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Reuben's Restaurant Delicatessen
Categories: Restaurants Delis Restaurants Sandwiches Restaurants Canadian (Traditional) Delis, Sandwiches, Canadian (Traditional) [Edit]
888 Rue Sainte-Catherine OMontreal, QC H3B 1E2
(514) 861-1255
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 7 am - 11 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Caters:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
21 reviews for Reuben's Restaurant Delicatessen
Review Highlights
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"I'm still dreaming about their Smoked meat sandwich." In 12 reviews -
"The meat melted into your mouth." In 3 reviews -
"My favourite is the Tuna Melt - OMFG." In 2 reviews
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21 reviews in English
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Review from Lola M.
Montréal, QC
5/16/2012
Rueben's Rocks!!
I have been there three times now and every single time it has exceeded my expectations. If you read my other reviews you'll know that I am more discerning than the average person. I'll just state for the record that I have more than a little experience in the food and bev industry.
One of the hardest things to pull off in the restaurant industry is consistently good service. Servers have been gracious and attentive every time. Also, the place is clean.
The Smoked meat is on a par with the best in Montreal. The sandwich is too big for most people to finish. But the real surprise was breakfast! IMHO, the best breakfast in Montreal. For less than $10 you will get a great breakfast and not walk away hungry.
The smoked meat skillet has eggs, swiss, smoked meat and fresh grilled potatoes - awesome! Bacon here is also really good. Also you can get a side plate of Smoked Meat; they grill it lightly and plate it, nicely done!!
We haven't managed to do dessert yet; I'll update when we do. I think we're going to have to go for just dessert since food here is so good I can't save room.
Dinner is not cheap but well worth it. You'll spend about $50-75 for 2. Depending on beers and dessert.
Btw, it is not far from the rue Stanley exit of Peel Metro station. -
Review from Lauren M.
Decent place for lunch.
Huge obscenely large portions, big enough to share. Prices are reasonable considering the enormous portion.
French dip sandwich was $13. Skip this, roast beef was very dry.
The Rueben melt ($14) is a much tastier option.
Sambos come with fries (exactly like McDonalds fries), a huge pickle and a side of coleslaw.
Service was very fast but probably because they want you to clear out - there's bound to be a line up for tables here. -
Review from Lilliane G.
Toronto, ON
8/22/2011 3 photos
This place is always a safe bet when you're hungry and are looking for reasonably priced food in this touristy Montreal area.
The wait staff are friendly and helpful. Their smoked meat sandwiches are delicious, tasty and juicy. My favourite is the Tuna Melt - OMFG!! Their fries are kinda meh, but the coleslaw is light and not too sweet and I love me them dill pickles. Avoid the roast beef, it's a little dry. Also, changing your side of fries to a salad tacks on an extra $4.50 to the combo price.
This place is always busy and for good reason. -
Review from Mj O.
8/9/2011
We came here for a night cap after we had dinner.. OMG! The smoked meat poutine had a mound of smoked meats on top. The 18$ sandwich was well worth it. The meat melted into your mouth.
The speciality drinks were great! There was one with raspberry puree that was decadent.
On top of that we had an amazing waitress, Julie? (sorry! its been a while and i did not have wifi while i was in CA). She rolled with all our jokes and even contributed to the hilarity that was our table. -
Review from Claire O.
12/31/2011 1 Check-in Here
Staffs are friendly even though they are Working on Christmas Eve. Very good smoke meats (beef & turkey) sandwiches! Pouting is also good stuff.
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Review from Constantine N.
Toronto, ON
10/29/2010 1 photo
The food at Reuben's is out of this world! Not only is almost everything they serve huge and relatively inexpensive, but it's also delicious. I have had a number of things here ranging from omelettes to sandwiches, and I have never been disappointed. My personal favourite is the super smoked meat sandwich with Swiss cheese that comes with fries and an amazing dish of coleslaw with a fair slice of a pickle. Furthermore, I was surprised at how even simple deserts like a brownie - which they top with vanilla ice cream and drown in hot chocolate sauce - can be brought to a new level of awesome by them. I honestly can't wait to eat here whenever I'm in Montreal.
The seating at Reuben's is also pretty good, since most (if not all) of their seats are booths. The decor is unremarkable, but who cares, when you get to stare at the beauty of your massive sandwich. Furthermore, they tend to be understaffed so the service their can somewhat suffer, but don't worry because you have a massive plate of smoked meat in front of you to comfort you and make everything right! -
Review from Monica B.
