Restaurant L'Académie, the specialists in Italian and French Cuisines.
L'Académie in Laval is proud to invite you to discover it's fusion of Italian and French cuisines where you can bring your own wine.
L'Académie Restaurants has established a unique reputation for value, service and ambiance since the opening of our first location in 1984. Our "raison d'être" has always been to offer fine cuisine in an elegant ambiance at reasonable prices. Our more popular dishes include duck magret, rack of lamb, generous portions of mussels and fries as well as several choices of fresh pasta and sauces.
Impress your business associates for lunch or dinner or enjoy a romantic meal with a favorite friend. Bring your own wine and savor the fine dining, graciously presented at Restaurant L'Académie.
Our Specialties
Pasta, Mussels
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Guests describe L'Académie as a welcoming, spacious spot with a relaxed vibe and a convenient bring-your-own wine policy. The menu showcases fresh ingredients and flavorful dishes, with many praising calamari, seafood platters, veal scallopini and pasta, all well presented. Service is consistently highlighted as attentive and professional, with staff able to accommodate groups and maintain a friendly atmosphere even when busy. While a few reviews note occasional delays, temperature issues, or noise, the overall impression is of a satisfying dining experience with good value and a place to return to soon.
We went to L'Académie on January 29, 2026 for a birthday with 10 people, 8 adults & 2 kids. What should have been a joyful celebration turned into a four-hour ordeal where most of us left barely eating anything.
Parking was easy, & at first glance, the restaurant looked clean & quiet. We were seated quickly, the menu is expensive, & the waiter was friendly, answering our questions & explaining the specials. Most of us ordered from the menu; I chose the special. The kids ordered spaghetti & chicken.
We arrived at 5:30 PM.
At 7:30 PM, two hours later was when I finally received my Caesar salad. The lettuce was ok & the dressing fine, but more than half of the leaves had turned rusty red. I had to remove most of it & ended up leaving the majority untouched.
The kids got their meals shortly afterward. The rest of us were finally brought our entrees around 8:00 PM.
Our table had ragu pasta, black olive pasta, medallions with pasta, & cheese gnocchi.
My ragu pasta was so salty it was almost inedible. I even asked others to taste it. The ocean was sweeter.
The gnocchi was like a soup, the medallions were tough & salty, & the pasta sauce was acidic.
The kids' chicken was dry she barely ate her favorite meat, & his spaghetti sauce was also acidic, that a little later the waiter offered him a pizza instead.
I called the waiter over & asked him to taste it my dish. He said he would get me another plate. The owner came & explained the sauce had been made earlier but'shouldn't be salty' & also offered a replacement.
When the new plate arrived, it was identically salty. I took one bite & left it. Completely inedible.
The waiter was polite, but we had waited two hours in a mostly empty restaurant only to get food we couldn't eat. Almost no one at our table finished their meal, including the kids. Other tables were leaving plates unfinished too.
The owner came back again, repeating that the sauce had been made earlier & trying to convince us it was normal. My mother then also pointed out that her black olive pasta had only TWO kalamata olives in the entire dish & mostly mushroom & eggplant.
Finally, we had the birthday cake at 9:00 PM. By then, most of us including the kids had barely eaten. A few people resorted to plain pasta & bread just to have something. BTW the cake was good & the coffee the waiter made was also very good.
We paid the full bill, more than the cost of a trip to Cuba for all of us & yet, after four hours, we ate almost nothing.
The only positive: our waiter was incredibly friendly & patient.
What should have been a happy birthday dinner became one of the most disappointing, frustrating, & inedible experiences we've ever had. We will never return.
The food…awful. I had a linguini dish & my wife had duck. I've had better sauce out of a jar than what I was served. My wife couldn't eat the duck as it was almost entirely fat & gristle. It was supposed to come with a raspberry sauce, but was basically smothered with Dijon. The salad was more like a soup with all the dressing the put in it.
The atmosphere…it felt more like an all you can eat buffet than fine dining. It's lit up like a grocery store & it was so loud that it made conversation almost impossible.
The staff… most looked like they'd rather be walking on hot coals than here. We were lucky that our waitress was pleasant & the busboy was actually quite attentive & friendly.
