If you like foie gras and good warm fatty food this place is for you. The service was excellent and the atmosphere was good and lively. The pudding chômeur is a must and the pork shank with Spanish sauce was ultra tasty. The only problem: the prices
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pudding Chômeurs Au Foie Gras
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Reservations-only restaurant - reso at 9:30.
9:44 - We ordered the Sea Urchin Pasta ($21) to start, Duck in a Can ($61), and Aged Pork Chop ($49) for our mains with the Oranjeanne ($16) and Gin Guay ($18) for drinks.
10:04 - Pasta arrived and our appetizer was delicious! Served with the Uni and egg yolk in the shell, was nice and creamy, and was just the right amount of cook on the pasta.
10:10 - Drinks arrived - Oranjeanne was also amazing and was probably the best drink of the night. The Gin Guay was also good - I recommend giving it a stir as the maple syrup sinks to the bottom. The bartender who ran our drinks apologized for the wait, which our opinion didn't actually take that long LOL.
After the above, it kind of went downhill from there. We finished our drinks and appetizer pretty quickly and ordered our second round of drinks while waiting for our mains.
10:50 - Martini Au Pied ($19) is your typical espresso martini but wasn't the best, and Matante Rhubarbe ($18) was also an average cocktail
10:59 - Our main courses finally arrived. A huge thing to note - it took basically an hour between our appetizer arriving and the mains to arrive. If we knew it was going to take an hour, we probably would have either ordered more apps or just ordered something else entirely. We aren't expecting fast service but we also weren't expecting an hour wait.
When it hit our table, the runner explained our dishes and mentioned that it takes 25 mins for the Duck in a Can to be heated as he opened it and poured it in front of us - kind of weird for them to mention how long the dish took to be warmed when it took double that time to arrive lol. The dish itself was good, but if you're not too much into fat, DO NOT ORDER THIS DISH. I didn't mind it since I regularly enjoy heavy flavours. Also, I'm not sure if it was intentional, but the bread it sat on was burnt. The Duck itself was cooked well-ish - it wasn't evenly cooked as at some point the meat was a bit of the tougher side. The fois gras and the celeriac puree was good, but with the wait time it really put a damper on our excitement for this place.
My S/O ordered Aged Pork Chop - it's to be expected that pork would be on the salty side, but it really was super salty! The meat was very tender which was nice but he said the cabbage heart was the better part of the dish taste-wise.
Atmosphere was on the louder side (not a bad thing) but interestingly enough the table beside us started talking about chinese people, got shushed by their friend, and kept staring at my boyfriend for the remainder of the service. Not in any way a fault of the restaurant, but as tourists, it felt uncomfortable. I'd also like to note that our server Theo didn't have much of an impact in general. Other than when we first ordered, and once when he asked us if our appetizer was okay, it was other staff serving us and helping us out throughout the night. After waiting a while after our meal, we were trying to get our bill. We had to ask a runner for it. The runner came back after ten minutes and apologized and said, "Sorry, he's coming."
All in all, we left slightly before 12 for a reso at 9:30.
TLDR; Would love to have the Oranjeanne and the Uni Pasta again, but that's about it. Probably wouldn't return.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Uni
Em C
Best meal I've ever had in Montreal! Need reservation. Service was amazing, our water cup was never empty. We got duck temaki, Foie Gras Nigiri, duck in a can, and pouding chomeur. All so so so delicious ? highly recommend and would be coming to Montreal just for this ?
I was treated to a menu adapted for my gluten and dairy allergies with great service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shawn Rocheleau
What a great evening. The food was fantastic, but what made the night special was how attentive and friendly the staff was.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mélissa Gendron
The food and service, provided by Gabriel and his cohorts, was fantastic. It's an experience for the eyes and the taste buds!
Victims of their success, the tables are a little close together and with large groups nearby, it can quickly become noisy. But... we can't blame them for that: who wouldn't want to be there!
Once again, incredible culinary discoveries and the food and drink pairings, just perfect! As a cocktail or mocktail, it was incredible!
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Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Denis Lauzon
Firstly, the parking is a 15 minute walk, then no indication on the facade, once located, for a reservation at 7 p.m., we had to wait until the space was free and ready for us. Oddly two other couples with reservations for 7 p.m. instantly passed us by. For the meal, I took the foie gras poutine and my partner took the guinea fowl bundle, beautiful presentation however the poutine was excessively salty and unfortunately my partner was the victim of food poisoning, is it due to the 'water? Due to poor cooking? Or Salmonellosis? Because it's not very hygienic to have access to the toilet just in the same corridor as the kitchen. And the customers seated in front of the kitchen without separation. And very expensive for what is served. $$$$$$ dining experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Gras Poutine
Corinda Carfora
Vibrant ,and authentic food while watching "the line" in action created a unique and most pleasurable (and delicious) experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Aged Pork Chop
Kit T.
