Tonight we made the rookie mistake of going out into Old Montreal looking for dinner without making a reservation first. Luckily, Bocata had a few seats at the bar and were able to serve us anyway.
We started out with some drinks and if I were to split up my rating, I would definitely give the bartender and the drink 5-stars. I ordered the bloody goblin which was absolutely outstanding. I typically don't like sweet drinks too much but this drink had the perfect level of sweetness with an herbal aroma to compliment it well.
For an appetizer I had the duck salad which was also outstanding and deserving of five stars. For the main dish, we all ordered the veal which was tasty but not at all deserving of the price tag it came with. The meat was pretty tough and not really anything to write home about. I would give the veal two and a half to three stars. I should not have ordered dessert because I already ate way too much but I did anyway and had a rich chocolate lava cake with homemade raspberry vanilla ice cream. The ice cream was pretty delicious but the lava cake was okay. I probably would have enjoyed it all a lot more if I wasn't already stuffed.
Overall, I was happy with this place and I would be happy to return here. I'm happy to add this to my list of nice Montreal restaurants that are within walking distance of my hotel.