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.
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L'Académie offers a varied menu featuring delicious options like mussels, pasta, and lamb, making it a popular choice for families and large groups. Many patrons appreciate the bring-your-own-wine policy and the professional, friendly service provided by several staff members who contribute to a welcoming environment. While some visitors have noted inconsistencies in wait times, temperature, or noise levels during busy periods, others consistently enjoy the flavorful, well-presented dishes and the spacious, attractive setting, often highlighting memorable experiences for special occasions.
La nourriture est toujours excellente mais la qualité du service a diminué. Il a fallu que l'on demande à avoir du pain ( ce qui est un must avec les moules & les plats en sauce) & il a fallu demander à avoir du poivre en grain moulu pour aller avec nos salades Césars ( habituellement, ils nous l'offrent automatiquement). De plus, l'eau offert était chaude & goûtait la terre. Ca fait plusieurs années que nous y allons & ça a été vraiment différent cette fois ci. De plus, le pain a été réduit de moitié sinon, au tiers de la grosseur qu'ils offraient auparavant.(reduflation?)
Je suis allée dans ce restaurant car j'avais des certificats cadeaux. Quelle expérience décevante. Ça vieilli très mal, les chaises sont affreuses, le cuir est en décomposition. Le menu est alléchant car beaucoup de choix. Mais lorsque tu reçois une assiettes de veau à 48$ tu t'attends à une certaine présentation, un tas de nouilles au beurre & du veau baignant dans la sauce, aucun légume. Nous avons attendu notre facture plus de 40 minutes car 3 fois le serveur a fait des erreurs. Enfin bref je n'y retournerai pas & je ne le conseille pas.
J'ai pris un veau marsala, c'est souvent ça que je prenais chez vous & c'était très bon. Mais j'ai été très déçu. Ça faisait quelques mois que je n'était pas allé chez vous. Les tranches de veau, j'en ai déjà mangé des meilleures. Elles était très petites. Les champignons, j'en avait à peu près 5 & ils étaient très petits. Les pâtes n'étaient pas bonnes, elles ressemblaient à des penne, la sauce n'était pas bonne, j'avais jamais mangé du veau avec un genre de penne dans une sauce rosée. J'ai été très déçu. Au prix qu'on paye pour aller manger chez vous, on devrait être contents. J'espère qu'un jour vous allez revenir au bon veau marsala d'avant.
May 21, 2026
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Les moules à volontés sont excellentes. Toutes les sauces sont bonnes.
Bon le mardi on repassera pour l'ambiance mais si vous y aller pour le spécial vous n'allez pas être déçus.
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.
Nos plats étaient bons, sans être extraordinaire. J'ai pris l'escalope aux citrons & mon conjoint l'escalope au prosciutto qui était elle beaucoup trop salée.
L'accompagnement pâtes sauce rosée était très peu goûteux, sauce plutôt aux tomates que rosé.
bon service, la nourriture a été très décevante,
pour moi poulet sans saveur ,manque de sauce, légume en petite quantité,
ma femme même chose le gigot d'agneaux sans réel assaisonnement, très fade,
mon fils, linguine au homard, très petite quantité, pas vus le homard, mais petite langoustine??
entré de aranciata ordinaire,
entré de crevette géante était bonne sans plus
en générale nous avons été très déçus ,
pourtant j ai habituellement bien manger dans ce restaurant
ne retournerais pas
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
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.
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.
