Le Balthazar Centropolis

Je donne 4 étoiles pour l’emplacement, la connaissance et le service du staff, le live band et la variété du menu. Ce n’est pas un endroit où j’irai pour manger, mais plutot pour un verre et des nachos à partager en couple ou entre gang d’amis. D’ailleurs en parlant de leur nachos, rien à redire, super. J’ai aimé mes 2 visites!

Awwww… beer!
Well, I’m not a beer drinker, but hubby is. So, we went to Balthazar over the weekend for a second visit.
I can’t say I was enchanted with my «pulled pork poutine». Not that it was not good. Everything was good: pulled pork, fresh french fries, cheese… the weird part was the gravy… it was an home made bbq gravy. Which in itself was very very good… but the mix didn’t do it for me, at all.
Why then, do i give it a 4 star??? Well, we sat at the bar (our favorite places anywhere I think), and the waiter/​barman and all the staff we got to talk with were something special. Very nice, sociable, knowledgeable of their products. That, and my husband’s experience seemed to have been more than great. His food, the 3 beers he tried and our desert!
Loved the ambiance and staff, but was so-​so with the food. Hubby would have given it a 5 stars! he loved it all!

The marriage between the food & the beer is excellent! Service is great & the staff knows their beers & they’re a good reference if you don’t know what to pick! The ambiance is friendly! Food was good but I found the beef tartar salty

Voici un autre de ces restos qui se mérite la note «Bof» (3 étoiles). Voyons voir pourquoi…
En général, la cuisine ici est très correcte. L’endroit propose un menu du genre cuisine québécoise remodelée au goût du jour et «snobisée «. On trouve donc à la carte des poutines gastronomiques avec du magret de canard ou avec du cheddar vieillit et sauce à la bière noire. On offre aussi une large variété de burgers et de grillades. Aussi, des entrés surprenantes, tel que de la pieuvre apprêtée à la manière Général Tao ou du ris de veau popcorn. Original et efficace. Vous voyez le genre? De ce côté, rien à redire.
Ce qui tue chez Le Balthazar c’est le service. Il est terriblement long. Désespérément long même. Nous sommes entrés ici à 19 h. Après avoir poiroté une heure devant nos bières, le serveur a finalement daigné (sous notre insistance) prendre notre commande, et ce, vers les 20 h. À ce moment, il a même eu l’affront de nous dire: «je dois d’abord vérifier avec le chef s’il est prêt à prendre votre commande «. Pardon? Fallait le dire plus tôt non? Les premières assiettes sont arrivées à notre table vers 20h45. Donc 1 h 45 minutes après avoir été assis par le placier. C’est vraiment trop long.
Malgré le service exécrable, je dirais que la force du Balthazar réside dans son très grand menu de bières québécoises. Je souligne aussi que le menu bouffe propose des accords mets — bières pour chacun de ses plats. Bravo, j’adore l’initiative.
Pour conclure, malgré quelques belles trouvailles gastronomiques, je né crois pas revenir ici à cause du service. Dommage.

We tried out the Balthazar at the Dix30 in Brossard. We were very disappointed by our visit. First of all, we waited at the door for several minutes before a hostess came. Secondly, all the items on the menu are expensive, we were expecting some great food. The utensils are cheap (when you pay 30 $ for your meal, you want to eat with proper utensils). We waited about half an hour for our order (although we ordered a salad and tartare) and there was a mix up with the order (salmon tartare instead of the tuna). The tartare is severed with fries OR salad and with regular bread, something more or at least both fries and salad would be normal and appreciated. We were offered some mayonnaise and we were surprised to see that it was not even close to home made (Heinz mayo) When you pay 30 $ for your meal (45 $ with tax and service), you expect a higher quality! The staff was new (the place has been opened for 2 weeks) and unexperienced but friendly and respectful. The restaurant is huge and very busy and the seating was not comfortable. We will not be going again and sadly do not recommend this restaurant it would be a waste of your money.

Bön choix de bières de microbrasseries québécoises et nourritures bien pour ce type d’endroit. Service extrêmement lent et pas toujours le meilleur. Attendu 5 grosses minutes avant de me faire servir. Oui la place était pleine mais même pas de «bonjour, je vais être avec vous dans pas long». Je commençais à me demander si j’étais invisible.

Demandez les ailes de poulet en à 0,50 $ les jeudis pendant le 5 à 7…
J’enlève une étoile, car l’ambiance…ennuyante, même avec un petit band qui joue. De plus, il y a juste 3 – 4 bières qui sont en spécial durant le 4@7… Bref, un peu déçu…

Nice place to kick back and enjoy a local beer. The food is just okay, not exactly hot. But the help is awesome… Definitely go when Annie is working!

If I wanted to hang out in St Jerome… I would go to St Jerome.
The dbag levels were off the charts, even by Laval standards. I found nothing endearing about this place to report on. Large Quebec beer selection, but pathetic hard liquor selection. If you’re not into mediocre beer then you’re going to be disappointed with what’s on the shelf.
Live music… I guess that’s what it was. I’d rather pierce my own nipples then go through that again. And some obnoxious guy with bad tattoos would pretend it was his own personal karaōke machine and sing along on stage, into the musicians mic. I think he was the owner or manager.
Service was ok. I don’t like chasing the waiter for 20 minutes just to pay.
This is your place if you remember Fuzzy as a great place. And if you’re from Brossard, and are looking for a place to hang out in, look no further.

Best bar in Laval, period. Unbelievable selection of beer. Prices are good and ambiance is ok. Only problem is food selection suck. Expensive food.

Beer — 100% Québécois! Our dearest province is home to many exceptional crafted beers. Le Balthazar proposes a concise but well thought beer menu that includes beer only made in the Québec province.
Beer sommelier — Love it! From 5 to 11 (I think) a beer sommelier is on the premises to suggest and comment great choices of barley juices (aka Beer).
Food — Fantastic! The food is great. To this day, I’ve tried the steak bavette as well as the fish N’chips. The steak is tasty and the fish N’chip has the must, seriously the crispiest crust ever.
Service — Lacking a bit! I found that the service was a bit lazy. Several times did we have to wave our hands to the server while she was snacking and chatting with other servers. An empty beer that has been standing on the table is not supposed to stay there for 10min, especially when there are not so many customers around. We had to wave once to order our beer, twice to order something to snack, trice for the second beer, again to order food, and yet again to get the check. The first time wasn’t great either.
Ambiance — elevated ceilling creates room, and the length-​less wooden bar is incredible. The overall ambiance is great… when they are not trying to replicate U2’s concert indoor! Damn, music is so loud late in the evening. Also, the ventilating fan makes a buzzy sound that drives you nuts. According to the server, an issue they’ve been dealing with since they opened… Then fix it???
Overall, great beer, great food, but lacks (to my opinion) on service.

Recently opened in Laval’s Centropolis, Le Balthazar Laval is the sister of the original one at Joliette. Serving beers exclusively from Quebec breweries, it is an excellent place to have a tasting of different type of beers or to sip at a local recipe! You can select a tasting of 4 or 5 small portions of beer with very affordable prices. My personal favorite is La Vie de Château from Le Grimoire which has a slight rum and caramel taste or the selection from the brewery of Ile d’Orleans! They also offer an interesting menu of pub foods that is surprisingly good. However, the service is slow and not that knowledgeable of their products. And they have this fan that just makes this constant and annoying noise… not cool… But I must point, if you are lucky, you might catch the ‘sommelier’ which has great knowledge and passion about beers! A good place to have a beer between friends without the problem of finding a parking ;) Hey it is Laval after all: D