Top 10 Best Bakeries in Downtown Dubai, Dubai
Choose among:
- ✦ Custom cakes
- ✦ Fresh breads
- ✦ Anytime breakfast
- ✦ Lebanese sweets
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What people like
Custom OrdersA customer sent a sample picture for a chocolate birthday cake, found the process easy and received on-time delivery.
Cake VarietyRainbow cake is a recurring favourite, while red velvet, carrot cake and chocolate cakes give regulars several familiar options.
The Hummingbird Bakery in Downtown Dubai is a cake-and-cupcake stop known for colourful rainbow cake, red velvet and generous slices. Reviews also mention coffee, a cosy seating area and custom celebration cakes, including orders arranged for delivery.
TipAsk when the slice or cake was prepared before buying, since several reviews describe dry or stale red velvet and carrot cake.
Choose The Hummingbird Bakery for custom celebration cakes with picture-led ordering and on-time delivery.
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What people like
Matcha drinksThe White Coco, Cloud and strawberry matcha drinks are repeatedly praised for rich flavour, balanced sweetness and thick texture.
Fresh bakingCustomers highlight fluffy breads, crisp-edged loaves, novelty buns, croissants and savoury pastries, including the tissue bread.
Yamanote Atelier is a Japanese-inspired bakery and café in Downtown Dubai, serving in-house breads, pastries, coffee and matcha. Reviews make the White Coco Matcha, croissants and satisfying sandwiches especially worth exploring during a Dubai Mall break.
TipStart with White Coco Matcha if you prefer a thick, balanced drink that is not too sweet.
Choose Yamanote Atelier The Dubai Mall for soft-inside, crisp-edged breads alongside Japanese-inspired café choices.
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What people like
Burj ViewThe cafe has a clear, unobstructed Burj Khalifa view, including from its outdoor seating.
French ToastThe tiramisu French toast is repeatedly praised, with the kunafa and Lotus versions also earning strong mentions.
Hampstead Bakery and Cafe is a bakery-cafe in Downtown Dubai serving all-day breakfast, coffee, baked goods and full meals. Customers especially come for the tiramisu French toast and the clear Burj Khalifa view, with indoor and outdoor seating for relaxed breakfasts or dessert stops.
TipMake the tiramisu French toast your dessert order; it is the clearest recurring recommendation in the reviews.
Choose Hampstead Bakery and Cafe for standout tiramisu French toast and breakfast served all day.
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What people like
Soft textureWhen fresh, cookies can be warm and soft inside with a lightly crisp edge.
Rich chocolateThe cookies are repeatedly described as rich, gooey and generously filled with chocolate.
Ben’s Cookies is a bakery retail chain in Downtown Dubai, selling handmade cookies with chocolate, nuts or fruit. Reviews especially point to the milk chocolate and dark chocolate chunk cookies, often enjoyed warm while shopping or paired with a latte.
TipIf softness matters, ask whether the cookie is fresh before ordering; some customers found them hard or dry.
Choose Ben’s Cookies for warm, chocolate-rich cookies with a soft centre and crisp edge.
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What people like
Banana puddingThe signature Banana Pudding is repeatedly praised for its creamy texture, fresh banana flavour and consistent quality.
Milk cakeMilk Cake is a standout for several reviewers, with one calling it outstanding and another returning specifically for it.
Magnolia Bakery is a cheerful counter-service bakeshop in Downtown Dubai, inside Bloomingdale’s at Dubai Mall. Reviews point first-time visitors towards the signature Banana Pudding, while the Milk Cake and custom birthday cakes give regulars and celebration shoppers other concrete reasons to stop.
TipTry the Banana Pudding first; reviews call it the signature item and say it comes in three sizes.
Choose Magnolia Bakery for signature Banana Pudding praised for creamy texture and consistent quality.
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What people like
Lebanese flavourSeveral customers say the sweets taste like those in Lebanon, including the hard-to-find halawet el jeben.
Fresh kunafaKunafa and baklava were described as fresh and balanced, with kunafa also available in a kaak format.
Hallab 1881 Kasr El Helou is a Lebanese sweets bakery in Downtown Dubai, located in Dubai Mall. Reviews point to it for kunafa, baklava and traditional desserts such as halawet el jeben, with a polished Lebanese setting for dining in or takeaway.
TipIf ordering halawet el jeben, ask for it with or without sugar syrup, then choose rolled or loose pieces.
Choose Hallab 1881 Kasr El Helou for fresh, balanced kunafa and baklava.
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