Wildflower Cafe at Butler Gallery ★ 3.9
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
Petronella is a bakery in Butterslip, Kilkenny.
Petronella on Butterslip Lane produces artisan desserts from Mountain View's farm, seasonal baked goods forming the most farm-connected dessert menu in town.
Address: Butter Slip Lane, Kilkenny, R95 A030
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
Zuni's breakfast service on Patrick Street offers the most consistent hotel morning spread in Kilkenny, with fresh brown bread and a full Irish each day.
Worth the queue: Full Irish breakfast with fresh brown bread
Arán on Barrack Street is Kilkenny's most acclaimed bakery-bistro, winner of Ireland's Best Brunch at the Georgina Campbell Irish Breakfast Awards.
Worth the queue: Stone-baked sourdough made with flour, salt, water and natural leaven
Cakeface on Irishtown is Laura and Rory Gannon's patisserie, French and London pastry training returned to Kilkenny, plus the city's only coffee roastery.
Worth the queue: Daily-changing pastry selection baked by Laura and Rory Gannon