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Best bakeries in New York

Every bakery I've rated in New York, ranked by score. 18 places, 14 with notes. Updated September 2026.

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18 places · score out of 10 · j k ↵

  1. 1L'Appartement 4FBrooklyn Heights · Chocolate Chip CookieGreat pastries, can run out sometimes so try to go earlier in the day.9.9
  2. 2Radio BakeryGreenpoint · Brown butter corn cakecorn cake was fire, croissant was good but got plain so there's a ceiling to how good it can be.9.7
  3. 3Mei Lai WahChinatown · Pineapple pork bunI hate pork but this was gas and worth a try9.6
  4. 4Popup BagelsSouth Village · Everything bagelBest pure bagels anywhere imo. No sandwiches, but nothing beats private equity bagels and some scallion cream cheese.9.5
  5. 5Sunday MorningNoMad · Cream cheese Cinnamon RollCinnamon roll fans rejoice, these are so fluffy and soft.9.4
  6. 6Tompkins Square BagelsUnion Square · egg and cheeseA classic. When I lived in the East Village, I would stop by every morning for breakfast.9.3
  7. 7Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee CompanyGreenwich Village · Everything bagelGreat bagel and decent pricing. Always a good place to stop by and eat in Washington Square Park.9.0
  8. 8Justin's Salt BreadBowery · Salt bread + salt coffeeFirst time trying salt bread and was not disappointed. Coffee was also great.8.7
  9. 9Red Gate BakeryBowery · Chocolate toffee cookieDecent baked goods, decent price8.5
  10. 10L’Appartement 4FWest Villageunfortunately this location is worse than the brooklyn one imo. also sf clears nyc in terms of bakeries, deadass every sf spot clears this8.4
  11. 11Apollo BagelsEast Village · Butter and jamGood bagels but for some reason they give me an allergic reaction, and I'm not allergic to anything. 2 friends have had a similar experience, so not sure of the cause.8.3
  12. 12Magnolia Bakery - Rockefeller CenterMidtown Manhattan · Banana puddingamazing,banana pudding tastes much better than it sounds even though i'm not a huge banana fan8.2
  13. 13Claude Bakery (NYC)West Village · Chocolate cakeDecadent chocolate cake. I'm more of a vanilla fan myself, but great if you like chocolate8.1
  14. 14Utopia BagelsMidtown Southelite7.8
  15. 15Smør BakeryEast Village7.5
  16. 16Cafe Diem NYCChinatown6.9
  17. 17Ess-a-bagelFinancial District6.2
  18. 18Schmackary'sEast Village5.3

How I rate. Scores come from Beli's pairwise ranking, so a 10 means it beat everything else I've had in the category, not that it's perfect. Nothing here is sponsored.