The bill…the food, service & atmosphere was definitely not with the price we paid. For two meals & an appetizer, almost $200 with tip.
Overall, I've had worse, but I definitely won't be coming here again
Nov 29, 2025
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On 2025-11-08, my girlfriend & I decided to have supper at l'academie in Laval. It had been years since I had been there. We haven't been there in many years & upon our arrival we noticed the atmosphere & decor of the restaurant had changed. It looked like a fine dining restaurant. We were greeted immediately & waited max 2 minutes for our table. Our waiter was very knowledgeable & professional, his name was Harry & I encourage anyone to ask for him if dinning there. We started off with an entree of mussels in white wine sauce, there were so good that we asked for bread to dip inside the sauce because it was that delicious. For the main meal we had the sharing plate for 2 that had: 8 lamb chops, 2 lobster tails, 4-6 giant grilled shrimps, roasted potatoes & grilled vegetables. We've had this type of sharing plate at restaurants like'rib & reef & 40West' & it was better at l'academie, also at a fraction of the price. It also came with a salad each & coffee at the end. Our waiter suggested that plate & thank god we listened to him, because it didn't disappoint at all. The plate was so big that we took some of it home. We had no more room for dessert & our waiter brought us a piece of key lime pie to take home. Also, the best part it's a bring your own wine restaurant. No need to say we will definitely bring going back.
Dans l'ensemble le repas était bon sauf pour la salade César qui baignait dans la vinaigrette & dans laquelle il n'y avait que 3 minuscules morceaux de bacon & aucun croûton. Le reste par contre était bon.
C'était très bruyant & difficile à s'entendre. On n'a eu qu'un seul verre d'eau & pour mes pâtes, jamais on ne m'a proposé de fromage ou de poivre comme je voyais aux autres tables.
Donc pas mal dans l'ensemble mais avec qq petits irritants.
Le restaurant est jolie mon probleme principale est au niveau de la table d'hôte nous etions un groupe de 40-50 personne. Le choix de salade ou soupe est offert qui etait bonne les choix suivant pour le repas principale veau,poulet,agneau, poisson ou biffsteak. Jai pour ma part choisi le poulet farci au rissotto vraiment decu tres sec a peine de sauce une patate couper en deux quelque piment cuit & carotte le probleme principale etait le manque de gout du poulet qui etait extremement seche je n'est pas fini mon assiette. Ma compagne a opter pour le poisson du jour trop cuit avec des arette elle non plus na pas fini son assiette . Nos amis a notre table on pris le biffsteak (65$) en comparaison de 50$ pour le filet mignion dans le menu normal aucun des deux se sont fait demander la cuisson. Leur cuisson etait bleu ont eu non plus pas terminer leur assiette. Donc en resumer une place a aller sans groupe bcp plus de choix.
On était un grand groupe & nous étions obligés d'avoir un menu de groupe. Je n'étais pas au courant, mais ça c'est surment la faute de la personne qui organisait mon événement.
Le menu de groupe n'avais AUCUN BON SENS.
Le plat le moins cher était 45$.
Tout les plats étaient des plats que personnes n'aimaient.
Pâtes au poisson.
Veau
Agneau
Poulet au champignon
Poisson.
Seul plat que les gens pouvaient aimé le contre filet… 65$!
Serveur ne demandais pas le cuisson..
Aucun plat de pâtes ou de pizza. Il me semble c'est plus gagnant pour un groupe.
Les serveurs étaient gentils malgré que tout le monde chialaient. Nous étions au courant que ce n'était pas leurs fautes. Salade César & soupes étaient bonnes. Pour le reste je n'ai pas entendu 1 personne dire qu'ils on aimé leurs assiettes.
Pour le prix je n'en reviens toujours pas.
Ce resto est à oublier pour un groupe!!!
Pourtant leur menu en ligne avait l'air si bon.
J'ai l'impression de m'avoir fait voler 120$
Pour un poisson blanc trop cuit & une poitrine de poulet sec sec.
