Bootlegger Cocktail Bar & Cuisine earns praise for its creative cocktails, an impressive whiskey selection, and a welcoming, knowledgeable staff that can turn a visit into a memorable experience; the venue combines a stylish speakeasy vibe with vintage decor, live jazz, and a focus on fresh ingredients and precise mixology, including oysters during happy hours. Across many reviews, the atmosphere and drinks are highlighted as consistently well balanced and thoughtfully crafted, while occasional notes of slower service, crowding, or higher prices appear, along with occasional menu quirks or dishes that miss the mark; overall the place is seen as unique and worth returning to for the drinks, the ambience, and the sense of discovery it provides.
Bootlegger is amazing!
Loved the ambiance.
The service was courteous, knowledgeable & friendly.
The food was tasty & plentiful.
The drinks were exactly what we were looking for!
Cannot believe we have not been going here all this time!
A definite find for whisky, scotch & tequila lovers!!
Highly recommended!!
Had a very good time with friends. Even though some of my party was late due to traffic or public transport changes, they were super understanding & accommodating. We were served by Julien who was incredibly knowledgeable & helpful. I didn't know much about absinthe since I've only ever had it a couple times & he helped me with some great recommendations. The cocktails were great & the food was also very good. The decor is very pleasant to look at. All in all, great experience. Absolutely would come again.
The cocktails were awesome. However, the service was slow. I think we waited about 40 minutes to get 5 drinks & there were 5-6 other clients in the bar.
Great food, beautiful cocktails nice ambience, good music, good vibes!! The staff should try to be a little more friendly & welcoming. But I still had a great time. Will definitely come back.
May 6, 2023
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Food, cocktails, excellent, Nice variety of scotch & whiskeys. Music not suitable for scotch & whiskey lovers. The DJ was playing dance music & Techno. I would have liked to listen to jazz/lounge music while enjoying my bourbon. Only 2 servers on the floor. A member of the group was forgotten for his scotch selection. Seats NOT confortable (Hard wood church bench & wood chairs. This place has a lot of potential perfect decoration, beautiful bar, EXCELLENT FOOD, wonderful cocktails. Upgrade with seats & more service would make this place high top rate place to be.
My group was so excited to go here after I presented it to them. We are all from the west island, & dont get downtown too often anymore, so this was supposed to be a great night.
I made this reservation a week before. When my group showed up we were seated in this front area with just a couch. No tables. I was pissed. & they said everything else was reserved. If i was told because we were a certain amount of people we wouldnt get a table i NEVER would have went. Not only the hostess was very rude to us.
We ordered drinks & some appetizers when we got there & it took a long time for everything to come.
Our waiter was very nice...but some bad personal hygiene made it very hard to have him close to us & take our order. It was almost unbearable.
Reservation was for 815. Only got our main course close to 10. & also there were so many open tables we had to go back to ask if we can finally sit at a table to eat our meal.
Food was good drinks were great & the vibe is a lot of fun.
I wish my first experience was better.
You should have a note saying if you are more than 6 people you likely wont get a table no matter how far in advance you make a reservation.
Nice place with good service, we were there Sunday & enjoyed the live Jazz it was a real treat, oysters were fresh & delicious & even the Nachos were good, we also had beer which was also great. I wish they would add a nice beef hamburger or onion rings on the menu but it is after all a bar with a great selection of whiskeys & coktails.
