Commerce Bar Gastronomique

J’irai un peu dans la même vague que les autres commentaires: il s’agit d’un endroit de 5@7 très trendy, mais pas un endroit de choix pour un souper ‘gastronomique’.
Nous avons commandé te tartare de saumon, la salade ‘légumes’, les côtes levées et une bouteille de chardonnay pinot noir d’afrique du sud. Si la carte des vins proposait des choix intéressants, la nourriture était vraiment ordinaire. Quand j’aurais pu faire mieux à la maison, c’est questionnable.
Le prox est définitivement trop élevé pour le service et le menu, mais j’y retournerais pour prendre un verre après le travail, durant la semaine, pour profiter du spécial 1 $/l’huitre entre 5 et 7h.. Le week-​end: it’s so empty.

Still have mixed feelings about this place. Went there for a drink with colleagues after work: the location is amazing, the décor is fabulous, the atmosphere was great! Music wasn’t too loud, so it’s easy to have a nice conversation with friends. Happy hour is from 5 – 7 pm, and most drinks are 5 $ — a pretty good deal for a downtown bar. BUT, I have to agree with my fellow Unilocalers, the service was just bad… the barmaid was very uninvolved, I just felt she didn’t care. No love in any of her drinks! The reason I gave it a 4 stars is that I believe this place has everything to become a financial district hotspot! I may have been unlucky that day sitting at the bar, so will likely give it another shot.

Stopped in here for lunch one day while walking through Montréal. We just stumbled upon it. Sat at the bar and the bartender was really nice. We ordered soup to start off and it was super tasty. The burger I ordered for lunch was good — average burger. My spouse got a salmon burger and that was pretty good. They offer a lunch menu for a really decent price where you got a soup or salad, a burger, and some sorbet. Really worth the value.
The best part of the experience was the hot shot the bartender made us at the end! They were delicious and got us addicted! In addition the bartender was super kind and asked us if we wanted her recommendations for restaurants and she wrote us down 5 places with addressees to go to!
Liked the place a lot. Would go back and would definitely recommend.

Went with the girls on a Thursday night as part of MTL à Table $ 31 menu.
The ambiance — very chic with great music (seriously great late 90s and early 00s!) and a young professional crowd gathered around the bar.
The food was good overall — the $ 31 menu consisted of:
1. Shared appetizer including
— crudities with dip
— pork buns: delicious! I would have eaten about a dozen of them
— popcorn and shrimp: very good and creative, the shrimp was battered with just a hint of coconut taste and the popcorn was deliciously seasoned
2. Choice of main: I had the ribs, more like braised beef but good
3. Shared dessert: Giant chocolate chip cookie and lemon cake which were both delicious
The only flaw was the service; it wasn’t bad but it was very disorganized and disjointed. A man came by to take our drink order and was followed by a waitress who had no idea who took our order… we got 2 of each of the shared courses for a group of 3, which were different set down haphazardly across the table (as opposed to a nice larger platter?) and had to ask the bartender to send our waitress over at the end of the night to settle our bill (she was nowhere in sight!)

A few of my friends and I won lift tickets for Bromont so we decided to make a trip out of it and stopped by Montréal on the way. We got to Montréal on New Years Eve and we were exhausted so we didn’t plan on doing anything fancy. We just wanted to grab a nice dinner and then go see the fire works at the waterfront. Everywhere we looked, it was all booked except for Commerce so we went here. The place is very trendy and definitely somewhere I would have dressed up more if it didn’t say casual. The crowd was young so it was loud. The food was good but not amazing. We got a chacuterie plate to share and a dozen oysters and a glass of wine. I got a seabass and that was good but not amazing, it was a bit bland. I felt that the service was subpar for the price I was paying. I don’t know if it was because it was busy or it was because my friends and I were not dressed as fancy as the other guests.
Overall, this would be a place I would go for after work drinks or after dinner drinks at the bar but not for dinner.

