Restaurant Le Violon

“Absolutely fabulous place. We had beef tartare, white asparagus, pork, ravioli, and for dessert we had marenque and citrus tart. Tried 2 different white wines and 2 different res wines. Excellent recommendations by the staff. Dong Ding tea was delicious, reminded me of oolong tea. High quality service and sooo comfortable ambiance and energy. Just fabulous!”

“Amazing food and service! Allie and McKenzie were great! Super attentive and knowledgeable! The food was the most homey, approachable food for a fine dining experience! Beautiful surprise was the Guinea fowl - lots of umami and great portion! Favourite dish: white asparagus, Rimouski crab and hollandaise - pay extra for the crab, u won’t regret it! Very approachable wine list!”

“This was one of the best eating experiences we have had, ever, and we’ve been to some amazing restaurants like French Laundry, Alinea, Mon Lapin (just recently!), Septime, Parcelles, etc. The food was incredible, the service was excellent (thank you Gabriel and host!) and a lively yet not overly loud environment. We opted for the tasting menu and each dish was just sooooo delicious. The flavours were amazing. To me, the mark of over-the-top delicious food is when I am served a product that I typically do not enjoy. I do not like to eat anchovies and yet their stracciatella with white anchovies was just heavenly. I do not like to eat tartares and yet their beef tartare was delicious and delightful. Even their salad of fennel, radicchio, and greens was dressed to perfection. We came to Montreal to celebrate my birthday and Le Violon was definitely the highlight of our trip! Thanks for a great experience!!!”

“Came here last night for a last minute meal. I saw they got recommended in Air Canada best new restaurants for 2025. I order a couple dishes and a seltzers for my meal. Raw Beef app was great. I thought there would be more green sauce but it was tasty. The gnocchi was phenomenal. I wanted to lick my plate. My serve gave me a little great to help finish the sauce it came in. My order was a half order as I was solo. It's a huge portion of you get the full plate. The ginger seltzer was nice addition to the meal. I didn't get a dessert but it looked interesting.”

“So we were excited to try this place because it got 8th on the list of Canada's top 100 restaurants. So we were expecting the meal to be great. We've done many tasting menus and so we thought that would be the best way to experience but the chef has to offer. The first dishes were a bread dish with butter and lobster with asparagus and a bechamel sauce. They were good but nothing special. The pate and the fish with harissa sauce were both not that great. The pate for some reason was paired with radish so you had a very very silky smooth Pate which was delicious, but the radish would add a watery texture to it. Not very appealing. Then we got the mains. The salad was fresh with a light dressing. Once again, nothing super special here. And the pork was mixed with a bechamel and a jus. That was good , and finally the fish which didn't really stand out either. For a restaurant getting the top 100 , you would expect something that would stand out and be different. The deserts though were outstanding , that pastry / desert chef deserves an award by herself 🤣. Those were epic. Also our server was amazing and great as well. Overall though not a place I'd recommend to spend $450. Def had better experiences at that price point.”