The hubby and I went to eat and have drinks at the bar area. We ordered from the dinner and the bar menu. I ordered the lamb for dinner and smoked duck / melon appetizer... WOW! The food was amazing !!! If I were home I would have definitely eaten the meat from the bone lol. The staff was absolutely exemplary of what a high end restaurant should strive for. They were engaging, friendly, helpful, knowledgeable and attentive. Unfortunately this is our last night in Canada but we definitely ended it well at Renoir! The drinks were PERFECT! You definitely get what you pay for here... I ordered chicken strips for my kids and one didn't eat them because he said they had no taste. The other ate just half of the portion (which was generous). Just to preface, my kids have eaten chicken strips from mom and pop places to high end steak houses / restaurants so they kind of know their chicken strips lol. For that, I may take a half star off, but honestly this is not a place for young kids anyway so that's why I'm keeping it 5 stars for the adults. My picky husband had a burger and he said it was really good which for him, is saying a lot.
The atmosphere : it was a very relaxed atmosphere with varied age groups, dress code was cocktail casual but we were casual as we just hopped down from our room in the Sofitel. We sat in really comfy lounge chairs by the bar. The restaurant itself wasn't very crowded, but the area by the bar remained packed. You can order from the bar menu or the restaurant menu in that area so it was perfect... when we come back to Montreal I would definitely visit again.