Thankful for this hole in the wall in Montreal. We were craving Korean food and this was the perfect find for the price. The spicy rice cakes and the glass noodle japchae were on the soy saucey side, but the bibimbap was true to taste. Assorted with vegetables, you can add your choice of protein. Open to sit down and to go options. read more

Opiano - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

I stayed in Hotel Le Cantlie right, which is right next to Opiano, during a short trip of Montreal and decided to have a dinner there on a Thursday evening in November. I struggled a little bit to find this as this is inside an indoor shopping complex. The restaurant seemed quite busy, but I got a seat immediately. The food was very reasonably priced, plentiful, and was very tasty. The service was quite good as well. I will gladly go back there. read more

Opiano - Inside - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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Located inside Le Cartier building. You know it's good when you see lots of locals. Portions are nice. Price is good. We had kimbop n fried dumplings. So good. read more

Opiano - Kimbop beef - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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Fish so fresh yum It felt so good to eat fiber on this trip Yay health Korean food never fails BINGSOO IS SO GOOD especially after the 1000 stairs up to the lookout point. I will remember this bingsoo and its soft milky flakes forever read more

Opiano - Hwedeopbap (raw fish rice?) + tuna kimbap - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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Really filling and delicious food. For lunch, it has the perfect balance if you get the lunch plate with soup and side salad and rice. I really recommend the chicken Katsu or beef plate. It does get packed for lunch so be sure to arrive a bit before the lunch rush or after as seating is pretty limited. Fast service and fast turnaround though if ever. read more

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Self service eatery. A local eatery which looks like it caters more of students than those who wants leisure eating. It is inside a groundfloor building and uses the open space between the pharmacy and barbershop. Food is good. The crew knew which is the bestseller.food serving is ample for its price. No parking. high chair is available. Accepts credit/debit read more

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Opiano is another restaurant that I've had on my bookmarks for a while. They are closed on weekends, and not living in Montreal, I'm usually just in town for the weekend, so the timing hasn't worked out for me. However, I recently had a weekend getaway to Montreal with my mom and we arrived early Friday morning, so we were able to eat at Opiano that evening! We had dinner there and it was fantastic! Portions were huge and the food was tasty. So Opiano is inside the Cartier building. The same building as Super Sandwich, or as it was known when I was living in Montreal and a regular customer, Depanneur Super Sandwich. Opiano is a very casual eatery. It's actually located in the atrium of the building and only partially cordoned off (I could see the entrance to Super Sandwich from when I was sitting). You order and pay at the counter and they write a number on your receipt. Then you sit wherever you want. When your order is ready, they call out your number and you go and retrieve your food. When you are done, you bring your tray back to the counter where you got your food. It's not a glamourous place, but the food was excellent and definitely a good value for what you pay. I got the beef bulgogi bibimbap ($10) and my mom got the beef bulgogi Dosirak (which is like a Bento box) ($13.25). Hers was a better value, as it was a lot of food. I really enjoyed my beef bulgogi bibimbap. It had beef bulgogi, mushrooms, carrots, zucchini, broccoli, radishes, sliced omelette, and nori (seaweed). I was also given a bottle of hot sauce. I used some of it and it was pretty good. The bibimbap was served in a regular bowl and they didn't have the option of a hot stone bowl (dolsot), which I prefer, as your meal remains really hot throughout. Even without the dolsot though, I still really liked my dish. The meat was lean and flavourful, and not too salty. The vegetables were perfectly cooked and the combination was delicious. The hot sauce had a nice kick to it too. My meal came with a miso soup, which was ok, but only lukewarm. It would have been better if it was actually hot. My mom's Dosirak had beef bulgogi, rice, salad, 6 pieces of vegetable kimbap (like sushi), 2 pieces of sweet potato tempura, and miso soup. She loved her meal. I had some of the kimbap and it was fresh and tasty. The tempura was crispy and I liked that the batter was not too thick. We requested no sesame seeds on our food and that wasn't a problem at all. I was stuffed to the gills after dinner, but I really wanted to try the Bingsoo, so my mom and I shared a small mango Bingsoo ($5.50). I thought that it would be tiny, but it was quite sizeable. I loved the shaved ice/snow. It was creamy and not too sweet. The mango were not quite ripe, so they were still a bit firm and sour. I didn't mind this, but my mom likes her mango much sweeter and more ripe. The sliced almonds gave the Bingsoo a bit of a textured crunch. I loved it so much. Staff were nice and pleasant. We bought bottled water ($1 each for Kirkland brand from Costco, lol) but then we realized that they had a water dispenser of tap water. Delicious inexpensive food with friendly staff, what's not to like? If you don't mind the lack of table service and very casual atmosphere and you like Korean food, you need to try Opiano! Street parking only. read more

