Excellent service and delicious food! I've been wanting to come visit this place for years but kept missing the reservation openings. Finally this year it worked out. The items on the menu were a bit more adventurous than I'm used to... (With brains and sweetbreads on the menu) but our dishes were very good. The duck was cooked perfectly and the truffle veal was amazing! The morels were delicious but such a small dish for the price! Dessert was perfect. Not too sweet nor too heavy!
My expectations for this restaurant were quite high and overall I think it was a great experience. What stood out to me were the oysters and the pate. The oysters were incredibly fresh and only lasted a minute or so on our table. The pate was also great but I wish the consistency was a bit more spreadable. I also want to mention the bread that came as a side for the tartare and pate… it was phenomenal.
I do have to mention that the flavours for the lobster pasta were very unique. It tasted like a coconut cream sauce with a very unique spice that I wasn’t able to distinguish. Definitely give it a try if you’re feeling spontaneous. Would I order that dish again? Probably not.
Lastly, the service. I didn’t catch her name but our server was incredibly witty and had a great sense of humour.
Honestly it was one of if not the best meal I've ever had in my life. Service was exceptional, and our server was very helpful in choosing which dishes to get, as well as an appropriate wine pairing.
The food was phenomenal. Every dish had a perfectly balanced flavour profile, and was flawlessly executed.
I cannot hype this place up enough. Seriously, do yourself a favor and go. You will not be disappointed.
From start to end this meal was spectacular. Great service and timely even with a full restaurant. Great decor and ambience. But the food was next level. Four of us let the waiter choose our meal. With 3 bottles of wine we split the bill four ways at about 170$ each. If you’re looking to splurge and treat yourself, this is the place to go in Montreal.
I finally had a chance to check this place out after hearing so much good things about it. Let me just say, it was worth the hype!
The veal “old TV” style was very unique, perfectly cooked medium rare, and the sauce was delicious! This place is definitely a bit more on the expensive side, but you do get what you pay for. Great food, great service, great drinks as well! I would definitely come back in the future for another meal, so much more on the menu to try.
I think Joe Beef has become one of those places where the name value exceeds the actual quality and taste of the food. Even with that in mind, this place makes good food. Is the food wait-for-months-for-a-reservation good? I don’t know, you could always go to Liverpool House next door.
Good but not spectacular.
We were lucky enought to get reservations here on our visit to Montreal. Unfortunately it was a heat wave and we were seated outside in 33+degree weather. It did not seem much cooler inside with just a few fans blowing.This places is charming and old and doesn't seem to have air conditioning.
Service was good. Food was good. Big portions and better to go with more people so that you can share. Lobster Spaghetti was over hyped.
But very expensive. Good for a one time experience but doubtful I will return again.
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I dined by myself at the bar and had a lovely experience. The bartender, Mike was very knowledgeable about the menu and although he was quite busy making drinks at the same time, he made sure that I always had fresh plates, silverware and wine with each course.
I had the spot prawns and scallops (specials), a couple oysters, the bone marrow terrine custard and the bone-in veal chop with a side of asparagus. I noticed that most dishes include heavy cream sauces, and because that preparation tends to be too rich for me, I asked for them to be served on the side. I didn’t realize that the prawns would be covered so heavily with pesto, otherwise that would have been better on the side as well as the prawns were lost in it. The custard and veal chop were standouts. The evening wasn’t inexpensive, but worth it - with the exception of $22 for five asparagus spears and cream sauce, which I thought was extreme.
Overall, I had a wonderful time, delicious meal and will visit again when I return to Montréal.
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