L'Ambroisie et L'Espace Canal

My husband and I got married here in September. Before we found L'Ambroisie we wondered whether it was worth it for us to have a full scale wedding at all. We probably looked up every venue in the Montreal area, and it seemed like venues similar to L'Ambroisie were exponentially more expensive, and venues at a similar price point weren't half as beautiful. Once we found it, the decision was easy for us.The location and food were lovely, and the best value of all was probably access to a venue coordinator. Because this is more or less an all-in-one venue, our coordinator, Alexa, was an expert on most everything to do with the day. We must've emailed back and forth almost a hundred times over the year we planned our wedding. I felt like I had a $5000 wedding planner for free.We had so many compliments on our venue. I would recommend L'Ambroisie to anyone.

We made 3 visits to the venue to make sure the arrangements were going to be done the way we wanted. My fiancee and I and a few family members arrived early at the venue. Thank goodness we did. The set up that we wanted and was agreed upon by Laura, was wrong. Laura was there and we told her it is not correct. The seating was crammed together, they did not leave enough space for the bride to walk down, there were not enough tables for the guests. IT WAS TOTALLY WRONG ACCORDING TO THE PLAN WE GAVE LAURA AND SHE HAD AGREED TO. The company that we hired to dress the tables and centre pieces had already mostly set up. So at this point our family, my fiancee and I had to dismantle everything and move the tables and chairs and begin the set-up from the start. This was ONE hour before the ceremony. As if a wedding day is not stressful enough we had to deal with this. While we were re-arranging everything Alexa walks in and makes a face and a comments as to why we are doing this. Well, if they had done it correctly in the first place then there would not have been an issue. Another problem was in the food set-up area. My wife had clearly asked Laura where all the extra chairs will be placed, She had assured us not to worry, they will be stacked outside in the hallway. Well, of course, that did not happen. They had stacked them in the room by the food. Exactly what we did not want because it looked unprofessional. We had ordered special table cloths to cover the tables and table legs completely. We told Laura exactly how we wanted them. Her comment was, we know

We booked the Espace Canal for our wedding, and overall we had a great experience. I would actually give 4.5 stars!The whole event went off without a hitch thanks to the coordination of Alexa and Oulaya.The food was fantastic and the service during the event was phenomenal. The bartender, Danielle, was awesome! She knew how to handle the 150 person crowd and kept the vodka flowing! Also, Tony, the gentleman taking care of our head table was a delight. He was super attentive to us, and made sure that we lacked for nothing.My only suggestion would be to make the initial communications easier. A lot of these initial communication happens through e-mail, and there were many seperate PDFs, which I would get lost in. I would suggest creating one PDF package with everything instead of sending as seperate attachments (or making a mini binder for those getting married). You might be pros, but for someone like me organizing for the first time, we are dealing with a lot of newness and vendors. Centralized info always helps.But as I said, overall amazing experience, would defenitly use their reception services again :)

We had our wedding in l’Espace Canal a few weeks ago and everyone had a great time. The food was good and the wait staff was good as well and the gentleman who was taking care of our table was extremely attentive to our needs and requests during the dinner. ( I think his name is Tony ?)The planning of the actual wedding was not exactly the experience I expected. The person who was in charge of us left a few months before the event and I was transferred to someone I was not able to speak to on the phone at all. I left many messages and would only get emails back which made it a little complicated because of the back and forth.The music during the event was good but I am not going to lie, the MC was not exactly what we wanted mainly due to the fact he was making awful jokes during the reception. Maybe he thought this would be his debut at the comedy club. I had asked for it to be announced when we were cutting the cake and when the desert table came out and it was not done so no one knew there was anything going on. Lastly, the bar tender was absolutely hammered by 9pm. This was not appropriate at all and many of the guests asked me “where I found her” as she was unfortunately pouring straight liquor in her mouth .Overall, I would still recommend this venue in the hopes that the support and service is a little better when it comes down to organization as this does cause a ton of extra stress on the people getting married. We understand that there is a shortage of workers however; it would have been nice for our coordinator to be a little more attentive and responsive to voicemails. We took the turnkey package as we are out of the country and wanted to have as little to plan as possible and it does save having to figure a ton of stuff out so we were happy with that choice.

What a great place for a wedding or other gathering. Outdoor space was picturesque and the indoors was spacious.Staff were amazing and we had no complaints.

We had a great experience at L'Ambroisie for our wedding ceremony and reception. We felt well taken care of and the day went smoothly. We were able to create our own vegetarian menu with the chef and it was absolutely delicious! We appreciated that the main services were in-house or they referred us to vendors for services they didn't provide (flowers etc). It was the hassle-free wedding we wanted!Minor issues: we had 3 different coordinators throughout our planning process due to staff changes and through the handovers, some communication got lost. There was also a breakdown in communication between the staff that handled our tasting and the coordinator. Closer to the wedding date, it was also a bit of a struggle to get direct answers around day-of details via email and, as another reviewer mentioned, staff seemed unreachable or unable to schedule a phone meeting.The DJ also wasn't top-notch, but that's an outside company that L'Ambroisie uses.All in all, we're very happy with our decision to have our wedding at L'Ambroisie! Would definitely recommend.

Really nice and calm place. The food here is good, specially the salade that I tried. Very clean and staff is friendly. They have also small private room where I could imagine you can be in smal group of about 20 people for your birthday or other life events. Thank you for amazing experience!

Trendy, but poor acoustics makes it a horrible venue for an indoor event with more than 25 people

Nice space right on the canal, friendly staff and tasty food. Service of the main meal was very slow, but when the food got there it was hot and tasty.Overall, would go to another event there in a heartbeat.

We celebrated our wedding at Espace Canal last weekend and it was the day of our dreams. Alexa has been a joy to work with through the entire planning process. These haven't been easy times for the industry, but despite pandemic closures and labour shortages, L'Ambroisie has managed to retain a dedicated, amazing staff full of people who clearly love working there, and they made our big day awesome. The weather cooperated to give us a beautiful sunny day and we got our dream wedding ceremony in the gardens along the canal. The party after was fantastic - the food, drinks, setup, everything went off without a hitch. They customized the menu based on our feedback and were so accommodating and flexible with our requests. Special shout-out to Alexa and team for accommodating our unique craft beer and whisky requests. To couples looking for a beautiful venue for their wedding, look no further!