Pretentious and overpriced. The food quality was good but not exceptional. Paying for sides in a fixed menu was outrageous. My dessert was a frozen chocolate mousse that tasted like it had been in the freezer for weeks. On paying the bill there was an initial thought of under payment, when they realised this was not the case an arrogant comment about returning $3 to us was made, which of course we declined.

Great French restaurant close to the centre of the city. The quality of the food was consistently excellent across all courses and dishes. The serving size on some dishes, such as the lamb rack, could definitely be a little larger but overall the dining experience was great. Would highly recommend the Duck Liver Parfait and the Duck Pie. Staff were attentive and the service was all round great. I also loved the atmosphere and vibe of the restaurant, perfect for a romantic evening or an intimate dinner with family or friends.

While Claire's kitchen isn't the best french restaurant in Sydney, I have to say I have never had a bad dish here and the staff are always really friendly.

Favourite place in Sydney! Such a hidden gem - everyone I bring always returns with their friends or colleagues. Great food, great atmosphere and great staff. Would highly recommend.

Garbage. Overpriced, overrated. The staff are rude and the guy that owns it is so up himself it’s a joke. Avoid.

Great environment, high quality delicious food, friendly and lovely staff highly recommended

Found this place due to a deal on The Fork. Great find. Nice french food with cute ambience. The baguette was a touch stale and service forgot us a couple of times, so 1 star off. Tuna nicoise and rack of lamb were excellent. Good serving sizes

Although they cater for vegans, there are no listed vegan options which is sad to see. I hope they add thier amazing vegan meals to the set menu.

Loved the romantic French vibes and food! Service was a little slow as there was a show that night, but they were courteous and gave us heads up on it. The duck liver parfait and scallops were my favorites.

Really nice restaurant! Beautiful settings and delicious food. If you are a group of five or more, you will get seated in the dramatic marble table. It’s a bit intimidating but it adds to the experience. The set menu is worth it as well, and if you choose well, you can be full on the appetizer and main meal alone, and then get wine instead of desert.

As always, great French food, fantastic service. Love the decor as well as the range of wines. I've been here 3 times, once for a corporate function. It's my perfect restaurant of choice.

I spent Valentine’s Day dinner here with my girfriend expecting a wonderful dinner and service that all the trip advisor reviews had raved about. The service overall was good, not excellent. The food was the main concern. We ordered a bottle of red wine costing $120 which came cold - there was condensation over the outside of the bottle. I asked the waitress to keep the bottle in the kitchen to warm it up and was told that wasn’t allowed and to place the bottle of wine next to the tea light candles on our table. The main course was cold - cold hard mashed potato, the veggies were cold, the beef was warmer but not hot by any means. The best part of the meal was the raspberry sorbet, which was cold also thankfully.

I am sorry folks about this so negative review. We are 65 years old, have experienced many restaurants throughout the world, including French quisine ones, and we are sorry to say that our experience at Claire's Kitchen Le Salon on Oxford Street in Sydney, Australia, was one of the worst experiences we have endured in 40 years of dining experience. We paid $100 entry cover charge which was supposed to include 3 hours of unlimited dining. What we got was less than $20 worth of finger food. No main meal, no desert. We also had to pay for our drinks, costing at least $60 for a poor quality French wine. The staff were friendly until we started to ask questions, then decided we were too much of a problem to answer our questions. We had not consumed a lot of alcohol because it was too expensive. There was absolutely no air conditioning, we were starting as Australian summers do that thing. We went there with postive vibes resulting from a six-month booking windi period. We would suggest that people considering going to Claire's Kitchen Le Salon on Oxford Street in Sydney ease reconsider. Although it was Sydney's Mardi gras night, it stillakes no excuse for their inadequate service, over pricing for drinks and alleged food. Please guys and girl - Do not book Claire's Kitchen Le Salon on Oxford Street, Sydney, Australia, as you will be disappointed and feel ripped off completely. Mark our words. DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEM!

Great french restaurant with nice atmosphere and live music upstairs. Staffs were friendly and attentive, gave us a good recommendation on food which were all delicious. Duck pie was surprisingly very big in portion. Tartare was fresh, lamb rack was a bit hard to cut but it actually was very tender. Scallops as one of the entree items were especially good. Price is reasonable for french cuisine.

A bit long wait for our main but definitely worth the wait. The food was amazing and staff were very welcoming. We really enjoyed our night at the restaurant.

I had my birthday party here and also went here for dinner. I highly recommend this restaurant! Service, food and wine is excellent. I even got sparklers in my dessert! Very nice atmosphere here!

