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Bakery cafés in Dublin

Sourdough counters, French and Portuguese pastry shops and old northside bakeries.

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Most of Dublin's bakery cafés are recent. Bread 41 on Pearse Street, which Visit Dublin calls the oldest of the new bakeries, dates from 2018, and others followed in the 2020s, from No Messin' in Stoneybatter in 2020 to Una in Ranelagh in early 2024.1

Older counters carry on beside them. The Bretzel on Lennox Street, founded in 1870 by a Russian-Jewish immigrant, still bakes rye, sourdough and brown bread.1 It began when Portobello was known as Little Jerusalem.2 Capel Street & O'Connell Street has the most bakery cafés, ahead of Harold's Cross & Terenure.

Local tip: Go early for Bread 41's morning buns and sourdough: Visit Dublin warns there is usually a queue on Pearse Street.1

Where these cafés are: Capel Street & O'Connell Street (4), Harold's Cross & Terenure (3), The Liberties (2), Phibsborough & Drumcondra (2), Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green (1), Docklands & Grand Canal (1), Temple Bar & Dame Street (1), Merrion Square & Baggot Street (1).

At a glance

15Cafés listed
3With opening hours
08:00Earliest opening
19:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Lisboa Pastelaria, from 08:00 (Mon–Sat 08:00–19:00 · Sun 09:30–19:00).
  • Most listed streets: Kimmage Road Lower (2), Liffey Street Lower (2).
  • Most common features: wheelchair access (27%), partial wheelchair access (20%), outdoor seating (13%).

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Bread 41 and the sourdough counters

Bread 41 opened its café in September 2018 next to its organic bakery on Pearse Street. Its long-fermented loaves are made by hand over two days from flour, salt and water, and the café makes its own butters and jams.3

Expect a queue, and pay extra for a takeaway cup; dogs are welcome.1

French, Portuguese and Italian

Artybaker, owned by the French baker Romain Tessier, focuses on French pastries and bagel sandwiches and pours Pine Cone coffee.1 Its shop at 161 Kimmage Road Lower opens 08:30–15:00 every day.

Lisboa Pastelaria at 7 St Andrew Street, a Portuguese pastelaria (pastry shop), opens 08:00–19:00 Monday to Saturday. Il Valentino, a long-standing Italian café and bakery, makes cannoli, tiramisu, financiers and madeleines.1 Its Pearse Street branch opens at 07:00 on weekdays.

Northside bakeries

In 2020 Ann's Bakery had shops on Mary Street, Moore Street and North Earl Street.4 Nearby, Pulido's Coffee & Bakery sells from 22 Moore Street and the Filipino Bakery from 20 Liffey Street Lower, with the Bagel Bar on the same street.

Elliot's has a Phibsborough shop with no seating and some tables at Arran Street East, and serves Cloud Picker coffee.1 Krust Bakery is at George's Wharf, and Mad Brothers bakes at the Deaf Village Café on Ratoath Road. Beside Croke Park, Russell Street Bakery opened in 2023 under Thibault Peigne, a co-founder of Tartine Organic Bakery, with pistachio New York rolls and Imbibe coffee but no indoor tables.1

Pastry with your coffee

Several coffee-led cafés lean on their own bakers. Two Pups gets its almond croissants and sausage rolls from Bold Boy Bakery, and Proper Order's sibling, No Messin', is best known for buttery mince pies.1 Legit Coffee Co. on Meath Street pairs French pastries with Brazilian-origin coffee.5

In Kimmage, Al's Bakery on Kimmage Road Lower opens 09:00–18:00 Monday to Saturday and has Wi-Fi, and The Corner Bakery is on Terenure Road North. Scéal, which began as a market stall in the Fumbally Stables, now bakes sourdough and laminated pastries on the South Circular Road.1 Seven Wonders on Excise Walk serves the Docklands. In the Liberties, Ada Coffee & Bagels is at 29 Thomas Street and La Boulangerie on the South Circular Road, and near Merrion Square, Itsa is on Fitzwilliam Lane.

Sources

  1. Best bakeries in Dublin, Visit Dublin (Fáilte Ireland), accessed October 2026
  2. The best neighborhoods in Dublin, Lonely Planet (Fionn Davenport, updated April 8, 2026), accessed October 2026
  3. Eoin Cluskey, Bread 41, Ballymaloe Cookery School, accessed October 2026
  4. The definitive list of independent coffee shops in DublinTown (January 15, 2020), DublinTown, accessed October 2026
  5. LEGIT Coffee Co., LEGIT Coffee Co., accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Bakery cafés in Dublin: questions

Where can you buy sourdough at a café in Dublin?

Bread 41 on Pearse Street in Dublin 2 has run its café next to its organic bakery since September 2018, with long-fermented sourdough made by hand over two days. Expect a queue; takeaway cups cost extra.

How old is the Bretzel Bakery in Dublin?

The Bretzel on Lennox Street in Portobello, Dublin, dates from 1870 and was founded by a Russian-Jewish immigrant. It still bakes rye, sourdough and brown bread. Portobello was then known as Little Jerusalem for its Jewish community.

Where can you get French pastries in Dublin?

Artybaker, owned by French baker Romain Tessier, focuses on French pastries and bagel sandwiches; its Kimmage Road Lower shop in Dublin opens 08:30–15:00 daily. Legit Coffee Co. on Meath Street pairs French pastries with Brazilian-origin coffee, and Il Valentino makes financiers and madeleines alongside Italian cakes.

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