Where can I find loukoumades in Athens?

Krinos on Aiolou Street, behind the Varvakios food market, is the loukoumades stop in this set. They are handmade and served with honey and walnuts, and one creator recommends them with soft serve ice cream. The bakery keeps its 1923 interior, with mosaic floors and marble-top tables, and it is listed as cheap.

Which Athens bakeries are cheap?

Four are listed as cheap: Krinos for loukoumades, Mam for traditional pies, Stani for sheep's milk yogurt with honey and rice pudding, and Sol Bake and Coffee Project for cinnamon rolls and Basque cheesecake. The rest are moderate, and none of the 12 places on this page is listed as expensive.

Which Athens bakeries do croissants and cinnamon rolls?

For croissants, Overoll Croissanterie on Praxitelous Street calls itself the first authentic croissanterie in Greece, and Temps Perdu bakes butter croissants and Valrhona pain au chocolat behind a glass front. For cinnamon rolls, Ugly Rolls bakes them fresh daily, Sol offers several flavors, and Temps Perdu has cinnamon buns as well.

Athens Bakeries and Dessert Spots From TikTok

Two Athens food crawls supply most of this list. One creator's roundup of viral food stops accounts for seven of the 12 places, and another post plans a whole day around eating, starting at a bakery. The result mixes old institutions with new arrivals: a loukoumades shop with its 1923 interior and a dairy bar open since 1931 on one side, croissanteries and cinnamon roll counters on the other.

Bougatsa, filo pastry filled with custard or cheese, ties the older places together: Bougatsadiko Psirri, Makedonikon and Krinos all serve it, and Mam is the pie shop one creator falls back on. The newer bakeries sit in the center, two of them on Praxitelous Street. Prices are friendly, with four places listed as cheap and none as expensive.

Written from public posts on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Updated Oct 2026.

Where creators go

Bougatsadiko PsirriBakery
Two mentions put this family-run bakery on Miaouli Street in Psirri at the top of the list. It is a place where you can watch the chefs make bougatsa and savory pies through the open kitchen. One creator ordered the custard bougatsa with powdered sugar and notes you can add cinnamon or Nutella; savory versions come with feta or spinach. Spanakopita and kreatopita are baked fresh daily as well.
KrinosBakery
A cheap bakery on Aiolou Street behind the Varvakios food market, keeping its 1923 interior with mosaic floors and marble-top tables. The draw is handmade loukoumades, honey-soaked doughnuts with walnuts, and one creator calls the loukoumades with soft serve ice cream an obvious win. Bougatsa and cheese pies are on the counter too.
MakedonikonBakery
Listed as Athens' oldest spot for bougatsa, this family-run bakery on Solonos Street makes the northern style with custard or cheese, plus kourou pastries with feta, tomato and spices. The creator recommends the feta, spinach and semolina custard versions, and found only three types ready when they arrived early in the morning.
StaniBakery
A dairy bar on Marikas Kotopouli Street serving sheep's milk yogurt, rice pudding and custards since 1931. It is filed as a bakery, but the post sends you for the famous yogurt with honey, topped with walnuts. It is cheap, works as a budget breakfast, and the room feels like a slice of old-school Athens.
MamBakery
A long-standing pie shop on Pesmazoglou Street with no frills and low prices: tiropita, kasseropita, spinach and feta, minced meat. The creator suggests it as the fallback when your preferred filling is not ready at other spots, and calls the mince meat bougatsa a standout. The shop donates its daily leftovers to the homeless.
Temps PerduBakery
A croissanterie on Athanasiou Axarlian Street with a transparent facade that shows the baking. The listing details butter croissants made with 84% fat French butter, pain au chocolat with Valrhona chocolate, ham and graviera croissants and cinnamon buns. It comes from a niche Athens guide rather than the viral lists, for those who care about lamination.
Sol Bake & Coffee ProjectBakery
A sunlit corner bakery at Praxitelous and Chavriou with an open pastry workshop. Cinnamon rolls in several flavors and Basque cheesecake are the signatures, and it is listed as cheap. It appears in the same viral food roundup as Ugly Rolls and Overoll Croissanterie, and Overoll is on the same street.
The Dark Side of ChocolateChocolate Shop
A cozy chocolatier and café on Solonos Street, making handmade chocolates and a signature hot cocoa. It is the only chocolate shop on the page, and it appears in the same niche Athens guide as Temps Perdu. Makedonikon is on Solonos Street too, so bougatsa and cocoa can share one outing.

More bakeries and desserts in Athens

Ugly RollsBakery 72H Artisanal BakeryBakery Overoll CroissanterieBakery VariaBakery

Croissants and cinnamon rolls

Besides Temps Perdu and Sol, two more pastry counters come from the viral roundup.

Overoll Croissanterie on Praxitelous Street: billed as the first authentic croissanterie in Greece, with a menu given over to croissants.
Ugly Rolls on Evripidou Street: a compact corner storefront baking soft, handcrafted cinnamon rolls fresh every day.

Bread to take home

72H Artisanal Bakery on Patroou Street, near Ergon House, ferments and matures its sourdough for 72 hours and also sells sweet and savory muffins and bars from an eye-catching display window. In Kolonaki, Varia bakes Bavarian breads in a distinctive modern room, a break from the filo pastry that dominates the rest of the list.

Good to know

Bougatsadiko Psirri is the most posted, with custard bougatsa dusted in powdered sugar and savory feta or spinach versions made in an open kitchen. Makedonikon on Solonos Street is listed as the city's oldest bougatsa spot. Krinos serves it next to its loukoumades, and Mam is known for a mince meat bougatsa.