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Buvette Chez Simone
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 4 pm - 3 am
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$
- Music:
- Background
- Best Nights:
- Fri, Thu, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Good For Dancing:
- No
- Has TV:
- No
23 reviews for Buvette Chez Simone
Review Highlights
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"...and you can even get half glasses) as well as excellent..." In 3 reviews -
"...cute, romantic, unpretentious haunt in Montreal's Mile End." In 3 reviews -
"Great atmosphere, delicious original tapas." In 4 reviews
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19 reviews in English
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Review from Randall B.
3/17/2012
Great spot near Laurier. Good chicken, better fries; cheeses and fried cod are excellent as well. Wine by the glass is a good deal. Try the Vin de France.
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Review from Carolina M.
Montréal, QC
5/5/2012
Went there for the 1st time last week with a couple of girlfriends and it now has become one of my top spots to chill out, tapas, have a chat type of place.
Crowd is rad. Food is good. I'm obsessed with their fries and fish cakes.
I.AM.A.FAN. -
Review from Matthew S.
2/19/2012
Really cool wine bar that is busy every night of the week.
Get the cheese and meat platter to share.
The chicken is really good.
The wine selection is excellent and the owner is really nice. -
Review from Numa P.
Montréal, QC
10/24/2011
Chez Simone is about simplicity. From the very unpretentious but nonetheless cool design to the relaxed and casual crowd, the essence of the bar reveals itself at every level. Special mention to the low lighting, cleverly set in small fenced glass boxes and in bulbs throughout the bar, which conveys a very intimate atmosphere.
La Buvette won't offer you fancy or creaqtive drinks. Come here for the wine, either to enjoy it in inexpensive individual glasses or in a affordable bottle if you are part of three. The card is pretty diverse and likely to match all types of wallets. Aim for the 2008 Ciro if you are in the mood for a late night light taste of red wine. The food is descent on top of everything, but be aware that your choice will be limited to 3-4 available dishes late night. Go for the chorizo, olives and blue cheese. Not memorable but definitely complementary.
Chill and not so hip crowd. Very loud though.Listed in: Sin City
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Review from Risa D.
12/7/2011
I like Buvette when it comes time to hang out in pretty yet casual clothes with the pretty yet casual people in the pretty yet casual decor. Delicious cheese plates, chorizo, rosette de lyon, smoked meat on plates for sharing, nice helpful staff who don't mind taking time to suggest wines even when the place is bumpin' - all of this is lovely and helps my mind adjust to having such a chic spot on this formerly sweetly super sketchy part of Parc Ave.
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Review from Kiera S.
7/25/2011
Went recently for drinks with a friend on a Friday night. Good times, though incredibly loud. Casual, laid back, and we were impressed with how inexpensive our night ended up being. Under $25 for three glasses of wine (two were 'half' glasses, but were pretty much full) and a delicious cheese plate, plus bread. Stay away from the lower-end glasses, though (at least for the white wine). We tried six in total, and found the mid-range ones to be well worth the extra couple of bucks.
Server was a bit of a space-case, but friendly enough so no big deal. We weren't huge fans of the orange electrical cables hanging on the ceiling - made it feel like they were in the middle of renos, though I'm sure it was intended to be industrial-chic. Overall, liked the place and would go back. I imagine this wouldn't be the best place for a date (unless your date is an electrician, in which case I'm sure the decor would win you major points), but for an evening with friends it was just great. -
Review from Ti G.
Montréal, QC
9/25/2011
Hang out for good looking francophone film people. Excellent snacks and wine. Beautiful place. Packed when you'd expect it to be.
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Review from Imran N.
4/25/2011
So good, great wine, intimate, away from the epicenter, awesome atmosphere. really cool tables (plus signs, and interesting), great friendly staff.
We literally shut the place down at 4am, and they didn't even once tell us to get out (we were having a great time with great company and just didn't want to leave), one staff actually just started chilling with us.
I've been told the food is amazing , but i got there at 1.30am. -
Review from Heather M.
9/12/2010
Great wine, great staff, great food, great prices. Combined with great company, it makes for a great night.
On a Sunday, there was plenty of room and we were totally unrushed. Staff explained everything, and there was a full range of wines available for ridiculously affordable prices. Decor leaned heavy on the woods, and is very homey. Ordering is simple - circle on paper and go. Like a dim sum restaurant or pho restaurant almost.
We ordered some chorizo (not the type I'm used to), the pate de volaille (so good), the Greek salad (not exactly a Greek salad save for the feta, but was good no less), a quarter of a roasted chicken (stellar), some other meats (good), the cod balls (perfect!). Yum!!!! -
Review from Bobby A.
9/11/2010
Simply amazing wine and snack bar (if you can call calamari and chorizo "snacks").
This place is insane especially on Thursdays during their 5 a 7, with line-ups out the terrasse. I was here last night and by 7:30pm, the place was packed.
Great beer and wine selection where you can either buy by the bottle, glass or half-glass and with prices for half-glasses between $3.75 - $5, it gives plenty of room to try several wines without breaking the budget. Their snacks are also great. While you have the expected cheese and dried fruit plates, fries, salades, chorizo sausages, calamari, smoked salmon, options are also offered in either half portions or full portions with prices for half-portions between $5-$7. They also serve roasted chicken for dinner but only after 6pm.
That's the food and drink. Let's talk clientele and general vibe. No annoying 20-somethings or Mile End hipsters, but an older working, professional or graduate student crowd in their 30's and 40's. The people are generally very nice and unpretentious. No posers.
