Orakei Home Bakery is a bakery at 1/78 Coates Avenue in Orakei, Auckland, with a Google rating of 4.4 from 85 reviews. Customers mention pies most often, especially steak and cheese and mince and cheese, and also praise the blueberry cheesecake and the coffee.
A good pie bakery is judged on pastry that holds its shape and fillings that are rich without being greasy. Pies are best bought early in the day, when the range is widest and the pies are freshest. Regulars often pick a favourite and buy it each week, which shows whether the quality stays consistent. Bakeries in busy suburbs like Orakei can sell out of popular items by mid-afternoon, so an earlier visit usually helps.
Its Coates Avenue shop makes it a handy stop for a pie or a sweet treat in Orakei.