Bâton Rouge Steakhouse & Bar

Food nothing to write home about, but not too bad either. I had a veggie sandwich which came packed with grilled veggies on bland, soggy white bread and fries, which were very tasty. My friend got the ribs and liked them a lot. As soon as he let me try his baked potato I wished I had ordered that as my side: it was the best thing on the menu! I am not in a rush to go back, as for the quality I think it was a little pricey. The ambience was pleasant enough, though, and the food passable.

Bâton Rouge is normally a restaurant I like to go (the one downtown Montréal, in the Complexe Desjardins, is one of my favorite of the branch). But this one left me… dissatisfied.
The service was slow! Like… suuuppeeerrr slow. And yes, they may have a menu for the kids, but because of slowness of the service, your patience will grow thin while you try to calm down toddlers and preschoolers in their chairs. The food was an average «OK», nothing to drool on… except the special lobster poutine they had: that one was pretty good! The cucumber mojito tasted more like water than a mojito, unfortunately.
Overall, the rest was pretty average for our experience at this branch.

Mon mari a voulu m’inviter dans ce restaurant lorsque nous avons appris ma seconde grossesse… nous etions accompagné de notre petit garçon de 3 ans.
Le service était horrible ! Pas un bonjour ni un sourire même quand notre petit bonhomme était poli et a gentiment dit bonjour a notre serveuse… qui elle né s’ est pas presenter.
Il y avait 4 choix indisponibles…
J’ai pris du poulet, très bon.
Mon mari a pris du boeuf, la cuisson était pas la bonne… a 2 reprises !
Bref pas
cher pour ce que nous avons pris…
Je n’y retournerai pas

Great service and staff but not impressed with the food. Compared to the other locations the ribs don’t taste like much and the fries were soggy. Three of us ordered the Lobster risotto… it was reminicent of Uncle Bens instant rice with watery sauce and practically no taste. My advise to the «chef», look up the definition of risotto on Wikipedia.

Seen one seen them all. Big chain food, all frozen and defrosted on site. Bad service. And an owner who walks around like he’s king tut, waiting for his shift to be done so he can go back to Chomedey.

5 janvier 2013
Un retour de vacances avec un besoin viscéral de manger des bonnes côtes-​levées, rien de fancy, … direction: Bâton Rouge sur Taschereau. On sait à quoi s’attendre. Je me pointe vers 20h10. Le service se fait très bien, tout le monde est de bonne humeur. Pour un samedi soir, c’est parfait, c’est ce qu’on veut voir.
Je débute avec un excellent PinaColada, pas trop fort sur le rum Captain Morgan, mais bien crémeux en noix de coco et arôme d’ananas, tamisé d’une infinité de petits cristaux de glacé, la parfaite mixture, ahhhh le bonheur. Encore mieux, l’un de mes anciens étudiants me l’apporte ! Quelle surprise ! La soirée commence bien :-)
Je commande un combo côtes-​levées et lanières de poulet. Ohhhhhhh ! Mais quel délice ces petites lanières !!! Les côtes parfaites comme à l’habitude :-) Mais la panure de ces lanières est vraiment incroyable. C’est à la limite de la tempura sans surcroustillance, très léger en bouche mais bien croquant sous la dent. Oh, j’ai presque le goût d’en redemander. Une montagne de frites super minces et parfaitement croustillantes accompagnent le plat.
Comme dessert, je me laisse tenter par la mousse au chocolat en pensant que ce sera un petit bol de mousse délicate et chocolatée. Le verre de 12 onces arrive devant moi ! Aïe Aïe Aïe ! C’est entre le Jell-​O pudding et la crème fouettée au chocolat. La mousse est décorée de copeaux de chocolat blanc mouillée d’un filet de confiture à la framboise et de sirop Hershey. Je vous mets au défi de terminer complètement le contenu du verre ! Un tout petit Espresso vient couronner le tout.
January 5^th 2013
Back from the holidays with a need for pork ribs, nothing fancy… head for: Bâton Rouge on Taschereau. You know what you’re gonna get. I’m in, 20h10. Excellent service, fast and curtious, happy faces everywhere, nice saturday in mind. I start with a cool PinaColada, not too «rummy» on Captain Morgan, super creamy on coco and pineapple and cooled by an infinite number of small ice crystals. HEAVEN !. Even better, one of my former students is bringing me the drink :-)
I order a rib and chicken fingers combo. Ohhhhhh ! Those chicken fingers are out of this world !!! The ribs are perfect as always :-) But the fingers are slightly coated with an almost tempura-​like batter, not over fried, light in the mouth but still crunchy. Oh, I almost need to ask for more. A mountain of fries come with my order, super thin and still crunchy outside and tender inside.
For dessert, I let myself go for a chocolate mousse. The 12 oz glass comes on the table ! Aïe Aïe Aïe ! It’s between Jell-​O pudding and whipped chocolate cream. It is decorated with white chocolate pieces, strawberry jelly and Hershey chocolat. I dare you to finish the whole thing ! A simple Espresso tops the meal.