Consistency is one of the most difficult things to maintain and L'avenue definitely have some trouble doing that.
Came in with my friends for brunch. We each ordered a variant of the infamous eggs benedicts. We tried the duck confit, crab cake, and salmon versions. The salmon was just ok, while the duck confit was tasteless and dry. The crab cake was the best, or it just seemed that way because it was just better than the other two benedicts.
Usually I don't comment about appetizers that I didn't order, but the fruit plate was not good. The pineapple and melons were unripe and tasted extremely sour.
I also understand this is a popular and busy place, but it doesn't justify subpar service. Our server was extremely slow and somewhat disengaged. During the middle of our ordering process , she went to help another table and then returned without apologizing. Okay, and then she asked us to repeat our entire order again since she forgot to write it down the first time.
We had such high expectations of brunching at this Montreal icon, but from our experience, we are reluctant to ever come back.