Once in a while, going to a good restaurant is essential to preserve personal dignity and maintain a high level of self-confidence. For me this summer, that restaurant will be iSensi.
Located on 15 rue Belanger (corner St-Laurent) in Little Italy, this restaurant is small but very carefully maintained and operated. From its nicely presented menu to the good personalized service, it’s the kind of place that just gives you an overall positive vibe. The reservation was done without hassle and parking was not hard to find, but challenging to do. There was even a red Ferrari parked in front.
Once seated, the amuse-guele they brought us was fresh and delicious. I believe it was some kind of white bruschetta (bruschetta blanci? I’m not obviously not Italian) on micro pieces of crunchy bread.
After careful translation (from Italiano) of the menu, it seemed to us that the Tables of Hosts menu is the most relevant and healthy. The first course of the three course meal included some mussels cooked with tomato sauce, pesto, garlic, white wine and other miscellaneous ingredients. The main dish was veal for me and some pasta cooked in some I don’t know what fluorescence pink red orange oil sauce with chunks of salmon for Karen. Both dishes had a full taste with subtle variations of sweet, salty and sour only detectable by the finest palates.
For dessert, we had the very traditional Tiramisu with cafe latte. The small piece of cake was definitely better than most cakes I’ve had so far in my cakeless life.
With the wine and two tables of host meals, the total was $91 not including tips.
Ratings (out of five)
Food: 3.7
Service: 3.8
Atmosphere: 4.0
Value: 1.9
Relative Value: 3.8
Going back? See you next year
The Bottom Line
Cross off Michelina’s off your grocery list about 45 times and spoil yourself at iSensi.
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