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Loulou Bistro Martin Place

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Loulou Bistro Martin Place. (2026, October 26). The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/nsw-good-food-guide/loulou-bistro-martin-place-sydney-20250914-p5muzp.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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Loulou Bistro, located in Martin Place near Sydney's central business district (CBD), is described as an all-day French bistro offering various dining options from breakfast meetings to post-work oysters. The menu includes classic dishes like charcuterie platters, beef daube, and a respectable cheeseburger, with standout items such as twice-cooked roquefort soufflé and tomato salad with lobster. While the service is noted to be warm but not highly polished compared to high-end restaurants, Loulou offers a more casual and affordable dining experience for steak and chips in central Sydney.

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Loulou Bistro, a new French-inspired bistro located in the heart of Sydney's CBD near Martin Place station, opened its doors to offer all-day dining experiences including breakfast meetings, lunch specials, and post-work oysters. The restaurant has two levels of dining space, with the ground floor offering urban views over escalators leading down to train platforms below. Its sister location is situated in Milson’s Point. Loulou's menu features classic French dishes such as charcuterie platters, garlicky snails, and beef daube, alongside a respectable cheeseburger. The restaurant aims to bring the concept of dining in railway stations to Sydney with its unique setting and offerings.

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French Loulou Loulou Bistro Rockpool Sydney

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Sydney GPE · 4× Loulou ORG · 3× Eleven Barrack ORG · 1× French NORP · 1× Loulou Bistro ORG · 1× Rockpool GPE · 1×

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The sister to Loulou in Milson’s Point’s has two levels of dining, with the buzzy downstairs dining room showcasing urban views over four long escalators leading to Sydney’s underbelly of trains.

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2026-10-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Loulou Bistro Martin Place · assertive framing

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The wider world has some great restaurants in railway stations, so why can’t Sydney? asserted

Sydney → have → stations

Loulou has fun with the brief, offering breakfast meetings over croissants, bistro lunch specials and post-work oysters. asserted

Loulou → have → croissants

The wider world has some great restaurants in railway stations, so why can’t Sydney? asserted

Sydney → have → stations

Loulou has fun with the brief, offering breakfast meetings over croissants, bistro lunch specials and post-work oysters. asserted

Loulou → have → croissants

room → have → trains

The menu is bistro-dreamy, stacked with charcuterie platters, garlicky snails, beef daube and a respectable cheeseburger. asserted

menu → stack → platters

The smells are good, too – break the pastry dome over an elegant French onion soup or order the twice-cooked roquefort souffle for aromatherapy. asserted

smells → break → aromatherapy

Steak frites for all seasons, of course, and you can expect four options running from rib-cap to sirloin, and chips that demand dunking in excellent au poivre. asserted

that → expect → poivre

A warm-natured team runs the floor, although service isn’t as efficient or polished as the hatted grills and bistros around town. asserted

service → run → town

But for a steak-chips-cabernet lunch that doesn’t require the time commitment and price tag of Rockpool or Eleven Barrack, say, this a smart option in the centre of the city. asserted

this → require → city

Good to know: Happy “hour” runs 4pm to 7pm with $2 oysters. Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently. asserted

reviews → know → oysters

A restaurant can’t pay for a review or inclusion in the Good Food Guide. asserted

restaurant → pay → Guide