Boston Bakery

This place is the truth. Found this spot when I went to high school near by, and still find myself driving from all over to cop a pie and a donut. Got an egg sandwich, steak and cheese, sugar donut and a drink for $ 12.40 this morning, can’t ask for much better than that tbh. Highly rec the butter chick pies.

OK now I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that this is one of the best mom & pop bakeries this side of Auckland. The Boston Bakery (for which I have no idea why it is named after a city in the States!), is quite unassuming and from the outside isn’t very distinguishable from any other old school bakery. Except that first of all the family that run it are the loveliest people and if you’re lucky their little super adorable daughter will run the EFTPOS machine for your purchase. They also cherish their regulars; for example my partner used to be a regular and then moved overseas for 3 years and they still remembered her after all that time!
And then there’s the pies, oh sweet sweet delicious heaven-​sent morsels of delight! They have the standard fare which drive a hard bargain at $ 3.60, but then they also have ‘fancy’ pies for $ 4.20 which include rockstar gems like Steak, Mushroom, Bacon and Cheese, or Chicken, Camembert and Cranberry, or Steak and Kumara, or Butter Chicken and Broccoli. My personal favs are the first 2 aforementioned pies and I really have to discipline myself as I have to walk past the Boston Bakery twice a day, 5 days a week. If you are in Mt Albert and need to fill the gap, swoop up one of these hand-​made with love treats.

The best little bakery in Mt Albert! My friends and I used to stop by Boston Bakery most days after school and indulge in something sweet and delicious for afternoon tea.
Not much has changed. I still used to stop there regularly on my way home from university. The quality of the food at Boston Bakery is just that good — I wouldn’t eat lunch at uni and instead wait until I was on the way home just so I could go there.
Great meaty pies that don’t have too much pastry, the freshest cram donuts around, custard pies, delicious sausage rolls and the most jam packed salad sandwiches and filled rolls — they’re such a great lunch and are really reasonably priced.
That’s one of the best things about Boston Bakery — the price. Unlike lots of bakeries in central Auckland, Boston Bakery hasn’t tried to turn itself into a mini café or upped their prices. They remain true to what they are — a BAKERY.
I definitely recommend Boston Bakery to anyone who is hungry in Mt Albert, on a budget and is after some good quality food.

Pies: excellent. Slices: excellent. Quiches: sub-​par, I’m afraid. Something in the texture just didn’t sit right with me. Those are all the things I’ve tried from here, but we can extrapolate from this data and assume that most of the food here is pretty good. Oh, also I’ve had the bread, and it was good. So yeah, not a bad average, I think.
This place does a good trade over the weekend and after school (try and avoid this period as the tiny place fills up with hulking, shouty teenagers all clamouring for pies), but if you go mid-​morning or around lunchtime it’s usually not too busy. The staff are friendly, the food is good, it’s worth going if you like bakery food. Highlight: steak curry pie. Lowlight: still the quiche, I’m afraid.