Pie Eighty8 is a bakery on E Tamaki Road in Ōtara, Manukau City, rated 4.7 from 81 reviews. Customers single out the pies for their quality meat, along with raw fish and coconut, and describe the staff as always friendly.
A good South Auckland bakery lives and dies by its pies: pastry sturdy enough to hold its shape, and a filling of real meat rather than mostly sauce — the first thing to judge when trying a new pie shop. Many bakeries in this part of the city also carry Pacific favourites alongside the cabinet standards, so it pays to look past the pie warmer. Regulars tend to arrive early, when the trays are freshest, and a good counter will tell you what came out of the oven that morning.
For a good pie on E Tamaki Road in Ōtara, this is the local stop that keeps drawing people back.