Inspirée des grandes brasseries parisiennes, la Brasserie 701 vous accueille dans un décor chic avec une architecture néo-classique grandiose et une ambiance animée. Notre cuisine vous propose des plats classiques de brasserie française pour des repas mémorables, tous les jours, du petit déjeuner au souper, sans oublier les brunchs les samedis et dimanches.
La Brasserie 701 est largement appréciée pour son atmosphère élégante, son architecture impressionnante et sa carte savoureuse, incluant des classiques tels que le steak frites, le canard confit et diverses options de brunch. De nombreux convives soulignent la grande qualité des plats ainsi que le service professionnel et chaleureux offert par une équipe souvent aux petits soins pour rendre les célébrations et occasions spéciales mémorables. Bien que certains clients aient noté des variations occasionnelles concernant les temps d'attente ou la température des mets, l'expérience globale est fréquemment décrite comme une destination incontournable et accueillante du Vieux Montréal, offrant un cadre parfait autant pour les dîners romantiques que pour les repas de groupe.
Okay I'm being generous with my 3, I have reviewed a lot of places good & bad. This is a reason I have 3.3million views of my reviews & am in the top 5% of global google reviewers.
1st the good
1) Taste of the food was good, well seasoned
2) Beautiful Atmosphere
The Bad -
1) I understand I was only one customer at the time of visit but that is no excuse for poor service, more in the breakdown.
2) Food came out cold, the butter didn't even melt, clumped up on my steak & my veggies all cold.
3) Back to the service - Was missing a steak knife & the side sauce. Halfway through when a different sever saw that I was using a table knife & was missing my sauce corrected the issue then.
4) When ordering the most expensive thing on the menu & only being one person, it only takes 5 secs on your way past to make sure everything came out the way it was ordered.
5) As I'm being brought the bill is when I was finally asked how it was. Which I basically stated what I just wrote, I got back I will pass on your feedback.
So I too am just passing on the feedback. It was a shame, I was looking forward to this location.
My wife & I ate here to celebrate her upcoming birthday. Let me say, what a delight from start to finish. We arrived when it was very busy & only the only available seats were at the bar. No problem for us! I ordered the Steak Frites with tempered expectations & was blown away by the quality of my meal. Not only was my steak cooked a perfect medium rare but I haven't had a steak so sumptuous in quite some time. After dinner we stuck around & had a few cocktails which were prepared in front of us & ultimately went down perhaps a little too easily! Next time we are in Montreal we will be back!
The reception was welcoming & our waiter was excellent & super friendly, really fun to talk to, & helpful with ordering, he was the highlight of the night. The wine was also very good.
Dinner overall was good. The steak was enjoyable, though not outstanding. The biggest disappointment was the salads ordered. Despite some effort in presentation, the ingredients
/mix felt basic & lacked flavor. They were easily the weakest part of the meal, also some item was sold out, having special menu & not having enough. You know
One staff member who refilled our water & cleared plates seemed visibly irritated & handled dishes quite roughly. It didn't ruin the evening, but the display was noticeable.
Overall, the service from our waiter was great, dinner & wine were good, but the salads need improvement. I expected a bit more from the experience, though I still appreciate the effort
21 mars 2026
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Thanks to our server Mathilda, we had a wonderful first night & dinner in Montreal. We came into town late & they were very accommodating.
Very helpful with our drink selections & great service with a nice warm atmosphere.
Our steak frites were spot on how we each like it & good potions for the price. Tres Bien!
We went yesterday & they changed the menu. I ordered steak with fries that they still had & the meat wasn't tender. Also, the beef tartare that I ordered as starter wasn't good either it had a hard piece on it. The service was late. Too bad, I am a returning costumer since we always visit Montreal for Christmas & the food quality decline. The relation between price & quality doesn't justify to go anymore.
Nous avons eu le grand plaisir de déjeuner à la Brasserie 701 ce midi!
Le steak frites absolument parfait; cuit à la perfection, sauce succulente, frites parfaite 😊
Le service sans faille, très sympathique!
Our visit to Brasserie 701 started off on a sour note. Right from the beginning, our server, Mathilde (name on our bill, as she did not introduce herself), was quite rude when we mentioned we had an extra guest joining. The restaurant hadn't picked up the phone any of the times we called, so we couldn't inform them in advance, & she made it clear she wasn't happy about the change. That set a really uncomfortable tone.
Mathilde's rudeness wasn't just a one-time thing. She was condescending when we asked for five extra minutes to order at 6:55 (reservation was at 6:45), made snarky comments when we requested more bread after making us wait one hour after the first bread was served, & didn't listen at all when we tried to explain that our steaks were incorrect & why they were incorrect. Mathilde responded with visible impatience & rudeness. She rolled her eyes, made snide remarks, & generally didn't set a welcoming tone the entire time she was serving us.
We ended up waiting over two hours before actually getting our food. Naturally, asking for some extra bread just to hold us over didn't mean Mathilde could be pretty snarky about it & didn't need to make it clear that bread wasn't unlimited & basically treating us like we were asking for something unreasonable. The entire table was left wondering what was the cause of this mistreatment. As the table was full of young professionals, we decided that it was not okay for anyone to go through this & this ended up hitting a nerve after multiple disrespectful actions coming from the server. I requested a manager to take control of the situation & find us a new server just after my steak was wrong for a second time.
On the positive side, once it became clear that things were really not going well, especially after I received two steaks in a row that were cooked wrong (I ordered medium-rare & got well-done twice, & two other guests also got the wrong doneness) the manager, William JF, stepped in. He was truly kind & attentive, took over the table, & really tried to help us out after all the chaos. Thanks to him, we at least felt like someone was on our side & was listening & trying to make things right.
However, by the end of the night, even with his help, the experience just didn't fully recover. Although he credited the steaks & was willing to give me something else besides the steak, I truly was already without appetite by that point in the night. I just ate what I consider sacrilegious (a well-done steak, hard to cut, hard to chew, tasted like burned) that I didn't order because he suggested I change the plate. While William did his best to help & credited the dish, the overall experience never recovered from how poorly the service & the cooking were handled.
We were left waiting far too long for our meals, & the initial rudeness & mix-ups really overshadowed what should have been a nice dinner. In short, while we appreciated the manager's efforts, the evening ended up being more frustrating than enjoyable. The minimum respect expected was not received. We wondered if we did something wrong & felt like we were walking on eggshells around the initial server. While we were thanking her with a lot of kindness, she was responding with a lot of negativity. This is not the experience we had in mind when choosing this place to eat.
I personally have been to many different restaurants & have visited this restaurant for brunch on previous occasions, & I have never been treated this way before. Neither at the lowest nor the highest type of restaurants ever before. This speaks volume.
Melissa was an absolute joy. She was knowledgeable about the menu & was so attentive. The menu was delicious- I had the steak frites & it was amazing. Love the atmosphere. We will come back when in Montreal again!