Foie Gras. Foie Gras. The Scallop dish. The pancake dish. Our dessert was the creme pudding. Paired with Pinot Noir. A great culinary experience. Service was slow and disconnected. Everyone was friendly but the attention and timeliness wasn't there. Our waitress was more of a campaigner walking around to smile and be friendly but she didn't serve us. Odd right? They had bussers, food runners, altogether we had 4-5 different staff tend to us but none were truly attentive and timely. I'm a generous tipper but I was wondering who gets the tip. I felt my waiter didn't deserve it. Odd right? We sat in front of the cooking station witnessed all the action. It felt operationally inefficient and chaotic. The head chef and his team, in my opinion deserved the tip. They held the entire restaurant together working in chaos and kept the dishes coming. I noticed he'd call out that a dish was ready but the dish would sit on the shelf likely too long. The food did take too long to get and the time gap between dishes were too long. Wine ordering took too long. If the dishes came out more timely we would've wanted to order more. The best part by far are the incredible and unique dishes. Flavors, richness, uniqueness, all exceptionally enjoyable and memorable. The show stealer. About the atmosphere...for me...it's a bit too cramped and loud for me, but I know it's just me. It's a bar and pub feel. The atmosphere could be completely great for others. What do I know, the place was packed on a Wednesday evening.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Emmanuel
First time and Wow!!! Excellent gastronomic experience!!!
Very Fun, super flavorful heavy food. Excellent service worth a trip
Kid-friendliness: lots of kids for dinner not babies but 10 yrs plus
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Canned Duck
Nathalie Keroack
We had a wonderful evening!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Maple Creme Brûlée
Alexandre Gagnon
Incredible food and unbeatable experience.
Our server Frederick took care of us with our request for a tasting menu with wine pairing and OH BOY we were not disappointed.
Very professional but relaxed service, great wine cellar and unrivaled foie gras in Montreal.
I will be back, possibly not at 10pm without reservation this time.
Thanks for the service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brigitte Schoemans
An accumulation of errors in every aspect, this was our first and last visit to this restaurant. Based on our recent experience, this place's reputation is way overrated.
The music was way too loud, it ruined the fun of an evening with friends. The tables by the windows are freezing and I was forced to eat with my coat wrapped around my legs. The lady at the next table kept her coat on...
Our waiter displayed a pretentious and smug attitude, he was unable to crack a smile. Instead of chatting with his colleagues with his back to the room, he should instead turn towards the customers and observe what is happening at the tables...
Our three plates arrived lukewarm and we pointed this out to the waiter who offered nothing to satisfy us, apart from saying that it was not normal and that he had notified the kitchen... after we had finished our dishes.
The foie gras poutine had very little cheese and some of my pieces of liver were rare and poorly denervated. I left these rare and poorly prepared pieces in plain sight on my empty plate, the serving staff saw nothing.
Our server praised the almost gargantuan portions of the PDC. The poutine was insufficient as a main course for me and my friend, my partner's cabbage cigars came down to just one cigar...
The waiting time between ordering and receiving was really unjustifiable, for example 30 minutes for 2 beers and a glass of wine, when there is no preparation to be done.
There were also errors with the type of coffee ordered by my partner, and his dessert had been forgotten. So he finished his meal alone, even though we had finished a long time ago, given the interminable waiting time between each item.
On top of that, we were charged for one dessert too much, and we still waited more than a reasonable time to have everything corrected.
Don't trust the menu on the internet, it has been changed but the update hasn't been done for a long time.
Finally, the icing on the cake: the next day, I received an email from the PDC asking for our opinion on our experience. I respond privately, convinced that the owner would like to know more, the goal being to improve and adjust to the clientele. But no, nothing.
I am now giving my opinion in public, with one star less, since no one takes the time to look into it. It's really disappointing.
Television shows are great, but if you don't have time to do the rest, it's a lot less happy! Monsieur Picard should perhaps review his priorities and stop riding on a reputation that does not live up to what he says he requires for a successful culinary experience. Is he really aware of what is happening in his institution?
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Adv nut
My all time favorite place to go - when in Montréal. The cuisine is the best; equally the staff (Team) take care of you from the moment you arrive till your departure. Our recommendation is to sit at the bar/counter and watch the chef and his teams make phenomenal cuisine with passion and energy.
We also ordered items not on the menu! Oh yeah, Ring the bell !
