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Bistro Vue is one of Melbourne's most loved French kitchens, offering its guests traditionally prepared and authentic tasting French cuisine. With city views and a buzzing. vibrant atmosphere, Bistro Vue is a memorable dining experience. Perfect for an intimate dinner or a special occasion.

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Reviews of Bistro Vue

  • A.Maloney
    A.Maloney  Foodie   44 reviews
    A little hard to find the entrance - walk through Cafe Vue to the back and you will be greeted at the door - but well worth it. French provincial decor oozes charm and the ever so French wait staff have you hanging off every word of that ever so enchanting language as they take your drinks order and explain the specials of the day. A glass of champagne, French of course, is quickly delivered to the table and we study the menu. French classics abound at accessible price points - French onion soup, tuna nicoise and the Plats du Jour - I decide on being adventurous and order the Pied de cochon - pigs trotters - and my companions order the rump steak served with bernaise sauce and hand cut chips. The meals arrive and I am very much wishing I had ordered the steak as my pig trotter looks exactly as described. I quickly catch a glance of Shannon Bennett weaving his magic out in the kitchen and I tell myself that this may not look that great but is sure to taste spectacular. Luckily I was right - the meat literally melted in my mouth and the creamy mash complemented the dish perfectly. We shared the creme brulee for dessert and it was as good if not better than any I have tasted in the better restaurants of France. The only negative of the experience was one of our guests receiving the run around at the entrance as he couldn't remember the name our booking was under and wasn't permitted to come in and look for us. With no mobile coverage in the restaurant he was unable to contact us - needless to say he copped a little French attitude before finally being shown to our table. That aside - I would highly recommend Bistro Vue to those wanting to access the superb cuisine from one of Australia's best chefs at a reasonable price point.

    2 years ago

  • Out About
    Out About  Foodie   234 reviews
    I really liked Bistro Vue and would have loved to stay longer but had to run to the next business meeting. It has that really french feeling - ok, it's not quite as french as la tour d'Argent in Paris or Alain Ducasse restaurnat La Bastide De Moustiers in Southern France.... but it has that really nice French lived in feeling. The waiter was sooo french, efficient, snobby - I liked him. The service was swift, the French champagne by the glass was a hit, the steak cooked to perfection - and I do love chips cooked in Goose fat (but my trainer and doctor do not...) Lost a star for giving my very important guest the run around at the door and treating him like a 2nd class citizen... yes the French can be like that..... but not to my friends.

    2 years ago

  • Woodsman
    Woodsman   18 reviews
    If Vue De Monde is the glamorous Marsha, Cafe Vue is the cute and sweet Cindy, Bistro Vue is definitely Jan.

    Sitting somewhat uncomfortably between absolute fine dining and not, the Bistro leaves you wishing you either had the extra 50 bucks per head to upgrade, or you just grabbed one of the delicious, well-priced burgers at the funkier Cafe.

    Whilst my company was spectacular, the overly snooty doorman with delusions of granduer/adequacy almost required a DNA sample as proof of booking to get to their table.

    The special of the day was a pigs trotter, complete with knuckles - gourmet for some, more suitable to German Shepherds for others. A lack of other appetizing options resulted in the somewhat rudimentary selection of Rump and Pomme Fritz (Steak and Chips everywhere else) , which was nice but not as tender as many others in the city. Thankfully, none of Shannon's long hairs were found within.

    All in all, a nice place to have lunch and perhaps spot an ex-footballer turned businessman, or a mid-tier legal partner trying to impress his secretary mistress. Ultimately though it is the lunch option for the aspiring petit bourgeois.

    2 years ago

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    11:30 AM-12:00 AM
  • Tuesday:
    11:30 AM-12:00 AM
  • Wednesday:
    11:30 AM-12:00 AM
  • Thursday:
    11:30 AM-12:00 AM
  • Friday:
    11:30 AM-12:00 AM
  • Saturday:
    11:30 AM-12:00 AM

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Editorial Reviews

  • Bistro Vue

    John Lethlean, Reviewer

    Monday, February 12, 2007

    Shannon Bennett's second-stringer is more about marketing and money than hospitality.

    I PUT on a playlist called "Frenchy Stuff": Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Brel, Charles Aznavour - all those pastis-slurping, Gauloises-sucking cats. It was supposed to get me in the mood, the Bistro Vue Zone; re-create the intended spirit of the restaurant. It helped. But all I could think about was how close the place sails to the coast of Very Fine Restaurant without quite reaching the shore. Maybe I should have had a pastis myself. Ask about what the guys (there are a lot of guys here at lunchtime) at the next table talked about over their schnitzel and souffle and I can tell you. Some of the tables are absurdly close together. When diners are shown their table and almost immediately ask for another, there's a message for management. Ask about the oysters, which I've had here twice. In an unashamedly French - some would say cliched French - bistro where they charge $28 for a dozen with cabernet/shallot vinaigrette and lemon in muslin, oysters should be a kind of yardstic...

    Source: The Age

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  • Bistro Vue

    Dani Valent, Reviewer

    Monday, January 22, 2007

    Shannon Bennett's second-stringer is certainly no run-of-the-mill bistro.

    Shannon Bennett's second-stringer would have you think it's an ordinary little place. The pitch is a French bistro, just as you might stumble upon in a Paris alley, assuming you were doing your stumbling around 1900. But Bennett has a thing or two to learn about ordinary, as you might conclude when eating yuzu-marinated scallop with bouillabaisse foam at Vue de Monde, his flagship restaurant with Little Collins Street frontage and enough Good Food Guide gongs to keep Victoria's hat-rack industry afloat. Bistro Vue doesn't aim to breathe the same rarefied air as its established, more radical sibling. But it's certainly no run-of-the-mill bistro. There are plenty of period tropes (timber tables and beams, carriage lamps, saloon-style doors) but it's all slightly skewed (the wicker chairs are upholstered in fabric with a streetwise spray-painted look, for example). The lighting is dim, but the clickety-clack surfaces, high ceilings and the prompt "bonjour" on entry combine to give a...

    Source: The Age

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