Le Mas des Oliviers

This was our pick for a "fancier" French dinner and it did NOT disappoint! With a plate of veggies and olives waiting on the table, this restaurant has plentiful and great table d'hôte options that come with either a soup/salad, an entree and a dessert.

My mom, brother and I each ordered off that menu and mom got the duck breast which was cooked perfectly in a delightful red wine sauce. She loved that it wasn't too salty or heavy. My brother got the veal chop which was GINORMOUS and accompanied with some potatoes. He finished the whole thing and was extremely pleased with the cook. I got the cod ontop of mashed potatoes and the cook was magnificent. Drowning in a sauce (that was al little too heavy for my taste), the cod itself was flaky and not overcooked or dry. It was amazing and I had no trouble finishing it.

The table d'hôte came with a spinach salad with egg or a vegetable soup and both were large and filled with ingredients. Finally, we tried all three desserts that came with each meal being the chocolate mousse, profiteroles and a frozen nougat. Surprisingly, the nougat was our favourite since it wasn't too sweet, pistachio filled and a nice palate cleanser. The profiterole was not very special but still good and the chocolate mousse wasn't very dark but not too sweet either.

Overall, the ambience is really nice, great service and delicious food!

I've been to this restaurant a few years ago and had a wonderful culinary experience. I had the filet au poivre and it was without a doubt one of the best dishes I've had in my entire life. The waiters are extremely friendly and attentive to your needs and the restaurant itself is lovely and very inviting.

The prices may seem high but it's totally worth it because the quality of the food and service is like no other. It's the perfect restaurant to go to for a romantic date or for a special occasion.

I've always gone here with lawyers or politicians, it's a sort of man's club.
Don't let that scare you, it's got it's charm, starting with Tony who greets you at door.
Great to see free tapas on each table, very classy move.
Lots of great choices on menu, I very much enjoyed the shrimp appetizers and tuna steak. They also have a fantastic cheese selection.

I can't believe I've probably walked by this place millions of times but never tried it until about a week ago. It doesn't look like much from the street but inside a truly fantastic food experience awaits you. The decor is cosy and the service is top notch. Their focus is on French food and they do that well.

When you sit down they bring you a plate of chorizo sausage, olives and carrots. While the sausage is tasty don't fill up here because there is lots more to come! To start we split a platter that included confit de canard, grilled shrimps, grilled mushrooms and fried calamari. The calamari in particular were very well done. They were crispy and cooked just right. To add to that I ordered the duck in green peppercorn sauce. The duck was well done and fell apart. The sauce was a pleasant addition. You could really taste the peppercorns and it was salted just right. They also brought some fries to the table to be shared by everyone and those were quite good.

I finished off the night with a chocolate lava cake. This is one of my desserts so my expectations are always high when I order it. Fortunately this one lived up to those expectations. It was piping hot and they succeeded in leaving the interior uncooked.

Portions are huge so come hungry or be prepared to share with your dining companions. As for reservations they don't seem an absolute must. While it was busy when I came you probably could have gotten a table without a reservation.

Classy, quiet restaurant. You'll see some white haired Montreal politicians every time. The place you'd go for a special birthday or anniversary. The waiters are polite, pleasant, and funny if you get them going. The food is downright perfect, french cuisine. Be sure to get the Escargot.

The short version: This is a very sober, competent, reliable old school eatery for grownups.

I've been in for supper a few times, always as part of a company group of about 50 sitting down to a very limited table d'hôte, and it still impresses under these logistically-trying wedding conditions. As others have said, main course portions are generous. Our party has always been sufficiently staffed with busboys and waiters, and plates appear and disappear with alacrity. Bread barges are constantly renewed. Only service complaint last night was that the water glasses at our table were never topped-off, though the wineglasses were being kept up. But otherwise, the service is reliably quiet, observant, courteous, and professional.

As for the food, be prepared for very dense, intensely-flavored, richly-sauced fare. The house palate has the tone and heft of a cognac ad in a 1970s Playboy magazine. Nouvelle cuisine, it ain't. But the soups I've tried have been quite lovely, their Caesar salad is the best-seasoned and tastiest I've eaten in the city, and the kitchen clearly knows its way around a lamb shank.

They also make a very credible gin martini- hard to find in Montreal.

I will gladly continue to eat here on the company's tab, but it's also on my short list of places in Montreal I'd take an intelligent, hungry friend for a few hours of serious conversation in a quiet corner. The service here seems particularly adept at enabling that.

I will put it bluntly...absolutely a must-go if you are ever in Montreal!

