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Bakery cafés in Auckland

Pie bakeries, patisseries and cake shops, spread from the CBD to Ponsonby Road.

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An Auckland bakery café can mean a pie shop with an espresso machine, a French-style patisserie or a cake counter that stays open into the evening. Before 1950, most New Zealanders took refreshment in tearooms, milk bars or pubs, and "coffee" usually meant coffee essence, a liquid of coffee and chicory served in hot milk.1 Change came with American servicemen in the Second World War and with European immigrants and refugees, who brought their own café habits.1

Bakery cafés are spread more evenly than other kinds: the CBD has the most, just ahead of Eden Terrace. Nearly all of them open on Saturday, and most on Sunday too.

Local tip: For a 05:30 start, Duchess Bakery on Symonds Street and Authentic Bakery & Cafe on Crowhurst Street open earliest on weekdays; both are shut on Sundays.

Where these cafés are: City Centre (4), Eden Terrace & Newton (3), Newmarket & Grafton (2), Wynyard Quarter & Viaduct (2), Mount Eden (2), Ponsonby & Freemans Bay (2), Sandringham, Balmoral & Mt Albert (2), Grey Lynn & Westmere (1), Herne Bay & St Marys Bay (1), Kingsland & Morningside (1), Karangahape Road (1).

At a glance

21Cafés listed
11With opening hours
05:30Earliest opening
22:30Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Authentic Bakery & Cafe, from 05:30 (Mon–Fri 05:30–16:00 · Sat 07:00–14:00).
  • Closes latest: café Mont Mount Eden, until 22:30 (Mon–Fri 06:30–22:30 · Sat 07:30–22:30).
  • Most listed streets: New North Road (2), Ponsonby Road (2).
  • Most common features: brunch (19%), wi-fi (14%), open by 6am (10%).

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The pie and the lunch bar

The Bakels Supreme Pie Awards ran for the 30th time in 2026. That year's supreme winner was a bacon and egg pie from Levain Artisan Bakery in Blockhouse Bay, owned by Sean Vo, whose parents came from Vietnam and bought the bakery.2 Gold categories run from mince and gravy, mince and cheese and potato top to steak and cheese and a café boutique class.2

Patrick Lam, a former Cambodian refugee, bought a lunch bar in Avondale, ran it for two years and made his first pie there, mince and cheese; he went on to win the supreme award in 2003.3

Little & Friday and the cream doughnut

Little & Friday, which Kim Evans started in 2007, has cream doughnuts among its cakes.4 Its Newmarket café is at 11 McColl Street and also serves brunch.4

Nearby in Newmarket, Authentic Bakery & Cafe at 17 Crowhurst Street opens at 05:30 on weekdays and 07:00 on Saturdays, and closes on Sundays.

Early starts in the city

Duchess Bakery at 241 Symonds Street opens at 05:30 on weekdays and 06:30 on Saturdays, the same early start as Authentic in Newmarket. Rude Boy at 20 Sale Street and Remedy Coffee at 1 Wellesley Street West both open at 06:30 on weekdays, and Remedy stays until 17:00.

South of the centre, L'Espresso Cafe at 290 Dominion Road opens at 06:30 on weekdays and closes on Sundays. Amelia Bakery and Cafe is at 77 Victoria Street West, and Goodness Gracious runs two bakery cafés, on New North Road and in Wynyard Quarter.

Patisseries and evening cake

Ponsonby Road has two patisseries: Phillippe's Patisserie at 159a and T art patisserie at 295, which stays open until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Zeki's Mediterranean Bakery & Coffee House is at 543 Karangahape Road, and Avi's Pies & Patisserie at 295 Great North Road. Elsewhere, Bluebell's Cakery is at 361 New North Road in Kingsland, The Roll – Coffee & Pastry at 2A Owairaka Avenue and Luke's Cafe at 80 St Lukes Road.

For cake after dark, café Mont at 66 Mount Eden Road serves until 22:30 from Monday to Saturday, and Fukurou Patisserie in Mount Eden opens 11:30–21:00 from Friday to Sunday. Coco Lane at 35 High Street opens 10:00–18:00 every day.

Sources

  1. The land of the long black and flat white: Coffee culture in Aotearoa, Te Papa, accessed October 2026
  2. Redemption for Auckland bakery as bacon and egg pie takes national title, 1News, accessed October 2026
  3. Kiwi legend: the Cambodian refugee turned award-winning pie king, The Spinoff, accessed October 2026
  4. Why you need to go to Little & Friday, Auckland for Kids, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Bakery cafés in Auckland: questions

Which Auckland bakery cafés open earliest?

Duchess Bakery at 241 Symonds Street and Authentic Bakery & Cafe at 17 Crowhurst Street in Newmarket both open at 05:30 on weekdays. Rude Boy on Sale Street, Remedy Coffee on Wellesley Street West and L'Espresso Cafe on Dominion Road open at 06:30. Duchess and Authentic open later on Saturdays and close on Sundays.

Who won the 2026 Bakels Supreme Pie Award in Auckland?

In 2026, the 30th year of the Bakels Supreme Pie Awards, the supreme title went to a bacon and egg pie from Levain Artisan Bakery in Blockhouse Bay, Auckland. Its owner, Sean Vo, is the son of parents who came from Vietnam and bought the bakery.

Where is Little & Friday bakery in Auckland?

Little & Friday's Newmarket café is at 11 McColl Street. Kim Evans started the bakery in 2007, its cakes include cream doughnuts, and the Newmarket café also serves brunch. Nearby, Authentic Bakery & Cafe on Crowhurst Street opens at 05:30 on weekdays.

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