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Coupette

Sumptuous hotel dining by The Mulberry Group.

Dani Valent

Steak tartare at Coupette.
1 / 7Steak tartare at Coupette.Kristoffer Paulsen
The restaurant sits on a sweeping corner of the hotel’s ground floor.
2 / 7The restaurant sits on a sweeping corner of the hotel’s ground floor.Kristoffer Paulsen
Breakfast dishes include a crab omelette with chilli and coriander.
3 / 7Breakfast dishes include a crab omelette with chilli and coriander.Pete Dillon
Crab salad.
4 / 7Crab salad.Kristoffer Paulsen
Outside the Southbank restaurant, located inside the Hannah St Hotel.
5 / 7Outside the Southbank restaurant, located inside the Hannah St Hotel.Kristoffer Paulsen
Lamb rump with sweetbreads.
6 / 7Lamb rump with sweetbreads.Pete Dillon
Coupette restaurant is the bistro inside the Flack Studio-designed hotel.
7 / 7Coupette restaurant is the bistro inside the Flack Studio-designed hotel.Kristoffer Paulsen

Coupette

Contemporary$$

A busy intersection in Southbank is the site for Coupette Corner Bistro & Bar, the flagship venue for an optimistic move into hotels by Melbourne hospitality powerhouse The Mulberry Group (Hazel, Dessous, Lilac). On the ground floor of the stylish Hannah St Hotel, the 66-seat all-day dining room wraps around a central bar flanked by marble-topped tables on a terrazzo floor.

The lobby also flows through bolthole cafe Hannah St Coffee, the Carriage Lounge for relaxed drinking or laptopping, and Bar Hannah for cocktails and snacks – all under The Mulberry Group umbrella. On level 10, a lounge and terrace will become Propeller, a chef incubator restaurant.

Overseeing the food across all venues is chef Andrew Beddoes (ex-Enoteca Boccaccio), who’s serving a classic and unthreatening bistro menu. In soft openings, chilli crab omelette was the biggest brunch seller across hotel guests and locals from nearby residential towers. Later, it’s the crab salad with green apple and lardo.

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Among the mains, lamb rump is served with crumbed sweetbreads, and steak frites features Victorian wagyu rump and butter flavoured with tarragon and chervil. As the menu develops, it will lean more Italian.

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Dani ValentDani Valent is a food writer and restaurant reviewer.

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