Barcola Bistro Audio - Italian Restaurant - Tasting Menu - Listening bar — Restaurant in Montreal

We were so excited to try this place and for that reason we went but our experience was not the best. The concept seems pretty interesting: a weekly tasting menu. The place is small, charming and cosy. The service definitely can improve, it seems that the owner is the waitress, she was nice, described to us the menu and the concept, but nothing special or impressive, we never had water refill or a coffee suggestion. We took two cocktails, good portion of alcohol and I can say, it was the best of our experience. Our menu was : Green salad with duck breast and red fruits, it was tasty and fruity, an interesting combination, I will never chose that plate but it was good. The second plate was rigatoni with three tomatoes sauce, for my taste the portion was pretty small, the sauce and the pasta were nothing surprising, it seems more average and bland. The third dish was pork chop with butter and rosemary, potatoes and mustard sauce, and it was zero impressive, the sauce was salty and liquid with a conventional piece of pork, however the potatoes were amazing, tasty and delicious. At the end we were still hungry and because of the small portions we order two desserts, to our surprise the portions were bigger that all the other dishes, the chocolate cake was good, to sweet for our taste, after four bites you don't want to eat more, and the worst was the panna cotta, I literally felt I was eating a jar of jam, sickeningly sweet!!! I had a horrible headache after eating all that sugar. We felt that the ingredients were not so fresh or high quality, it can be maybe for the price, but I have been in similar tasting menu (same price) and better quality. Not the best experience for a place with 4.6 rating, feeling disappointed by the whole experience and the worst thing is that we paid $210 for a meal and we went to bed hungry and...

WoW! An incredible first experience at Barcola! We had the Wednesday set menu and felt it was amazing value and quality. Each course was spectacular in its own way but the pasta at the end was to die for with the most delicious tomato sauce (I’ve never had tomato sauce so flavourful). They also accommodated my vegetarianism which I very much appreciated. We also ordered the chocolate cake at the end and could not have been happier with the taste and texture. Everything was freshly made on the spot and in record time.

Not to mention, the ambiance is worth going for on its own. The records played were well selected and created a real cozy and classic environment. The couple who run the restaurant were so kind. We had a lovely discussion with Danielle and felt we had a really personalized experience.

I definitely plan to return and would highly,...

First time to this lovely bistro. The first impression when I walked in the place was wow. It's so beautifully decorated and all the vinyl was impressive (they sell them too). We sat on the terrace. Their menu, a 3 course meal, is pretty limited with only a choice of beef or salmon. However, they change the menu weekly!

The first course was Prosciutto with cheese mousse and spinach. The second course was linguine and cherry tomatoes. The last course was either the steak or the salmon. The dessert is not included in the 3 course meal but I had the panna cotta.

One word for our meal : excellent! Everything was so flavorful, almost like a punch, and well balanced. My favourite was the prosciutto dish. It was original and so well thought.

It's a small and cozy restaurant with warm staff. You'll not be...