South City Bakery and Cafe is a bakery and cafe at 469 Great South Road in Otahuhu, Auckland, with a Google rating of 4.5 from 79 reviews. It serves pies, cakes and coffee, and suits a quick lunch.
A good bakery and cafe is judged on its pies, which should have a crisp base and generous filling, and on cakes that stay moist for a day or two. A quick lunch works best when the first orders come out hot, so an earlier visit at lunchtime usually means a fresher choice. Coffee is often the easiest item to test, since a well-made flat white shows the care that goes into the rest of the menu. Regulars tend to ask what has just come out of the oven and choose that.
Its Great South Road shop makes it a handy stop for lunch or a bake on the way through Otahuhu.