La Grillade - Crows Nest

Cosy little French restaurant on the quiet side of Crowie. The table service was brilliant, cheerful and informative. I did not leave this restaurant feeling as though I had been to a French restaurant. It felt like an imitation French restaurant where they had tried their best to impersonate French cuisine. It wasn't bad but it is not a place I will return to in a hurry.

Got a groupon deal for entree, main, dessert & 1 portion of wine per person. Entrees: Escargot (beautiful big decorative shells (which waitress told me I can't take home as they reuse them!)) but snails tasted a bit bland. Duck liver pate, very classy pate & presentation but the small hard as stone crispy bread slices & hard long cracker-like thingie you dip into it weren't that great. Mains: Coq au vin, some authentic classy ingredients & flavours but a little bit bland. Wagyu beef steak - one of the best steaks I have ever tried in my life - lovely to slice & literally melts in the mouth with very good sauce. Wines: The 1/3 of a wine glass portions of red & white wines were very good quality, pretty strong in alcohol content & a good match for the food, but the lukewarm red wine was a bit off & you could tell it wasn't freshly opened, maybe they opened the bottle a few days ago. Dessert: The coconut & mango jelly in a cup could have had a bit stronger flavour. The chocolate mousse was OK but not outstanding. The waitress was respectful, friendly & attentive so we left a tip. The atmosphere here has a nice quaint old vibe, classy & charming.  The food I give a 3.5/5 as they could tweak it to have stronger flavours, but the overall experience created by the owners/management/staff brings it up to a classy rating of 4.

Got a groupon deal for entree, main, dessert & 1 portion of wine per person. Entrees: Escargot (beautiful big decorative shells (which waitress told me I can't take home as they reuse them!)) but snails tasted a bit bland. Duck liver pate, very classy pate & presentation but the small hard as stone crispy bread slices & hard long cracker-like thingie you dip into it weren't that great. Mains: Coq au vin, some authentic classy ingredients & flavours but a little bit bland. Wagyu beef steak - one of the best steaks I have ever tried in my life - lovely to slice & literally melts in the mouth with very good sauce. Wines: The 1/3 of a wine glass portions of red & white wines were very good quality, pretty strong in alcohol content & a good match for the food, but the lukewarm red wine was a bit off & you could tell it wasn't freshly opened, maybe they opened the bottle a few days ago. Dessert: The coconut & mango jelly in a cup could have had a bit stronger... read more

Very underwhelmed - we had a Scoopon voucher so I can understand the menu being a little limited but everything was pretty bland. Would have thought they'd try to impress to get you to come back - certainly wasn't anything to write home about, I was happy we hadn't paid! Pretty sure the wine I had was open too long too. Disappointing

Cosy feel although even though they had the heat on, it still felt a bit cold as we were seated near the window Great foodGreat portions sizes.