Suite 701 Lounge Restaurant

Made a reservation at Suite 701 for brunch while visiting Montréal for a Bachelorette Party. We came here primarily for the bottomless drink option — $ 30 for unlimited drinks for 2hrs with the purchase of an entrée. The restaurant itself is really well decorated and spacious. The service was fine and the food was very good. As tourists, it was also a great spot in that the Basilica is right across the street and the Old Port pier is a short walk away.

Suite 701 is located in Le Place d’Armes Hotel. It’s a trendy restaurant with a bar and tables, some being located near the fireplace which is where we sat. The servers the night we dined here were two girls that were dressed in shocking pink dresses which were above the standard-​type uniform. Our server, Rachel, was sweet and friendly. She and another server, Alison, were attentive and chatted with us and made us feel welcomed. Were were given a very little loaf of bread (3 thin slices) and soft butter upon seating. I thought the restaurant was a little skimpy with the bread as we each had 1 ½ little pieces, having to split the third slice of bread. There’s a good variety of cocktails and wine. I had a prosecco and my husband a Chianti. We decided to split three appetizers for our dinner since we decided we were going to scale back a bit from our heavier meals in Montréal. Suite 701 has a new chef within the last few months and he does an outstanding job creating both visually-​pleasing plates and food that takes your palate on a journey. The Niçoise salad was deconstructed with seared rare tuna, haricot verts, grape tomatoes, olives, soft boiled egg and arugula. I never had a Niçoise served this way. The soft boiled egg had a panko crust and with the beans provided a nice crunch texture to this salad while the olives added the salt and the tuna… it melted in my mouth. The deer mini burgers came as three tiny burgers with lettuce and tomatoes and some sort of aioli. The deer meat unfortunately was dry and overcooked. Deer should be served medium rare and it probably was difficult to accomplish that with the size of the patty. My husband did like them… I didn’t. The presentation, however, like the Niçoise was spot on. We then had the smoked duck carpaccio… OMG! By far the best smoked duck ever. This was served with an arugula salad. Again, the taste and presentation was fabulous. It was smokey and tender. We decided since we were enjoying our dining experience to stay for an after dinner port and a piece of their carrot cake. The carrot cake was amazing… light, moist and again the presentation was great. There was a thin layer of carrot cake and then a light cream cheese mousse and then crumbled carrot cake on top. It was like the frosting was in the middle of the cake, but the traditional cream cheese frosting was made into an airy delightful mousse. I’m a hobbyist cupcake baker and am re-​creating this into a cupcake. I highly recommend Suite 701 for the ambiance, the great service and the creative delicious food. I’m giving it five-​star rating even with the miss in the bread and dry deer meat because everything else exceeded my expectations.

If you’re into a boozy, bottomless brunch with divine good and ambiance — this is the spot !
Cannot wait to return the next time I’m in Montréal.
The space is gorgeous & staff friendly and provide excellent service.

My friend and I went to Suite 701 tonight for dinner. We made a reservation for 7pm and arrived on time. We were taken back to the worst table in the restaurant. I had a view of the hall to the bathroom and we were next to the bar which was quite busy with the wait staff. The service however, was very good and we both ordered the red snapper which was outstanding. But two women going there for dinner shouldn’t expect to be seated at a good table.

Not sure what it is, because I’m American, don’t speak French? Been here for lunch twice — staying at the hotel, sat by the host in the most horrible spot– ran into a couple times by the waitstaff — basically ignored… seriously this place isn’t that good to be snubbed. Won’t come back, won’t recommend it to friends that visit this lovely city. Life’s too short.
Guess I will leave it at that — stay at the hotel it’s adorable– just find somewhere else to eat

Came here for drinks after a long walk! We were promptly seated, and ordered a glass of wine and I had an elderflower martini. The décor was super cool, I loved the birdcage chandeliers over the bar. Later on we also ordered a cheese board. Definitely recommend for a shared snack! And, all of the cheeses are from Quebec :)

Complete crap. Beef tartar is ok and everything else was awful. Got the drunken chicken and duck confit was barely palatable. Only the wine made it go down well. Do not go there!

