Lannan in Stockbridge won La Liste's Pastry Opening of the Year in 2024 and came third in Britain a year later on a vote of working bakers. The queue forms before the door opens and the counter is cleared by lunch, so the hour you turn up decides what you get to eat, and the pre-order collected next door at the Pantry beats the line entirely.
The morning pastry counter.
The rooms, best first
- Lannan Bakeryverified
The custard slice is cut and portioned in front of the queue, and the last of the morning's bake goes early.
- Twelve Triangles (Brunswick Street)verified
Roberta Hall-McCarron names this branch by its street number and says the peanut butter croissant is hard to look past.
- Company Bakeryverified
The Skinny calls this one of Scotland's best wholesale bakeries, and the Musselburgh counter is where the full range is sold.
- Archipelago Bakeryverified
Caroline Walsh bakes her soda bread to her own recipe once or twice a week and it goes the same day.
- KVASA Bakery, Shop & Fermentation Labverified
The bakery runs a fermentation lab behind the counter and the bread comes out of it.