L’Usine de Spaghetti - Old Montréal, Quebec

Service, atmosphere and salad bar good but food is not very good! Complementary bread was dry and tasted like frozen bread. Overall, I think the price for what we got was good considering it was in the middle of old montreal. It felt like it was a place for tourists! The ... main dishes were too salty and felt like I could have made them at home. Mushroom risotto: not a lot of mushrooms, oily and lacked flavour. Lobster pasta: nothing amazing?? The sauce lacked character. Lamb chops and pesto pasta: nice lamb chops and pasta was pretty good. Would recommend out of all the dishes. Salad bar: fresh salad and side dishes! Read more

Food was great with good portions. There is a free salad bar included. Staff were very helpful and attentive. Thank you!

We tried the Bruschetta, Penne Arrabiata, and the meatball. Loved everything that came. The tomatoes on the bruschetta and in the arrabiata is simply scrumptious! The complimentary breads were really fragrant too, I didn’t think I would like onions on bread, but turns out I do! The place was charming and nice atmosphere ... too. Read more

Fantastic experience. The chef com in gn out and talking around with the guests was a very nice touch. Simple elevated the experience. Outstanding food.

The restaurant is very old and that's the best thing about this place, in my opinion. The decorations and design transports you way back in time to early 20th century perhaps. And Charles Dickens writing the notes for "A tale of two cities" there is very impressive! There was a line ... when we went for dinner at 6 PM and the line was much longer by 7:30 when we exited the restaurant. The waiter was super attentive and very kind. The salad bar is free with any main meal but half of the salad bowls were nearly empty and we had to ask them to refill them. I got "le Jean Talon" which was Fettuccini in Alfredo sauce but asked for the jumbo shrimps to be replaced by chicken. It was nice but nothing extraordinary. I mean it felt like I had tasted the exact same thing several times in my life, and so close to the recipe I used to make at home. The portion wasn't super big. I had butter and bread that they brought at the table, had two plates of salad, and still could easily finish my dish of pasta (which considering the creamy sauce is a bit heavy). The restaurant is a bit on the pricey side, especially considering the portion size. All in all, amazing environment, polite waiter, but not impressed by the food and prices. :) Read more