My wife and I walked in…she with a gluten sensitivity and me with a lactose problem
We showed up in jeans, flips and tee shirt. Faizal eyed us and when I asked if they were Open…grinned and said “only for ice people. “ we laughed, sat down and started down a food and wine journey we could not forget
Patê, made in house, Salmon in white sauce custom for my wife with no gluten, An amazing veal dish with custom wine sauce for me. We had the place almost to ourselves and felt we’re were invited to a home for amazing hospitality.
A new Montreal favourite for me…and Kazim has always promised us a seat…
In fact we went back with 6 of our friends 2 days later ;-)
Cindy Jensen
This is a smaller family owned French restaurant right downtown. We first saw this place walking home from another dinner and the owner was out front and chatted with us and told us he had been in business for 49 years. So we thought that we would give it a try during our stay. The owner himself and one other person were serving. We were first served individual rolls and bruschetta. Both were delicious. Amongst the five of us, our appetizers included the escargot in puff pastry, which was an amazingly delicious rich appetizer. I would've been satisfied to stop there. I did not. A couple of people had the French onion soup, which was apparently rich and very delicious. Our Manes included my short ribs, which were served with a couple of spears of perfectly cooked asparagus and piped mashed potatoes. Other diners had Rack of Lamb Provençale, fillet mignon, fillet mignon with pepper sauce, and Entrecôte sauce Bordelaise. They were all excellent. For dessert, the five of us shared two desserts… One was their chocolate crème brûlée… It was just OK. And a small apple dessert with some vanilla ice cream. That was good. Their wine list was quite extensive and expensive lol. The chef did come out at the end of the evening when we were leaving and asked us how we enjoyed our meals. I would highly recommend this restaurant.
Kathleen C
Excellent! My son and I came here for the first time tonight and we will surely be back again. The food was delicious and the service was great. The waiters were attentive and the owner, Kazim, was charming and personable. We shared the escargot dish and they so kindly split it into two dishes for us. Their unique preparation with the puff pastry is a must try. The French onion soup was delicious. The salade L'autre saison was crisp and fresh and the duck confit was so tender. The ambiance and decor was lovely. We didn't have time for dessert this evening, but we will be back another time to try! Thank you for a lovely experience!
Update - We came back for another visit. I recommend the scallops. The sauce was tasty and scallops were cooked perfectly. This time we did have dessert. The tarte tatin (French take on apple pie), was delicious. The ice cream with berries was abundant with fresh berries. Kazim was a charming host as always. Thank you!
Маргарита Лаптева
I can’t compare this dishes to anything I’ve tried before. All of them were cooked to perfection. Very friendly atmosphere as well!
Ari Ciu
It was perfect, the music was calm. The food was excellent and delicious. I didn't feel like I ate too much, neither too little. The servers and the owner were so kind and respectuous. 10/10, would recommend. Also, the atmosphere there was perfect : the whole restaurant gave Victorian era vibes.
Aditi Kapoor
I’m not sure what was worse, the food or the manager’s jokes. It took us 4 BOTTLES of water just to get through the bland, mediocre meal. No wonder they take your jackets at the door to probably to prevent guests from escaping mid-torture. Hopefully, the owner puts the $30+ tip he took for himself toward buying some SEASONING.
P.S. I wish Google let us give 0 stars
Bob A
My wife and I and another couple had dinner here while visiting Montreal last week (we are from Ontario and they are from England). We all agreed we had one of the best French dining experiences we have had in a very long time. The owner was funny, charming and engaging, while the décor was both cozy and classy, but not pretentious. Service was prompt and attentive. Particular standouts from the menu were the French onion soup and the duck confit. Five stars all around. Highly recommended.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Duck Confit
P S
A hidden gem! The service is impeccable and the food perfect. A lovely, quiet elegance with attentive but not intrusive service. Highly recommend for a wonderful experience!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Seafood Entre, Black Code Fish
Al Myk
The food was excellent…. The scallop dish and lamb shank were perfectly executed and every accompanying component to each dish treated with respect and presented beautifully… The wine list was extensive and impressive… An old school classic French dining experience in a comfortable classy atmosphere. Attentive service, and in addition I was even fortunate enough to receive a valuable lesson on napkin placement etiquette. If I had but one concern it would be that the crème brûlée was not properly caramelized, but it was a minor concern in the scope of the overall dining experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Peter Pham
L’Autre Saison is a place with the decor that reminds me of meals and restaurants in Montmartre, Paris. This place serves excellent dishes which I would definitely rate it as a 5-stars establishment had there been good services. Almost as soon as we walked into the restaurant, the owner’s attitude was borderline racially prejudiced against Asians. From the shaking of his head to remarks like “the days of free bread are long gone” or “Is that all you ordered?”, he definitely treated us very differently than to the 3 white customers who sat at the table next to ours. Those customers ordered less than we did but were treated with courtesy and friendliness. The owner also came by several times to have small talks with them while totally ignoring us. Service here is a 0 since there is no negative 5 for rating.
