Montarra - Algonquin
New American dining room featuring elevated small plates & steaks plus a global wine list.
Reviews
Adrienne K.
14 days ago
Beautiful place and a wonderful meal! The service was superb (thank you Sam!), our dinners were amazing, dessert was delightful but the crowning glory was...
Tim M.
3 months ago
Went here for a special dinner with my wife. The place often gets fully booked on weekends, so be sure to make reservations in advance. They have a large...
Lisa S.
4 months ago
If you're looking to stay local in the suburbs of Algonquin, Montarra offers American dining. Their website boasts elevated small plates. I definitely agree...
Nick B
5 months ago
Mother's Day dinner out. Haven't been to Montarra in years. They lost our reservation, but seated us anyway. That was the first of several issues with our visit. Then seated outside in the Covid tent. Which was fine, we were happy to have a table. But the floor was so unstable every time somebody walked by our table one side of it shot up in the air and almost spilled our drinks. We just laughed, but they need to either stabilize the floor or stop serving out there. Our poor waitress could barely put the tray of food on the tray stand because the floor was moving. No joke. The service from our waitress was good, she was hustling. But the service from the bar and kitchen were not good. SLOW. Drinks were good. Bread was good. Bouillabaisse was outstanding. Chicken dish with Risotto was solid. My wife's steak came out cold. Like cold to the touch. At $52 for a NY Strip that's inexcusable. Then our waitress was in another zip code probably waiting for another order for a long time before we could get my wife's dish corrected and she could eat her Mother's Day dinner. Thing is we love this place, and once corrected, the steak was excellent. They hopefully were just having a bad night. But at these prices they can't afford to have bad nights or people won't come back. We, however, will be back to give them another shot. They comped one of our martini's for the cold steak. That was a nice gesture, we didn't ask for anything. I still think it's one of the best "special occasion" restaurants in the area. For the price it's not a regular stop unless price doesn't matter.
Alton At Searchology
5 months ago
Service was perfect. Steaks...the best I've had...drinks...spot on. Don't skip desert. Expect to pay for perfection. But...if you don't go all out...very reasonable. Our new spot.
