Customer feedback "A short note to thank you for the beautiful meal and excellent service we had today. The attention to detail for my daughter's birthday was much appreciated. We look forward to further enjoyable times at Libertine." Graham Flynn 16.06.10 "My fiance and I had an anniversary dinner at Libertine last night and I would like to pass on my thanks. We opted for the degustation menu and everything was superb. The staff were knowledgable, the wine matches were fantastic and the overall experience was one we will remember for a long time. Thanks again for a wonderful evening, we will be returning." Damian Vincent 20.05.10 "Thank you again for the efforts and support from yourself, Andre, Alan and Melissa to make last night a very special evening.  Quite often I am involved in events such as this but do not have the opportunity to see / experience the event in its true glory (because I am working myself).  Last night I had the pleasure of witnessing the night unfold and enjoyed every moment!" Sarah Andrew 19.05.10 "I just wanted to write to thank you for the most divine dining experience on Saturday night. The ambience, the staff and the food were just perfect and the restaurant is a credit to all of your hard work.  The pheasant was the most deliciously perfect dish I have eaten in such a long time and the flavour is still in my mouth of the fricassee and lentils that were served with the meat. Please thank the chef and I wish you continued success, I will recommend Libertine to my fellow trainers here at William Angliss.  Please pass on any special nights you have and I can inform the staff here." Lisa Haddon 27.04.10 "Just a quick note to say thank you for a wonderful evening last Saturday.  Everyone raved about the food and really enjoyed the intimacy of the restaurant and its service. I can’t wait for another excuse to come back!" Rebecca Trenorden 17.04.10 "Just a BIG thank you for making our night so special. We all had a wonderful night, all our guests have been raving about how much they enjoyed themselves.The food was fabulous, the pig was impressive and soooo good!  I tasted most of the entrees & desserts and loved them all. Everyone loved the selection of wines, there were a few sore heads in the morning. A special thanks to the girls looking after us, the service was sensational! Our special night turned out exactly how we imagined. Thank you again and see you when we are in Melbourne next." Stephen & Kylie Reid 23.03.10 "Thank you so much to Nick, Marija, Richard and the team for a truly wonderful lunch on Sunday 6th December. All our guests were bowled over by the wonderful food, service and the perfectly matched wines (even the beer and water drinkers!). It will be an event that will be much talked about and remembered fondly. Best wishes for Christmas and the new year and see you on our return from London in May 2010." Catherina Toh & Anthony Tobin 06.12.09 "We would like to thank you all for helping to make our wedding celebration such a wonderful occasion (08/11/09). From the canapés & sparkling wine to the desserts & dessert wine, it was all superb!  Many of our friends & family commented on the excellent service & quality of food. Many too have said how they are looking forward to dining at Libertine again in the future… Thank you very much, once again." Anna & Thomas 28.11.09 "I would like to thank you both and all your staff for making Imogen and Qiao's wedding such a special celebration.  As ever, the quality of the food, wine and service was outstanding.  Our guests thoroughly enjoyed themselves and I sincerely hope many of them will come back as customers.  Thank you all so much." Julia Prowse 25.10.09 "Hi Libertine team, thanks for looking after my family and friends last Saturday night for my 30th birthday. The service was homely but professional, and very flexible. The food was sensational; quality produce, treated with care, and impressive presentation. The eye fillet was a standout! The best steak I think I have ever had! A friend from Sydney attended who just a week before had a $58 steak from Rockpool, and he said it wasn't a patch on yours! And to the wine list... Interesting and memorable wines; the Pfalz Riesling was superb. And to the value - I can't say how impressed I am at the value we got for our group. The price for the set menu was great value, and the prices for the wines a bargain. Thanks so much for your hospitality, the entire group was very impressed, and we will certainly be back for another (smaller) special dinner!"   Paul Duncan 08.10.09 "On behalf of the AFTV Special Events Committee, I would like to express our thanks for a wonderful evening last Friday night. I must say from the moment we began discussing the event to its completion, our communications were positive and fruitful. It's all of those small details which ensure the success of these activities and I hope that you were as pleased as we were with the outcome. Everyone loved the ambience that that upstairs room creates and there was a constant vibe of goodwill on the part of the restaurant team. The food was much appreciated by all and we were well aware that you made every possible effort to comply with our requests, especially those pertaining to the cessation of table service during the performances." Gretchen Bennet for AFTV  07.09.09 "Thank you so much for last night! It was fantastic!  