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It appears to be a while since this place was last reviewed. Is it because people are not coming back? We dined at the Grand Bar and Bistro, although …
Kevy K
Grand Bar and Bistro
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Grand Bar and Bistro is open for Casual Dining and Bar. Grand Bar and Bistro serves Modern Australian and Tapas dishes. Incorrect or missing information? Make a report, or claim the restaurant if you own it!Details
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It appears to be a while since this place was last reviewed. Is it because people are not coming back? We dined at the Grand Bar and Bistro, although not necessarily by choice. This is a dated bistro overlooking St Georges Terrace. Gone is the opulent steakhouse that once resided near here. That went bust. Instead, imagine rustic furniture, lights that do not work (the halogen on top of our table was off). The English gentleman at the bar was courteous and reminded me of being in random London bar. Table service was limited by only one waitress covering the entire bistro. Oh the food. Thats where the rating comes from. Although the grazing platter and bar food looked fine (really its not hard to throw together), the main menu was the worst restaurant meal Id had in years. Everything was thrown into a frier for a double cook to be deep fried. Are we hiding something? Pork belly. Not those scrumptious oven baked photos others have posted, but deep fried and dark. With some apple sauce out of a jar. Dont ever offer the duck confit. A confit is meant to be slow cooked in its own rendered fat, soft and tenderly attended to at low temperature, juicy and meat melting off the bone. This was deep fried. Really! Mushroom risotto was mostly a cheese risotto, with chopped mushroom scarcely there somewhere. Rich, creamy and way too much cheese. The barramundi, although not the freshest fish was cooked fine. The coconut cream sauce and chilli dont really go, and God knows what the side was. Mushy and inedible with odd flavours I cannot place. Instead of sending back dishes we refused to eat any more, we left our dishes behind and walked out. At $180 for two, including drinks this was unforgettable. And for all the wrong reasons. We did not dine here as a first choice. And made up for the disappointing night by walking across the road to Brookfield Place. I suggest diners consider the same.