My dear girlfriend and I both agreed to try out Chez le Portugais while searching for an eatery spot on St-Laurent.
The place: Rather small, cosy, well located and has a traditional look to it.
The food: The actual menu consists of low quality black and white paper pages stapled together. Beat that fancy restaurants! So we both had grilled chicken with potatoes. Very disappointing. Chicken was overly cooked and dry. Potatoes were average at best. Bread was also dry and brought to us too late. Pretty overpriced for very average food! The wine was ok though.
The service: Despite the restaurant being rather unoccupied, we had to wait for our water, menus, food and another good 20 minutes for the bill. The waiter was unfriendly, didn't seem very pleased to explain to us the menu and he smelled. Ouch!
Needless to say, there are so many great Portuguese restaurants in Montreal, that we will not go back here.