Mon Lapin, un restaurant de quartier au cœur de la Petite Italie de Montréal. Cuisine inventive et savoureuse, tous les incontournables de saison sur un menu en constante évolution, concocté par les chefs Marc-Olivier Frappier et Jessica Noel, ainsi que leur équipe. Vins visionnaires, une carte riche en bouteilles vibrantes et éclectiques.
Mon Lapin recueille de nombreuses éloges pour une cuisine créative et inventive axée sur les produits locaux, des plats à partager et des accords vins soignés, le tout dans une ambiance intime et chaleureuse avec un service attentif qui accompagne parfaitement l’expérience. Beaucoup soulignent la qualité des plats, leur équilibre et leur présentation soignée, ainsi que la connaissance des vins et la capacité du personnel à personnaliser les recommandations; le cadre et l’atmosphère contribuent aussi à une impression générale très favorable. Le menu varie régulièrement selon les disponibilités et agrège des morceaux marqués par le poisson et les fruits de mer, avec des plats signatures comme le croque pétoncle et le gâteau au sarrasin qui reviennent souvent en bien. Toutefois certains critiques signalent des portions petites et des prix élevés, une hype parfois démesurée ou des moments de service moins harmonieux, et quelques plats jugés lourds ou manquant de saveur; malgré cela l’adresse est largement considérée comme l’une des meilleures du Canada et mérite une réservation à l’avance pour vivre une expérience culinaire distinctive.
This is easily one of the best meals I have ever had. We went on a busy Saturday night & we were promptly seated as soon as we arrived. Our original server was absolutely lovely & really helped us with the menu. We decided to have the kitchen curate a menu for us with wine pairings which was the BEST decision. We got such an array of dishes & every single one was delicious & every wine accompaniment worked perfectly. We were there for 2 hours & were attended to perfectly by multiple servers who were so knowledgeable about the menu & wine pairings. The restaurant itself was beautiful, I cannot say enough good things. I can't wait to go back
Le pire service de ma vie... Nourriture & vin incroyables par contre au niveau du service, c'est pathétique... Quand un serveur a 5-6 tables, des suiteurs & des busboys pour l'aider, c'est TRÈS faisable d'aller voir sa table plus qu'une fois dans un service de deux heures. Notre serveur a prit notre commande pour ensuite disparaître à jamais... J'ai attendu presque une heure pour une table alors que j'avais une réservation depuis un mois bref, des incapables. Pour 250$, j'aurais apprécié avoir du service décent, lâchez pas!
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One of the best restaurants I've been to in Canada.
Finally made it after trying to get a reservation for weeks. Mon Lapin was voted #1 in Canada for two consecutive years, & while it lost that title this year, the reservation was still very hard to get. Barely got in with a 9PM res.
Mon Lapin changes its menu daily according to availability of ingredients, & since we had a late res, some of the items were already sold out. They don't release their menu anywhere, so even until we were sat down, we didn't know what we were getting into (except, obviously, their signature scallop dish).
From the smaller plates, our favorites were the Conserve de Poireaux, Moules Fumées & Le croque-Pétoncle. In the former, it took me several bites to realize that smoked mussels were puréed into the mayo. & it was just brilliant. Smoky, briny, & addictive enough to lick clean. Better than MSG. The preserved leeks were slick & squeaky, so I didn't enjoy it to be honest, but worth it just for that smoked mussels mayo.
The scallop mousse was extraordinary. The texture was silky yet gently chewy & it was like sinking your teeth into a warm, freshly pressed rice cake. The green onion mayo added a nice spark, but truthfully, the sandwich didn't need it. Ordered a second without hesitation.
For the large plates, we ordered the duck breast, Gaspésie halibut, & Beaurivage pork, & the only dish that really stuck to my memory was the pork. Beaurivage pork is the finest pork from Québec, so it was exceptionally tender. Here it got the treatment of prime rib. Cut thick & splashed with some anchovy sauce. It sounded a bit risky but ended up pairing beautifully with the pork fat.
