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.
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.
Merci
Feb 26, 2026
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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.
Nous sommes allés à l'Académie de Laval pour célébrer un anniversaire. Nous étions un groupe de 30 personnes venant de plusieurs régions du Québec & des USA.
Malgré notre grand bonheur de se retrouver nous avons été très déçus. Le serveur qui n'était pas sympathique & pas très agréable. Nous n'avions pas droit au menu régulier, nous étions obligés de prendre la table d'hôte & ce qui était offert était vraiment trop cher pour la qualité.
Certains repas sont arrivés très chauds, d'autres plutôt froids, les crevettes étaient trop cuites & le beurre à l'ail est arrivé presque à la fin. Les rigatonis sauce aux veaux n'étaient pas bons. Les desserts n'étaient pas très frais. Seul bon commentaire à été à propos du saumon qui était chaud & cuit à point.
Nous n'y retournerons jamais.
Oct 19, 2025
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Bonne ambiance. Notre serveur a bien pris notre commande & nous avons bien reçu ce que nous avons commandé. Il a fallu toutefois se manifester discrètement pour obtenir plus d'eau & le sel & le poivre ainsi que la sauce Sriracha. Les employé(e)s sont très poli(e)s & gentil(le)s. La bouffe était délicieuse, fraiche & les portions étaient d'une bonne grosseur. Les prix sont corrects. Nous y retournerons avec plaisir.
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
Bonjour, il est toujours agréable d'aller à L'Académie Laval. L'occasion était pour la Fêtes des mères avec ma fille & ma petite-fille. J'avais choisi l'escalope de veau avec crevettes & sauce blanche qui était extraordinaire. Ce n'est pas la première fois que nous y allons & certainement pas la dernière. Merci pour votre accueil chaleureux & à bientôt!
May 12, 2025
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This restaurant on the outside looks underwhelming but when you go in it's really nice, I would describe it more like a corporate gathering venue.
We went to this restaurant on a Wednesday & the service was pretty slow, it took about 25 minutes to get our order in then it took another 25 - 30 minutes to get our food.
I ordered the veal with penne & I was very disappointed at my meal. The veal was like a thin piece of breaded wet cardboard & my pasta felt like a generic Costco premade penne & tomato sauce. For 35$ it was definitely not worth it.
I would say this restaurant is for events only where people are expectant of generic meals but for a heartfelt meal, no.
Malheureusement, le repas est arrivé très tiède & la sauce des moules était beaucoup trop salée! La serveuse n'est jamais venue nous demander si tout était correct!
J'ai récemment goûté un plat de poulet grillé à L'Académie, & c'était une vraie réussite. Le poulet était bien cuit, tendre, avec juste ce qu'il faut de croustillant. La sauce tomate-oignon qui l'accompagnait était pleine de saveurs, bien équilibrée & relevée sans être trop forte. Les légumes étaient parfaitement cuits, encore croquants, ce qui ajoutait une belle fraîcheur au plat. C'est vraiment une assiette simple, bien exécutée & qui laisse une impression très agréable. Une belle option si vous cherchez quelque chose de délicieux & bien préparé !
Sep 21, 2024
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I loved the place, I had a great moments there with my colleagues, Birthday surprised, Nomination, ... But unfortunately, Today I can say I will never be back there The pasta was really tasteless, the sauce was too liquid , Like a soup the dessert really dry I do not suggest
Service acceptable mais non attentionné pour une soirée très calme. Resto propre. Assiettes sales & finission médiocre. Une assiette de fruits de mer arrivé froide. Escaloppe de veau au champignons sauvages incroyablement mauvaise. Veau trop mince & qui goute la farine gélatineuse. Sauce brune avec grumeaux. Tomates séchés qui se battent avec le feta pour le gout. J'avais de bon souvenir d'une cuisine honête & simple, malheureusement le temps à fait son oeuvre.
We were served not just one but 2 plates of completely uncooked chicken that was super pink inside for both. So dangerous!! They apologized & brought us new plates after we already took a few bites before realizing. We paid full price. Food took our table about 45 minutes to an hour to arrive & wasnt great. Fettuccine alfredo was very bland just sauce & pasta not much flavour. Fettuccine primevera was really oily I had taken it last time I went & same thing theres way too much oil for my liking & the person who had that plate. Pizza was okay. Waiter was nice & busboy too but overall experience wasnt great.
Les entrées étaient très bonnes, mais les plats principaux peu goûteux, sauce liquide... très décevant pour un restaurant qui se qualifie d'italien. De plus, très, très bruyant, difficile de s'entendre parler.
Plusieurs demande non respecter
Ex. 1 apportez le jus pour enfant avec le repas & non avant
2 sauce épicée pour les pâtes jamais apportez
3 pas offert le dessert menu enfant
