A family-owned, old-fashioned bakery at 754 Manukau Road in Royal Oak, with a cafe in store. The bakery sells tarts, cakes, pastries and custom treats, and savouries such as sausage rolls, mince pies, frittatas and a bacon and egg slice. The website says everything is made fresh from scratch, with no packet mixes, and that the team bakes daily in the kitchen behind the shop. Coffee is made from Vivace Espresso beans, freshly ground each day. Customers can eat in or order online for pickup and delivery, and the website says dietary needs and special requests can be catered for. The shop also sells retro tins, napkins, New Zealand preserves and bagged goods.
Customers are mixed. One regular says the cakes have been remarkable for years, and calls them the best in Auckland. Another praises the coffee, the beef pies and the scrambled eggs on toast. A third says a lemon dream cake was soaked in syrup to the point of being wet and sour, and that it was not the first time this had happened to them. Customers mention the cakes and the coffee most often.