To celebrate a glorious Brisbane winter’s day replete with warm sun and a chill wind Mr Eat Me Brisbane, his mum, his nanna and I went to lunch at James St Bistro. The bistro is perfectly located on the James St precinct next to the Palace cinema and appreciably attracts the pre movie coffee and cake crowd. This is my fourth visit to the Bistro and I must commend them on being consistently pleasing. The food here is homely and well executed, the service is friendly, competent and efficient.

We were promptly seated and the waiter informed us of the specials – a tantalizingly tasty sounding rabbit ragout yum! First thing on the agenda though was wine! Although a concise wine list-, the key wine varietals are all represented and modestly priced hurray. I settled on a pinot grigio and my mother- in-law a sav!

The menu at James St Bistro is exactly what you’d expect from a modern Australian Bistro- a wide selection of meals designed to suit everyone’s palette with some more unique dishes to please foodies. I wasn’t ravenous so I had a squiz at the cabinet – there was a selection of freshly prepared wraps and paninis- I chose the Mediterranean vege panini. This was exactly what I’d hoped for plump marinated roasted vege with a yummy aioli- and not too oily as many med vege sangers can be!

Mr Eat Me Brisbane – satisfied his carnivore lusts with the Steak Burger- I had order regret as soon as I saw it – it was yum and the chippies with it perfectly seasoned and nicely crunchy!

M-I-L Eat Me Brisbane had the Peking duck rolls- which she loved- generous meat filling and the hoi sin was delish

Nanna Eat Me Brisbane decided on the Fish and Chips- the fish can be cooked to your desire- crumbed, battered or grilled. She chose battered- the batter was perfect and she declared she was happy.

We decided to take our coffee out into the sun and the bistro happily accommodated our wishes.

For a casual yet satisfying lunch with friends, great service and genuinely tasty meals- make your way to James St Bistro, I’d be very surprised if your disappointed.

James St Bistro

9 James St
Fortitude Valley, 4006
www.jamesstreetbistro.com.au