesti Rétesház ★ 4.2 · Budapest
lipotvaros · Október 6 utca 22, 1051 Budapest
Elso Pesti Reteshaz on Oktober 6 utca is Budapest's first dedicated strudel house, in a 1812 building with bakers stretching dough across the open table.
Tip: Daily 09:00 to 22:00; ask to watch the dough-stretching demo at 11:00 or 16:00.
Molnár's Kürtőskalács ★ 3.9 · Budapest
lipotvaros · Váci utca 31, 1052 Budapest
Molnar's on Vaci utca rolls chimney cake over an open coal fire and serves cinnamon, walnut and chocolate variants to a brisk downtown queue in Budapest.
Tip: Cash and card accepted; the coal-fire counter is at the door, watch the rolling.