Restaurant thread....the best place to eat...Where!!!
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t2king,
The only restaurant I am aware of serving food that late is Zestos and their food is truly awful. Plus although they serve breakfast not sure if they do at those hours. I think quite a few of their customers are drunk or high and the taste of food doesn't matter as much as the fact that it's available. This business model has apparently sustained them as a restaurant business. They memorably served me the worst meal I ever ate in Montreal, although I also had a memorably bad pizza at Delta hotel years ago.
On another note- Deville Dinerbar, which has now ascended to being in the top 3 best reviewed restaurants in the Ville Marie section of the downtown on Yelp, is serving lunch salads in a slightly smaller portion for $15. It's still a large portion. But only 3 lunch salads are offered: the Deville Macho, which is basically the house specialty entree salad; the General Tso's salad; and the Chicken Caesar Salad. I ordered the Deville Macho yesterday and as usual it was great.
The only restaurant I am aware of serving food that late is Zestos and their food is truly awful. Plus although they serve breakfast not sure if they do at those hours. I think quite a few of their customers are drunk or high and the taste of food doesn't matter as much as the fact that it's available. This business model has apparently sustained them as a restaurant business. They memorably served me the worst meal I ever ate in Montreal, although I also had a memorably bad pizza at Delta hotel years ago.
On another note- Deville Dinerbar, which has now ascended to being in the top 3 best reviewed restaurants in the Ville Marie section of the downtown on Yelp, is serving lunch salads in a slightly smaller portion for $15. It's still a large portion. But only 3 lunch salads are offered: the Deville Macho, which is basically the house specialty entree salad; the General Tso's salad; and the Chicken Caesar Salad. I ordered the Deville Macho yesterday and as usual it was great.
Hmmm I do not know if Chenoys still serves breakfasts, but they are open 24/7 and have decent fare. They used to have pretty good breakfast and at a decent price.
CA OUT!!!
CA OUT!!!
Aux Vivres on St Laurent St and there's also Lola Rosa one on Milton and the other on Park Avenue plus Bonnie's on Notre Dame but don't know if she's still open has been a while.
Quality Indian Restaurant
Le Taj, 2077 Stanley (between de Maissoneueve and Sherbrooke)
An American friend of mine who visited Montreal raved about this place, and insisted I try it on my next trip. It did not disappoint. For appetizer, I ordered onion bhaji pekoras, which were served with a medley of 4 dips and chutneys. This is a dish consisting of onions that are coated with a spiced chick pea batter and then fried. It was very tasty. For my entree, I ordered Saag Shrimps. These are essentially shrimp sauteed with spinach and onions that are lightly creamed and prepared with Indian spices. It was very tasty and they are using good quality shrimps. I found the prices here reasonable for what they are serving, although in ambience and food quality it's a higher end Indian restaurant.
Highly recommend for Indian food lovers. I will probably be back here in July when I come with Chercherfemmes because he likes Indian food.
Le Taj, 2077 Stanley (between de Maissoneueve and Sherbrooke)
An American friend of mine who visited Montreal raved about this place, and insisted I try it on my next trip. It did not disappoint. For appetizer, I ordered onion bhaji pekoras, which were served with a medley of 4 dips and chutneys. This is a dish consisting of onions that are coated with a spiced chick pea batter and then fried. It was very tasty. For my entree, I ordered Saag Shrimps. These are essentially shrimp sauteed with spinach and onions that are lightly creamed and prepared with Indian spices. It was very tasty and they are using good quality shrimps. I found the prices here reasonable for what they are serving, although in ambience and food quality it's a higher end Indian restaurant.
Highly recommend for Indian food lovers. I will probably be back here in July when I come with Chercherfemmes because he likes Indian food.
Not a bad place. Only ate there at buffet brunch. I need to build up my Indian resto go to places as well.
CA OUT!
Took my daughter shopping in Montreal today, across from the store we were at was a vegan eatery called Copper Branch, tiny eat-in take-out place. I had a burger with no meat only some type of plant items pounded together, kind of dry, will never replace a handmade BBQ beef burger, now my daughter had some sort of power bowl that was very tasty, actually really tasty.
Lemeac is a must try, I know it's already mentioned
I had a date over there, I had the duck confit, holy fuck was it good. Too bad my date wasn't lol
If you like tartare, try out Hachoir on St Denis. It's a small resto, nice ambiance for a date or eating with your friends.