If you’re in the mood for a sexy night out, be it after-​work drinks or a hot date, this is definitely a place to impress!
This resto/​lounge/​bar is located in a beautiful classical building in the Old Port who’s tall ceilings and chandeliers have been revved up with pink lighting and a dj booth. A frankly refreshing break from the tired trope of über-​industrial décor plaguing the upscale food scene, no Edison bulb or exposed piping can be found in sight!
My party came in on a Wednesday night at around 8pm and this is where my only complaint lies– the music was inexplicably loud. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that we were shouting over the table at one another but we definitely needed to strain ourselves to keep up conversation. Like I said though, this is the only part of the experience that warrants a complaint!
Now in regards to the meal… WOW. It was really great. Everything we ordered was so delicious and well-​prepared! The timing between courses was also pretty reasonable and the staff were knowledgable and attentive. I wish I would have had the chance to try some of their drinks, since the cocktails looks sooo good, but it just wasn’t that kind of night. They definitely provide an incentive to come back again though!
Final verdict/​parting advice: this place is definitely worth checking out but perhaps not in a group larger than 4 (unless they decide to turn down the music a bit). Also, they offer BOTTOMLESS BRUNCH (!!!) on weekends. Also, I hear they have a beautiful terrasse in the summer that is a must-​see! In my opinion, these are all very good reasons to give it a try and for me to go back in the future.

Suite 701 has a trendy lounge vibe in upscale looking building. It’s for a young and swanky crowd, for sure. I came here for dinner after the girlfriend suggested we dine here for Happening Gourmand.
The good aspects are the Beautiful décor, fantastic location by Place D’Armes metro, and really good ambiance. We had really good service from the get go. Firstly, the entrée was delicious: goat cheese, spinach and roasted red peppers and garlic confit. Nice presentation (as expected from restaurants like this) and even better taste. 10 on 10 would order that again. The dessert was probably top 3 brownies I’ve ever had. Moist, rich and not too sweet, it was definitely another winner.
I wouldn’t say the main plate was bad, but it was definitely underwhelming. We have the smoked pan-​seared king fish with quinoa and salsa. While at a glance it looks nicely plated, the taste is not noteworthy. It resembled a high end version of a typical meal prep. The fish was a bit dry, the skin was over salted, it just did nothing for me. The quinoa was a bit soggy and really didn’t fit the the luxe vibe of everything on the menu.
I was impressed with ²⁄₃ items on the menu, so I would come back again. The girlfriend speaks highly of the food here, so maybe I just had really high expectations.

Swanky bar and dining area… friendly staff. We went for dessert and drinks and it was just the type of vibe we were looking for. Located right by the Notre Dame and after we indulged we had a nice walk around the neighborhood. Again, great bar with lots of cocktail options and nicely prepared desserts.

Not sure I’ve ever written a review before but wow! Great service, unbelievably good food, awesome atmosphere with the DJ for Sunday, and an open bar? Perfect. Great value. Totally solidified our trip to Montréal as awesome! Helped out our friends with food allergies as well, no problem!

I came here with my fiancé during our vacation trip to Montréal. I really liked the restaurant. Great atmosphere; perfect for a date night. The food was pretty great as well. Our favorite was the foie gras Appetizer. It was absolutely delicious and I highly recommend it.

My family and I came here for a change of pace from our hotel for breakfast while we were visiting Montréal. They have a fairly nice breakfast. My husband ordered french toast with fruit and found it fine. It wasn’t the beat he has ever had but it was good. The fruit was very fresh which was a nice touch. My Dad ordered eggs benedict and enjoyed it. He said the hollandaise was very flavorful and the eggs were cooked perfectly. I got the continental breakfast and the pastries were just amazing on it. They were buttery, flakey, and flavorful. There was a good variety of options as well. They make a good latte and the prices were reasonable. The vibe inside is contemporary even though it is in a clearly historic building. It’s cool! Modernized a lot, but I liked the juxtaposition.

Went there for brunch with friends and thoroughly enjoyed it. The price is very competitive and the menu, fantastic. The service was excellent and friendly. The only downside was the music which made it difficult at times to be heard by those on the same table or talking to staff.

I wish I came to Montréal warm enough to really enjoy the rooftop bar but that’s not to say that the décor inside the lounge is not enough to make this place worthwhile. With a few friends, we came to Suite 701 for Saturday brunch and returned for Sunday breakfast since we liked the food so much. I ordered two different eggs benedict each time and they were some of the best I’ve had ever. They know their breakfast/​brunch so well!
Also, if you’re looking for a nice place to do open bar brunch, they have a great deal for two hours of open bar for $ 25 with the purchase of an entrée. Totally worth the money and you’re in for a great time.

Nul !
Le cadre certes est joli et cosy mais …
— la musique est trop forte, on né s’entend pas parler,
— la lumière est … inexistante, on né peut même pas lire la carte sans s’aider de la fonction «torche» de son iPhone
— et pour couronner le tout, payer 75 $/​pers. pour manger trois lamelles de saumon sur du choux, un burger et un donuts faut pas deconner !!!
Quant au service, même si la serveuse était charmante, il aura fallu que l’on s’y prenne à 3 fois pour obtenir la facture de notre table (et pas celle d’à côté)
Bref, on était venu pour le bar-​terrasse (qui était fermé lorsque l’on a voulu y aller boire un verre …), on n’y reviendra pas !!!

