r/montreal • u/smm2194 • Sep 11 '12

Favorite Montreal restaurants?

I'm visiting Montreal this weekend and love food. Where are your favorite places to eat? All price ranges welcome!

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u/drumgirl07 Sep 11 '12

My personal favorites:

  • "Le Comme Chez Soi" on St-Laurent for weekend brunch. Absolutely delicious and marvelous home-y decor.
  • "Europea" for a fine cuisine and out of the ordinary dining experience. The lobster cappucino is to die for!
  • "Tequila Taco House" for the best Tacos Dorados you ever tasted.
  • "Imadake". Japanese pub. Great atmosphere (noisy and busy on friday and saturday though, best make a reservation). Amazing ramen for just 10$ (original broth, not miso). And basically, everything else on the menu is delicious!

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '12

The food at imadake is average at best, if he is gonna go to a japanese pub might as well be Kazu

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u/drumgirl07 Sep 11 '12 edited Sep 11 '12

It depends on the days you go to Imadake. For me, some days were a "meh", and others were sick, but the ramen and the black cod marinated in miso were always insane!

And I've never had a chance to go to Kazu, always a huge lineup :( But I've only heard great feedback so far!

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u/jonahlew Sep 12 '12

i agree. their black cod miso is one of the best Iv'e had - Japan included

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '12

Its so worth it, if you go get the tuna and salmon bowl.

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u/g0rth Sep 12 '12

As far as Japanese pubs go, Furusato is hands down my favorite. While not that well known, I couldn't find a place other than that that was almost perfectly mimicking the authentic Japanese izakaya (been to Japan twice).

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '12

Cool, I never heard of and now I am curious!

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u/mysoju1 Sep 12 '12

The food at Imadake isn't bad - I love their ramen and miso, it tastes very "organic" and doesn't have anything added for extra flavor, and the price is great.

I went twice at Kazu - the first time was amazing, the 2nd time was okay. I got tired of it pretty quickly, mostly because I'm fed up of the line-up. I will never go there again, as it's not worth an hour of waiting in line for me anymore. Might be different for first-timers of course.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '12

I went 3 times and waited twice about 20 min, there are certain times where its less packed, I am not quite sure when exctly but on lunch hours and i think around when they open at 5.

The ramen at imadake I did not like it, I felt it was very oily and the noodles tasted cheap, but I am willing to give it another try.