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Subko roasts coffee, bakes sourdough and makes chocolate at its two level Alserkal Avenue bakehouse, the Mumbai brand's first site outside India.
TipUpstairs, the Quoz Quarters cafe is a run of themed rooms; downstairs is the bakery counter and roastery.
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Bageri Form bakes Scandinavian-style breads and cardamom buns in Dubai Design District, in a room of long shared tables, brick partitions and an open kitchen.
TipWatch the open kitchen from the bar seats; you can see the day's loaves come out of the oven.
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BKRY bakes its own butter and pastries entirely from scratch at Warehouse 76 on Alserkal Avenue in Dubai, alongside its own specialty coffee.
TipThe jam and spread counter is worth a browse; most of what's on the pastries is also sold in jars.
$$$$BakeryJumeirah
Alica Bakery bakes croissants, artisanal breads and desserts on the waterfront at Port de La Mer in Jumeirah, Dubai, a bright neighbourhood bakery.
TipThe outside tables are pet friendly and look over the marina.
$$$$BakeryAl Quoz
Rise Bakehouse makes custom cakes, cupcakes and cookies to order from a warehouse on Street 28A in Al Quoz, Dubai, and closes on Mondays each week.
TipCakes are made to order, so message ahead rather than expecting a walk-in counter of finished cakes.
$$$$BakeryAl Quoz
Laughing Bread Bakery ferments its own sourdough for 72 hours at a calm, design-led, gallery-style counter in Al Quoz, Dubai, open every day.
TipThe savoury danish fillings change with the season, so ask what's new rather than ordering by memory.
$$$$BakeryAl Wasl
Cherry House roasts its own coffee and bakes in its Grain Room in Al Safa 1, Dubai, a May 2026 opening from the Emirati founder of the Saddle and Feels cafes.
TipLook up: roasted beans travel from the roastery across the room in pipes overhead, the region's first such system.
$$$$BakeryDubai Hills
pH5 bakes just 10 to 15 loaves a day and fires its own sourdough pizza from a small oven at 2 Park Lane in Dubai Hills, Dubai, most evenings.
TipLoaves are limited and go by mid-afternoon; call ahead if you want a specific one held for you.
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CRUNCH bakes sourdough, focaccia and laminated croissants on site at Wasl 51 and pipes fillings into croissants to order at a counter run by two Kazakh chefs.
TipOrder the mini croissant cereal, tiny handmade croissants served in flavoured milk, as a sweet side for the table.
$$$$BakeryAl Quoz
Birch Bakery in Al Quoz 3 makes sourdough from single origin wheat grown on family farms in Washington's Skagit Valley, fermented for over 20 hours.
TipPastries run from cheese and jalapeño croissants to kouign-amann; order special loaves ahead.
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piehaus bakes traditional sweet and savoury phyllo pies from Warehouse 22A on Alserkal Avenue in Dubai, run under the 21grams bistro family.
TipThe savoury pies go fastest at lunch; come mid-morning if you want the widest choice of fillings.
$$$$BakeryCity Walk
Flaky Pastry Croissant Co. bakes sweet and savoury croissants at its City Walk counter in Dubai, from the 24K chocolate croissant to the viral crookie.
TipThe 24K chocolate croissant and the crookie are the two the shop is known for.
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Tonton Bakes twists Italian and French pastry traditions into its own Tontail sfogliatella at Wasl 51 in Jumeirah 1, Dubai, open every day of the week.
TipThe Tontail is the item to order fresh; ask which batch is newest since it laminates through the day.
$$$$BakeryAl Karama
Habib Bakery, a Dubai bakery founded in 1987, sells cakes, Arabic sweets and fresh bread late into the night from its branch on Street 6A in Al Karama.
TipThe milk cake and the cream puffs are the bakery's best known orders.
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Milk Bakery and Cafe bakes cereal-milk cakes and savoury danishes from its own small counter at Wasl 51 in Jumeirah 1, Dubai, open every day.
TipThe cereal-milk cakes and the chebab bun are the bakes the cafe is known for.
$$$$BakeryDeira
Habib Bakery in Hor Al Anz, Deira, is the round the clock branch of a Dubai bakery founded in 1987, selling cakes, Arabic sweets and fresh bread.
OrderArabic sweets and fresh bread
TipThis Hor Al Anz branch runs 24 hours; the Karama branch closes at 02:00.