Le H4C

Went for brunch during the summer. The early afternoon cocktails were a wonderful start to a
Saturday (suggestion to order a few of them).
Started with the donut brioche sampler plate with different spreads. Everything was homemade and delicious. Order to share, the homemade Nutella and Jams were delicious.
Eggs Benny was yummy. Nice hollandaise that wasn’t thick like a lot of breakfast places.
Strongly suggest this place for a nicer refined brunch. Apparently the dinner is very good as
Well.

We went to H4C for brunch and it was delicious! All the dishes looked and tasted great (eggs benedict dishes, donuts and brioche, coffee/​tea). Presentation was lovely and the service was gracious. The tables are close together, but the room is beautiful and has lots of natural light. There was a bit of an issue with timing of the service (too fast) but otherwise all was excellent. This is a pricey brunch ($ 18 – 25 for dishes, which don’t include coffee or tea which is $ 3.50 and up) and mostly worth it, although the donut/​brioche seemed slightly overpriced at $ 13, although delicious. We paid $ 85 + tip for 2 people. I’ll be back for special occasions. Great job H4C!

The food was good but very over priced for what you get. Mimosas where good, I believe they used clementine juice instead of orange juice. Service was subpar, I believe our waiter was Dan and he just didn’t like us, never asked how our food was, would walk by without even looking at us. We had to ask everyone else for refills on drinks more then once.

Dernière semaine de décembre, lendemain d’une première neige tardive. Je pousse les portes du H4C encombrée de mon gros manteau d’hiver, et je cherche mon amie du regard, les yeux encore engourdis par la nuit de festivités que je viens de passer. La première chose que je remarque, c’est le soleil qui surplombe chaque recoin de la salle à manger. Je souris à la vue du décor épuré et de la belle machine à espresso, jusqu’à ce qu’une jeune femme vienne me proposer d’aller déposer mon manteau plus loin, proche de la cuisine ouverte. Un début tout en douceur, qui né fait qu’intensifier mes attentes face aux délicates assiettes de leur menu dont j’ai tant entendu parlé.
Le H4C ouvre ses portes durant l’été de 2013. L’année suivante, il se classe parmi les meilleurs 30 nouveaux restaurants canadiens. Il va donc sans dire qu’ils ont attiré mon attention depuis un petit moment; né restait juste qu’à trouver la bonne occasion pour leur rendre visite! C’est donc pour souligner mes retrouvailles avec une amie que je n’avais pas vu depuis quelques mois que je m’installe, impatiente de découvrir la magie qui se passé dans leur cuisine.
Mais n’oublions pas les priorités; avant tout, il me faut du café. Fidèle à leur quartier, le serveur me propose les grains chocolatés du Saint-​Henri, servis dans les règles de l’art. Et justement, parlons du service: Les verres d’eau sont constamment remplis, nos questions soigneusement répondues, et les plats arrivent sans que l’on ait l’impression d’avoir attendu. L’omelette est imposante, mais d’une texture aérienne comme un nuage, et sous sa couverture se cache un heureux mariage de fromage, de courge et de kale. Les bénédictines sont coiffés d’une épaisse tranche de lard salé, et baignent dans une hollandaise qui nous chante la sérénade avec ses doux arômes de beurre. Chaque bouché est suivie d’un tendre sourire, du pain maison marqué au grill servi en entrée jusqu’à la dernière pleurote de mon assiette.
Ils avaient mon attention, maintenant ils détiennent mon amour. Le H4C réussit à marier gastronomie et simplicité d’une majestueuse main de maître, et il né me tarde d’y retourner pour essayer leur service du souper, histoire de me réchauffer au coeur de cet hiver qui né fait que commencer.

Recommended by our hotel and fellow Unilocalers this is an excellent brunch choice. Incredibly easy to get to since it’s right next to the St Henri metro station. We had an early brunch reservation so we were the first ones seated for the day, but later in the day reservations would likely be helpful since the place started to fill pretty quickly closer to noon.
Food — Definite winners are their homemade jams and donuts. Their spinach omelet was impossibly light, fluffy, and surprisingly filling. The eggs benedict were great as well — crispy bacon, sautéed spinach, and hollandaise sauce. My one negative remark would be one of my eggs was beyond poached so it wasn’t as runny as its twin.
Service — Attentive and warm. Never had to wait for our drinks to be refilled.
Décor — The building is beautiful and the interior is a nice mix of warm and modern.

Staff are very knowledgeable and carry you through a great food journey. I really respect restaurants that not only give you an amuse bouche but free desserts as well.
You’ll find unique and savoury dishes, really enjoyed the mushroom gnocchi, blue marlin, and the beet ice cream.

