Sous Le Soleil St Ives, Sydney

Sous Le Soleil St Ives Details

Sous Le Soleil St Ives Address

Corner Rosedale Rd & Porters Lane
175 Rosedale Rd
St Ives NSW 2075
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Cuisines

French, Modern Australian

Bookings

Bookings are preferred
Maximum group booking size is 60

Rooms & Capacity

No of Seats 60

The Lavender Room
Cosy room at the front of the cottage
Seating Capacity 12

The Red Room
Intimate cottage room built in 1888
Seating Capacity 16

The Shop
In amongst the merchandise
Seating Capacity 8

Veranda
Looking onto garden. Enclosed area
Seating Capacity 30

Hours

Lunch
Tue to Sat Noon - 4:30pm
Dinner
Tue to Sat 6pm - Midnight

BYO

Wine Only
Corkage Per Person $4.50

Parking

Ample or Convenient Parking
Free Parking
Off Street Parking
Street Parking
Parking Suggestions
Council car-park behind restaurant. Entrance from Porters Lane

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Overview of Sous Le Soleil St Ives

French inspired food & shops on Sydney's North Shore.

Set in a Heritage Cottage built in 1888. Wooden floors, art works hanging from picture rails, and a gift shop to browse through. Sous Le Soleil offers an intimate, friendly dining experience.

User Reviews of Sous Le Soleil St Ives

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8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 8

Great experience for a business lunch. There’s easy parking, the place/setting was beautiful and service was well-paced. Menu choices were good, I had a pot pie and tried the coq au vin, and both were delicious.

May 16, 2012

sydeat
78

7.6 Recommended

Quality 8 Food 8 Ambience 7 Service 8 Value 7

Six of us enjoyed a Mother's day lunch here today. The French cooking was excellent and all of us enjoyed entree, main and desserts with authentic French flavours in a charming private dining space. Sound wine list and efficient pleasant service. All in all we were delighted.

May 13, 2012

jbburro
25

9 Highly Recommended

Quality 9 Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 10 Value 9

We recently celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary at this restaurant. The owner and staff were excellent and attentive. The food and service were of a very high standard. We could not fault anything and it made the evening one to remember. I will definitely go back.

Dec 11, 2011

Mike M.
1

9.4 Highly Recommended

Quality 9 Food 10 Ambience 10 Service 9 Value 9

My most recent delightful Sous le Soleil experience was for a family celebration. As always, waitstaff were attentive, friendly, and patient (its hard to be decisive with such a sumptious menu). Service was surprisingly fast, despite the full house. We found the lighting and acoustics very comfortable. Food here never fails to impress: savoring begins with the colours, aroma, then flavours... my most enduring memory of each course is of the delicious sauces, esp the basil veloute with the 'fish of the day' main. One suggestion: seek an eye-contact 'yes' before topping up wine glasses (some have to drive home). Will definitely return...

Oct 21, 2011

whats for dinner
1

9.8 Highly Recommended

Quality 10 Food 10 Ambience 9 Service 10 Value 10

Had lunch and had the Lamb wrapped in pastry an absolute winner for me just the best restaurant I have been to lately very friendly and professional service.

Jun 16, 2011

Silver36
1

0 of 2 readers found the following review helpful

2.6 Not Recommended

Quality 1 Food 1 Ambience 6 Service 4 Value 1

Today (24/5/11) I had the worst salade nicoise I have ever come across. No cos lettuce, no bacon, no anchovies and a vinegar based dressing. The ingredients were presented in small individual piles. There was an egg, which as far I as I could tell was the one nod to this famous salad. At $26.00 it was also the most expensive by a long way.

Response from Management:
I don't usually respond to comments by would-be food critics, but today I feel compelled... It would appear you have confused the ingredients and the widely accepted style of presentation of the "famous salade nicoise" and the also famous Caesar salad. Both popular, but different in content, presentation and origin. I can understand your disappointment if you had the latter in mind when you ordered. We have found our nicoise salad to be a popular dish amongst our guests and seemingly good value as it contains poached king prawns, admittedly our twist on the seared tuna that we didn't find as popular. Thank you for your feedback, we may well pop a caesar salad on the menu next Summer.

Thanks,
Andrew

May 24, 2011

onlythebestwilldo
1

1 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

7.2 Recommended

Quality 8 Food 8 Ambience 5 Service 7 Value 8

We recently attended with a group of friends and we were seated in the enclosed verandah. A few small gas heaters in a drafty verandah wasn't make it any warmer. We struggled on but people coming in the verandah door (the sign does say to enter via the front door!) and keeping it open (hello rudeness!!) didn't help the chill factor. Having said that, the food and wine (French and regional Australia) list while not extensive was good. BYO was nearly $4 pp (!) and wines are from $25 a bottle plus there's a lot by the glass. During dessert and coffee we were really feeling the cold so if we go next time, we will request a seat in the cottage. The verandah would be fine during summer, but not a winter's night. They need to seal up the drafty bits and add a few more robust heaters.

May 15, 2011

tysoneat
10

8.4 Highly Recommended

Quality 10 Food 9 Ambience 10 Service 6 Value 7

We came here for a 50th birthday, and had our own private room in the cottage, almost like having dinner in an old bedroom (in the nicest possible sense). I had never tried Escargot before, so I ordered it for an entree. It was served beautifully with prawn, garlic and mushroom, the garlic was not overpowering. My partner had the scallops which was presented beautifully. I had a special for the main of Lamb cutlets on Cous Cous with vegetables. Small, but nice.

My partner had the Steak and my Father had the Lamb Shank Pie, also smallish but nice. The presentation of the plates was lovely (I will attach photos soon). The staff were attentive, but not overly friendly. We received a sour look when one of our guests did not turn up, and thus the waiter had to make an effort to pack away the table setting for 1.

Dessert was also delicious, ranging from Affogato to Creme Brulee and all in between. We would go back for a special occasion, for something a little different. Because of the tasty food and warm atmosphere provided by the cottage. Mains for memory were around $25-35.

May 12, 2011

melbabs
24

1 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

9 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 9

We were two couples dining at Sous le Soleil on a Saturday night in November and we thoroughly enjoyed everything about our evening. High marks for the scallops and the crab starters, also for the souffle, chicken and lamb shank mains. The wait staff was efficient and engaging, the owner Olivier took time to visit our table.

Bringing our own wine made this restaurant more affordable than any other of the same calibre we could find in the area. The garden setting created a pleasant atmosphere for our social occasion. Other tables around us seemed equally happy. I look forward to returning to try the other menu items.

Dec 01, 2010