Sydney pasta palace Totti’s headed to Lorne
A popular Sydney pasta restaurant will open at the Lorne Hotel this summer.
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Sydney pasta palace Totti’s is opening in Lorne this summer.
The fourth outpost of the Merivale cash cow will move into the Lorne Hotel from February.
The beachside trattoria of mega-rich Justin Hemmes will give southsiders a taste of Bondi’s famous ballooning flatbread and housemade pasta with Totti’s creator Mike Eggert and Matt Germanchis (of Anglesea’s Captain Moonlite) leading the kitchen.
The restaurant will permanently move into the ground floor space occupied by MoVida, which closed earlier this year after a four-year tenancy.
It’s understood the Lorne Hotel’s bistro and Coda will remain for now.
Billionaire hospitality player Hemmes made waves when he bought the Surf Coast pub last year, one month after buying Tomasetti House in the city for a reported $40m.
Merivale is remaining tight-lipped on the progress of its CBD development, saying its priority is opening Totti’s in Lorne.
Totti’s has developed a cult following in Sydney’s eastern suburbs after opening in Bondi in 2018, with venues in the city and inner-city Rozelle following soon after.
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