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.
Ash was our server & our host. He was so amazing that he is the main reason why we will return. Food was original, very tasty, served hot. The filet mignon was absolutely delicious. Pizza Margherita very good dough & nice toppings. Fettuccine Nastaba outstanding & the tartare of beef was one of the best we have had anywhere. Reasonably priced considering that you bring you own wine. We will return often. Thank you Ash.
Sur un groupe de 8, 4 seulement ont apprécié la qualité de la nourriture. Mets froids. Bien que nous n'étions que 15 en tout dans le resto, service lent & nous avons dû revenir à la charge pour obtenir du pain ou de l'eau chaude. Il faisait froid dans le resto.
L'endroit est agréable mais il manquait de chauffage: très frais.
Les frites qui accompagnaient le tartare de saumon ont été servies après que j'ai eu terminé le tartare. Le tartare trop acidulé
J'ai été accueillie par Hicham & servie par hash, un service INCROYABLE. Il m'ont pris malgré mon arrivé dernière minute avant la fermeture de la cuisine. J'ai vraiment apprécié aussi les suggestion de hash donc le plac de linguini au homard c'était délicieux.
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.
I understand the restaurant was very busy, especially since it seemed like there were a lot of big groups, however service took a long time. Our reservations were at 7:00 & we left at 11:00.