We went here during the mtlatable event so my review may be biased as we were able to enjoy what this restaurant had to offer but at a reduced fare.
Nonetheless, for what we got for the price we paid, this was definitely a 5 star dining experience.
The décor is elegant yet rustic and welcoming as it is set in a old revamped Montréal heritage building.
The service was on point with the presence of an amicable in house sommelier and attentionate waiters.
Food was beautifully presented and every bite was deliciously well thought out.
We had the marinated hamachi and the gnuddis for appetizers. Both were so flavourful, especially the gnuddis as the basked in an earthy mushroom broth.
For mains, we were served oh so tender octopus tandoori as well as even more tender pork cheeks. Melt in your mouth goodness!
Deserts were also a highlight as each item was served with a sorbet AND an ice cream! Millefeuille with apple sorbet and caramel ice cream? How about toasted marshmallow with cranberry sorbet and smoked chocolate ice cream? More of both please!
My only complaint about the meal as a whole would be portion size. More of everything please!
But given the 41 $ price tag to our three course menu, we can’t complain too much. Now I don’t know if I would have been this satisfied with their regularly priced menu but if they had this all the time, then I’d be a regular! If you get the chance to try it out during next year’s mtlatable or if money is no concern then go! You’ll be more than happy!

We had the Sunday brunch.
I am not going to say much different from the other reviews, ie:
friendly, the food well executed and tasty, the servers knowledgable and pricey. We were there in late Sept and it seems like they are open for dinner only? Brunch on Sundays only, which was too bad because I really wanted to have those eggs benedict again!

Delicious and beautifully executed food. The service, albeit slow, was friendly and professional. Nice décor in a beautiful old building, and the neighborhood is up and coming.

Great Sunday brunch. The food was great. We sat outside. Mimosa, donuts with orange marmalade & egg Benedict. The bread was amazing & jams were very good. I would definitively go back. Dinner menu looked amazing also.

This lovely space makes a wonderful first impression: from the location, the outdoor terasse, and the décor, to the warm and efficient wait staff. It’s on the pricey side, but well worth the visit. I inhale the bread and brioche but the doughnuts are the thing. I had been tempted to try these gorgeous things from the pictures with reviewers’ posts and they are in fact un régal. Soft and sweet-​coated with «cocaine», they are accompanied by five little white pots filled with orange purée, Nutella, dulce de leche, peach jam and bitter orange. The best by far is the orange purée. Our waitress, Marie-​Andrée, explains that the oranges are pressed through a sieve to produce an unctuous, creamy marmalade. My sister and I finish the orange purée and I ask for a second. I should stop eating but I won’t and breakfast arrives anyway. The simple white plates are perfect to showcase my sister’s vegetarian omelet and my decidedly non-​vegetarian veal sweetbreads with ricotta gnudi (think gnocchi but with the cheese). Both are excellent: the sweetbreads are particularly well prepared, with that flaky, crispy, light coating and the melting quality of the sweetbreads as my teeth sink in.
I have that after-​food glow: that euphoric sense of satiation and as always a sense of sweet sadness knowing that this meal has ended but that I have mouthed every scent, taste, touch, sight and sound I possibly could.

This is one of the better restaurants in Montréal. I had the best sweetbread dish I have ever had here, and many of the other dishes I sampled were outstanding as well.
The only negative I have is the size of their plates — they could stand to be more generous in their portions sizes for the prices they charge.
Outside of they they would be a 9 — with that issue MB rating 8.5.

We had big expectations for H4C… But seriously, except the place itself, nothing was good. Food was average, wannabe gastro type food, but some defect are there: my octopus was cook correctly, but it was so salty! My girlfriend dish was tasting nothing exceptional.
Worst thing is the service. You pay 100 $ for a bottle of wine, you expect somebody to pour it for you. But we had to pour it all night!
If you have this budget go to Chez Sophie or even pay a little extra for Maison Boulud or Joe Beef :)

Went to H4C last night for dinner. We had a reservation but were seated ½ hr late. We were then told many of the dishes were sold out & it was only 9pm!
I ordered oysters, beef tartare & the pan seared foi gras. The oysters were good. The tartare looked like they added food colouring to make it look red & it was so boring & seemed to only have rock salt for flavour. The foi gras was overdone (burnt on the outside) & tasted too fatty. Thankfully the waiter was amazing & felt bad for the poorly done foi & removed it from our bill. For dessert I had the donuts — they were light & good. Overall though this restaurant was a let down.
My husband was also underwhelmed by his meal, as was our friend.
Overall it was a bad experience despite the courteous staff. There are too many good high end spots in Montréal to go all the way to St. Henri for a blah meal.
Meal with cocktail & wine:$ 150+ a person.

An upscale venue where the take the food very seriously more so than themselves which results in a fun and comfortable experience. The Octopus, one of their signature dishes really delivered — great texture and flavor. Veal sweat breads did not disappoint and the tomato with mozzarella ice-​cream was a delight. The waiters all had an opinion on wine pairings and let you try a couple of samples to dial it in. If you are a Montrealer you probably know about this place and if you are just visiting worth a go for a cool off-​the-​beaten track, fine dining experience.

Awsome spot in st-​Henri.
Right Next to the métro st Henri.
Wonderful terrasse for sunday morning breakfast-​brunch.
Sweet house donuts and brioches With its jams (homemaded too). Excellent ! I am really a fan of jams !
Salty dishes offered for brunches too (15 – 20 $- Worth it, very original)
Inside– restaurant deco is amazing!
Private room downstairs for group or dégustation.

