Review: 40 Westt Steakhouse & Raw Bar “Worst Steak Ever”

We had heard a lot about the 40 Westt Steakhouse & Raw Bar and we were excited to try the restaurant.  My Aunt gave me gift certificates for Christmas so we took my Mother and Step-Father.  The restaurant is located in a shopping mall in the West Island of Montreal.  The decor of the restaurant is very modern and beautifully.

We were seated at a nice table and we were brought the menus.  The prices add up quick because everything is charged separately.  So if a steak is $40 it does not come with side dishes – you have to pay separately for potato or a vegetable.

When the waiter came over we ordered our meals.  The waiter was distracted and really not paying much attention to us.  When my mother was ordering her meal she was in mid-sentence and the waiter just walked away to chat with someone he knew.  It was the rudest behavior I have ever seen from a waiter. If we had been paying for the meal, rather than using a gift certificate, we would have gotten up and walked out.

I ordered a small steak and they sent me out a steak that a cheap grocery would sell for $3-5 dollars, it was thin like paper! I asked for medium rare, but the steak was such horrible quality it could be nothing but well done.  I don’t understand how any restaurant could serve a piece of steak like that.  My mother, step-father and husband ordered the filet Mignon.  They said it was nothing special at all and they were very disappointed.

I have a feeling 40 Westt is more concerned about looking like a gourmet restaurant, than providing good food. As a result, it attracts either people who like to look “rich” or just have no clue.

I don’t know how this place stays open. This is the worst so called ‘gourmet’ restaurant I have ever ate at.  Believe me I know what I am talking about. I have been to some of the top restaurants across Europe and the top steakhouses in the USA. 40 Westt was an extreme embarrassment by comparison.

This place makes Baton Rouge look like a Michelin star restaurant!  We paid $425 for our meal and we would not go back at any price.  It isn’t just that the restaurant is poor for its price range, it is simply a poor restaurant at any price.