July 03rd 2025 They have renovated the restaurant and changed the menu, all for the best. Today I had the butter chicken lunch special. It comes with samosa and something else fried, the main course and a desert. Nice little final touch. Yesterday I had Lamb Vindalo lunch special with the same sort of entrée and desert. White wine on both occasion and all served in French by the same good waiter. read more

Tabla Village - Butter Chicken - Indian Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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Flavors are super interesting, and the new menu is a delight (while still also featuring classics). Attentive service. Great for a terrasse meal as well. read more

This was one of the only restaurants that delivered to my area so I figured I'd give it a go but it took WAY. TOO. LONG. For reference, I placed the order at about 6pm and it was delivered at 8pm. My original driver cancelled his delivery because he was waiting at the restaurant for over an hour. That being said, the food was decent. The naan bread was huge and cooked well, as was the portion of chicken jalfrezi. However the daal soup was borderline flavourless and lacked a whole lot of salt. I'm not ordering from here again simply because it's way too long of a wait. read more

Tabla Village - Naan - Indian Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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If you're seeking bland chicken in a sauce (not a real curry) then this is the place for you. Butter chicken was sweet, barely warm and lacked any flavour, tried to hunt down some spice or flavour but failed miserably! Chicken was a little paste like in texture - really not good. Mushroom bharjee helped provide some taste to the meal but overall lacked any authentic taste. Thank goodness for the mango lassi which helped the palate and remove the awful taste of the weird curry. Go elsewhere - this is not good Indian food at all. Service reasonable but overall poor value and very overpriced for what is served. read more

great food and vibe is good, staff is also nice, if you are in montreal a must place to visit. read more

Tabla Village - Indian Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

Ordered from this restaurant delivery order to my hotel. Looked it up and found a decent rate so decided to stay in my room watch a movie and get food from here. Because i was TOO LAZY. It took the order 52 minutes to get her which is a reasonable time. Now once i opened the bags there was no cutleries no plates no napkins nothing. They literally just sent me food. I had no way of eating the food. Considering that they knew i am staying a hotel they shouldve been more thoughtful and send me such stuff like any other restaurant does for take out or deliveries. So i ended up going downstairs to the lobby to get cutleries napkins and ice for my room temprature coke that i eece Now lets get to the most important thing. The food. We got butter chicken, chicken tikka massala, veg rice, normal rice , and nan bread with cheese. Considering the price the quality is not even close to being okay. Food was pretty bad and nothing tasted decent except their nan bread and yogurt sauce. Chicken tasted old and their sauces were very runny and flavourless. I was really disappointed. Thursday Aug 18, 7PM read more

Tabla Village - My bill - Indian Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

Slow service. There were four tables and we waited a little long before we got our appetizers. Mild Indian food. I don't know much about genuine Indian food but this one is too mild and has buffalo sauce/chicken wings. We took a table d'hote to share. CC combo with chicken and shrimp. The portion is generous. The naan is perfect. The curry is average. The ambiance is great. Worth the money or not? I would like to try their spicy dishes before I jump to conclusions. read more

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This review is for my delivery experience. When I ordered my food, I requested for everything to be very spicy, which the man kindly accepted. I really appreciate that they considered my requests. The food was super fast to arrive and everything was toasty and hot. The spice level was perfect, however the food flavour was mediocre. I also ordered a lentil soup and was extremely disappointed to see that it had no lentils, which is kind of the point of the dish. The delivery man was extremely charming, but I would probably not recommend this place for that. I'll stick to my usual Park Ex Indian restos. read more

I ordered delivery from uber eats. The food arrived in the allotted timeframe.The portions were large but the half tandoori chicken was thigh and legs only and did not have much grill flavor. The rice was good well seasoned with lots of veggies. The garlic naan was tough but had good flavor. The salad was lettuce that was a lot of brown on it and 4 small slices of cucumber not very tasty and a small cup to share. We tossed it in the trash. The coconut dessert was very tiny and dry not moist as I am used to in Indian cuisine. read more

Tried their tarka dahl and naan for a lunch takeout. Meh. Dahl was too soupy and the seasoning was bland. The naan tasted fresh and when I ate it about 10 minutes later, it was still hot and fluffy (not moist from condensation). The one naan bread wasn't enough to eat the dahl. I still had a half portion of lentils left over with nothing (including a spoon) to eat the rest of it up. If you want good Indian food, take the trip to Jean Talon and check out the Indian restos in that hood. read more

Hands down the worst Indian food I had in Montreal. Service is TERRIBLE. It took em over an hour to bring our food out. The food isn't good at all. Don't bother going here Food - Meh Service - Terrible Ambiance - Ok Worth the money - No read more

