Primo & Secondo

Betty

5.0

Had a fantastic dinner at Primo & Secondo in Little Italy during Grand Prix weekend with out of town visitors & it was a huge hit.

Amazing authentic Italian food & outstanding service from Michael from start to finish. Everyone loved their meals. We started with the most generous amount of delicious bread & Olive oil. We shared the burrata salad with Beets, cherry tomatoes, mini peppers, marinated peaches, basil pesto, honey Dijon dressing, & extra virgin olive oil, orecchiette pasta with rapini & braised lamb, while others had the caprese & prosciutto plate , special eggplant appetizer, vongole pasta & osso bucco. Everything was delicious & full of flavour.

The cocktails were great to start & the red Chianti paired perfectly with dinner. The tiramisu was honestly one of the best we've had.

There is a reason Primo & Secondo is considered one of the top Italian restaurants in Montreal. Warm atmosphere, excellent service & consistently amazing food. Will definitely be back 🍝🍷🇮🇹

David

3.0

We were four guests. We all found the food experience was very uneven & disappointing. The service was excellent, & except for asking the AC to be turned off , since it was a cool evening outside, the atmosphere was fine. The food is another story. Both the salmon tartare, & especially the lamps chops, suffered from lack of taste. Not the overall dish, but the main ingredient could have been anything at all. The lamb chops in a brown sauce, completely got rid of any tase of lamb. We were shocked with what the chef did. Lamb has a distinct taste that shines unless deleted, which was what we found. The sauce was also more of a soup. & at 59$ for three small & unevenly cooked pieces of meat, we were extremely disappointed. The tartare had the same effect, no taste of salmon. So two proteins that are enjoyed for their inherent flavour, were thrown under the bus. The stuffed zucchini flowers were excellent, as were the stuffed figs. The pasta norma was plain & unremarkable.The tomato salad was superb.

We were sad that nothing really lived up to the hype in the introduction to the restaurant. Some things are due to a bad day, but specific decisions - like the smothered & overcooked lamb - tell us that we cannot recommend this restaurant to any of our friends. & we could not see ourselves coming back.

V

3.0

This was my go to spot pre Covid. Haven’t been there since unfortunately. Mushroom risotto was on point arguably the best in the city, the clam pasta was decent. Appetizers were all great, zucchini flower, figs. Prices are high but where hasn’t it increased. Service was good but the vibes from the old staff way better, new younger waiter was a bit off imho. Would only repeat if owner/cook is there.