Le Crocodile - Vancouver, BC

Le Crocodile has been on the list of the restaurants we want to try for a while. We have never gone there mostly because of the price. Boyfriend heard from his classmates that we should go during lunch time because the price is more reasonable. So on the day before we went on vacation, we decided to go there for lunch. Keep in mind that lunch is only available on weekdays.


Boyfriend ordered the Menu Express which was what his classmate recommended. It is a daily Main Course with wild mushroom soup with truffle oil or butter lettuce salad. The Menu Express was $20.

We also ordered the escargot with garlic butter as appetizer. As for me, I ordered the Crab Ravioli. 

Before the appetizer arrived, there was amuse bouche which was a mushroom quiche tart (bottom left of first picture). Although it is complimentary, a lot of work has been put into it. The tart pastry was soft and flaky and the filling was seasoned perfectly, it went really well with the pastry. Although we visited Le Crocodile during summer time, the warmth from the tart definitely started the meal right.

After that, our escargot came. We didn't really the menu in detail when we first ordered and we didn't know that it came with an edible pastry shell. When we first saw the dish, we thought the escargot was actually in its shell. Boyfriend liked it without the shell but I preferred eating it with the shell just because it is less salty. The garlic butter sauce was a bit salty but the escargot was cooked perfectly. 

I have to say this is the best ravioli I have ever had. The sauce was super creamy. There were smoked salmon bits and cheese in the sauce. The ravioli was baked at the top and melted the cheese. I mean who doesn't love the baked cheese. The ravioli filling was also very delicious. The crab meat wasn't overwhelming and you can tell the ingredients of the filling was very balanced. For $16.50, I would say this dish is definitely worth the money. Normally when you order ravioli at a higher end restaurant, you would probably get 4-6 pieces of ravioli. Look at how much pieces of ravioli there were. Of course I wasn't able to finish it because it was very filling. I would definitely recommend trying this ravioli when you go there. 

Each table gets a plate of skinny potato chips with their main course which is very thoughtful. I do enjoy eating those as well. I am not sure if those chips are bottomless as we didn't even finish our plate. 

Boyfriend had the daily main course which was grilled wild salmon. The salmon was cooked perfectly, melting in your mouth.  All the vegetables were also seasoned and cooked well too. Of course I still enjoyed my crab ravioli better. 

After the meal, they gave us a sorbet as a palate cleanser along with their famous Le Crocodile chocolate (Top left of first photo). 

Overall, I really enjoyed the lunch menu Le Crocodile provided. We will probably go there for dinner one day, but not anytime soon.