I found myself in the area around Square Victoria metro recently and knew that there was a Brit &…read moreChips in the area (but wasn't sure where) on McGill Avenue but since I knew that there was also a Five Guys in the area, I felt that if I didn't find Brit & Chips, I would just go to Five Guys if I found it. I did find both Five Guys and Brit & Chips (they are on opposite sides of the street) on McGill Avenue south of St Jacques. I had eaten at a Brit & Chips location before when they had a restaurant near Guy-Concordia metro (maybe about ~10 years ago) when I worked in a building which was close to the Green line so convenient to go there for lunch since it was less than 10 minutes away from my place of work at the time whereas for me to get to this location from where I worked would have taken about twice as long since it would have meant transferring from the green line to the orange line. On the day that I went to that location back then, I did remember that it wasn't that busy and I was the only customer. Unfortunately, that Brit & Chips restaurant did not survive. I did remember that the fish was very good so decided to go to this Brit & Chips since they had a lunch special. The staff were very friendly and greeted me in French and while I'm bilingual, I answered in English and the server replied to me in English. I was asked whether I was eating in or wanted something take out. I told the person that I was eating in and he told me that I could sit "anywhere" so I picked a seat in the back. I went to the washroom to wash my hands and then returned to my seat. I was asked whether I was ready to order and I mentioned that I was so the person motioned to the server and she asked me what I wanted. I asked her what I could get for their $19 lunch special and she told me that it was any of the 3 fish and chips dishes on the menu. I quickly looked at it and made my choice based on the server's recommendation (cod) and also decided to have a beer. The beer was brought immediately to my table and the food was put on my table a few minutes later (maybe 4 minutes later). The battered fish wasn't as good or prepared as well as I remember from the other location nor was it the best battered fish that I've had. The fries (chips) were good. The dipping sauce was also very good. What I didn't like about the way my battered fish was prepared was that when I cut into it, the hollow or "air pockets" of the fish/batter was dripping with oil. I know that the battered fish is deep fried so some oil is to be expected but I felt that it was "a lot" of oil that came out when I cut into my fish. The restaurant wasn't too busy at the time that I went (it wasn't empty nor was I the only customer there throughout my meal since as people left, others came in). I also didn't feel rushed. I showed up about 15 minutes before 2pm (their lunch special ends at 2pm... which I interpret to mean that the customer needs to enter and order before 2pm). In terms of whether I would return, I'm unsure since I'm rarely if ever at Square Victoria and for the orange line in downtown Montreal, I'm generally either at Place D'Armes or Bonaventure. If I exit Square Victoria metro, I would have no aversion to returning if I felt like fish & chips but would also just be as likely to try a different restaurant in the area. When downtown, I'm generally around the green line area. Yes, I know that in the underground city/tunnels you can get from McGill metro to Square Victoria metro without taking the metro but it is a very long walk indoors (from McGill metro station to Eaton Centre to the tunnel to Place Ville Maria to Central Station to the tunnel at Bonaventure station and a long walk indoors, one winds up in Square Victoria metro and exiting Square Victoria metro and going outside, walking a few blocks, less than 5 minutes or so away is Brit & Chips. Depending on the weather, if one didn't want to take the metro but was at McGill metro, it might be faster to just walk there directly above ground (outdoors) but then again with the traffic lights, it might not save that much time but would save a lot of walking (and perhaps going up a few flights of stairs since some escalators generally don't work). I would rate this place as 3.5 stars which I've rounded up to a 4 since I don't feel right lowering it to a 3.

Tonight was a fish & chips night. Found this place near our air bnb…read more A cozy spot with a few tables, mostly counter service; now that the weather is nicer, there are tables and umbrellas outside on the sidewalk. The clientele is a cross section of the general population of Montreal. Young and old, families and couples. They have waiter service. The fish part of the "fish and chips"was not greasy or soggy. Which can often be the case if the oil is not hot enough. They have their own signature tartar sauce that comes with the meal. There are plenty of chips that come with the fish that are well seasoned and cooked to order. I didn't see any sitting in a stainless steel bin waiting to be delivered to the customer. The kitchen is partially open so you can see in and see what they're doing if that's your preference or if you're curious. As we were leaving,the cook was at one of the counters, eating his own food. That's a good sign!

