With the likes of ‘Slowed cooked wagyu beef, oxtail sauce & root vegetables’ and ‘Red mullet with drunken prawns & Shoi Xing sauce’ on the menu, you know that the small chain of cafés from Shannon Bennett’s Vue brand – famous for the award winning Melbourne restaurant, Vue de monde – are a cut above your traditional lunchtime venue, and witnessing the fabulous decor of their new 401 St Kilda Road outpost only confirms that. Situated on Melbourne’s most prestigious boulevard as part of a swanky new development, Café Vue at 401 St Kilda Road, designed by Elenberg Fraser, is a bold, contemporary French café, inspired by Paris’ iconic royal château, Versailles, Marie Antoinette and clothing of the period… Offering a contemporary twist on this classical period are the café’s distinct centrepiece, a unique wooden, chandelier-like, crinoline structure, surrounding one of the rear tables and the portrayal of Antoinette’s death by guillotine at the height of the French Revolution through the stylish blood-red bathrooms.
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