Le Gaulois French Restaurant - Monash

It's hard to find a truly romantic restaurant in suburbia. The deep red tones, subdued lighting, old French music, great wine selection/bar and warm friendly service gives La Gaulois an extra point in my review. The mains need work to reinvigorate them (leave that tired salad off). I loved the bookends of my meal, soup and delectable garlic bread with bread so fresh and buttery it melted like a wafer in my mouth. Dessert was profiteroles. These were unbelievable, again so fresh and filled with a Cointreau cream and absolutely smothered in hot dark chocolate sauce. My suggestion to the chef is that if baking is your thing please change your menu. Soufflé ? Beef bourguignon? Seafood mornay pie ? Go with your strength because we love the service and atmosphere in this restaurant and we'd love to see it get improved ratings. We will be back, but hoping for some menu changes.

Party of six for Family event . . Great service for half full restaurant, had full range of main meals and deserts - all great quality for mid-range pricing. We will go back.

Looking for an intimate place to celebrate an anniversary, suddenly this little suburban came to mind. We were very impressed by the service, the venue and the menu.Entree? Not a big fan of pate but the Duck Pate was absolutely delightful. Coquilles Saint Jacques delicate and delightful and not too rich.Mains were even greater surprise, Entre Cote au Pouvre and Veau a la Normandie almost projected us to some provincial little french cafe. Steak was cooked perfectly as ordered, medium rare with a great pepper sauce. Veal was not overcooked as each mouthful looked forward to the next in a sauce that can be only described as heavenly. We opted for wines by the glass to see if we can match to each of our dishes. The House wines were from France and enhanced the food remarkably. Yes, I did ask to see the labels. They were Champagne(Coquilles), Rhone (pate), Rhone (steak), Merlot (veal).Enough said! If you want good French and not too heavy on the pocket, then Le Gaulois is the place. And it's in the suburbs!

Visited as a group of 9 for a birthday and once again we're not disappointed. This restaurant has been around for some time and looks plain from the outside. Don't be fooled - it is very old food, service and price. Worth a visit

We visited this small cosy looking restaurant on a Saturday evening. It is hard to find a French restaurant in this part of Melbourne so thought it would be worth a try. The place soon filled up which seemed to be encouraging however it became very noisy.The menu was small but seemed French in essence. I ordered the pate and my partner the soup of the day. Both were on the pricy side but if home made maybe worth it! Wrong the pate was just two small pieces of roll pate which looked as it they had been cut from a packet... that together with some very clumsy salad and two slices of supermarket bread cost $17.50!!! The soup was in a vey small bowl a bread was extra if you wanted it... at $9.50 a slice of toast at least !!! Next barramundi fillet... well small thin and with another very clumsy salad...Duck was served with an Orange slice and sauce together with a price of nut crunch bat cut up... what!!! Yes that was supposed to be walnuts and almonds! Both dishes shard a small bowl of mixed veg. Sad but this I believe looking at the awards going back to 2002 was once s good restaurant now it is a very poor Chinese attempt at French cuisine... guys you need some cooking lessons. Don't waste your money on this place ...