Restaurant La Prunelle

Would give this 2 ½ stars if I could.
Overall this place just didn’t deliver. The setup is cute, but a little too bright. It also gets very noisy, probably because there is very little space between the tables.
The menu showcased many odd /​surprising food combinations. I came in curious to see how these would turn out. The trout tartar was nice but could have used more salt and a little extra punch. I then had the tuna and sweet breads, which were just sitting on chopped zucchini and a soggy, watery tomato sauce — which also could have use more salt. The tuna wasn’t cooked well either. They offer nice proteins but the execution was too poor for us to enjoy. However, those who stuck with something more classic (red meat options) were hugely satisfied and loved their dishes. Maybe the secret is not to get too adventurous when eating at La Prunelle. Other good side is the BYOB because the prices are quite high — around 50 $-55 $ per person, without tax /​service. Too many good places in Montréal for me to go back there.

Great service, wonderful selection and presentation. Went with the Menu Dégustation option beef tartare, duck breast, and crème brûlée.

Resto français, très bon, un peu dispendieux
Vous y trouverez des plats typiques et vraiment raffinés
Beaucoup de choix de vins également
Service très soigné, ambiance calme, presque apaisante; pas trop de monde ni de bruit
Il y a parfois des groupons qui valent le coup
Essayez le!

J’accuse,
#mtlatable «on diminue les portions»
Le principe de Montréal à Table est de faire découvrir les nouveaux restaurants par des prix attractifs et de permettre aux gens ayant moins de budget de pouvoir faire le restaurant de leur choix à un prix abordable.
Il né s’agit surtout pas de diminuer les prix parce qu’on diminue les portions. c’était bon mais pas très copieux. #mtlatable #jaccuse.

J’ai adoré! Certes le prix est un peu plus élevé que la moyenne mais la qualité et la quantité dans plats valent vraiment le cout. L’ambiance y est chaleureuse quoiqu’un peu bruyante lorsqu’il y a des grandes tablées.
Service un peu long.
Apportez votre vin.
Super adresse, je la recommande à tout le monde les yeux fermés.

First offense, service: we called to reserve in advance for a party of three and they forced us onto a table of two with an added chair, saying there were no other places available. Moments after we sat down a party of five came in and sat wherever they wanted, none of the staff commented. The asian looking waitress was giving me dirty looks after I almost accidentally bumped her and mocked my answer to her question «why didn’t you bring wine tonight?».
Second offense, food: For appetizer, I got the warm goat cheese salad, an usual in any french restaurant for me. I gotta say, there was no goat cheese to be seen, what seemed like it could be cheese was a pile of white sauce that tasted like sour cream mixed with little peppercorns. Granted, maybe my palate isn’t high class enough for this dish but the waitress could explain what’s what when what’s in the dish doesn’t represent the usual chèvre chaud. For entrée, I ordered the «éfilloché de cerf» following a recommendation, thinking it wouldn’t be so bad if apparently «everyone’s been giving good reviews» about it. What appeared in my face was a mess of brown, greasy, salty mess that tastes way too much of seasoning and none of meat. They could’ve made this with the cheapest type of meat and you wouldn’t know it because it’s been disgustingly doused with dill and coriander, not to mention unknown grease and a pound of salt. I kid you not. I was trying to eat it while spreading it on their dry bread but the greasy «sauce» underneath the whole pile of brown mess (that my friend said tastes like toothpaste and soap) made it completely unedible. The table next to us also ordered the same thing and we could see the pain-​regret-​rage on the face of the that customer while her companions enjoyed their food. Seriously. DO NOT order this fake stag meat and don’t listen to the waitress unless you’re into this kind of tortuous thing. My companions ordered the stuff that were on the permanent menu and although those dishes didn’t wow us, they were at least very much edible.
Overall: When the service AND food are bad at a restaurant, especially one that costs 150 $ at the end of the night, without special stuff like birthday cake or even wine, you know to never return. Mind you, the crème brûlée wasn’t too bad but tasted old. What a disappointment for a birthday dinner.

Restaurant qui pratique des prix beaucoup trop cher pour ce qu’il offre. Un menu groupe imposé pauvre par rapport au menu table d’hôte et ce pour le même prix. Très décevant. Service très moyen de surcroît. Heureusement les convives m’ont fait oublier ce restaurant.