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A delicious meal with tender and well marinated beef. The portion is large enough to fill you up. It came with a hot miso soup that is perfect for a cold winter day. The beef is nicely marinated. The salad dressing was surprinsingly good. Looking forward to try their other dishes too. read more

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This is the second time I eat from this restaurant. Last time was years a lot and I went for their summer ice treat. This time I ordered from delivery app. I had soup and rice bowl. The package was very good. The taste was just like other Korean restaurants. I do think the soft tofu soup should be better if had it at the place. I don't complain I like the soup very much. There was plenty of beef and an egg in the soup. If you like Korean food, try this place and you won't be disappointed. read more

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Since I discovered Opiano earlier this month, I've been there at least 6 times. Sadly, today is their last day before their 3 weeks-long summer vacation. I tried their bulgogi and spicy chicken Dosirak (combo box). Each box includes a bowl of miso soup, a salad, a good portion of rice, two pieces of vegetable tempura, 5 pieces of sushi and the main dish of choice. That's a lot of food!! Portions are always generous, and the bulgogi is one of the best I've had in town. We also tried one of their sushi dishes. It came as 6 rather large pieces - it was good, but not as satisfying as the dosirak. But it's great to share with friends if you want to try different dishes! Now on to the bingsoo. I'm seriously addicted to it. No kidding, I think about it everyday and wouldn't mind eating it every morning and every night. We even came up with a chant for it! "Shaved ice! It's so nice! Shaved ice! Every night!" We tried pretty much all flavors at this point: matcha, mango, strawberry, chocolate, coffee, red beans, rice cake. The matcha is still my ultimate favorite, but the mango is close behind. If you never had Opiano's shaved ice, today's your chance!! I'm going there tonight for dinner, but I don't know what I will do for the next 3 weeks. I guess I'll go hide in a corner and *cry* read more

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Food is delicious and not expensive. Big portions. It's good for a hungry guy. Compare with the price and the quality of the food. It's not expensive. read more

Right next door to our hotel (Sofitel) and we needed something semi-quick before walking to the hockey game, this fit the bill perfectly. Loved my tofu in glass noodles and the beef dumplings we split. Prices were super reasonable and service very friendly. Definitely would return when we're in town again. read more

Their bingsoo are pretty good, I recommend their red bean one! Their Pork Bone soup is okay. Although it looks like it has a lot of spice, the spice didn't soak into the meat. The broth is good though.The pork bone also isn't as soft as the ones I had in other places. Their Bibimbap is good, nothing special. But their servings is small for their price. Overall, their service is fast and have decent food for students. Although during the semester, at lunch the place will be packed and has a long lineup! read more

Opiano - Bibimbap - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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Simply love this place! Been there few times and it never disappointed me. We ordered the dosirak spicy pork and a plate of rice cakes. The meat is well seasonned. I've also tried their shaved ice for the first time and it is different from the Tawainese shaved ice. They are both delicious in their own way! Really refreshing. Comforting food. They are located near metro Peel. It takes a few minutes walk to get over there. Really convenient. Always lots of people since is in downtown and it is near 2 universities. If you haven't been there already, give it a try:) read more

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Super delicious Recommended by a colleague, the sushi is good, the bibibamp was super delicious, i ordered the spicy pork bibibamp. The portions are sufficient! The best is the bingsoo, on a hot day it's super refreshing. I got the mango bingsoo. The vibe of the place is very dark but it looks very inviting and traditional. Would DEFINITELY go back! read more

