The Best Cafés and Bakeries in Copenhagen

Cardamom bun utopia and one of Copenhagen’s most popular bakeries.

Always a line, but worth the wait. I have my favorites, but make a point of trying something new. Cardamom rolls are fantastic! The friendly vibe adds to the experience.

Favorite place for breakfast in Copenhagen! It’s an all out feast, so the more the merrier. Breads, dips, omelet, pickles and fresh baked thin pizzas with zaatar.

Great and busy bakery and cafe in hipster Refshaleøen

Delicious food inspired by food from all around the world with warm service.Beautiful place, lovely food and tasty drinks. One of my favorites to step in for breakfast, lunch or just a quick cup of coffee.

Sicilian flavours and great bread by Christian Puglisi. All day dining, including a nice breakfast-brunch.Mirabelle Spiseria is the renewed Sicilian inspired all day eatery in Nørrebro by chef Christian Puglisi, next door to his other restaurant, Bæst. The legendary bakery and eatery has now been turned into a proper Sicilian osteria with a focus on pasta and Sicilian flavours inspired by Puglisi’s Sicilian heritage. I had the breakfast, which already gives some nice flavours of the new setup, with scrambled eggs with nduja butter, kale with olive oil and Sicilian brioche with pistachio custard. The breakfast can be turned into lunch by adding a beef tartar with ground dried tomato capuliato, capers and oregano. The lunch and dinner menu features dishes from crudo of monkfish to braised rabbit with olives and spaghetti with anchovies, and, of course almond granita. For those who are missing the sourdough bread from Mirabelle Bakery: it’s still served with the food and can be bought in limited amounts for takeout.

A place to satisfy your palate and eyes.Beautiful breakfast / light lunch spot in Copenhagen center. Choose from a classic Copenhagen set (home baked sourdough buns with whipped butter and cheese), perfectly creamy porridge or signature breakfast dishes such as savoury waffle with egg salad or with whipped mascarpone, elderflower and rhubarb jam. Not to be missed are baked on the premises “croissants” - sweet pastries of perfectly layered pastry filled with lemon curd and dipped in poppy seed or with miso caramel and sesame seeds. As a bonus comes the beautiful interior as Apotek shares space with the showroom of one of the coolest Cph design brands - Frama (shopping for some ceramics might be a good cherry on top of your breakfast).

Delicious pastries, coffee and icecreamThere are many reasons to stop by either one of Coffee Collectives' many cafes or their bakery. In the summertime, their espresso softserve is a must and all year round so are their coffee and pastries. Everyone in Copenhagen owes them a big thanks as they were the ones that introduced good coffee to the city with the light roast style that has since become the city’s style almost everywhere.

My favorite gluten free bread and vegan pastries.H.U.G Bageri is my favorite non-gluten bakery. They have great gluten free bread and very good vegan pastries, including classics like cinnamon rolls.

Surprisingly deliciousHidden in a grocery store the humble restaurant delivers extremely impressive flavors. Every weekend there is a tasting menu and surprise surprise it also changes every week. Not just a little bit but completely and so does the theme. The food is all about the flavor but with just the right balance of technique to highlight the ingredients in the best possible way.

Luxury bakery and patisserie.Maison is definitely not your average bakery. That's because it is not. They serve 2-3 different seasonal pastries, that I would be happy to get at any Michelin star restaurant. The best comparison would be Cedric Grolet in Paris. There is a bit of space to enjoy the wonderful creations at the counter, perhaps together with a glass of champagne. Otherwise, bring it home with you and enjoy.

Real Food and Family Friendly EaterySome call this “a hidden place where neighbors come to hang out” in Nørrebro.All day and evening you can get good homemade, tasty food from very good local and mostly organic ingredients. This is a cozy, familyowned eatery run by Lisa and Francesco who are Swiss/Sicilian. A place to bring together all generations around the table. In the morning it is a café with good coffee and croissants. At lunch nice dishes and always the signature dish “rösti” and in the evening a lovely seasonal bistro menu with smaller and bigger servings, menus and food for omnivores and vegetarians. The homemade filled pasta like pasta rosette are so nice, good focaccia, natural wine, fresh fish and in winther time cheese fondue on Sundays – yummi with good potatoes on the side.The relaxed place is homey. There is a corner for kids to play, and in the other part of the eatery you can sit calm and enjoy your drinks and food. You can even have homemade baby food all day.

Good micro bakery in a beautiful locationPackhouse is a micro bakery and café located in an old packhouse by the canals in Christianshavn. The bread, pastries, and cakes are house made every day here at the café and is baked with organic, stone ground, Danish flour from Kornby Mølle. Everything is handmade and bread and buns are made with sourdough and a variety of whole and ancient grains.You can enjoy bread, pastries and cakes in the café inside or outside, or take away.Gluten-free bread is only available to take away when ordered in advance.

Alice’s warm pastries are worth the 15 minute plus queues snaking out the door on the weekend — that satisfying, audible crunch of almond croissants, pain aux chocolat and tebirkes cracking between fingers. Buttery, toasty glory.

Lively place with real food and natural wines“Gaarden & Gaden” in Danish means “The Farm and the Street”. It’s an eatery, a winebar and a café with great naturel wines, draft beers, cocktails and coffee. The place is open from morning to late evening.The food is honest, tasty and freshly prepared. Thomas Spelling owns and operates this place and the close by bakery RONDO. The nice sourdough bread and pastry from RONDO is served here all day.The use of local suppliers of good raw materials, especially organic and in season makes the food extra good.You can have oysters and snacks, dishes to share or the menu of the day for a very reasonable price. Brunch at the weekend, lunch and dinner. Flexible place informal with music and a lively vibe.In season you can have drinks and food outside in the evening sun in Nørrebrogade with lots of bikes and Copenhagen atmosphere.