I have lived in this area all my life and just last year i discovered this little gem. I had a great time there. Good timing for food. Great desserts. Okay food. Great for a first date! However, not fond of the brick walls.

i had the mussels in their tomato coconut cream sauce. It was okay. Nothing fantastic but really good portion.

I had their Le carpaccio de thon grillee for appy and it was a bit bland. very small portion (very very thinly sliced)for $17

Their dessert which they dont have anymore (seasonal) was a matcha creme brulee. That was probably the best part of the meal. SOOO GOOD. but i sadly they dont have it anymore

worth checking out

I have been several times at this place and never disappoints. Their menu is exiting and interesting...but the wine list is what keeps me coming back. Very sofisticated (great wines!)and not redicuously expensive.The best belgian beers too. Oh the mussels, cooked in three different ways!! The tagine is hugely popular and the rib-eye is to die for.

Just got in from my first experience at Chambar and I have to say I was impressed. We ordered a few share plates, salade d'hiver, Les coquilles st. jacques , and Le faisan aux morilles. The salad was a bit undertated but had some interesting flavours. The coquilles were superb, definitely not the traditional version, but perfectly done. Now is when the fun began. There was a mix up and instead of the Pheasant Tortelinni, we were served the Goat cheese spring roles. We informed the waiter of the mistake and without an argument, and with a sincere appology, the incorrect dish was removed. Within 5 minutes the correct dish was brought to the table. In addition we were offered the incorrectly produced dish at no charge!! We gratefully accepted and although I am not a fan of goat cheese, I found these to be delicate and the attenant mushrooms delicious. The Pheasant Tortelinni was worth the wait, rich and complex flavours. The deserts were also excellent, the pot du creme was nicely balanced and the expresso cheesecake was rich and flavourful. Add to that a great selection of beers, and a good wine list and I can see why this place is packed even on Monday night.
In a city were getting great service is about as likely as winning the 649, this was a refreshing and welcome change. I will definitely be back.

Celebrated a romantic night out at Chambar. Was surprised to find it busy and full, even at 9pm on a wednesday (always a good sign). Ordered the mushroom goat cheese spring roll appy to start and share, it was to die for. Mushrooms aren't actually IN a springroll as I thought, but sauteed perfectly and laid across the plate, accompanied by goat cheese spring rolls (heavenly).

I have several dietary restrictions and the kitchen was more than happy to make me something, even gave me a choice (that almost never happens, and I do appreciate it sooo much). Hubby went all out and ordered the steak. He was silent through the majority of his meal due to sheer enjoyment.
We finished with the pot de chocolat, that came highly recommended from our server, which was sooo creamy and just sweet enough.

Great wine list, decent options for wines by the glass too. Many belgian beers, even a couple we hadn't tried elsewhere (ie: Stella's).

Many of the servers were sporting mustaches and all looked pretty hilarious, which would seem weird to someone unfamiliar with MOVEMBER. It's great they're all on board for a good cause.

Service was excellent. Absolutely fantastic. The music was a bit loud because of where we were seated though they did allow us to sit side by side and occupy our neighboring table after it cleared out a bit.

It is a must try, but definitely more of an "occasion" restaurant, a bit pricey considering we're used to the similar style and affordability of La Brasserie on Davie St. We'll be back, likely for our anniversary!

This was my second time at Chambar but this time, a bunch of friends and I decided to come here for dessert. I have to say that this place delivered a solid plated dessert at a reasonable price. I tried the Bleu et blanc. The combination of flavours was very well done, especially the plum and mousse. I did, however, find that the proportion of plum to mousse was lacking. I found the mousse to be quite heavy (blue cheese/white chocolate) and it needed more of the plum element to balance it. I did sample a bit of the Le gateau poire from a friend. The texture of the cake/pear compote was wonderful. I did feel that the compote could have had a bit more pear flavour, as it finished with the taste of plain sugar in the mouth. This was also the same with the lemongrass ice cream. Could have been more lemongrass and less sweetness. Nevertheless, great quality food, over the top service and atmosphere, will definitely come back soon!

Four of us decided to head to Chambar on a Saturday night. With just two days notice we found a reservation a bit on the early side - 6:00 p.m. (only other available was 8:30) but this place was already half full. The dining area is really just a hallway with tables on one side, sharing a wall length banquette opposite a half room length bar. All night long the servers and patrons go past your table. To use the ladies room you have to move past the waiters waiting to pickup their bar orders. The noise level rose to high as the evening went on - this is not a place for an intimate meal. Servers were attentive and helpful. We started with the olives and the bread as we waited for out fourth. Followed by the mussels in white wine cream sauce and frites. The very best part of the meal and I'm not usually fond of mussels. Could have and should have stopped here but we continued on, each having an entree. All portions were very small but well presented. Almost like four small appetizers on each oblong plate and at $26+ per entree is a bit on the pricely side. Coconut risotto least favorite of the meal. Fish was good, skin was crisp. Did not share plates with the others so cannot comment on their meals but there was not a morsel left. We followed up with the share dessert plate which is just a small amount of each of their three desserts plus special coffees. Amount for four with tip was just under $400. This included two cocktails, one bottle of wine, a few specialty beer, appy's, entrees, dessert and coffees. Will likely go back but stick with the mussels and perhaps an appetizer or two.