Opiano - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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One of my top fave korean restos in Montreal . They are open from 10am to 8, so i would go for breakfast before work sometimes. I rate this 5 star because; 1) Food, is excellent, delicious and affordable. My All time fave is the Pork Bone soup, SoonDuBu and HweDuBap. Also very good Dessert; Bingsoo (Shaved Ice) 2) The Service is Good and fast. You Order at the counter and find a seat, they call your number when your order is ready and you pick it up, Fast, easy, simple! 3) Nice Decor, cutely decorated cafeteria, its a great spot too, in downtown! I recommend this place read more

Not sure why this place is so popular... It's overpriced. The quality of the food is sub par. There are long wait times at lunch for both take out and sit in. Yes - still - I come here once or twice a semester because if proximity to my office. I regret it somewhat every time. They seem to have interesting desert options and these seem popular among the sit in crowd. I haven't tried this but it does look good. Maybe that can reconcile my perspective to the one of the "market" (which clearly likes this place - as indicated by the long lines). read more

Located in the basement of a shopping complex across the street of of McGill, Opiano is tucked away in the corner, hidden just enough that I would have had a hard time stumbling upon it had we not originally set out to eat there. We went on a Thursday night at 6:00; it was moderately busy but not too crowded. I ordered a bibimbap, which was honestly pretty average. My friend got the tteokbokki with extra noodles - spicy but pretty good. Other friend ordered the bento box, which had huge portions. However, the bingsoo seriously redeemed their rating. The shaved ice was honestly amazing! I've eaten at painnamou many times, so I was glad to hear that they had moved to opiano instead of closing. If it were just the bingsoo, I'd give it a 5/5! read more

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Yum so good! What a sweet little surprise hidden in the basement of this commercial building next to McGill on Sherbrooke. It's clean and bright with big comfy chairs and while the menu offers office building eats like coffee and danishes and club sandwiches, it's also got a Korean menu that's killer. I ordered the lunch box with spicy pork, it comes with salad, a couple sushi, a couple tempura vegetables, miso soup, all with fresh ingredients and delicately flavoured all for like $11! The amazing Arun brought me here since she's working nearby, she has become a regular at Opiano because of the happy-making vegetarian options, including some really nice plump dumplings. Friendly helpful service, super quick - if you're doing a 1hr business lunch you will be fine. Highly recommended in general. Thanks to local yelpers for helping me find magic like this!! read more

Opiano - Feast! - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

Opiano is the perfect lunch spot. Situated in the Le Cartier building, the restaurant has really great comfortable seating and even at the busiest hours you're able to find a spot to squeeze into. They make the food to order so it's fresh and pretty quick too! Their menu is extensive from club sandwiches to sushi to ramen to bibimbap and all of it is just great. My personal favourite is their Vegetable Ramen and you can ask them to top it with vegetable tempura which is just amazing. Their ramen is the Korean style spicy ramen and really just good stuff. They also play the nicest music - good classical music that's soothing and makes it a great place to have lunch with company because you can actually talk! Would strongly recommend Opiano - it's a great lunch spot and you can come here and have something completely different every day of the week! read more

Opiano - Spicy pork plate - comes with rice, salad and a soup - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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Ramyun was absolute rip off (~10$ after taxes). It was literally a pack of instant noodles (powdered mix seasoning) with the addition of a couple stripes of chicken, brocoli (??) and spring onions -- probably worth 2.30$ (after taxes hehe) honestly. I've been there twice, I also had the pork bone soup. The pork bone was immense, but the meat has been mostly shredded so there wasn't much to eat. The soup was spicy but lacked in depth of flavour. At this point, I think it's clear that they only cook with powered mix and pastes instead of real ingredients... As for their best-seller, the dosirak, the bugolgi beef was dry and flavourless. If it weren't the closest 'asian' restaurant around McGill, I wouldn't know why people bother going there. Might be korean/asian fever xD read more

Opiano - Pork bone soup, difficult to eat xD - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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This little hidden Korean fast food in downtown has the best pork bone soup. If you are not big fan of a soup meal, they also have this combo called Dosirak which comes with choice of meat (bulgogi, spicy pork, chicken) accompanied with rice,salad, sushi rolls, tempura at a very decent price. They also have this shaved ice dessert so finely shaved that it tastes creamy. Strongly recommended. read more