I'm coming back, that's for sure.Listed in: Best Happy Hour
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Review from Elisa E.
Hudson, QC
5/23/2011
I am totally a fan of this place, everything about it just works.
Love the martini's plus the snacky foods, like olives, cheeses and chorizo.
The staff are very friendly just a great place to go as a couple or with friends and relax and have a good time. -
Review from Jacob C.
Montréal, QC
8/17/2011
It's every bit as great as the 'hype' would indicate. From les accras de morue to the authentic chorizo (!) to the delicious cheese plates, this place delivers great French tapas-style cuisine that won't break the bank. It's look is typical of trendy Plateau restaurants but laid-back enough to have some wine, check some choices off the menu and enjoy yourself.
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Review from Russell S.
6/30/2009
First night in Montreal, my friends take me to easily the the busiest restaurant in the area and I can see why. Great atmosphere, delicious original tapas. The drinks were flowing and the crowd was moving.
Plan on going back again and again. -
Review from Chris D.
7/13/2011
The girlfriend and I stopped in here on our final night in Montreal and it quickly became the highlight of our dining experiences. Friendly staff, great selection of wine (and you can even get half glasses) as well as excellent tapas style meats and cheeses. I loved the sliced apricot that accompanied our brie and chorizo--never had that combination before but it worked!
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Review from evan b.
5/13/2009
The thing is, I'm almost hesitant to write about Buvette Chez Simone, a cute, romantic, unpretentious haunt in Montreal's Mile End.
I'm afraid the hoards of yelp readers will storm this place, demanding gourmet food at reasonable prices, intriguing wine selections and great service by busy but attentive people and then ruin it all.
So promise me please, to space your visits out, ok? Let's not ruin this beautiful thing.
The menu arrives with a pencil. You circle the tapas you want. Ours was already circled. And in one of those "why the hell not" moments, my dinner date and I went ahead and more or less ordered what the previous diners did, crossing one off, adding another, keeping the rest as is.
What was excellent:
Fiddlehead ferns with nuts and bacon. If you've never had fiddlehead ferns before, they are a seasonal treat and boy oh boy are they good.
Duck tartare. This needs no description. And half a lobster. (for twelve dollars. Twelve dollars, people)
What was good but would have been better served with beer, or at least extra water due to saltiness: Cod fish balls. Whatever tasty, fatty, garlicky sausage we ordered.
I would have omitted the mayo sauces for both lobster and codfish mostly because they weren't needed. but that's small potatoes all things considered.
We left with the consensus that this could turn out to be the place we call "Our place."
Just remember kids: parse it out, ok? It'll be there for a while. Let's not turn Chez Simone into the next bandwagon. -
Review from Ruchi M.
4/4/2011
This place is a gem. The staff is super friendly, the food is delicious, and the prices can't be beat! We started with some chorizo, duck rillette, and a deep fried fish ball thing (all really really good) that came on a platter with chopped almonds and pistachios. Then we got a risotto with some roasted meat and cheesy wonderfulness. We got a greek salad - that no joke, I could have eaten three portions of. It was simple - dill, onions, bellpepper, olives and cucumbers but finished with a hunk of feta so mild it was practically sweet. We also got the roasted chicken - dark meat was a lot better than the light meat - it was falling apart when it was touched with a fork. All in all, a great experience.
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Review from Nina G.
8/21/2011
This was a hip and popular place we heard good things about. The food was all very good; the selection list not long and plates are meant to be shared. We had a couple of salads (Greek and Goat Cheese with Nectarine) that were refreshing and not at all heavy. A fish with a corn puree and delicious bacon was satisfying as was a small plate of smoked meat. Many tables were scarfing down chickens which looked fabulous and attested to the atmosphere here: a place to eat good simple food, drink well made table wines and laugh a lot. All of this for a very reasonable price. The hostess was very friendly and accomodating and the servers cheerful, knowledgable and efficient. A word of caution: this place is crowded and loud; It is hard to talk across the table and if you are over 40 you will be the oldest person in the place. That said the youngsters looked like they were having a gas.
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Review from Anthony K.
Montréal, QC
5/6/2011
Well, it sure ain't the Skala. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. Buvette Chez Simone wasn't the first wine bar to open up in Mile End, but it's boldly gone where no Mile End wine bar has gone before: that mysterious two-block stretch of Park Ave. between St. Joseph and Mont-Royal, where distinguished tuxedo purveyors like Waxman rub elbows with head shops, carpet stores, appliance retailers, and other curiosities. When Cocoa Locale opened up on Park a few years ago, I predicted that it marked the beginning of a renaissance for the strip. Well, let's just say that the renaissance hasn't exactly been explosive (and the ongoing construction on Park ain't helping). Buvette Chez Simone indicates that the desire is there, though: this joint has been jumping since the day they opened. And with good reason: the food, with an emphasis on mix-'n'-match appetizers, is generally very good, but, more importantly, the wine selection is very well chosen AND very affordably priced. In fact, I think you could safely credit Buvette with having started the New Wave of Montreal wine bars: wine bars that are affordable, young, and positively buzzing with excitement. Highlights: squash and rapini risotto, a good selection of charcuterie, and roast chicken in quarter, half, or full portions.
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Review from Tracy L.
8/1/2009
Wow. So good on so many levels. It's a gem of a place with great selection of wine, luscious atmosphere, the staff are friendly and knowledgeable, and the menu is full of wonderful little bites to nosh on. We went for a glass of wine before our dinner reservation and ended up cancelling the dinner plans and staying here... best idea all day.
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