The food is very good but the service leaves a lot to be desired and puts you off. They give you no eye contact, treat you like you are a nuisance rather than a customer and focus on people who are clearly friends so you have to sit and wait for any service and it’s not pleasant and destroys the enjoyment of the evening. We would have ordered more wine but ended up waiting too long. We would become regulars except for the service - people should not be made to feel insignificant- really a shame!

The beef tartar is delicious, the compound taste is just right, and the snails are full of flavor as always. The lamb chops are tender and juicy inside.

There were four of us and all of us just loved everything about it... the food was superb, the service outstanding friendly and informative. I took my niece for her 21st Birthday treat... and the staff was so lovely to her... without us asking they bought a especial dessert with a sparkler and sang happy birthday with us. So lovely??? Definitely willbe going back

Atmosphere was amazing, mood lighting, very romantic. We had live music coming from upstairs for the first part of the evening. Food didn’t quite live up to our expectations, we had a big group so we had a variety of dishes. Entree: Steak tartare - 5/5 Escargot - 3/5 flavour felt a bit bland Duck liver parfait - 5/5 best out of the three Main: Duck pie - 5/5 Lamb shank - 2/5 meat was very dry & bland, sauce & kūmara were good Hanger steak - 2/5 cut of meat was very tough even at medium rare Dessert: Crème brûlée - 3/5 Miniature dessert platter - 2/5

The perfect venue for private party! We hosted a hens party in the upstairs room, the venue, food, cocktails - everything was incredible!!! But the service was the biggest highlight, the owner Marc was with us all night, controlling the AV and ensuring we were well looked after. Could not recommend this venue enough. Thank you so much, Marc and team!

Perfect. 2 friends and I caught up after 15 years having great food, wine and cocktails. Ambience and atmosphere was perfect for conversation and laughs. Only let down was we had to leave at 12midnight before we could squeeze another drink in.

Fantastic service, food, decoration, ambiance... everything is well organized and friendly. We had an amazing nye dinner. Thanks guys.

Fantastic food and atmosphere.

Lovely food, nice environment, taste is good, price very friendly, service is considerate, amazing experience with the restaurant

beautiful restaurant with great team

two dining areas, casual dining and the upstairs holds performances. quite cute, cosy, and perfect for date night. Now the food was on another level delicious, great staff. I'd def go there again.

Great venue, delicious food, waiter very good on the wines. Servings are generous (a bit too generous for me).

Amazing staff and service. Parisian atmosphere. The scallops and duck pie were both amazing. The only thing that was disappointing was the small range of French Champagne and Chablis. Would definitely recommend this restaurant if you are after a small slice of Paris. 🥂🥂🥂

The place,the service,the food & the atmosphere were outstanding,real French feel with its set up,I thought that I was in Montmartre.Mark & his crew were up to the task,very professional & very good in hosting a big group🙏👍

It's an amazing place to go for an authentic French experience. The dishes on theyr menu at %100 French. No other fusions are allowed in this place. The staff was very very friendly and the food was so good. The only think I consider was not too good was the berries tartlette. The rest was terrific.

Dinner with family, 10 people no children. Had a lovely time. Service was excellent. There was live music. Had scallops for starter and steak for main but only enjoyed the chocolate cake with raspberry sherbet dessert.

A perfect finish to our trip to Sydney. Four of us enjoyed a perfect dinner here. Amazing service in particular by Valentin. Very hard to pick the best dish between Lamb rack, Beef tornado and Duck pie. However to me the Duck Pie was the stand out. The bread is fresh and so very good! Great cocktails and our Pinot Noir was delicious. A very special experience ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ See you next time we visit Sydney

Step into a little Paris with live show on the 2nd floor and cozy quaint atmosphere downstairs. What a charming place with happy attentive servers and great dishes.

Excellent French food in a fine dining setting that still feels comfortable and welcoming. Food is very good and reasonably priced given the high quality but could certainly get out of hand with wine. The wait staff are good with a little bit of attitude but not in a stuck up way. Drinks menu is extensive and high quality. I'd like to come back for a show - especially for someone Like Carlotta who is performing soon.