Thank you for the trouble of preparing the degustation menu wheat and dairy free!  The food was awesome,I'm still dreaming of the duck!  Everything was perfect, thank you so much!  Alan loved it!  ... definitely coming back and will bring friends!!" Diana D'Ambrose 24.08.09 "Great dinner last night. Scott made the evening very informative and entertaining. His passion is very engaging." Charmaine Townsend re Basque Dinner hosted by Scott Wasley 21.08.09 "Just wanted to say thanks for having all 10 of us last Wednesday night we had a fantastic evening, as always, with the food and wine as delightful as ever. This was our first cassoulet evening, no doubt not our last! Thanks also for being so flexible and allowing us to rearrange plans so often!" Glenn Pomeroy 01.05.09 "Thank you very much for a wonderful evening at the Scotch Whisky dinner. It was an experience to see how different scotches could be matched to the tasty Libertine dishes. The people, food and scotch made for a memorable evening." Scott & Carley.30.04.09 "Let me know if you do any more whisky nights, great night, thanks." Adam Lloyd 25.04.09 "Well done to everyone on a great night, not easy with that amount of people in a small space, with glassware, speeches, wine matches and so on - all the while keeping up normal trade downstairs.  We look forwqrd to more dinners in the future." NZ wine dinner held 24.02.09 "I want to say a big thank you for your efforts on Sunday night. I have received so much great feedback from the dinner — everyone was very impressed.   It has been an absolute pleasure working with you on this dinner and I will be recommending you for other Academy dinners that we hold.  Am yet to come down for dinner but after Sunday, it will be on my agenda soon!" Meg Caffin, corporate event held Sunday 22.02.09 "Thank you for your hospitality. The wine matches were superb and everyone commented on them. Staff were excellent - thanks" 22.02.09 "just a quick note to say my staff (and I) had a lovely time at our christmas lunch - the food was delicious and the room perfect." Nicola 14.01.09 "Thank you for organising Peter's 60th birthday.   The food & service were excellent." Wanda Staedler 15.12.08 "Cheers for the good evening, everyone was delighted with the food and wine..." Adam Lana 27.10.08 "Just a quick note to say thank you very much to your staff and chef yesterday for our wine lunch: everyone was very impressed and it went perfectly.  I had a number of comments to the effect of "I didn't know this place, I am really impressed and will be back".  The food was great, in particular, I thought the quince tatin was outstanding and had a number of comments also on the high quality of the fillet and the entree.  Thanks again." Sean Mitchell 09.10.08 "Just wanted to say thanks again for making our wedding such a special and memorable occasion. From all reports it was the best wedding ever!!!!" Carla & Pete 07.10.08 "Thank you for a magnificent night. We all had a great time and thought that the food and service was outstanding." Julian Sallabank 06.10.08 "Thank you very much for fitting us in for dinner last night - compliments to Nick - the meal was fantastic and thank you to all for looking after us." David Burkitt 11.09.08 "Well done on an excellent dinner last night" Wendy Mead re Bordeaux dinner held 10.09.08 "Thank you so much for making Sunday 10th such a success.  I have had so many calls since saying how fabulous you are ... and I couldn't agree more." Julie Tomlinson 12.08.08 "Thanks so much for the great feast that you created for Julie's birthday.  It was such an amazing event.  One of the nicest meals I have ever had.  It was a credit to you all." Kathryn re Julie Tomlinson's 40th held 10.08.08 "[I wanted] to express my sincere gratitude to you for making our evening so memorable.  My sincere thanks also to your chef and kitchen staff for creating such fabulous food." Angela Bridgland re Derek Bridgland's 60th held 26.07.08 "The office is abuzz with Libertine. Also my partner who is the Head Chef at Tucks Ridge brought his team in for dinner about 6 weeks ago and hasn’t stopped raving about the food and service since." Lara Main, Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, 22.07.08 "Thank you so very much for a sensational dinner and wonderful wines last night and our little breakfast show bag.  Our absolute favourite dish was the fois gras with pear. My (Richard) mouth is watering again at the memory of it :) There were a whole bunch of wines we've never seen before and wow, what a lovely introduction.  