E Montreal
Maison Boulud

Maison Boulud

1228 Sherbrooke West Montréal, QC H3G1H6, H3G1H4, E Montreal, United States

Pizza • European • Vegetarian


"This was our 47th wedding anniversary. We told the waiter no raw shellfish or raw meat for my wife. Salmon course came after a 1/2 hour wait waiter announced to my wife: we cooked your salmon more well done. How presumptuous to cook it...more it had nothing to do with her stating her dietary restrictions. He said he would get it to us quickly but we waited another 20 minutes. The pace of the meal was ruined, as well as the dinner. I did not want to make a scene just nodded all OK but please do not make us wait going forward. That fell on deaf ears. The meal was paltry. Decoration of colors was more important than giving a decent portion of a creative dish. Salad of poorly dressed arugula and a few nut particles with burrata was all leaves cheese. A pasta filled with shrimp with lobster was very good. Foie gras mousse nicely done. Overcooked sockeye salmon. The of two forkfuls. I was told earlier there was a meat course so I ordered red wine. Guinea fowl came I looked forward to the meat course only to be told 2 desserts were coming. The red wine ordered was a waste. Desserts: more like intermezzo an icy thin slice followed by yet another icy sorbet concoction. Two icy desserts? No creative pastry or souffle? No meat? You would think for $179. you were getting Kobe beef creatively prepared. We consider ourselves foodies and have had a tasting menu all over the world, not to mention Per Se, The Inn at Little Washington , The French Laundry, Charlie Palmer's,etc."

Restaurant Toque!

Restaurant Toque!

900 Place Jean-Paul Riopelle Montréal, QC H2Z 2B2, H2Y3X4, E Montreal, United States

Pizza • French • European • Canadian


"I brought my husband to Toque for his birthday last night, and what was once our favourite place (pre-Covid as it has just reopened) was such a disappointment. We went with the 7 course degustation menu which is what we have always done. We paired...it with the premium wines. The issue(s) is that they seemingly decided to get rid of less desirable dishes for our courses ...the starter amuse bouche was fine but it was followed by flounder, trout (which was sent back) and foie gras that was so dry and pasty we had to wash it down with large glasses of water. We were then served duck which was so unflavourful and unappetizing that neither of us finished it. This was the 5th dish in a row that was sent back unfinished (which is saying something as the dishes are tiny to begin with). The dishes were paired with wine that just didn't make sense (example: a glass of PORT with the foie gras). It was shocking. The portions of the wine were so minute (at $345 per person for the premium wine you'd think they would offer more), however, they were so unenjoyable that we had a hard time getting them down to begin with. Frustrated, we left before the last two courses were served, which is a shame considering how expensive it was, but honestly we were so frustrated by the lapse in quality and accurate wine pairing that we just wanted it to end. In the end we were given a discount on our bill of 50% off the food, yet the bill (without the tip) was still $977.00! We will not return to this once-favourite place of ours ...not a great feeling to spend $1000 tip and get home hungry."