. "2016-05-29T00:00:00"^^ . . "2"^^ . . "6"^^ . "5"^^ . "Let me start off by saying that my husband and I have high standards when it comes to food. We live in NYC, and I was raised by French parents. I have a sensitive palette :) So on our first night visiting Montr\u00E9al, we naturally decided to have dinner at Bouillon Bilk-a very highly rated restaurant close to our hotel. Unsurprisingly, the place was full and we were told that without a reservation the wait could be an hour. Fortunately, the host suggested we check out their sister restaurant, aptly named Cadet (which means second child in the family for my non-francophone readers). We shrugged and figured why not? So we walked the one block to Cadet- and WOW. One of the best restaurant experiences I've ever had.\n\n Our waiter, Arnaud, was very friendly, efficient, and answered all of our questions. He even gave us several suggestions re events going on in Montreal to check out- which is more than I can say for our hotel's front desk. The food was excellent -they pair ingedients that you wouldnt normally see together but all the dishes work- for example strawberry with pepper, fluke tartar with soybeans, terrine with pistachios... The beef tartar was my favorite dish, and the marinated beef was so light and tender. The raw oysters came with 3 separate sauce jars- strawberry, lemon and spicy. Each dish was presented and explained in detail when it came to our table--5 star service but with a comfortable, not stuffy atmosphere. Prices are also very reasonable. I was shocked to find out theyd only been open for 3 days- normally at this nacent stage even the best restaurants are still trying to figure themselves out and dont really have their sh*t together. I even spoke with Elise, the manager who was friendly and very open to feedback. My one critique is that the host of Bouillon Bilk had no information about Cadet other than this location and we informed Elise of this. Ive always wanted to write a Yelp review but aleays procrastinated. When I saw that Cadet had no reviews yet, I figured this would be a great way to break my Yelp cherry."^^ . "1"^^ .