Hollywood Bakery & Cafe is a bakery and cafe at 132 Chapel Road in Manukau City Centre, Auckland, with a Google rating of 4.4 from 67 reviews.
A good bakery cafe is judged on its bread and pastry in the morning, and on whether the cabinet still looks fresh by lunchtime. Sweet and savoury bakes such as pies, sausage rolls and sandwiches are often made in the early hours, so a morning visit usually gives the widest choice. Coffee matters just as much, so it helps to try a simple flat white before ordering more. Many regulars return to one favourite and judge the shop by whether it is still made the same way.
Its Chapel Road shop makes it a handy place for a bakery breakfast or lunch in Manukau City Centre.