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| - When you're on vacation for just four days, you generally don't end up going to the same bar twice (especially when that bar is a $7 Uber ride from your hotel). That's not the case when it comes to Le Lab--this was the perfect spot for a night of cocktails that we were happy to visit twice during our short trip!
Our first time in was on a Sunday around 9 pm, and my friend and I were the only two people in the bar. The manager was friendly and gave us excellent drink suggestions, and every single one of the drinks was on point. I don't remember the names, but I had a peach cocktail that tasted extremely fresh, and my friend had a scotch-based cocktail that was hands down one of the beautiful drinks I have ever seen. We came back on our last night and were served by Tony, who has officially made my list of top 5 bartenders ever. We started the night off with a couple of drinks off the menu. I had the High Desert Princess, which was delicious. After drink #1, Tony told us he was done with menus and proceeded to make us unique drinks that were among some of the best I've ever had (high praise--I think I've been to dozens of cocktail bars in NYC, Paris, London, and Atlanta). Not only were they tasty, they were also visually stunning, adorned with all kinds of crazy things like port floats (yum) and pretty flowers. Highly recommend this spot to anyone in Montreal, even for just a day. Prices are pretty reasonable too...3 cocktails came to about $40 (including tip), much less than I've played elsewhere!
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