Bouillon L'Entrecôte

"Nice shop, real clean and with nice decor. Food was tasty, recommend the bread, snails and steak. Drinks here were also pretty good. Some of staff were great while other were hard to flag down and also forgot things. Overall tho was a good experience but on the very pricey side of life."

"Recently,we were lucky enough to visit the exceptional Saturday Set Lunch at Bouillon l’Entrecote in Circular Quay. Fine dining is always so expensive but at Bouillon l’Entrecote you can get sophisticated and high quality French bistro food at reasonable prices! Every Sat, they offer a 2 course set meal for $59 or $69 for 3 courses, with a choice between 2 options at each course. We dined as a pair and shared each of the available options as well as some sides. The restaurant itself is beautifully set out, quite picturesque and feels like you’re in a French Bistro with its European flair and on point decor. Close to Circular Quay and in @quayquartersydney , the 70 seat restaurant features marble counters, red banquet seats and stools, French posters and plenty of Wine and Champagne bottles adorn the space. We began with two beautifully presented entrees. The escargot was a highlight, 6 snails served with flavour packed parsley butter. The process of eating the snails was a fun novelty on this occasion, the Snails were served on a special dish with a divot to hold each snail, there was a clamping implement to grab the snail shell, this is to prevent you burning your fingers, there was also a snail fork, to help you fish out the snail meat. Once this process was completed, we placed the snail meat on a piece of buttered baguette and poured the remaining sauce from the shell over the top, this was simply delicious. The other option were the leeks in French vinaigrette and fried onion. Another beautifully presented dish, two opaque battons, served with a crisp fried onion on top. This dish was served cold, the leeks easily pulling apart to eat and had a slight acidic taste from the vinagrette, the a hit of texture from the fried onion. For the mains there is a choice of beef, chicken or fish. We ordered the flank steak pommes frites and the chicken breast forestiere sauce and shared. The steak was perfectly cooked and was simply delicious. The chicken beautifully tender served with the rich creamy mushroom sauce was a standout. We used the chips from the steak dish to mop up the left over sauce. We also ordered some sides to accompany the mains; the decadent Paris mash with truffle oil, the crisp green beans with garlic and hazelnuts and the rich cauliflower gratin. The sides definitely pushed us to being over full, as the portions of each dish were substantial. We needed to tap into our reserve stomach, the dessert stomach for the final course. The choice between 2 classics, the creme brulee and the crepe in orange sauce. We shared again, so tried both options. The Creme Brulee was done very well, we broke through the crisp crust to get to the silky, vanilla goodness beneath. The crepe with its glistening orange sauce was also very inviting and luckily a lighter option. We left Boulion L entrecôte very satisfied and happy. It was a great meal, the service were excellent, very attentive, explaining each dish and presenting the wine with an explanation on where it was from and the grape varieties. Definitely recommended this dining experience, it was something special and let's face it, you will probably spend the same on a meal that is not as good, at the local pub. It is the absolutely perfect way to spend a Saturday."

"Beautiful venue with lovely staff and incredible authentic French food! The best I’ve ever had in Sydney. Highly recommend giving this place a try. Standout dishes were the grilled duck (magret) and truffle oil mash."

"Was excited to try this restaurant, but we were quite underwhelmed. Food was OK. I personally found the steak was nicer without the special sauce. The steak and the duck were both overcooked. The biggest letdown was the service. One of the wait staff kept dumping the plates on the table very aggressively with no explanations, and it was very difficult to get anyone's attention. We were considering dessert, but not after being ignored. The ambience is nice. Nice decor and lovely plates. But as there are so many great French restaurants in Sydney, we won't be back here."

"Very average food for a French restaurant. We got the onion soup which was actually pretty good. The escargot was a bit bland and tasteless. Finally the big 870g T-Bone steak as recommended by the waitress. It was cooked to medium rare as recommended by the menu. The steak was very stringy, I had to spit out quite a bit of unchewable parts. We shared between 3 people for $270 including 1 glass of wine. The staff was very attentive and friendly. But overall, the quality of food was not worth the price."