The Fig Tree Restaurant ★ 3.8
The Fig Tree on High Street bakes fresh scones, baps, and pastries each morning, drawing a breakfast crowd for a full Irish on a busy pedestrian street.
Worth the queue: Fresh-baked scones with Irish butter
The Gourmet Store is a bakery in Medieval Mile, Kilkenny.
The Gourmet Store on High Street has been a Kilkenny bakery and deli since 1997, fresh daily bread and the city's most extensive farmhouse cheese counter.
Address: 56 High Street, Kilkenny
The Fig Tree on High Street bakes fresh scones, baps, and pastries each morning, drawing a breakfast crowd for a full Irish on a busy pedestrian street.
Worth the queue: Fresh-baked scones with Irish butter
The Kilkenny Farmers Market on The Parade every Thursday brings artisan bakers with home-baked breads, soda bread, and tray bakes in front of Kilkenny Castle.
Worth the queue: Traditional Irish soda bread
Wildflower Cafe at Butler Gallery bakes gluten-free cakes and vegan treats daily, Kilkenny's most plant-forward bakery in a walled gallery garden setting.
Worth the queue: Gluten-free seasonal cake
Rinuccini at 1 The Parade produces the best tiramisu in Kilkenny from imported Italian ingredients in a kitchen opposite the castle since 1989.
Worth the queue: Homemade tiramisu
Foodworks on Parliament Street bakes bread from the owners' own family farm produce, the most direct grain-to-table baking operation in Kilkenny city centre.
Worth the queue: Fresh-baked brown bread with farm butter
The Fig Tree on High Street bakes fresh scones, baps, and pastries each morning, drawing a breakfast crowd for a full Irish on a busy pedestrian street.
Worth the queue: Fresh-baked scones with Irish butter
The Kilkenny Farmers Market on The Parade every Thursday brings artisan bakers with home-baked breads, soda bread, and tray bakes in front of Kilkenny Castle.
Worth the queue: Traditional Irish soda bread
Petronella on Butterslip Lane produces artisan desserts from Mountain View's farm, seasonal baked goods forming the most farm-connected dessert menu in town.
Worth the queue: Seasonal Irish dessert plate from the farm
Wildflower Cafe at Butler Gallery bakes gluten-free cakes and vegan treats daily, Kilkenny's most plant-forward bakery in a walled gallery garden setting.
Worth the queue: Gluten-free seasonal cake
Rinuccini at 1 The Parade produces the best tiramisu in Kilkenny from imported Italian ingredients in a kitchen opposite the castle since 1989.
Worth the queue: Homemade tiramisu
Foodworks on Parliament Street bakes bread from the owners' own family farm produce, the most direct grain-to-table baking operation in Kilkenny city centre.
Worth the queue: Fresh-baked brown bread with farm butter