Sizuya Kyoto Station ★ 4.0
The 1948-founded local chain of Kyoto, with the Station outlet running 21 sister branches. Carnet, the city's ham-and-onion spiral, defines the counter.
Worth the queue: Carnet ham and onion roll
Location
Address: Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8216, Japan
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Shinshindo Kitayama ★ 4.2
Kyoto's original French bakery, founded 1913 by a baker trained in Paris. The Kitayama branch sells the karasu dark loaf and old-style country baguettes.
Worth the queue: Karasu pan dark loaf
fiveran ★ 4.4
Boulangerie et cafe fiveran near Karasuma Oike works French recipes with carefully sourced ingredients, a Tabelog Bread 100 pick for its buttery croissants.
Worth the queue: Beurre croissant; custard cream pan
Le Petitmec Oike ★ 4.4
A black-fronted French bakery on Oike, Kyoto, that anchors the city's croissant scene. Levain breads, viennoiserie and a respectable pain au chocolat.
Worth the queue: Beurre croissant
Grandir Boulangerie Patisserie Oike ★ 4.1
A neighbourhood bakery near Kyoto City Hall, on Oike. Mentaiko bagels, black-tea panini and the morning queue that everyone in Nakagyo recognises.
Worth the queue: Mentaiko bagel
Panscape Sanjo ★ 4.2
A stone-milled grain bakery on Sanjo, Kyoto, baking denser, longer-fermented loaves. Whole-grain croissants and the city's slow-bread reference shelf.
Worth the queue: Whole-grain croissant
Sizuya Kyoto Station ★ 4.0
The 1948-founded local chain of Kyoto, with the Station outlet running 21 sister branches. Carnet, the city's ham-and-onion spiral, defines the counter.
Worth the queue: Carnet ham and onion roll