From the outside, La Commerce looks like a really beautiful and trendy looking spot in the old port. I’ve finally made a visit on an impromptu date night with my boyfriend. I went after work so I was already super hungry and excited to try their menu.
Good: The location and décor. It’s very hip, definitely a place to be scene or have a 5 a 7. I also had a dozen oysters, which were really good! If you go between 5−7pm, it’s $ 1 oyster special! They make a really good sauce, which goes perfectly with it.
Bad: The Scallop ceviche (with coconut milk and pink peppercorn) is probably the most bland thing I’ve ever had. I thought it would be a bit more creative, but nah, all you can taste is scallop with coconut milk. Very disappointing. We also had the tartar du moment as a main and it turns out the tartar du moment was the dull salmon. Much too creamy, lack seasoning, minimal flavor, among the most boring tartars I’ve ever had. For someone who came in hungry, you’d think I’d say everything was friggin delicious, but not right here.
Bottom Line: The food is just nothing special (I guess ‘okay’ by Pub standards, except the oysters were good), the atmosphere is nice. Overall, you can definitely spend your money elsewhere for better quality food.

Lovely evening visiting from New York with our local friends in Montréal. We had a child with us so we could not be seated inside after 8:00 pm due to liquor laws. But we had a very nice table set up for us right outside. Not a gorgeous street but it was a lovely summer evening. Among the dishes were some small plates such as the pulled pork steamed bun, inventive spicy popcorn shrimp, fresh scallop ceviche, grilled octopus; entrees included country chicken and steak frites prepared with a gastropub sensibility. Excellent attentive charming wait staff.

Very cool and contemporary décor, ambient lighting, and a very well stocked bar. Great location, for its proximity to old Montréal. It felt very intimate, the perfect setting for a date.
I came here with a couple of girlfriends, and we tried some of the whiskey and cocktails, which were delicious but service was a little sluggish, even though it wasn’t particularly busy that midweek evening.
The menu could benefit from a wider range of veggie options. I ended up just getting the fries and some dessert, which is why I’m only giving it 3 stars.

Food is amazing! Must try! The popcorn & shrimp is so inventive and incredibly delicious! Steak so juicy and flavorful. Chicken melts in your mouth. Wedge salad light and airy. Surprisingly, it could use a smidge more dressing.
Martinis could be a larger pour. Wine is terrific. Staff seems helpful but a little inexperienced.

Belle ambiance pour un 5 à 7 après le travail
…Beau bar, belle déco.
Par contre, très déçu du lobster roll: la queue du homard n’était pas coupé dans le sandwich ce qui le rendait difficile à manger et l’intestin du homard n’avait pas été enlevé, ce qui m’a vraiment levé le coeur. Pour un sandwich à 18 $ dans un pub «gastronomique», ce serait très apprécié d’apprendre les thecniques de decorticage du homard de base et d’enlever la «merde» avant de le servir au client.

My husband and I were looking for a reasonably priced restaurant that was open late since we arrived in Montréal 2 hours later than we planned and we were starving! Since we were walking, we were limited to the neighborhood around our hotel. We found a place on Unilocal but when we arrived at the address, it was not there. A very nice local who was working the door at a lounge helped us out by calling his friend for a dinner suggestion. The friend told us to go to Commerce, a half a block away. So we did.
This place was hopping for a Thursday night! Busy bar, loud music, pretty people. We asked for a table for dinner and they brought us to a 2 person table near the bar. Not the most ideal location since people were walking around us but we decided to deal with it. The waitress came up to us and we said hello and she immediately knew we were American. She suggested a cocktail for me and it was delicious! I wish I remembered her name because she was very nice!
The food was delicious! I ordered a lobster roll and it came with big chunks of lobster meat in a delicious roared French bread. My husband also enjoyed his burger and fries. The crowd got more rowdy as the night wore on and one man from the loud group at the bar came over to apologize for being loud. It was very endearing and we chatted with him for a minute.
Overall this place was great. A little loud for a dinner conversation but the music was enjoyable and we just wanted good food.

Went to Montréal for brothers birthday this past weekend and this place was our first stop for lunch.
The drinks were ok. The service was good. What makes this a five star? The carbonara fettuccine! It was so good and creamy with a runny yolk on top. It made me want it everyday I was in town that weekend. I also had some of the steak frites which was pretty good not great.
If you choose to stop in here, you must order the fettuccine!

Une belle surprise. J’ai aimé le plateau de charcuteries. On retrouve un bon choix de microbrasseries, notamment Trou du diable et Dieu du ciel.
Excellent service. J’y retourne.