We came to Branzino for our friend's 35th birthday. We were pleasantly surprised with what we got. The decor is intimate and romantic yet casual-chic. Does it make any sense? We were a group of 30 and had a table d'hôte menu that offered us a few choices of entrées, main and dessert for 35$/pers. The wine list is quite funny as they categorize it by "moods" like adventurous, romantic, relax... lol. The prices were really good. We got the Francis Coppola Merlot 2015 for 53$. It cost 23,60$ at the SAQ. Our food came out really good except my entrée. Hubby and I got:
- Smoked salmon and poches egg with asparagus (this is the one i didn't like. The egg wasn't good...)
- Mushroom "tart". It was more like mushrooms on a puff pastry band. We enjoyed that.
- Filet mignon (main)
- Magret de canard (main)
Both protein dishes were cooked to perfection and had a celery root/mashed potato purée and broiled veggies. Bravo to the kitchen team that managed to give out well executed food to 30 hungry humans! Service was very good! Nothing bad to say about it. The only"funny" thing is the billing. We were charged for the tips (gratuity) which is common for groups. But here's where it gets weird. Our friend that was by himself got 10% charge on his bill. Hubby and I got 20%!?! It doesn't make sense. Shouldn't it be the same for everyone regardless of how many people is on that particular bill? The waitress couldn't really answer that for us :(
All in all, it was a fun night at a hotel's restaurant!