Restaurant La Petite Dinette — Restaurant in Montreal

Eclectic Asian fusion food inside a vintage 50’s American diner with pictures of music stars from the 80’s. That is original!

It seems the owner invested a considerable amount of money in the decor, which is very “instagramable”!

The menu is also original, even tho I don’t understand the concept of the restaurant and the menu all together. I’ve heard they are trying to emulate Asian street food, and I think it’s a great idea.

Owners are very kind and friendly.

The downside is the quality of the food. Since we go eat in a lot of restaurants especially asian ones, since we travelled a lot in Asia and experienced the street food, we didn’t enjoy our culinary experience as much as we wished. The Pho broth was bland and the beef was over cooked. The spring rolls had too much vermicelli and its peanut sauce was tasteless. The fried tofu was hard and didn’t seem fresh. The cogo was ok but the sausage was too small for the amount of dough.

I wish they can upgrade their cuisine to level up the global experience because the owners seem to be very passionate about their business, which have a lot of potential.

They deserve to thrive, but they need to adjust the quality of the food.

I wish them the best of luck in their future...

The location is great but I didn’t enjoy the food. I tried the grilled chicken with vermicelli, but it wasn’t what I was expecting… I got a big plate of vermicelli with three heavily-marinated chicken skewers - the pictures on the menu showed whole chicken thighs. The skewers had kind of a “mystery meat” vibe, and didn’t taste fresh - I didn’t want to finish them. The small salad on the side of my plate was smothered in some kind of ketchup/Mayo dressing, not what I expected ordering a Vietnamese meal.

Maybe the fried options are better, but I wouldn’t order from this part of the menu again. The staff were friendly, but it was so quiet when I went I didn’t understand why they didn’t bring my food to the table. There are some improvements to be made.

Decor is a bit weird but I...

The food here is honestly pretty tasty and the decor is quite unique and enjoyable. However, the vegetarian options are extremely limited. I was disappointed that not even the soup or the ramen shake included something resembling a protein like tofu, especially since they were very similarly-priced to the meat options. Most Vietnamese places at least make some effort to accommodate people who don't consume meet, but that wasn't the case here. There were fried tofu squares available which I ordered and were quite good. But when all was said and done two vegetarian meals plus tofu plus a tea came to almost $50 with...