Le Filet

We went there for our Valentine’s supper and had very high expectations for the place, being big fans of Le Serpent which is part of the same group. Overall, we had a nice meal, but nothing out of the world. The service was ok I guess but didn’t feel personalized. When you ask the waiter «what do you recommend between this and that?», you are expecting to received some kind of description of the dishes which are supposed to make you drool, but instead we got «both are good» or «both are very different». For the calibre of the restaurant, lets expect a little bit more :)
We started off with the «sashimi de cardeau», the tuna tartare and the beef wagyu. Both dishes were very tasty! We went on with the halibut and the risotto, and finished off with the chocolate mousse. Overall, everything was tasty but too seasoned/​salty to my taste. My favourite was the sashimi and the Dessert. We got one glass of wine each, and our bill was 160 $ before taxes.

We ate here to celebrate the life of my husband’s grandmother after her memorial service. The food and service did her proud. Loved the miso gratin oysters, and my husband put his steak in his top five restaurant meals. Didn’t love the salmon, it had a lot of contrasting flavors (grapefruit, olives) that just didn’t come together. We dined near the end of the evening and our waiter discreetly topped up my glass to finish up the bottle of wine. Dessert was amazing, the tarte au sucre was a polished version of the Quebec classic, and we could have eaten an entire box of their perfectly poached pears.

Je suis allé un vendredi avec ma fille. C’était excellent!!! Le service est impeccable! Les poissons sont frais et préparés à la perfection! On m’a suggéré un vin de la Loire pour accompagner ses 5 différents plats que nous avions choisis et c’était vraiment une très bonne suggestion. Le risotto est vraiment une coche par dessus le reste, à essayer!

Easily the best meal I had in Montréal over the course of 5 days — and honestly one of the best meals I’ve ever had! We went a little crazy with the ordering but each bite was better than the last so I was glad we order so much between the 3 of us. I copied and pasted from their menu below b/​c I wouldn’t be able to do it justice by myself (sorry!):
Smoked mackerel rillettes, lemon oil, toast
Tuna tartare, egg confit, nori tempura
Fried zucchini flowers, olive confit, tomato concassé
Grilled octopus, Israeli couscous, Meyer lemon coulis
Seared scallops, squash ravioli, parmesan
Home made linguini, bottarga, chili, clams, shiso
Scampi risotto, shiitake, shellfish jus, mascarpone
Cavatelli, foie gras, veal cheek
I don’t remember what order they served us in but I think it was basically the lightest dish (seafood dishes) to the «heaviest» (pastas). Think there were also a couple of other dishes we ordered that are no longer on the menu (seasonal?).
Service was wonderful though they had to put up with a few wild and loud American gals. :) I can’t wait to jet back up to Montréal to eat that well again!

I really hate leaving negative reviews for two reasons, one it’s just not fun to do and two, it means I had a lousy meal and/​or a lousy experience. In this case a lousy meal and kind of a lousy experience. This place is WAY over rated, very expensive for what you get and nothing we ate was at all memorable. Concept is small plates designed to be shared, the problem was that there was barely enough for one, much less two. According to our server, you were supposed to order things in sequence and she literally turned her nose up at us and rolled her eyes because we wanted to order in a different sequence, but we obeyed her rules and ordered as she said. Nothing we ordered had any real flavor, everything was very bland and did I mention small. I was hoping for a great meal based upon the reviews, but paid our $ 200.00 bill and left feeling empty and severely disappointed. The place was trendy, quite busy and terribly noisy. Really not sure what the fuss is all about. I expected to be wowed but instead was quite unhappy with my first meal in Montréal.

I’ve been to many restaurants, but I have to say this restaurant had one of the best Black Cod dish I have ever tried for this price range. I’m not sure if this will always be on their menu, but if it is, then I highly recommend it. Staff there are extremely friendly. They made you feel welcome the moment you step in to the place. The next statement is not a negative, but as a person coming from the United States, portion size may be smaller than what we’re used to down here. An extra dish should take care of that.

This place is part of the family of restaurants owned by Claude Pelltier (Le Club Chasse et Peche and Le Serpent). A lot of expectations for Le Filet as we have dined at the other two and were blown away.
However, maybe it’s my asian background, but Le Filet, which serves mostly asian inspired dishes, just didn’t live up to the hype for us.
The ambiance is the trendiest and most welcoming of the three, with an outdoor terrace overlooking Parc Jeanne-​Mance.
The service, while quite good, didn’t feel personal.
Very short drink menu but every elaborate french heavy wine list. We asked our waiter for a recommendation and granted wine taste is personal, we were disappointed by the one she had picked for us.
We started with the oysters, the miso gratin ones and the ones topped with jalapeños.
The miso gratin’s were delicious, our favorite item of the night.
We continued on with the Waygu beef, the crispy halibut, the linguini with clams and the piglet duo.
Everything was just alright, good, but lacking in that wow factor.
The beef was not was tender as expected, the halibut had a nice crispy outer layer but lacked seasoning, the linguini was sold as with squid ink but only served with dried pieces of it and not completely black as we had hoped for and finally the pig although good was simply crispy skin pig you could find at any good Chinese restaurant for a fraction of the price.
We total bill was well over 250 $ with tax and tip and we left feeling unsatisfied with out experience.

