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BUNS Hamburger House
Rating Details »
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Lunch, Dinner, Late Night
- Alcohol:
- None
5 reviews for BUNS Hamburger House
I love the simplicity of this place. A good burger, but nothing mind blowing, OK potatoes, and cheap. The atmosphere is what makes it, the characters that are behind the grill make me laugh each time i go in. Worth stopping in while you're wandering around on St Catherine's.
You can wait awhile for your food if there are a few people waitng.
It's theres one thing I've learned from years of watching TV's Gordon Ramsey shout at people and call them cunt faces, it's that the key to running a good restaurant is simplicity. "K'maan Big Boy, fuckin' simple, yes? Simple!" he'd get in their face and holler as they're brazing something over an open fire. If Mr. Ramsey's success in the culinary world is any indication, he knows what he's talking about. Buns, the little burger stand on Saint-Catherine in Montreal, is about the simplest take-out place I've ever seen (save for the homeless fellow who once offered to sell me ham).
The menu is simple, just Hamburgers, Double Hamburgers, grilled Potatoes and cans of pop. The layout is simple, just 1 large grill framed by a giant open window, with 2 or 3 tables in the back. Prices are simple (I believe it was $2 & $3, no penny amounts in sight) even the name and logo design are simple. If Buns were a font, it'd be Helvetica.
I won't say the man behind the grill was simple, because that's mean. He seemed to be enjoying himself and had an uncanny ability to switch between English and French at will, without a trace of accent. I got the hamburger (made into a cheeseburger at no extra cost), it took about 3-4 minutes and it was juicy and delicious. The meat was fresh off the grill and lightly seasoned with steak spice. The veggies were crunchy and crisp, and just the right amount of sauces were added. Oddly enough, for a place called Buns, the bun was probably the worst part (oh, sweet irony!), it was a little bland and crusty for my liking.
Its refreshing to come across a take-out place that does one thing and does it well. I was never offered to turn it into a wrap for 99 cents, or if I'd like pan-seared avocados on top with a glaze made of ostrich egg yolk. No BS. Just simple cheap hamburgers, made efficiently.
Right on, Buns!
I love dives, love them. You find the tastiest fast food in those. And someone opened a new one and went to great lengths to NOT make it look like a chain restaurant. They went for the street-food look but indoors. The logo design for Buns is reminiscent of the 70s. All the place need was a few pinball machines and it could have passed for The Hub from That 70s Show.
The place feels like a couple of students got tired of working for McDonald's and opened up this joint to keep working during their studies but I could be terribly wrong. The menu couldn't be simpler. You have Hamburgers, Double-Hamburgers, Roasted Potatoes and Soft-Drinks. And that's it - of course cheese is an option on the burgers and it's free. Everything is prepared on a single fire grill parked in the window display to attract pedestrian traffic indoors, keeping with the street food inspiration.
If you've been keeping up, that's right, no fries but grilled potatoes. And that's a great change from the insane amount of fried potatoes we get to eat in the period of a month. And they are pretty damn tasty and much more filling than fries.
I wish I could be as enthusiastic about the burger though. Sadly there's nothing to be wowed about the BUNS Burger. It's a standard issued dry over-cooked burger you've eaten before at your uncle's poolside BBQ during the summer time. Good filler but a good burger it is not. The meat was dry, unseasoned, bland and very ordinary chuck. The bun was good so were the fixings. But an ordinary burger, nothing to make me understand why everyone in the dive were raving about the burgers? Maybe the patrons are also tired of eating pre-fabs at the food chains and simply enjoy the home-made taste of BUNS and I so get that. But the patty could have used a little imagination to seriously create a demarcation point from your run of the mill burger.
There are not many good burger places in Montreal. This one is decent good for a cheap bite, but nothing mind blowing.
Very basic ''simple" hamburger shop. I really loved this place. Small, barely any place to eat, its probably better as a take-out place, but still great.
I liked the burger a lot, the meat was tasty, buns fresh, and fresh crisp vegetables.
For what it is, a great place.