As others have stated, the French food here is incredible. I believe they try to get as much local fare as possible, and you can really tell in the quality of the ingredients and the taste of the food. If ever there was a desire to get some excellent French fare, this is definitely the place to go!

I actually found this restaurant by accident while looking through another website, but seeing as how there are so few reviews for it here on Yelp, I thought I should add one. ;-)

I had a fantastic meat lover's dish (Assorted Mignardises...) of foie gras, duck leg (girlfriend got the duck breast), tenderloin, and rack of lamb. My girlfriend had the duck breast special of the day. Woah, what a combination! The sauces they used were in some cases subtle, others contrasting, to the different meats and were really spot on! As a wannabe foodie, I have to admit, I was impressed.

Foie gras...well, not my favorite, but I am willing to go with it when it's on my plate. Geez louise, does it always taste this good?!?! I really thought I was eating a very well flavored meat pudding that just melted in my mouth. I have had foie gras before, and it did not taste like this...outstanding!

To be fair, you can't compare the quality of certain meats to that of the United States...truly, I have travelled around the world and outside of the Wagyu beef in Japan, there isn't meat available that can rival the quality that comes from the States. Knowing this, I can say that though this wasn't the 'best' beef I have ever had in my life, it was certainly excellent!

Lamb chops, this is usually hit or miss. On this one, definitely a hit! Fantastic, and with nice contrasting flavors to not overwhelm the taste of the lamb.

The duck leg was moist and delicious, and my preference for dark meat definitely skews my opinion here...my girlfriend had the duck breast. For my taste it was a little dry, but she seemed to love it...it wasn't my meal, so other than the taste I had, no further comment.

We finished off with the chocolate mousse...OMG! It has been a while since I have had really good, rich, thick and creamy mousse. Whenever I order it in restaurants it usually comes out looking and tasting more like pudding than mousse. Disappointment to say the least. But, the mousse here was fantastic! You know it's delicious and made just right when the first spoonful enters your mouth, sits there on top of of your tongue, and as it floats there it envelops your taste buds with the richness of chocolate that we all love! Wow! Great stuff!

Highly recommend it!

This is my cousin's husband's favorite restaurant in Montreal, and since he grew up here and knows about food, we trusted his recommendation.

What is Le Mas des Oliviers like? As the loud woman who thought she was the only diner in the restaurant described: "I am at an expensive French restaurant in downtown."

The decor is old school, and so is the service, very professional and friendly. Food came in such enormous portions that they justify the high prices. My Chilean bass was $38, but it came with soup or salad. I chose soup which was delicious and the bass was amazing. It's buttery and tender and creamy---what classic french cooking is all about.

My husband had the bison, which was slightly tough.

If we had know how stuffed we'd be by end of the meal, we wouldn't have ordered a grand marnier souffle in advance. But it was tasty, and I managed to have some bites and took half of my bass home instead.

Being a classic french restaurant, their tea selection is unsurprisingly quite sad. Between earl grey and green tea, I chose the green tea, but it's one of those green tea that came with all kinds of lemongrass herbal crap.

Note to self: just order a coffee next time.

This little gem was recommended to us by the hotel concierge and I had to go thank her afterwards. The food was very good, while it cost around $40 it included an appetizer and a desert. I had escargot puff pastry, Surf and Turf and a chocolate mousse and it was all amazing. I picked at my friends' combo plate (foie gras, filet, lamb chops and duck breast), rabbit dish and veal dish and they were all great. Service was very good, if a bit stuffy.
My only qualm was that outdoor seating faces a kinda creepy looking empty lot.

This restaurant has amazing food! My colleague and I were looking for a good place that was in walking distance to the hotel. Based on the yelp reviews, we went here. We are so happy yelp didn't let us down! Just as Frederick Y. said previously, a must-go restaurant in Montreal.

We had no reservations and were able to walk right in. The ambiance is very quaint and relaxed, but not casual. We were seated and immediately dove into the complementary relish tray. The olives and sausage were a tasty prelude to the wonderful meal to come.

We both had the onion soup. Even though it became notably saltier as we continued to eat, it was good. The house red wine was very good, too.

Next, I had the lamb shank and my colleague had the duck. This was the most tender and flavorful lamb shank I've ever had! It was in a dark, rich gravy flavored by sun-dried tomatoes and garlic. Even the root vegetables on the side were very good and not just an afterthought. My colleague thoroughly enjoyed the duck entree, which was accompanied by an apple gravy. Lastly, even though both of us were totally full, we decided to share the profiteroles. They were filled with ice cream and swimming in a wonderful, semi-sweet chocolate sauce. This was the perfect ending to a great meal.