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10 Reviews on “Bistrot St Jean”
The atmosphere and food were French country style. I had a slow cooked duck cassoulet with beans and my colleague had a different dish (can’t recall which one) that she was also happy with. The desserts were also service was helpful.
Great staff, wine and food, cant fault. Lighting a bit on the dark side, which makes it hard to enjoy the aesthetics of the dishes were served and to take good photos to upload here and social media.
Lovely dcor and vibe to the place, very friendly staff and super delish bread while you’re waiting for your meal. Maybe it’s just me and French food, but I found everything had a super rich flavour was a little bit too overpowering (the fries and the gnocchi).Don’t get me wrong, it was lovely, but it’s not my fave cuisine so didn’t love it.
You know, the simplest things are often the hardest. Creme caramel for instance, is often milky, bland, too cold or too sweet. Not this one. Perfect balance, just the right mix of syrupy sweetness, creme fraiche to cut through and thoughtful condiments. The same with the confit cassoulet- everything beautifully balanced but maintaining hearty goodness. I’ll admit I’m a bit of a Francophile. I even drive a Renault. But thus was classic bistro cooking at its best. And with decor that made you feel like you were on Rue St Jacque rather than Geelong. Who would have thought? Go. You won’t be disappointed.
Went here for dinner last night for my 30th birthday with my vegetarian girlfriend. The venue is small, but cute with low lighting and nice ambience. There was only one main that was suitable for my gf (Mushroom Gnocchi) but she enjoyed it. I had Pork wrapped in pastry served on a potato fritter with a bed ‘zucchini coleslaw’ and a thin gravy that likely contained juice from the pork and some red wine. We also ordered a side of buttered greens and chips.All meals come with complimentary baguette & butter.The pork was just how I like it – cooked through but not overdone, and the accompaniments were great as well. The chips were better than we expected and the buttered greens side contained beans, spinach leaves and brussel sprouts, they were nice too.The serving size was just right, and we felt full and satisfied and still had room for dessert and coffee. We had a chocolate tart served with creme fraiche. Unfortunately it was laid on a bed of raspberry sauce which was not advertised on the menu. I dislike fruit sauces, but it wasn’t very strong so it was only a minor issue. The coffee was good, but not great.All in all a good meal and moderately priced (we paid $100 between two), we would consider coming back once when the seasonal menu changes again
I’m still tossing up on this one, on what score to give it.
It is either 3.5 out of 5 or 4 out of 5.
We will go with 4 because it is not as if they did anything wrong.
What I mean is, the atmosphere was lovely, the service was amazing, the prices were what we expected them to be. The food was very authentic, but I don’t know it just seemed to be missing something.
Don’t get me wrong the food was nice, but not amazing, as unfortunately, I was kind of expecting it would have been.
Sorry let me say that again, it had plenty of flavour, but was still just average.
I’m actually a bit disappointed in myself, as if I’m not happy then I like to give some bit of advice for the chef or manager in my reviews, but I don’t really think there is much they can do here as I think they are trying to keep it very authentic and maybe that is what the issue is for me.
If I have to really nitpick the issues I’d say the steak I had was too tough and being on a bed of capsicums with juices going everywhere when I am trying to cut it was very annoying. But again, this might be the way they do it in France.
If you are still reading this and looking for a place to eat, then my advice is to give it a go, I know a lot of people that like it here, so I definitely would not say don’t go there.
This is our second time here, first was lunch and this time was dinner. Both times we were not over the moon about the place, so we won’t be going back.
Our fave restaurant in all of Geelong, delicious regularly changing French menu with plenty for all tastes, and the best service you’ll find anywhere. Consistently amazing!