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Restaurant Amir
Category: Restaurants Middle Eastern Middle Eastern [Edit]
1333 De Maisonneuve Boul WMontreal, QC H3G 2R9
(514) 288-0362
4 reviews for Restaurant Amir
4 reviews in English
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Review from Sui S.
1/2/2012
Searching for a burrito (my first burrito in months!) in this snowy northeastern French-Canadian city, I walked furiously towards my target, Burritoville, only to find that it was closed. (What's up with that, restful Canadians? Why do you have so much more vacation time than your southern neighbor? Why are Americans so overworked and unhappy? But I digress...)
Hungry and going slightly crazy, I turned the corner onto Maisonneuve, dejected but still going at a restless pace.
I walk by countless restaurants but none of them appeal.
Suddenly, I pass one called Amir. Huh, I think to myself. I see a photographic rendition of not one but two vegetarian options. I'm intrigued.
I'm about to keep on walking to search for a Commensal (where I've eaten almost every single time when I'm searching for food downtown) because I'm confused as to the entrance. I see the window, I don't know if they're even open, but-- a-ha! A glass door lurks from a few steps down.
I enter and I'm greeted warmly with a "hello" and English. I ask about the vegetarian options and choose to get the house plate. As one worker helps prepare my plate, another rings me up and asks-- "Do you need a fork?"
I say no, I have one. She looks at my tray and sees there's no fork. "But I don't see one..."
"I bring my own."
"Everywhere? Why?"
"To save plastic."
She looked at me and said, "Wow! You're the best!" She turns to her coworker: "Did you hear that?"
"Yeah," he replies, "there was one guy who brought in his own plate, too, once."
The plates are plastic. If I come back, I'll bring my own as well. She rings me up-- 8.88$, three lucky numbers in Chinese culture-- and I sit down with a smile.
I begin my plate and it's delicious. I try to eat slowly, but I'm also hungry and it's delicious. Falafel, hummus, salad, eggplant, cauliflower, and roast potatoes in a way I'd never experienced before.
Delicious.
Wonderful service and wonderful food. (Apparently it's Lebanese, so that's the first time I've tried it!)
Recommended. -
Review from Lucy G.
9/6/2011
Too thin slices of their meat.
Only stuck 2 of the pickled jicama sticks in our gyro.
Too much lettuce.
Had much better. -
Review from Dani B.
8/15/2010
Vancouver could take a hint from these guys, they sure know how to do Lebanese food. For under $5 you can get a hearty wrap or for under $10 you can choose up to 5 items from their delicious array of grilled eggplant, sauteed cauliflower, falafel, garlic potatoes and many meaty delights.
No matter how broke you are this place will treat you right and keep you coming back for more. -
Review from Lisa K.
12/29/2008
I loved this place. I personally like it more than Boustan or any other similar Lebanese places, which I think is a matter of personal taste, but the chicken schwarma / shisk taouk is wonderful by itself or as a combo plate. The aioli is also great on rice; I would skip the potatoes for the most part. It is one of the things that I still have the greatest hankering for after leaving Montreal.