The Clam Chowder and London Fish here is FIRE. I am a sucker for good clam chowder. I also love…read morefish and chips too, and Le Shack du Pecheur had the best I have ever tasted so far in my life time. My girlfriend does not eat or like fried foods much, but she loved the London Fish and Chips here. I may have changed her eating style now lol. Anyways, good food, not too on the pricey side. Good service here. I hope I have the pleasure to visit again.

Love this restaurant . Fish and chips English style are great. Only wish it was not so expensiveread more

Restaurant de quartier, on y voit toujours du monde attendre devant. J'ai profité d'une journée…read moreneige où il y avait moins de monde, pour l'essayer. La salle de restaurant est simple, le lieu peut accueillir beaucoup de monde. Quand j'y suis allé, plusieurs groupes de personnes retraitées. Le service est rapide et efficace. Le midi une formule table d'hôte avec soupe et dessert. Il y avait plusieurs choix dans les 2, c'était bon. Nous avons été agréablement surpris par le fish and chips qui est la specialité du lieu. Les portions sont généreuses, le poisson croustillant et très bien cuit à l'intérieur. Les prix sont très raisonnables pour la taille des portions. Je n'hésiterai pas à y retourner. Probablement plus pour le lunch que pour le soup, sauf peut-être un soir où j'ai vraiment pas envie de cuisiner!

The best of the the best of the best fish'n chips ever!!!…read more The fish will melt into your mouth as you enjoy the perfect ratio of fish and breadcrumbs. The cold slaw salad is more than perfect. The tartare sauce is to live for! 7 stars for bringing me to the 7th heaven!!! Ps: the fish portion is huge so go with one piece first ;)

This review is for the old port location. We were excited and hopeful that Oncle Lee would provide…read moreMontréal with a much needed mid/high end Chinese restaurant. Unfortunately it didn't deliver. Every dish (I mean every dish) came in a bed of brown (bean?) sauce and had a pile of coriander on top. Fish, bean sauce and coriander. Eggplant, bean sauce and coriander. Beef and broccoli, bean sauce and coriander. The duck wraps, no bean sauce but the main accompaniment is coriander. There was really just one flavor profile across the entire meal, bean sauce and coriander. The service was slow (we had to cancel a second drink order because we were done eating before they arrived), and the music is waaaay too loud. The room looks good but I'd take good food over a hip room any day. Disappointing!

Id like to start out by saying the food is fabulous, and Im a repeat customer - and plan on being…read moreone!! I love their sesame noodles and the garlic fried rice, and the duck is great to share with a small group. Everything is always delicious and high quality. However my last visit was very strange - the waitress brought out a candle on a little figurine saying "well since you didnt order dessert, but happy birthday" - I was really confused, and even asked her if my husband indicated it was my birthday in the reservation (she confirmed he didnt), but she had noticed our other friend at the table had given me a gift bag. Anyways, I reacted with polite confusion and a "thank you" and thought that was that, but was very disappointed to come up from the bathroom and hear her openly trash-talking me to the other staff in the kitchen adjacent to the stairs to the bathroom, about how I wasnt nice about the candle? Like lady, I had a small bag that was a condolence gift, on my way back from putting my dog to sleep, and never was rude even once? Its not like we asked for it or wanted it. We'll ask for a different waitstaff next time and continue to come in - we do really love the restaurant, just had a very bizarre evening with our waitress.

We were here recently and enjoyed the food, the service and overall casual vibe…read more For us, the food was simple and unexpectedly excellent - very tasty "feel good" food. Will come back and our only suggestion is that they open weekdays during August.

