Les avis sur Fleurs et Cadeaux convergent vers une expérience culinaire japonaise raffinée et inventive, mettant en avant des produits frais et des présentations soignées. Le poisson et les sashimis sont régulièrement salués pour leur fraîcheur et leur cuisson, le canard et le poulet nanban figurent parmi les plats les plus populaires et le menu degustation avec des sakés artisanaux est très apprécié. L ambiance est décrite comme cosy et intime, avec un bar animé et des espaces permettant de suivre les préparations, ce qui rend l experience conviviale et parfois romantique. Le service est majoritairement irréprochable et attentif, parfois exceptionnel, parfois un peu rapide ou lent selon les soirées, ce qui peut influencer le rythme du repas. Quelques critiques portent sur le prix pour les portions et sur des retards ou des détails organisationnels, mais la qualité et l originality des plats restent largement admirées. En résumé, Fleurs et Cadeaux est une adresse à tester pour son innovation culinaire et son ambiance chaleureuse, avec des réservations recommandées et une expérience globale souvent mémorable.
Fleurs & Cadeaux came highly recommended, & it easily lived up to my expectations! My wife & I arrived 40 minutes before our reservation time, nevertheless they were very gracious & found us a place to sit. It's good fun to be at the bar & watch as the chefs skilfully put your meal together. The fish was amazingly fresh & beautifully arranged. The highpoint of the meal was the delicious Tataki D'Albacore & the Canard Vieilli Au Miso Blanc. Fleurs & Cadeaux has a cool laid-back atmosphere, the service is amazing & the food is great. My only complaint is that some of the dishes had small chips on them, (see photos), which is a bit of a downer. Nevertheless, we had an amazing time & an excellent meal. Check out the hidden bar in the basement!
This was my third visit to Fleurs & Cadeaux, & once again, it did not disappoint. We celebrated a friend's birthday with a group of five, & everything-from the food to the service & ambiance-was perfect. We shared a variety of dishes, & everything was delicious. The standouts for us were the Chirashi sushi, Nanban fried chicken, & the white miso aged duck, which were all exceptional. A must visit !
18 sept. 2024
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Not a good experience. All the power to the chefs out in the bar they did a fantastic job I can see that the tataki was good & all the cold items. Holy mother of god did they ever drop the ball with their hot items. Terrible ramen dish, terrible bavette (skirt steak nearly raw & just terribly done), chicken karage was sent back because it died in the window. I spent $200 here & I will for sure never go back. There is a standard that everyone should uphold when spending money at a restaurant, the server was very kind & understanding of my requests but unfortunately severely lacked because I can tell food was "dying" in the pickup window/expo. They need to rethink their specials & stick to less advantageous items, I'm sorry but with the service & the performance of your hot kitchen, you don't have what it takes to be rated. I wish I had my bill comp'd at least 50% but the last few dishes were so bad bad that I left them, paid & left quick. Disappointing.
This izakaya/speakeasy is easily my new fav place. Didn't have reservation so I joined the waitlist online. Arrived before I got a confirmation because we were in the area but got seated right away. 4-5 dishes order is recommended to share for 2 people. We had the chicken nanban, tuna tataki, duck, & tantan udon. The dishes are all delicious. Udon is prob my least fav as it's very heavy & I prefer it cooked a little bit more but it's something good to fill your stomach in the end as the dishes are not big portion. Overall a very great experience with friendly staff. Looking forward to coming back when we visit Montreal again.
August 2024: 4 stars. Music was more elevator lounge music, not great like last time. Steak dish & agadeshi tofu (very mushroom-ey) dish were good. Udon with minced pork was delicious. Rice bowl was a bit uninspired. brownie was overly buttery & salty. Great presentation for all dishes. Service was excellent as usual though. Yu mi & the sour cocktail were alright. February 2024: 5 stars. Great music, nice atmosphere. Pleasant, attentive service. Same menu as downstairs as far as I noticed, just different vibe (oldies music upstairs, newer stuff downstairs). Duck was delicious. Pickled & grilled vegetable dishes were nicely presented but small portion. Fried chicken was nice & crispy. Really enjoyed my cocktail that had Mezcal in it, as well as the sake recommendation. The dessert was disappointing though. The thin sheet cake was tasteless & had a grainy texture. The haskap cream on top was nice though.
