Twelve Triangles Portobello is a bakery in Portobello, Edinburgh.
Twelve Triangles Portobello on the high street near the beach in Edinburgh, the seaside branch of the Leith bakery that bakes naturally leavened sourdough.
Tip: Takeaway only on this site; doughnuts and morning buns clear out by 10am on summer weekends.
Address: 300 Portobello High Street, Edinburgh EH15 2AS
Rachel Morgan and Emily Cuddeford's Brunswick Street bakery in Edinburgh, opened 2014, the city's reference sourdough kitchen and the most-loved doughnut.
Tip: Doughnuts sell out by 11:00 on Saturdays. Order via Square Online by Friday lunchtime for next-day collection.
Worth the queue: Brown butter and salted caramel doughnut
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.
Tip: Cinnamon buns sell out by 11:00. Online preorder for collection is the only reliable way on weekends.
Worth the queue: Cinnamon morning bun
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.
Tip: Walk in only; the upstairs nook holds four for a quieter window.
Worth the queue: Salted caramel cake
Bostock Bakery on St Stephen Street in Stockbridge Edinburgh, opened 2020 by Hamish Saxton, a sourdough-and-pastry kitchen with daily-changing croissants.
Tip: Saturday morning queue runs out the door. Order ahead through the Square online shop to skip the wait.
Worth the queue: Almond croissant
The Palmerston restaurant's bakery counter on Palmerston Place in Edinburgh, opened 2021, selling the day's bread from the kitchen at the end of restaurant.
Tip: Stock varies by day; show up at 16:00 sharp. Sourdough and cinnamon buns go first within the first 20 minutes.
Worth the queue: Cardamom and pistachio bun
Edinburgh Larder's bake counter on Blackfriars Street in the Old Town of Edinburgh, opened 2009, baking Scotch pies, sausage rolls, sourdough loaves.
Tip: Pies are at the counter from 11:00 to lunch; loaves sell through the morning. Friday list runs on the website.
Worth the queue: Scotch pie