630pm on Valentines Day. We had made reservations at a resaurant downtown, but wanted to eat with our fellow gays in the Village. Cut to us hopping on the metro to Gay Town! After spending a good 30min walking around trying to pick out a restaurant that A) had openings and B) didnt offer a V-Day menu we were famished and still at a loss. Seriously though, who searches for a restaurant ON V-Day? Anyway, from across the street we see the blue walls of Tabla. Walking in, I saw the typical pictures of all the Hindu gods/blue people, mixed in with the odd decor that is usually hung up at all indian restaurants. I am beginging to think that every Indian restaurant across the WORLD orders interior design elements from the same place. As we sat down, I was scared we were going to get mediocre indian fare to match the odd interior. Boy, was I wrong! I have had some pretty amazing indian food throughout my time, but this...THIS had to have been some of the best. We started with dahl and samosas and a killer bottle of wine. We then had tandoori chicken(which came with a pile of spiced rice) saag aloo which was not the overly cooked spinach mass with a few potatoes typically seen, and some chicken dish in a spicy tomato sauce. As I was licking my plate clean, I realized Tabla was the perfect impromptu V-Day dinner. Much better than spending 85 dollars per person on a set menu of just "ok" food. read more

Worst Indian food you would ever eat. HORRIBLE SERVICE. It was one man show - who cleaned, took orders and was trying to be bar server too! And we just ordered Pappadum and Samosa and left the place - yes everything was soggy. And the person asked us to give tip on that!! Not a kid friendly place -- we tried to take our toddler to this place and he was irate dark place. read more

17h30 on a Jazz Fest Sunday. I wanted to go to the Buffet Samrat for Indian cuisine, but it was closed and slated for redevelopment. The window recommended Restaurant Tabla on Ste. Catherine Street, off the Beaudry subway station. If you mention the Samrat, they will give you a 15% discount. The place was deserted, but soon began to fill, those Montrealers not being in a hurry on a weekend. Attractive decor, with batiks (I believe) of various Hindu deities. Some banquettes available along the wall, and a patio in the summer. The table d'hote, starting at CDN $12.95, comes with your choice of appetizers; I chose onion bhaji and a quality mixed salad. I had a Taj Mahal beer as accompaniment, and as is the norm with Indian restaurant beer, it was decent but forgettably unobtrusive. Served with a huge portion of rice, done to perfection, topped with something deliciously crunchy (forgive me, as I was distracted). I ordered mushrooms, peas (beans) and cashews, served in a creamy orange sauce. This was the finest Indian cuisine in memory, and I eat Indian regularly. Not highly spiced, but tasty and well-prepared, even fussy (parsley dustings around the edge of the plate). Real linen on the table. Large and heavy cutlery. Shmancy, in other words. And a welcome choice in an ethnic range which relies on the tried, though tasty, and true. read more

I am an Indian cuisine lover, so when I try a new place I'm always excited. I was here for a birthday party, so I expected it to take a bit longer. However, counting over ten walk-in customers and online delivery services come and go with their orders,while our table of 12 sat without so much as a pathetic portion of papadam. A meat thali for $23 is way overpriced. The food was tasty, but not worth the wait or cost. If you want an overall better Indian culinary experience, go to Star of India on Sherbrooke West in NDG. Worth the trek, and you'll have leftovers to enjoy the next day for the same price as this poor excuse of a restaurant. read more

The place may have a really nice ambiance, deco, looks nice, and have a pretty looking menu, but when it comes to the food, it's just an average place serving Indian cuisine with jacked up prices. I can't fault them for the prices because almost all restaurants on this strip in the Gay Village are such and tend to target the tourist market. If you know Indian food then you'll know that the food is not prepared in an original Indian manner but its more Bangladeshi style which makes sense given the fact that those who run this business are Bangladeshi. The appetizers and some curry dishes are alright but items such as Biryani misses the mark. In terms of service, the wait staff is somewhat friendly but they lack in checking in when you need them to. I noticed that they tend to mingle around the bar area for their chit-chat and bonding. One odd thing that they did is that they made us walk over to the bar area when we wanted to pay with a credit card, instead of running our card through the system and bringing a slip for us to sign, like every other restaurant does. I can say that I tried this place but it's not my favorite and I doubt I'll be returning unless I'm chased down the street and I need a place to hide and blend in with my people! :-) read more

Great lunch specials, so this is a regular stop for me. My personal favourite is the chicken sandwich which is literally a naan bread stuffed with tandoori chicken with all of the fixings. This with a starter salad and a dessert for under 9 $, wow ! The quality of the food aside the service runs a little slow sometimes after the food has arrived. We seem to always have to flag the waiter down to get our desserts... but that is okay, I prefer that then some of the other restos in town that are always trying to rush you through your meal to get you out as soon as possible ! Would I go out of my way to go to this resto, not really, I can think of other indian restos I would go to like the Taj downtown or Taj Mahal in Old Montreal; but, if you are in the village area then this is a sure thing. So don't hesitate if you are in the area, GO ! read more

