Pasadena Bakery is a neighbourhood bakery on Great North Road in Point Chevalier, Auckland, with a 4.6 rating from 261 Google reviews. Reviewers single out the potato-top pies — one calls them the best in Auckland — though a few find the fillings light for the price.
In New Zealand, the pie is how a bakery earns its reputation, and the potato-top is a proper test: real mashed potato rather than instant, a filling generous enough to make it heavy in the hand, and cheese melted over the top. A custard square is the other benchmark — crisp icing and proper set custard separate the careful bakers from the rest. Regulars learn which batches come out warm and when, and ask what was baked that morning rather than trusting the cabinet.
For Point Chevalier locals on Great North Road, the reviews suggest arriving before the last potato top is claimed.