gerard's bistro

have not been back for a while so arranged a gathering to celebrate my friend’s birthday.
we chose to order dishes from a la carte menu so we could try more varieties.
needless to say, bagel was the a-must. th spanner crab with broad bean was amazing. large dishes of duck breast and swordfish were both very delicious; particularly the duck breast was done med-rare with crispy skin. the side dish of wood fire cauliflower prepared with golden brown sesame covering up the whole vegetable, which looked great.
it was an impressive night and thanks for the team.😋😋😋
previous rating: 5/5 dec 2019; 4.5/5 jan 2015

friendly staff, great food. definitely recommend the brisket for 2, delish!

dined here this evening, found it quite disgraceful. service was polite, however it took way too long for the food to arrive at our table and the amount of food to be shared with the set menu was entirely insufficient for our party.

a bit disappointed, had lunch, lack of seasoning. service is ok.

one of the few places that i visit regularly i like the changing menu, always there are new surprises, very creative and delicious dishes , but the staff seem to have this funny rude attitude about booking and leaving shortly after eating even if the place is empty.they hit you with the bill while you having the last bite...

finally made it gerard's and was not disappointed, it has certainly lived up to reputation. you can tell the chefs here are extremely passionate about what they do. fine attention to detail, well balanced flavours, beautiful plating and great flow on the menu. great food guys!

food was really well presented and tasted fantastic. however our server told us our 4 meals would suffice they were extremely small and almost impossible to share (we were told the menu was designed to share). we really wanted to have dessert but didn't want another small overpriced plate.

absolutely delicious. would definitely recommend. loved everything we ordered and the staff were fantastic. reasonably priced also.

finally made it here for dinner. food took a little while but it was easily forgotten when the delicious meals came. i have to say our waitress was the best any of us have ever had. the only problem was that we were sitting outside and could smell cigarette smoke the whole time. our waitress asked people to move away but even still we could smell it. possibly blowing over from the bar. it was really quite off putting especially when paying so much for a nice dinner.

great great great food! my fiancé took me here for my birthday and i was absolutely blown away =d personally i don't ever care too much about service, as i do not believe they are that important (i go to a restaurant for food, i don't '"eat" service), but unlike a lot of the reviews here our waiter was actually super friendly and was very helpful with the menu.

now, the important part, food. we ordered the slow cooked lamb on flat bread, waygu skirt, whole smoked eggplant, oysters and duck for two ppl, and finished with a spiced date bream with honeycomb. every single bite was a flavour explosion!!! i would say some food was slightly on the salty side but i love salt so no complaints there. especial mention on the honeycomb on the dessert plate, it was homemade and omg was it awesome.

we had 5 plates, 1 dessert and 2 cocktails, and the bill came out to $150 (or $120 just on the food). i do not believe this is expensive or outrageous as some ppl may suggest here, especially if u consider this as a degustation experience at $60/head, for the flavour you get it really was worth it. of course, i would probably suggest you to go get a fat piece of steak at chachachar or sth if you are hungry and want to pig out, but the 6 dishes that we had left us reasonably filled (as in i felt absolutely no need to stuff myself with mcdonald's after) and simply wanting more of it for next time =d

great food indeed.

i have to say we had a great dinner with amazing food, and the cost of the meal was actually better than i had expected for 8 people - always a bonus! the one thing we all found a tad annoying is the over-complicated menu/ordering.

expect to wait. we ate here as a large group and were extremely dissatisfied with the time waiting, portions and personally the quality of the meals for the price of $65 each. there were 7 dishes in the course which took over 30mins each to be served considering they were small appetisers. the food portion was extremely small as each of the 7 appetisers only offered 3 of each dish to share between a group just shy of 20 people. as for the wait, portion and price of the course per person, it is definitely not worth going as a large group and would be better value for money ordering from the main menu as you would actually get preference and your own meal, unfortunately this is not offered to large groups, so seriously consider other venues before getting sucked into the over hyped and dissatisfying experience at gerards bistro.

lovely, but.... great food and wine list, really enjoyed both.
what did 'bug' me was the wait staff. they were good and their job, but a tip from me... you can be professional and good at your job all whilst still being warm and friendly. the staff lacked the warmth and friendliness, it's not hard, but when you ooze arrogance, that's not a good look guys. take it down a few notches, smile, chat to the patrons and be human!

excellent food and service. had dinner at gerard’s bistro tonight, after drinks and some excellent cheese, charcuterie and cocktails at the bar. the staff were friendly, attentive and knew their products. and mindblowingly, after a little situation with my dessert, our waiter brought us out some cheese on the house. that kind of service is super rare nowadays, so, combined with the food, which really was just beautiful quality produce beautifully prepared, i will definitely be going back.

one of brisbane's better restaurants. good food concepts with even better execution. staff are informed and attentive. deserves the recognition that it gets