Food is very tasty, although on the mild side unless you order the chili chicken. Very good portions, table d'hôte is definitely worth it. Good prices, good quality food, nice ambiance. Service is mostly good, a bit slow, so be patient. But I definitely recommend this restaurant, I've enjoyed each tome I've been there! read more

Amazing chicken tikka masala! Order nan and rice with it and you won't leave being hungry. I ate 2 times already and I can't wait to go there again! read more

The food really was overpriced for the small portions they passed off as being worth 15.99 the butter chicken was like a good microwave dinner nothing a small jar of butter sauce and some chicken cutlets at IGA would have probably been a better meal. Second platter was lamb vindaloo, small portion not like it mattered at this point, the sauce was too much heat for me but maybe it was ok (I can't be a good judgment cause im not eating spicy foods like I use to to I don't have as much tolerance, but the lamb was on the chewy side. Third plate was chicken tiki masala and it was pretty good. I don't have much to compare it to but I thought it was pretty decent tasting the sauce was just enough sweet/spicy/creaminess and the Naan was fresh baked and doughy in the middle and crispy on the outside and tasted delicious in the tiki masala sauce. The mix rice stuff had like absolutely ZERO flavor... like it was made with a watered down flavor packet and old frozen veggie mix. Ordinarily I wouldn't know how that is suppose to taste but my neighbors wife made me some and that shit (she owns rajastan on saint denis) and it was the bomb compared to the tasteless overpriced sad excuse this place tried to pass off. read more

AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!!!!! I rarely review but this time I had to, I ordered from Golo and it arrived about an hour or so. I have never heard of this place but I was just craving for an indian meal this day so I decided to give a try. I ordered a poutine with chicken and a 1/2 tandoori chicken. When I open my order, I could not believe what I saw that I had to take pictures - A small poutine made with some frozen fries that was purchased probably at Walmart and a small piece of chicken on top - The chicken was 1/2 with an average taste at best, HOWEVER the amount of rice, it was no bigger than two spoons and I am not even joking. I repeat, it was no bigger than 2 spoons and I hope I could show you the pics I took. After ordering more than 100 restaurants throughout my life, this is by far the worst indian restaurant I have ever ordered. read more

The food and service at this restaurant was great. If you're looking for something different and delicious in the downtown Montreal area this is a pefect option! read more

Great location and excellent value for the amount and quality of food. In the main strip of Montreal's gay village, there was plenty to see while eating and relaxing in an outdoor setting. Vegetarian options were good as well. read more

Decent food. I have eaten here many times over the years. I love Indian Food and know good Indian food. Food is probably a 3.5-4 The service has been variable but is usually pretty poor. This time the guy chased me down the street and told me I have to add another 15% to the bill. I told him the service was horrible. (Long Wait to be seated with many tables available, rude server, never brought water to the table and took 30 mins to fill my water cup up when I asked for a refill, put my silverware from the appetizer plate onto the dirty metal table and the server then got very upset when I asked for an additional napkin, naan came out finally after I had already eaten my meal, the dessert dish was very dry, the guy chasing me down the street to demand an extra 15%...haha i could go on ...but Im over it. Posting this review has been very therapeutic. In a nutshell decent food but poor service. I observed others around me and they looked pretty unimpressed as well. I doubt i ll ever go back. read more

I've been ordering delivery from this place for 4 years now and it's my go-to indian take away in the city. The vindaloo is delicious and so is the palak paneer. Their soups are earthy and delicious and delivery is quick. I've tried other places in the city but nothing beats Tabla. read more

It is my first time in here, and trust me when i say the food was very delicious. I ordered Butter Chicken, and it tasted really well. The service was very diligent, and the environment of the restaurant was ambient. This is a place worth visiting again!!! read more

This is my first time in Montreal. The service at this restaurant is very slow. I ordered wine and got it after reminding the waiter (took me 15 minutes to get his attention)... This was sadly after the appetiser. He never came to clear the table or ask what we wanted for dessert. Requested from another waiter just ONE DESSERT ... Still waiting 10 plus minutes later. The appetisers weren't appealing. The main course Was Passable. I am scared to ask for my check for it might take all night. I won't come here again .. As much as I am a big fan of Indian food .. I was truly disappointed. read more

I've travelled extensively throughout India, been to many Indian restaurants outside of India and cook my own Indian. The food was top rate. Complex flavours balanced with delicate preparation. Kudos to the chefs. Enjoy this place. read more

This is Indian cuisine at its finest. I was really happy with the food quality, the portions, and the warm service. I tried the butter chicken in a creamy sauce with the homemade Naam bread, as well as the onion bajis--which were all to die for. I would definitely go again! read more

