There were three of us who went to this restaurant. Sat., Nov. 6th, 010. I had the tomatoe and Bocconcini salad, in a wonderful Balsamic marinade. Very tasty and just the right amount. I then had the lamb shank, floating in a scrumpous French sauce. Delightful!
My friends had duck, steak, ceasar, and said they were well pleased.as well.
We turned down dessert as we were totally satisfied. Tea at home!
I notice that some reviews were just so so. I cannot imagine 'anyone' not enjoying this classic French Restaurant, in the Ville de Creemore. We were delighted and shall return for sure! Soon!
LB
To start off my evening out, I drove out to this small town, Creemore. In this town there is not much selection, but the selection I chose was most definitely the correct one. I have heard about this restaurant for many years, and was finally very excited to get to enjoy it myself! When we arrived on a Saturday night they were very busy, but the lady that greeted us said that she would find a way to fit us in ( very good start!!) Then the wine list, they had a blackboard of lovely wines, and a vintage list as well, very impressing, I would say. My family and I enjoyed a lovely bottle of wine from Argentina, which came off of their Special Selection Wine List ( well priced). Now off to the food, I started with the Tomato and Goat Cheese salad, very nicely presented, and the taste; wonderful. Main course, Rack of Lamb, this was by far the best lamb I have ever tasted, the chef could not have done a better job. Now dessert, even though we were full from a great meal we wanted to taste a little something, so we all shared the banana crepe with warm Belgian chocolate sauce, delightful!!!
There was nothing about this meal that I could fault, it was the ideal evening out, felt like we had left Canada for a little bit, and had travelled to France.
We went to this restaurant for Valentines Evening. We had made the reservations a week and a half prior. Asked for a nice seat. We arrive, they put us by the bar where they make all the drinks. We asked for another seat, (there where three other tables for 2 around us emply) and were told that we had to stay where we were.
Service was terribly slow. Finally got to order some wine, their wine list is lacking. At any rate, we decided that we would try the italian wine that they were promoting as a premium wine for the evening. Good thing we were sitting by the bar, my husband nudged me and pointed to the bottle that they had got out for us. It is a bottle that is readily available in the LCBO for $8.95 per bottle. I asked them if that bottle was for us, and they said yes. I asked how much they are charging for the 1/2 litre. $26.00!!!!!! I siad forget it.Unbelievable. I told them that that bottle is available in the LCBO and certainly is not a premium wine. We sat for another 10 minutes before we got the wine. We have now been there for 30 minutes. Finally got some bread and butter to munch on. Unbelievably, the bread was burnt black on the other side! I called over the lady who seemed to be in charge and complained that the bread was burnt and we could not eat it. She promplty said, "our customers like it that way" Really??? I don't think so. Regarding the food - I had the tomato and bocochini salad. It was a risk, since it was not tomato season. The dish would have been pretty good if they had not ruined it by "drenching" it in reduced balasamic vinegar. In this case, less would have been more. It was literally swimming in vinegar. I then had the duck l'orange, very nice presentation, the duck was pretty good, except the sauce was very bland. And the veggies that came with the meal - brocolli, carrots and a beet, where OK, except the beet as stone cold. It had obviously been sitting in a refridgerator. I think they forgot to warm it up. All in all, I was not impressed. Me thinks that Chez Michel needs some competition in the area so he will improve his quality. He has obviously become complacent.
Wow! This is a superb restaurant.There were six of us and we all thoroughly enjoyed our food.It was a totally wonderful evening.The moment we entered,to when we left it was worth driving for.Our food was prepared with thought ,presentation and taste.The scallops were cooked to perfection and the cream sauce-delicious!Dessert for me was apple tart.The crust mouth watering and the apples we were told local.This was nice.Service was excellent and knowledgeable.Everything the big city offers.We all loved this place and were made so welcome.Will definitely return.Even got to meet the chef.Now that we thought was special!
We were recommended to come to this restaurant and glad we did.The set menu fantastic and great value.Started off with squash soup followed by fresh salmon and for dessert crème brulée.Wow,hard to beat.Everything prepared beautifully.
We totally enjoyed everything and the service was impeccable.Ambiance simply lovely.We hope others have a chance to discover this hidden gem.Will definitely return.
