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Le Gourmet Burger
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 11 am - 1 am
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Late Night, Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Drive-Thru:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
22 reviews for Le Gourmet Burger
Review Highlights
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"extras range from 1-2$ to 5$ like foie gras." In 3 reviews -
"Also added some delicious garlic mayo." In 3 reviews -
"The client also has a huge array of possible toppings." In 4 reviews
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20 reviews in English
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Review from Rawan K.
Today's order: Bacon and cheese burger, with a side of perfect sweet potato fries that melt in your mouth! Washed it down with a good Quebec brew of Griffintown.
Life is good.
Gourmet Burger even has a sticker on the door that says Yelp loves them :) I second that! I wouldn't say it's the 100% best burger in town, but it's definitely a great burger joint.Listed in: Late Night Drunchies, Blissful Burgers
1 Previous Review: Show all »
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4/11/2012
It's a heavenly, deadly, sin. But so worth it! They have a variety of meats to choose from and a… Read more »
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Review from Lola M.
Montréal, QC
5/16/2012
Save youself some time and money and dont' go there!!
In a nutshell:
$40 for 2 people, flavorless, overcooked, awkward environment, tiny condiment cups, DRY, soggy undercooked fries, lame poutine, soda in glass bottles and slow!
HARVEY'S is better!! -
Review from John Paul T.
Montréal, QC
1/15/2012
Ok Ok--this place is ok, not stupendous by any means but decent. The place is a little walk-up resto on a side street in downtown Montreal. Please note--and this is important--it is CASH only. They have an ATM machine in the resto but its a white-label one that charges you $1.50 to withdraw, and you're bank will also charge you at least another $1.50 but BRING CASH. Many patrons find this out only after having ordered their burger and they're forced to make the trek to the bank machine even though they'd really rather not. Anyways to the food. The burgers are DRY, like not juicy goodness like you'd hope but well-done, cooked a little too long, and DRY, let me emphasize DRY. you need to put condiments on there. My boyfriend and I spread garlic mayonnaise on the bun and that made a world of a difference. I agree with another reviewer who says you cannot--I repeat, cannot--taste the caramelized onions. So don't thing those will hold you over, you'll need to pony up the dough and add something from the optional menu. I suggest a cheese--brie is nice, etc. etc.--and probably bacon, just to add to the flavour (which is, quite honestly, lacking).
The burgers are much better at a chain restaurant like Harvey's. I know know the hipster side of me is scolding me for encouraging people to go to a corporate behemoth like Harvey's, but truth be told their burgers really are much better (and they're grilled; not microwaved like McDonald's). This place is nice for a different burger experience; it is definitely higher end than a typical Harvey's location, for example. As others have noted be prepare to wait wait wait. Today there was a group of 5 people in front of us and literally took us 20 minutes to get our burgers. Yes, 20 minutes. You can phone ahead and they'll place you're order for you in advance and then you can pick it up, but often I'm not planning in advance to go to a burger place. I just wanna walk in, order, and eat soon after ordering. This is not an option here. You will have to wait, longingly looking at your fellow diners as they chow down.
SO: why the three stars? I like the fries, and the different kinds of mayo available. They have spicy mayo, wasabi mayo, garlic mayo, regular mayo ... and another one which I forget at the moment. But I highly recommend the spicy mayo. If the pumps do not work, just ask the associate and he/she will provide with you a small container of it. The pumps are often out of commission so be prepared to ask. Also, the homemade lemonade is phenomenal. Today, not so much, a little watered down, but usually its amazing. I would definitely order the lemonade over any other beverage available. Also, you can spike the lemonade with vodka (its a licensed restaurant). This is always a good option if you're visiting/on vacation, stopping in before a night out on the town.
This restaurant is good for those who are staying in hotels in the area: Le Centre Sheraton, the Marriott, etc. because its close to the hotel, and its not outrageously expensive (I think my burger, fries, and drink was $12 which, while a little pricey for what its worth, is not too too bad). Maybe you'll have a better experience with your burger and pay the price to dress it up, but I was underwhelmed. -
Review from Shirley D.