We unfortunately weren't in the mood for wine pairing, so got some of their non-alcoholic drinks. I got the Honey & Sea salt seltzer, & it was one of the best soda/seltzers I've had in a while.
We went to this restaurant with high expectations for a special occasion but were not impressed at all.
We were four people, so we ordered several different dishes to share. Everything was just ordinary (not bad, but not particularly tasty or special either). They try to impress with a unique, daily-changing menu, but when it comes to the actual food, it's just average & lacking in flavor.
Service wasn't great either; too many different staff members were attending to us while we waited a long time for our food. The restaurant presents itself as a top-tier destination, but in reality, it felt like an ordinary place that I wouldn't return to, especially for the price.
Great restaurant but NOT safe for celiacs! Be careful! The food was delicious but I had a troubling experience. I explained I could not eat gluten to our server & when he brought our plate I asked about a specific grain as it looked like gluten, sure enough the kitchen confirmed it was spelt. The server tried to convince me that spelt was not gluten, in the end I googled it & showed the server on my phone that it is a form of gluten & is not safe for celiacs. They remade the plate without the grains & it was delicious.
Very good food. The food is very light, & fresh leaving you feeling good after the meal. The scallop toast was incredible, fish was delicious. The corn is a must order. However, the food did take slightly longer than expected to come out of the kitchen. The courses were paced, but it was slow. The staff are all incredibly nice & do an amazing job explaining the menu. The patio outside is lovely. Definitely recommend.
The one thing I can say about this gem that maybe hasn't been said before is that it brings you back to a time when Montreal restaurants were authentically Montreal restaurants. There is no pretense; just incredible food, a perfect bar where you can talk all the trash with amazing people, insane wines, & an unpretentious vibe. Long live Mon Lapin bro❤?
I went here with my buddy on a Thursday night, & it was extremely full by the time we got there, near 10PM.
Mon Lapin ('my rabbit') is a cheeky French term of affection, & the rabbit theme shows up in quirky ways in this restaurant's artwork, figurines & always-hopping ambiance.
Even the cactus is shaped like a rabbit here.
My buddy & I kept thinking there might be rabbit dishes here, but we were wrong. Most of the dishes were seafood, which was mainly what we ordered.
This place used to be part of the Joe Beef group of restaurants, but now sommelier Vanya Filipovic & chef Marc-Olivier Frappier are taking full ownership of the establishment.
From the menu of that specific day, we ordered:
•Cocktail du Jour! (Cocktail of the Day)
•Croque-pétoncle, maïs sucré (Croque-scallop, sweet corn)
•Aubergine rosa Bianca, cantaloup (Rosa Bianca eggplant, cantaloupe)
•Couteaux de mer, concombre itachi - sureau (Razor clams, itachi cucumber - elderberry)
•Maquereau - fava - beurre noisette (Mackerel - fava - brown butter)
•Espadon N.-E., fenouil - bisque (NE swordfish, fennel - bisque)
My favourite is the croque-pétoncle, simply because I like scallops & crunchy things & sweet corn. The dishes in general are very interesting in their composition, yet very minimalistic. Most interesting to me is the eggplant dish, it's like a sweet & savory vegetarian dish. I think everything is perfectly prepared, but it's just not something to my taste; it's too minimalistic to me & it doesn't have enough meat/fish in a dish (compared to vegetables/fruits) for my liking.
Service impeccable, délicieux vins (shoutout au Veltlinske Zelene Kravi Hora) au verre & délicieux cocktail.
Je ne recommande pas particulièrement le croque-pétoncle (il semble populaire) parce que le gras éclipse massivement la délicatesse du pétoncle. On l'a même essayé une 2e fois & il était carbonisé.. Le café laisse à désirer -- il vient du Union mais malheureusement parmi leurs grains plus foncés. Le reste est délicieux, faites confiance à toute la carte!
