Talk about a hidden gem. A few minutes from the metro exists a place that has the best spicy…read morechicken fritay you'll ever have. The chicken was moist, bursting with flavor and spices. It fell right off the bone! The entire dish was top tier and the value can't be beat. The service was awesome. We speak a little French, so we were able to order okay. We got stuck once or twice, but the main lady was super helpful and we joked our way through it just fine! The ambiance is cool, tranquil, and easy to relax. Don't question stopping in for a bite to eat!

So good! So gooooood! Am truly difficult when it comes to it and this is excellent. During week…read moredays the owner is alone so could take tome to be served but so worth the wait! To be discovered!!! Oh: Finally an haitian restaurant offering only veggies (not taken from meat casserole)

If you love food especially Haitian food marché méli mélo is the place to go. The food was amazing…read moreand they give you good portions for a fair price. The staff was polite and very helpful. Answered any questions I had. I highly recommend everyone to go.

If you want 2-3 meals worth of food for the price of one, go here. I first tried this place in fall…read more2020, and it was also my first time trying Haitian food. I've been back a dozen times since then. I usually order the lambi, which comes with a mountain of riz collé, fried plantains, pasta salad and pikliz (like all the other food). It's so flavorful and extremely worth it. It's best to go before the dinner rush when there's a fresh batch of food (depends on what you order).

We tried their food truck by old port and WOW their bowls were amazing. Got the jerk chicken…read morepoutine and coconut mushroom bowl and both were so good. They were incredibly generous with their portions, especially with the poutine bowl which was loaded up with so much chicken and cheese that there was more than enough in every single bite. The mushroom bowl was so fresh and refreshing with all the veggies, and the rice had so much flavor it was delicious even just by itself. Definitely recommend!

If I were rating on food alone, this is an easy five star review because the kitchen is…read morespectacular. The goat, lamb, and oxtail were absolutely out of this world, flavorful, tender, and perfectly executed. Huge shoutout to the bartender as well, as he clearly knows exactly what he is doing and crafts excellent drinks. Unfortunately, the table service was subpar and dragged the experience down. Our server was highly inattentive, left us waiting for long stretches, and never introduced herself. She also missed the opportunity to see if we wanted another round of drinks once dinner arrived. Most disappointing of all, they completely looked past the note on our reservation about celebrating my mother's birthday. Go for the incredible food, but the front of house service needs a lot of work.

As soon as I saw griot poutine on the menu, I knew I had to try this place! Loved how cozy and…read moreintimate Piklìz is. The servers are also amazing and gave us some great recommendations. Some of our standout faves were the kabrit and the griot poutine. The diri djon djon is also a must!! Definitely check this place out if you're interested in trying Haitian cuisine and are in the Montreal area.

My favorite cousin and I both have recent high school grads and took them on a trip to Montreal as…read morea grad gift. We wanted to make sure we experienced the best food this city had to offer and after doing an extensive social media search, I found this small, off-the-beaten path eatery in the St. Henri neighborhood of Montreal. What a great choice!! We arrived right on time for our 7pm reservation and the place was already packed. We were immediately seated and took in the electric vibe, bangin' music and cool-ass artwork. The smells emanating from the kitchen had us ready to pig out...and that we did! Everything on the menu looked so good we had trouble deciding what to order, but we finally ordered the plantain chips, mango wings, slow-cooked goat, fried shrimp and black rice. We tore all that food up and got an extra order of the shrimp. Our servers were friendly and funny and got a chance to meet the owner the owner and he even bought us a round of shots! He told us he was opening a bigger place later this summer! Wish I could go back for that! Pikliz was definitely the food highlight of our trip and we can't stop talking about it. If I ever go back to Montreal, I'm running to Pikliz!

Very good traditional Ethiopian food. My waitress, who was Ethiopian, said it's the closest to the…read morereal thing in Montreal. It's a pretty basic set up, but I guess you go there for the food

My fave food spot in Montreal!! I come here regularly with friends and usually stay around 2 hours…read morelol. Staff are always so nice and the food is so filling but not heavy. Would recommend getting a combo of braised meats with injera, it is worth every penny. Juices and coffee are good too

Amazing! A fabulous…read moremix of carribbean foods with a touch of class without pretention. The decor is perfect, the music fits the ambiance and the menu makes you want to order it all. The jonjon rice was not favorite dish, and geenrally it is but the exquisity of everything else, catch up for it. To discover!

Wow! just wow! I rarely leave a restaurant truly blown away by the experience. I'm not exaggerating…read morewhen I say this place truly expanded my palette. The flavours are so delicate and one would not even think to pair certain items. The chef captured perfectly the diversity of the African / Caribbean diaspora. The food makes me so proud. Remarkable. The decor was tasteful and we immediately felt at ease when we walked in. The colour scheme and layout creates a chill vibe and music was perfect . Relaxed yet attentive staff. The portions are so massive that it's one of those rare occasions where I would actually recommend they give less food. It's just too much. Mind you, we were travelling back home the next day so ordered quite a bit. But even one dish each would have been a lot. I don't understand how one could live or be near Montreal and not stop what they are doing and come here for lunch / dinner. This must be a top 100 restaurant in Canada. How could it not be ? From the accra, the fresh watercress salad and slaw to the succulent fried chicken , savoury red snapper. I couldn't get enough of the variety of rices they provided ( Haitian , Jamaican etc). It was just all so mouthwatering. People this place is beyond the real deal. They set a standard of how all restaurants should be in showcasing the absolute best. Palme accomplishes the trifecta of stellar cuisine , service and ambience. Read my review while enjoying your meal here and you'll see it is the gospel! I wish Decades of success to the owners. Well done !

