Muzza's Pies is a pie bakery at 55 Richardson Rd in Mount Albert, Auckland, which its own description calls a local community secret. It has a 4.6 rating from 973 Google reviews. Reviewers say the pies are handmade rather than mass-produced and mention the steak and cheese pie, fish pie, mince and cheese pie and sausage rolls most. One notes that hangi pies were due in stock for the Matariki public holiday, and others praise friendly staff.
A good pie shop lives on its pastry and filling, and the best way to judge one is to start with a classic like mince and cheese or steak and cheese. Pies are at their best fresh from the warmer, with flaky pastry and a hot filling that is not watery. Popular flavours can sell out by lunchtime, so going earlier gives you more choice, and special or seasonal pies, such as hangi, often appear around holidays, so it is worth asking. A pie and a sausage roll to share is an easy way to try more than one.
For handmade pies in Mount Albert, Muzza's is a well-loved local stop.