Le Chien Fumant - E Montreal

We had a fantastic meal at this restaurant, with excellent and attentive service. We enjoyed the gnocchi with truffles and the halibut as our main courses, along with delicious appetizers of eggplant, halloumi, and nectarine salad. The desserts were also amazing. We highly recommend this restaurant and look forward to returning in the future.

We ordered two entrees and three meals (beef tartare, calamari, braised beef tortellini, oxtail and oxtail) all were excellent! The dessert was a little disappointing, but still good (strawberry and rhubarb puff pastry). I wish I had made a note of the name of the waitress as she gave exceptional service. I saw her going to all the tables, always very attentive and without forgetting anything (water service, wine service, listening to our requests, etc., without forgetting that all her suggestions were very successful). It was my first experience at this restaurant and I will definitely go back. Congratulations to the chef / owner!

Wonderful small place. Excellent food without unnecessary tricks. Long and impressive wine list. We managed to get a table for three without making a reservation but the place got packed so reservation is recommended. Almost two weeks in Canada now, Toronto and Montreal, and this place was the best so far.

We went to Le Chien Fumant on our first day in Montreal. We arrived shortly after 7pm on a Thursday and luckily got two seats at the counter. We would still have to leave until 20:15, as even that space was reserved. The atmosphere is small, but very welcoming. The kitchen is open and is behind the bar counter. My wife and I ordered two starters, breaded squid is a smoked salmon with oil, balsamic vinegar and roe, and a main course, a breaded veal with linguini. To accompany a Canadian Pinot Noir. All very tasty and served with care. Very friendly local staff. Like everything else in Montreal, it is expensive by Brazilian standards: the bill was around CAD 200 (the wine, CAD 75) (R$ 520 and R$ 195 at the exchange rate at the time). Without a doubt, we started the journey on the right foot.

Occasionally I hesitate to review a place in fear that too many people will rush there and destroy a hidden gem. Le Chien Fumant is such a place. We have gone here many times in the past two years and have been impressed every time. This is a tiny place, with six or so tables up against the front window and eight bar seats; and yet the small kitchen galley right behind the bar produces some of the best food in the city. The dishes written on the chalk board change often and only sound like standard fare. The dish may be called ravioli or spaghetti or stew, but the flavors and marvelous melding of ingredients will astound your palate. Some plates demonstrate a slight Asian influence, such as the gorgeously presented asparagus. The steak tartare is one of the best I’ve encountered, the Oeufs Sardou is the best I’ve ever had, and even the bread and butter is wonderful; make sure to get anything with rabbit. Both lunch and dinner are outstanding, the bartender is a professional who makes excellent classics like the Last Word and Corpse Reviver, and the service is friendly and attentive—and just a quick shout-out to our favorite server, Audrey, who I would like to steal for our restaurant. Make sure to make a reservation—and don’t tell anyone else about this charming hide-away.