Divino

Pretty decent Italian resto! I guess I will have to disagree with some of the reviews here.
Service was beyond exceptional and their food is so flavourful ! We got served garlic olive oil dip with WARM bread. Wow. The resto itself is very pretty and spacious. They have a small screen tv for hockey fans on your left.
Their menu is huge! I love all the different sort of things you can get! There is just so much to try and everything looks so good on the menu. After all the hard decision making, I had the «all you can eat» mussels. Oh ma gawd they have a special for 13.95 $ Monday through Wednesday. You can order as many rounds as you want. You have a choice of lemon citrus sauce or marinara sauce for the muscles.
I went with the marinara and I was so happy with it. Perfectly cooked ! It slipped out of the clam very easily. So juicy & tender.
My friend had veal marsala. He said he loved it and his favourite part is the portobello mushrooms sautéed in a special sauce drizzled on top of the veal.
The only bummer were the veggies. That I agree was very simple and did not have much flavour. They should have grilled the veggies with some sauce to add some flavour of even grilled it till you can taste the char that would be amazing too.
It definitely lacked salt
In addition, I am a loyal fan of piña Colada’s so they came out with a strawberry mix. I asked if it was a mistake and they felt so so bad they changed it to the classic piña colada in a span of 2 minutes. Hence, their service was Amazing and very quick! We had the feel of Italy with such charming kind waiters.
Overall, I was really glad I came here and enjoyed every moment of it! I will definitely recommend and will be back soon! Haha

I have been here several times since I used to work nearby. They serve warm bread with olive oil dip as a free appetizer. I am a huge fan of the avocado chicken. Great big portions and I found the pizzas as well to be super tasty. Definitely worth passing by!

Food was excellent service by Sam was terrible. He disappeared for long periods of time and was rude to my wife when she struggled with the credit card machine. Ordered cocktails that sat at the bar for a long period of time had to ask the hostess to get them to us

The restaurant offerings in Ville St-​Laurent are pretty limited, so my husband and I visit this little Italian place a couple of times a month, often before heading next door for a movie.
My husband starts with the mussels marinara and although the marina sauce is always deliciously flavorful, the size & quality of the mussels is very inconsistent. Once in a while he’ll luck out and get large, tasty mussels, but most of the time they are small and many of the shells are empty. My starter of choice is a tomato & bocconcini salad. Note that this is NOT listed on the menu, but if you ask your server for it, they will happily make it for you. They overdo the greens on the plate, but it’s pretty hard to screw up tomatoes & cheese, so I usually don’t have any complaints ;-)
What I do have an issue with is the stale bread that they bring to the table with the dipping oil. They try to disguise the staleness by serving the bread warm, but if you let it sit for a couple of minutes it hardens into something more akin to a brick than a bun. Two of our past three visits we could not even bite into the bread — the third time I didn’t want to risk my teeth by trying…
When it comes to the main course, they do redeem themselves. I tried a variety of the main dishes, but once I discovered the chicken avocado I knew I had found the winner. This grilled chicken breast (skin & bone in) is cooked to perfection with a delicious creamy sauce that makes it melt in your mouth and topped with a perfectly ripe ½ avocado. I have never had such tender and juicy chicken before. It is served with mashed potatoes and grilled vegetables which are… meh… I’ve never been a fan of grilled & soggy eggplant, zucchini or peppers. My husband usually has the grilled trout, served with rice and steamed vegetables. Luckily he IS a fan of the grilled veggies that come with my main dish, so we swap those out and are both happy.
Service is always courteous and quick — and we now have a regular server who we really like (ask for Lipon, he’ll treat you great!), so that always makes the experience more pleasant. The restaurant is never crowded, which makes the atmosphere quiet and relaxing. If only the kitchen could be a little more consistent I would have rated it 4-​stars, but since it’s really a hit or miss with the food, I had to give it a three.

I’ve been here 3 times (not by choice) and 2 out of the three times I really disliked it. I found the food to be totally tasteless both times.
Service is ok and prices are fine, but there’s something off about this restaurant. Although their bread is amazing and portions are large, everything else sort of sits at a mediocre level. I don’t really recommend Divino given that there are tons of great Italian restaurants in the city!

Restaurant correct. Le risotto aux courges et poulet est vraiment excellent. Le service est un peut lent. L’ambiance en est plutôt une de rencontres d’affaires. Sinon le service est bien mais discret, ce n’est pas ce qui se démarque le plus. Sinon, nous n’avons manqué de rien, juste qu’à part le risotto, ça né se démarque pas outré mesure.

I have tried this restaurant once a while back and I don’t remember being too crazy about it. The appetizers were cold (when they should’ve been hot) and the food wasn’t that great.

Tried this restaurant on a whim since we were going to see a movie next door.
We we weren’t sure what to expect but we were pleasantly surprised.
Fresh warm bread was served with a delicious dipping oil infused with garlic oregano and a blend of other spices. Excellent start!
We then ordered some pizzas. Both were delicious. Quality ingredients were used as toppings. I ordered pizza topped with prosciutto and arugula, which I’m usually disappointed with at other places, but this one was fantastic! The prosciutto didn’t get stringy or chewy. It was lean and the right thickness.
We didn’t have dessert. The calamari and other entrees that we saw smelled and looked delicious! The service was prompt and courteous. I definitely recommend eating here. I’ll definitely go back.

Background
I’ve been here before years ago and it felt like the quality went down. I came here for lunch and I was hoping it would have good quality as when I was here for dinner once before.
Food ²⁄₅
The ceasar salad was amazing. It was a decent size appetizer that came with the lunch entrée. The bread and olive oil mix was great. What brought the rating down was the veal entrée. It tasted bland. It looked like they cooked the veal separately and then added the gravy as a topping. The gravy taste was also tasteless. It tasted like it was a dumbed down version of a beef stew. If they cooked the meat in the stew, it would have tasted better. I also ordered the Crème Brulee. It was a little too liquidy. The consistency wasn’t wet but it did taste good.
Service ⁵⁄₅
The host was friendly. The waitress was very helpful and was pretty attentive. She was cute too.
Ambiance ⁴⁄₅
It’s definitely a popular business lunch spot. The place became full around noon and the conversations were bearable.

Amazing food with great flavor. Was in Montréal on business and our team ate here at least 5 times.

Bofff… Grand restaurant qui n’a sa raison d’être que pour des diners d’affaires (du moins, selon moi) Pour moi l’endroit est une façade. Je m’explique, la déco est classique, le menu semble bien, les serveurs sont tous sur leur 36 mais il manqué quelques choses. Les plafonds haut font que l’endroit est bruyant, les plats servis sont au mieux insipides (je suis certain que les légumes sont congelés et non frais), au pire mauvais et le service est maladroit et ininspiré. Bofff…

My client took me here for lunch. We had a combo plate for appetizer, it came with a cheese dip and an assortment of Italian favourites, much too big for two people but I am not complaining. The main was a seafood pasta one of the best. Flavourful sauce with large fresh seafood. The portion was dinner size, and I finished half, a complete credit to how good it was. Actually had to undo my pants button. The restaurant was packed with weekday lunch crowds, mostly office workers nearby. The staff handled the rush effortlessly. This restaurant is quite far from downtown but I dare say that the locals know what is best and by my personal experience and the fact that it is always packed, it is worth coming all this way…

Awesome food. Excellent and friendly service. Great bread and olive oil with spices. Very tasty mussels. Even our 9 year olds loved it. Main meal was fantastic. Well worth the trip out!