This is a place that's easy to pass by unless you know it's a restaurant. It has an old store front, but is bustling inside with lively atmosphere. There is a "tasting menu", but it really isn't just giving the server a budget (minimum $70 per person) & letting them choose dishes for you. If you're not familiar with Japanese food, this might be the way to go, otherwise it's pretty easy to figure out what you might want to eat. Most of the dishes are quite small, & can be shared by two people. We ordered 9 for 2 adults & 2 kids under 10 & it was just enough. The food was all well-prepared & presented & tasty. My favourite dish was the duck. It was tender & had a nice char. It's also nice to see fresh wasabi at a restaurant instead of horseradish. The servers were very friendly & described each dish, providing recommendations when necessary. If you're expecting to be full, come prepared to spend, but if you want a fun spot with good food & drinks, check this place out. Also, there is a speakeasy-style bar (sans Soleil) attached if you want to continue the evening without having to go far.
I almost don't want to post this review because I don't want too many folks knowing how truly incredible this gem is. TL;DR: Order sake or Champagne & ask for help if you need it. Sea Urchin Mousse, Miso-Aged Duck, Udon Noodles, save room for dessert. Nightcaps at the bar downstairs if it's not too busy. Two of us, no reservation, Monday night. Seated quickly at the bar & then had to take a good 10 minutes to study the beverage menu. The wines are thoughtfully curated with lots of natural, biodynamic & organic selections. Sake & soju selection is thorough & includes a primer of the styles you might not be familiar with. We selected a bottle of Champagne that would carry us through the flavors of dinner & settled on the mousse à l'oursin, légume ohitashi, canard veilli, & the tantan udon. The sea urchin mousse with shrimp chips arrived first & were perfectly light & crispy with much more subtlety of flavor than I usually expect from uni. The vegetables were Swiss chard & cherry tomatoes in a savory broth, cut into perfectly bite sized pieces. Again, strong flavors perfectly tamed into working brilliantly with each other. When the duck arrived I stared at it for a good 30 seconds before I said anything & it's not an exaggeration when I say the taste is nothing short of revelatory. The charred fat cap melted in the same way the gorgeously thin slices of breast did for a bite that was a legitimate journey through fat, the savory miso, & the smallest bitterness of char. I want duck to be this perfect all of the time. It was halfway through the duck when I realized we still ordered noodles & they arrived drizzled with chili crisp. By far the richest of what we ordered, the small bits of nori over top as well as the remnants of our earlier dishes cut the weight of the sauce. Thankfully there were only two options for dessert & we ordered the brownie with a red miso caramel. Beautifully executed it was the perfect sweet bite to finish before we headed downstairs for a nightcap at the very sexy Sans Soleil. I was pretty high on vibes & champagne so details are light at this point but my cocktail was delicious & the orange wine my date had was tasty. All in all one of my top 5 meals ever & I can't wait to come back. No notes.
15 août 2024
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We loved the ambiance & decor. The dishes were beautifully presented. A couple of the ingredients in the main dishes sorta "clashed" but overall we loved the vibe so much we'd definitely recommend & go back!
Came here for a date night while we were in Montreal. My partner chose it based on the high google reviews. I liked that the interior was so unique, & we were seated very quickly. Our server came to take our drink & food order in a decent amount of time, & our first two dishes (legume ohitashi & onsen tamago) came out very fast. & then we sat there for a good 30 minutes with no food in front of us & our server not checking in. I started to get confused & annoyed when the table beside us received their uni cream & shrimp chips 5 minutes after they had ordered, while we were still waiting for ours. We had to flag our server down to ask what was happening, & my partner reminded her of the dishes we had ordered. She scrambled to find her words for a bit & then explained that because we had ordered the sashimi platter with the temaki add on, our other dishes would be served after the platter as was their "policy" (this is blatantly untrue as the table beside us had ordered the sashimi platter with the temaki add on as well & their dishes came in the order they placed them). I wouldn't have minded if she had told us she forgot some of the dishes we had ordered instead of lying. I would've given the atmosphere a higher score, but there was a group of drunk people who came in & sat behind us who did not control their volume (yelling extremely loudly at each other) & weren't asked to, despite it interrupting other's conversations & detracting from the experiences of the tables around them. The food was tasty & we had a few stand out dishes (the uni cream shrimp chips & the aged white miso duck were excellent), & the pricing was fair. Overall the experience could've been better, but this is a decent place to get Japanese food in Montreal.
