Master of Gingerbread — Restaurant in Palmerston North

After reading all the positive reviews I was so excited to try this place... and so disappointed when I did.

Gluten free afghans were terrible, full stop - the taste and texture both very strange. The ordinary afghans also needed improvement - more butter in the dough and more icing. Also, the little flake of walnut looks like you're being really tight...almost not worth bothering.

The Belgium biscuits demonstrated a lack of quality control. These biscuits should be thin and flat. Mine were all different sizes and thicknesses, as if a toddler had rolled out the dough. Plus one, some small slim biscuits were paired with great big thick things, which seemed really careless. Again, a really sad amount of icing so they were dry and unpleasant and honestly just tasted like baking soda.

Haven't got to the yo-yos yet but hopefully they're better. Overall, I could have made much better biscuits at home and so it's disappointing to have paid for what I thought would be nostalgic treats but turned put to be bit of a waste of money and ingredients. I recommend consulting Ladies, A Plate as all the biscuits mentioned here are in that book and the recipes make for much, much better results.

Update: mother in law had some kind of apple pastry which wasn't cooked on the bottom. Have contacted business and hoping they can rectify.

I may come back to see if the gingerbread is better but definitely won't buy the...

Have heard about this place and definitely did not disappoint. We bought pies and savoury scrolls for lunch and donuts and neenish tarts to takeaway. All were very good. I like how they have a wide variety of old school baking, biscuits like mum or Nana used to make. Boxed and sealed so they are immediately presentable as a gift for someone or a yummy treat for yourself. Definitely different to other bakeries that have those mass produced slices etc that have no flavour other than straight sugar. Will be a regular here to try all their...

These fullas make their own version of schewberries (spelling) biscuits and some other old school bickkies. I love these ones and the marshmallow ones. When I am in Palmy, I buy my supplies and hide them from my wife and kids (you know how they have hip flasks? well I want whatever the equilivilant (spelling) is for bickkies in my pocket). I get warm feelings when I bite into these bickkies. This is making me hungry, I wanna go to Palmy now on a...