The Best French Food in Adelaide
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The best French food in Adelaide, according to the experts: the Australian Good Food Guide and the Michelin Guide have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Garcon Bleu comes out on top.
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Rank 1. Garcon Bleu
Modern French
French fine dining on the ninth floor of the Sofitel Adelaide, where the city spreads out below and the menu works through classic technique with locally sourced produce. The room is formal enough that you'll want to dress for it, and the wine list is the kind you actually read rather than skim. Holding an Australian Good Food Guide Chef Hat, it earns the occasion.
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
- Australian Good Food Guide 12/20 · One Chef Hat
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Garcon Bleu (this place) 79.968
- #1 La Louisiane 79.968
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Rank 1. La Louisiane
French
Velvet banquettes, golden lamplight, and the kind of live music that makes you order another glass of wine: La Louisiane is a French restaurant doing old-world Paris in the Adelaide CBD, and doing it without apology. The menu runs escargot through to crème brûlée with a ribeye in between, which is to say it knows exactly what it is. An Australian Good Food Guide One Chef Hat. Linger, obviously.
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
- Australian Good Food Guide 12/20 · One Chef Hat
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Garcon Bleu 79.968
- #1 La Louisiane (this place) 79.968
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Rank 3. Bistro Français
Bistro
A neighborhood French bistro on King William Road, where the posters and pendant lights have the look down so cold you half expect a waiter to sigh at you in the right accent. The menu runs the greatest hits: onion soup, duck confit, escargots, a chicken liver terrine you'll claim is for sharing. It's relaxed, not stiff, and it holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, so the bill stays friendly.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand