Lumen Craft Bakery
Sidewalk bakery with pastry display cases · whole-wheat croissants, chocolate-cherry pastries, pistachio cruffins and artisan bread on Decebal
Morning pick-up: warm whole-wheat croissant + chocolate-cherry pastry + pistachio cruffin + flat white from Lumen Gastro next door (~150 MDL)
Lumen Craft Bakery is the storefront bakery of the Lumen team — where you grab a warm whole-wheat croissant on your way to the office. The space on Decebal 63 is small, but with three glass display windows opening to the street full of golden pastries: croissants (classic, whole-wheat, pistachio, butter), chocolate-cherry pastries, pistachio-cream cruffins, blueberry muffins, biscuits and baguettes and boudin breads baked twice a day. The warm wooden façade, terracotta pots with red geraniums and the hand-written daily-products chalkboard make it photogenic. Three counter seats by the window — take it to go and walk to the park.
- Twice-daily baking — pastries actually warm
- Whole-wheat options not common elsewhere in Chișinău
- Pistachio cruffin and chocolate-cherry pastry stand out
- Hand-written chalkboard with the day's products
- Affordable for the quality — under 30 MDL per pastry
- Three sidewalk display windows packed with golden pastries, terracotta pots with red geraniums on either side
- Pistachio cruffin cut in cross-section showing the green-cream swirl
- Warm baguettes coming out of the back oven, dusted with flour
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“Good”
“Best coffee in town. Best trubuşoare ever🥰”
“Excellent placintas. Delicious latte. Excellent service. Here's a placinta with cherries; it's better not to make one with jelly.”
- Limited seating — really a takeaway counter
- Popular items (pistachio cruffin) sell out by midday
- Outdoor counter — chilly to wait in winter