8 editor picks in Dublin.
Dublin's bakery scene has grown well beyond the sliced pan, with sourdough, viennoiserie and traditional rye now spread across the city. Bread 41 in the Docklands and Scéal Cafe in Portobello lead the modern sourdough wave, while The Bretzel Bakery, also in Portobello, carries one of the city's oldest baking lineages. Out in Stoneybatter, The Green Door Bakery serves the northside, and Lolly and Cooks covers the south city centre.
8 bakery places in Dublin we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Dublin · Bakery across every city.
Order A cardamom bun and a slice of country sourdough loaf to take home.
Bread 41 on Pearse Street in Dublin 2, Eoin Cluskey's organic sourdough bakery and cafe since 2018, the city's most polished cardamom bun and laminated.
Order Brown butter kouign-amann and a sourdough loaf to take home.
Scéal Cafe on South Circular Road in Dublin 8, Shane Palmer and Charlotte Leonard-Kane's Dublin counter near Leonard's Corner, the bakery's return.
Order Pain au chocolat warm out of the oven and a country sourdough loaf to take home.
Una on Ranelagh in Dublin 6, John and Sandy Wyer's bakery sister to Forest Avenue with Tom and Finn Gleeson of Bunsen, the southside's polished pastry.
Order A slab of brown soda bread with butter and an all-day full Irish.
The Bakehouse on Bachelors Walk in Dublin 1, a quayside bakery and cafe serving classic Irish brown bread, soda farls and an all-day fry-up on the river.
Order A poppy-seed bagel toasted with cream cheese and smoked Irish salmon.
The Bretzel on Lennox Street in Portobello, Dublin's only Jewish-tradition bagel and rye bakery since 1870, kosher-style classics and a working sourdough.
Order Cinnamon bun warm with a flat white; a croissant or daily loaf to take home.
The Green Door Bakery on Manor Street in Stoneybatter, the village's go-to morning bakery for freshly baked croissants, cinnamon buns and bread.
Order Buttermilk scone with raspberry jam and clotted cream; a slice of Victoria sponge.
The Cake Cafe at Pleasants Place in Dublin 8, Michelle Darmody's south-side bakery tucked into the Daintree Building, the city's go-to brunch tart and scone.
