La Prunelle emphasizes a market-driven approach to French cuisine that highlights the technical precision required for high-quality preparation. The menu centers on raw meat delicacies, featuring a diverse selection of tartares that serve as the focal point of the culinary program. Ingredients undergo minimal processing to preserve their natural flavor profiles while maintaining the core characteristics of traditional regional cooking. The kitchen operations prioritize consistency through a rotating roster of seasonal offerings derived from available local produce. Each composition balances textural contrasts against bold seasoning choices, ensuring every plate delivers a direct expression of the primary component. This commitment to focused preparation techniques results in a streamlined experience that avoids unnecessary complexity while maintaining rigorous standards for freshness and ingredient integrity across the entire menu.
La Prunelle is widely regarded as a standout bring-your-own-wine destination in the Plateau neighborhood, celebrated for its creative and refined French cuisine. Guests frequently praise the delicious flavor profiles, high-quality ingredients, and the warm, welcoming atmosphere, particularly when the windows are open during the summer months. While most diners have wonderful experiences with the attentive and professional service, some feedback mentions that the restaurant can become quite lively, and there are occasional differing opinions regarding portion sizes and the cost of certain menu items. Overall, it remains a beloved local institution where many appreciate the attention to detail and consistently memorable dining experiences.
The chef's cuisine was perfect, the service on point & especially the waitress's suggestions. she was a connaisseur 👌
Oh also the cheesecake, with Vanilla extract 💯
Plats délicieux & originaux.
Table de 4, entrées partagées.
•L'entrée de tartare de saumon aurait par contre dû être accompagné d'un élément croustillant-
•délicieuse entrée de pieuvre, sa crème de chorizo & ses pickles de poire, mais à notre avis très peu pour le prix. Manque peut-être un peu de condiments (poivre, épices…)
Plat principal:
-3 magrets de canard & un tartare de boeuf.
•délicieuse composition visuelle & gustative de magret sur polenta grillée & choux rouge acidulé, le tout posé sur une légère écume fumée & un coulis de bleuet. La recette gagnante. Le magret annoncé rosé aurait mérité d'être un tantinet moins cuit afin d'éviter une légère texture pâteuse afin d'en apprécier la tendreté.
•le tartare de boeuf était vraiment très bon mais nous sentons que la viande aurait pu être hachée plus finement car l'on sentait parfois des petits morceaux (de tendons ou de nerfs?), ce qui ne faisait pas totalement apprécier certaines bouchées. Le tout servi avec salade, frites très goûteuses, Mayo maison & croûtons.
Tous les plats présentés avec goût & finesse.
Le service était parfait & discret.
Nous avons fort apprécié notre soirée & avons apporté notre vin qui s'est parfaitement bien accordé aux plats.
Merci encore!
PS: Ci-joint, les photos des entrées & le tartare de boeuf. Malheureusement, nous avons omis de photographier le magret de canard qui méritait « photo ». La prochaine fois. 🤷?♀?
Feb 9, 2025
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Excellent restaurant apportez votre vin. Excellente cuisine. Il est préférable de prendre les assiettes plus travaillées, car les à-côtés sont vraiment excellents. Excellent service, professionnel, courtois & sympathique. Décor simple, mais très bien réussi & où on veut retourner pour une ambiance suffisamment sophistiquée mais en même temps chaleureuse & décontractée. Belle terrasse en été.
We went in a large group, we waited some time as the table wasn't ready, not a big deal since we're a considerable number, we took the group menu & it was extremely disappointing: the starter: the salmon tartare was plain, tasteless & it did not feel fresh, the main dish that we took was the steak with fries & OMG literally it was two small pieces of steak & full of oily & burn fries...... Horrible!To top it all off, the dessert: the cheesecake seemed to have a liter of sugar in it as it was too sweet & cloying, not the best & we couldn't finish it. The service was average, nothing extraordinary & the music is a little loud to be able to talk on a large table. What a disappointing experience, it was the most stolen $200 in the world, yes it is a plus to be able to bring your own wine, but the food is so tasteless I would never go back.
Food was delicious although the soup was not warm enough. Unfortunately there was an error in our order & we were given the wrong main. Sweetbreads were spot on. Waitstaff was very knowledgeable & friendly. Service was a little slow probably because the restaurant was full. Seating by the windows have always been cold in the winter.
Restaurant très cozy! Notre serveuse était attentive & en pleine connaissance de son menu! Malheureusement, les plats que nous avons choisis étaient mal assaisonné & moins bien balancé.
Nous sommes deux dans le restaurant à l'ouverture. La serveuse ne semble pas trop empressée. On doit remplir nous-mêmes nos verres d'eau. Des prix quand même élevés pour des assiettes peu copieuses, sans même un morceau de pain (un extra de 3$). En surplus, nos assiettes sont tièdes & nous avons dû demander de réchauffer nos plats. Nous peinons à imaginer la situation lorsque c'est bondé...
Pretty place, nice presentation, friendly efficient service, good playlist, BYOW is a big plus as well. Unfortunately the food was pretty hit or miss. The octopus was delicious but tough. The bread was charred. My friend enjoyed her tomato soup. The duck tasted great but once again kinda tougher than it should be. The gnudi was pretty disappointing, it was basically a tomato based dip which overpowered everything in it, needless to say my friend didn't enjoy it. I liked the squash cake, it was the right amount of sweetness, the addition of sprinkled salt was pretty unnecessary though.
