Golden Crust Bakery & Cafe — Restaurant in Gisborne

Having consumed about 10,000 pies in my 60 yrs of scoffing I feel qualified enough to know a good pie. Apart from being flavour some, there needs to be a generous meat to sauce/gravy ratio, the pastry must be light and COOKED, and above all the temperature has to be at the scoffable level. Those establishments that serve thermo-nuclear hot pies need to be closed down immediately for health and safety reasons. Well this place in Gisborne ticks all the boxes, only gripes are there was no pepper steak left at 11am and I prefer self service rather then the pressure of making an immediate decision in the line. Also feel these guys could make some great gourmat pies, maybe crayfish or wild venison that could be...

Good selection of baked goods. Hot and cold. Sandwiches are underwhelming. The fried Dimsims are delicious and Miss 12 loves the Ham and cheese roll/bread. They will warm them up for you if you ask nicely 😉 I normally stick to the same things here. Steak and cheese pie or the butter chicken pies are really good. We always grab a regular box of hot chips to dip into our pies. Staff are quick and efficient. Lines can sometimes be out the door but its worth the wait. Never waited longer then 5-10mins which is much shorter than a drive thru. Parking is right out front and if you time it right we almost always get a spot...

DO NOT GET THE SEAFOOD PIE 1st time buying kai from here. The seafood pie was horrible 😫, it has translucent jelly inside, the ingredients were off putting the taste of marinated Mussels inside was just a fat NO! the only one eating these are the seagulls. Can I suggest you fullas use "White sauce/cheese sauce" to make the ingredients inside adleast eatible. The usual ingredients are: Surumi, Prawns, Mussels (not...