Restaurant Le Mitoyen - Laval

I've been coming to this place for 6 years and every time I go, I'm impressed. You can find chief's talent and hard work in Every single ingredient. Service is attentive, friendly and professional. It's one of the few places that it worth your money.

Found this gem out in Laval they were actually fully booked but fit us in at 5:30pm (they open at 6pm). Super big shout out to our host she was absolutely superb in introducing the menu and making us feel welcomed. There is parking to the right of the building which was super convenient. I decided to go with the tasting menu (menu dégustation). It is a ton of food. Started with a light corn cream flavor was delicate and smoky. The bouillabaisse was perfect scallop beautifully done. The roasted quail was also very good. All the garnishes and sauces complement perfectly. The foie gras with the super crispy bread was excellent. Even the sherbet for palette cleansing was superb. The scallop main course in mushroom sauce was an art. I honestly was super full by the time I got to the raclette and the panna cotta but they were both amazing. Would have given them an extra star if I could!

Simply amazing totally worth the drive from Montreal. Situated in a lovely detached house in a quite neighborhood of Laval, Le Mitoyen serves unpretentious French classics with fresh and local ingredients. Every dish we ordered was excellent, but the foie gras, scallops and lambs were highlights of the nights. Service was very warm and attentive. Do allow time to dine here since everything was cooked fresh and it can get very busy. Parking is free and located on the right side of the restaurant.

Rich, incredible cuts of meat and poultry. Wonderful desserts. Each table felt private and secluded even though it was in an upstairs room with many other diners. I don't usually go for quaint, but loved it here. My partner had deer tartar he loved. We had great rabbit and lamb. Excellent waiter who translated the entire menu word for word into English with great pantomime when needed. So down to earth and really cared about doing his job well. A few of the sauces tasted too extreme and one note foie gras sauce was just too tart. And vegetables from the first course felt repetitive in the second course. We also ate at Lemeac, which appears to have the same owner. Lemeac was fine. But Le Mitoyan was much better. Well worth the schlep from Montreal on our most recent vacation.

Wow. My boyfriend and I dined at Le Mitoyen last night, and it was some of the best food we 've ever had. Executive chef Richard Bastien is a genius! The flavour combinations were out of this world, and the depth was incredible. Le Mitoyen is a converted house, built in 1870. There are several separate dining areas, a nice fireplace, artwork on the walls, candles at each table and soft music in the background. Service was excellent each course was presented with a description of the ingredients. For Valentine 's day weekend, a prix fixe 7 course menu was offered $85/each or $140/each with wine pairings with a choice of one of 4 mains. We started with a glass of champagne and the salmon cooked sous vide basically vacuum sealed and cooked in an immersion circulator, I believe. Is was served on a rectangle of watermelon with citrus. The marinade was vodka based. SO GOOD! The texture of the salmon was amazing, and nicely complimented the crispness of the watermelon. We then had a lobster tail with a mango sauce, microgreens, and tiny cucumber balls. There was a taste we couldn 't quite place, and then realized it was vanilla we think! . Whoa. Vanilla lobster? Who would have thought... ? Delicious! Next was a white polenta atop moist guinea foul with a rich guinea foul gravy. It was garnished with fried grains, rice and quinoa that turned into a 'rice krispy ' texture. Again, awesome. We had the foie gras, served with a winter root puree, carrots and a roast potato and spicy microgreens. I 'm not a foie gras fan, but my boyfriend love it. The puree was delicious! not included in the prix fixe menu an extra $17 . After that, we had a delicious bouillon, with finely diced carrots, and something with a bit of kick couldn 't quite place it... . It is served spoon less, and meant to be sipped. For the main course, I had the pigeonneau yup!! domestic pigeon! I 'm living on the wild side :P with wild mushroom risotto, and what I believe was a kind of liver mousse. The sauce was flavourful,rich, and delicious, and the risotto was earthy and creamy. The pigeonneau was delicious and tender. My boyfriend had the lamb, and it was amazing! So tender, and moist. We finished with coffee and desserts. We had an amazing profiterole filled with ricotta and tonka beans, and served with lemon curd. We also had a strawberry soup, with basil ice cream. Oh. My. Yum. Honestly. Holy Food!!!! At the end of our meal we noticed we had missed a course a cheese based dish. Our waitress was apologetic, and since we didn 't want it after our dessert, we were credited the cost of a glass of champagne. We were a pretty disappointed to have missed it, since it likely would have been amazing, like everything else. A bit of a miss given the calibre of the restaurant. But, c 'est la vie. The service efficient and friendly, allowing enough distance for a romantic evening but always close enough should anything be needed. Highly recommend! It 's definitely pricey, but you 're looking for a splurge, this is the spot.