Opiano - Mango Bingsoo (shaved ice) - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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I go to this place at least 2-3 times per week. I would say this is the best place to have a decent meal around McGill. Everything from the price to the quality to the atmosphere is perfect. There is no tip since there are so servers, but everything else is more like a restaurant than a fast food place. The dishes come in nice bowls and plates on a tray. My favourites are the Dosirak (lunch box) and the pork bone soup. If I'm not too hungry, I'll go with the kimbap, the midi special or a salad (their salad sauce is the best I've ever had). For the Dosirak and hoedeopbap, you get a 10% coupon every time you buy one, and you can accumulate 10 of them and get one free if you go often enough (I've already gotten 3 free ones...). They used to also include a chocolate in the napkin which was nice but they don't anymore. I've asked and they said it was because a lot of people don't eat it and they go to waste. They told me I can still ask for them, which I do and they actually gave me a couple :) They are changing their menus now to include bingsoo, can't wait to see what that's like! read more

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This is a great place to have lunch/dinner near McGill. Prices are reasonable and food is decent too. The pork bone soup was very tasty. The bento box's portion size is kid of small and you might want to order something else to be full. The steamed dumplings and rolls were tasteless though. read more

Opiano - Bento box with chicken - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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Being a Korean native, I can't help being skeptical of Asian food, oh yes, especially of Korean food. But Opiano has been my favorite Korean restaurant by far. This is a good place for a reasonably priced, casual Korean (or Asian meals such as sushi) meal. Even though the low price (usually $9-13 per meal, non-obligation for the tip as well!) is the great reason to visit this place, I personally think the low price was highlighted so well so the food taste and good quality of ingredients were not featured enough. Taste is as great and authentic as ones you could eat in Korea. I also liked the food were not overwhelmingly spicy, as many current Korean restaurants currently were. If you are searching for a fancy, more sophisticated Asian cuisine, this place is not the perfect one. It will be packed with people, almost you'd feel like a food court. This place is for an easy and casual meal. Generally, bento (Dosirak, or box) menu are all good that you can try little of many things. When ordering bento menu, you can ask a discount coupon for the box menu for your next visit. The dessert menu- Bingsu (shaved ice with all kinds of sweets) is worth to try, and the portion is large. even small would feed two enough if you are eating as a dessert after a meal. read more

I've been here quite a few times, and I have to say, my four-star rating is based on an average of all the dishes I've tried. Starting with the ramyun, it is nothing more than instant noodles with a few extra vegetables, so it only deserves 2.5 stars. The dosirak pictured below is a 3.5 stars, the good side is that you get a lot of food so it is very filling, but unfortunately as with most other korean food it is really bland ( I had to add quite a bit of salt to the fried chicken) Finally, the seafood sandwich is a solid 4.5 stars, has really nice lobster and (imitation) crab, comes with a lot of fries and salad, and the salad dressing is amazing. Unfortunately, they keep bumping up the prices on the sandwiches, so it might no longer be a good deal. No wifi :( read more

Opiano - fried chicken dosirak - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

Good ambience and nice cashier! The highlight was the bingsoo which is shave ice .it was really good , not too sweet, very tasty. But the bento bulgogi and the spicy chicken were not as good as the bingsoo, it had just the plain taste to it, not bad but not good, kind of boring taste, and the meat was not soft neither, I will be back to try some other things and hopefully it will be better than this time! read more

Spicy pork dosirak. Very good quantity for the price! The service is very fast. Would go again! read more

Opiano - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

Came here for the bingsoo and not their meals. It was good, but not great. It wasn't shaved as flaky as i wanted it to be and the syrup they put just makes the flakes all mushed. Not my fave place for bingsoo. read more

Opiano - Strawberry - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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I never get sick of eating there! One of my favorite place to go after completing my exams from school. Whenever you buy a dosirak, the nice korean girl gives you a coupon for the next 10% off for another dosirak i love their chicken katsu and sushi. I just hope they never close down because the place is really chill and customers can sit wherever they want. I really like their bingsoo too, they give big portion of food! read more

