Beano's Bakery — Restaurant in Otago

We made a family trip down to Dunedin and we all were looking forward to the Beano morning tea stop. However, we were served by a grumpy, abrasive older woman which totally killed our 'looking forward to Beano's' vibe. There was no-one else in the shop and there was a lot of impatient huffing and getting snapped at 'wait a minute' which made us feel uneasy. Getting out to the car to feed our kids, realised the pies were average at best and the Jaffa slice one of the worst we've had: texture was almost undercooked and almost no flavour. Would not recommend on this experience. Beano's please encourage your staff to be polite and a...

Staff can work on their smiles and attitude. Really! Do NOT microwave a little pasty to death - 10 seconds, not for a minute, and when the customer points it out, do not get huffy. Wife had some bread roll with a strange substance - pumpkin mush? in it. The overcooked pasty and bread roll were at least enjoyed by the gulls outside - it was not edible. The coffee was dumped - undrinkable. The pepper steak pie was marginally edible and I was hungry, but it's nothing better than the gravy-padded-low-on-meat pies you can buy in any dairy or low-end take-away. We will give this establishment a wide...

Absolutely outstanding little find!

Bustling local shop serving freshly baked, very well filled pies, sandwiches, cakes & treats. Almost impossible to stop at just one!

Lovely, jovial staff work hard to look after their customers and completed a real sense of kiwi hospitality.

Only downside is due to the popularity, they don't always have 100% of the menu cooked and ready. However they will make any of the items if you don't mind a little wait, failing that, there are always fantastic backup options...