All the other Unilocal reviews from this summer tell me that our experience was unusual, so I’m writing this to help you avoid our mistakes. We may be the only couple in North America for whom Le Filet was a bust.
We went at 7 on a Friday night in August. The atmosphere felt weird – the servers were awkward, and seemed uncomfortable around us. My French is awful and so we had to speak in English, which didn’t help.
The food was what shocked me. One dish – the scallop and avocado salad – was wonderful in all the ways we expected: fresh, clever, technical, and delicious. Everything else tasted burnt, flavorless, or worse.
If I have one piece of advice to offer, it is this: do not order the onion rings. I loved seeing them on the menu, witty evidence that Le Filet does not take itself too seriously. Our server said they were on the menu because they were really quite good, so I went for it. They were burned, and while that may have been it they tasted so bad I wondered if there was some other problem as well. Stale batter? Skunky oil? We saw other folks leaving their onion rings uneaten – why didn’t someone in the kitchen notice the problem?
The main courses were our main disappointments. The salmon was texturally perfect: a melting, almost jellied consistency that was a pleasure to eat. The flavor, though, was wrong: everything would be fine for a couple bites, but then a bitter, charred taste would overwhelm anything you would want in your mouth. The octopus was flavorless except for an aftertaste of char.
Our experience is clearly an outlier, and you would probably be right to dismiss it as unlikely to happen to you, but we felt so burned by the experience that if we ever get to visit Montréal again (and I hope we do!) we wouldn’t even consider giving Le Filet another chance.

Great restaurant with nice upscale ambiance and clientele. Plates are small but creative and flavorful, worth the splurge for a decadent night out. The foie gras cavatelli is exceptional (and I typically don’t like foie gras), but it is just the perfect amount for the taste to not be off putting. This is a sister restaurant of Chasse et Pêche in the Old Port which is equally as delicious.

AMAZING! Best meal we had in Montréal on our recent vacation there. Each dish was carefully crafted and designed and is meant to be savored. Waitress was very friendly and helpful with choosing plates. Enjoyed raw scallops for the first time, paired with beets, asparagus, avacado and orange, so good. I had made a reservation 2 weeks ahead of time for 2 people yet we were set at the bar seating right by the hostess stand… that’s why I’m gong Le Filet a 4 star. We should have had a table. Also it is pretty expensive but worth the money.

I went there for my birthday dinner and it certainly did not disappoint! The highlights of the meal? The baked oysters, Wagyu beef and salmon plate. We sat at the bar and the service was impeccable. Our waitress was friendly, knowledgeable and just all around wonderful.
I cannot wait to come back here!

Great seafood selection and ambiance. Intelligent staff and very knowledgeable on menu and wine list. Strongly recommend.

Right now this is the #1 meal of my life. The staff make you feel like a good friend and are so friendly and accommodating when they could be cold snobs in a place this caliber. The food was just outstanding and the service impeccable. Absolutely no detail overlooked without feeling like they were hovering just waiting to fill your water glass after each sip. A fantastic experience all around and oh the food!

Was there a while ago and still remember how good it was:) finally felt obligated enough to post s review.
Food, wine, service is a top notch ! Will be back soon. Constantly recommend this place to my friends who r taking random gusto trips to Montréal :)

Service et cuisine d une qualité trop rare a Montréal. C est tout simplement top! Beaucoup de dextérité en cuisine et grand professionnalisme au service. On y retourne !!!

Very clean, cozy and classy restaurant. First impression is calm ambiance. Very well dressed people.
The menu is small and simple, and the taste is just absolutely light and mix flavours. Small plates to share, perfect temperature. The sea bass was perfectly cooked!
Desserts is a must.
For a business meeting in a calm ambiance, the place to go.
The service was little slow after the first service.

One of our favourite restaurants in Montréal. Not only is the food fabulous but so is the service. You are very well taken care of and they are so helpful with wine pairing while being respectful of your budget.
Our favs are the Miso oysters — we don’t even bother with the other kinds as these are just soooo good!
Hamachi is so well balanced and flavourful. The grilled octopus is very tender. Don’t miss out on the cavatelli with cheek and fois gras shavings, simply divine!!!
Can get a little noisy but who cares, it’s a beautiful place and great for sharing food on a date. Enjoy!

Cute place, nice décor, friendly staff. We sat at the bar so were served by the bartender which worked out just fine for us.
Le Filet has sort of tapas style dishes, where you order 4 – 5 small dishes for 2 people. I like that because I love getting to taste as much as possible. We started with the miso-​gratine oysters– they were honestly a bit of heaven in your mouth– the best thing I have tasted in a long while. The jalepeno-​bacon ones were also good but incomparable to the other ones. The beet & scallop salad was amazingly refreshing as a winter salad and fit so perfectly with the weather– it worked beautifully. The other dishes were all very good too– we also ordered the daily special– half lobster cooked in hollandaise sauce– it was good, but quite small for 27 $. The pasta & clams was where I remove a half star. It was not great. The noodles were chewy, topped with chewy clams too, and the sauce way too salty/​briny.
I will definitely go again and taste the dishes I didn’t get a chance to this time!

