There were only two places I wanted to eat at when I knew I was going to be in Montreal for a day: Garde-Manager and Laurier Gordon Ramsay and the winner was Laurier for two reasons.1. lunch was most convenient and the other place isn't open for lunch. 2. price is a little less.
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I've certainly watched a number of Gordon's shows and knew his reputation well so I had high expectations of the quality we would receive. To start with it is a nice place, simple, bright but not too bright, clean, all the good things you'd expect from a place you are about to eat. The hostess was nice enough, our server was friendly - she gave me a hard time about my french in good fun.
I really like the menu - one page and plenty of choices. I was leaning towards roasted chicken of some sort given that it is what it specializes in and was choosing between double leg offering or Roasted Chicken sandwich; however, I like to get opinions and while our server was only on day 2 or 3 of working there she quickly suggested the ribs. I'm a rib guy - heck anything I can use my hands to eat and not get strange looks makes me happy - so Smokey Ribs it was.
My server did not let me down. The ribs were excellent.Meat easily falling off the bone on touch, sauce with an excellent tang, home cut potato chips with a touch of seasoning - awesome! I also got a side of fries, which were also home cut and very good. My brother-in-law opted for the Chicken Pot Pie and was very pleased with his choice. It looked very good.
The only reason I didn't go 5 star on this is that our server disappeared for about 10 minutes immediately after we got our bills (would she really take a break after just dropping off a bill?). I will definitely look to go back there next time I'm in Montreal!