Réservoir - Brasseur — Restaurant in Montreal

Objectively the worst microbrewery in plateau. Like woah this is bad! Lemme do a comprehensive list:

1️⃣ Food: Ridiculously overpriced for what you get. I counted — I received exactly 11 pieces of cavatelli for $17. And they weren’t even good! I’m astonished the restaurant dared to charge 16$. for that pathetically small chicken sandwich. Have you seen the size of sandwiches you can get elsewhere in Montreal for that price? Some are bigger than my face. I’m okay paying premium prices for small portions if the food is exceptional — but here, it’s mediocre at best, lacking seasoning and any standout flavors.

2️⃣ Service: Abysmal. We were a group of ~15 people. We were given just 3 bottles of water for the entire table — and no one came by to refill or check on us for over two hours. We had to flag someone down for everything. The server asked for our names to avoid mix-ups, but when the food and drinks arrived, they just shouted the items across the table, causing confusion (and they even spilled beer on the table). One person in our group only ordered an orange juice and left a $2 tip — and the server publicly called him out at checkout, saying he had to tip at least 15%. That’s incredibly unprofessional. Is this because most of the group only spoke English?

3️⃣ Atmosphere: PLEASE CLEAN YOUR WASHROOM IT IS IN A STATE OF DESPAIR. Water on the floor, and a suffocating smell of cheap air freshener. Very loud bar overall.

I lived in Montreal for 8 years. I implore you,...

People definitely come here for the beer… because the menu is terrible. Most of the menu is incomprehensible, so you need to as the waiter what everything is. I ordered the fried chicken, which I thought was safe. After my first bite, I found myself chewing on gummy boiled chicken skin, which I had to spit out. I cut into the fried chicken to pull out the rest of the RUBBERY white chicken skin, so that I could try to eat the rest. The next piece I bit into, I could barely pull apart with my teeth, it was like jerky. I noticed that it was neither the chicken thigh nor the breast. I have never seen a restaurant that takes the cheapest cut of chicken (the drumstick) and turns it into 3 small pieces of 14$ fried chicken. Not even the okay part of the drumstick, the brown chewy part! And most of the dish is hard fried batter. Looking at other people’s reviews, I really don’t understand how people can be so excited about the food. I find it odd that people say the food is great, then post a picture of a handful of sunflower seeds on a giant piece of lettuce… Maybe that’s what’s “cool” these days. Beer seems to be their specialty and it’s definitely well-priced. Just don’t go there if...

If I could I'd rate half a star. Or none. Had been to Réservoir a few years ago, hadn't gone back because the beer was less than average compared to other microbrewery pubs in town. I went back cause I heard they had revamped the kitchen and moved towards a more adventurous menu. WHAT A MISTAKE! The dishes, if you can call them that, are nothing more than two-three ingredients thrown together with no mind for preparation, accord or spicing. Tiny slivers of dry smoked fish lost on a disproportionate island of one inch thick toast, with raw slivers of celeriac piled on top. So ridiculous we sent it back. Overcooked boiled Brussels sprouts topped with shavings of the most tasteless Parmesan one can imagine, graced with two dollops of mustard. A feast fit for a gastronomical moron, splashed of course with the same tepid beer I had experienced years before. My advice? Three words: DON'T GO THERE! I know I won't. One last thing - and you're probably gonna think I'm lying or exaggerating - I paid with a 50 and the girl gave me change for 40. I was already out when I noticed. Didn't feel like going back in, so I chalked it up as the perfect ending to an utterly...