Restaurant Pastel

Restaurant · Vieux Montréal

Restaurant Pastel

Restaurant · Vieux Montréal

124 McGill St, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 2E5, Canada

Highlights

Dive into a thoughtful, seasonal tasting menu in a chic brick space where each dish is a culinary art piece and the service makes you feel right at home.

124 McGill St, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 2E5, Canada Get directions

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"Founding chef Jason Morris may have a new vocation at Four Season’s restaurant Marcus, but Pastel remains the spot for forward-looking fine dining in Montreal’s historic quarters. The restaurant’s tasting menus are ever-changing, but diners can expect a carefully orchestrated stream of small, seasonal dishes with picture-worthy plating." - Eater Staff

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Rank: #22 "Pastel was undeniably conceived as a restaurant made for the Instagram age, offering intricate and beautiful dishes that are always photo-ready. Fortunately, this Old Montreal spot from the ever-hospitable Kabir Kapoor delivers on more than just the visuals; dishes from founding chef Jason Morris and his successor, Yoann Van Den Berg, taste as good, if not better, than they look."

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Canada's 100 Best 2020 - Quebec

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@eater

"An Eater Restaurant of the Year award-winner, co-owners Kabir Kapoor and Jason Morris are flying high in Montreal’s dining scene. This Old Montreal restaurant continues to impress for the flair and detail that go into each dish — the ingredients may often be simple, but the execution is sublime beyond reproach. Pastel offers the full “gastronomic experience” for $120, as well as a $59 option on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays." - Carla Bragagnolo, Daniel Bromberg

13 of the Best Tasting Menus in Montreal - Eater Montreal

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"One of the hottest new arrivals for 2018 was this Old Montreal restaurant from the owners of Griffintown’s Le Fantôme — but as critic Lesley Chesterman noted, it’s not the cheapest, so the $43 MTL à Table option seems a steal. Chef Jason Morris is keeping dishes simple in terms of elements, with a foie gras “mosaic” and halibut with foraged vegetables among the options, and the mysterious “bonfire chocolate” for dessert." - Tim Forster

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Dondré

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I had a fantastic overall experience here. The service was excellent. A few days before our dinner I got a call from the restaurant to check to see if we had any allergies. Arrival was great we walked through the kitchen and were greeted by the chefs, which was cool. Our server Lilly was absolutely fantastic, funny and charming. She definitely helped cultivate the experience. The tasting menu we had this particular night was pretty good a good blend of flavors but nothing over the top. If you're in town and can get a reservation I'd recommend it for a great overall dining experience.

Audrey Hubin

Google

Excellent place. Just the pure joy of eating food that tastes so good. Each bite is an explosion of flavor, some bold, some delicates, but always with a lot of flavor and texture. The service is amazing with friendly and fun staff (just the right amount to make the evening extra special) Just wow! My favorite restaurant in Montreal from now on! (Oh! And we loved the call a few hours prior to ask for allergies and if it was a special occasion, we loved the little attention for our anniversary while we were dining). Update: Went back 1 month after and recognized me. Service was still amazing, food was still incredible and they made a special dessert for us as we asked for no chocolate! So nice and delicious!! Thanks to the chef and team for making our dinner such a wonderful experience! Update 3 months later: new menu (seasonal), still amazingly delicious. Service as remarquable!! I'm still in love with this restaurant!

Sara Boers

Google

The entrance to the restaurant has you walking past the kitchen where you are greeted by all the staff. After a very warm welcome you are given the drink menu with a lovely selection of cocktails and wines, they also do a wine pairing. The tasting menu is exquisite. Each dish highlights fresh local produce in a unique and welcoming way. The spices, sauces, plating are all expertly crafted and well thought out. They give you lots of time to enjoy each dish, allowing you to really savour the experience. Pastel is a unique tasting menu experience in all the best ways. If you haven't been you need to go & if you have I'm sure you'll be back soon!

J M (bcrochetj)

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I had a good experience here. They called a few days before our dinner to check if we had any allergies. Arrival was special, we walked through the kitchen and we were greeted by the chefs. I loved that! Our server was amazing! The tasting menu we had this particular night was pretty good a good blend of flavors but nothing over the top(my fav was the dessert that I didn't take a picture). If you're in town and can get a reservation I'd recommend it for a great overall dining experience. The experience suits the name of the restaurant. Ps. It was almost 4 hours of service.

J D

Google

Dishes are very avantgarde, and were fine. My favorite was the dessert with the celery liquor. My least favorite was the Bao buns, as I found them dry. I don't particularly think the wine pairings added anything special to the dishes, however, the service is pretty fantastic. The servers were very knowledgeable and friendly.

J. W.

Google

Unorganised staff and overpriced food. We opted for the 10 courses tasting menu with wine pairing. The food was way too salty especially the duck skewer. One of the staff poured the wine into my wine glass, when the wine reached half of the glass he said “oops it was too much wine for you” then he took the glass away and poured half of the wine out of my glass. Nothing was impressive. Not recommended.

DanielleACM

Google

We had the tasting menu, which was excellent with such a wonderful range of flavours and a beauty to behold. My partner and I were there to celebrate a 10th anniversary we’re not really wine people but appreciated how well the cocktails we got went with the dishes despite the diversity of courses. The service was also excellent, I unfortunately sometimes have issues with fatty foods and since one of the courses came with duck used for duck confit I wasn’t able to finish and felt bad since the dish was clearly good, the server was very kind, at first when he offered to replace the dish with something, I hesitated to say yes as I didn’t want to make more trouble for the chef but the server said it was no issue at all and helped convince me to do so without making me feel embarrassed.

Philippe

Google

This restaurant is amazing. The food is very good and tasty. We really liked the differents textures in the meal and the diversity of the 7 services. The service was also very good. The only negative point is that it took 3h30 to serve every meals. I would recommend you to either have a lot of time or ask your waiter to speed up the service between each meals.