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| - Maestro SVP is worth every penny and the proprietor, Ilene, runs the place like clockwork.
Come here for the oyster happy hour (12 beausoleil for $13) for sure, it is really a great deal. The happy hour is (according to the website) every day from 11am to 7pm and all night on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
I've never eaten their a-la-carte menu, but from what I hear the Maestro platters are to die for, particularly the cold one.
I reserved a New Year's Eve dinner at Maestro back in 2007. $80 a person back then got us a small but tasty appetizer and soup and three Malpeque oysters. The next creation to land on our table blew my mind.
It consisted (for each person) of a platter no shorter than two feet where, on a bed of ice, were resting a bowl of mussels, two enormous tiger shrimps, half a lobster, half a snow crab and a few side garnishes.
I am a good eater, as many of my friends will attest. I struggled to finish the plate despite it being heavenly. The cracking sounds from those crab legs shattering and the surgical removal of that tender flesh were satisfying beyond belief.
Even on a busy night Ilene will keep guests entertained and will strike up some conversation.
As for wine, trust your instinct and tastes. I dig the Orvieto Classico Melini. It used to be the cheapest wine on their list, now they've added some more. It's definitely good. My preference for it stems from my inherent Italian bias. But that is OK, since Italy is to good food what America is to capitalism.
Maestro is one of those restaurants that make Montreal so awesome.
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