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How we read reviews →Philippe Mouchel's Collins St institution, famous for its pressed duck and French classics.
An elegant, old-world basement dining room beneath a welcoming ground-floor bar. formal and polished, built for special-occasion dinners rather than a casual meal.
A chef-led floor presence from Philippe Mouchel himself, a dedicated ground-floor bar for oysters and cocktails, and a fixed-price lunch menu regulars call the best value seating in the house.
Most reviewers call it genuinely French, including a review written in French praising the food, though one detailed critique felt it leaned toward French food calibrated for Australian tastes.
Splits reviewers. the fixed-price lunch draws praise as exceptional value, but at $400+ for two with mains near $75, several reviewers felt the kitchen didn't always match the price tag.
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