Hyderabad's Iconic Bakeries And Cafes To Explore

By Aparna Dutta

Hyderabad is known for its Nizami cuisine, which includes kebabs, biryani, and haleem. But the city also offers so much more than just these famous dishes. But next time whenever visiting the city try the outstanding bakeries and pastries from some of the iconic bakeries. These bakeries have been offering their service to the locals and tourists for more than a decade. Like the Karachi Bakery was opened in 1953, and the Cafe Niloufer has been there since 1978. Despite their age, these bakeries continue to provide the best cakes, cookies, biscuits, and pastries.


  • Conçu

    Conçu, an exquisite café and pastry shop in the center of Hyderabad, is suitably titled with the French word for "crafted". This charming refuge for delightful treats has brought the endearing and comfortable cafés of Europe nearer to Hyderabad.So, if you want to go and work on that office document then head off to Concu for a great time. You will be pampered for choice with Whoopie Pie, Salted Caramel Tart, Tiramisu Cup, Chocolate Eclaire, Strawberry Tart, and Macaroons.


  • Karachi Bakery

    One of Hyderabad's most renowned and historic bakeries is Karachi Bakery. The bakery was founded in 1953 and is well-known for its mouthwatering cakes, pastries, and fruit biscuits. The bakery is popular for its distinctive packaging, which accentuates its appeal as a present for families and friends. Karachi Bakery has received numerous accolades for the outstanding quality of its goods and customer support. When here definitely try the Karachi famous biscuits Osamia biscuits along with their plum cake, til rusks, and pista biscuits. This bakery is heaven for vegans also because they have a variety of vegan biscuits like pistachio millet vegan biscuits, and blueberry millet vegan biscuits.

    Karachi Bakery's fruit biscuits were ranked 29th out of the "150 Most Legendary Dessert Places in the World" by TasteAtlas, a global database of local food, in 2023. TasteAlas noted that fruit biscuits from Karachi Bakery are a signature item. The Middle East, Canada, Europe, Australia, and the United States are among the countries that import its baked goods.

  • Labonel Bakery

    The Labonel Bakery is known for its decadent brownies and assortment of enticing cakes. Founded in Hyderabad in 1995, it has gained popularity for its freshly baked goods that are of the highest quality. They only use the best, freshest ingredients and no preservatives when making all of their baked goods, which range from brownies, cupcakes, teacake loaves, cookies, and cakes. Every product is created to order, and they ensure that nothing is left over for the following day.

    The bakery's chocolate cupcakes, red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, walnut gateau, chocolate cake, and berry crumble cake are all delicious, and choosing only one item from them can become difficult. These mouthwatering bakery items guarantee that the customers will come back time and time again.

  • Pista House

    Popular for its classic Indian sweets and bakery goods, Pista House is a well-known bakery in Hyderabad. The eatery serves a variety of cakes, pastries, and bread in addition to the best haleem and biryani. Founded by Mr. Mohd Abdul Majeed, a visionary, driven, and enterprising businessman with a thorough understanding of bakeries and customer preferences. This power is what has made Pista House one of the most well-liked eateries in the Telangana state.

    There is an assortment of delectable cookies to select from. They have a variety of cookies at all of their locations, including dum ke roat, an iconic Hyderabadi cookie prepared during Muharram, pista special cookies, Osmania biscuits, and chand biscuits.

  • Cafe Niloufer

    The story of Cafe Niloufer started in 1978 with Shri. A Babu Rao, who had the singular idea to make a Chai that embodied Hyderabad's spirit in addition to being delicious to drink! In the process of maintaining its own distinct traditional Hyderabadi Chai flavour over the years, Cafe Niloufer has grown to become a household name. Due to the success of its first location at Lakdikapul, additional locations have opened up at Red Hills, Banjara Hills, Himayatnagar, and Shamshabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.

    Its original menu, which includes malai buns, bun maska, and a variety of cakes, pastries, and cookies, is extremely popular. Items like dry fruit biscuits, butter almond cookies, and fruit biscuits are also must-try.

  • Cafe Nimrah

    Café Nimrah should definitely be on the list of places while visiting Hyderabad and have plans on seeing the old city. Nimrah, which won people over with its mouthwatering cookies and Irani chai, draws people from Hyderabad's modern suburbs as well as Old City. Before founding Nimrah, its founder, Abood Bin Aslam Al Katheri, studied baking and worked for almost 26 years. Nimrah stood the test of time, expanding quickly during these 25 years. 

    This little restaurant, which is close to Charminar, has been providing Osmania biscuits and Irani chai to hundreds of customers every day. When visiting the shop, try the Khopra Biscuits (coconut biscuits) and Shirmal (saffron-flavored traditional flatbread) as Cafe Nirmah is known for popular for it. The city's foodies even claim that Nirmah serves the creamiest Irani chai, served with a bun and a dollop of maska (butter).

  • King & Cardinal

    Legendary Himayatnagar bakery King & Cardinal is well-known for its mouthwatering cakes and burgers. There's a real sense of nostalgia when people walk in because almost every child in the area celebrated their birthdays with cakes from here in the 1980s and 90s. King and Cardinal was founded in 1985 and is easily visible as it is located directly on the main road. This bakery has proven to be a popular choice in the bustling streets of Himayatnagar for both college-going students and groups of friends getting together for a quick bite. 

    When visiting here definitely try the veggie cheeseburger with the melted cheese along with the pizza, sandwiches, hotdogs, and all kinds of pastries. Christmas sweets such as biscuits, puffs, and plum cakes are also available. Actually, they have a wide variety of biscuits here, including moon biscuits, khari biscuits, and Osmania biscuits.

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