We got dinner at this place at about 9:30pm on a sat. night. If u dont wanna read the whole thing, here's the short version:
The good: the interior design and the cocktails.
The bad: overpriced agreeable main dishes
The ugly: rude service with big attitude
We ordered the salmon and a poutine to share and got a drink each. The cocktails were the highlight of the night: the espresso martini and the Moscow moose were quite enjoyable. The salmon was simple and nice. But at above 30$ we found it quite overpriced for the simple preparation and presentation. The poutine gravy was kinda thin and bland and the potatoes were most definitely not freshly made. The most disappointing part of the meal was the dessert though. We saw a photo of their chocolate mousse on yelp and ordered that. In about 30 seconds our server came back with something that didn't look like the yelp photo. I took a photo of our dessert b/c i actually found it hard to believe that they would serve such an unimaginative chocolate mousse in Montreal. There's at least one excellent bakery in every neighborhood where you can buy mouthwatering chocolate mousse for less than $5. And we payed $8 for what's seen in the attached photo. When asked how we liked everything, we told her that the dessert was not as interesting as we expected and mentioned that it didn't look like the yelp photo. She said what we had was one of their most popular desserts and that the yelp photo was smores and whoever uploaded it had no idea what they'd had! I then asked her how come the "smore" in the photo had no crackers or marshmallows. She said what looked like whipped cream in the photo was actually a marshmallow and went on to explain what smores are! and how they are done in Quebec...
I think this place is totally overrated on yelp. I appreciate the nice interior design, but the rest is absolutely an underwhelming representation of Montreal's french restaurants - more of a tourist trap really. If you're looking for a french restaurant, do yourself a favor, skip this place and get dinner at l'express or robin square instead; the food is much better, the atmosphere is more authentic, the service is excellent and you'll actually have a good time.