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Restaurant Boustan
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- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- None
13 reviews for Restaurant Boustan
i dreamed about the chicken shawarma after i ate here on friday night. so i went back for lunch on saturday, and brought friends for dinner on sunday night (we were all in town for a conference). after dinner on sunday my friend s said, "thank you for bringing me here- this is JUST what i needed". word.
delicious, fresh, inexpensive- damn near perfect. good for vegetarians and vegans, too.
only downside is that it's 5 1/2 hours from my house!
I had dinner for the first time here last week. I must admit that the food was very delicious. I loved it.
My major problem was to see that lady prepared the food (specially the sandwich / pita), took the payment, answered the phone almost at the same time without cleaning her hands.
authentic lebanese food that is fast and cheap. i was a bit surprised that the chicken shawarma is more expensive than the beef, but on second inspection, they pack the pita with much more chicken than beef. we loved the "wetness" of the shawarma with the cabbage and other pickled veggies. the garlic potatoes were absolutely delicious, and we had hummus on top of it...yum, yum, yum.
i would agree that the cleanliness and hygiene of the workers wasn't the best (they would handle food and the money without using gloves/washing hands), but what do expect for $5 sandwiches?
when we went, the place was packed with what appeared to be college students from mcgill. however, we were served very quickly.
Yummy yum yum. Love Boustan. It's cheap, fresh, and absolutely delicious Lebanese food. And if that's not enough, they also deliver until 4am.
Where do I even begin? Pretty much all I can say is: I LOVE THIS PLACE. Another McGill alum and I recently had a discussion about what we would give up to have Boustan in the States. It came down to one of our baby toes and a "crackberry." I never tried anything other than the chicken shawarma or the falafel pita....but they are just that good. Also, the garlic potatoes....oh how I miss those.
When you're in need of some quality fast Labenese food, come to Boustan. This place is open till 4am and offers free delivery, so it's never too far away.
The great thing about this place relative to the others is that the pita sandwiches get grilled; this makes all the difference in the world! Also, there are a couple off menu items that are great such as the creation and crazy juice...try both!
Baba Ganoush, Hummus, Falafel, stuffed grape leaves with yogurt and Tabbouleh salad with warm pita made a working lunch most bearable! There were also crisp cuke slices and tomatoes along side our wonderful array of goodies.
Even though our lunch was delivery, somehow the goodies arrived warm and those that ordered falafel pita sandwiches were pleased to see that they were not soggy. I couldn't believe how quickly we gobbled up all that food! Our bellies full....we got back to the task at hand with a smile on our faces. Needless to say the Boustan delivery guy made a repeat trip the next day! I'm finding out, the easy way mind you, that Montreal has a wide variety of ethnic culinary delights....and I've only scratched the surface.
Right in the heart of the rowdy party area of downtown, Boustan is GREAT lebanese food. Chicken and rice halal is the staple in NYC, but what I find is that Boustan offers quality and taste. Their falafel and chicken schwarma sandwiches come in a very thin pita, which is awesome and doesn't make you want to puke from being too full. At around 1am or so, the place had a decent number of patrons but wasn't packed at all. The wait was short and sweet. I heard the worker/owner tell a guy that he would give him a refund if he didn't think the sandwich was THE BEST IN THE WORLD. Now how can you not go here? I miss it already!
I went here on numerous occasions over the past 3 years. The owner is the greatest and makes every effort to prepare your dish how you want it. The food is unique and can not be matched. Waiting for a location in the United States.
Best Shwarma in town.
really I shouldn't have to say more than this, but for the sake of defending my position.....
First Shwarma is a Lebanese dish, meat, often chicken or beef, cooked on a vertical spit over a vertical BBQ of sorts. The meat is shaved off the outsides of the spit as it cooks ensuring you always get crispy goodness. You can either have the meat on a plate with rice, potatoes and salad or as a pita sandwich, similar to a Donner, or souvlaki.
What Boustan does differently than everywhere else, is to really grill the finished sandwich over a fire, toasting the pita, this gives a unique taste. And Mr. Boustan is there just about every night, till closing at 4:00am or later, the man really livens up the place. Boustan's has to be good former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau ate here while he was still alive.
I love Boustan!
The food is great, the guys are very friendly and nice to talk with, it's pretty cheap, and they deliver!
I prefer Amir; the meat at Boustan is overly charred for me and the pickled vegetables are too strong. But I imagine Boustan is probably more authentic. Also it always kind of grossed me out that one employee would wear the same purple latex glove for everything - preparing food, taking money, etc etc.
Come for the shwarma, stay for the falafels. This place is one of my favorite falafel/veggie sandwiches in the world and I've stopped in regularly over the past 15 years. Family run place and you often see the owner's son or daughter working. Quality has gone down slightly when "Mr Boustan" isn't working. But if you go while he's there, action will be high. This place feels like family with everyone in line joking around. Lots of regulars spill out from Crescent. Garlic potatoes also good if you have an appetite. Or after the bars.
