Machina Coffee Bakery Counter is a bakery in Marchmont Meadows, Edinburgh.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The pastries are bought-in rather than house-baked; quality is high but stock runs out by 12:00. Machina's earlier Brougham Place espresso bar has closed.
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Address: 38 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh EH9 1HX
Darcie Maher's Lannan Bakery on Hamilton Place in Stockbridge Edinburgh, opened July 2023 and expanded in 2025, a scratch-made viennoiserie counter.
Worth the queueCroissant and pain au chocolat
TipQueues form from 6am on weekends and the rack often sells out by 11am; the pantry next door stocks loaves and pantry goods past midday.
Twelve Triangles Portobello on the high street near the beach in Edinburgh, the seaside branch of the Leith bakery that bakes naturally leavened sourdough.
Worth the queueBrown butter and salted caramel doughnut
TipTakeaway only on this site; doughnuts and morning buns clear out by 10am on summer weekends.
Rachel Morgan and Emily Cuddeford's Brunswick Street bakery in Edinburgh, opened 2015, the city's reference sourdough kitchen and the most-loved doughnut.
Worth the queueBrown butter and salted caramel doughnut
TipDoughnuts sell out by 11:00 on Saturdays. Brunswick Street is takeaway only, so plan to eat yours on the walk.
The Company Bakery on Easter Road in Edinburgh, opened 2018, a Leith sourdough kitchen and cafe with fresh-from-the-oven pastries and a small lunchtime.
Worth the queueCinnamon morning bun
TipCinnamon buns sell out by 11:00. Online preorder for collection is the only reliable way on weekends.
Lovecrumbs cake shop on West Port in Edinburgh, opened 2010, a tea-and-cake counter in a Grassmarket-adjacent townhouse with a daily-changing slice counter.
Worth the queueSalted caramel cake
TipWalk in only; the upstairs nook holds four for a quieter window.
Bostock Bakery on St Stephen Street in Stockbridge Edinburgh, opened 2020 by Hamish Saxton, a sourdough-and-pastry kitchen with daily-changing croissants.
Worth the queueAlmond croissant
TipSaturday morning queue runs out the door. Order ahead through the Square online shop to skip the wait.