I've tried everything on their menu and it's good
However I heard that they revamped their menu, I know they don't have bison tartare Anymore which was my favourite
I had a date over there, I had the duck confit, holy fuck was it good. Too bad my date wasn't lol
If you like tartare, try out Hachoir on St Denis. It's a small resto, nice ambiance for a date or eating with your friends.
I've tried everything on their menu and it's good
However I heard that they revamped their menu, I know they don't have bison tartare Anymore which was my favourite
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november
Discovered a place called Falafel St. Jacques. They make a great falafel pita and hummus platters. Nothing fancy but the food was fresh and good. It's a vegetarian place and the prices fair. Its location is in ville st. Pierre. 345 st. Jacques. Enjoy!
I like the Fire Grill too, though it's a little pricey. Didn't sit at the bar, but that's a great idea....
A summary of restos tried on my recent trip:
Kinko Izakaya, 1624 rue St. Catherine Ouest- This was the biggest disappointment of my trip, because great Yelp reviews were what led me there in the first place. Most Japanese restos fall into one of 3 specialty categories: sushi, hibachi or ramen. Kinko Izakaya is none of the above- it is one of a growing number of Japanese tapas restaurants, sort of its own genre. I didn't like the place at all, for the following reasons: (1) it's obnoxiously loud, with the chefs yelling and screaming whenever someone leaves the restaurant. I have seen this done before at traditional Japanese restaurants, but in a much more muted and civilized manner; (2) it's not at all original. 3 of the 4 dishes I got- fried prawns, fried vegetable gyoza, and baked oysters - were coated with different types of mayonnaise sauces. I understand that they are catering to the French Canadian palate, but serve the sauce on the side with a traditional ponzu or other matching sauce. Don't drown perfectly good shrimp and oysters with a sauce that I don't like with such dishes. I guess I didn't expect the sauces on the food, but it totally ruined 3 different dishes I had; (3) The oysters were prepared like Oysters Rockefeller, but with the addition of mayonnaise, which completely ruined it for me as well; (4) I ordered one of the 3 sushi dishes on the menu, pressed Atlantic Salmon sushi, which was also a disappointment primarily due to very high rice to fish ratio, and I hate restaurants that skimp on fish. However this was my favorite of the 4 dishes I ordered, and somewhat creative as the rice was nicely pressed with the fish into a compact rectangular piece, which held together firmly without a seaweed wrap. I do not recommend this place for all the above reasons.
Deville Dinerbar- this is now my favorite downtown restaurant and it produced my best meal of the trip. I ordered the cream of tomato soup (excellent, not too creamy) and the "Seoul Food Lettuce Tacos." This IS a creative dish, combining Korean and Mexican cuisines. They serve a beef short ribs bulgogi style with julienned veggies and kimchi, to be put in iceberg lettuce taco shells and then topped with sour cream, cheese and Asian tomato salad, which are all served on the side so you can combine as you wish. Delicious and I had more than enough lettuce shells.
I also ate there a second time and ordered my favorite salad, the Deville Macho Salad, although I asked to substitute steak for chicken and they wouldn't do it, which disappointed me. My friend had the sea bass special which she reported was very good.
Mai Xiang Yuan - the one at 1929 St. Catherine in Chinatown 2, not Chinatown 1. This time I tried the fried beef and onion dumplings, but they are not as good as the boiled for some reason. The dumplings are quite tasty though.
Cafe Vasco de Gama, Peel- this is a Portuguese Cafe that is serving breakfast/brunch and I stopped in for a late breakfast. I got the "classique wrap", which is ham, eggs, bacon, cheddar cheese and spinach in a wheat wrap. It was okay, nothing special. It's not a really well organized place. It's a decent downtown option, although the food is typically overpriced as are all the downtown places except the ones in the 2 Chinatowns.
