I had previously visited gibbys and left a review, but am updating based off my new experience. I had a rather bad experience with the service over a month ago and the manager called me to have me explain the experience and offered me to come back and cover part of the meal due to the bad service the previous time. Even with the steak covered the bill was over $200 since we got wine and dessert.
This time the experience was much better. Me and my boyfriend were sat in the back of the restaurant where it is much calmer energy, and were served by Charlie she was great! She was able to help us recommend a good wine to pair with our steaks. Food was very good. I also had a Gibbys martini and I must say it is one of the best martinis I’ve ever had. For dessert we ordered the dame blanche, only slightly disappointed wad the chocolate sauce was already cold from the ice cream and had sunk to the bottom as a giant chocolate rock, but still good. We ordered espressos with dessert as well, I know gibbys is a fancy restaurant but 8$ before tax for a single espresso is a bit of a scam… Overall very good experience especially after the previous visit, however we still did not see the elusive sommelier we had been promised to have sent to our table by the manager, but the waitress was extremely helpful! —— We came here for my boyfriend’s birthday with high expectations but were disappointed. The night started with me asking a few questions about wines, which the waiter didn’t seem to have much knowledge on, instead of asking someone else he specifically said the Riesling was a sweet wine and wouldn’t pair with steak, however after a quick google search, the wine is a dry minerally wine, which I don’t expect a server to know every wine, but I wouldn’t recommend saying your not sure than giving false information. He then went to ask the sommelier for a recommendation, but he didn’t ask us what type of wine we were looking for, and came back to suggest a 130$ bottle, with the only reasoning that it was recommended. With no proper explanation of the wine I wouldn’t purchase a 130$ bottle. Also if there is a sommelier, why are they not sent to the table to help pick a wine or recommendation? Also when we came back with the recommendation, he brought the menu to my boyfriend even though I had been the ones asking the question?? For the steaks, the waiter asked if we wanted the steak spices on top or on the side, and the waiter wrote it down on his notepad, which my boyfriend asked for the spices on the side, yet we were served steaks with spices on them. (In my opinion it makes it worse if it written down and the mistake is made) . We decided not to say anything on the spot as the steak is still yummy and doesn’t seem worth wasting a while piece of meat for a simple mistake.
In the reservation we had made a note that we were celebrating his birthday. At the end of the meal after asking for the bill, the waiter brought the bill and was about to get the card machine, and came back to say he heard it was a birthday, and said he would be right back. He brought out a cake which is presumably their policy, but he didn’t ask us first, which yes it is nice but neither me or my boyfriend particularly wanted cake, so we ate some of it out of guilt of a whole cake brought out. The steaks were good, also the German Riesling was a good dry white wine with steaks. The experience with the wine really tainted my experience, I know it is not a wine bar but at a restaurant where the bill is over 300$ you would hope to have a better service. At the end they take a picture on a Polaroid and give it to you which is cute. With the whole experience I don’t count myself coming back or recommending it to anyone either.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Steve Perron Ste-Marie
Usually my go to for important life celebration and fancy food. This review is only marked down because of my own feelings and should not be considered in your decision to eat there or not. They took away the chicken Kiev and that was my favorite. I have yet to go back since and really miss it. I only am doing this so that if the owners see it they might consider bringing it back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Carola MTL
It's so sad to see this iconic restaurant having lost its edge. The steak was pretty good, but that's about it. The salad is different, the monte carlo was inedible, as were the desserts. I don't need to go back, too bad.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Elias Muñoz
We come from vacations and we saw this restaurant online and looks so good and I went yesterday with my partner to have dinner , the vibes , the food and everything was excellent , definitely a restaurant I will come back but it was a issue with my experience at this restaurant the service was really bad, I think his name is Salomon ( sorry if I don’t remember his name) he was nice at the beginning but after he took out order that was it , he stop taking care of our table , we finish the salad and he never removed our plates we finish our meal and he did not take our plates away, he serve us water and the glass was dirty, he just stop approaching to us , and you can tell he was just talking with the tables who order bottles of wines ( we’re about to buy one but after seeing that we don’t want it anymore)I believe if you go to a fancy and expensive restaurant you are expected to have a really nice quality of food and a excellent experience with the service, in the other hand his co worker he took care of us so we decided to tip him instead that our “ server “ anyways , the food is was delicious so we are coming back, but definitely the manager need to have a talk with this guy. And hoping you guys can read my review!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
