Matthew M.
Yelp
Came for a weekend visit to Montreal and had seen the Michelin write up of this place. Decided to make a visit for my wife's birthday. Overall, a really wonderful place, but with ups and downs.
Good things:
All the food. The food was spectacular and my compliments to the chefs. Our favorite dish was the pea tartlet which was surprisingly sweet and refreshing. The duck, too, was excellent. A downside was that we were asked to select two things per service pairing (almost like an Italian restaurant), but the food did not come out in that ordering. I asked about this but was told it was the chef's choice. If we had known, we would have ordered a bit differently.
Not so good things:
The service wasn't poor, but it wasn't at the $200 dinner level IMO. We ordered bread for the dinner and it was forgotten about until I had to ask for it. I was asked when I made the reservation if it was a special occasion (it was - my wife's birthday), but they never mentioned this in our meal. I have never been to such an expensive restaurant when I was asked about the occasion and have it not mentioned.
Finally, this is a zero waste, high sustainability restaurant. That's their thing. And our waiter never once mentioned any of that in the ordering discussion. I really would like to know more about this, and I think it would have been nice to have heard more from the waitstaff.
Overall, a really beautiful dinner, but I felt not very well taken care of by the waitstaff and, at this price point, that's not a good thing. But, the food was so good as to still be 4 stars in my book. Though I might go as low as 3.5.