What should I order at Greek bakeries from these videos?

At Bougatsa Iordanis, both items on the menu with a frappe. At Krinos, loukoumades with soft serve. At Stani, sheep's milk yogurt with honey. At Mam, the minced meat bougatsa. At Sketi Glyka in Chania, salted caramel and pistachio. On Hydra, the amygdalota at Tsagkaris.

When should I go to bakeries in Chania?

Early. At Bougatsa Iordanis a creator warns that the line gets huge by 8 AM, and the listing says bougatsa is best as a fresh morning breakfast. At Kaiti Mitraki Bakery the best items often sell out by early afternoon, so mornings are the time to go there too.

Which Athens bakeries are cheap?

Krinos, Mam, Stani and Sol Bake & Coffee Project are all marked cheap. Krinos does loukoumades and pies in a 1923 interior, Mam is a no-frills pie shop, Stani is a budget breakfast of yogurt and rice pudding, and Sol makes cinnamon rolls and Basque cheesecake. The other Athens bakeries here sit at a moderate price level.

Bakeries and Desserts in Greece From TikTok: Athens and Crete

Bougatsa is the thread running through these 16 places. The filo pie turns up in Chania, where a creator says the line gets huge by 8 AM, and in at least four Athens bakeries, filled with custard, cheese, spinach or minced meat. Around it sit the old Athens institutions, loukoumades at Krinos and sheep's milk yogurt at Stani, and a newer wave of croissant and cinnamon roll shops.

Twelve of the 16 places are in Athens, and seven of those come from one post rounding up viral food stops in the city. Chania on Crete has three, and one pastry shop sits by the port on Hydra. Nothing here is expensive: six places are marked cheap, including Bougatsa Iordanis, Mam and Stani, and the rest are moderate.

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

Where creators go

Bougatsa IordanisBakery · Chania
The most posted bakery in Greece on this page, with four mentions, and the oldest bougatsa shop in Chania, open since 1922. The menu has only two items, so creators order both and add a frappe. The bougatsa uses local cheese rather than custard, and one creator prefers it that way. Watching staff hand-stretch the filo is part of the visit. Arrive before 8 AM, when the line gets long.
Bougatsadiko PsirriBakery · Athens
A family-run bougatsa shop on Miaouli in Psirri, Athens, posted twice, where you can watch the chefs make each batch through an open kitchen. The creator ordered custard bougatsa with powdered sugar; you can add cinnamon or Nutella, or go savory with feta or spinach. Spanakopita and kreatopita are baked fresh too.
KrinosBakery · Athens
A bakery behind the Varvakios market in Athens with its 1923 interior intact: mosaic floors and marble-top tables. It is known for handmade loukoumades with honey and walnuts. The creator's pick is the loukoumades with soft serve ice cream, which they call an obvious win. It is cheap, and it also does bougatsa and cheese pies.
MakedonikonBakery · Athens
A family-run shop on Solonos described as Athens' oldest spot for bougatsa, in the Northern style. The creator recommends the feta, spinach and semolina custard versions, but found only three types ready on an early morning visit. Kourou pastries with feta, tomato and spices are another option.
StaniBakery · Athens
A dairy bar on Marikas Kotopouli serving sheep's milk yogurt, rice pudding and custards since 1931. The creator goes for the famous yogurt with honey, which the listing serves with walnuts. It counts as a budget breakfast and keeps an old Athens feel, a contrast to the newer croissant shops on this page.
Temps PerduBakery · Athens
A croissanterie in Athens built around technique: butter croissants made with 84% fat French butter, pain au chocolat with Valrhona, and savory ham and graviera croissants. A glass facade and open kitchen show the baking. It appears in a niche Athens guide alongside cocktail and wine bars.
Sketi GlykaPastry Shop · Chania
A patisserie near the Venetian Port in Chania making handmade cakes and gelato from local ingredients, with local wines and digestifs too. The creator's order is salted caramel and pistachio, described as heavenly. It comes from an updated list of where to eat in Chania, picked for its service.
Kaiti Mitraki BakeryBakery · Chania
A small neighborhood bakery on Selinou in Chania for Cretan kalitsounia, bougatsa, cheese and spinach pies, and homemade lemon cookies. The creator mentions fresh pastries and hot spinach pies. The best items can sell out by early afternoon, so come in the morning. Cheap, with the owner serving.

More bakeries and desserts in Greece

72H Artisanal BakeryBakery · Athens MamBakery · Athens Overoll CroissanterieBakery · Athens Sol Bake & Coffee ProjectBakery · Athens The Dark Side of ChocolateChocolate Shop · Athens Tsagkaris PastriesPastry Shop · Aegina Ugly RollsBakery · Athens VariaBakery · Athens

Croissants, cinnamon rolls and bread in Athens

Athens' newer bakeries run from croissants and cinnamon rolls to long-fermented sourdough, and most come from the same viral food stops post.

Overoll Croissanterie on Praxitelous: described as the first authentic croissanterie in Greece.
Sol Bake & Coffee Project, also on Praxitelous: cinnamon rolls in several flavors and Basque cheesecake, at a cheap price level.
Ugly Rolls on Evripidou: a compact corner shop for soft cinnamon rolls baked daily.
72H Artisanal Bakery on Patroou: sourdough fermented for 72 hours, plus sweet and savory muffins.
Varia in Kolonaki: Bavarian bread, from a creator's list of favorite places in Athens.

When your bougatsa filling has run out

A food-day post in Athens pairs two shops. At Makedonikon only three fillings were ready in the early morning, and the creator points to Mam on Pesmazoglou as the backup, singling out its minced meat bougatsa. Mam is cheap and no-frills, bakes tiropita, kasseropita and spinach feta pie, and donates its daily leftovers to the homeless.

Chocolate in Athens, almonds on Hydra

For something other than pastry, The Dark Side of Chocolate on Solonos makes handmade chocolates and a signature hot cocoa, and appears in the same niche guide as Temps Perdu. Off the mainland, Tsagkaris Pastries sits steps from the port on Hydra, known for crispy florentines; the creator says to try the amygdalota, almond paste covered in powdered sugar.

Good to know

Bougatsa Iordanis in Chania leads with four mentions, more than any other bakery here. It has served bougatsa since 1922 and keeps a two-item menu. In Athens, Bougatsadiko Psirri has two mentions for custard bougatsa made in an open kitchen, and Makedonikon on Solonos is described as the city's oldest bougatsa spot.