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Plaited cheese buns and topped bagels on a copper tray behind the glass of the counter at Kungfu Bakery on Nicolson Square.
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Kungfu Bakery

An Asian bakery on Nicolson Square, opened in 2026, baking pineapple buns, soft breads, Swiss rolls and bagels.

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Kungfu Bakery opened on Nicolson Square in 2026, under a red and white striped awning a few steps from Surgeons' Hall and the university.

It was started by a group of Chinese mothers who have lived in Edinburgh for years, and it's their first bakery together. The shelves are full of the soft, light breads of an Asian bakery: pineapple buns with their crackly sugar tops, hot dog buns, coconut cocktail buns, plaited cheese buns, bagels and Swiss rolls, with small cream cakes topped with fruit and coffee and soy milk to go with them. It's a cheerful stop for something sweet on a walk between the Old Town and the Meadows, or a bag of buns to take home for later. It's open every day from ten in the morning until seven at night, so it's easy to call in on the way back from a day in town, and students get a discount.

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Before you go

Open every day from 10am to 7pm, for buns and cakes to take away.

Where
5 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9BH.
Open
Every day, 10am to 7pm.
Students
A student discount.
Phone
0131 381 3777

Opening hours

Monday
10am–7pm
Tuesday
10am–7pm
Wednesday
10am–7pm
Thursday
10am–7pm
Friday
10am–7pm
Saturday
10am–7pm
Sunday
10am–7pm

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Where it is

On the south side of Nicolson Square, beside Nicolson Street and a few steps from Surgeons’ Hall, EH8 9BH.

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