John McKernan
Best dining experience in Montreal. We were visiting for a weekend looking for a nice restaurant that was kid friendly. The food was great, but Charlie’s service was fantastic. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jean-Pierre Abboud
This was our third visit to Gibbys in just over two months and it was incredible again. Sarah and Claude were amazing. Sarah was our waitress two weeks ago too, and we were so happy to see her again. The filet mignon was cooked perfectly medium rare and my girlfriend’s sea bass was delicious. We had French onion soup to start and a spicy margarita in a martini glass, which was so good. We cannot wait to come back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
David Martinez
The food and service was exceptional. Sarah was very sweet and made the experience top tier. She's awesome!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Becky Dinescu
I had a great time at Gibbys and the food was amazing. Special thank you to Sarah, she made our evening so much better and I will come back just for her!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mohamed Abouzid
Horrible restaurant and the staff are very rude
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Joseph Simard
Traditional Montreal steakhouse, excellent food, excellent service, traditional atmosphere. They also have an excellent selection of seafood and an amazing wine list.
We had a wonderful experience here! The food was delicious and the atmosphere was warm and romantic, perfect for celebrating a birthday as a couple. The complimentary birthday cake was beautiful and very tasty. A special thank you to Genevieve for being so attentive, kind, and friendly throughout our visit. We truly appreciated the thoughtful service and had a very happy celebration here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jason
The food was excellent along with the service. Fancy steakhouse. Prices as expected. Ambiance is always great
Sinead
We took the Table d'Hôte option for a group of 4. Very reasonably priced for such high-quality service and food. The ambienace was amazing - nothing beats a wood fire in winter
Shiho
The lunch menu is very good cost performance! The quality and quantity are super good . Even the waiter took picture and gave me with nice Gibby's card for my birthday!
Lambert Saint Pierre
Serveuse discutable.. J'y vais souvent mais cette fois ci c'était discutable.. Erreurs, éclaboussures eau, vin, pas d'excuses, expéditive.. Donc expérience décevante.
I had previously visited gibbys and left a review, but am updating based off my new experience. I had a rather bad experience with the service over a month ago and the manager called me to have me explain the experience and offered me to come back and cover part of the meal due to the bad service the previous time. Even with the steak covered the bill was over $200 since we got wine and dessert.
This time the experience was much better. Me and my boyfriend were sat in the back of the restaurant where it is much calmer energy, and were served by Charlie she was great! She was able to help us recommend a good wine to pair with our steaks. Food was very good. I also had a Gibbys martini and I must say it is one of the best martinis I’ve ever had. For dessert we ordered the dame blanche, only slightly disappointed wad the chocolate sauce was already cold from the ice cream and had sunk to the bottom as a giant chocolate rock, but still good. We ordered espressos with dessert as well, I know gibbys is a fancy restaurant but 8$ before tax for a single espresso is a bit of a scam…
Overall very good experience especially after the previous visit, however we still did not see the elusive sommelier we had been promised to have sent to our table by the manager, but the waitress was extremely helpful!
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We came here for my boyfriend’s birthday with high expectations but were disappointed. The night started with me asking a few questions about wines, which the waiter didn’t seem to have much knowledge on, instead of asking someone else he specifically said the Riesling was a sweet wine and wouldn’t pair with steak, however after a quick google search, the wine is a dry minerally wine, which I don’t expect a server to know every wine, but I wouldn’t recommend saying your not sure than giving false information.
He then went to ask the sommelier for a recommendation, but he didn’t ask us what type of wine we were looking for, and came back to suggest a 130$ bottle, with the only reasoning that it was recommended. With no proper explanation of the wine I wouldn’t purchase a 130$ bottle. Also if there is a sommelier, why are they not sent to the table to help pick a wine or recommendation?
Also when we came back with the recommendation, he brought the menu to my boyfriend even though I had been the ones asking the question??
