Reviews for Restaurant L'Atelier

01/13/2014 - stephanie
Needless to say, L'Atelier was the ABSOLUTE WORST restaurant experience of my life. The food is way below mediocre, and the service is simply deplorable. There were few choices, and it was exptremely difficult to even choose what to have, and service, from staff to the owner were way below standard and practically unsanitary, our waiter had such a long thick beard I was worried for hairs in my food.
For the entrees, the deer tatake was chewy, the poached oysters were so terrible everyone at the table had to spit them out into their napkins, they were cold, the sauce was cold and their paring with bacon made for a very bad combination.
For the mains, not even one out of four enjoyed their dish. The entrecote was way undercooked, we asked for medium and got very rare; the lamb was dry on the outside and tasted like it had been in freezer a little too long; the scallops were way undercooked, my friend actually got sick from them; and the absolute worse was the catch of the day which came with some kind of foamy scummy sauce which had such a terrible odor it was unedible.
THE ABSOLUTE WORST APRT OF ALL THIS besides the terrible food, was the owner of the establishment, Felix Tremblay, who when we politely complained was rude and condecending. We requested to have one of the meals removed off the bill and he even went so far as to CALL THE POLICE on us when we refused to pay the dish.
He clearly has no sense of customer service and must be evry desperate for 30$ if he is willing to embarass himself in front of a restaurant full of clients.
Of course we did not pay the bill and we will NEVER be returning.
Eat there at your own risk....