If you like foie gras and good warm fatty food this place is for you. The service was excellent and the atmosphere was good and lively. The pudding chômeur is a must and the pork shank with Spanish sauce was ultra tasty. The only problem: the prices
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pudding Chômeurs Au Foie Gras
Reservations-only restaurant - reso at 9:30.
9:44 - We ordered the Sea Urchin Pasta ($21) to start, Duck in a Can ($61), and Aged Pork Chop ($49) for our mains with the Oranjeanne ($16) and Gin Guay ($18) for drinks.
10:04 - Pasta arrived and our appetizer was delicious! Served with the Uni and egg yolk in the shell, was nice and creamy, and was just the right amount of cook on the pasta.
10:10 - Drinks arrived - Oranjeanne was also amazing and was probably the best drink of the night. The Gin Guay was also good - I recommend giving it a stir as the maple syrup sinks to the bottom. The bartender who ran our drinks apologized for the wait, which our opinion didn't actually take that long LOL.
After the above, it kind of went downhill from there. We finished our drinks and appetizer pretty quickly and ordered our second round of drinks while waiting for our mains.
10:50 - Martini Au Pied ($19) is your typical espresso martini but wasn't the best, and Matante Rhubarbe ($18) was also an average cocktail
10:59 - Our main courses finally arrived.
A huge thing to note - it took basically an hour between our appetizer arriving and the mains to arrive. If we knew it was going to take an hour, we probably would have either ordered more apps or just ordered something else entirely. We aren't expecting fast service but we also weren't expecting an hour wait.
When it hit our table, the runner explained our dishes and mentioned that it takes 25 mins for the Duck in a Can to be heated as he opened it and poured it in front of us - kind of weird for them to mention how long the dish took to be warmed when it took double that time to arrive lol. The dish itself was good, but if you're not too much into fat, DO NOT ORDER THIS DISH. I didn't mind it since I regularly enjoy heavy flavours. Also, I'm not sure if it was intentional, but the bread it sat on was burnt. The Duck itself was cooked well-ish - it wasn't evenly cooked as at some point the meat was a bit of the tougher side. The fois gras and the celeriac puree was good, but with the wait time it really put a damper on our excitement for this place.
My S/O ordered Aged Pork Chop - it's to be expected that pork would be on the salty side, but it really was super salty! The meat was very tender which was nice but he said the cabbage heart was the better part of the dish taste-wise.
Atmosphere was on the louder side (not a bad thing) but interestingly enough the table beside us started talking about chinese people, got shushed by their friend, and kept staring at my boyfriend for the remainder of the service. Not in any way a fault of the restaurant, but as tourists, it felt uncomfortable. I'd also like to note that our server Theo didn't have much of an impact in general. Other than when we first ordered, and once when he asked us if our appetizer was okay, it was other staff serving us and helping us out throughout the night. After waiting a while after our meal, we were trying to get our bill. We had to ask a runner for it. The runner came back after ten minutes and apologized and said, "Sorry, he's coming."
All in all, we left slightly before 12 for a reso at 9:30.
TLDR; Would love to have the Oranjeanne and the Uni Pasta again, but that's about it. Probably wouldn't return.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Uni
Best meal I've ever had in Montreal! Need reservation. Service was amazing, our water cup was never empty. We got duck temaki, Foie Gras Nigiri, duck in a can, and pouding chomeur. All so so so delicious ? highly recommend and would be coming to Montreal just for this ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Foie Gras Nigiri, Duck Temaki, Canned Duck
I was treated to a menu adapted for my gluten and dairy allergies with great service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
What a great evening. The food was fantastic, but what made the night special was how attentive and friendly the staff was.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food and service, provided by Gabriel and his cohorts, was fantastic.
It's an experience for the eyes and the taste buds!
Victims of their success, the tables are a little close together and with large groups nearby, it can quickly become noisy. But... we can't blame them for that: who wouldn't want to be there!
Once again, incredible culinary discoveries and the food and drink pairings, just perfect! As a cocktail or mocktail, it was incredible!
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Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Firstly, the parking is a 15 minute walk, then no indication on the facade, once located, for a reservation at 7 p.m., we had to wait until the space was free and ready for us. Oddly two other couples with reservations for 7 p.m. instantly passed us by.
For the meal, I took the foie gras poutine and my partner took the guinea fowl bundle, beautiful presentation however the poutine was excessively salty and unfortunately my partner was the victim of food poisoning, is it due to the 'water? Due to poor cooking? Or Salmonellosis? Because it's not very hygienic to have access to the toilet just in the same corridor as the kitchen. And the customers seated in front of the kitchen without separation.
