Le Black Forest- cuisine urbaine Laval — Restaurant in Laval (administrative region)

Ordered the tapas tasting menu. For the price you pay, it's honestly pretty good. I liked a lot of the tapas, some of them I didn't.

Cons: Biggest downside is that the place gets so filled up and loud as the night continues, that it's next to impossible to hear the explanation of each dish when being served. The whole service took a whopping 3 hours, for 12 small dishes. I've had other tasting menus with a place full of people, that took less time than this, and had much more food. We were three people, but some of the tapas only came with two "servings" Dessert is hit or miss - sometimes its two servings, sometimes its one, sometimes its all three. It really depends on which desert you choose, and they unfortunately don't explain that in advance.

Pros: Portions are good: it's tapas, what more is there to say Price / person is stellar. Came out to about 100/person, tip included. Servers, waitresses, and the chefs are patient and clearly care about their craft Atmosphere is pretty nice at the start of the evening, but beware: the closer it gets to 7:30/8 PM, the louder it...

My expectations weren't very high having read all the previous reviews, however, Im not really sure what all the complaints are about. I have worked in a fine dining restaurant so I would say my expectations are higher than most in restaurants.

Service: a bit slow, but it's a Friday night we didn't expect anything speedy, also when you're at a nice place you don't want to rush either so overall it was well paced. Servers are very kind, knowledgeable and add to the overall culinary experience.

Food: the food was wow, everything was so nice with different flavors and everything went so well together. Portions may be a bit small but for the amount we paid, honestly I think it was more than fair. We really liked everything!

We sat on the patio which is nothing special but it was a lovely summer evening.

I loved the food and would love to go back and try another month. The restaurant is worth a try and I think most of these recent bad reviews are...

If I could give it 3.5 I would ...but rounding up to 4 stars. I came to the black forest for dinner on a Thursday evening and got the Menu Dégustation for 3 people 200$ (apperently there is a 20$ off on Thursdays but they didn't apply it to my bill!). This menu includes 10 tapas and one dessert. The first 3 tapas were very disappointing...Shrimp ceviche served on a Tostitos chip? Then a beet salad which wasn't very tasty. And a lemon pasta plate with very dry pasta. Fortunately, after that it got much better ! Delicious plates of tartare, black sausage, veal, Haitian griot...my favorites probably were the Artichoke Naan with cheese and the Gnocchi. I like that there was a large parking lot for...