The Pink Pineapple is a cafe and bakery on Main Road in Tawa, Wellington, holding a 4.0 rating from 203 Google reviews, with pies the most talked-about item among reviewers, alongside sausage rolls, hot food and sweet slices.
Bakery-style cafes live and die by timing. The cabinet is usually at its best in the morning and through lunch; by mid-afternoon, pastry items can sit under the heater and dry out, and the range narrows to whatever has not sold. The pie is the true benchmark at a New Zealand bakery — flaky pastry, generous filling, no shortcuts — and regulars judge a place on it before anything else. Hot counter food like chicken and chips is often where value gets debated, since portion matters as much as price, so it pays to compare what you get against other bakeries nearby.
Sitting on Tawa's main stretch, it makes a straightforward stop for locals and anyone passing through the suburb.