As wine bottles are being uncorked and souffle ramekins prepared in kitchens across Brisbane ahead of Bastille Day on Sunday July 14, new French restaurant Lutèce Bistro & Wine Bar will be inviting its first customers to the table. The refurbished 80-seat restaurant sits high above the Bardon bushland and boasts yawning windows that offer sweepings views of Mount Coot-tha and beyond.

Renowned chef Romain Bapst of Il Centro and Drift fame has drawn on his Strasbourgeois heritage and passion for French cuisine to craft a menu studded with standouts. Hearty dishes like spanner crab lasagne, braised beef baeckeoffe and 24-hour stuffed oxtail feature on the dinner menu, while bar offerings of grilled sourdough and oysters with caviar cream complement the extensive wine list. Sunday breakfast-goers can feast on charcuterie plates, croque monsieur and freshly baked croissants courtesy of the bistro’s French pastry chef.

Lutèce Bistro & Wine Bar is taking bookings for lunch and dinner over the Bastille Day weekend, and will offer a limited-edition celebration menu featuring the likes of Alsatian tart flammekuche.

Lutèce Bistro & Wine Bar
1/60 Macgregor Terrace
Ph: 07 3161 1858
Open: Tuesday to Saturday 11:30 am to 2:30 pm and 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm, Sunday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm