Samantha Anglin McNamee
+5
This place is absolutely amazing. We got the beef shoulder and the mac and cheese with ham. Both are to die for. The service was impeccable and I'd recommend this place to anyone. Thank you to the staff for a memorable evening. Cheers!
Delicious, high quality food with lots of flavour and made with love. Sylvia, the enthusiastic and friendly owner, treated us like guests in her home or family, being really accommodating with several food restrictions and making sure my girlfriend was able to enjoy a meal without worry. Speaking of family, that is sort of a core to the restaurant, as the owner has a few members of the family that work with her, and there are three women who are sisters who work there too. The creamy onion soup I started with had a good amount of spice, thanks to the addition of a house hot sauce, a specialty of her brother. The bread with it is made in-house daily by her mother. My main was the fois gras with ginger bread and duck magret. Savoury, sweet, salty all at once with a variety of subtle flavours from the bread and clementine marmalade. I tried some of the sous-vide beef and it was tender, seared on the outside and incredible with the red wine sauce. I will have to go back for the calamari with risotto and chorizo which is accompanied by pumpernickel bread (also made there, of course) which I also got a taste of. Oh, and the decadent sounding mac and cheese, as well as the pork belly--their signature dishes. The 'cheesecake' in a glass dessert I had to finish was also quite nice. It seems most on the menu are fairly rich foods that would likely go extremely well with wine pairings, but unfortunately I am allergic to alcohol! Oh, also I will note that as of the time of this review, there is a huge and beautiful painting of and in honour of David Bowie (painted by Sylvia's sister Rachel) on the wall; at least until someone buys it. So anyway, Robin Square: a convivial experience, and in the top ten of TripAdvisor restaurants for Montreal for a reason.
My favorite spot in Montreal is Le Robin Square. Using their surname for the restaurant name, the the Robins make wonderful food and are incredibly warm and welcoming. I have tried the sous vide beef, the pork belly and the mac & cheese. All of them are worth recommending and arguably worth going out of your way to track down. Their website shows that they have completed a move that they were planning the last time i visited (November 2017). I look forward to checking out their new digs and confirming that the space to spread their wings has made them even better.
The menu works to be particularly Quebecois from the beer selection to the desert offerings, featuring lots of local ingredients all used to highlight their best qualities. They have a local dessert made of white cake and maple syrup that does not sound appealing but is super tasty.
Take your time and try everything you can because it is all worth it.
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