This a a lovely restaurant is old St. Henri in what is quickly becoming a hotbed area for restaurants. Was here for dinner with another couple to try it out and have a nice evening. We sat on the patio, perfect July night. The person who greeted us was super nice and found us a place to sit even when I mixed up the reservation. The service was good, but not what I would call great.
We started with apps — octopus, heirloom tomato salad and a charcuterie plate — I have to say the apps might have been the stars of the meals — 5 star flavour for all of them.
Then I had the quail, with morels and lima beans. Lima beans will never interest me, the morels were not as flavourful as I had hope — but the quail was perfect. 2 of our party had the duck — very good, and one had the sweetbreads, which were reportedly very good, but the serving was quite small. Paired with a pinot noir from Alsace — surprisingly good…
3 of us chose the chocolate dessert, unfortunately I was not impressed. There was ice-​cream and large chocolate curls in white and milk chocolate — which I wouldn’t like at the best of times — but serving chocolate cold defeats the purpose of chocolate imo. There was an interesting version of an aero bar, again cold, not my fav. One person had the cheese plate and was impressed by the selection of quebec cheeses. yum!
So, yes the food was good, very good in some instances, not so great in others. I took a star off because I felt like the food was really overpriced, ½ star off for mediocre service, and ½ star off for the bland purée de petit pois that was on all the plates.
To sum it up, it was a nice place to eat, and perhaps on par with some of the other local hotspots wrt food quality etc, but I think it was overpriced.

Très belle soirée au H4C. On s’est régalé autant avec les entrées, les plats principaux et les desserts. Et tout ça dans une très belle ambiance. Content que les proprios aient misé sur St-​Henri. J’y retournerai.

Good, but not great.
The ingredients were nothing really special and when our group’s mains all came out, they all looked and tasted quite similar to each other. I had the veal sweetbreads, my husband had the quail, one friend in our group of 10 had the scallops and another had the halibut and they all were in the same brown, white and beige colour palette. I could tell a lot of time went into the plating of the dishes, but maybe even too much time because everything on my plate was just lukewarm when it got to me. There was nothing wrong with the food per se, but based on the reviews and the prices, my expectations weren’t met.
The ambience and restaurant itself were very nice and the service was good too.

Le H4C is obviously a labor of love.
The quality of the food ingredients are fantastic and the kitchen does brilliant, gorgeous work with them. The front of the house is friendly, engaged, and super knowledgable.
I had a truly wonderful meal here and I can’t wait to go back.

I am the first happy camper to post a dinner review. Good news! I think this will most likely become a nice restaurant to think of when in the neighborhood.
I was there two weeks ago for a saturday dinner with my girlfriends. The set up is very cute; fresh, cozy, classy yet not too fancy. The waiters are very kind and professional. I give service a straight 10 !!
I must say, the lighting was a bit bright for a saturday evening dinner. I mean, the fact that we noticed how shiny and bright the room was means it probably could have been a bit smoother — how about cute candles ?
OK — let the fun part begin. FOOD (and drinks!)
First off, awesome wines, starting at around 45 – 50 $ per bottle, but fun stuff to enjoy and discover.
As per the food itself, all plates are pretty much appetizer sized meaning you get to try a few without feeling too full afterwards. Too bad I didn’t take any pictures — the presentations are pretty nice.
I had the foie gras dumplings with lobster mushrooms and an asian broth. The broth was a tad too salty, but hey, whenever there’s fois gras and mushroom, there’s me happy. So that was yummy !! My friends tried the octopus and enjoyed it very much as well.
I followed with sweetbreads which were very good. Not that big as a plate as I mentioned earlier, yet very tasty. Plus, I had some extra room for cheese!
The best part was the cheese part. The waiter presented me with the selection and I chose three different kinds to try. The highlights of this course, however, were all sides: O-​M-​G. The waiter served me honey directly from what seemed to be a piece of hive (?). That was sticky, melty and delicious ! The cheese platter also came with an amazing jelly and a fruit compote. Yum-​my. My friends had deserts which seemed funky and interesting — one of them had a black sesame cake which was weird but good !! However, I was enjoying my cheese was too much to even pay attention to what was going on around me.
All in all, it was a really good night. I would really like to try the brunch, although I will probably wait for a special occasion — it’s a bit pricey I must admit. However, it’s definitely worth the try. You should go !! :)

I came here for brunch since its right by my house.
I came by myself, sat at the bar, and had an americano and steak tartare. Prices are pretty up there for this neighborhood and the portions aren’t enormous, but I did not leave feeling hungry. The food was very good and the people were friendly and courteous.
As for the quality of everything, it is great. Space is also very nice. This is the second week they are open and you can tell people are already talking about it, since it was half full with well dressed people and their charming, well behaved children. :) In the coming weeks I’m sure it’ll totally pack up with lines out the door.
Also, I have to say that, food aside, this place is going to totally revitalize a public square with enormous potential. In the summer there will be seats outside, etc etc, and it will be amazing. Prior to this was pretty much an abandoned looking subway station.
Conclusion: I am very happy that H4C is open and, while it is not an everyday or perhaps even every week kind of place, it will be a wonderful addition to the neighborhood. Good food and will return.