Bistro St Jacques - Redfern

We were given a private room for a group booking. The staff were outstanding, offered great advice and assistance and made the night thoroughly enjoyable. The food was lovely, and portion sizes didn't leave you feeling too full or still hungry. The wine and drinks menu had something for everyone.

What a find! We chose this as a pre theatre dinner and just loved it. Great atmosphere, delicious food, lovely owners we'll be back.

Lovely French food, simple but so satisfying. Our server suggested an excellent wine, and they were attentive to our need to get to a show after dinner. Will go again!

This is a very calm and quiet dining place. The service is wonderful. But the food, although good, lacked that extra something special to warrant the cost. I recommend the dessert and cheese. But the main lacked flavour unfortunately.

“We needed a name that better said what we are,” owner Gary Prebble explained when I finally worked out Bistro St. Jacques was Pitt St. Diner rebadged. With gold lettering on pink, blue and white French doors, done in an appropriate French bistro font, backed by dainty black chiffon curtains, it’s an eye-catching shop front. On display outside, the classic French bistro menu very nearly unseated my desire to visit Juan Bowl Tea next door and was enough to lure me back on a second visit to Redfern the very next week. When we arrive for our booking, every table is full, and the restaurant buzzes with a convivial hum. Edison bulbs held captive inside black mesh pendant light shades exude a warm orange glow that illuminated the pretty pressed tin ceiling. From the outset it’s clear this restaurant is serious about wine, with bottle racks on the wall of the long galley-like dining room, and in the intimate private dining room, which looks like a scene from The Cook, the Thief, His Wife Her Lover (1989). The extensive wine list offers up...