We enjoyed it so much we have decided that Libertine is now officially our favourite restaurant in Melbourne & if it isn't too early please book us in for next year." Richard & Paula Bradshaw re Bastille Day 15.07.08 "Thanks for a ridiculously awesome dinner last night. The whole party were thrilled." Gary Bell 15.07.08 "Wonderful dinner last Monday night, David and I had a great time. Thank you and all your staff." Carolyn Sanders & David Hamilton 20.07.08 "Thank you Zoe and team we had a terrific night.   I have been busy spreading the word about Libertine" Claire Alexander 15.07.08 "Thank you again, I had a great time, the food and wine selections were fantastic and you were an absolutely wonderful host." Sharlee Gibb, Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, 16.07.08 "Thanks again for everything you did for us. All the feedback from our guests has been awesome (as expected) and even my very fussiest friends raved about the food, the atmosphere, all the little touches that you have put into making your restaurant such a special place. From our perspective, everything ran like clockwork, it was exactly as beautiful as we had hoped it would be, and we never worried about a thing. We couldn't have possibly been happier.  Your venue was perfect.  The souffles amazing.  The cheese, the wine, the quince tarts!  Your hosting ... blah blah ... THANK YOU! Thanks so much for creating a beautiful place that we will keep in our memories for the rest of our lives." Robin Novy & Damian Fletcher, married at Libertine April 2008 "I have been meaning to email a thank you for a wonderful evening at Libertine celebrating Ken’s birthday.  We have received lots of wonderful feedback regarding the food, wine and delightful service.  As a family we had a wonderful time with our friends and the ambience of the room encouraged lots of connecting, laughter and noisy celebration! Please pass on our thanks to all the staff for enabling a memorable evening!" Jane Vanderstoel re Ken Petty's 50th held June 2008 Press "Nick Creswick and Zoe Ladyman, owners of this attractive, theatrically furnished bistro, take their food and wine very seriously.  In different hands, that could translate into a rather academic dining expereince, but this quirky place is fun from start to finish.  The wait staff are affable.  The wine list is studded with curiosities.  The menu is everything you'd expect bistro food to be - with extra panache." Gourmet Traveller 2009 Australian Restaurant Guide.  Awarded three glasses for wine list. "Libertine is a gorgeous dining room: cosy and unashamedly French.... If being here doesn't have you pining for that magnificent jaunt around Provence, it will have you planning one.  Everything was delicious ... and even though we were on a budget, we weren't treated like scumbags.  Coats were whisked away, water was topped up, and we felt no pressure to hurry along." Dani Valent, M magazine, July 2008 "Libertine is a small and determinedly French bistro.  Terrines are terrific, offal and game dishes well-handled - and the wine list, the responsibility of co-owner Zoe Ladyman - a cracker that demands exploration." Herald Sun, July 2008 "The mood is welcoming and cheerful, the food is a reassuring blend of the familiar (terrine du jour, eye fillet Bordelaise) and the interesting (mushroom pithivier on lentils, or rabbit leg confit and saddle en crépinette). It’s all quite serious and knowledgeable, but not at all solemn. Rita Erlich, Qantas Magazine, July 2008 "[Libertine is] a refreshingly authentic, good value establishment with a feel that could have you believe you're back in Paris, or the French provinces." Sharon Hurst, Postcards Victoria, July 2008 “It may be the youngest of Melbourne’s new breed of provincial French restaurants, but Libertine is arguably also our most mature, convincing and complete. … the young owners have a genuine love of real French food and a hugely infectious enthusiasm for wine” Awarded one chef’s hat and Best Short Wine List The Age Good Food Guide 2007 “The pair have created at Libertine a redeemably … hearty restaurant. They stick to what they like and don’t expect diners to borrow large sums for the privilege” George Megalogenis, The Weekend Australian September 2006 “The food is very good: precise in the cooking, restrained in its presentation, well-judged portion sizes (not too big to allow for three courses). The wine list is chosen extremely well and includes some excellent French wines” Rita Erlich, Qantas magazine May 2006 Wine Selector magazine 2006 Sommelier of the Year award “The menu is produce driven but walks a traditional French line although with evident modern refinement - attractive dishes that shout freshness and fine cooking - with a selection that makes you want much of what is offered.” Eat and Drink 2006 “Libertine’s fixed price lunches are a bargain” Stephen Downes, Herald Sun January 2006 “Libertine [has] a refreshingly youthful approach to classical but accessible French food of great quality and one of the more enlightened wine lists around town.” Bob Hart, Herald Sun December 2005 “With …its gentle mood, Libertine feels like a restaurant that’s been here years. I suspect it will be.” John Lethlean, The Age Epicure November 2005