La Vue Waterfront Restaurant - Brisbane

Just spoke to someone on the phone to make a booking, the person I spoke to was rude, was going to book here for 3 but now I'm not going to!!!!!!

What a disappointment my wife and I went there for a Valentines Day lunch and could not understand why it had received such good reviews. The view was the best part of the experience. From the start our drinks were warm ie wine and beer. The waiter was nice enough to replace the beer and provided ice for the wine. He admitted that the fridges were not working. My entree had two little prawns that were overcooked and chalky. My wife's entree which were scallops which were grey in colour. Her main was worse it should have been salt and pepper quail in a salad. It was a battered quail with s demi glaze with no mention of that in the menu. . The pickled cucumber tasted as if it came out of a jar. Very disappointing. When the waiter came to take plates he asked what was wrong, she was not going to say anything but it seemed he needed an answer so she said the quail seemed off. During our meals the chef did the rounds and brought a finger bowl for her. So when the waiter took the full plate back my wife heard the chef say he rotates his stock. Lo and behold out comes the chef. He is standing over the table and asks what was wrong with the quail. She said it seemed off. His answer was he rotates his stock. She said it seemed that way. She said she did not complain as the waiter asked. The chef said it wasn't and wanted redemption. She stated the menu said salt & pepper but the quail came out battered and with demi glaze??!!! It seemed he wanted an argument. So off he went back to his kitchen. Next the waiter came to top up our glasses of water. Clearly he was shaken as he used the tap water - where we were splashing out on sparkling water. We started to laugh as it could not have gotten worse. My wife usually does not say anything but if asked will say something. I think they did not want to hear their short comings. In fact when we stood up to leave the young waitress ran to the door to help us out which was not done for any other patrons including a couple with a pram. We were not charged for our warm drinks which was little consolation for the whole experience. My wife has worked in food industry and we eat out and undertand good food including cooking it.

What a disappointment my wife and I went there for a Valentines Day lunch and could not understand why it had received such good reviews. The view was the best part of the experience. From the start our drinks were warm ie wine and beer. The waiter was nice enough to replace the beer and provided ice for the wine. He admitted that the fridges were not working. My entree had two little prawns that were overcooked and chalky. My wife's entree which were scallops which were grey in colour. Her main was worse it should have been salt and pepper quail in a salad. It was a battered quail with s demi glaze with no mention of that in the menu. . The pickled cucumber tasted as if it came out of a jar. Very disappointing. When the waiter came to take plates he asked what was wrong, she was not going to say anything but it seemed he needed an answer so she said the quail seemed off. During our meals the chef did the rounds and brought a finger bowl for her. So when... read more

The restaurant is in a lovely spot & décor is very nice without being too french - however I have to be honest and say that while a number of our mains were very nice, my fish was too salty (not by much but it made a difference to the dish), all desserts very nice.  What was truly terrible were the vegetables; please charge for them and let people who love them and want to have them get something that's lovely to have!   Stop with 'watery, plain and completely unforgettable, smallest serve in the world' asap!  Many a would be French restaurant in Brisbane have gone the same way and it's never been pretty....

The riverside views of Brisbane are amazing, and the service is fast and friendly. Unfortunately I did not enjoy the food - we ordered a dish with a processed vegetable stack which tasted like baby food. The presentation was good but unfortunately the food was not. For dessert I had a crème brulee and the custard was too thick, and the pastry was very hard.