Joe Beef

Josh

5.0

Unbelievably good cuisine & service. Particularly the bone marrow flan.

Jamie

5.0

Joe Beef is an exceptional dining experience! The atmosphere is cozy & inviting, with a rustic charm that makes you feel right at home. The food is outstanding, with a menu that showcases local ingredients & inventive dishes. The service is attentive & friendly, ensuring a memorable meal. Highly recommend!

P

5.0

We dined here yesterday after having reserved a few weeks to a month in advance &... wow. The hype is real. The tuna tartare was a nice fresh start. We then transitioned into the lamb shoulder & lobster spaghetti which we shared. The lamb was cooked to perfection. The sauce & elements on the plate all blended in so well together. It had a faint but pleasant horseradish / dijon taste to it which was very nice & the lobster spaghetti was creamy & delicious. Lobster often gets lost / overpowered in pasta dishes with ingredients like tomatoes but this was not the case here. The lobster was the star of the dish on a bed of creamy spaghetti that included pancetta & chives. It was simply exquisite. Kudos to the kitchen & staff as they didn't miss a pulse all night. It was a great & memorable meal. I would highly recommend.

Betty

5.0

Unbelievable. Spectacular experience. Anthony Bourdain was right. Gorgeous atmosphere. Exciting cocktails & wines. Exceptional, highly knowledgeable & attentive service, & amazing amd expertly prepared food. Also we felt it was an excellent value. Started with a round of fantastic champagne cocktails presented tableside, steal tartare also prepared tableside, 2 bottles of exceptional wine, 3 entrees & 2 sides for all in about 150 US per person.

W.

5.0

I had a small seafood platter. $80 before taxes. seafood served is really fresh.

S

3.0

I've travelled all over the world & dined at many fine dining establishments so I expect, when I am about to spend $100 on a meal, to have three things- great service, sublime food, & to leave satiated. Not so this time, I would label my experience here, bland & boring. 1. My reservation was on time & the servers were friendly. However, they immediately led me to one of the worst seats in the restaurant at the bar at the end of a counter on a high bar stool where servers would have to go around me multiple times. This is a pet peeve of mine . As a single traveller, I'm often given the worst seat. I watched couples get lovely window seats when I was being stuck at the awful seat, I just said no & asked them to move me. Servers found me a place but then I was basically told that I was not to linger. Strike 1. 2. Service was good & friendly. Meal started with waiter asking me if I wanted a drink. I very specifically asked for one type of alcohol. The waiter checked & said they had it, so I ordered it. They brought it over , I sipped it, & it was not my drink. Then I had to go through this gaslighting experience of having the male waiter tell me that my drink was correct when I knew it wasn't! If I have to pay $100 for meal, I want the correct drink brought to me & I don't want to have to convince a waiter that there is an error. Sure enough, the server went back & I overheard them talk & they didn't even have my choice of alcohol there. They were wrong on 3 counts- 1 -to tell me they had it in the first place, 2- to serve it to me & 3- to try to convince me that I was imagining that it was wrong.Grrrrr! Strike 2. 3. For that price, I had hoped for & even expected a piece of bread, but I guess they don't do that here which was very disappointing.But I heard the waiter say that the portions were big & I even asked about what I was ordering & he said it would be enough. So I thought, I don't need the extra carbs. I ordered the scallops de Boston, which the waiter explained were served raw. Context- I have often scallop scuba dived & eaten scallops straight out of the shell & they have been delicious .What really sold the dish to me was the waiter saying that it had black truffle on it. Now I love truffles so I was really looking forward to it. & for $18, I assumed it would be divine!! What came were 5 slivers of scallop, maybe the equivalent of one & a half , maybe two scallops? They were in a liquid with what look like black truffle shavings. I tasted it & it was completely bland. I could not detect any seasoning but I thought, "maybe they didn't put any salt & pepper on them because they wanted the scallops & truffle to shine" but no, the truffle had no flavour at all & the scallops tasted slimy. I did not enjoy them, but I was hungry so I ate them. They did ask me what I thought of them, but after arguing already about my drink & being shuffled to a bad seat to start the dinner, I wasn't in the mood to explain. To top it off, when I tried to put slight pressure on a scallop to cut it , a whole bunch of ice underneath the dish spewed out all over my clothes, table, etc., which was not pleasant. As I was trying to clean it up, I also knocked over the fake candle. The server came over to help & I explained, "I was only trying to cut one in half". To this, he responded, "don't cut it in half, eat it whole". I guess I had to reach the age of 60+ to be told how to eat scallops correctly without making a mess. At this point, I don't have my drink, didn't enjoy the scallops, have no bread & I'm waiting for halibut for my main course, I asked how it was served & what the sauce Veronique was. It sounded good. My halibut came. It was a generous slice, had some nice brown colour, & seemed cooked well. But when I tasted it, it had absolutely no seasoning, was bland & the sauce also seemed unseasoned & bland. What was the point of the sauce if there was no flavour to it ? This was not a good experience & I will not be back. Strike 3!

Kyle

4.0

Very good food. They suggest you share but the portions aren't really large enough for more than a bite each. Still, good food & good service. Prices are high for small portions.

Alexandre

5.0

Wanted it to be overhyped, but was honestly outstanding. Ambiance, food, everything.

Laurent

5.0

Joe Beef. Parmi les super bon restos de Montréal ! Presque légendaire. Fred Morin. Merci pour tout!

Sergey

5.0

Excellent dining experience. From flawless service to great execution on seemingly simple dishes, everything was high quality. Steak tartare was prepared at the table & was one of the best I have ever had. Lobster spaghetti is also highly recommended. Mussels & oysters were the highlight of the small cold platter.