The Good Food Guide has published a guide to the UK’s top 50 bakeries, with a number in Scotland including a ‘remote Highlands community hub.’
Artisan bakeries have been on the rise in recent years, with many popping up in cities and beyond. The Good Food Guide said: “We’ve travelled hundreds of miles in search of sensational Danish pastries, fresh, flaky croissants and full-flavoured loaves to bring you The Good Food Guide’s Best Bakeries 2025.”
Here we take a look at the Scottish bakeries on the list. To see all the bakeries, visit The Good Food Guide website.

5. Best Scottish bakeries
Beefcake Cafe is the only bakery in Glasgow on the list with the savoury and sweet options on the menu getting a mention as do the owner's 'obsession' with sourdoughs and a passion for pastry. | Beefcake Cafe

6. Best Scottish bakeries
Another Edinburgh bakery on the list is Hobz, which opened in 2022. | Hobz Bakery

7. Best Scottish bakeries
Would it be a best bakery list without the inclusion of Edinburgh's Lannan Bakery? This place has been buzzing, and sold-out busy, since it launched. | Zac and Zac

8. Best Scottish bakeries
Mhor Bread in Callander made the list. There's been a bakery on this site in the charming town for over 100 years, but it was in 2007 that owners of Monachyle Mhor hotel bought the premises. | Mhor Bread

