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| - I was so excited to try out this place with my girlfriends upon our friends recommendation. Apparently, it was the new "it" place to go enjoy a nice dinner in montreal nowadays.
Our experience was very disappointing for the following reasons. Before I list what went wrong, let me just say that the place is GORGEOUS, SPACIOUS (except for the restrooms) and surprisingly, somewhat "kids-friendly" for "fine dining".
What went wrong:
1) SERVICE - friendly staff, BUT lack of attention to detail: our waiter was not very present, when he was present, it felt rushed. The other staff member that presented our dishes pointed fingers too closely to our food, almost touching it. Overall, service could have been better. Missing the finesse that a place like that calls for.
2) CULINARY EXPERIENCE - We ordered the tasting menu and a mousse de volaille + foie gras to share. The mousse was delicious!!! Super smooth and delicious. Note - this was extra and was not part of the tasting menu. The tasting menu was disappointing. We thought that it was over seasoned - a tad too salty - and personally, there was too many herbs thrown in each dish for me - lacking the balance and finesse I was expecting from a place with this tenure [ex Toqué chef]. DESSERT - with the tasting menu, we were offered 3 desserts - 3 different variation of sorbet/ice cream. Although it was good (not great), we felt like there was a lack of effort, since it would have been nice to get at least one pastry or something different.
3) THE DETAILS (or lack thereof) - There was a dead mosquito in our water glass. (not cool!) AND there was some weird yellow residue in our wine glass ....
4) THE RESTROOMS - There was a LONG line in the restrooms... because there are only 2 single toilets for the whole restaurant (huge restaurant)! And the restrooms are somewhat mismatched with the rest of the decor - because it was very "simple", a bit dirty and missing the "wow" factor to be consistent with the rest of the restaurant.
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