Papa’s pies and Bakery café is a bakery at 168D Aviemore Drive in Highland Park, Auckland, with a Google rating of 4.8 from 73 reviews.
A good bakery is judged first on its pastry and bread, and mornings are usually the best time to visit, when the trays are fresh and the choice is widest. Savoury pies and sausage rolls keep for a few hours but taste best warm, so it helps to ask when the last batch came out. Many bakery cafés also serve coffee, so a regular may use the counter for a quick breakfast or a lunch to take away. When choosing one, look at the cabinet and whether staff can tell you what was baked that day.
Its Aviemore Drive shop makes it a handy stop for pies and coffee in Highland Park.