Pastries.

3 rankings across San Francisco, built from 21 scored dishes. Pick the exact pastry you want — each ranking compares only that dish.

Best Bagels 10 dishes ranked A single bagel sold by the piece: boiled then baked, with a shiny crust and a chewy middle.

#1 Bagel Bageletto · Mission 8.8 Medium confidence
Best Donuts 6 dishes ranked Fried or baked dough treats — yeast-raised glazed, old-fashioned cake, filled (cream/jelly), fritters, twists, crullers, maple bars, apple fritters, cronut-adjacent only when the named local crown is that specific shape. Rank the named donut at a shop, not the bakery as a whole.

#1 Maple Old Fashioned Donut World · Inner Sunset 8.6 Medium confidence
Best Croissants 5 dishes ranked Plain butter croissant — laminated viennoiserie with cultured butter, a crisp shatter shell, and an open honeycomb crumb. Distinct from almond, chocolate, ham-and-cheese, or other filled croissant variants.

#1 Plain Croissant Arsicault Bakery · Inner Richmond 7.8 Medium confidence