Muffin Break Johnsonville is a franchise cafe at 16 Broderick Road, run by a local franchisee as part of a New Zealand chain that started in Auckland in 1994. Every store has its own kitchen, and the website says the bakers start at 4am so the muffins are out of the oven before customers arrive, with baking through the day. The menu runs from muffins and savoury items such as the bacon and egg roll to slices, cookies, cheesecakes, loaves, scones and a handmade carrot cake. The coffee is ground fresh for each cup, and there are lattes in three sizes, chai, frappes, milkshakes and smoothies.
The website says joining Muffin Break Rewards gives a free coffee on sign up. On Open Locally, three other cafes sit within a kilometre. Refresh Espresso and Zampelles Cafe Johnsonville are both 0.1 km away, and Common Ground Cafe is 0.2 km away and rated 4.6 from 387 reviews. Because the bakers work from before dawn, a muffin here is baked on the day. Our pick in Johnsonville for a muffin and a coffee on the way through.