We went there because we had a gift card- & in the end, were happy we didn't have to put out very much money for this meal. Our waiter was very friendly, even though we received our salads before we got cutlery or napkins. Both salads had way too much dressing & the arugula salad for $21 was overpriced, consisting of a few shards of Parmesan, one or two grape tomatoes & some arugula. The price point was a mystery to us. I ordered the salmon tartare which came with fries. The fries were delicious. Unfortunately, the salmon tartare was mushy & didn't taste like salmon at all. There was as much avocado as there was tiny bits of very light pink salmon. It looked more like pâté, & the flavour was not very appetizing. The waiter, seeing my unfinished plate, inquired about the meal & wanted to know what I didn't like; he did offer to exchange it for me, but by then we were already ready to pay our bill. My husband had the veal with wild mushrooms, which he ate, but declared not to be restaurant- quality. Unfortunately, we will not be returning to this restaurant. years ago, we had been to the restaurant located in Pointe- Claire & had a similarly disappointing experience -it has since closed.
Oct 19, 2025
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On n'étais un gros groupe alors notre choix de menu étais très limité & on na manger des choses que l'on ne voulais pas vraiment la salade ceasar étais bonne jai pris le poulet sauce fromage bleu cetais moyen avec deux morceaux de patate & de brocoli & de carotte & mon mari a prix le vivaneau cetais ok sans plus
Ça fait plus de 20 ans que je vais dans les Académies.... Ce soir à Laval la nourriture était très ordinaire! Entrée coquille St Jacques très décevante même chose pour la salade César! J'ai pris des moules ce n'était pas assez chaud mon plat avait eu le temps de refroidir un peu avant qu'il arrive à ma table & mes frites c'était pire! Sur la table d'hôte ils annoncent une côte de Veau .... Mais dans l'assiette c'était un T - Bone de veau! C'est tlm pas la même chose! Pour tous ces raisons malheureusement je n'y retournerai pas!
Excellent experience. We were a group of 17 people for lunch on a Saturday. If you are a group of 15 or more, you must choose from a limited menu which has an assortment of options which include either soup, house salad or Cesar salad, main course & tea or coffee - including espresso based drinks. Food was very good. Of note are the mussels which are a house speciality. No one was disappointed with their meals - all plates were cleaned! Service was outstanding. Very attentive. They were able to address certain food restrictions with no issues. Plenty of bread, water replenishment, buckets of ice for wine, & additional glassware for toasts. Many in our group took desserts. All were fresh & there was a very good assortment. Plenty of free parking. Bathrooms a bit dated & could benefit from a good clean. It would have been nice to know about the set menues - the reservation system did not advise us; we only found out upon arrival. Would definitely recommend this restaurant over the Pointe Claire location.
Bonjour, plusieurs commentaires. L'hôtesse avait des souliers sport rouge avec une robe noire pas très professionnel. Les urinoirs une sur deux fonctionnait & l'autre plein d'urine. L'employé qui nous a servi à échappée du liquide le l'assiette de moules sur la table alors que la gérante tout près & la vue n'a pas participé n'a tenté d'aide son collègue à nettoyer ou à faire en sorte d'excuser. Le garçon a été sympathique par contre. Ma salade verte était légèrement défraîchie.
Notre serveur été polie & avenant.
Malheureusement la place se fait vielle & moins bien entretenue.
Les bruschetta étaient bonne par contre le prix trop cher.
Groupe de 4. Salade césar pour chacun comme entrée & la salade trempait dans la vinaigrette & elle avait beaucoup de bouts rouillés. La sauce des pâtes de l'un d'entre nous était trop liquide. Le poisson du jour trempaient dans l'huile pour les 2 personnes ayant fait ce choix. Pour la 4e personne, on lui a donné le mauvais menu au départ, donc a dû faire un autre choix. L'assiette de filets mignons étaient très ordinaire avec peu de légumes. Seule note positive est l'excellent service reçu de notre serveuse qui semblait gênée & confirmait nos dires sur la nourriture. Expérience peu agréable en considérant le prix payé & la mauvaise nourriture reçue. Une compensation financière aurait été normal vu la piètre qualité de la nourriture.
La nourriture était excellente seul bémol, la salade romaine avait été coupé depuis longtemps, elle était en bonne partie rouillée. Pas très appétissant à voir on s'attend pas à ça au resto.
