I was at XO Le to celebrate Christmas/anniversary with girlfriend.
I had high hopes with the prefix menu but I was severely disappointed.
The bread served was cold and hard. Here's a tip, two minutes in an oven at 350 will bring stale rolls back to life.
Your kitchen needs to work on decoration and meal prep. Dishes were poor. The food was cold. Meat venison meatballs were dry. Venison is a a lean meat therefore it needs more fat.
The cranberry splatter looked like a murder scene. The smear of chocolate on the Christmas log was not appetizing. It looked like something that came out of my dog. The turkey breast was under seasoned and dry. The duck confit came out cold. I understand it is a prefix menu and items are prepped beforehand however, don't leave food standing so it becomes cold. There should be a limit to how much prep work you do before serving. It tasted as it it was fully assembled and sitting under a heating light prior to being served.
The meal ended with a fern decorated with chocolate. I'm not sure who thought of this, but it is quite juvenile. Please put some more thought in your menu or give your employees a break and take off for the holiday.
$95 dollars for a prefix menu was a total rip off. Could of went to Chinatown and had a meal for a fraction of the cost but twice as appetizing. Management needs to put more thought in the design an execution of your holiday menu. Overall this was the worst meal I had during my weekend in Montreal.