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Bakery cafés in Bangkok

Bread, cake and Thai-Portuguese sweets with the coffee.

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Bangkok's oldest cake has Portuguese roots. After Ayutthaya fell in 1767, King Taksin gave Portuguese settlers a neighborhood on the Thonburi bank of the Chao Phraya, Kudi Chin, where their descendants still live.1 Its khanom farang kudi chin (ขนมฝรั่งกุฎีจีน, Kudi Chin's Western cake) is a sponge of duck eggs, wheat flour and sugar, made without baking powder or yeast and topped with raisins, dried sweet gourd and sugar.2

Only three families still make it, though it is sold well beyond the neighborhood.2 Bangkok's bakery cafés are a newer layer: Thonburi & Khlong San and Sukhumvit have the most, ahead of Thonglor & Ekkamai.

Local tip: If you can't get across to Kudi Chin, look for khanom farang kudi chin at Wang Lang Market on the Thonburi bank or in Bang Lamphu, where it is also sold.

Where these cafés are: Thonburi & Khlong San (15), Sukhumvit (Nana to Phrom Phong) (13), Thonglor & Ekkamai (9), Rattanakosin & Banglamphu (7), Siam & Pathum Wan (7), Silom & Sathorn (6), Chatuchak & Lat Phrao (5), Ari & Phaya Thai (4), Ratchada & Huai Khwang (3), Phra Khanong & On Nut (2), Bang Kapi & Ramkhamhaeng (1), Chinatown & Talat Noi (1), Yan Nawa & Rama III (1), Bang Rak & Charoen Krung (1), Dusit & Samsen (1).

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  • Opens earliest: Karo Thonglor, from 06:00 (Daily 06:00–15:00).
  • Closes latest: Love U So Matcha, until 00:00 (Daily 08:00–00:00).
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Japanese and Thai-style bakeries

Japanese bread came to Thailand as a business in 1984, when Yamazaki Baking set up a Thai subsidiary and opened its first bakery in the country.3 Some Japanese bakeries have lasted: Time Out's 2024 bakery round-up included a Japanese bakery in Phrom Phong that had been trading for more than 50 years.4

Thai-style bakeries have their veterans too. The same guide describes a bakery on Surawong Road, nearly six decades old, selling kaya bread, roll cakes and a gold butter bread at 25฿ (as of 2024), baked only 20 at a time each day.4

Sourdough in Sathorn and on Charoen Krung

Sourdough came with newer arrivals. Bartels, a Danish-Norwegian business, promises 100% sourdough made without commercial yeast and baked a little lighter than the Danish original.5 At its Suan Phlu bakery the dough ferments for two days, and as of 2024 a handmade organic loaf cost 250฿ and a double espresso 100฿.4 Bartels in Silom & Sathorn opens daily 07:00–18:00, with outdoor seats.

On Charoen Krung Road, Sarnies Sourdough bakes with French flour; in 2024 its sourdough fruit loaf cost 285฿.4 The Sarnies café in Bang Rak runs 08:00–22:00 with air-conditioning. In Ari, Landhaus bakery turns out German-style bakes, among them a 60฿ chocolate brioche bun as of 2024.4

Where Bangkok's bakery cafés are

Thonglor & Ekkamai's bakeries start early: Karo Thonglor on Sukhumvit 49/4 opens 06:00–15:00, Dahl bkk at 140 Sukhumvit 49 runs 07:00–17:00 and Herringbone at 26 Sukhumvit 53 08:00–17:00. Patisserie Rosie keeps afternoon hours, 11:00–20:00 Tuesday to Sunday, and TT Café on Sukhumvit Road serves cake until midnight.

In the old town, Like Italy Cafe-Bakery opens 07:00–17:00, Alice Cafe at 125 Fueang Nakhon Road has vegan options from 08:00, and Tann's Coffee & Bakery is at 6 Atsadang Road. Across the river, DoughMily at 277 Wang Doem Road opens 09:00–17:00, and ของหวานตลาดพลูเจ้าเก่า, whose name means the original Talat Phlu sweets, sells Thai desserts.

A riverside café in Talat Noi

Hong Sieng Kong (ฮงเซียงกง), on the river in Talat Noi near the Chow Sue Kong shrine, opened on 2 June 2021 on a site where a 150-year-old house once stood, and keeps some of the old fittings on display.6 It opens 10:00–18:00 and closes on Mondays, and it serves brunch as well as bakes.

For cake with a later coffee, Love U So Matcha at 1/8 Sukhumvit 49 bakes and stays open until midnight, and CRAFT on Soi Ton Son until 23:00.

Sources

  1. How the Portuguese influenced Thailand's cuisine, National Geographic (April 3, 2025), accessed October 2026
  2. Khanom farang kudi chin, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd. History, FundingUniverse (International Directory of Company Histories), accessed October 2026
  4. The best bakeries in Bangkok, Time Out Bangkok (November 5, 2024), accessed October 2026
  5. New Danish Thailand-based sourdough bakery café business thrives in unexpected circumstances, ScandAsia (February 23, 2025), accessed October 2026
  6. Hong Sieng Kong, Time Out Bangkok (June 4, 2021), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Bakery cafés in Bangkok: questions

What is khanom farang kudi chin, the Portuguese-Thai cake from Bangkok?

It is a sponge cake from Kudi Chin, the Thonburi neighborhood King Taksin gave to Portuguese settlers after Ayutthaya fell in 1767. It is made from duck eggs, wheat flour and sugar, without baking powder or yeast, and topped with raisins, dried sweet gourd and sugar. Only three families still bake it, but it is also sold at Wang Lang Market and in Bang Lamphu.

Which Bangkok neighborhoods have the most bakery cafés?

Thonburi & Khlong San and Sukhumvit have the most, ahead of Thonglor & Ekkamai. Across the river, DoughMily is on Wang Doem Road; in Thonglor, Karo Thonglor on Sukhumvit 49/4 opens at 06:00 and Dahl bkk at 140 Sukhumvit 49 at 07:00. In the old town, Like Italy Cafe-Bakery, Alice Cafe on Fueang Nakhon Road and Tann's Coffee & Bakery on Atsadang Road all bake.

Where can you buy sourdough at Bangkok bakery cafés?

Bartels, a Danish-Norwegian business, bakes 100% sourdough without commercial yeast; at its Suan Phlu bakery a handmade organic loaf cost 250฿ in 2024. Sarnies Sourdough on Charoen Krung Road bakes with French flour, and its fruit loaf cost 285฿ in 2024. Bartels in Silom & Sathorn opens 07:00–18:00 and Sarnies in Bang Rak 08:00–22:00.

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