The food was all very delicious (personally, I liked the scallops for the entree the most) and the staff were super friendly. The person at the door greeted my partner and I with our names after checking for the vaccination which made us both feel special. Everyone who served us were very attentive. I liked the atmosphere of the restaurant too. Would love to visit again sometime 😊

We recently held an event upstairs at the Salon at Claire's, and it could not have been more perfect. At every stage of the planning Marc and the team went above and beyond to make things easy for us and make sure our night was beautiful. The whole restaurant is beautiful, and the team helped us set up our own flowers and decorations. The salon upstairs really does feel like a beautiful and warm French bar, your own little home for the evening with a truly intimate ambience. The food was all delicious, and came out quickly - very impressive for a group of 31 people. The centrepiece was the croquembouche, which was beautiful and tasted as good as it looked. There were plenty of options, and plenty for our guests with dietary requirements - including things we'd overlooked like desserts. All our guests raved about the food over the next few days. On the night, Marc and the staff made all our guests feel welcome and helped us run all the formalities - far more service than we expected, and very very much appreciated. Everyone at Claire's was kind, friendly, warm, and funny, and made all of us feel so at home. It was one of the happiest nights of our life, and Claire's made it so easy and beautiful for us.

Very friendly service. Love the beef tartare (just be minded the portion of this dish is quite big).

Such a delight to walk in off the busy street and be welcomed into the calm and sumptuous space that is Claire’s kitchen. The food is always excellent - seasoned with care and subtlety and presented tastefully. There’s a solid selection of cocktails and wines available by the glass/bottle at very reasonable prices. Staff are animated and interactive but not overbearing, and generally converse with each other in French! Come for the food, stay for the wine and the atmosphere.

(Translated by Google) Good French cuisine (Original) Bonne cuisine française

Super amazing food for the prices. Service is great. The wait is usually long but it’s honestly worth the wait.

Great atmosphere, food & service. We enjoyed it very much. The lady waitress was very pleasant too.

Salon dada by Marc Kuzma takes you to an otherwordly dining experiece. It was very well executed from start to finish. Nothing about it is boring or out of place. This is something that you need to do at least once in your lifetime. Highly recommended!

Fantastic service, old school French cuisine done beautifully

Love Claire's for the excellent French food and wine. All the staff are French which helps with the Gallic atmosphere.

Thank you for Valentine's day! The lamb was perfect!

Thank you for a wonderful evening. The food was exquisite and the service impeccable. We will definitely be back. What a great find.

We reserved a table here for my wife’s surprise birthday party for 4 and they didn’t disappoint. The dining room was bright and elegant and the staff were very welcoming and professional across the board. The only option that evening was a set menu (with options on all courses) for $85 which consisted or an Entree, Main and Dessert (or a cocktail in replacement of the dishes). We had spent $185 the night before at a shockingly bad dinner at The Bentley Restaurant and Claire’s kitchen was a standout in every department. The entree of Steak Tartare came deconstructed with the elements finely positioned around the diced beef cubes. The waiter mixed them together along with the egg yolk to become a nicely balanced dish of richness and tanginess to match. It was perfect and the envy amongst other on the table. The three cheese souffle was light and rich and was the recommended dish by the waiter and the Dome of smoked salmon was perfectly accompanied by the crab and celeriac remoulade served with avocado dressing and brioche crouton. The mains were a beef affair with Braised beef cheeks, red wine sauce; Beef tenderloin wrapped in prosciutto and Beef fillet, flambéed in cognac, with green pepper and cream sauce. All cooked to perfection in all the glory of classic French sauces that should not be understated here. The desserts we chose the French pastry, a chocolate mousse, a crème brûlée. A perfect way to end the meal and all beautifully presented. They also wrote ‘Happy Birthday’ on the plate in French with beautiful hand writing along with a sparkler. What must be highlighted is that although this was a fixed menu price, every dish that came was not reduced in size as other restaurants would. Each dish that arrived stood out on it’s own as if you had ordered it individually from the menu in terms of presentation and size. The light hearted approach by staff made this French dining experience very warm and relaxed almost understating the excellent food that was made without compromise. We will definitely be back to one of the best quality and value French restaurants in Sydney.

Had a bad run of restaurants, but finally hit a great one tonight. Every dish was delicious. We had the snails and beef tartare for our entre, and our mains were the duck pie and lamb rack. For dessert we had the cheese plate. Couldn't fault a single dish and the service was great.

Claire’s Kitchen is the best restaurant in Darlinghurst - without a doubt. I’ve enjoyed many excellent events here and each were joyous. The staff are friendly, authentic and helpful. The food is first class. The atmosphere is sophisticated and international. Enjoy Claire’s Kitchen as often as possible!

