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  • Firstly, Robin des bois is a great concept. All profits go to local charities and most of the waitstaff and kitchen staff are volunteers. My mom came into town the other night and we were looking for a good place to go for dinner. Happened to be in the area, and we decided to try out RDB to see how good the new chef is. Both of us were blown away. The atmosphere in the restaurant is what it's always been, cute, a little eclectic, reminds you a little of the former Cafe Esperanza on St Laurent (now, cafe Caigibi). Despite being volunteers, the service from these waiters was better than a good amount of service I've experienced from paid employees in restaurants lately. Enough about atmosphere and service though; the food! We both started with their green house salad and it bode very well for the rest of the meal. Fresh baby arugula, chopped and roasted hazelnuts, parmesan shavings and a perfectly balanced vinaigrette. Now I know, salad is salad, but getting that balance just right is tough and this place does it very well. We also had their black olive polenta fries. These were delicious too, little crispy sticks of polenta with bits of black olive served with a rosemary mayo for dipping. And then our mains arrived; my mother had their gnocchi with buttnernut squash puree (homemade, boiled then gently pan fried for a little bit of crispyness) while I had the "pieuvre confite". My mother (who is notoriously difficult in restaurants) loved her meal. The gnocchi were little clouds of heaven served atop a nice, bright squash puree which was perfectly seasoned. What blew my mind though was the octopus. True to its name, the pieces of octopus were slow-cooked in fat for a few hours and served with a tortilla española and a homemade roasted tomato salsa. The octopus had the texture of lobster. I ve never had anything quite like it. The fattyness was balanced out by the bright acidity of the tomato salsa and the spanish omlette rounded everything out quite well. Finally for dessert we split a cognac-espresso panna cotta with speculoos crumbs. It was the perfect end to an amazing meal. Even more incredible was the price. Usually for food this good, I d be willing to pay $100 pp and up. At $20-30 per person (before drinks) RDB is some of the greatest bang for your buck in Montreal dining.
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