Terrible food! Unprofessional servers! If I could give negative I would have. The restaurant servers are aged, rude and unprofessional bangladeshi men. We were asked to sit on table with soiled plates from the previous customers, on repeated requests (precisely 5 times) it was removed. While waiting for the clean up and the menu we turned sckeptical about the food( and we were so right..DRY and TASTELESS) seeing the dishes served around and ordered really minimal. They served us after 45mins and on our repeated inquiries about the food the server said that he thought we are not hungry hence he has not served us. Lastly to make our experience from terrible to worse he forced us to tip him. When my husband refused stating that we are neither happy with the food or the service. He said that since you have finished whatever you have ordered ( we just ordered 2 naan n dalh for 2 of us) its mandatory to tip in montreal. Really!!! I think thats they way the try to fool tourists like us. We left without tipping them and he started cursing us in french( of whatever little we know we could get few words). They spoiled our last meal in montreal!! read more

I was invited to a dinner with friends, and decided to go although the menu made me nervous - beef on the menu is usually a bad sign at an Indian restaurant, because it's a sign of assimilation and adaptation to local tastes. There is a halfway decent vegetarain section on the menu, but it's less than half of what's available - much less than I'm used to. The decor was nice, a little less loud than some places, and it smelled good inside the restaurant. I got dahl soup, chana masala, mango lassi and split some naan with a friend. The portions seemed small to me for the price, and the soup was thin. I was expecting dahl to be thick, like split pea soup. Not at Tabla. And the chana masala was swimming in oil, but nicely flavored. Everything was really mild - I couldn't even tell that they had put chilis in the chana masala although they promised spicy (I like Indian food to burn the roof off my mouth, with a few mild dishes so I can recover, but one of my friends, who has little experience with Indian food, thought my chana masala was pretty spicy). I don't have any complaints about the bread (really poofy!) or the lassi (mmmm). Service was okay, even after the place filled up, but one of my friends was disappointed because the server had trouble understanding her French (I also ordered in French but had no problems, and she's the francophone, so I dunno). I was disappointed, but that might be because I'm from California, where Indian food is plentiful and most of it is spicier. I would not go back nor would I recommend it, but it wasn't really bad, just mediocre. read more

I used to order take-out from this place nearly twice a week for a couple of months. Unfortunately delivery went from an average of 45 minutes to over an hour. One night delivery was nearly two hours long. Despite this I still continued to order, until one incident where they charged me for rice that was supposed to come with the meal. The top menu clearly stated that the chicken korma came with basmati rice, however when the driver came to my door (I had prepaid with my credit card over the phone) I noticed I was charged over $3 for the rice. I called and told them it was supposed to be included and I wanted them to refund my card. The man on the phone was extremely rude and told me I didn't read the menu correctly. 5 minutes later he finally pulled up top menu, and noticed that it did in fact say it came with rice. He said that the next time I ordered he's give me a free samosa. I said that I order there frequently, and the last time it took 2 hours for my food to arrive he promised a free samosa that never came. I was adamant at getting my $3 refunded and did not drop the issue. They did in fact refund the card after over 10 minutes of arguing with the rude man on the phone. They have burned this bridge. There are plenty of other indian restaurants in my neighborhood. read more

Look elsewhere if craving good Indian food. My husband and I live in Rochester NY and the Indian food there is not quite what I'm used to as I grew up in Toronto. I thought for sure Montreal would live up to my expectations but I was disappointed. We didn't have data on our phones to check out the Yelp reviews beforehand so we decided to give it a try. Ambiance is nice with a good sized outdoor patio. Service was well paced. We ordered the butterfly prawn appetizer. When it came out it wasn't what I expected. It was flattened out prawn with a thick coating of breading. When I tried to bite in it was very hard and I couldn't even chew it. We sent it back. They apologized and asked if we wanted another plate of it. I said no thanks but they ended up bringing it anyway, on the house. That was considerate but I didn't want it in the first place. For dinner we got the karai ghost and a mushroom bhaji dish. We had to add salt to our dishes since it wasn't flavorful enough for our spice craving palates. Naan was good and fresh. Overall, disappointing flavorless Indian food. read more

We were extremely dissapointed of the portion sizes. We ordered chicken butter and Chicken Tika Masala. Literally there were 7 chicken cubes the size of a dice... for $15. A friend recommended this place but I have to report it is not worth the price. Shame on you for offering such portion sizes for that price. read more

Authentic Indian cuisine! Prices were affordable and the food was delicious. Would absolutely recommend!

Always i reserve there for my office party their great team treat us like they were partying too. I strongly recommend AA combo

Food worthy of a Maharajah!!! The high quality and freshness of the spices provides for a truly unique dining experience, enhanced by the willingess to provide exquisite Indian dishes that are not listed on the menu. The scotches on offer are also great!!! Service was very courteous and professional, while the ambiance is elegant and romantic. read more