L'Orange Patisserie

Finally! A very reasonable Pain aux raisins! Don’t know why it’s got icing sugar on it, but that’s forgiven once you bite into the delicious custard (yes! It actually has custard!) and raisin smothered pastry . Yum! Having tried several other cafes, I honestly feel this the most authentic Pain Aux raisins yet.

I had an English breakfast tea with milk, which came with a small tea cake. The presentation was very nice, however $7.60 was far too expensive for a cup of tea, hence the overall 2 star rating.

It's disappointing when your first experience of a patisserie/viennoiserie is five star but the return experience doesn't live up to the memory. The presentation of their gateaux is still A1 but I was concerned that the previously irresistible crystallised ginger Dutch butter cake that I tasted in May...which had me obsessively testing recipes to try to replicate it...was now completely resistible and tasted more like cold, raw pastry than buttery cake! I mentioned it to the proprietor and he said something about having trouble with the recent batch of butter. The butterscotch brownie...which never made it into the paper bag on the day it was paid for (not 5 star service) with the other cakes... definitely wasn't worth the second trip to pick it up. Only the lime tart with rose meringue didn't disappoint. My husband said the ham and cheese croissant he had for lunch was light and flakey, but I wouldn't make a special trip just for that. Although, I think if I ever found myself in Manuka again, I would want to drop by out of curiosity - to see if they'd managed to recapture their original "praise winning" Dutch buttercake. Such is life ...

Disappointing. I like the thought of this place but the prices are silly for what you get. And the space is compact enough that orders delivered to your table would be doable instead of those obnoxious buzzers! The last 2 times, my coffee tasted like warm milk. Yuck. I think I am done.

I don't usually give five stars to cafes, but this one deserves it. Authentic french hand made pastries which taste so amazing making you wanting to have more. The coffee is also very good.

Tried out this patisserie & it did not disappoint. Service was friendly & swift. They were understaffed as customers kept coming through the door & others were leaving shortly. Hence a lot of tables weren’t cleared & wiped down. But the waitress did come & clean everything up once the queue died down a bit. Will be back to try out more yummy baked goods soon!

Had a lovely high tea experience with my toddler. Lots of different yummy treats and the portions were very generous. Our server, Jimmy, was attentive and really nice - 10/10 service.

L'Orange Patisserie is AMAZING! The pastries are next-level delicious. Big thanks to Anthony from NGNO for the awesome recommendation—he definitely knows his stuff! Can’t wait to go back for more!