I should preface this review with the fact that I am used to Toronto style service, and Montreal service is well... slow (and it's supposed to be).
Stopped in here on a very busy Friday evening. Beef tartare was above average, but often is - would be nice if they served it with a crostini. The octopus was amazing, a combination of the jerk/chimichurri and the fact it was cooked perfectly (seriously). I had the papardelle as my main. Tasty but a fairly small portion given it was pasta. They do make this fresh for you and you can see the chef pressing the pasta from your seat. The beef bavette/steak was also cooked perfectly leaving me with the impression that the kitchen knows what they're doing.
Everything else was... meh. Service was friendly but painfully slow (they later told us they were understaffed). The bartender was a fill-in so... no cocktails other than the classics, wine or beer. Our meal took us.. four hours. I'm pretty patient and didn't mind as much, but many of my companions were unhappy at that point. What I assume was the manager did come around and pour us a round of Jamesons... and yes, that made it better for me. Maybe I'm just easy.