Île Flottante

Sofia

5.0

Had a really lovely evening at Île Flottante.

It's a tasting experience with no menu. Each course is a delightful surprise-& that's exactly what makes it so special. Every dish felt carefully thought out, with beautiful presentation & really interesting combinations of flavours, textures, & aromas. You can tell there's a lot of creativity & precision behind the experience.

They offer pairings, but I kept it light since I was driving back to Ottawa, & it still felt complete.

Also worth mentioning: the price feels very fair for the quality, especially with their Michelin recognition.

Tip: go with an open mind & take your time-it's meant to be experienced, not rushed. You will also need to make a reservation.

Stephanie

3.0

Left still feeling hungry, which was disapointing.

H

1.0

The Emperor Has No Tablecloth.

We arrived for a birthday celebration. We left having celebrated nothing.

Île Flottante charges $130 per person for a vegetarian tasting menu that mistakes visual complexity for culinary achievement. Course after course arrived architecturally composed & gastronomically hollow - flower petals standing in for flavor, smears of sauce substituting for depth, decorative crockery so aggressively mismatched it suggested less a design philosophy than a disorganized cupboard.

The service was, at best, theoretical. Water glasses refilled themselves only through determined intervention. Our server existed primarily as a recurring rumor. When one diner requested a second piece of bread, they were informed this pleasure would carry an additional charge. At $130 a head, the bread is apparently rationed.

No one acknowledged the birthday. Not once.

The Michelin Guide has been generous to this address. One can only assume their inspector visited on an evening when the kitchen remembered to season the food, the servers remembered their tables, & management remembered that hospitality - not merely its aesthetic performance - is the entire point.

Montreal deserves better. So did the birthday guest.

Marine

5.0

Un des meilleur resto que j'ai fait !

Ting

5.0

Deserves more than just a Michelin distinction. They have a rotating blind tasting menu & every course was packed with a different set of flavors.

The first restaurant that I told myself I need to come back to often. Highly recommend!

Lucky

4.0

Flavour combinations paired well with each other & tasted light & delicate. Really enjoyed the flavours of each dish. The only problem was that the sauce element of each savoury course was a little too salty. The rest of the dish would be perfectly fine but then I would get a bit of sauce & it would be too salty.

R

5.0

One of the best meals of my life. Often fine dining is full of'interesting' bites but you're not sure if you'like' them… in this case, the food was both interesting & comforting. Highly recommend.

Charlotte

5.0

Quel délice 🥺

Satina

5.0

My husband & I had the tasting menu paired with the wine & it was fantastic! The owner & employees were really cool & down to earth & you can tell it's their passion. They also had a grappa which was the most tasty I've ever had-connecting really special!

Shai

5.0

Loved my experience. The second you walk in, you can see their attention to details. Our table was setup impeccably. The host was clearly well trained & well spoken. They have a tasting menu that's diverse, elegant & overall exquisite. No 2 dishes were alike. The waiter was very knowledgeable about everything we had. The cocktails were fabulous.