Muffin Mr Bun Cafe & Roast is a cafe in Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, holding a 4.2 rating on Google.
Cafes that put a roast alongside the coffee machine are a quiet institution in New Zealand's suburbs: usually simple rooms with counter service and a cabinet that empties as the lunch hour wears on. The roast plate is generally the honest test of such a kitchen — meat carved to order, gravy made rather than poured, vegetables that change with the day. Regulars tend to arrive before midday, order from the hot case rather than a printed menu, and know the morning's baking is out early. When choosing one, follow the locals: a steady queue at twelve says more than any signboard.
For Wainuiomata, Muffin Mr Bun Cafe & Roast is the kind of counter a suburb arranges its lunchtimes around.