Tabou

• Overall 10 - Food 10, Ambience 10, Value 10, Service 10

  Dined here recently and had a fantastic night. Food, service and atmosphere was amazing, something that's been lacking from some Sydney restaurants of late...   (sarah - November, 2010)

• Overall 8 - Food 9, Ambience 7, Value 7, Service 9

  Good food and wine fulfilled all my expectatios.   (Joss - See my reviews (2) - December, 2008)

• Overall 8 - Food 9, Ambience 7, Value 7, Service 9

  Good food and wine fulfilled all my expectatios.   (Joss - See my reviews (2) - December, 2008)

• Overall 1.5 - Food 1, Ambience 3, Value 1, Service 1

  About a year ago I had a wonderful dining experience at Tabou in Surry Hills when my boss took me out to dinner.

  How things can change in a year !

  Feel like being patronised and spending an evening on uncomfortable chairs ? This is your restaurant !

  As someone that is a qualified chef and has been to Paris I would call this food cafeteria quality at best. For what you pay, save your money, buy a ticket to Paris and eat in a dodgy cafe. The food will be of the same standard, but cheaper and at least the view and atmosphere will be an improvement.

  Food wise, I am truly reluctant to refer to it as cuisine, was lack lustre at best. None of the dishes were particularly well balanced flavour wise, the calves liver was thicker and chunkier than my grandma used to serve us as kids, not thin and delicate slices as you'd expect from fine french cuisine, the quail was over cooked and particularly salty, and the confit of duck though tender was overly salty and not balanced well with the accompianments.

  The know it all waiter with the memory issues was patronising and reluctant to replace a bottle with cork taint, even in Paris you would find it hard to find a waiter more unpersonable and that's saying alot ! He then got the manager to explain to our table that the wine was fine but our palette was floored, the nerve! Not wanting to make a scene in front of my guests as the whole kitchen staff were glaring at us from the kitchen, I didn't bring up that I'm a trainee sommelier and am quite aware of what cork taint tastes like in varying degrees. I guess they value their mark up on a bottle of wine more than your return business !

  The desserts were a pleasant suprise though, but at the same time, if I'm paying $15 dollars for creme brulee, a bowl of custard, they could at least strain the vanilla beans out of it. During my apprenticeship, these faux pas would be unacceptable and to be able to get away with this standard of cooking goes to show how lucky Tabou is to have a clientelle with alot of money and very little taste.

  Needless to say that's the last time I will be dining at this establishment.   (Chef Vader - October, 2008)

• Overall 8 - Food 9, Ambience 8, Value 6, Service 9

  we loved it.....fantastic deserts.   (See my reviews (2) - October, 2008)

• Overall 2.8 - Food 2, Ambience 4, Value 2, Service 3

  My partner and I had looked forward to trying this much touted restaurant however we were sadly disappointed in a number of areas as discerning diners. My choice of quail as an entre met the world's record for minuscule sections of the beast (or was it pigeon from outside the window perhaps?)a tiny leg about 1cm long and two sections of flesh equally tiny were arranged in a most vain glorious manner in a large white platter. Trying to get water from an equally sour maitre D proved almost impossible as the restaurants pushy staff tried vainly to offload aqua minerale and the expensive wines instead. A cheese soufflé proved nicely edible however very unfrench in direction. Steer clear of this oneor keep for secretary's and girlfriends used to Big Macs!   (Santorini92 - See my reviews (8) - October, 2008)

• Overall 7.5 - Food 8, Ambience 7, Value 7, Service 8

  Excellent food and wine. Moderate to expensive pricing but you get what you pay for. I would dine there again.   (August, 2008)

• Overall 8.5 - Food 10, Ambience 7, Value 7, Service 10

  FANTASTIC FOOD AND SERVICE.   (real thai - See my reviews (12) - August, 2008)

• Overall 9 - Food 9, Ambience 9, Value 8, Service 10

  The staff were friendly, attentive but not over the top or intrusive. The food was beautiful and we had a lovely dinner!   (ellie - See my reviews (11) - August, 2008)

• Overall 8 - Food 9, Ambience 9, Value 5, Service 9

  Good food and excellent service. Pricey but not outrageously so for a restaurant of this quality. Superb wine list. My only suggestion: I know this is a French provincial-style restaurant and so the menu is meat heavy (and especially offal heavy) but I think it would be good to have at least one vegetarian main course on offer.   (SSR - June, 2008)

• Overall 8.3 - Food 10, Ambience 8, Value 8, Service 7

  Food was excellent. Overall, it can be a little more cooler as it got a little warm in the restaurant. We ordered a bottle of red wine and had white wine glasses that were already arranged on the table. They did not bother to change the wine glasses.   (January, 2008)

• Overall 7.5 - Food 9, Ambience 8, Value 8, Service 5

  Great room...great food....most offhand and dismissive service I have ever received in a supposed 'quality' restaurant. I had looked forward to going to this restaurant...but won't go back because of appalling attitude from waiters...it ruined what would have been a great night with good friends visiting from overseas.   (November, 2007)

• Overall 8.8 - Food 9, Ambience 9, Value 8, Service 9

  A great, proper French restaurant   (Chops - November, 2007)

• Overall 7.3 - Food 7, Ambience 7, Value 7, Service 8

  The previous review was way off the mark! Service was smooth and welcoming, starters were outstanding, steak mains were middle to ok, dessert was lovely, ambience was great. Will be back.   (See my reviews (6) - April, 2007)

• Overall 2.8 - Food 4, Ambience 1, Value 2, Service 4

  BOOKING SYSTEM FAILED. FOOD WAS BLAND AND PORTIONS MINISCULE. TABLE WAS EXCRUCIATINGLY NOISY. BILL WAS HUGE.   (Jeff Wille - March, 2007)

Plus Overall 8.2 - Food 8.8, Ambience 8, Value 7.8, Service 8 From 123 reviews