l'Ambroisie - Montréal

I had a fantastic experience at the restaurant thanks to Alexa, Alexandra, Marc, and the entire team. From the moment I arrived at the charming location, I was smitten. The food and service were excellent, and our guests thoroughly enjoyed everything. It was truly the best day. Thank you to everyone involved.

My wife and I married L'Ambroisie on July 3rd! Alexa, our wedding coordinator was there for us every step of the way and made our day really special and stress-free! Everything was taken care of by us that it...easily, actually you enjoy our day and the prices were very reasonable. We wouldn't have asked for a better wedding place and our whole family is right! Thank you! Sandrine Dominique

Dear host of our wedding there. We had 2 weeks to coordinate everything and their employees were amazing for our situation! You could help us choose all the details of our evening, from food to decor to music! Just amazing!!

When I first moved to the L 'Ambroiserie and L 'Espace Canal to host my wedding, they were very excited to have a 3rd January event. The event coordinator, Alexandra, quickly responded to all my emails and questions and was very accommodating. I live in Northern Quebec so... I wasn't always in Montreal, and it was always possible to work the data when I was in town. The restaurant should be closed at that time, but was ready to host my wedding. I visited the place with my then fiance during the summer and later returned to tasting with my parents. Everything was fine. I had booked a winter wedding with an outdoor ceremony on the terrace overlooking the Lachine Canal. The terrace was empty when I booked the venue. In November I was in the area and stayed at the restaurant with my sister who had not seen the place yet. When we left, I found that they had installed a carport towards the terrace, basically right next to where we had discussed that my ceremony was taking place. I was horrified and made clear that I didn't want this attempt to stay there during my ceremony. Suddenly the recruitment of the staff changed dramatically. Alexandra was on vacation, so I assumed that I (and my parents and future husband) would receive from Alexa if the event coordinator returned. That wasn't the case. I was told the chairs for my ceremony were stored there and it was absolutely not negotiable to move it. I also received this answer from Alexandra. Suddenly L'Ambroiserie hosting my wedding was thrown as a great favor for me, as they did not technically open at that time they were 't, but if it means to treat customers badly, then not at appointments that you inconvenient. I was extremely deducted from all this performance, but they refused to try back, although it was not there or even mentioned when I signed a contract and gave a deposit at the place. I also want to know where they store all the chairs for their summer weddings as they then use them, but there is no pace in these months. We finally had to buy Christmas trees to cover this eyeore as well as to have my ceremony face the complete opposite direction I had planned. Quickly before the wedding... well, it didn't go as planned for several reasons, and I'll be disappointed forever as I just want to marry once. I had drawn a picture card and personally explained Alexandra how I wanted to make the decorations on the terrace. I also asked that she tasted outdoors in front of the lobby, as my photographer wanted to be at the venue 5:15. Alexandra said it could last until 5:30 with which I was okay. My ceremony should begin at 7 p.m., we did all wedding parties and family photos before. When I arrived with everyone to take photos outdoors on the terrace, I found that she had done the exact opposite of what I had asked. The interior of the place was ready to go, and the chairs were not even furnished on the terrace. Furious doesn't even describe how I feel about it. I made my family photos in a parking lot, which was incredibly disappointing. These are photos that were very important to me that I will never have an opportunity again. In fact, they tried to set up the terrace so long that I finally had to go to the building and hide myself because the guests did not sit outside for the ceremony. The terrace itself was not shoved except on a way down the corridor, so our guests sat with their feet in a few centimeters of snow. My ceremony started 15 20 minutes too late, not because I was not ready, but because the staff in the L 'Ambroiserie 't. Alexandra did not start with seating until 7 p.m. Not to mention that we went down an extremely steep "wheelchair" ramp to get out of the lobby and go down the corridor. There is no chance to encode it, it was not salted and fortunately nobody was in a wheelchair. The best man had to push my sister on the ramp when the ceremony was over because it was so steep and slippery. We had to use this ramp or get into the corridor from another door that would have brought us to the middle of our guest series, as we had to change the placement of the altar due to the time that L 'Ambroiserie refused to move. This was not the only area that was not peeled or salted, although we had provided salt for the L’Ambroi series. The front entrance to the L’Espace channel was also not shoveled or salted, so that people passed through what became **** and slipped for the whole evening. Adding to my frustration, after the ceremony I felt as if I was rushed by Alexandra to complete things like my first dance and wedding speeches because we were behind schedule. In fact, it was her lack of professionalism that led to things being out of schedule, but she could not seem to understand that I was frustrated and wanted them to leave me alone about these things, so that I could socialize with my guests for the hour or so after my ceremony, as I had planned. It was really a great relief for me when her shift ended, I felt like I could start forgetting how angry I was about this whole thing. Eugenie, another employee, tried her best to arrange the Nordique terrace that we had been looking for outside so I could take more photos. Unfortunately, the ceremony didn't end until almost 8:00 and I couldn't wait my guests while I went to do more this hour. The food that has been delivered seems to have been cold half the time, based on my own experience and what I have heard from several guests. That was disappointing as it was so good at tasting. It also did not seem to be a plan to the hors d’oeuvres, we have a cocktail style reception, and so some tables were served while others received very little. I worked in the restaurant industry for 10 years (including serving weddings) and usually there is a plan with sections for serving food, this seemed not to be the case. My last comment is about the DJ services of L’Ambroiserie et L’Espace Canal. I strongly recommend them. I had asked a song to be instrumental only during my ceremony and it was not much to my horror. The lyrics to the choir were still sung. This meant that during preparation for my wedding, this DJ could not hear more than 20 30 seconds of songs he wanted to use during my ceremony. It was probably the worst thing that could happen before I went down the gang (except to start putting your own wedding dress train because Alexandra let me go out with my parents and then disappeared after she had said she would put it down, let us in a state of panic). I can't say that the DJ stuck in the list he was given what was a list of requests from my RSVPs, so I knew what the guests wanted to hear. At the end of the night he played about 30 seconds of Norah Jones’ “Come Away With Me” before he suddenly cut the music and told us all night. I would have asked him to stay longer, but it slipped my head, strangely of all the things that the staff wanted to harass me on my wedding night, and asking the DJ to play an extra hour was not one of them. They had the lights within seconds and began to disassemble the lobby before the guests even had a chance to find out what was going on. Overall, I would say my experience was disappointing to say the least. I would not recommend L’Ambroiserie et L’Espace Canal under any circumstances. It was a terrible mistake and I regret having my wedding there.

We had our wedding L'Ambroise et L'Espace Canal and we loved every minute of it! The coordinator, Alexandra, made our wedding planning a smooth sail. Food is amazing, the stuff was top notch, they took care of most of the things (set up, cleaning,...arrangements, decoration) based on my plans and requests. Alexandra answered all my questions, emails right away, she was always on time, kept reminding us to deadlines. There were no hidden fees! What we agreed that is what we payed. Also, they have multiple places where you can have the ceremony, outside and inside as well, and you can decide on the day of where do you want your ceremony to be held. In Montreal it is a great relief. The price was very reasonable! My guest did not go home hungry. I highly recommend this place for smaller weddings, we were 55 people, but I think they have space for bigger events as well. Thank you again for the fantastic day!