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Service: 3.5/5
Cleanliness: 4/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Price: $$$
We made our reservation for 2 through Opentable as we usually did. I highly recommend you to make a reservation for your party as Moishes is very popular among locals as well as tourists. If you're coming after 9pm for the late night menu, definitely do yourself a favour and reserve a table!
When you first walk in, there is a staircase that leads you to the second floor, which is essentially the main floor. There is valet parking available, though it was somewhat hard to find as there weren't easy-to-read signs for the parking area. The parking lot, as well as valet parking, is to the back of the restaurant, and it is free if you dine at Moishes.
When you arrive on the second floor, you face their bar and coat check area. There is no bar area inside the dining room. You can probably order a drink while you wait for your table, but since we had a reservation, we didn't have to wait at all.
Moishes is a classic steakhouse, with waiter service, white tablecloth, etc. It really is fine dining, so I don't think babies or toddlers would be appreciated by other customers, though I did see young children with families. Anyway, I really loved the atmosphere! There are separate dining areas? rooms? for bigger tables as such, but for the most part, this is how the dining area looks like.
Our waiter served us a basket of warm bread, Kosher dill pickles, and coleslaw. The pickles and coleslaw were supposed to be eaten with the steak. I noticed that Montreal's L'Express also gave us pickles (cornichons) as well; perhaps this is part of French cuisine? Or is it Québecois culture?
To start off our dinner, I ordered the Alaskan King Crab Cake as an appetizer. I was sad that there was only one crab cake for the price of $21, but King crabs are very expensive, so I suppose that's why. I remember the crab cake being very delicious, and when eaten together with the given potato chips, it was a good duo. The crunchiness of the chip opposed the tender crab meat and so it was balanced out. The crab cake wasn't too overly salty, which was another good point. I recently had a Dungeness crab cake which was too salty so it really left me disappointed.
My hubby ordered the Filet Mignon, a cut of steak you can never go wrong with! Grilled to perfection, I desperately wanted to eat some, but as I wasn't allowed any raw meats, I could only watch my husband eat it...
The steak was served with Moishes' Special Monte Carlo Potato, which was really something unique. It's essentially a double baked potato, where the the insides are scooped out, mashed, put back in with other veggies, then baked again. With the given coleslaw and pickles, the steak and potato entrée really can't go wrong. Unless they cooked your steak wrong, then perhaps, you know, it may be possible.
As for me, since I couldn't have any raw meat, I decided to try Moishes' special chicken. I wasn't going to order a well-done steak, because in my book, steaks shouldn't be grilled well-done. Anyway, they called it the special chicken... so how special could it be?
Honestly, I called this the best chicken I've had in Montreal. In fact, my hubby liked this more than his steak! (He loves grilled chicken.) The sauce of the chicken was really something, and I was glad that I had ordered the chicken over the steak. I can't quite put my finger on the secret ingredients of the sauce...but I would sure like to know! The chicken was grilled really well, not too tough and it was just really good.
We skipped dessert, as we were pretty full by this point but we would love to come back for another meal! Not sure when we can...with our baby now, but perhaps for their late After 9 pm menu!
For us, service was okay. Polite, but not too friendly. Our tables were clean, and overall our experience was memorable.
I definitely recommend you try the Sunday Dinner or After 9 pm menu, but arrive early for the late night meal as it's very popular! Be prepared to wait if you arrive after 9pm.
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