Liberte

The exterior is deceiving. I was staying only around the corner from Liberte and had walked past it many times and thought little of it as from the outside it looked like a regular pub. However, upon deciding to check it out, it had a beautiful French style dining room with the most amazing menu. One of the best meals I had during my six night stay in Albany.

Just a really really fun experience. Great food put together in a way that is clearly well thought out and enjoyed by the chef as much as we enjoyed eating it. Staff were wonderful and attentive. A wonderful, quirky setting. Pro tip, take your left over crab noodles home and have them for breakfast in bed! Great wine list and superb cocktails! A must go if you’re in Albany.

Great service and lovely staff, but quite overpriced. We ordered four dishes, two desserts, a glass of wine and one cocktail for $185. The dishes were quite small which would have been fine except for the lack of key ingredients namely crab, pork and marron, of which we hardly found any in our most expensive dishes. The lack of meat / seafood was very disappointing. We loved the fresh herbs and veggies, but the sauces were quite overpowering when the flavour should have been coming from those key ingredients instead. The wine, cocktail and desserts were nice. Enjoyed the ambiance however some guests looked quite uncomfortable on lower tables and couches and my partners seat was uncomfortable too. We’ve eaten at quite a few fine dining, French and Vietnamese places and this restaurant is quite overhyped for what it is.