If you live here in Montreal, my understanding is, that residential cooking over charcoal is banded.. Chez Doval is the place to go for that charcoal cooked flavor. To be fair, I need to explain that my wife and I were there with a party of 9.
I ordered the grilled squid as an appetizer and for diner the doral. My wife ordered chicken which was the favorite of others in our party.
The squid was nicely seasoned and, for squid, not too chewy.. The doral was cooked near to perfect and moderately seasoned. The chicken my wife had was tastee; dry, but had a very rich charcoal flavor.
The service we recieved was bad. Everyone at our table that I spoke to felt the same way. It wasn't that I felt we were invisible. No, just the opposite. It was like he had more important things to do. I'm going go even further as to say, it seemed that we were intentionally ignored. That's how bad it was.
If you live local and want to get away from the flavor of the gas grill, it's a place to go for food cooked decently over charcoal. I would go back only if it wasn't my choice to make.