For the steaks, the waiter asked if we wanted the steak spices on top or on the side, and the waiter wrote it down on his notepad, which my boyfriend asked for the spices on the side, yet we were served steaks with spices on them. (In my opinion it makes it worse if it written down and the mistake is made) . We decided not to say anything on the spot as the steak is still yummy and doesn’t seem worth wasting a while piece of meat for a simple mistake.
In the reservation we had made a note that we were celebrating his birthday. At the end of the meal after asking for the bill, the waiter brought the bill and was about to get the card machine, and came back to say he heard it was a birthday, and said he would be right back. He brought out a cake which is presumably their policy, but he didn’t ask us first, which yes it is nice but neither me or my boyfriend particularly wanted cake, so we ate some of it out of guilt of a whole cake brought out.
The steaks were good, also the German Riesling was a good dry white wine with steaks. The experience with the wine really tainted my experience, I know it is not a wine bar but at a restaurant where the bill is over 300$ you would hope to have a better service. At the end they take a picture on a Polaroid and give it to you which is cute.
With the whole experience I don’t count myself coming back or recommending it to anyone either.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Usually my go to for important life celebration and fancy food. This review is only marked down because of my own feelings and should not be considered in your decision to eat there or not. They took away the chicken Kiev and that was my favorite. I have yet to go back since and really miss it. I only am doing this so that if the owners see it they might consider bringing it back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
It's so sad to see this iconic restaurant having lost its edge. The steak was pretty good, but that's about it. The salad is different, the monte carlo was inedible, as were the desserts. I don't need to go back, too bad.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
We come from vacations and we saw this restaurant online and looks so good and I went yesterday with my partner to have dinner , the vibes , the food and everything was excellent , definitely a restaurant I will come back but it was a issue with my experience at this restaurant the service was really bad, I think his name is Salomon ( sorry if I don’t remember his name) he was nice at the beginning but after he took out order that was it , he stop taking care of our table , we finish the salad and he never removed our plates we finish our meal and he did not take our plates away, he serve us water and the glass was dirty, he just stop approaching to us , and you can tell he was just talking with the tables who order bottles of wines ( we’re about to buy one but after seeing that we don’t want it anymore)I believe if you go to a fancy and expensive restaurant you are expected to have a really nice quality of food and a excellent experience with the service, in the other hand his co worker he took care of us so we decided to tip him instead that our “ server “ anyways , the food is was delicious so we are coming back, but definitely the manager need to have a talk with this guy. And hoping you guys can read my review!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Best dining experience in Montreal. We were visiting for a weekend looking for a nice restaurant that was kid friendly. The food was great, but Charlie’s service was fantastic. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This was our third visit to Gibbys in just over two months and it was incredible again. Sarah and Claude were amazing. Sarah was our waitress two weeks ago too, and we were so happy to see her again. The filet mignon was cooked perfectly medium rare and my girlfriend’s sea bass was delicious. We had French onion soup to start and a spicy margarita in a martini glass, which was so good. We cannot wait to come back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food and service was exceptional. Sarah was very sweet and made the experience top tier. She's awesome!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had a great time at Gibbys and the food was amazing. Special thank you to Sarah, she made our evening so much better and I will come back just for her!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Horrible restaurant and the staff are very rude
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Traditional Montreal steakhouse, excellent food, excellent service, traditional atmosphere. They also have an excellent selection of seafood and an amazing wine list.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
We had a wonderful experience here! The food was delicious and the atmosphere was warm and romantic, perfect for celebrating a birthday as a couple. The complimentary birthday cake was beautiful and very tasty. A special thank you to Genevieve for being so attentive, kind, and friendly throughout our visit. We truly appreciated the thoughtful service and had a very happy celebration here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was excellent along with the service. Fancy steakhouse. Prices as expected. Ambiance is always great
We took the Table d'Hôte option for a group of 4. Very reasonably priced for such high-quality service and food. The ambienace was amazing - nothing beats a wood fire in winter
The lunch menu is very good cost performance! The quality and quantity are super good . Even the waiter took picture and gave me with nice Gibby's card for my birthday!
Serveuse discutable.. J'y vais souvent mais cette fois ci c'était discutable.. Erreurs, éclaboussures eau, vin, pas d'excuses, expéditive.. Donc expérience décevante.
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