My friend and I have wanted to go to Chambar for a long time. In fact, one of her co-workers tease us that we always say we're going to go, but still haven't managed to for the last 1.5 years. Finally, with the hubby and son not with me, we were off to Beatty St to try the much touted Chambar.

We did not have reservations, as the on-line "Opentable" reservations option was not working for me the day before. We were told that if we try to get there when it opens for 6pm, we still should be able to get in. That Saturday, we forgot that there was a concert at GM Place so it was a bit busy downtown, and the parking lots had "event parking" prices. So we had to drive around a bit before we found parking. By the time we got to Chambar, it was closer to 7pm and it was quite busy. Because it was just 2 of us though, there were seating options still available by the bar or "kitchen seating" ,where they had these tall bar stools and tables right in front of the chef area, so we could see all the action going on. We chose the latter.

As I've already mentioned in some previous reviews, sometimes having your eggo being preggo limits your cuisine choices, Chambar was no exception, but I was mainly super excited for the mussels and frites anyways. Our server was kind enough to mention all the things that I should be aware of, such as the raw egg in the aioli for the fries, and the unpasteurized cheeses and other foods that I wouldn't be able to touch when I pointed to the big belly. So we settled for the "Les tomatoes artisanales" appy--Artisan tomatoes, spiced honey vinaigrette, arugula almond pesto & feta spring rolls to start, and the Congolaise Mussels and frites-- cooked with a tomato coconut cream and smoked chili and lime sauce with fresh cilantro. We got our mussels with a side of the bread to dip into the sauce.

Before we started to eat, I already asked for the dessert menu, as I thought we would have more than enough room to share a dessert. Much to my chagrin, my eyes were bigger than my stomach. The appy was quite good, although for me the star was the not springrolls themselves, but the sweet and fresh tomatoes that came in the salad-yummo.

The serving of mussels was huge, a big steaming pot full of them in a savoury broth. It wasn't too spicy, which was fine by me, and the flavours all went together beautifully. With the bread to dip into our sauce, I was a happy camper to plug away at the pot. My girl friend was too nice to me, she kept spooning the mussels into my bowl first, not realizing that she was giving me the largest mussels, and she was saying that the mussels were good but she noticed that they were too small. So I had thought that the Blue Fig Martini was not only making her face the horrible red that Asians get drinking, but also making her vision slightly off, not realizing that she was just giving me the biggest ones :) It wasn't until I stopped munching and she got to finish the pot that she realized that there were some much bigger suckers in the pot! We had originally asked for our frites to be "poutined", but our server kindly pointed out that the poutine had blue cheese, which baby and I couldn't eat. So we had the normal frites, and to my chagrin and most likely the server's, I wanted ketchup for "dip" since I couldn't eat the aoili, and instead of telling me what an epicurean faux pas I was making, the server just whispered that they didn't have ketchup, and that I would find dipping my frites into the mussel sauce would probably give me that "zing" I was looking for.

All in all, good food with good service. You get what you pay for, we enjoyed ourselves, and my half of the bill as I didn't have any alcohol, including tax and tip-- came to $23. My friend's was higher because of the martini, which she said was exceptional. So for $23, I could handle going back there again, maybe after baby is born so that we can try the duck and beef tartare.

We had looked forward to dinner here for a long time and perhaps Father's Day was the wrong evening to try, especially with a concert at GM Place as well. Most of the items we had were good, especially the mussels, but the portions were very small and the men in the group all left hungry - and they are not especially large eaters! They were impressed with the Belgian beer selections though. For the prices, I was surprised that they charge $3 for each small portion of bread ordered - it is one of the few places in town not to include bread. The service was pretty standard - the waitress did not seem especially interested in us, but we did not wait an inordinately long time for our food. The room was extremely noisy, but I would give it another try, perhaps on a quieter night.

My wife and I went late last night (around 11) to Chambar for the first time after rave reviews from friends. We were too late for the regular menu but could order an appetizer, so we went with the cheese plate and a couple of Belgian beers. The cheese plate had 3 cheeses, a blue, a cow's milk from Quebec and a Camembert. The Blue and the Quebec cheese were both good, nothing fantastic and the Camembert was virtually tasteless and served too cold in my opinion. The bread was a figgy sweet bread along with a grape compote. I felt a Belgian restaurant should have a fantastic cheese plate but this is what I could have created at home after going to the local Thrifty store. Bummer! Beers were good, and service was ok, nothing fantastic. Ambiance is wonderful.

I came here with my boyfriend in December 2008 for some late night food. We got the mussels and we thought that they were cooked perfectly, not even a little bit of rubbery texture. We also tried the venison carpaccio and it was pretty good, it was a little bit more chewy than cru's carpaccio, maybe because it is sliced slightly thicker but it was great, I liked it more than CRU's, but my bf liked CRU's more. We also had lamb loin and it was great, my bf liked it. My only complaint for Chambar is just that sometimes it's a little too crowded and noisy so it was a little uncomfortable to chat. But, I would definitely come again.