OMG -We had the crispy pork and the fried chicken. . Amazing. Simple yet complex and delicious…read more Just do it. Thank you so much Kamuy. We have been eating our way through Montreal and this meal is the highlight by a mile

I attended the MTLatable week dinner at Kamúy. It was a snowy night so it definitely did not fit…read morethe Caribbean vibe. The pre fixe menu for the MTLatable had a lot of options and we were glad most of the options were gluten free. I had the Conch Gratin which was good but was a huge portion so more bread would have been needed as I didn't want to eat it right off of the spoon. My friend got the jerk shrimp which were very fishy smelling and tasing and just alright. Our entrees were the star of the night - the Grilled Fish and the Vegan Curry. For the dessert the server recommended the Pina Colada which was tasty but basically coconut ice cream with a pineapple. The service was very slow despite it not being very busy on the snowy night. We had to flag down a server just to order drinks after waiting for a while. There was a large birthday party - they were the only other clients - and they seemed to be taking all the time and attention of the staff.

The Concierge at my hotel recommended Ferreira, a Portuguese seafood restaurant in Montreal, and…read morewell established in Montreal. We were seated immediately that rainy early summer evening, having a reservation from our Concierge. It's a modern and streamlined looking restaurant interior with an interesting embankment that runs the length of the restaurant separating the well stocked bar from the tables with an underlit top that mimicks onyx and serves as an additional surface for service and whatever you have on your person. Porcelain plates are cracked and cemented to the wall as wallpaper, a definitive reference to Portuguese decor as well as the porcelain tiled backstop to the bar featuring a town somewhere in Portugal. All of it tastefully done and matching the authentic taste of the cuisine. We split a green salad and ordered glasses of red sangria. I asked before ordering if the sangria was served with fruit, but the sangria came out with no fruit. So I had to have them bring the fruit separately. I have never had to ask to ensure the fruit is served with sangria...ever. It was made with good red wine, but that was not a good look. The green salad was fresh, as was the fish to follow. I ordered the Rascasse or Red Scorpion fish, with crispy skin, and my friend ordered the Loup de Mer or Mediterranean Sea Bass, both flown in fresh daily as I understand. You're swimming around Portugal or thereabouts one day and filleted and plated the next...They are that fresh and this is why Ferreira is a seafood institution in Montreal. I enjoyed the slightly oily Rascasse, but the Loup de Mer I tasted was where it's at. I recommend highly the Loup de Mer! Notably, it took the kitchen a considerable time to produce our main courses, at least thirty minutes by our counting, and we both had the same observation and conversation as to length of time for the fish to come out of the kitchen. They served the fish with a very underwhelming orzo cooked in a tomato base, but it turned out very dry and unappealing. The cauliflower and broccoli were fresh and not overcooked, but I don't know what happened to the orzo. We were in alignment as to the orzo and both of us left it rather untouched. It would have been better to serve it with some quality yellow or saffron rice. I finished with an espresso with a very rich full cream that was on point. There are some definite high points to Ferreira Cafe when it comes to their fresh and authentic seafood focus and decor, but a little more attention should be paid to the orzo side and sangria, the latter being a layup and missed opportunity never missed at any Portuguese or Spanish restaurant. So evaluating Ferreira, a venerable restaurant with these inconsistencies and the fact this could have been an aberration, makes it a challenge. My split of the check with tip ran nearly $124 CAD, so not overly expensive for this level of freshness, but still with some misses and not the best value I experienced in Montreal. 3.7 stars

When looking for a great location for a work team dinner, Ferreira Cafe came highly recommended…read more Booking a week out, getting a reservation wasn't difficult (though I have heard that during city-wide events, this place can get booked up fast). Walking in, the restaurant is very classy and broken up into two main seating areas (lower level, and then steps to the higher level that is situated right in front of the kitchen). I really enjoyed where we were sat as watching the chefs prepare the food through the clear glass panel in front of the kitchen was great. For the menu, they had a great selection, with many dishes being seafood-based. For our appetizer, we ordered their special, which at the time was their Hamachi ceviche. This was delicious with a great sauce and very fresh-tasting fish. They also had an extensive wine menu, and we settled on a white wine (sorry not a wine connoisseur so no idea what kind was ordered!) I was convinced by our server to order their most known dish (that has been on their menu for decades), which was the black cod on top of mushrooms and a potato puree. This was truly cooked to perfection - it was soft and flaky. This was my first time having black cod and wow was it a delight. It paired perfectly with the starchy potatoes (super creamy!!) and the sauteed mushrooms. The sauce was also not too overpowering and mellowed out the potatoes. I can see why it is their iconic dish. For dessert, the team ordered a wide variety but I settled on their Nage, which I would later realize implies a dessert soup of sorts. I was taken aback as this was not what I was expecting, but that is completely on me for not googling haha. The dessert features a waffle topping with a basil lime sorbet and fruits. The sorbet was absolutely delicious and though the texture was odd at first, it was delicious. Next time, I'm eager to try the more familiar desserts that my coworkers ordered, such as the churros and Portuguese egg tart! A great spot for dinner that I hope to be back in Montreal to try other menu items in the future!