With the irresistible aroma of freshly cooked banana bread wafting through Palings Lane and Ash Street, let your nose guide you to Lorraine’s Patisserie. Baking delicious tarts, cakes and pastries throughout the day, this indulgent pleasure for any sweet tooth focuses on perfecting simple recipes with quality ingredients and is a destination necessity if you’re in charge of party savoury snacks.
Lorraine’s Patisserie is the gorgeous retail patisserie shop located on the corner of Palings Lane within ivy.
The intimate store features an open pastry kitchen where Lorraine Godsmark and her small team of chefs bake throughout the day creating a range of delectable tarts, cakes, pastries, and slices available for take away. The deliciously decadent aroma of freshly baked lemon meringue, raspberry pecan cake and banana bread wafting through Palings Lane and into Ash Street is near impossible to resist.
Lorraine’s approach is understated, evident in titles like ‘date tart’ or ‘strawberry mascarpone’, which sounds straightforward but belie the skill and complexity of these desserts. The same understated approach is used in the Patisserie where the focus is on high-quality ingredients and an exquisite product with a delicate touch.
Originally a fashion house, Merivale, owned by the Hemmes family has been established in Australia for 45 years. By 1996 the last of the Merivale fashion stores closed and Merivale became renowned for their commitment to Sydney’s hospitality and entertainment industry.
Merivale, owns and operates over 60 Sydney venues including restaurants, bars, hotels, dedicated meetings & events spaces and multiple leading nightclubs..
Merivale has developed a mantra ‘life less ordinary’ and this is exemplified in all Merivale’s properties, activities and service culture.
