Subko Craft Bakehouse is a bakery in Bandra West, Mumbai.
Subko's Bandra flagship laminates croissants daily and bakes the in-house bread on Chapel Road. The cardamom-chocolate bun and the sourdough loaves draw.
Must order: Cardamom-chocolate croissant and a small sourdough loaf to take home.
Tip: Loaves come out at 11:30; queue by 11:00 on weekends. Cash and card both accepted.
Address: Ground Floor, Mary Lodge, 21A Chapel Road, Ranwar, Bandra West, Mumbai 400050
Indigo Deli's bakery counter in Colaba sells laminated pastries, sourdough loaves and danishes from 11:00. The almond croissant is the daily benchmark.
Order: Almond croissant and a half-loaf of country sourdough.
Tip: Croissants come out at 11:00 fresh; sourdough loaves at 14:00.
Worth the queue: Almond croissant
Yazdani has fired bread and brun in a small Fort alley off Akbar Ally for more than six decades. The brun is still pulled from a wood-fired oven each morning.
Order: Brun maska with Irani chai and an apple pie.
Tip: Closed Sundays; bread sells out by 14:00. Cash and card both accepted.
Worth the queue: Brun maska
Rustom K Yazdabadi opened Sassanian on 1st Marine Street in 1913. The bakery oven has stayed lit ever since; bun maska, brun, fried egg pav and mawa cake.
Order: Mawa cake and a brun with butter.
Tip: Mawa cakes sell out by lunch; arrive early. Cash and card both accepted.
Worth the queue: Mawa cake
Mumbai's oldest Irani cafe (1904) is also its oldest Irani bakery. The bakery counter at the front sells bun, brun. Editor's TableJourney pick.
Order: Two bun maskas to go and a mawa cake.
Tip: The counter rounds prices to the rupee; cash easiest. Cash and card both accepted.
Worth the queue: Bun maska