Montréal, QC
3/31/2012
Was not too impressed with the service or the burgers. Waitress/cashier did not smile much, no warmth at all. Burgers my boyfriend and I ordered were veg but so salty!! It was so salty that I had to drink water constantly. Fries were not bad though. Maybe the veg burgers aren't good to begin with and the beef and chicken could have been better. But still, if they can't make a decent veg burger they should not put it on the menu. Or maybe because I have high expectations when I eat veggie burgers. Anyway place was ok, seemed like a fancier fast food restaurant to me. Very small eating area and only one person making the burgers. To conclude, it was mediocre.
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Review from Gregory S.
Montréal, QC
1/15/2012
I go here for lunch occasionally whenever I am craving a decent burger. I usually get a beef burger with monterrey jack cheese, guacomole, bacon, and caramelized onions. The beef is usually cooked alright and by adding the guacomole the burger doesn't require any condiments. The sweet potato fries definitely complete the meal.
For food the rating I give is 4 stars. However, I give it 3 stars due to the following reasons.
The place is small and has a limited amount of seats and gets crowded during lunch time. It does take awhile to get your meal too. You need to plan to spend awhile waiting.
Also, recently a lot of things haven't been working such as the condiment dispenser near the counter. -
Review from DAVE I.
Montréal, QC
9/2/2011
Burgers, I like my burgers like I like my women, a hot mess. So all these Upscaled Burgers get on my nerves. And Le Gourmet Burger is no different.
You'd think I would learn but I keep trying. In I go this small quaint little restaurant, hoping for burger goodness. But that would be what I like to call WRONG.
I'm not gonna mess around and I'm gonna deconstruct this thing called a burger. First the bun, dry and over seasoned with sesame seeds. I love sesame seeds but here there was to much and tasted overcooked. All burger comes with lettuce, tomato, and caramelized onions. Now I never tasted them onions. The client also has a huge array of possible toppings. I opted for bacon (duh!) and Boursin. Now Boursin is awesome but let's face it, it's France's answer to Kraft Philly cheese. It's a cheap, cheap cheese and yet it was more expensive than Brie but it added a nice taste to the burger. Also added some delicious garlic mayo.
"But Dave, what about the patty?" you say. Yeah about that. The burgers are grilled over charcoal. Personally I prefer burgers on a flattop but grilled over charcoal, not bad either. However you better cook it right. Charcoal will dry ground chuck FAST. And TADA I got me a dry overdone patty. Firstly, you need at the very least 20% fat content if yer gonna fire grill burger. (Why I love flattops, the burger cooks in its fat.). The fat will keep it moist and add, you guessed it, flavour.
The burger looked pretty but tasted just north of OK.
Fries? Well they were pretty tasty in my poutine. The sauce was pretty tasty to, but I don't feel it was made from a reduction but I could be wrong, and ehhhh WHERE'S THE CHEESE? Looked more like fries with sauce than poutine.
Oh and homemade lemonade my ass.
The Cheeburger Cheeburger experience is far more what I look for in a burger. Simple, fresh made but awesome burgers. Meat, buns, cheese and bacon. No trippy hippy upscale bullshit. Burgers should not be upscaled, it should be a hot messy affair. So Le Gourmet Burger get's a middle of the road 3 outta 5. -
Review from Seb A.
9/7/2011
This place is pretty decent.
The vegepate burger is pretty damn good, but they have messed up my order with a meat burger before, so be sure to check your burger before eating it. The sweet potato fries are amazing and are more than worth trying out.
My one beef with this place is the spotty service. It's like a coin toss every time on whether the clerk is going to bite my head off or be courteous to me. Sitting down to eat sometimes means a long wait is ahead before your food is served to you. My friends and I waited over 45 minutes to get my meal after we ordered our food once - and it wasn't exactly busy.
I figured out the best solution to these problems: I place an order for pick-up. That way my food is ready in 15 minutes and I don't have to deal with potentially surly staff. Anyway, I'd recommend trying it out at least.
Update: I went here again recently and the cook burned my veggie burger. I was not bothered by this though, and here's why: the cook came out from behind the counter, walked up to me and told me. He apologized profusely and offered to make another one. Then he offered me a choice of two free toppings for it to make up for having burned it. 15 minutes later I was offered a delicious burger with a ton of delicious toppings. It was a beautiful day in the world of customer service. -
Review from Richard K.
Montréal, QC
Updated - 1/2/2012
Clean and focused; that's what I love about this place. Especially at lunch, you want a good burger and just enough fries to reach the cusp of a carb coma. Additional bonus points for those quad-size ketchup packets!