Food-wise, this place is easily a 4.5 stars. 1. The snails were served in vol-au-vent style with a delicious garlicky creamy sauce. Since it was not served with bread, we had to order a basket of 6 excellent bread rolls at $10.50. 2. The creamy foie gras was excellent and paired real well with the house pinot noir one of us ordered. No, the owner did not suggest anything. 3. The onion soup was good but had too much onions and not enough soup. 4. The duck confit dish is possibly one of the best I’ve eaten. It rivals with good French restaurants in major cities such as Paris and Washington, D.C.. 5. The tarte tatin served à la mode was delicious. Each bite of apple reminds me of a great bistro in Montmartre.
This restaurant offers a great dining experience for non-Asians who would be treated with courtesy and great service. Based on our own experience, I cannot and will not recommend this racially prejudiced restaurant to non whites. In short, there are other French restaurants in Montreal that offers the same level of food quality with much better service.
What an amazing experience. Service ! Food ! Wonderful people ! What more can you ask for !!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Frank Canada
I brought my daughter and wife here for dinner and it was a delightful experience. The scenery is very worldly and interesting. The staff was great to talk to. The beef is the best I've ever tasted and this is coming from someone who has tried $1000 kobe beef in Japan!
The owner is also a very interesting and kind person.
Highly recommended!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Steak, Duck Confit
AKT
This place is fantastic! Service was excellent, and every dish was spot on. We shared two orders the escargot and they split it up individually for us. Duck, lamb shank, shrimp and beef rib, all super yummy. Will definitely return next time in Montreal.
Would have loved to have gone here while we were in town, but with no phone number on the website we wandered over only to find a sign taped to the door that they were closed for a month.
It would have been great if the website could have put a note about that up on their website. Otherwise, we're excited to visit again in the future.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Jacqueline Lam
This restaurant for which we reserved for 15 people and paid a deposit for during F1 week-end refused to sit us down because they couldn’t move tables for us to sit together when we had friends from Australia visiting us. The man waiter that saw us come in was VERY RUDE, and the restaurant was completely empty. I would not recommend this restaurant to my worst enemy. Skip it. Doesn’t deserve your money. We did. They had the decency to not take the deposit in the end.
My wife and I walked in…she with a gluten sensitivity and me with a lactose problem
We showed up in jeans, flips and tee shirt. Faizal eyed us and when I asked if they were
Open…grinned and said “only for ice people. “ we laughed, sat down and started down a food and wine journey we could not forget
Patê, made in house,
Salmon in white sauce custom for my wife with no gluten,
An amazing veal dish with custom wine sauce for me. We had the place almost to ourselves and felt we’re were invited to a home for amazing hospitality.
A new Montreal favourite for me…and Kazim has always promised us a seat…
In fact we went back with 6 of our friends 2 days later ;-)
This is a smaller family owned French restaurant right downtown. We first saw this place walking home from another dinner and the owner was out front and chatted with us and told us he had been in business for 49 years. So we thought that we would give it a try during our stay. The owner himself and one other person were serving. We were first served individual rolls and bruschetta. Both were delicious. Amongst the five of us, our appetizers included the escargot in puff pastry, which was an amazingly delicious rich appetizer. I would've been satisfied to stop there. I did not. A couple of people had the French onion soup, which was apparently rich and very delicious. Our Manes included my short ribs, which were served with a couple of spears of perfectly cooked asparagus and piped mashed potatoes. Other diners had Rack of Lamb Provençale, fillet mignon, fillet mignon with pepper sauce,
and Entrecôte sauce Bordelaise. They were all excellent. For dessert, the five of us shared two desserts… One was their chocolate crème brûlée… It was just OK. And a small apple dessert with some vanilla ice cream. That was good. Their wine list was quite extensive and expensive lol. The chef did come out at the end of the evening when we were leaving and asked us how we enjoyed our meals. I would highly recommend this restaurant.
Excellent! My son and I came here for the first time tonight and we will surely be back again. The food was delicious and the service was great. The waiters were attentive and the owner, Kazim, was charming and personable. We shared the escargot dish and they so kindly split it into two dishes for us. Their unique preparation with the puff pastry is a must try. The French onion soup was delicious. The salade L'autre saison was crisp and fresh and the duck confit was so tender. The ambiance and decor was lovely. We didn't have time for dessert this evening, but we will be back another time to try! Thank you for a lovely experience!
