rev:text
| - FOOD IS FIVE STARS! Come for the food and consider the wine a bonus; let's hope they improve the service.
In detail:
I was incredibly disappointed in the food and drink scene in Montreal, which seems to be trying to be a foodie town and charging ridiculous prices for it. I come from the San Francisco Bay Area, where Michelin-starred restaurants are QUITE a bit more affordable, and our sales tax is only 10% and not 15%...for such expensive excursions I wanted to be in culinary wet panties land. So so SO didn't happen here (and I flat-out refuse to pay more than $27 for an entree--I eat only fish + vegetarian).
Accords WAS AMAZING. VERY farm-to-table oriented with a creative menu that rotates with the seasons and farms. Everything well presented. Had I been in Montreal one more day or week I'd have returned at least once to experience more of its offerings (LOTS of delicious seafood options, as well as veg too) and get some quality.
The ambiance is lovely--woody, subterranean, atmospheric, very quiet on the night I went. Would be nice to avoid the rowdy and touristy bar crowds.
My one complaint is the service. Normally I would actually knock off a star for this but I wanted to keep the 5-star rating to praise the food. It was almost empty when I went, and three different servers could have helped me get water/acknowledgment/order taking sooner, but it took foreeeeever, especially due to how empty the place was. I was parched and should not have waited for water AND a menu AND getting my order taken when people who arrived after me were attended to sooner.
I was very insulted by that, and if I come back and it happens again the rating will be adjusted. But OH the wonderful FOOD! And nice wine selection too.
|