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| - It's hard to find a good restaurant in Montreal that can accommodate a large group dinner (almost 20 people). I was glad to have found Laloux for our event. Communication beforehand was ok as I did have to ask several times to get the menu sent over. For groups, they offered either 3 or 4 course dinners.
The restaurant is divided into 2 sections, we were in the half where they're trying to turn more into a bar/lounge. But that hasn't seem to have taken off yet and people were just here for dinner. We had the back area of the restaurant with a large rectangular table. Anytime there's so many people together, things get loud. 1 table nearby asked to be moved, others further away dealt with us. I do feel bad for other diners, so I wish they had a more separated area for functions like this.
The amouse bouche was actually amazing. It was a veal tataki with a small dollop of sauce that I can't remember on top. It was surprisingly light for meat and tasted almost more like tuna. It was also served on top of big cow bones which looks quite neat.
For starter, we had a choice of a tomato salad or corn soup. The salad was good but nothing too exciting. The corn soup was pretty tasty. This doesn't usually happen in French restaurants, but the soup was also a lot in volume. I had to leave half of it so I can have space for the rest of the meal.
For entree, we had a braised short rib or cod. The short rib was very tender and flavorful, probably the best thing out of the whole meal. The fish could have been cooked just a tad less. The veggies and mushrooms that accompanied it was fine but the dish was slightly bland overall.
There was some chocolate thing for dessert that was ok but didn't stand out at all. Everyone was pretty full by then so I think most people didn't finish their dessert anyways.
So overall, I think our dinner was ok. The food wasn't spectacular as I had hoped, but I think that probably comes with the territory of large group dinners. Seeing all the glowing reviews, I would definitely come back to try the regular menu.
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