29 editor picks across Poland.
29 bakeries worth the trip across Poland, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Poland guides.
Chleboteka on Ruska in central Wrocław bakes the city's most ambitious sourdough, some loaves a 48-hour prove. At ul. Ruska 64/65. Booking recommended.
OrderThe country sourdough sliced thick, plus a cinnamon bun for the walk.
TipGet there by 09:30 for the best pastry selection; the morning bake sells through by lunch.
Nowy Chleb in Gdańsk Przymorze is Łukasz Stafieja's artisan micro-bakery: own-milled flours, natural starter, wheat and rye sourdoughs to order.
TipPre-order online for Saturday pickup; walk-in stock sells out by 13:00.
Cukiernia Pawlova in Luboń outside Poznań is run by World Master Confectioner Paweł Mieszała, with traditional butter rogale baked to the Master's recipe.
TipPhone order a day ahead and collect at the shop; the butter rogale sell out by mid-morning every November.
Lukullus on Mokotowska in Warsaw is the third-generation Warsaw patisserie family business since 1946. Open mon-sat 09:00-20:00, sun 09:00-18:00.
Cukiernia Paradowski in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz is the city's oldest active confectionery, opened spring 1945 by Stefan Paradowski. Son Andrzej still runs the shop.
TipOn Fat Thursday (Tłusty Czwartek, the last Thursday before Lent), the queue stretches down Wajdeloty.
Cukiernia Kandulski in Poznań is a family bakery founded by master confectioner Wojciech Kandulski in 1983, certified by the Cech Cukierników i Piekarzy.
TipPre-order phone-only in early November; daily production caps and queues outside the shop are routine before St Martin's Day.
The Wedel old-fashioned shop on Szpitalna in Warsaw, opened in 1894 in Emil Wedel's tenement, sells chocolate bars, Ptasie Mleczko marshmallows.
RANO on Stalowa in Praga is the small craft bakery that supplies bread to a long list of Warsaw's better restaurants. Daily wheat sourdough, wheat with oats.
Piekarnia Złoto Nadodrza in Wrocław's Nadodrze has run by the Krajewski family since 1979, one of the city's best craft bakeries. At ul. Henryka Pobożnego 20.
OrderA plum-cinnamon pączek, eaten warm out of the paper bag.
TipBuy three pączki to take across the river; they hold for the day if not refrigerated.
Le Delice in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz works a tight cukiernia-piekarnia format on Partyzantów. Croissants out of the oven about 09:30; the chocolate ones go fastest.
TipCroissants out of the oven about 09:30; the chocolate ones go fastest.
Cynamonka in Gdańsk works a Grobla III unit a block off Długie Pobrzeże, the city's most-named cinnamon-roll counter. Open tue-sun 09:00-18:00, closed mon.
TipPlain (sauté) sells out first. The cream-filled cinnamon rolls go by mid-afternoon.
Zaczyn on Tadeusza Kościuszki west of the Old Town grinds its own flours on-site and runs a 25-hour fermentation on every loaf. Sourdough country breads.
TipSoft challah with crumble lands warm on weekend mornings; queue for the early bake.
Fawor in Poznań is a baker-confectioner cooperative founded in 1908, certified by the Wielkopolska Craft Chamber for rogale świętomarcińskie and producing up.
TipSkip the central locations on Nov 11; the further-flung Fawor branches have shorter queues and the same product.
A. Blikle on Nowy Swiat in Warsaw has sold rose-filled paczki since 1869. Five generations of the Blikle family across 157 years, fifteen Warsaw locations.
Charlotte on Plac Zbawiciela in Warsaw is the French boulangerie that locals queue at from 07:30. Open mon-fri 07:30-23:00, sat-sun 09:00-23:00.
Chleb z Natury in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz is the city's dedicated gluten-free bakery, run by A&J Olejniczak: every loaf is certified safe for coeliacs.
TipHours are short (Wed-Fri afternoons, Sat morning); a separate pickup point on ul. Kielneńska 7 in Osowa runs Wed-Fri 19:00-20:00.
The red-and-yellow obwarzanek krakowski carts on Kraków's Rynek Główny sell the EU-protected salted ring bread, hot, for 2 to 3 zl. Open daily 06:00-22:00.
TipChoose poppy seed, sesame or salt. Best within 30 minutes of leaving the oven; older rings turn rubbery.
Piekarnia Sąsiedzi in Wrocław's Grunwald student district is the neighbourhood breakfast room: sourdough breads, cinnamon buns, daily-changing breakfast.
OrderA cinnamon bun and an espresso, eaten at the window counter.
TipSaturdays sell out by noon. Weekday breakfast from 08:00 is the calmest version.
CINNAMOON in Gdańsk works a Podwale Staromiejskie counter on the edge of the Old Town: cinnamon rolls in 10-plus combinations, paired with specialty coffee.
TipPistachio-cream sells first. Vegan options on the board most days.
Cukiernia Michałek on Kraków's Krupnicza is the family-run pastry counter west of the Planty since 1958: rose-filled pączki, kremówka, sernik.
TipThe rose-filled pączki are the counter pick; Fat Thursday queue runs hours long.
Pellowski in Gdańsk is the family bakery on Długa, with branches across the city. Open mon-sat 06:30-19:00, sun 08:00-15:00. At ul. Długa 40.
TipThe Długa branch fills fast at lunchtime; the larger Słupska Street store is calmer.
Charlotte on Św. Antoniego in Wrocław doubles as bakery and bistro: French-style croissants, daily bread bakes, breakfast plates. At ul. Świętego Antoniego 2.
OrderAlmond croissant and a long black; the morning queue moves quickly.
TipOrder croissants to go after 11:00 when the bistro service takes over the seats.
Pellowski Słupska in Gdańsk is the larger production bakery and cafe of the family chain, in Przymorze. Open mon-sat 06:30-19:00, sun closed.
TipBigger choice of wholegrain and seeded breads than the Długa tourist branch.
Cukiernia Vanilla in Kraków runs traditional Polish patisserie from two shops, Brzozowa 13 and Na Szaniec 14. Open daily 10:00-21:00. At ul. Brzozowa 13.
TipSernik krakowski is the city's lattice-topped cheesecake; ask for it at the counter.
Cukiernia Sowa at Stary Browar on Półwiejska 32, Poznań is the city-centre branch of the Bydgoszcz-founded 1946 patisserie chain, good for karpatka.
TipEat the karpatka or sernik on weekdays; the rogal bydgoski here is Bydgoszcz's PGI workaround, not a certified rogal świętomarciński.
Piekarnia Lubaszka in Warsaw is the city-wide chain of Polish sourdough bakers, twenty-plus addresses pumping out rye loaves, paczki and savoury rolls.
The Krzyki branch of Wrocław's Chleboteka, the bakery's southern outpost. Easier weekday parking than the centre; useful if you're driving in from Borek.
OrderThe whole-rye loaf, the city's best brown bread.
TipEasier weekday parking than the centre; useful if you're driving in from Borek.
Cukiernia Sowa in Gdańsk runs the Długa branch of Poland's oldest national patisserie chain, founded Bydgoszcz 1946. Napoleonki, butter cookies.
TipNapoleonka is the brand's signature; ask for them at the counter, never from the case.
Pellowski in Gdańsk's Galeria Madison runs the family bakery's shopping-centre counter, close to the train station. Open mon-sat 09:00-21:00, sun closed.
TipIf you missed the Długa queue, this is the fallback. Closed Sunday.
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