Panmure Bakehouse is a bakery at 12 Pilkington Road in Panmure, Auckland. It holds a Google rating of 4.2 from 48 reviews, and reviewers often mention the pies, especially the mince and cheese and the potato top. Reviews are mixed, with complaints about thin cheese in a mince and cheese pie and a smoked fish pie with an air gap inside.
A good pie is judged by its filling, its pastry and how well the parts hold together. A mince and cheese pie should show the cheese through the filling, not just a thin layer on top. Fish pies need a firm, well-seasoned filling, and an air gap inside usually means the filling has shrunk or was packed loosely. When choosing a bakery in a suburb like Panmure, ask which pies sell most, and look at the pie before you pay.
For a potato top or a mince pie in Panmure, it is a bakery worth a try on Pilkington Road.