Bistro Gitan - Melbourne

Absolutely fabulous evening. amazing eating, drinks and service. very recommended and will go to the restaurant.

Here last week we loved all our meals and desserts. the atmosphere was warm and comfortable and the service was friendly and attentive. After we have been many paints in France, we can say that eating is very authentic. we will. definitiw coming back here. parking was simply on the side street. we look forward to the attempt of the hampers in the future. many thanks for a wonderful dinner!

Dinner with friends in the bistro gitan. that's the first time we've been at gitan for a few years. although the service was good, my critique is aimed at the pitiful quality of the main course that I had chosen was a lamb. rump this was cut into thin pieces, with each piece with a large section of fat, typical of lamb fat from the night before the roasting one has to be home. it even reminded me that the cut cold fat beef served for lunch in school. when the fat was removed, the portion was a little more than a drain. it was terrible. it was hard. it was expensive and gitan has privileged us with a fee for the payment with credit card.

I am not used to giving such bad reviews, especially not for a place that had a high score on tripadvisor. this place looks really beautiful and fancy, packed with people, seems like a good start and I had great expectations. eating was really bad:...I started with a steaktar that was too sour, with inconspicuous acid and too much seasoning. I couldn't taste the meat, not even sure it was meat. the pumpkin soup was ok in taste, but too heavy, felt like baby food. the main course was a snapper that was fried and so oily that was sweet on the side had strange anis taste, there were some tiny bad tasting prawns in it. and for dessert I had the cream brûlée, in the hope that it will delete the bad taste in my mouth, but the custard was too thick and the too thick shell. I just can't believe I had such a bad meal, in a place so high. in a city with thousands of good restaurant, they would be wise to go somewhere else.

We've done this twice now and both times the hamper' was excellent. This is not smack you in the face' creative fine dining. It's beautifully prepared and delicious French bistro food. How they can make such apparently simple dishes so delicious I have no idea!...The serves for the mains are very generous. We buy the hamper for and it lasts nights: one night we have one of the mains between us and the starter, and the other night we have the other main (we add our own vegetables for a side) and dessert. Lovely not having to think about cooking for two evenings! We also paid for the delivery and it was prompt and safe. We will be back for a third visit before lockdown is over. I'm sure.