And very expensive for what is served.
$$$$$$ dining experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Gras Poutine
Vibrant ,and authentic food while watching "the line" in action created a unique and most pleasurable (and delicious) experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Aged Pork Chop
Foie Gras. Foie Gras. The Scallop dish. The pancake dish. Our dessert was the creme pudding. Paired with Pinot Noir. A great culinary experience. Service was slow and disconnected. Everyone was friendly but the attention and timeliness wasn't there. Our waitress was more of a campaigner walking around to smile and be friendly but she didn't serve us. Odd right? They had bussers, food runners, altogether we had 4-5 different staff tend to us but none were truly attentive and timely. I'm a generous tipper but I was wondering who gets the tip. I felt my waiter didn't deserve it. Odd right? We sat in front of the cooking station witnessed all the action. It felt operationally inefficient and chaotic. The head chef and his team, in my opinion deserved the tip. They held the entire restaurant together working in chaos and kept the dishes coming. I noticed he'd call out that a dish was ready but the dish would sit on the shelf likely too long. The food did take too long to get and the time gap between dishes were too long. Wine ordering took too long. If the dishes came out more timely we would've wanted to order more. The best part by far are the incredible and unique dishes. Flavors, richness, uniqueness, all exceptionally enjoyable and memorable. The show stealer.
About the atmosphere...for me...it's a bit too cramped and loud for me, but I know it's just me. It's a bar and pub feel. The atmosphere could be completely great for others. What do I know, the place was packed on a Wednesday evening.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
First time and Wow!!! Excellent gastronomic experience!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Very Fun, super flavorful heavy food. Excellent service worth a trip
Kid-friendliness: lots of kids for dinner not babies but 10 yrs plus
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Canned Duck
We had a wonderful evening!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Maple Creme Brûlée
Incredible food and unbeatable experience.
Our server Frederick took care of us with our request for a tasting menu with wine pairing and OH BOY we were not disappointed.
Very professional but relaxed service, great wine cellar and unrivaled foie gras in Montreal.
I will be back, possibly not at 10pm without reservation this time.
Thanks for the service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
An accumulation of errors in every aspect, this was our first and last visit to this restaurant. Based on our recent experience, this place's reputation is way overrated.
The music was way too loud, it ruined the fun of an evening with friends. The tables by the windows are freezing and I was forced to eat with my coat wrapped around my legs. The lady at the next table kept her coat on...
Our waiter displayed a pretentious and smug attitude, he was unable to crack a smile. Instead of chatting with his colleagues with his back to the room, he should instead turn towards the customers and observe what is happening at the tables...
Our three plates arrived lukewarm and we pointed this out to the waiter who offered nothing to satisfy us, apart from saying that it was not normal and that he had notified the kitchen... after we had finished our dishes.
The foie gras poutine had very little cheese and some of my pieces of liver were rare and poorly denervated. I left these rare and poorly prepared pieces in plain sight on my empty plate, the serving staff saw nothing.
Our server praised the almost gargantuan portions of the PDC. The poutine was insufficient as a main course for me and my friend, my partner's cabbage cigars came down to just one cigar...
The waiting time between ordering and receiving was really unjustifiable, for example 30 minutes for 2 beers and a glass of wine, when there is no preparation to be done.
There were also errors with the type of coffee ordered by my partner, and his dessert had been forgotten. So he finished his meal alone, even though we had finished a long time ago, given the interminable waiting time between each item.
On top of that, we were charged for one dessert too much, and we still waited more than a reasonable time to have everything corrected.
Don't trust the menu on the internet, it has been changed but the update hasn't been done for a long time.
Finally, the icing on the cake: the next day, I received an email from the PDC asking for our opinion on our experience. I respond privately, convinced that the owner would like to know more, the goal being to improve and adjust to the clientele. But no, nothing.
I am now giving my opinion in public, with one star less, since no one takes the time to look into it. It's really disappointing.
Television shows are great, but if you don't have time to do the rest, it's a lot less happy! Monsieur Picard should perhaps review his priorities and stop riding on a reputation that does not live up to what he says he requires for a successful culinary experience. Is he really aware of what is happening in his institution?
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
My all time favorite place to go - when in Montréal. The cuisine is the best; equally the staff (Team) take care of you from the moment you arrive till your departure. Our recommendation is to sit at the bar/counter and watch the chef and his teams make phenomenal cuisine with passion and energy.
We also ordered items not on the menu! Oh yeah, Ring the bell !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Duck Foie Gras Poutine, Carpaccio PDC, Poutine Au Foie Gras, Poutine, Canned Duck
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