Chiang Mai’s Best Bakeries of 2025

Nana is one of the city’s OG bakery shops, once being the only place to get quality French bread goods, baked freshly every early morning a-la-Europe! Today, there’s many contenders but none quite pull off the soft, flakey and fluffy treats in the same way Chef Nicolas Delamarche and his wife Rattikarn have managed to create. Their flagship store in Chang Phuak also serves nice breakfasts with over-easy eggs on slices of warm sourdough, while their satellite shops in Sansai, Ruam Chok, Doi Saket, Chang Khian and on the Chiang Mai-Lamphun road stock a selection of their most popular baked goods, cooked fresh in-house. This way, everyone in the city can get their hands on their buttery croissants, quiches and other scrumptious morsels without any hassle. 

Specialities: French-style croissants, French bread, sourdough

Artful and delicious, Saruda Finest Pastry is without a doubt one of the finest patisseries in the city. Their creations are best known for their looks, assuming the shapes and arrangements of tropical fruit, flowers and even rocky asteroids – yet one bite and you’ll find flavours just as good as their looks. Their orange bliss is a long-standing favourite, although easily mistaken for a real orange, it’s sweet white chocolate casing with zesty bumps and all offer a sweet-sour taste profile through layers of orange syrup and crispy hazelnut base. Each month, new seasonal creations emerge so there’s never a dull moment and it’s made headlines so much they even had to open a Bangkok branch to better satisfy the city-dwellers cravings.

Specialities: Cakes that look like fruit and other bizarre creations

has opened its doors in the heart of Chiang Mai, bringing traditional baked goods to the city’s hungry. The little wooden house in which it sits perfectly matches their menu of dragon desserts, egg tarts and the swan dessert kanom pia packed with a creamy bean filling and waxy pasty aromas. Their most popular item, however, must be the lava croissants – flaky and freshly baked French parcels filled with a hot, sweet lava of cream, milk and vanilla. And despite perfecting the Thai desserts best, the owner enjoys experimenting with other sweet traditions and flavours, resulting in an otherwise simple menu peppered with fleeting Osaka cheesecake and fudge brownie visitors. 

Specialities: Thai flakey desserts and chiffon-like cakes

If you’re looking for naturally fermented breads and creative toast snacks, you’ve found the right place. Flour Flour first started selling handmade sourdough from a hole-in-the-wall shopfront, but once the secret was out the demand for their bread was so high they had to relocate, opening a new bakery that focuses on homemade breads, baked goods and high-quality local coffee. Their show-stopping sourdough is by far their best sold product, with both pick-up items at their bakery and wholesale delivery for larger restaurants and hotels. If you’ve had good sourdough in the city recently, there’s a good chance it’s from here. Their sourdough game is so good, they even hold regular 101 training sessions that take people from starter to loaf over two days. 

Specialities: Sourdough and more sourdough

Another long-standing Chiang Mai bakery, Forest Bake is like something out of a story book. Make your way through the garden trellis and follow the scent of freshly baked bread through a jungly garden tucked away in the Wat Gate area. Wooden interiors decorated with dry flowers set the scene for a menu of beautifully crafted cakes, tarts, and naturally leavened breads with zero preservatives or additives. Channeling country garden vibes, their Earl Grey Cake, infused with aromatic tea flavors and layered with velvety frosting, is a sophisticated and popular choice, however most enjoy to order a main course of lightly toasted sourdough bread topped with eggs, salmon, yoghurt and fruit, although not necessarily all together. They also offer snack boxes and catering services around the city. 

Specialities: Cakes, tarts and sourdough bread

This is one of the few Italian-style bakery experiences in Chiang Mai, garnering praise from both locals and visitors in recent years. All of their European-inspired items are handcrafted in their open kitchen on a daily basis, including quiches, sandwiches, focaccia, croissants, and, of course, biscotti. What makes this place so special is the additional vegan menu that attracts a new crowd eager to try their creamy vegan chocolate cake, and a children's play area that makes it a more than welcoming spot for families who can let kids burn off the extra sugar before they head home. In addition to the sweet baked goods, they also serve homemade Italian bread alongside pasta, sandwiches and soups for a well-rounded meal. 

Specialities: Italian-inspired baked goods and breads

Without a shopfront to speak off, baked delivers cannabis cookies to dispensaries and cafes across Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Phuket and Pattaya. A fully Chiang Mai brand, their weed-infused cookies and brownies are popular items among the city’s stoners with various levels of intensity available, ranging from microdose (up to 1.6mg THC) to macrodose levels of 25, 50, 100 and 200 plus. They are fully Thai-FDA approved and use cannabis sourced from Maejo University and have even been featured on Forbes – so you know they’re legit. Find them around the city in places like RabBuds, The Spot and Kha-Nom 24hrs Social Club & Dispensary, as well as their new Baked cookie truck that is usually stationed just south of the Ruamchock junction. 

Specialities: Cannabis-infused cookies

L'Opéra is another one of Chiang Mai’s most authentic French bakery spots, often frequented by french-speaking visitors who always seem to pair a visit with a cup of hot espresso and a cheeky choux cream treat. Reminiscent of a traditional French café, its bright yellow exterior is hard to miss, while the inside features barley cabinets filled to the brim with eclairs, opera cakes, pain au chocolate, croissants, baguettes, quiches and more. The prices are also not to be sniffed at, making it a popular choice for locals and a must-visit for those passing through. Chocolate lovers can indulge in the chocolate mousse with praline croustillant, while those with a ponchant for sour tastes can opt for the zesty lemon meringue tart and a side serving of pastis…if you’re lucky. 

Specialities: French eclairs, opera cakes and tarts