The French Café

We are looking for a Full Time Senior Waiter! Great team, product and location. Please email CV to [email protected] We look forward to speaking soon!

BOOKINGS OPEN for our Gaggenau Test Kitchen happening on the 1st October. If you haven't been, we host a monthly Test Kitchen Series in collaboration with Gaggenau, offering innovative off menu dishes designed and delivered by chef Sid Sahrawat and his team.

Looking for a sweet treat? Look to us.

Planning on tying the knot 💍 don’t miss this event by check out all the details and book online link in bio

This event is perfect for a school holiday activity or just to catch up with friends over a fun candle making activity. We have teamed up with to bring you a candle making class on Saturday 20th July. Enjoy an alcoholic beverage (R18) or non alcoholic drink with our chicken slider while you pour and decorate your dessert candle.
Limited to 30 guests book online now …see link in bio

Parsnip, dark chocolate, miso, black pepper, feijoa

New on the menu at
Link in bio to book

We are hosting our own Pink Ribbon luncheon in May to support . Join for a Pilates inspired “sculpt” class followed by a scrumptious 3 course meal . Everyone will leave with goodie bags and there will be some great grabs at a silent auction.

It’s the perfect gift for Mother’s Day or a chance to unwind with some mates while supporting a great cause.

Thank you to and for your support.
DM if you wish to support with some silent auction items and head to our website to book your spots limited to 50 tickets…

Sometimes in life you cross paths with some unforgettable humans and if you are fortunate you get to spend some time working with them sharing their passion. .
Privileged to have one last service with you tonight we will miss you as our restaurant manager. Thank you for always jumping in wherever we needed you and for helping us shape our teams. Wish you and the very best for your new restaurant in the uk.
🙏🏼 thank you
image courtesy 📸

Big changes are happening here at The French Café, marking a new chapter for our beloved three hatted restaurant. Sid at the French Café is still situated at the same address but has relocated to the other side of the internal courtyard and has reverted to its original name, The French Café.

This move has paved the way for the arrival of our new modern Asian restaurant, Anise Auckland which opens for dinner on Friday February 2. Anise's website is now live and taking bookings. So check out the menu.

With more than four decades on the Auckland dining scene, our ongoing commitment to The French Café remains. Chef Sid Sahrawat’s first passion has always been fine dining; the experience will be more intimate than ever before with chefs plating right in front of our guests.

The French Café is fully booked for February but taking bookings from March 1 and will be open Thursday to Saturday for dinner with a 5 course tasting menu and for lunch on Saturdays. You can check out the new website and sample menu. Link in bio.

We look forward to celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, and special occasions just like The French Café has done since 1981! Thanks to everyone who has already booked, we can't wait to welcome you to our mini dining precinct at 210 Symonds Street.
Sid and the team at The French Café

The last week of Sid at the French Cafe as you know it. We’ve only 4 days left of Sid at the French Cafe before we open our new restaurant and move The French Cafe to the current French Kitchen across the courtyard.
So now’s the time to make your bookings for this week or head over to our websites to book in for Anise and and The French Cafe.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year from team !

We are now closed for our annual break. We will re-open on Wednesday 10th January 2024 at 5:30pm.

We hope you have a wonderful holiday season 🎄☀️

Still looking for a Christmas Lunch or Dinner space?

We have various private and semi private spaces still available with a very quick organisational turn around time.

Our spaces can accomodate 12-40PAX

Please reach out directly to Kim on 021 427 110 OR email her at [email protected]

We have some news that we are excited to share with you.

Come 1 Feb 2024, we will be reverting back to our original name, The French Café, and will move our premium dining offering from the building’s main dining rooms to the 35-seat private dining room currently known as The French Kitchen.

The main dining area will then house a new restaurant, Anise, a modern Asian eatery also launching 1 Feb, with a menu curated chef Sid’s way, with an artful style inspired by Sid’s travels overseas and experiences at restaurants such as Momofuku in New York and Supernormal in Melbourne.

The multiple menu options currently available at Sid at the French Café will all remain. The smaller dining room will enable diners an intimate view of the chefs plating the dishes on the open plan kitchen pass and create a more bespoke and exclusive experience.

Don’t worry The Gaggenau Tuesday Test Kitchens, Chef Eats and our weekly Saturday Champagne lunches will all be back in 2024.

The introduction of Anise will add versatility to what will become a mini dining precinct, housing two restaurants in the one area, all wrapped around our gorgeous courtyard reminiscent of an old French quarter, complete with a fireplace, herb garden and al fresco dining in the summer.

The French Café will be open Thursday to Saturday for dinner and Saturdays for lunch.

All existing valid vouchers will be honoured at either The French Café or Anise - your choice!

Bookings for The French Café remain open, and Anise expects to take bookings from early January for 1 February onwards.

For now, it’s business as usual until Saturday 27 January at Sid at The French Café. So, if you have a booking until then with us there will be no change to your reservation and we look forward to welcoming you.

If your reservation is after the 27 January our team will be in touch to reallocate your booking to either venue of your preference.

We can’t wait to welcome you to , so follow us there to keep up with all the updates!
www.anise.co.nz

Congratulations to all our team landing at 309 on the worlds top 500 and number 1 in New Zealand.

We couldn’t be prouder of you all for all of your hard work.

#309

Viva Top 50!
We are very proud to announce that we are in the Viva top 50 restaurants.
Congratulations to all restaurant appearing in the latest list, especially our wonderful sister restaurant

Book online through the link in our bio.
Tuesday - Saturday from 5:30pm.
Friday and Saturday Lunch in December from 12pm.

Crisp fried quail leg, peanut satay

Available on our tasting or a la carte snack menu tuesday to saturday

Green strawberries on the menu

Puriri Hills wine dinner.
6pm - 25th October.
$250pp - canapés, 4 course dinner and multiple paired wines with each course! A spring treat.

Head to the link in bio to book online.

We have very limited seats available for this luxury event.

“Tomato” Clarified tomato, shallot, gin, vodka, mezcal, spices

Wouldn’t you like to warm up with one?

Open for dinner Tuesday to Saturday from 5.30 pm and for lunch on Saturday from 12.

Did you know that you can simply pop into the restaurant and treat yourself to our snack menu, grab a glass of wine before you head home?

Fried buttermilk chicken, fenugreek, masala
Now available on our snack menu.

Open for dinner Tuesday to Saturday from 5.30 pm and for lunch on Saturday from 12.

Quail eggs preserved in sumac ash, smoked yolk sauce

Behind the scenes:
Head chef Tommy has been looking after our kitchen for over a year. He is one for precision, making those prep lists and checking them twice. Tommy watches over all aspects of the kitchen and doesn’t let anything hit the pass unless he’s checked it first. Only the best for our customers.

Open for dinner Tuesday to Saturday from 5.30 pm and for lunch on Saturday from 12.

Kids in Kitchen is back!
Come and join and his kids at Sid at the French Cafe for a masterclass.

On the 7th October at 12pm we’ll be learning how to make tortillas and how to assemble your own pork belly tacos.

Start with 2 snacks, a juice and enjoy your very own tacos.

Tickets $75pp and every child must be accompanied by a paying adult.

Book online via the link in bio!