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Round sourdough loaves and floured tin loaves on dark wooden shelves against a white wall at Bandit Bakery on Rose Street.
Aberdeen

Bandit Bakery

A plant-based bakery on Rose Street in Aberdeen, with sourdough, focaccia, cinnamon buns and a small coffee shop, named among the Good Food Guide's 50 best bakeries for 2026.

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There's nothing quite like bread from a bakery that cares about every loaf, and Bandit Bakery on Rose Street is one of the loveliest places in Aberdeen to buy it.

Everything here is plant-based, from the sourdough loaves lined up along the shelves to the fluffy focaccia, crusty baguettes, croissants, cinnamon buns, cookies and brownies. Pete and Sarah run it from a granite shopfront just off the west end of Union Street, with a small coffee shop beside the bakery, so you can sit down with a coffee and something sweet before you carry a loaf home. The Good Food Guide lists it as a Local Gem, and in 2026 it named Bandit among its 50 best bakeries in Britain. It opens every day of the week from nine in the morning until four, which makes it an easy stop on a walk round the west end. Dogs are welcome inside, and there's paid parking on the surrounding streets.

Round the cornerThe Bread GuyThe city-centre shop of an Aberdeen bakery crowned Scottish Baker of the Year in 2024, on Thistle Street, for butteries, pies baked every day, slow-fermented bread and cakes.Under a mileSee itThe Bread Guys Bakery at 16 Thistle Street in Aberdeen: a granite corner with a purple sign over the open door and a board outside for coffee.
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Open every day, with a small coffee shop beside the bakery.

News of the day's baking goes up on its Instagram.

Where
51H Rose Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1UB.
Open
Every day, 9am to 4pm.
Vegan
Everything is plant-based.
Dogs
Welcome.
Access
A wheelchair-accessible entrance, and a toilet.
Parking
Paid parking on the street.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
9am–4pm
Tuesday
9am–4pm
Wednesday
9am–4pm
Thursday
9am–4pm
Friday
9am–4pm
Saturday
9am–4pm
Sunday
9am–4pm

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Where it is

On Rose Street, just north of the west end of Union Street, AB10 1UB.

Close byRose Street and the west end.
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  3. Customers seated in the window of The Cult of Coffee on Esslemont AvenueThe Cult of CoffeeA relaxed coffee shop on Esslemont Avenue in Aberdeen, with rich speciality coffee, cakes and armchairs for reading, working or chatting.Under a mile as the crow flies
  4. Granite steps lead up to a statue and His Majesty's Theatre in AberdeenUnion Terrace GardensA Victorian garden in a green valley in the centre of Aberdeen, opened in 1878 and reopened after its restoration, with lawns, a footbridge and pavilions.Under a mile as the crow flies
  5. Wooden bar with hanging wine glasses, bottles and a lit fireplaceCafé BohemeAn intimate, candlelit French restaurant on cobbled Windmill Brae in Aberdeen, cooking French classics with Scottish produce, listed in the Michelin Guide.Under a mile as the crow flies
  6. Pedestrian crosses between First and Stagecoach buses under festive light decorationsUnion StreetAberdeen's grand main street, a mile of granite from the Castlegate to Holburn Junction, carried over the Denburn valley on a single great arch.Under a mile as the crow flies
  7. Aberdeen Art GalleryAberdeen Art GalleryAberdeen's great art gallery on Schoolhill, free to visit, with 700 years of art from Monet and the Scottish Colourists to Joan Eardley and Barbara Hepworth.Under a mile as the crow flies
Directions
RestaurantsMediterraneanA step away
The Bread Guys Bakery at 16 Thistle Street in Aberdeen: a granite corner with a purple sign over the open door and a board outside for coffee.CafeThe Bread GuyA step away
The bar room at Grape & Grain, under a ceiling hung with flowers and copper lamps, with high stools, velvet tub chairs and a large clock on the far wall.BarsGrape & GrainA step away
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The front of Mara on Thistle Street at night, its dark shopfront lit and signed Italian Wine, Bottle Shop, Small Plates, with tables and wine shelves seen through the windows.RestaurantsMaraA step away
Light of Bengal's front on Rose Street at night, its name lit above a window into the dining room and an open door.RestaurantsLight of BengalA step away
Coloured parasols hang above a green-walled restaurant with gold plates and framed artworkRestaurantsMadame Mew'sA step away
Wooden boards with cured meats, olives, bread and dipping saucesRestaurantsMi AmoreA step away
Restaurant interior with leather booths, blue chairs and set wooden tablesRestaurantsVovem Meat & LiquorA step away

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