Darfield Bakery

Don't be put off by the unassuming frontage, this is a place of great eating! I have a bit of a sweet tooth and love fresh cream so I was in luck! I had the NZ classic Cinnamon Oyster (apparently invented by a Dunedin cook in the 1950s.) It was lovely and spongey, the right amount of cinnamon, a light spread of jam that didn't overpower and lashings of fresh and delicious cream. Thank you for bringing this sweet joy to my day - brings back happy childhood memories 💖 Was a nice seating area, great acoustics, for a big place we could easily hear one another (sometimes big places = heaps of noise) I'm taking off one star for the coffee, it was ok but we got the large cup and should've asked for an extra shot, the blend was a bit too weak with two shots. But the free little toffee sweet biscuit on the side was yummy!

I’ve been here plenty of times over the last few years. Never disappoints, great pies, sausage rolls, cakes, coffee. Sauce available for customers that are eating in. Dog friendly courtyard. Super friendly staff.

There was great range of pies written up on the board so I selected the steak, chilli cheese. Turns out this is discontinued and had been replaced with Smoky Brisket, Jalapeno and cheese for I think $NZ8. So I went with that. Rain had set in for the day so I was forced into the car where I sat the pie on the scales on the car seat. It weighed in at 297gms. The biggest pie so far. I thought it may have something to do with the soft seat so with the pie poised on the top of the scales, I attempted to transport it to the hard, level dash. It turns out that my scales are quite slippery. The pie slid off hit the center consul, bounce off my leg, bounced off the brake pedal and landed on the plastic mat. I really struggled to retrieve it time but fortunately made within the 15 second rule. (It is 15 seconds isn’t it?) So the picture here is after its tumble and as you can see, it held together pretty well. You can also see that it cracked the 300gram benchmark. In fact, I found the pastry to be a little bit too think in places. Still to the quality standard of your average Kiwi bakery though. The filling was excellent. Just the right amount of smoky, beef, cheese and jalapenos. It was a very tasty pie and I think would rate with most pie aficionados. 9.5/10 I had a sausage roll as well but it was nothing special. It did taste a little funny. (Might have had some clown in it)

Always a good pie to be had here. Friendly & delightful staff. Dog friendly too🤙

Warning man sized pies very full beautiful steak and mushroom. Highly recommend but take an appetite!