Savages Bakery is a family bakery at 127 Duncan Street in Whanganui East, with stores across Whanganui. It holds a 4.2 Google rating from 119 reviews. The website describes handmade cakes, breads, pies, paninis, doughnuts and cronuts, with mobile sales vans and deliveries in addition to its shops. The bakery traces its roots to a family shop started about 70 years ago.
Family bakeries with a long pie and savoury range usually do their best trade early in the day, when the pies and sausage rolls are freshest. A good pastry has a crisp base and a filling that holds its shape, so a first pie is a useful test. Sweet items like cronuts and doughnuts sell quickly, so arriving earlier gives you more choice. Mobile sales vans often follow set routes, so checking the day's stops saves a trip.
It is a familiar stop for a pie or a sweet treat in Whanganui East, on the Duncan Street corner.