Zero 8

This place was ok. Service was meh. Food was good, but the roast beef sandwich did not have much meat on it. I got fries with the order instead of salad, and I must say there were a LOT of fries, I had to leave some and I rarely leave food. If I had ordered salad and they gave me a huge salad that would have made me happier, but I went with the unhealthy fries option.

Oh, and sauces cost two dollars O_o, who has heard of that before, oh, you would like ketchup with your fries, 2 dollars, cha-ching. I don't know, just never heard of charging for ketchup. Maybe it is special gluten free ketchup.

The menu is french only, but I broke out my Iphone with the google translator application and figured out what the roast beef sandwich was.

After reading the reviews for this place i think i worked my expectations up a little too high. First off the service was meh (like mark e. said in his review). Everything seemed to take forever. Plus the menu was in French so we have to use Google translate to select our food, which is fine i know i am just a tourist.

I ended up getting the roast beef sandwich for lunch. It was actually pretty good but the portion of the sandwich was small and didn't have enough beef to make me happy. For a place they tries to be uber healthy, they really serve you a lot of fries. I would have preferred more sandwich personally.

I was soo excited to get curry ketchup with my fries, since it is hard to find back in the states. From the menu it said $2 for a sauce or 2 for $3. Some how we got charged for $9 for three sauces, when we only got 2. After waiting a really long time for our waiter to explain to him, he only brought us 2 of the 3 sauces we order, he took the extra one off of the bill, and proceeded to charge us full price for the last one. I wasn't very happy about that but i didn't want to wait another 10 minutes to save a dollar.

As a whole this place just felt pretentious to me. The food is good, but next time i got back to Montreal, i am not sure i would visit this place again.

Brought a friend there for his birthday after we both read reviews. We loved the decor and were welcomed quite well. The menu offered an interesting variety of choice. But the overall experience simply missed a little bit of finesse. The waiters had a "pub" quality, in the sense that my friend and I both felt they were not fitting with the decor or ambiance of the place. A little too layed-back / friendly. But still polite so it is not like a big deal.

Then the food was ok in general. Actually it is the sauces in both dishes that had an akward taste. I had the pasta plate and my friend had a steak or some kind of red meat dish. The meat though was divine, from my friend's feedback.

I would give it another chance as like I said it was just a refining lack of this "je ne sais quoi"...

---

J'ai amené un ami à ce resto après que nous ayons tous deux lu des commentaires sur ce resto. Nous avons été bien accueillis et ils offrent une variété de choix incroyable. Mais c'est plus l,expérience générale qui manquait un peu de finesse. Disons que le serveurs semblaient sortir d'un pub et ne "fittaient" pas dans le décor. Un peu trop relaxe/amicaux, peut-être??? Mais quand même très polis.

Et la nourriture était correcte. Dans le fond, ce sont les sauces qui nous ont décus. J'ai pris le plat de pâte et mon ami, un plat à viande rouge. Selon lui cependant, la viande était exquise.

J'y retournerais pour lui donner une autre chance. Comme mentionné plus haut, c,est tout smplement un manque de ce "je ne sais quoi"..

Came here with a group for an event. I was the last person to show up and they had all ordered already, but I was greeted at the door by the host and brought to my table and handed a menu. I sat with my group for 25 minutes and was completely ignored by the waitress and the host who decided that surfing on their laptop at the bar was more important: my order was not taken and I wasn't even offered a drink. The server had to be flagged twice and she seemed annoyed instead of apologetic.when she finally came to our table to take my order.

I ordered a pasta dish which arrived fast enough and it was mediocre: tasted like canned ragu with flecks of basil. The bill arrived and still she remained unapologetic so for the first time in my life, I didn't even tip.

The concept of the place is cool and it's clean and nice looking on the inside, but the food is overpriced, the portions are small and the service seriously sucks.

This is a great gluten-free, nut free restaurant. Everything from the food, drinks and even the bathroom soap are allergen free. My wife and I ate here four separate times during our 5 day stay in Montreal. We loved it. I would recommend the braised beef and the poutine style fries!

C'est parfait!

While it's really nice to have a gluten free, allergen free resto on this strip I was sorta meh on the food. I'd love to see more vegetarian options on the menu, the mushroom pesto was in fact just a plain tomato sauce and wholly uneventful flavour-wise. Bright side, the space is clean and calm, seemed active with families who were palpably relieved to have somewhere to eat - serious allergies must make celebratory dining out a bummer. Our waitress didn't know how to manage things once 4 bigger tables were in play, but there's a lot of potential here so I wish them nothing but gluten-free goodness.

If you have food allergies, this place is a MUST. Just imagine: you can order ANYTHING you want off the menu! This restaurant specializes in allergen free food (hypoallergenic cuisine). They boast that their food and drinks are free of the top eight most common allergens: Wheat, Peanuts, Nuts, Fish & seafood, Sesame seeds, Milk, Eggs,and Soy.

It is a small restaurant and while we were there, there was a kid's party going on inside the restaurant so we opted for outdoor seating. Drinks were delicious. Ambiance was nice and cozy. Staff was friendly and attentive. Food was good. The one complaint I have is that the food is a just a little too salty for me but I can easily overlook that. The experience of being able to order anything off the menu without apprehension is THE selling point for me.

Full disclosure: This restaurant is owned by old friends of mine. I live in another city so I was unable to visit until last week (it has been open for over a year).

Zero8's primary feature is to offer an environment free of the 8 most common allergens (fish and seafood, peanuts, nuts, sesame seeds, milk, soya, eggs, and wheat and other sources of gluten). I am not allergic or intolerant to anything, but I gather that for people who are this is a really big relief, as it can be pretty difficult to eat out safely and comfortably when one has possibly life-threatening allergies.

Many people think that allergen-free food must surely be bland, but frankly I was impressed with everything I have eaten at the restaurant. I had two meals there (dinner and lunch), and ate everything from carrot soup to lamb and a lovely pear dessert, while enjoying their broad selection of wines and cocktails. I thoroughly enjoyed every course, and I wouldn't have guessed that the food was prepared to serve particular dietary requirements. The only exception to this is the chocolate cake, which was lovely but just not what I expected, texture-wise, due to the different kind of flour one has to bake with to avoid gluten.

Due to my bias, I cannot offer an independent appraisal of service. However from talking with my friends I can tell that they care *a lot* about good service and in particular about keeping the restaurant allergen-free.

I will add that the decor is quite pleasant and thoughtful, with a really cool looking bar. Prices seemed average to me but I haven't eaten out in Montreal in a long time so I am not totally sure.

I give five stars for the quality of the food, good looks of the space, and for the coolness of the zero-allergen concept.

Not too bad for a gluten free restaurant. I played it safe and got the Steak Frites, which was cooked perfectly, their fries were really good. I couldn`t complain. Glutenburg beer was alright. My friend really did not like her chicken sandwich, I don`t blame her because it didn`t look right. There was some jelly or something on it - I don`t know. I`ll wait for her to put her review lol.

The place itself is really nice and modern, the staff were great. I would not go back because their menu is not really my style, but if you dig the whole gluten free thing, then you might really enjoy yourself.

a unique concept and nice to find food that I can eat that I don't have to worry about being cross-contaminated with gluten. The waitress was very friendly.
However, I thought the food was quite overpriced for what you got and in pretty small portions. It also wasn't the most flavorul. I got a poutine with duck bits instead of cheese and it was ok, but a little plain. As was the soup. I'd be willing to go back and try some other things on the menu but overall, I would say the food is just adequate.