Chez Pascal

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  10     

Great food, great service, a bit too much attitude from Phillip. Love it though, wish he would have more coffee varieties, it is Australia not France.

May 20, 2012 

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  9      Value  9     

After reading so mixed reviews I was very apprehensive about returning to this venue last Friday night after over a year since my last visit. My concerns were unnecessary. The service was excellent, the food excellent and the value near excellent. Definitely would recommend and will return, thank you Phillipe, even though you gave me a 7.0 shock when you emerged from the kitchen and asked if everyone was happy while I was totally engaged in consuming my lapin.

Feb 20, 2012 

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  9      Value  9     

We had a truly delicious meal here, all 3 courses. The sauces on the mains were scrumptious and the crepe dessert was outstanding and does not need cream or ice-cream! We will definitely be returning.

Dec 05, 2011 

5.3 Average

Food  5      Ambience  5      Service  7      Value  4     

Agree with previous reviewers, the ox cheek is very good. However, everything else was bland. The menu seemed exciting and the waitress gave good first impression, but the food generally does not live up to expectations. The truffle fragois and scallop salad we ordered both taste like a waste of perfectly decent ingredients.

A beautiful pice of duck was spoiled by an orange sauce that was too bitter, it taste like the sauce was infused with essence, not made with real fresh produce. The cooking is very home-job like. If this is French restaurant quality, it would be a mediocre one in the 1980s. In other words, the cooking has not improved since the restaurant first opened.

Nov 21, 2011 

4.8 Average

Food  3      Ambience  6      Service  7      Value  3     

I knew the kitchen staff when he was in Liverpool, starting out many years ago. Then the food was excellent, beautifully cooked, generous happy nice kitchen staff. It has all changed, I think he has lost the plot. Everything has loads of garlic, eg my veal with balmain bugs, a thin, tiny piece of tough veal, topped by three overcooked pieces of bugs (I'm not sure it was bugs), three thin slices of tasteless potato, three (3!) bits of microwaved carrot, and three microwaved bits of bean, all swimming in a watery, oily garlic laced "sauce" $32!

Could not taste anything at all apart from garlic. What happened to your skills? What happened to your earlier generous dishes? We asked for a steak dish for our three year old who has a stomach acid problem, so please leave the sauce on a separate dish. The waitress apologetically explained that the kitchen staff can't leave the sauce off, read won't, it arrived in a sea of sauce. The steak was a grilled steak, hardly needed the sauce, a bit precious now Philippe ? Won't be back Sir, and in answer to your nightly question to the room "eeeez everybody appy ?" - no, everybody is not ! Goodbye, and time to hang up the apron...

Aug 14, 2011 

5.5 Average

Food  7      Ambience  5      Service  5      Value  5     

Ox cheek is lovely, but the attitude of "kitchen staff" is a bit arrogant given Crepe definitely needs cream or ice cream.

Jun 28, 2011 

7.8 Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  8     

Beautiful little restaurant that is full of character. The food is very homey and well cooked. I thoroughly enjoyed the creamy based mains. The chef gave us a shock when he came out to meet and greet, and I loved his cute lisp.

Jun 16, 2011 

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  7      Service  9      Value  10     

Have been here a couple of times now. The food is great especially the rabbit I had the last time we went. It's BYO so we take a top quality wine that goes perfectly with the high quality food. Great place to visit in winter. Leave any diets you are on at home and just enjoy the night. Will be back again.

May 27, 2011 

3 Below Average

Food  4      Ambience  6      Service  1      Value  1     

My boyfriend and I went to this french restaurant tonight under his recommendation. It was nice start, we had french onion soup and snails as entrees. We ordered another entree which was a kind of seafood in creamy leek sauce but we then changed order to rabbit and quail dish since we decided to order the Barramundi in dill sauce for main. The waitress brought us the seafood in creamy sauce and the barramundi in creamy dill sauce. Those two dished were just identical, both seafood in creamy sauce.

I could not help to question " We have changed this seafood entree to the rabbit and quail" The waitress took the seafood dish away and said "oh, yes, let me check it out what is going on .." one minute later, She came back with the same seafood dish and said" my apology because we have run out the rabbit and quail dish but this seafood dish is free of charge please enjoy it".

Eventhough it was disappointing about having the similar dishes especially we felt so rich and heavy after eating, we would not mind since the seafood dish was free. However, when we got the bill, we noticed they still charged us for that seafood dish. My boyfriend asked the staff when he paid the bill. Guess what she said "I can not give u free since u ate it!" what kind of service is that? just for $20! Hi, Guys, please be aware, would u go to this kind of restaurant ever again?

Mar 05, 2011 

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  9      Value  9     

I was lucky enough to have my eighteenth birthday here in 2009, with a group of around thirty people. Phillipe the chef was more than happy to take up the challenge! I suggested ordering a croquembouche as the cake from a patisserie elsewhere, but Phillipe would not hear of it and took it upon his excellently extravagant self to create the most delicious cake I have ever tasted - fresh cream, plump strawberries and a heavenly sponge.

The rest of the dining experience at Chez Pascal was just as memorable. The Crevettes au Pernod (prawns in cream sauce) were delicious, the sauce the perfect consistency. The serving of sorbet between meals to prime the palate for the next dish is a charming touch that is often missed in many restaurants. The Suprême de poulet au basilic (chicken), and the Escalope de veau Grand-Mère (veal) are lovely for mains, with generous servings and cooked perfectly.

The highlight of the night is when Phillipe appears and asks the entire restaurant "Eez everybody 'appy?!" - he is always keen to ensure a wonderful dining experience. Overall, "une expérience fantastique". Chez Pascal is a restaurant I am happy to visit again and again.

Feb 10, 2011