Awesome tasting appetizer specials! Fried bread with roasted tomatoes and herbs in a cream cheese base — so fresh and tasty. Fried eggplant slices with chorizo chips in a black garlic sauce — perfectly crispy with an interesting flavor to the sauce. We weren’t here to party. Just staying in a hotel down the street and looking for some to-​go food. They don’t really do to-​go, but they accomodated us. And we waited on the street side patio with a view of Notre Dame. Perfect. I’d go back for drinks, food and atmosphere.

The restaurant had a great vibe and the décor was stunning from the outside and in.
Non pretentious place, mixed dinner crowd as well which was nice to see. We were a table of 4, did two rounds of drinks with appetizers and entrees.
What I had:
1. Grilled octopus $ 15
2. Fazzoletti pasta $ 22
3. Dessert donuts (on the house)
I found the pasta a bit hard and it stuck to each other… besides that the octopus was very good and dessert was awesome.
Great for a night of cocktails and lounge.

For my second Happening Gourmand meal of the year, I found myself at Suite 701 in the Place d’Armes Hotel — a place I have gone by numerous times over the past few years without trying it and a spot that I will be revisiting shortly for my best friend’s wedding. Regardless, one of my friends was sufficiently intrigued by the table d’hôte that he organized a lovely Saturday night meal — and I am certainly not one to say no to that!
Suite 701 is probably best described as a lounge with a full dinner menu — the décor and ambience is certainly more lounge in nature. High ceilings with ornate mouldings, huge windows with large drap-​like curtains, beautiful wooden tables and chairs with a few leather banquettes, a glorious long bar, low lighting using mostly chandeliers outside of the purple accent lights, the otherwise all white color palette… Suite 701 is definitely a looker. The live DJ — playing for the most part great old R&B/ soul music — was definitely too loud though. When it is hard to hear the conversation at the other end of 5 person table, you are probably a little too close to bar/​supper club territory than you should be as a lounge.
Menu-​wise, Suite 701 describes itself as modern brasserie which, when I see that, strikes me as a catch all term for a menu that is quite varied. That seems to fit the bill here — the menu was definitely interesting but an strange mix of dishes. First up, the table ordered two platters of their homemade charcuterie with mustard, grilled chorizo, deviled eggs and chipotle dill pickle. A nice mixture of blood sausage, porchetta, salami and prosciutto. You can never go wrong with good charcuterie.
Next, I got to try the organic salmon tartar with celery leaves, granny smith apples, grapefruit and mild wasabi cream. Presentation was nice as was the execution. I hate grapefruit so while I understand the desire to add some citrus to the tartar, I wish it had been something different. The fish was nice and fresh with every other element working well for the dish. I particularly enjoyed the subtle heat from the wasabi cream.
The other starter I got to try was the roasted eggplant, tomato confit and marinated zucchini pissaladière. None of us had any idea what a pissaladiere was… but we figured why not? The rest of the dish description seemed worth a try. Ended up looking like a spring roll — which isn’t what a pissaladiere is according to my web searches but regardless — and tasted pretty good. The pastry was nice and flaky and the eggplant/​zucchini combo had great flavour.
Moving on to mains. I could not resist the duck so I went with the duck magret with pomegranate gastrique, charred farro risotto and braised kale. The duck was perfect — rich and fatty, cooked rare as it needs to be. The risotto however was a bit off to my liking. The use of farro, unknown to me prior to this, instead of rice was interesting but created a much firmer texture to the risotto than I was expected — I will mark this down to wrong expectations on my end.
The other main I tried was the pan-​seared black bass with Jerusalem artichoke purée, black olive sauce and braised endives. The black bass was beautifully flaky and slightly salty. The artichoke purée and endives paired nicely to the fish. I skipped the sauce as olives really aren’t my thing.
Dessert-​wise, there were two options — a mocha cake with blood orange compote and a white chocolate mousse with raspberries. I hate mocha so I didn’t try it but it seemed to be a hit at the table. My choice was the mousse which was well executed texturally — wonderfully smooth — but good lord was it sweet… too sweet to be honest which is saying a lot coming for a guy who absolutely loves his desserts. The tartness of the raspberries were not enough to offset the sweetness here. It almost needed a cookie or dark chocolate bites to offset the extra sweetness.
Suite 701 was a nice evening overall with a few minor issues that didn’t make it an amazing one food wise. I definitely see coming back for a cocktail hour with a bite or two — which ironically is what will happen at that wedding I mentioned earlier — but I don’t have a strong desire to return for a full dinner. For a lounge, that is what one would expect so on that account, Suite 701 probably hits its objective. Worth considerable to start an evening in Old Montréal at the very least.
Cheers!