Kinko Izakaya, 1624 rue St. Catherine Ouest- This was the biggest disappointment of my trip, because great Yelp reviews were what led me there in the first place. Most Japanese restos fall into one of 3 specialty categories: sushi, hibachi or ramen. Kinko Izakaya is none of the above- it is one of a growing number of Japanese tapas restaurants, sort of its own genre. I didn't like the place at all, for the following reasons: (1) it's obnoxiously loud, with the chefs yelling and screaming whenever someone leaves the restaurant. I have seen this done before at traditional Japanese restaurants, but in a much more muted and civilized manner; (2) it's not at all original. 3 of the 4 dishes I got- fried prawns, fried vegetable gyoza, and baked oysters - were coated with different types of mayonnaise sauces. I understand that they are catering to the French Canadian palate, but serve the sauce on the side with a traditional ponzu or other matching sauce. Don't drown perfectly good shrimp and oysters with a sauce that I don't like with such dishes. I guess I didn't expect the sauces on the food, but it totally ruined 3 different dishes I had; (3) The oysters were prepared like Oysters Rockefeller, but with the addition of mayonnaise, which completely ruined it for me as well; (4) I ordered one of the 3 sushi dishes on the menu, pressed Atlantic Salmon sushi, which was also a disappointment primarily due to very high rice to fish ratio, and I hate restaurants that skimp on fish. However this was my favorite of the 4 dishes I ordered, and somewhat creative as the rice was nicely pressed with the fish into a compact rectangular piece, which held together firmly without a seaweed wrap. I do not recommend this place for all the above reasons.
Deville Dinerbar- this is now my favorite downtown restaurant and it produced my best meal of the trip. I ordered the cream of tomato soup (excellent, not too creamy) and the "Seoul Food Lettuce Tacos." This IS a creative dish, combining Korean and Mexican cuisines. They serve a beef short ribs bulgogi style with julienned veggies and kimchi, to be put in iceberg lettuce taco shells and then topped with sour cream, cheese and Asian tomato salad, which are all served on the side so you can combine as you wish. Delicious and I had more than enough lettuce shells.
I also ate there a second time and ordered my favorite salad, the Deville Macho Salad, although I asked to substitute steak for chicken and they wouldn't do it, which disappointed me. My friend had the sea bass special which she reported was very good.
Mai Xiang Yuan - the one at 1929 St. Catherine in Chinatown 2, not Chinatown 1. This time I tried the fried beef and onion dumplings, but they are not as good as the boiled for some reason. The dumplings are quite tasty though.
Cafe Vasco de Gama, Peel- this is a Portuguese Cafe that is serving breakfast/brunch and I stopped in for a late breakfast. I got the "classique wrap", which is ham, eggs, bacon, cheddar cheese and spinach in a wheat wrap. It was okay, nothing special. It's not a really well organized place. It's a decent downtown option, although the food is typically overpriced as are all the downtown places except the ones in the 2 Chinatowns.
By the way I forgot to include in my reviews two dessert stops I made Friday and Saturday nights (I only ever eat desserts when I am in Montreal, except for my birthday because this year my coworkers bought me a pie):
Ben and Jerry's (near corner St. Catherine and De Maissoneuve)- I tried a new ice cream flavor from B&J, the "caramel hat trick." This new flavor definitely scored a goal with me.
Dundees, St. Catherine- I went there to watch game 6 of the Warriors-Spurs and after downing a few of their lychee mojitos, I needed some food. I ordered the dulce le leche cheesecake. Was very good- drizzled with caramel sauce.
Ben and Jerry's (near corner St. Catherine and De Maissoneuve)- I tried a new ice cream flavor from B&J, the "caramel hat trick." This new flavor definitely scored a goal with me.
Dundees, St. Catherine- I went there to watch game 6 of the Warriors-Spurs and after downing a few of their lychee mojitos, I needed some food. I ordered the dulce le leche cheesecake. Was very good- drizzled with caramel sauce.
Johnnybird,
See my review on Le Taj on Stanley earlier in this thread post 343. It fits what you are looking for. Very good Indian food, classy ambience. I enjoyed it and intend to repeat there next time we are in Montreal.
See my review on Le Taj on Stanley earlier in this thread post 343. It fits what you are looking for. Very good Indian food, classy ambience. I enjoyed it and intend to repeat there next time we are in Montreal.
Thanks EB, you're right it does fit what i'm looking for
We have a little India? Man I need to get out more....
We have a little India? Man I need to get out more....
LOL! Thanks Monsieur Bic!
I just checked it out. I had no idea that area was considered little India. That used to be Little Greece!:thumb:
I just checked it out. I had no idea that area was considered little India. That used to be Little Greece!:thumb:
Oh please don't tell me that you are from Montreal and never heard about Little India
I pass by that area a couple of times a month, I'll check out your recommendations
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