What has taken down my rating - and prompted this update - is that the quality has stepped down a bit over time. The wait is getting longer. Group orders virtually close down the restaurant. They don't take debit. Half the time, the bun is overbaked, resembling a softened stone. The veggies are becoming inconsistent. You have to ask for their specialty sauces.
Simply put, this is a 3-star burger with 2-star order requirements, and I can only give one rating. So I'm going with this one, but if you think more highly, I won't blame you. At times, it's one of the best burgers in Montreal. But for my $10+ lately I think I'd rather take a shot with Cheeburger.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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6/3/2011
Clean and focused; that's what I love about this place. Especially at lunch, you want a good burger… Read more »
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Review from Nathalie R.
9/6/2011
Very decent veggie burger option which consists of grilled vege pate. Great soda selection (including black cherry). Really like the sweet potato and regular potato mix option. Lots of original condiments as well as burger toppings and cheeses. The cost can add up really quick with the added toppings but the variety is fantastic. Was not incredibly impressed with their poutine. Way better vegetarian poutine options in this neighborhood.
Have been accidentally served a meat burger before when I ordered a veggie burger so check your veggie burger before you take a bite.
Open very late- Have been here at midnight and I think I've seen them open as late as 1am. -
Review from Kim S.
Montréal, QC
9/9/2011
When i'm in the mood to punish my body with pure goodness- i show up at Gourmet Burger where nothing but perfection is served.
This isn't fast food. Be prepared to wait up to 15 minutes for your burger, and watching it being made is half the fun. Gourmet Burger is one of those rare places that takes pride in their fresh food. Everything from the fresh cut potatoes to the constant caramelization of onions is mind boggling.
My favourite is the Gentleman burger, complete with walnuts, blue cheese and bacon. And not saggy, white, chewy bacon- no; i'm talking crispy, salty bacon crackers that make me want to chew forever.
Good job Gourmet Burger! I will gladly pay $15 for your food and never regret it. -
Review from Anjuan S.
8/9/2010
I disagree with the positive reviews that others have posted about this place. The service is non-existent, and I had a much better burger at the Fudruckers at Houston Intercontinental Airport before boarding my plane to Montreal. No, I had a better burger at the McDonalds just a few blocks west on St. Catherine.
I had the Classic Burger, and it at least looked pretty. However, the taste was far from the burger heaven I expected. I should have read the reviews in Yelp more thoroughly because the brownie was indeed hard and stale.
I recommend that you completely skip Gourmet Burger. You can find a better burger in Montreal for less than half the price. -
Review from Bobby A.
2/8/2010
OK, Montreal's burger wars just went up a notch and Le Gourmet Burger has definitely upped the ante.
Not nearly as unnecessarily expensive as m:brgr, not as out of the way as La Paryse and with more options than Steerburger, Le Gourmet Burger hits the right balance between price, taste and location. Plus you can always run across the street afterwards for a beer at McKibbons.
The sweet potato fries, the veggie burger, the different types of condiments (garlic mayo, wasabi mayo anyone?) peanut butter milkshakes are all worth writing home about.
The burgers are huge, come in with an appetite! I'll be returning for sure! -
Review from Charles G.
Montréal, QC
12/6/2010
At first, you enter the place and it's got an IKEA-like decoration and a picture of a burger that can make your heart melt. Then, you sit down with your burger and fries and BOOM. You end up REALLY wishing you hadn't.
Meat is dry and boring. Almost overcooked. The people behind the counter when I went were absolutely horrible. Everything you want to add onto the burger costs a little bit extra.
My experience: I went with 2 other friends and we all got the classic burger. Then we got 2 servings of fries: Regular and sweet potatoes. The fries were HORRID. I normally prefer regular fries over the sweet potatoes by a long mile, and here, the outcome was the opposite. I'm pretty sure that if I squeezed the regular fries I could have made a canola oil company and sold a bottle from every half fry I squeezed.
Next, the burger: Dry, uninteresting and overcooked. Nothing more to add on that front.
I don't have much more to say about this place. They try to attract you with their fancy thin, inconvenient trays and swirl-design cups to store the fries but in reality this place has a TERRIBLE burger. -
Review from Alan S.
