Le Smoking Vallée

While expensive the BYOW is helpful, and the food is delicious. Staff were friendly and attentive and the music was ambient enough that conversation was easy and no one was yelling. Great little restaurant with plenty of places to go after the meal!

Was there for a friends birthday. Was nice that its a BYOB but the menu is extremely limited and there we no options for vegetarians. Everyone I was with loved their food (they arent vegetarian). With people increasingly adopting a meat free diet, all restaurants should have at least one option. There was a salad on the menu but it was not meal size.

Great place, hands down the best restaurant I’ve been at for a while, very clean and never had to ask for water once (which is my pet peeve), a little dark but was not a negative, nice shirt menu. High quality of food, bring your own wine is a big plus, I gave it a 5 star rating because I can’t think of anything to say bad. It’s a winner in my book :-)

All the food was delicious! We went for a friend’s birthday, we were a group of 12. The place is loud, but if you are ok with that, then it’s totally worth it. Bring your own wine is a plus. The oysters were great, the tuna tartare melts in your mouth. I will definitely return.
(The place is similar to the Wellington but younger and louder. Turns out it’s the same owners.)

I went for a family dinner at le smoking la vallée. The service was great and the food was top notch my only issue was that the food took slightly too long to be prepared but besides that no complaints.
I had a great salmon intro which had slices of apples and beets with some cream cheese which was extremely flavorful. As for my main meal I had a porc risotto that was very well cooked and seasoned. My last dish was a crème brûlé, perfect ending to my dinner.
I would highly recommend this place for a special occasion especially if you are not in a rush.

Loud, and busy.
Not my favourite but you can bring your own wine.
It’s nice to visit once in a while but i won’t be back for the moment.
The service is irregular (sometimes good but often absent once the order is taken).
You might find your bill to be a little expensive for the quality but you’ll get over it and then you might come back, or not —
I liked the décor and the ambiance will depend on other patrons since the place is on the small side.
It does bring the neighbourhood a well deserved uplift.

Nous avons passé une excellente soirée au Smoking Vallée !
L’ambiance était très festive et le service était impecable ! De plus les plats, en général de type bistro, étaient tous excellents.
Seul bémol serait au niveau de la facture. Pour le tout, on calcul 50 $ la tête pour ce type de menu.
Reste que le tout fut une expérience très plaisante et nous y retournerons.

Un bistro apportez-​votre-​vin ou vous pouvez déguster des mets sublimes d’inspiration française? Oui monsieur, madame, par ici !
Les plus :
— Bön rapport qualité prix (50 $ pour un 5 services)
— C’est un apportez-​votre-​vin
— Le service est génial
–Le menu change constamment et offre des produits locaux et de saison
–Huitres !!!
Les moins:
— Les tables sont placées à L’Européenne, donc si votre bulle est grande, évitez.
— Le quartier est un peu bof, a mon avis
— Planifiez les extras lorsque vous calculez le prix de votre repas car ça peut monter vite

Came here with my Monday BYOW posse (I love you guys, long time!)
The neighbourhood was dark and bleak that night, so this place definitely stood out as looking like ‘one of these things is not like the other’. It is a really chic, minimalist looking place with a lot of variety on the menu so there is definitely something for everyone. Our waiter was very friendly and helpful and given that we were pretty much the only people dining here, the service was extra snappy.
I had the mushroom tart followed up by the tuna tartare. Both were done well, but nothing spectacular about either of them: the tart was buttery and the tartare was nice and not overly seasoned. I agree with Risa D’s comment that the math of the Table D’Hote didn’t quite add up, so definitely go à la carte. I feel like the place was a tad pricey for what it was, but I wouldn’t say no to going back again.
Love the vibe, handwritten menu and service, but the food didn’t blow my mind.

Dined here recently with a group of rowdy anglo friends and had no problem with the service, very friendly if a little absent minded. The food I ordered was delicious — the math of the Table D’Hote didn’t seem to add up for me so I went for an entrée and app. The squash soup with deep fried breaded escargot and roast garlic on toast had me moaning and eye rolling and refusing to share. The tartar with the crispy fried herbs and caviar was meal-​sized and amazingly delicious. Not West Coast fresh, but for Montréal, really lovely.
The décor is chic, maybe odd for the neighborhood, but not ostentatious, and definitely comfortable and romantic.

Très bon restaurant. Bön menu complet, belle table d’hôte. Je suis très content de voir un restaurant comme ça dans le sud-​ouest. C’est parfait pour un tête à tête ou en gang sur la table longue disponible.
Super bon service.
En plus tu peux apporter un vin!

Market Fresh… In My Mind
Dined here last night and had a reasonable experience (B.Y.O.W helped) but the food assassins seem to have a say in the menu.
Be forewarned, English is not an option. Our server was polite, informative and completely uni-​lingual. I don’t think he can count to ten in English so if you intend on going, speak french or bring a Larousse.
I started with the smoked salmon/​beet/​pear/​goatcheese salad, which was arranged nicely and was an interesting array of flavours. Great job.
Then the BS started.
Our uni-​lingual server promised us a paella for two with an arrangement of muscles, shrimp, rabbit and scallops with a saffron foam. Now, the piece de resistance of paella, in my opinion and amongst 50 year old Spaniards, who will fight with you for the bottom of the pan, is socarrat. Unfortunately, there was not a trace of it, anywhere.
Another thing. The menu is littered with risotto options. Duck confit, asperge blah blah, hence, I sincerely doubt they are stocking two kinds of short grain rice. I would then advise they stop putting lipstick on a pig and just call it fuckin’ seafood risotto, not paella. Paella has socarrat
Misrepresentation of fact.
Also, I appreciate the effort that goes into frenching a rack of rabbit but if it is the consistency of a shoe, you have missed the mark. Braise?
Finally, what is the deal with foam? It makes me feel like someone took a straw, blew in my sauce and then sent it out. «Doesn’t Soy lecithin compromises your health and flavour anyway?». «How about you get my rice crusty before concerning yourself with half assed molecular gastronomy?». I’ll take a white wine/​saffron cream sauce, minus the bubbles.
I know, I am rippin’ them a new one, but shit, where was my socarrat? And $ 56 for risotto for 2? Come on.
On that note, our friends ordered the bavette and the tar tar with tempura which were both reasonably priced, well prepared and I wish I had ordered instead, so another try is in order. In point of fact, the sauce Espagnol with the bavette was pretty out of this world. It parted and held its ground like estranged lovers.
But for the love of Christ, avoid the paella in risotto pants.
waka waka

Superbe découverte apportez votre vin, dans mon top 2 à Montréal avec les Canailles pour la qualité, la côté chaleureux et le prix. Cuisine française tendance comme on l’aime, en plein cœur de Saint-​Henri ce qui donne à ce restaurant encore plus de charme. Parfait pour un groupe avec sa grande table pour 20 personnes, tout comme pour les couples. Service plus qu’impeccable, service rythmé, présentation originale avec ses assiettes en carrre de céramique pour certains plats… Bref à découvrir et j’en veux des nouvelles!