La Boucherie French Restaurant
3B Old Northern Rd, Baulkham Hills NSW 2153, Australia
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Enjoy modern French cuisine with seasonal ingredients at La Boucherie. Join us for a memorable dining experience!
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Reviews (5)
First time visit this french restaurant with quite some expectations as it has been a recommended. Quite a cute decor and we, a table of 4 ordered quite some food. Oyster: great to offer $2 per oyster on a Thursday. I enjoyed quite a bit on the flavour but it is the smallest oyster I have been served. Bone marrow: great all in all, I like my option with beef tartare Oinon soup: interesting way of containing it, not what I expected. It is simply not hot enough. Escargot: I was expecting it with shell, but all good. It seems to have freshness issue. I cannot confirm that. Steak: cooked in medium rare, well delivered. However, the rib eye was plated interestingly plain, as well as thin. It's probably a subjective point of view, but I do expect something better. Confitduck: very deep fried and relatively dry. Cauliflower: sweet in flavour but again, not hot enough, lurking warm. From there, we have decided not to have dessert. All in all, it could be said the experience was decent, but comparing to Brasserie L'EntrecĂŽte in Pymble, a similar size and price point French restaurant, I prefer the latter. I understand the owner seems to be new and like to argue upon reviews. It is up to you and we only improve upon mistakes right? We decided not to have dessert
*Edit* Adding photos with time stamps for evidence. Similar to the other reviews, the owner is claiming our reviews are false/inaccurate. These time stamps show my food was delayed by 2.5+ hours. Dear owners, please review the responses provided by Chat GPT before posting them, as your responses are nonsensical. *Original review below* La Boucherie: 2 hour+ wait times, poor quality food and sub-par service. If you value your time, money, or dining experience, avoid this restaurant. We were a group of six and booked the '3 Course French Experience' at $125 per person on a Friday night. The evening started off lovely - we were only the third table in the restaurant at 6:30, and the waitstaff were polite and attentive when we first arrived. Unfortunately, everything went downhill rapidly once we placed our order. EntrĂ©es took 1 hour to arrive, the risotto main took 1.5 hours, and the steaks did not come out until 2 hours after ordering. Throughout the night we had to follow up repeatedly, and each time we were told only that âtheyâre coming.â Staff did not check in or offer updates. The food itself was disappointing. The risotto was undercooked, and the quality of the steaks was not what you would expect at this price point. Despite having to reconfirm our order multiple times, we still received the wrong desserts, and by the time they finally arrived - two and a half hours into the experience - we were too exhausted to correct it. To add to the frustration, we were double charged for drinks at the end of the night. Although the mistake was refunded after we raised it, it was a frustrating conclusion to an already poor experience. Overall, a complete let down. Poorly managed and nowhere near worth the price. Unfortunately cannot recommend this restaurant to anyone.
Used to be one of our absolute favourite places, but I recently found out the business has been sold. I understand the challenges that come with new ownership, however the experience just wasnât the same. The waitstaff didnât seem trained to the standard of the previous team our wine was poured into random glasses and then handed to us. We ordered our usual steak, medium. The first one came out well-done, and the replacement came out bleeding so much we had to use a napkin to soak it up. Unbelievably disappointing. Unfortunately, we wonât be back. A great restaurant turned bad.
My fiancé and I had dinner here and we were quite underwhelmed by the food and service. The restaurant charges close to five-star prices but unfortunately does not deliver on either food or service for the price point of the menu. We began with ordering the bread - $8 for four small slices of baguette with butter. The baguette tasted no different than one you might pick up from Wooly's that was lightly toasted. The butter was good and helped the baguette. The bread felt like something that should have been complimentary, not a charged menu item. For our entree, we ordered the bone marrow with steak tartare, which was the highlight of the meal - rich, well-executed, and genuinely enjoyable. I also tried the French onion soup which was disappointing. It was served in a plain white ceramic bowl with two small pieces of bread topped with little cheese. It lacked tradition and presentation that you would expect from French onion soup - especially at that price and the claimed French authenticity of the restaurant. Both of us ordered the ribeye steak as our main course, which is where the whole meal fell short. The plating left a lot to be desired. Steak - potatoes - sauce. There was no garnish or color which left the feeling that no thought went into plating at all. To add to that, the portions of potatoes were not consistent between our two plates, which might not matter at a casual restaurant but stands out when dining at this price point. Detail goes a long way and it was missed here. Most importantly, the steak itself was very thin for a ribeye and was both tough and dry. I truly thought we were mistakenly given sirloin steaks. Service was equally disappointing. It took about 30min once seated to get our order in. We were only one of just a few tables occupied. Our first drinks landed on our table easily 40min after being seated. Once our food arrived, no one checked in on us, and I was unable to get a server's attention to order a second glass of wine to go with my meal. Again, this might be forgivable in a more casual setting, but when a bill comes to around $150 per person, attentive service should be expected. Overall, while the bone marrow and tartare was good, the rest of the experience fell far short of the high praise this restaurant seems to receive. Based on both food and service, we will not be returning and prefer other restaurants with equivalent price points.
My husband booked the Valentineâs Day 3-course meal with bread & canapĂ©s for $130 per person to celebrate our Anniversarry and it was a total disappointment. First, despite having an 8:15 PM reservation, we were made to line up outside for 30 minutes before being seated. The 3-course meal was extremely overpriced for what we received. If we had ordered the same dishes Ă la carte, we would have saved at least $60, making the set menu a complete waste of money. The portions and quality did not justify the premium price. âą The breads? Four small pieces shared between two peopleâhardly generous. âą The canapĂ©? Just ONE heart-shaped piece of watermelon with cucumber on top. The menu stated âbread & canapĂ©sâ but this was misleading. âą The main course took over an hour to arrive after the entrĂ©e despite us pre-selecting our menu IN ADVANCE. Meanwhile, a couple who seated after us had already finished their meal. When I asked the male waitstaff about our food, I was dismissed with a simple âItâs coming soon.â Fifteen minutes later, still nothing. I had to follow up again with another staff member, yet no one gave an explanation for the delay. To make things worse, my husbandâs chicken was undercookedâcompletely unacceptable for a high-priced meal. We didnât finish dining until 11 PM and management did nothing to address the poor experience. Only when we went to pay did they finally say their system was having a problemâyet there was no reassurance, no explanation and no proper service recovery while we were dining. They sent a message apologising but that doesnât change the fact that our anniversary celebration was ruined. For the price, I expected better service, properly cooked food and a well-managed dining experience. Instead, we left feeling frustrated, ripped off and ignored by the management. Do not waste your money hereâthere are plenty of other restaurants that actually value their customers. UPDATE (canât find a reply button) A Wonderful Experience â Thank You for Making It Right! We were invited to dine at LaBoucherie on April 12, and we were truly impressed. The food was absolutely amazing and the service was timely and professional from start to finish. We really appreciate the gesture of reaching out and inviting us backâit showed us that customer feedback is genuinely valued here. Itâs clear the team took our previous experience seriously and made the effort to ensure this visit was nothing short of excellent. Thank you, La Boucherie, for your hospitality and for turning things around in such a thoughtful way.