This was one of the best meals I have ever had. Not only was the food amazing, the service was exceptional! Must try’s are the veal cheek, hamachi and oysters and make sure to save room for the «Eric» dessert. It’s away from the tourist areas of Montréal and I really enjoyed visiting a new part of the city. Will 100% be returning my next time here. Thank you Le Filet for such a wonderful Valentines Day dinner.

The food is good, but a bit overworked. For example, they served four oysters and dressed two up in jalapeño and crispy onion, and the other two were ‘au gratin.’ The fresh oyster effect was lost.
It is also very expensive, and the mood was a bit pretentious. Seems like a place you might take someone to show off. Like a caricature of an upscale, modern restaurant that you’d see in a movie (for example, American Psycho). Overall, I wasn’t too impressed.

If you’re looking for a romantic or trendy vibe, this is the perfect spot to be. Foodies rejoice! Le Filet is in an unassuming neighborhood — you would never suspect such a fine dining experience in the middle of what seems like a residential neighborhood. The second we walked in there we were treated like royalty — customer service is sublime here. Maybe because we brought our bachelorette decked out in bachelorette gear, but they were attentive and right on when it comes to making sure we got everything we needed, from bartender and water to plates and timing. Everything here is made to share, and they bring dishes out in waves, replacing your plates and utensils with each wave. It’s really fantastic.
In addition to a couple bottles of wine and a couple rounds of shots for the 7 of us, all of which were phenomenal, we ordered. The # of asterisks indicates how FANTASTIC the dish was, and how highly I would recommend it. But even the ones without asterisks were great compared to other restaurants, just picking out the ones that really stood out @ Le Filet.
First Set:
Scallops, Avocado, Beets, Orange
Hamachi, Sesame Sauce, Sumac*
Tataki of Wagyu, Eggplant, Miso
Tuna Tartare, Egg Confit, Nori Tempura**
Second Set:
Grilled Octopus, Israeli CousCous, Meyer Lemon Coulis
Spaghetti, Lobster, Fresh Peas*
Arctic Char, Quebec Asparagus, Parmesan Froth*
Third Set:
Pork Flank, Seared Scallops, Soft Polenta***
Cavatelli, Foie Gras, Veal Cheek****
Lamb Medallions, Tomato Jam, Chanterelles**

This place was recommended by my roommate’s brother, who recently visited this place with his fiancée. Naturally, we Unilocaled the place upon hearing it and checked out their menu on their website. The reviews were good, and the menu sounded delicious, hence we went ahead to call for reservations, considering it was a Saturday night (Open Table website wasn’t accurate).
Upon arriving, we were greeted pleasantly by the hostess and were shown to our table instantly. The restaurant looks very trendy with the open kitchen on the side. Our server proved to be knowledgeable on the menu as we did not know some of the ingredients. She proceeded to recommend some of her favorites and we went ahead with those recommendations. (All dishes are small plates and are recommended to be shared)
Our meal for the night consist of:
Oysters — both jalapeño and miso
Hamachi
Crab Risotto
Grilled Octopus
Lobster spaghetti
We started with oysters, both jalapeño and miso. Both very different flavors and both equally tasty. We were so impressed that we ordered another round of oysters. Either that, or we were both really hungry. The Hamachi was also delicious, equal balance between the fresh fish and the sesame seasoning. Again, we finished the plate wanting more, but we held ourselves back.
The Lobster spaghetti was shared between us. Fresh lobster and light sauce on the spaghetti that doesn’t over-​power the dish itself. I had the grilled octopus for myself since my dining partner is less enthusiastic about the octopus than I am. The octopus was slightly over-​cooked to my taste, slightly chewy, but unnoticeable. It was served on a tiny bed of Israeli couscous, personally I would prefer to have more couscous on the plate as it was very yummy
The crab risotto was all for my dining partner. I had a taste of it and it was very, very tasty. It can get a little bit heavy (since it’s risotto). The crab is minced and mixed in the risotto, you can barely see it, but can definitely taste it.
Service were impeccable. They probably changed our plates more times than necessary. Paying attention to tiny details such as making sure the restaurant logo sits 12 o’clock, directly on the top. Cleared our plates promptly. We also ordered bread on the side (no charge), which they accommodated us graciously. We did not order any drinks, so can’t review the quality of their wines.

Mixed feelings. The apetizers were PER-​FECT. Like, the best fish we had had in a loooong time. But then our second courses were so underwhelming it just didn’t step up to the apetizers! It’s quite pricey, too, because you need 5 – 6 plates to make it a dinner for two. I’m still pretty sure I will give it a second try just because the fish was so amazing.

Super resto. Le serveur nous a offert en debut de repas de s’occuper du menu ce que nous avons accepte avec joie. Tous les plats servis «genre assiette tapas» etaient tres bons fait avec bcp de serieux. Je retournerai definitivement a ce resto tres bientot. Le seul petit bemol est que c’est un resto tres bruyant.