Épi, buvette de quartier

This place is charming, the service kind, and the atmosphere buzzing. So it pained me to discover—and report—that the food not enamoring as well. This is the classic big-price-small-portion dichotomy, but lacking the quality to justify the hole in the wallet, and stomach.

I really wanted to like this place. Unfortunately, the service was extremely slow. There was no drinks menu, so I ordered a whiskey sour. It took about 15-20 minutes to get my drink and in that time, no one had come to take our order. When I got my drink, it was room temperature, I'm pretty sure it wasn't mixed with ice like it should be. My drink was empty for 30 minutes without anyone asking if I'd like another, until just before the food arrived. Then once that drink was empty, I didn't get asked if I'd like another for the rest of the meal. I ended up eating my food without a drink. Now, about the food: When we gave our order we waited a further 50 minutes before our first plates arrived. In that time, a couple arrived at the table 30 minutes after we arrived and they got their plates before us. At this point, we'd been seated for 1hr 15 minutes and we were really hungry. Unfortunately, the portion sizes were ridiculously small. In no way were these plates for sharing. We were told to order 5 plates, but if you're hungry, you could do with 4 plates each. We ate our first 3 plates, then waited another 30 minutes for our last 2 plates to arrive. We were really hungry when we arrived, and we left hungry (given we had both essentially eaten 2 and a half starters each in 2 hours). And we managed to spend 200$+ for the privilege. The ingredients were interesting, and the plating was great, the food looked very high quality. However, the scallops had grit, the Ombre was overcooked and dry, and everything needed salt and/or more seasoning. I think if this restaurant got a larger kitchen with more chefs, added more food (and balance) to each of their playes, and they added a little more seasoning, this place would be worth the price. As it is today, I wouldn't recommend unfortunately.

Loved the vibe this place had. The food wasn’t exceptional but very interesting to try. It’s not what one would usually be able to eat at a typical restaurant. The service is immaculate with such a local and chill vibe.

Best Canadian French. The meal was so creative yet very delicious, and I could feel each ingredient vividly. Definitely a repeat. They do not have a fixed menu so it is hard to order it again, but butternut was a fire.

Great finding. Super friendly service . Merci Vincent for making us feel so welcome. Good food good wine good music excellent atmosphere.

Amazing experience! Every dish we had was delicious

A repeat place for us. Staff is very nice, the food is elevated, without being pretentious. Just one of the jewels.

Had a lovely time - the food was very ambitious and the people are great