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1. Four Frogs Creperie Mosman
Overall Ratings
4 based on 244 reviews
Reviewed By madelineg49
We love visiting the Four Frogs Creperie in Mosman. The galettes and crepes are delicious and the service is outstanding too. It is lovely being served by French staff who take such pride in sharing their food from home. It is a favourite place to visit.
2. Macleay Street Bistro
Overall Ratings
4 based on 408 reviews
This is bistro cuisine at its finest, influenced by France with the best of modern Australia completing the mix. The menu is complemented by our weekly blackboard specials, showcasing the best in market freshness, alongside our benchmark bistro dishes. Lo
Reviewed By Jackie M
If memory serves me correctly, nostalgia never tasted quite as good as chef Damien Wrightâs Sunday Roast for Two ($76) at Macleay Street Bistro. With glistening golden skin, and dense, juicy breast meat, Wrightâs poulet rôti et legumes pour deux (roast chook and vegetables for two) is outstanding, and unbeatable at the price point. The bird is served on a simple array of vegetables - onions, carrots, pumpkin and potatoes - each handled with technical precision that belies the rustic, Sunday lunch presentation.While the accompanying savoury jus gras (fatty juice) is brimming with rich, roast poultry intensity, the beautifully reduced pot of Eschallot, Mushroom and Thyme-Infused Cream ($4) is simply good to pass up. With the 2017 Picardy Pinot Noir ($89/bottle) from Pemberton as a companion drink, you could order this and nothing more, and die happy (if you happen to get taken out on the way home). Not meaning to be morbid, but Macleay Street Bistro would be a fine place to choose for a final repast. The monochrome surrounds feel elegant without being intimidating. Moody photographic art and a ruby-red chandelier are tamed by a chalkboard wall of specials, heralding the restaurantâs thirty-sixth year. New chef, Wright, has responded to the occasion with a retro-chic collection of 1970s French cuisine, drawn from both his classic training and twenty-six years of experience behind the pans.Escargots de Bourgogne ($26) treats snails to a garlic and parsley butter sauce that has a lemony lightness that belies the 1970s penchant for cream. The gentleness of the parsley-infused sauce allows you to taste more snail, and with a wee glass of the 2014 Vincent Girardin Chardonnay ($17/glass) it really sings. The wine list, by the way is solid and dependable. Iâve drunk most of it, bar for one or two. When I ask about an unfamiliar label, Páidi Murphy deftly makes me aware Iâll find it a bit thin: âThatâs the wine we use for people who donât have a wine palate."Murphy, who greeted us like old friends with a hug that lasted just long enough for us to know the sentiment was genuine, shines almost as brightly as Wrightâs cuisine. While the restaurant does generously allow free BYO on Sundays, Iâd urge you to let Murphy strut his stuff, and match your Merimbula Rock Oysters ($24/6) with finely beaded Pol Roger âBrut Reserveâ Champagne ($24/glass). The oysters I ate had salty, creamy and savoury characters in equal balance, requiring nothing more than a squeeze of lemon and cracked pepper to shine.In Wrightâs hands, neatly folded crepes are silky like a womanâs inner thigh. His Crêpes Suzette ($17) arrive immersed in juicy, bright citrus; and can be flamed at the table with Grand Marnier ($10) if it is your heartâs desire. For a counterpoint to crepes bursting with sunshiny joy, Wrightâs Chocolate Fondant ($20) is dark and brooding. It offer up all the rich, deep pleasure thatâs supposed to come with this ever-popular molten chocolate pudding. Itâll have you asking, why isnât all cooking like this?With Wright in the kitchen, Macleay Street Bistro remains the definitive place to eat classic French cuisine in Sydney.
3. Hemingway's
Overall Ratings
4 based on 399 reviews
Why Hemingwayâs Manly? Ernest Hemingway called Paris his home in the 1920s because, âThe most interesting people of the world lived in Paris at that time,â (Pablo Picasso, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Coco Chanel, etc.) and apparently because the monetary exchang
Reviewed By Eli B
It easy to see why it is loved as a quirky antidote to some of the bigger, impersonal venues in manly. It has warmth and character, sophisticated food served in stylish surroundings by interested staff. Steak tartare was perfect with champagne& absinthe
