Amelia Bakery and Cafe is a bakery and cafe at B/77 Victoria St W in the Auckland CBD, with a Google rating of 4.9 from 108 reviews. The directory holds no hours or menu, so check before you visit.
A city centre bakery is judged on its morning bake, when office workers and students arrive wanting something fresh with their coffee. Pastries and bread should be crisp and freshly made, and a cabinet restocked through the day shows care. Lunch trade in the CBD is quick, so a cafe with a short, well-made menu often works best. Regulars tend to visit early, before the queue builds, and to ask what came out of the oven most recently.
For a morning pastry and coffee near Victoria Street West in the CBD, it is a highly rated bakery worth a stop.