centro-storicoDaily 07:00-21:00Walk-in onlyBabà au rhum, sfogliatella
Scaturchio in Naples' Piazza San Domenico Maggiore has poured the babà au rhum since 1905, the rum-soaked yeast cake at every Sunday lunch table across the city centre.
Tip: Babà runs 3 euros at the counter; the takeaway boxes start at 12 euros for a half-dozen.
Worth the queue: Babà au rhum
vomeroDaily 06:30-21:30Walk-in onlyTaralli, sfogliatella, pasticcini
Leopoldo's Vomero branch on Via Scarlatti pours the same taralli sugna and pepper as the Casavatore mother shop, plus the daily sfogliatella and the babà run.
Tip: Open daily 06:30 to 21:30. Taralli retail at 8 euros per kilo; sfogliatella runs 2 euros at the counter.
Worth the queue: Taralli sugna e pepe
centro-storicoMon-Sun 07:00-21:00Walk-in onlySfogliatella, ministeriale, babà
Scaturchio in Naples' Piazza San Domenico Maggiore has run the pastry counter since 1905, with the ministeriale (chocolate-rum disc) the house signature plus the sfogliatella riccia daily.
Tip: Open daily 07:00 to 21:00. Ministeriale at 4 euros; sfogliatella riccia 2 euros 50 at the counter.
Worth the queue: Ministeriale (chocolate-rum disc)
centro-storicoTue-Sun 06:30-19:30, closed MondayWalk-in onlySfogliatella riccia and frolla
Attanasio near Naples Central Station has fried sfogliatelle since 1930, with riccia and frolla baked all day. The shop sits in a tiny side-street with the smell of hot lard the marker.
Tip: Closed Monday. Sfogliatella at 2 euros at the counter; cash preferred. The riccia is the local-buy.
Worth the queue: Sfogliatella riccia
sanitaDaily 07:00-22:00Walk-in onlyFiocco di neve (snow-flake brioche)
Poppella in Naples' Sanita has run the family pastry counter since 1920, with the fiocco di neve (snow-flake brioche with cream filling) the dish that turned the bakery into a 2014 cult hit.
Tip: Open daily 07:00 to 22:00. The fiocco di neve at 1 euro 50 is the only order; queue can be 30 minutes on weekends.
Worth the queue: Fiocco di neve
chiaiaTue-Sun 07:00-21:00, closed MondayWalk-in onlySfogliatella, babà au rhum
Moccia in Naples' Chiaia (Vomero branch too) has run the pastry-and-coffee counter since 1936, with the sfogliatella riccia and the babà au rhum the local order across two generations.
Tip: Closed Monday. Open Tue-Sun 07:00 to 21:00. Sfogliatella riccia sells out by 11:00 on Saturdays.
Worth the queue: Sfogliatella riccia