The place had such delicious tartare it was unbelievable!
We found La Prunelle randomly walking around and were so happy to land our dinner in this nice restaurant. BYOB was not very common to us coming from the US, but the waitress recommended a SAQ store at the corner where we chose the wine to our liking.
We had a steak tartare and a duck tartare which was on a specials board for an appetizer and shared rabbit gnuddi for main course with a crème brûlée for dessert. Everything was amazing! It was the best meal we’ve had in Montréal.
I can recommend La Prunelle for a romantic date or a group dinner — we saw large groups popping in with lots of wine brought with them. Our waitress was very nice and was very helpful with the menu. The only thing I would change is adding more music to the place. When we arrived the place was very quiet and only at about 9 pm they put on some music which made the atmosphere even better.

As part of some festivities a few weeks ago, a large group of us ended up at La Prunelle for dinner before going out. It was a large group of us (around 15 folks), but we had called in advance for a reservation and arrived right on time… so it was a bit of a surprise for us to end up standing around for 20 minutes waiting not only for the previous party (which was smaller) to finish their meal, but then for everything to get cleaned and properly put together for a large group. If anything, it’s symbolic of why La Prunelle only gets a tad above one star — the service was poor, to describe it charitably. Perhaps it’s because we were ugly Americans north of the border, but it definitely felt like we were being put up with than being served. The impressions certainly did not improve when we were told they were short on menus (!), so we had to share some… including some French-​only (!!) versions. I pretty much had to interpret the menu based off the menu on their website that had some (but not all) of the dishes with English subtitles.
After a lengthy wait to finally place our order (another note: we had to wait way too long in between courses), we finally got our hands on some food to eat, which, for a large group, came off of a set menu. I went with the mushrooms with truffle oil to start; these were really good — cooked through just enough so they weren’t soggy, and marinated with a richly truffle-​infused sauce that really enhanced the earthy flavors of the mushrooms. I split a foie gras appetizer with a few others, and while it was solid, I’ve had better foie elsewhere. I went with the braised beef shoulder for the entrée, and the preparation was great — not overly heavy despite the cut of meat, and very succulent and with a rich marinade making for a delicious bite of meat. The dash of thick pumpkin purée, though, was a misfire, with the flavor just not complementing the beef very well on its own. For dessert, I ordered the chocolate tart… which I never got. I’m not kidding; we had paid for dinner when the entrees come out, but they brought out dessert for only half of the table, and since we had to pick up and go, we didn’t stick around to wait for the rest to eventually make its way to us. I had a bite of someone else’s as I was standing up to go — decent flavoring, but a bit too light for my preferences.
On sheer service alone, this was one of the worst experiences I’ve had recently. I had definitely anticipated better, and I would only recommend coming here if you are with a small group of people and are planning to have a meal at a VERY relaxed pace. The food is alright for sure, but it’s not something that I would take the chance of enduring the kind of service that was provided here again. Very surprising that on a Saturday night (ostensibly one of the more popular nights for folks to go out and eat), we had such a difficult and trying experience.

This popular bring your own wine restaurant is located in the Plateau area amongst many other BYOWs. We had high expectations for this pla

Repas correct
Beaucoup trop cher

J’ai mangé à La Prunelle lors d’un mariage. La nourriture était succulente. Par contre, le café était le café le plus fade que j’ai eu la «chance» de boire dans un restaurant. Outré cela, le prix est quand même dispendieux. J’ai quand même passé une belle soirée, vu son aspect festif! :)

Je sais que beaucoup diront que ce restaurant est génial, super, exceptionnel et beaucoup d’autres superlatifs encore. D’ailleurs, j’avoue volontiers qu’il a en effet beaucoup de choses pour lui: les mets y sont raffinés, originaux et savoureux. On y sent une véritable recherché de la part du chef et c’est très agréable pour les papilles. Le décor est cosy et chic, ce qui est idéal pour une soirée en amoureux. Et pourtant… La soirée que nous y avons passée né nous a pas laissé un souvenir impérissable. Nous étions placés dans un couloir de vent, en plein dans le passage des serveuses et tellement collés à la table d’à côté que chaque fois que le monsieur se levait, il bousculait notre table… Le service était moyen, la note élevée et cerise sur le gâteau, nous n’avions pas noté que le restaurant est un «Apportez votre vin «et nous sommes retrouvés sans vin pour accompagner nos plats! Ce qui vu leur qualité, était vraiment dommage. Pour les moins fainéants que nous, poussez au moins jusqu’à la SAQ de St-​Denis pour prendre de quoi arroser tout ça, et vous détendre un peu. Ça vous aidera à digérer la douloureuse!