Who would have thought that this little food court joint in the Carrefour Industrielle Alliance…read morewould have the most amazing fish and chips ever? The fish and chips here is easily one of the best fish and chips I've ever had. They have breaded fish and battered fish. The battered fish is the way to go. It is so crispy on the outside and soft and flaky on the inside. The batter is seasoned and looks like it has specks of dried vegetables and/or spices in it. The fries are also amazing. They are not battered yet so incredibly crispy and sweet. The fish and chips plate is about $12 taxes included and comes with a salad and a fountain drink as well. You have a choice of garden salad, spinach salad or coleslaw. I chose the the garden salad (because the spinach salad looked really wilted and sad). The garden salad is just a regular iceberg salad, but it does have cucumber, carrots, and tomato in it. The house salad dressing is oil-based and very tasty. I think it has roasted onion and/or garlic in it. You can also get two sides instead of fries if you want to be healthier (but the fries are really good, so I think it's worth the calories and artery clogging - just do an extra workout and eat really well for the next few days afterwards). Some choices for sides are couscous, rice, stir-fried veggies, some other style veggies, and roasted potatoes . They have other stuff too, like shrimp salad and other seafood stuff, but I always only get the fish and chips because it is soooo good.

The is place is nice and clean. It is not high end but nice and cozy atmosphere. Either booths or…read moretables. I took some food to bring home for a soccer game an it was very good. I wouldn't bring a date there but it is perfect when craving affordable sea food. Their Cajun sauce is delicious as well.

So expensive for nothing and the guy name atef is so rude…read more He doesn't respect their employees

My new favorite seafood restaurant in Montreal…read more.. we met up at 6pm on friday night, during happy hour. The happy hour specials are one dollar oysters and ten dollars for cocktails. It is very satisfying. One caveat though, the oysters tend to have shell bits in them so be careful. I ordered the risotto as my appetizer even though it was listed as a main. My main dish was octopus. The risotto was perfect, the rice was just right, mussels, tiger shrimps, calamari and lobster tail. it was well proportioned, you could have seafood in every bite until the last bit of rice, just perfect. The octopus, came with onions, capers and olives, not my favorite combo but I did enjoy the tanginess at the end, it did grow on me. Dessert was lava cake with ice cream. We asked to have it with ice cream and it was amazing. Already planning my return...

Always get excited when a new restaurant opens its doors but was very disappointed by this place…read more There's was nothing exciting about this place decor wise or even food wise. First when I had to reserve at this place they wanted credit card information which is fine because some restaurants do that nowadays but what I didn't like was that the cancelation should be done minimum 2 days in advance if not they charge you 25$ for each person, I find that ridiculous because last minute emergency do tend to happen sometimes. Second when we got there the hostess asked us if she could seat us at the bar saying that the bar is beautiful and all. The brings us to the bar section upstairs and seats us at a tiny little bar which seats 4 ppl(nothing amazing)... The 2 other ppl that were already seated at the bar had taken 1/3 of the space leaving us a very tight area to sit and we were not comfortable sitting there. We asked to be seated elsewhere, the place looked packed but there was a table available on the floor but they told us that the only other table they had for us was a table downstairs, we agreed because we didn't really mind where to seat as long as we had more space to breath. Also something that we didn't like was that the bartender asked us if we only speak English, so we weren't quite sure why he did that remark because he was able to converse with us. When we went downstairs we realized that our table was next to the open kitchen and also we were the only ppl from the restaurant that were seated there. Which we found really odd and felt like the outcast of the restaurant. We didn't want to complain to much because we always try to give the benefit of a doubt especially when it comes to new restos. I have this place a 3 star because of the drinks, they were very well made. I definitely recommend to get the east and ivy if you like lychee and also the guilt and ginger if you like ginger. For food we got the oysters, these were really good and opened by a girl just next to entrance by order. The oysters were fresh and I love the dill mignonette, which was different then other places. For mains we got the mussel and fries. Which was okay eatable, nothing amazing. We got the new York strip and asked for medium rare but the steak came medium. The pepper sauce was too thick to my liking. We also got a side of onion rings and mushrooms, the mushrooms were good, the batter of the onion rings were have any flavor and it was bland. The waitress was nice but not really attentive, like I said before we got seated alone downstairs and we were isolated from everyone so I'm guessing she wasn't really reminding herself to come check up on us more frequently I guess. The food was average nothing spectacular about the food here. Also we didn't really like the atmosphere. I don't know if we just went on a wrong day or this place is always like this. Overall it seems like this place is good for big groups and I also heard that this place is considered a superclub. The music we were hearing was mostly techno. I give them the benefit of doubt of they moving us to a bigger space and also the men that moved us I think it was the owner checked on us twice to see if we were okay which we appreciated. Personally I would not recommend this place nor I will go back. For the price the food is not worth it.