Piccolo Morso Bakery & Gelato Lounge | New Plymouth

Went in on a busy Good Friday to pick up my hot cross buns I had ordered , staff greeted me straight away. Picolo Morso were fundraising for Gabbys Starlit programme with their hot cross buns xnnThey served me then went to grab my order. While I waited I looked at the range of food so many varieties and brilliant twists in flavours! Their giant cookies were amazing!nAnd because it was a public holiday the staff member even alerted me that there was a surcharge which I thought was very good !nFood amazing , Staff very friendly. Great atmosphere!

This place was overly fancy - not in a good way. The sausage roll was drenched with melted butter, even in the meat. I took a bite and butter dripped on the table. The carrots inside were crunchy and was an odd combo with the meat. Pastry was thin, soggy yet dry? No crisp or flakey edges. The loaded bacon and egg pie $9.50 is insane for a pie was fulled to the limit, with random add-ins, like mushrooms and weird vegetables. Almost as if they had leftover scraps and adding them in. Odd. The pastry was fine. Only good thing was the fresh hot cross buns. Overall, this place focused more on looks and aesthetics for a venue of price rather than taste of the food. Definitely more for people wanting to post on pinterest or instagram for some likes rather than those with taste buds. Service was good, staff were lovely.

I’ve been following this spot’s instagram since they won an award on their custard square mid-late 2024. Unfortunately some food joints are one hit wonders but it’s safe to say this isn’t one of them. You won’t be disappointed if you came in here for anything to fulfil your sweet tooth needs. However, it’s the Pie game turned up to maximum ’Farkery’ level I’m here for. Wow, it’s like they just woke up and decided the pie can be a main event. I’ve now done the Nacho Pie and they recently brought back the Steak Bacon and Cheese. Its just absolutely done right from the pastry to the gravy, chunky tender steak and bacon bits with a good amount of cheese edge to edge so you can get as much combination bites as possible before you need to chase the filling around lol You won’t be disappointed making this your go to spot as it’s open almost all the time or whenever you need a decent pie and donut moment.

I'm not a big fan of pies in general , but wanted to try the award winning Vegan Korma pie and LOVED the taste and the variety of vegetables in it. We have also bought the Steak & Pepper as well as the Chicken & Mushroom pies and would highly recommend them all. A huge wow for the perfect texture and the depth of flavour without any lardy aftertaste!

Well, I said we should give them a one-star review because of the GIANT COCKROACH that was between the glass side of the ice-cream fridge and the counter.nnBut my daughter said we should give them a five-star review because the ice-cream was very nice. I personally didn't eat anything, because I don't buy food from places with GIANT COCKROACHES.nnAnyway, we averaged to two-point-five-stars, then rounded it up to three stars.nnSo three stars it is!nnI won't be back, though.