Calgary, AB
1/21/2011
Me and 3 friends waited 20 minutes for our burger and fries, despite the restaurant being mostly empty. The waitress left the fries out of the frier for a good 10 minutes, so by the time the burgers were done, they were stone cold and gross. The fries also seemed to be little chips of potato, rather than normal fries. It was like we were eating the scraps out of the pail.
The burgers were burnt, salty, dry pucks that dried out the mouth bite after unpleasant bite.
I really couldn't believe how bad this turned out to be, especially from previously glowing reviews. If I could, I would upload pics of the stuff we ate, which I'm sure even the most hungry dog would pass on. Perhaps management changed, or they just quit caring about the quality of the service and of the food being served there. -
Review from Brian L.
9/8/2010
Good little place. It had a modern interior, but felt like a mom and pop (although the 2 workers were young). The beef is cooked when you order. There is a wide selection of toppings/cheeses to make your burger your own.
There are only 2 people working in this establishment, so don't expect the world. The prices aren't expensive either (for Canadian food at least)($5 for the meat, about $1 per topping). The lemonade was quite good, wish they gave more! They offer sweet potato fries to make them healthier, but I still prefer the normal french fry. -
Review from John H.
Montréal, QC
10/9/2009
I'd heard about this place and seeing how I've been disapointed by Picks and lately by Buns (they never seem to have potatos the last 3 times I've been there) I decided to try this place. Boy was I glad I did.
First thing I noticed was that they sell sweet potato fries along with regular fries. The second thing I noticed was Hannah the server. She's from Yellowknife and one of the nicest and most beautiful women I've seen!
They have all the fixin's and do their burgers on charcol. I had a juicey burger topped with all the regular stuff plus foie gras, smoked gouda, bacon and a fried egg. It was perfect. This is my new burger joint!!!!
They also make fresh lemonade.
You have to try this place! -
Review from Michele G.
7/21/2010
This awesome little place partnered up with Fantasia to give their ticket holders a break on food. The sweet potato fries here are cooked to absolute perfection, and back home in the States, I can still taste them! Good ice tea, too! I got a beef burger with guacamole and sauteed mushrooms and caramelized mushrooms after a screening, and it was absolutely delicious!
Had it not been for the partnership with Fantasia, I might have missed out on one of my favorite taste bud experiences in Montreal. -
Review from Khanh L.
7/14/2010
I'm a big burger lover!!!
and this place rocks!!!
It's tiny, and a bit stuffy on a hot night, but otherwise the burgers here are delish!!!
It's sort of an itemized menu, where you pick the burger, beef chicken or veggie, it comes with a bun tomatoes and caramelised onions.
you add what you want to customize, like mushroom, cheese, foie gras, nuts, eggs, red peppers and other stuff i can't remember. In short there's something for everyone, sweet, salty whatever you like.
extras range from 1-2$ to 5$ like foie gras.
regular condiments like ketchup and mustard are free, including a few special sauces, hmm hmm, like wasabi mayo, garlic mayo, spicy mayo, bbq sauce and special gourmet burger sauce. all free!!! and self serve.
On the sides, they have fries, and sweet potato fries, for 3$, you can also have them mixed, half fries half sweet potato fries, the sweet potato fries are real good. They have salads too but i haven't tried it yet.
Honestly drinks are a gip, 3$, but you get a bottle, old school style. You can also add a scoop of ice cream to your soda, root beer float anyone?
Tried the brownie one time, it's crap, don't try it, it's stale and dry, ew for 3$ yikes.
All in all, decent place and decent price, runs about 10-18$ not highway robery like M burger. depending on what you get. burger fries and a drink will fill you up. Athough i wished they had grilled pineapple like M burger.
They have the buns made especially for them, it is brushed with sesame and honey, so it's a very nice bun. Tastes so good. -
Review from B B.
5/7/2011
The guacamole and onions were pretty tasty, and I can't complain about the patty, although it would be nice if it has a little pink. The bun finished it off with a nice consistency and not too 'bready'. Very reasonably priced considering the locale. Only two people were on duty, casher & grill master, but they handled my order with ease. Small little condiment bar that had some interesting options. If I stay in downtown again, I'll definitely be back.
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Review from S E.
4/6/2011
Awesome burger! The bun was actually one of the best parts. Sweet potato fries: perfect. The only negative were the regular fries, which were burned and dried out. The service was fine, nothing special.
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