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| - When I was in LA, I've tried a creative gourmet vegan restaurant named Erven that blew my mind, so I was pretty bummed about coming back to Montreal. When I discovered an upscale vegetarian spot is opening in Montreal, I was beyond excited. We have a lot of decent vegetarian spots, but LOV is dubbed as the one with a creative twist.
Good: Conveniently located in the Old Port right by Square Victoria, this seems like the perfect spot for locals and tourists. The interior decor is beautiful, trendy, and totally Instagram worthy. I was excited just entering the restaurant. Lots of greenery, exposed white brick walls, and just simply gorgeous decor. As for the food, the best thing I've had here was the kale Mac & cheese. Even my boyfriend was surprise that 'it's not real cheese?'. Service was very good, the waiters were attentive and courteous.
Bad: they don't have an English menu, which was a bit surprising considering it's in such a touristy area. I understand some French, but still had to ask the waiter to explain some of the dishes. I really wanted to love this place, but I honest felt the food was mediocre and menu description sounds better than the actual meal (except that Kale Mac and cheese was 10/10). I've ordered the 'Hero', (note: the staff was accommodating when it came to my sesame allergies, big ups!) The dish came in a beautiful bowl, nice presentation, but tasted horribly bland. Few pieces of unseasoned steamed eggplants were buried in the middle. The napa cabbage was minimally flavoured and kind of soggy. The tempeh was okay. Very small portion, but that was fine because the Mac and cheese was very filling anyways. Basically, the Hero was more of a Zero.
My boyfriend ordered the Rave, which was celery root. Beautiful looking dish, however the only part that was good was the guacamole and pickled onions (I think). The grains were pretty flavourless so I didn't really enjoy it either. I think I did more of a Rant than a Rave.
We also had a brownie for dessert at the end, which was okay. The almonds were a bit over roasted and the brownie was really hard. *sigh*
The food taste like something from a culinary school, beautiful presentations, but the flavours and skills are not all there yet (except that kale Mac and Cheese).
Bottom line: I probably wouldn't go back by choice. If my girlfriends want to try it, I might give it a shot again just to order the kale Mac and cheese.
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