Eat. Here.
Eat too much here.
Eat and drink everything including the salad bar here.
I was introduced to this restaurant one blizzardy night almost 5 years ago as me and my friends sought refuge from the cold after a night of skating in old port.
It was the best winter discovery of my life.
Starting with the buns and "ohmygodthisissogood" homemade garlic butter (and yes you can ask for more but you will feel ashamed in your happiness), this restaurant really offers everything a pasta lover needs. The free salad bar is always stocked and always fresh. Their house vinaigrette is tangy and delicious and I put it on everything I pick from the salad bar, even if it's just the potato salad.
I have tried nearly everything on their menu but I HIGHLY recommend the "place des armes" spaghetti with 2 HUGE succulent meatballs. Their meat pasta sauce is the perfect balance of tangy and sweet and the pasta is ALWAYS cooked to perfection. I'm an al-dente fanatic and l'Usine de Spaghetti delivers it perfectly every time.
I have recommended this restaurant to every single person I meet who is in Montreal for the first time and every person that has eaten there has told me it was a great recommendation. The most recent people to hear me stand on a soap box and rave about this restaurant were a couple from Newfoundland I happened to overhear on a terrace (I'm originally from the East Coast) and after I had finished my -by now- very polished spiel, my boyfriend and I decided to eat there that night! And who should we see in the line up while we were leaving but the couple!
I told them I would hope they enjoy their meal, but I knew they would so I just told them to get the special of the day braised beef ravioli instead.
Besides the incredible pasta they also have a kick ass white sangria. I highly recommend and guarantee you'll become as much of an addict of this place as I am. Just can't beat dat garlic buttah!
Quality for a great price and definitely not a tourist trap, L'Usine de Spaghetti is sure to become your cozy refuge from anything in life like it was that winter day for me.