Wanganui East Bakery And Coffee is a neighbourhood cafe and bakery on Moana Street in Whanganui East, a little off the main road but, by all accounts, well worth the detour. It holds a 4.4 rating from 286 Google reviews, with customers singling out friendly service, good coffee and a cabinet of big, fresh pies. New Zealand bakery cafes live or die by the pie cabinet and the coffee, roughly in that order. Locals know the popular fillings go early, so arriving at morning tea or before the lunch rush gets you the pick of the cabinet. Coffee is the other true test: a bakery that pours a proper flat white earns daily regulars, not just passers-by. Pies and sausage rolls are the traditional takeaway, but the best spots make sitting in just as tempting. For a filling pie and a good flat white in Whanganui East, this is the kind of local spot that rewards the short detour.