Sharkey St Bakery is a Manukau bakery with a refreshingly focused way of doing things: rather than a sprawling counter menu, it runs a compact online shop where everything is built around platters you order ahead and collect in person. Its home base is 3/9 Sharkey Street in Manukau, Auckland, and its website is the front door — browse the menu, add platters to your cart, choose a pickup date and time at checkout, and collect from Sharkey Street at the slot you selected.
The menu itself splits neatly down the middle. On the sweet side sit the Donut Platter, Muffin Platter, Fruit Platter and Mini Banana Pudding Platters — the kind of sharing spreads that turn an ordinary morning tea into an occasion. The savoury half covers bakery classics: a Mixed Savouries Platter, a Sausage Roll Platter, a Quiche Platter and Rectangle Club Sandwiches for proper finger food. Between the two halves, it is easy to cover a whole table, whether that table is in an office, a staffroom or a birthday party.
Ordering is deliberately simple. Checkout asks for your name, a valid phone number and an email address, and payment is by card, with Mastercard and Visa accepted. Any changes or cancellations need to reach the bakery by email at least 72 hours before 8am on your pickup day, which keeps things running smoothly on their end. The bakery also keeps a presence on Facebook and Instagram under @sharkeystbakery, and there is a contact form on the website for general questions.
Sharkey St Bakery has set itself up as a bakery for the way people actually cater these days: online, ahead of time, and built around platters that feed a table rather than a single paper bag. Based in Manukau, Auckland, the bakery runs a tidy online store where everything on the menu is designed to be ordered in advance and collected in person from 3/9 Sharkey Street.
There is no sprawling menu to wade through. Instead, the offering is a focused lineup of eight platters, split neatly between sweet and savoury, each listed with clear sizing options so you can scale the order to the occasion.
On the sweet side, the platters lean into bakery favourites. The Donut Platter is the shop's headline featured product — a generous arrangement of donuts that turns any morning tea into an event. Alongside it sit the Muffin Platter, the Fruit Platter for a fresher option, and the Mini Banana Pudding Platters, individual-sized servings of a pudding with a way of disappearing fast at parties.
The savoury half of the menu covers the classics people expect when they think bakery. The Mixed Savouries Platter gathers an assortment into one order, the Sausage Roll Platter does the same for that particular staple, and the Quiche Platter adds something a little more sit-down. Rectangle Club Sandwiches round it out with proper finger food for meetings and celebrations alike.
Between the two halves, it is straightforward to cover a whole gathering: savoury platters for the table, a sweet one for after, and a fruit option for anyone keeping it light.
The process is deliberately uncomplicated. You shop the menu online, add your platters to the cart, and at checkout you supply your name, a valid phone number and an email address, then choose the date and time you will collect. Pick up happens at 3/9 Sharkey Street, Manukau, at the time you selected — unless you have arranged something different with the bakery.
Payment is by card, with Mastercard and Visa accepted through the online store.
One detail matters more than the rest: changes and cancellations. The bakery asks that any amendment be emailed to [email protected] at least 72 hours before 8am on your pick up day. After that cutoff, no changes or refunds are given, so it pays to confirm numbers with your group early.
The platter format tells you who this bakery is for. Offices can sort a morning tea or a client spread without anyone leaving their desk. Families planning birthdays can order a donut or banana pudding platter alongside sandwiches so the food table looks after itself. Club sandwich and quiche platters suit meetings and showers, while the mixed savouries and sausage rolls handle the casual crowd-pleasing end of things.
Because platters are listed with 'from' sizing, smaller gatherings and larger ones can order from the same menu — check each product page for the size options before you check out.
The bakery keeps a presence on Facebook and Instagram under @sharkeystbakery, which is where new items and updates tend to appear. There is also a contact form on the website for general questions, with order changes going through the email address above.
For anyone in South Auckland putting together an event, Sharkey St Bakery offers a neat middle path: proper bakery food, ordered properly in advance, and collected on your schedule from Sharkey Street in Manukau.