Lovely food. Generous servings. Warm service

We went there for the Valentine 's day .Everything was perfect from A to Z .There was even a surprise to win. I looooove that place . We will be back for the salon dada, in May for the new show

Lovely place and staff but the food is well below average and the menu is tired and way over priced including their wine list. Wouldn't go back

(Translated by Google) Always indispensable when talking about Sydney French restaurants Top 5, Top 10 ... Little Paris in Sydney I was so excited because of the many compliments and praises of the magazines that refer to this friendly and atmospheric restaurant ... Is French food too bad for my tastes? The signature menus I've confidently recommended from cheap baguettes from pre-meal bread were all terrible, and it was ridiculously disappointing to compare the ingredients, the quality of the dishes, and the tastes with similar well-known restaurants such as Bistro, Felix, Rex, etc. Duck pie, in particular, was so chewy and poorly cooked, the duck didn't mix well with the sauce, and the lamb wasn't as good as a regular kebab. It was also shocking to sell French fries that were not as good as McDonald's at this famous restaurant. There are a variety of criteria when discussing fine dining, but for me, who focuses most on food, this is the place I don't want to go again. #Australian #Australian Restaurant #Australian Ilsang #Sydney # Sydney's Restaurant #Restaurants #Travel Instagram (Original) 시드니 프렌치 레스토랑을 얘기할때 항상 빠지지 않는 곳 톱5, 톱10... 시드니속 작은 파리 이 친절하고 분위기 있는 레스토랑을 지칭하는 수많은 칭찬과 여러 매거진의 찬사에 따른 기대가 너무 컸던 걸까... 프랑스 요리는 내 취향과는 너무 맞지 않는 것일까 식전빵으로 나온 싸구려 바게트부터 자신있게 추천한 시그니처 메뉴들은 모두 형편없었고 재료나 요리 수준 그리고 맛을 비스트로 기욤, 펠릭스, 렉스, 등 비슷한 유명 레스토랑들과 비교해봐도 정말 말도 안되게 실망스러웠다. 특히 Duck pie 는 파이 자체가 너무 질척거리며 식감이 안좋았고 오리도 소스와 잘 어울어지지 않았으며 양고기는 일반 케밥집에서 파는 것보다 못했다. 이정도 유명세의 레스토랑에서 맥도널드 보다 못한 프렌치 프라이를 판매한다는 것도 충격이었다. 파인다이닝을 논할 때 다양한 기준이 있지만 음식에 가장 포커스를 두는 나에게 이곳은 다시 가고 싶지 않은 곳이다. #호주 #호주맛집 #호주일상 #시드니 #시드니맛집 #맛집추천 #여행스타그램 #맛집탐방 #맛스타그램 #프렌치다이닝 #일상그램

Great food and atmosphere, staff were well trained and made the experience very enjoyable. Dessert was amazing!

Actually didn't eat here as I was booked next door and confused the address but the staff were so lovely and helpful I'm sure everything else is as wonderful

We had such a great time tonight, great food by a creative genius owner who is such a good host, we have already been there twice and would definitely go again soon, thank you!

Amazing food with a wide array of dishes to choose from which would appeal to anyone, our favourite dish was the duck pie. The desserts are amazing and once again there is a huge range to choose from. Unfortunately the service was a bit of a let-down for a restaurant of this standard, cork was left in the wine bottle, I was told a candle would be on the dessert for my partners birthday (small thing but a nice touch which was forgotten about), and when we paid the bill the waiter did not bring our change back. Whilst we left feeling the food was amazing, the service came across as inattentive and careless. Despite the fantastic food, we would not come back.

Consistently the best restaurant in Sydney. We've been coming here for 10 years and it's always amazing. The prices are perfect for the quality of food and service, especially considering the price of pub food these days. A wonderful night out and the food melts in your mouth.

Wow....I dont think that words will be enough to tell how amazing was the experience at Le Salon: you really have to go and see it, feel it and sence it by yourself. That was one of the evening you will definetly remember! Everyone who made this miracle happened, put so much effort and attention to details, we felt like dearest guests-who found a secret treasure. It was much more than a diner, you could feel the sprincles of art and inspiration in the air. It is very special place. I really want to thank everyone who looked after us and made this evening so memorable ! :-)

Had a fabulous dining experience in the week . They have a most extensive menu of modern and classic french dishes followed by a daily special dessert plate where you can choose a beautiful delight to finish the evening. I would highly recommend this restaurant

My favorite French place. Always great customer service, always different choices on the menus and a great vibe.