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Maybe its a personal taste thing, but I was not amazed by this place. I want for the basic Korean food, bibimbap. I must admit they did have a nice twist with the sea weed but a bit pricey and overall it wasn't that good and I dont think I will come here again. read more

Opiano - Artistic food - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

If you're looking for decently priced, filling and good Korean meal this is your place! You don't feel obligated to tip much since it's a food court type of restaurant and the food comes out fast. I had their bento and pork bone soup. I personally love their pork bone soup because it's very close to the authentic Korean dish! Bento is really good if you want to try different kinds of food in smaller portions. I would definitely recommend for a casual dinner with good food! read more

SO GOOD! Great value too - a lot for $14. The bulgogi is good and not too salty or saucey. This time I got the crispy chicken and it is also really good! Everything tastes fresh and light. Decently fast service too. Would come again! read more

Opiano - Chicken dosirak - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

I ordered the pork bone soup because of a friend's recommendation. The soup was super good. The meat felt off the bone and the meat was well-seasoned. For 12.46$ tax included, you can beat that price. Lots of students come to eat. I would like to try the beef bento next time. read more

Opiano - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

SUCH an affordable and delicious place! my group of three and i came here at around noon and were pleasantly surprised. it's located inside of a shopping plaza so at first we didn't know what to expect. when we got inside though, we saw that the atmosphere was neat and clean. the servers and cooks were all very kind and helpful, giving us suggestions on what to order. although this place is self order, the customer service here was astoundingly good! We ordered the chicken cutlets- served with white rice and a salad, veggie tempura udon, pan fried veggie dumplings, bulgogi set- served with vegetable sushi, veggie tempura, white rice, salad, and a beef mix, and a ramen style noodle soup with spam and sausage (i've forgotten what it's called)- served also with white rice. For dessert we got the mango shaved ice which was made partly out of ice partly out of milk and was very good. All were delicious but the udon really stuck out to us as being REALLY GOOD. the kind of udon that makes you say ooooh-damn! i would strongly recommend getting the udon, veggie pan fried dumplings (delicious!), and the crispy chicken cutlet meal (so good!). Although, I did not like how for all veggie tempura dishes (udon and bulgogi set) all the veggies were sweet potato. in my opinion, both dishes would be better with a variation of vegetables. Also the water cups, which you go up to fill yourself, are very small and would need multiple trips to the fountain to get enough water. But everything makes up for both of these things. read more

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I'm so thrilled to have been able to try this place out! My last experience with sushi was very unpleasant. This place has restored my faith lol! I tried the lunch special. It came with a miso soup and a side of seaweed salad. It was fresh. It was tasty and it was BIG!!! I can easily find myself sharing this one order with another person. I got there five minutes after lunch hours so technically I wouldn't even be able to get the lunch special but they were kind enough to make it for me! Thanks guys! Super nice and friendly service!!! read more

Opiano - Lunch special. It also came with a miso soup. Do not be fooled. The pieces were quite big!!! So good! - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

Little Korean resto tucked in a high rise complex with nice lunch menu options. Food is made quick and the lunch boxes are very filling. read more

Opiano - Beef dosirak - Korean Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

Love this place! You would never expect such a good korean restaurant in the basement of an apartment building but looks can be decieving. I'm korean so I personally know from eating lots of korean food that this is really how homemade korean food tastes like. It's not super greasy nor is it over spiced/salted like they do in many restaurants. I usually take their crispy chicken or spicy chicken dosirak and THEY'RE SO FILLING for just 10-13 bucks! The owners are super generous as well! The place might not look as such, but it's awesome! read more

I go to Opiano at least once a week, it has great prices, portions, and the staff are very kind! Definitely a must-visit for anyone in downtown Montreal. read more

This place was one of my go to places while at McGill. They offer a large selection of korean, sushi and western dishes (get the korean dishes!!). My favourites are hands down the dosirak (which are bento boxes containing a spring salad with an amazing dressing, 5 pieces of sushi that have nothing special, two pieces of tempura squash, rice and a very generous portion of the meat of your choice) and the pork bone soup (super flavourful broth made out of pork bones that are not the easiest to eat). The prices are very fair and the portions beyond generous. read more