OUEST FRANCE BISTRO

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   Simone

   Gold Coast

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   What a beautiful authentic, local find! Loved the food and the service was perfect!!! Will be back!
   

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   Kim

   Hampshire

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 11 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Today was my second time dining at Ouest France Bistro and it confirmed this is a great restaurant! Georgie was the perfect host, making our experience both personal and friendly. The food was amazing and the atmosphere was quaint and relaxed. We will definitely be back soon. Merci!!
   

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   Andrew

   Melbourne

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 10 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Fresh ingredients cooked beautifully. Small menu but daily specials, it was hard to choose
   

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   Lone

   Victoria

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 21 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This was my second dining experience at OUEST and was excellent, just like the first. It has a unique, intimate atmosphere and one can actually have a conversation without trying to filter noisy others. The food is authentic French cuisine, meaning delicious. The wines on offer are top notch. The staff are attentive, yet discreet. Do yourself a favour and try it out.
   

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   Gordon

   Victoria

   8 reviews

   5.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on 14 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   First time at this lovely restaurant. Thank you for a lovely evening, delicious meal and staff.
   

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   Russell

   Melbourne

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 13 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Food was exceptional. Classic provincial French cuisine. executed exceptionally. Very personable waiter, very knowledgable. Would highly recommend. Best Mornington food by far. Thanks Ouest France Bistro.
   

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   Oliver

   Victoria

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 8 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We took our grandchildren for dinner to celebrate my wife's birthday. Everyone had a great time and the food was excellent as usual.
   

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   Yves-Georges

   Victoria

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 6 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Friendly and quite, excellent French cuisine, food and wine.
   

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   Sonia

   Melbourne

   5 reviews

   4.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on 2 November 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   An online booking at Ouest France in Mornington, 45 min ahead, coming from the Peninsula Hot Sprngs. The booking's instructions were followed to the letter- we got comfortable seating, overlooking the open kitchen. This gave us an insight into how their kitchen was run with every dish pre-prepared in portion sized plastic boxes, neatly stacked and labelled in mini fridges in the lower part of the kitchen. 1 hot plate were used to sear and cook the steaks and the scallops, 2 others to warm up sauces and entrées. The staff was composed of 2 kitchen hands who acted as the chefs, one Filipino, one possibly from Korea, maintaining a good speed and a lovely Australian lady in her 60s was calmly reminding them of certain dishes still needing to go out to one of the 20 or so diners that evening. She was also efficiently jumping in with serving, drying dishes, preparing drinks and encouraging the kitchen staff. A young, French, very friendly and efficient server from the Centre of France, who was on a discovery of Australia for a year, served many dishes. She was eager to learn and was attentive to the customers' requests. She learned how to caramelise the top of the crème brûlées that night. The maître d'hôte was also French and tried to play with the stereotype of the French Parisian bistro staff and succeeded. He struggled to pay even attention to all customers and seemed adamant that a spice inversion between nutmeg and clove in the bourguignon was impossible, yet my taste buds said otherwise. The vegetables in sauces (leek etc) and the stocks were what set every dish apart- outstanding. Sauces were beautifully made, aside from spice mix-up. Whilst the blanquette lacked cream and egg to make it taste like in Normandie, the beef cheeks had a deep, rich sauce. The custard of the crème brûlée was very tasty- deep orange colour from great eggs (no bubbles, no turned cream) and vanilla seeds. Music needed. A good restaurant providing an intimate setting with great classics!
   

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    Phil

    San Diego

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 30 October 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    My family had dinner here and it was delicious. For entree we had the sardines, scallops and beef tartine. All were very good. For mains two of us had the beef couldn't perfectly (rare)! We had the monkfish in a tomato sauce and the highlight was the roast duck breast with cherry sauce. All came with French fries which were high quality. We also had a side of beans and garden salad not very tasty. For dessert we had a crepe with stewed apples. And a decadent chocolate moose. We were served by two waitresses who were friendly and attentive. A special shout out to the young French waitresses who took the time to help my daughter practice her French. Above and beyond. Will return
    

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