Yummers! The decor was unique and incredible. Everything was simply decadent. Everything I tried was bursting with flavor. The waiter did an excellent job. They got a new customer for life!

Friendly service, classic French done well. The desserts are on the large side so consider saving some room.

There’s a collective intake of breath in the intimate dining room when everyone opens their menus. Fanning out like piano accordions, each menu’s glowing white light captures guests’ faces in a state of childlike wonder as they scratch their heads and wonder what it is they’re meant to eat. Eat the pages of the menu? It’s rather absurd, but then so is the nonsensical and satirical movement Le Salon DadA is based upon. Being familiar with Marc Kuzma’s work at El'Circo at Slide, I entered Claire’s Kitchen at Le Salon with a fair idea of what to expect. In this setting Kuzma (who is also known as Claire de Lune) has kicked things up to the next level using a City of Sydney night-time diversification grant. These monies are all about local council trying to restore some of Sydney’s faded night-time glory, decimated by Gladys Berejiklian’s lockout laws. Kuzma’s resulting night, (which will set you back $140/head) is based upon Cabaret Voltaire, a Swiss enclave of artists escaping the First World War. DadA was anti-establishment, anti-reason and anti-logic. DadA was the antidote to the bourgeois capitalist interests that the artists believed had led people into war in the first place. Following this line, our first course takes curative form as a wartime first aid kid with tongue depressor, bandages and a petri dish containing a smooth French mushroom parfait topped with sauternes jelly. Scraped onto crackers, it’ll sustain you through your cocktail construction – the recipe and ingredients are in your bucket. With shiso leaf-infused vodka, nettle liqueur and pomegranate cordial, it’s a tangy, slightly more sophisticated Cosmopolitan with little blasts of sweetness when the pearls of passionfruit and lime pop on your tongue. The rest of your boozing is done in the usual fashion, with many wines - including the 2017 Cave de Turckheim Pinot Blanc ($70/bottle) we selected - available by glass, carafe and full bottle. The fresh, dry white wine proves easy to enjoy through some on-stage art that sees a semi-nude model enhanced with the f-holes from a cello, and some at-the-table card tricks. It’s a multimedia affair, with German expressionist film, The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1920), playing on screens placed throughout the dining room. Seen through the eyes of an asylum patient, the film may leave you wondering what’s real and what’s not. Contortionist Jade Twist continues our surrealist descent by wearing a black zentai suit with eyes and lips in all the wrong places. Tying herself in knots until she looks like a human pretzel, Twist makes it hard to know which way is up, and which direction way is forward. It's a perfect segue to a course based upon The Persistence of Memory (1931), arguably Salvador Dali’s most famous surrealist work. From the edge of a martini glass, his melting pocket watch drips in cracker form to accompany a well-spiced cold capsicum and tomato soup. Your soup is poured from a vessel that is itself a nod to Dali’s 1972 piece, Marilyn Monroe, shown up on the screens. It’s this attention to detail that makes Kuzma’s night so intellectually rich for art-lovers, with clever details like Marcel Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel (1913) in the stairwell on the way up to the dining room. Even the table setting is done in the style of DadA, down to a DadA print cloth serviette. Without wanting to give it all away, the next course – the only hot course - a rainbow trout roulade, is a nod to Joan Miró. Everything on the splattered abstract plate is edible, down to the crisp fish bones. On the stage, the inimitable Shauna Jensen is clad in a thematic ‘singing fish’ (one of Miro’s recurring motifs) kaftan, as she belts out Ella Jenkins' Wade in the Water. Jensen returns later in the evening with This Is Me from The Greatest Showman. It's guaranteed to leave you uplifted – from her talented lips the power ballad’s lyrics sound inspirational rather than twee. Le Salon DadA is a rich and punny, multimedia experience that will appeal to all of your senses.

Amazing food and great service! always a great time at Claires.

We did the Sunday night special - le Salon Dada and the whole experience was just fantastic. The staging, food and service were all first class. The art was very well connected to the food. Very creative - Exceeded our expectation. Thank you to the great team for looking after us.

I have been with a group of friends on a Sunday night, there is a new show called Salon Dada. I must say everyone in the group was surprised by the staging not only of the performers but also the food and drinks. It is a really surrealist experience, the atmosphere and intimacy created, the constant stimulus to all senses, the attention to every detail is second to none. We didn’t cease to be amazed with every dish and every performance. Highly recommended! Even if you go on a regular night you won’t be disappointed, service and food menu is always on point.

Enjoyed a nice romantic dinner with my partner here. Definitely try the beef fillet with truffle mash!