While restaurants like Hubert and Bistrot 916 are reinventing French food in Sydney, Bistrot Gavroche is more preoccupied with nailing the classics. It aims to pay loving homage to old-school French bistro and it succeeds. Walking into the dining room you’re greeted with a mahogany fit-out, plush red booths and pristine white table cloths, transporting you straight to Europe. Located above Spice Alley, Gavroche has mastered the basis of a great French menu. Think cheeses, escargot, beef tartare, onion soup, moules frites and foie gras. But there are also plenty of specialty dishes to be found. Look no further than the yellowfin tuna tartare made with lemon, pickled onion and creme fraîche, or the cøte de boeuf for two, served with MB4 OP ribs, bearnaise sauce and beef jus.