Meh
You know, this resto club used to have great food, which came from the AIX kitchen, downstairs. Now AIX is gone, and the food, when it eventually comes, looks better than it tastes, UNLESS you like really rich food. Like really rich. As in a thick white truffle cappuccino and a butter-​like fois gras. The combination of tastes on the plate is… odd. I can understand, for example, the theory behind mixing the fatty salmon tartar with acidic apple, but, well, it doesn’t work. The fois gras plate was equally challenged. The worst was their Christmas yuletide log chocolate dessert, which was essentially a stale Twinkie…
On the bright side, the décor and service was very good (apart from the slow, slow kitchen). In fact, this is one of the only restaurants I’ve been to where the waitress waited for everyone to finish before clearing the plates — very unusual.

I tried this place for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The service was prompt and friendly.
The music was relaxing and not loud.
The food exceeded our expectations — it was delicious, reasonably priced and nicely presented.
I would recommend this place and will come back next time I visit MTL.

Quoi de mieux que de fêter l’anniversaire d’une amie dans un cadre aérien: sur la terrasse sur le toit de la Suite 701 Lounge! Une vue sublime, de bons cocktails, une partie de plaisir! On respire, on déguste tout simplement…
Service un peu long, sûrement dû au nombre de personnes sur place ce soir-​là. On peut pardonner!

mouai

Après une belle après-​midi ensoleillée et bien chaude, nous avons décidé de nous rendre à leur Terrasse Place d’arme pour y boire un verre. C’est une terrasse à 2 étages avec vue sur Montréal, assez moderne, un peu huppée. De plus, il y a de grandes tentes solaires, histoire de né pas sortir de là rouge écrevisse et comme on est en hauteur, y avait un petit vent bien agréable.
Les cocktails sont assez chers donc nous avons opté pour un pichet de sangria au mousseux. C’était très rafraîchissant et léger comme tout avec pleins de fruits (myrtilles, framboises et bleuets), en accompagnement on a pris des frites à 5 $ avec mayo et ketchup, encore une fois très bonnes, ils sont doués ces québécois pour les frites!
Le service très bien, notre serveuse souriante et rapide.
La seule chose que l’on pourrait reprocher c’est que ça manqué un peu d’intimité, on est très vite les uns sur les autres.
Il est également possible de manger, il font même des hamburgers de cobaye, ça je dois absolument tester la prochaine fois.
Bref, si vous voulez profiter du beau temps et vous réhydratez en sirotant un cocktail, je vous conseille la terrasse Place d’arme.

Contrairement à Benoit L, je suis allée au 701 en soirée pour des cocktails, donc vous pourrez avoir une idée plus complète de l’endroit.
Situé à quelques pas de la station Place d’Armes, la «brasserie urbaine» 701 est facile à trouver et tout juste au abord du Vieux-​Montréal. L’endroit comme tel est assez impressionnant. Les plafonds sont hauts, le décor est moderne et chic tout en faisant ressortir des éléments plus anciens comme les grosses colonnes, les arches des portes et les géantes fenêtres. Notre but était d’aller prendre un verre sur la terrasse en se disant que c’était probablement notre dernière chance pour l’année, mais elle était déjà fermée. Une autre fois peut-​être…
Notre très petit groupe avait des goûts très différents donc on a goûté à des cocktails, des vins et des bières. Mon coup de cœur va aux cocktails et aux martinis. Ceux que j’ai goûtés, le martini framboise et basilic, le Sour Royal et le martini aux concombres étaient tous parfaits. Ils goûtaient ce qu’ils devaient et n’étaient pas trop sucrés. Juste correct. Pour le vin, il était bon, mais puisque je n’ai pris qu’une gorgée, je né me souviens pas du nom, mais simplement du fait que c’était un Camenère, donc probablement un vin du Chili. Pour le bière, ils ont un bon mélange de bières locales et importées.
Les prix sont plus raisonnables que ce que je pensais avant d’y aller. Environ 10 $ pour les cocktails et martinis, 6.50 $ pour une pinte de bière et de 8 $ à 12 $ pour une coupe de vin.
Un peu comme Benoit L, c’est vraiment un 3.5 pour moi, mais j’attends d’y manger un repas avant de changer mon verdict. Les plats de nos voisins avaient l’air très appétissants.

Très agréable, très bien. La carte du midi est courte mais tout à fait correcte et abordable. La salle est belle et le service attentif. Liste de vins au verre limitée. Mon plat de pâtes garnies était tout à fait bon.
Je réserve une étoile supplémentaire avant de l’essayer le soir, mais je dirais 3.5 aujourd’hui.