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Petit Crenn Melbourne

By dayBy night

A café-bar, where France whispersthrough Melbourne light.

495 Collins Street, MelbourneTuesday to Friday, 7am to 10pmSaturday, 10am to 10pm

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The comptoir

A neighbourhood comptoir, shaped by the soul of France and the energy of Melbourne.

Petit Crenn is Chef Dominique Crenn's first room in Australia. Everyday French bistro cooking, coffee in petit cups, wine by the glass and cocktails made with care. Order at the bar, settle where you like, and stay as long as you like.

Everything is petit: the plates, the cutlery, the gestures, the moments. Never the ambition.

Syrup poured over a waffle with butter, orange juice and a coffee on the table behind

Matin, midi

By day.

Coffee first. Pastries in tiers on the counter, tartines and salads from the carte, and a table in the window if you're quick. Stop by. Stay a while.

The day menu
A sour in a coupe on the bar at night, gougères and bitters bottles around it, warm lights behind

Soir

By night.

Apéritif hour. The lights come down, the glasses come out. Small plates arrive when they are ready, the wine list leans to France and the cocktails are classics with a Breton accent. Stay for one. Stay longer.

The night menu
Looking in through the front window from the street, lamps lit over the bar and the back bar glowing, a passer-by blurred in frontTwo cocktails on a dark timber table in low light
A table in the window.One glass becomes another.

Tuesday to Saturday

Du Jour.

One plate for each day of the week, on the board from four. The reason to come back on a Wednesday.

TuesdayCordon bleu Australian Bresse chicken, jambon, Emmental, pommes purée$39
WednesdayClassique steak frites sauce béarnaise, salad$45
ThursdayMussel marinière preserved lemon, beurre de baratte, frites$38
FridayFrench raviole Époisses, beurre blanc$34
SaturdayPoulet grand-mère roast chicken, potato, jus$42

495 Collins Street

Inside the Rialto.

A long bar painted French blue. Marble tables and bentwood chairs along the windows, and a shelf at the glass for those who'd rather stand. Pressed metal overhead, timber underfoot, a blackboard written by hand each morning, and the tram passing outside.

A room that feels collected over time rather than newly made.

The room
The Petit Crenn awning and window on Collins Street, the bar lit inside, a passer-by walking past

Chef Dominique Crenn

Rooted in memory, shaped by the moment.

Dominique Crenn is the chef behind Atelier Crenn in San Francisco. Petit Crenn is her everyday French bistro cooking, rooted in memory, shaped by place and guided by seasonality, warmth and ease. Melbourne is her first room in Australia.

Not imported. Interpreted.

Find us

495 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

Inside the Rialto. The door is on Collins Street.

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Hours

Now open.

Tuesday to Friday, 7am to 10pm.
Saturday, 10am to 10pm.
Closed Sunday and Monday.

Walk in

Come as you are.

Order at the bar, find a stool, stay as long as you like. Everything else you might ask is on the Visit page.

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Hear it first.

The Du Jour, the odd evening worth knowing about, and the first word on anything new.