Great service but it didn't make up for our disappointment with the food. We ordered the tasting menu & got a tomato & greens salad which was ok, nothing special. The duck was over cooked & not salty at all. But to make up for the unseasoned duck, the next dish was the cold soba noodles in the saltiest sauce. There wasn't much else in that dish you could enjoy anyways, the soba texture was off & the toppings didn't add anything in terms of flavor or texture. Finally we got the sashimi, which was ok. I've had fresher & better texture sashimi elsewhere. The rice at the bottom of the sashimi bowl was way over seasoned with vinegar & it was also overcooked. It felt like a gimmick to me. You are seated at the bar where you can see the chefs preparing the dishes meticulously & using garnish tweezers which looks fancy but unfortunately, good presentation can't make something taste better. Hope you will improve your menu & adjust the seasoning level on the dishes.
A fancy little gem with a great vibe. The staff was very kind & explained each dish as it came out. I ordered a few dishes but the two clear standouts were the nanban fried chicken & the chirashi. First off, the fried chicken was a pleasant surprise, because it was INSANE -the best fried chicken I've ever had. The exterior was a perfectly satisfying crisp imbued with the best flavor. It kind of reminded me of Cantonese pan fried chicken but refined to a peak it never thought it could reach. The chirashi was as beautiful as it was delicious. The fish was super high quality & each piece practically melted in my mouth. It was definitely top shelf omakase grade sushi. This place was such a nice treat. Treat yo self.
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Food was great! Ambiance & atmosphere was very cozy, dimly lit, & had great music! Our group got the set menu, but definitely not worth it 😅 we got three set menus for the price of $60 EACH only to SHARE the dishes & not get your OWN individual set dishes...was lowkey a scam lol. So, just get ONE set menu if you're gonna share with like a group of 2-4 😩
I will be back!!! This is truly a hidden gem. SUPER fresh sashimi & a variety of exceptional dishes. Our waiter was attentive, friendly & made great recommendations.
My friends & I managed to reserve a table for five people to celebrate one of their birthday! Very accessible from the metro, short walk which was perfect because it was windy that day! The staff were helpful & polite, not always easy to flag down but very helpful. The food was for the most part incredible! I only ordered the vegetarian dishes, a can of hibiscus juice made in Montreal, & a slice of Yuzu lemon pie:) It was about 54$ total which is pricey considering the portions. I was however very full (i dont eat much anyway). My other four friends all ordered several dishes & shared them, overall about 45-65$ ranging as some did get desserts & drinks. It is recommended to buy several plates & to share & they did like it! Though the portions are very small to share. The food is however amazing, the vegetarian foods i ordered were perfect (soup is a little salty). The tofu dish with rice was truly splendid & very filling, i would recommend that. My friends liked the duck & overall liked the dishes & did not have much else to add! Nice atmosphere & decor, welcoming & you can take some nice pictures!
UPDATE: I went a second time. The quality was as good or better than my last experience. The food tasted extremely balanced & it felt like eating art. The ramen is by far the best Ramen in Montreal. The quality of the ingredients & the preparation of dishes is out of this world. Saké selection never disappoints. Old review: Insanely delicious food. Service was impeccable. Music by the dj was perfect & the environment was cozy & luxurious.
Enjoyed the tasting menu (9 dishes) with 3 friends & we could not have been more satisfied! Exquisite Japanese inspired dishes, sufficient portion sizes & great pacing. Great cocktails & fun Sake list to discover. Food aside our service was also excellent 5 stars. Undoubtedly highly recommended!
A friend suggested we go to this restaurant, the name is a bit funny but once inside... just wow. The atmosphere, music & service were amazing. The food was absolutely mouth watering. It was fun sharing dishes with my group & everyone had an amazing time. It's only a 5 minute walk from the Montreal convention center.
