Wednesday 6 July 2022

Myrtille Bistro, Crow's Nest - Review

I don't usually write reviews for the blog these days, but Mr P. and I were so happy with our lunch at Myrtille (French for blueberry) that I just had to write one!  I know many of you lovely readers are not from this area, but you can get a feel for this charming place.  Hubby and I headed off to Toowoomba for a weekend break, he to attend a building designers' awards night, and both of us to enjoy my post-birthday lunch. 

‘Twas a very foggy, rainy, grey day when we headed out to Crow’s Nest for lunch.  Thank goodness Mr P. had booked, ‘cos lots of folks were being turned away, as the place was hopping.  The bistro is in a historical 1906 building which has been renovated beautifully; the restaurant has dark blue (blueberry like the name) walls with lovely lights and lots of glass doors and high windows.  A bar runs along one side; there are tables inside and out, and don’t forget the pâtisserie next door! 


'there's a clock on the wall' la la la ...

walking by ...

We ate: parmesan gougère with truffled egg and scallops for me, and hubby had housemade baguette with garlic thyme butter.  Both were excellent, and I was very happy to have a wee bit of the 500 gram (1 lb) truffle from the Granite Belt. The eggs were creamy, the scallops were sweet, and his bread and butter was generous.  We both chose the beef cheeks en daube, which was melt in your mouth, pull-apart with a spoon (yes they gave us a spoon too for the saucy bits). The Paris mash was divinely creamy and buttery and delicious, though I have to say the greens didn’t do anything for me.  I thought they were a bit too crunchy, though hubby thought they were fine.  I guess the dark green stuff was kale - the devil’s work :-) - so I left that to its own devices after a chew on its evil, green heart. Even though we were full, dessert was on the cards so I had an affogato with Frangelico, and I stole a few big spoonfuls of his (our) white chocolate mousse with blueberries, and passionfruit and sponge, oh and a wonderful birthday sparkler for moi! 

Service was wonderful, prompt, efficient and warm.  The atmosphere was lovely, the décor was sophisticated, and the food Frenchy and fabulous.  And the menu changes regularly according to the produce available.  (The toilets are interesting with a plethora of choices, as I said to hubby when he went off after me. At least the urinal was in a cubicle, thank heavens!) And they offered me a doggy bag for my uneaten beef, which was much appreciated.  In fact, several diners were given them, so clearly the serves are generous.  Well worth the road trip to get there, foodie people.  And you can do a wee bit of shopping in the lovely stores also in the building.  One of them had a gorgeous and wonderfully warm fireplace going.  Crow's Nest is one of the High Country Hamlets after all, so it gets cold!



baguette with garlic thyme butter

parmesan gougere, truffled eggs and scallops

beef cheek en daube

looking to the bar

moi, Mr P. and a birthday sparkler

affogato with Frangelico

white chocolate mousse, passionfruit,
sponge and blueberries (pre-sparkler)

exterior and sign

lovely old building

looking up and out

on Pipeline Road


Myrtille Bistro: Nolan's Block, 1 Thallon Street, New England Highway, Crow's Nest QLD

Ph: 07 4698 4164

email: hello.myrtillebistro@gmail.com


18 comments:

  1. You had me at truffled egg! I really appreciate the extra photos here - they gave a great overview of Myrtille. What a great way to celebrate a post-birthday trip! Now you have me craving a good baguette and truffled eggs!

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    1. it was a lovely place and well worth some photos. Must go again!

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  2. What an awesome birthday weekend! I would love to have some truffles, and scallops, but beef cheek is my favourite.

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    1. oh yes angie the beef cheek was deeee licious!

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  3. The food looks delicious and well worth one’s time to visit there.

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  4. Sounds like my kind of place Sherry! Plus Crows Nest has the loveliest vibe xxx

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    1. yes crow's nest is getting very trendy these days. not sure what the youngsters would call it ...

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  5. Really like the look of that gougère! Neat dish. Sounds like a terrific place, too. :-)

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    1. yes it was lovely john tho i'm not really sure about the fuss around truffles :)

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  6. Happy belated Birthday! Sounds like you and Mr. P had a wonderful post-Bday trip and that meal is to die for. I saw the word "butter" a few times, so I know it had to be good.:) Lots of delicious sounding/looking food. You definitely had a party or two in your mouth. When I saw you had an affogato, I got excited because I had my first one ever today. We tried out a new Italian restaurant down the street and I got the affogato for dessert, not really knowing what it was. It was awesome! Espresso poured over a scoop of salted caramel gelato. OMG! the one you had sounds pretty awesome as well. Thanks for sharing this delightful meal!

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    1. thank you. we had a lovely trip away. the affogato sounds good over salted caramel gelato. i like it over a really good proper vanilla ice cream.

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  7. Sherry I was so excited to read of such a good restaurant close to me but I live near Crows Nest NSW.!!! Bit too far for me to travel!

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  8. Sherry, happy birthday! What wonderful food you ate and what a lovely place to eat it!

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  9. Sherry I'm wondering where my comment has gone. I was excited by your post as my son's partner who is French is called Myrtille, so I have always known it means blueberry. She doesn't like it though because nobody can pronounce it correctly, lol. Anyway we will definitely try this amazing place when we head south, when it is warmer. The food looks great. Happy birthday.

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    1. oh so annoying is Blogger! so much trouble with comments sorry! Yes i can imagine how her name gets mangled by the masses :)

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