Update - We came back for another visit. I recommend the scallops. The sauce was tasty and scallops were cooked perfectly. This time we did have dessert. The tarte tatin (French take on apple pie), was delicious. The ice cream with berries was abundant with fresh berries. Kazim was a charming host as always. Thank you!
I can’t compare this dishes to anything I’ve tried before. All of them were cooked to perfection. Very friendly atmosphere as well!
It was perfect, the music was calm. The food was excellent and delicious. I didn't feel like I ate too much, neither too little. The servers and the owner were so kind and respectuous. 10/10, would recommend. Also, the atmosphere there was perfect : the whole restaurant gave Victorian era vibes.
I’m not sure what was worse, the food or the manager’s jokes. It took us 4 BOTTLES of water just to get through the bland, mediocre meal. No wonder they take your jackets at the door to probably to prevent guests from escaping mid-torture. Hopefully, the owner puts the $30+ tip he took for himself toward buying some SEASONING.
P.S. I wish Google let us give 0 stars
My wife and I and another couple had dinner here while visiting Montreal last week (we are from Ontario and they are from England). We all agreed we had one of the best French dining experiences we have had in a very long time. The owner was funny, charming and engaging, while the décor was both cozy and classy, but not pretentious. Service was prompt and attentive. Particular standouts from the menu were the French onion soup and the duck confit. Five stars all around. Highly recommended.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Duck Confit
A hidden gem! The service is impeccable and the food perfect. A lovely, quiet elegance with attentive but not intrusive service. Highly recommend for a wonderful experience!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Seafood Entre, Black Code Fish
The food was excellent…. The scallop dish and lamb shank were perfectly executed and every accompanying component to each dish treated with respect and presented beautifully… The wine list was extensive and impressive… An old school classic French dining experience in a comfortable classy atmosphere. Attentive service, and in addition I was even fortunate enough to receive a valuable lesson on napkin placement etiquette. If I had but one concern it would be that the crème brûlée was not properly caramelized, but it was a minor concern in the scope of the overall dining experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
L’Autre Saison is a place with the decor that reminds me of meals and restaurants in Montmartre, Paris. This place serves excellent dishes which I would definitely rate it as a 5-stars establishment had there been good services. Almost as soon as we walked into the restaurant, the owner’s attitude was borderline racially prejudiced against Asians. From the shaking of his head to remarks like “the days of free bread are long gone” or “Is that all you ordered?”, he definitely treated us very differently than to the 3 white customers who sat at the table next to ours. Those customers ordered less than we did but were treated with courtesy and friendliness. The owner also came by several times to have small talks with them while totally ignoring us. Service here is a 0 since there is no negative 5 for rating.
Food-wise, this place is easily a 4.5 stars. 1. The snails were served in vol-au-vent style with a delicious garlicky creamy sauce. Since it was not served with bread, we had to order a basket of 6 excellent bread rolls at $10.50. 2. The creamy foie gras was excellent and paired real well with the house pinot noir one of us ordered. No, the owner did not suggest anything. 3. The onion soup was good but had too much onions and not enough soup. 4. The duck confit dish is possibly one of the best I’ve eaten. It rivals with good French restaurants in major cities such as Paris and Washington, D.C.. 5. The tarte tatin served à la mode was delicious. Each bite of apple reminds me of a great bistro in Montmartre.
This restaurant offers a great dining experience for non-Asians who would be treated with courtesy and great service. Based on our own experience, I cannot and will not recommend this racially prejudiced restaurant to non whites. In short, there are other French restaurants in Montreal that offers the same level of food quality with much better service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Recommended dishes: Duck Confit
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What an amazing experience. Service ! Food ! Wonderful people ! What more can you ask for !!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I brought my daughter and wife here for dinner and it was a delightful experience. The scenery is very worldly and interesting. The staff was great to talk to. The beef is the best I've ever tasted and this is coming from someone who has tried $1000 kobe beef in Japan!
The owner is also a very interesting and kind person.
Highly recommended!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Steak, Duck Confit
This place is fantastic! Service was excellent, and every dish was spot on. We shared two orders the escargot and they split it up individually for us. Duck, lamb shank, shrimp and beef rib, all super yummy. Will definitely return next time in Montreal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Steak, Seafood Entre, Duck Confit
Would have loved to have gone here while we were in town, but with no phone number on the website we wandered over only to find a sign taped to the door that they were closed for a month.
It would have been great if the website could have put a note about that up on their website. Otherwise, we're excited to visit again in the future.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
This restaurant for which we reserved for 15 people and paid a deposit for during F1 week-end refused to sit us down because they couldn’t move tables for us to sit together when we had friends from Australia visiting us. The man waiter that saw us come in was VERY RUDE, and the restaurant was completely empty. I would not recommend this restaurant to my worst enemy. Skip it. Doesn’t deserve your money. We did. They had the decency to not take the deposit in the end.
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