Toronto, ON
11/3/2010 6 photos
I look forward to Reuben's every time I'm in Montreal; I'm a huge fan of this place!
Reuben is located on St. Catherine's amidst all the shopping and fun. This place seems like a little hole in the wall when you see it on the street (don't confuse this place to the other restaurant called 'Rueben's Deli'). Once you open the door, your right on top of a long flight of narrow stairs going down. The dark red walls and carpet give you a cozy feel and the pictures of all their food framed up really make me hungry!
When you've finally gone down all those stairs you're greeted by a friendly worker who seats you in a booth. Almost all the seating in this restaurant are booths, which makes your dining experience more comfortable and private since you're not crowded around tables of other people. This restaurant is a basement restaurant and is all done up in a dark and warm red color. The place is pretty big, somewhat stuffy during warm seasons and has no windows; I slightly feel claustrophobic in here. The entire aura of this place is like a diner. I can see the back counter that consists of all the tempting desserts, a man making food and a little bar right next to it.
The menu comes and it's hard to choose anything since everything seems tempting. There is a great variety of everything and the prices are very reasonable too. From what I can remember, the menu consisted of appetizers, soups, salads, breakfast, variety of sandwiches, burgers, entrées that consisted of steak, seafood etc; poutine, dessert, cocktails and much more. Overtime, I had the opportunity to try the turkey club sandwich, smoked meat sandwich, French onion soup, grilled chicken caesar salad, brownie, smoked meat poutine, cocktails etc. Each order of mine was gigantic, especially the smoked meat sandwich- it's impossible to put your mouth around that sandwich, it's so big! The food was made well and tasted really good too. Their brownie dessert I won't forget, it's the best brownie I've ever had- warm brownie topped off with vanilla ice-cream and warm chocolate sauce.
The staff is friendly at Rueben's but the service can be a little slow sometimes. However, this didn't stop me from coming back; the food is just too yummy!
Overall, Reuben's Restaurant offers great food in terms of quality and quantity at reasonable prices. The service can suffer sometimes, and so can their décor. In the end, I recommend this place!Listed in: Montreal
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Review from Denis K.
8/7/2008
They said it couldn't be done, but I did it. I ate a whole plate of poutine (french fries covered in cheese, gravy, and sometimes meat) by myself. It was good, but I was really full. Service, I remember was decent.
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Review from Cindy L.
Toronto, ON
10/26/2010
Service is average but not amazing.
Food was really good. I do not recall what it was called but it was a baguette with smoked meat and Dijon mustard. It was delicious. A friend had the French onion soup and it was average but nothing special about it.
The price was decent for the quality of food we had. I would go again for the smoked meat when I visit Montreal. -
Review from Michael E.
9/18/2011
I wasn't as impressed with smoked meat as i thought i'd be.
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Review from Julie k.
3/9/2009
Really good smoked meat sandwich.
Here's my dilemma when it comes to delis...
the sandwiches are made with a ridiculous amount of meat. seriously, who eats like that? so, i always have to take some out just so i can wrap my mouth around it. but then i have a pile of useless sandwich meat begging to be eaten.
Can i should i ask for more bread and eat the equivalent of 2 sandwiches? or do i just leave the sad pile of meat?
i usually do the former followed by a trip to the drugstore for some alka-seltzer. -
Review from Elvis A.
8/20/2011
This is my go to place for Smoked Meat as I really like their Reuben Special Sandwich. I actually prefer it over the perennial favorite Schwartz. The place can get really busy but has family restaurant feel. Their steaks are surprisingly good. The service is usually good but on occasion has been spotty (being overloaded). Wine is reasonably priced. Their desserts look good but I have never tried as there are so many choices for good dessert in this city.
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Review from j m.
Montréal, QC
9/10/2008
This place was OK. I have no real complaints, but it was sort of middle of the road. We came here the day I moved all my junk into the new apartment and we were completely tired of walking. It kind of looks like if your neighborhood deli was magically whisked away to Times Square and had some weird murals painted inside.
It is in a really convenient location if you're in the middle of the big shopping district and they have some nice basic things. Their beer is quite reasonable if I remember correctly, but I think their food is a little pricey.
I recommend their roasted veggie sandwich and chips. I was amazed that some little kid at the next table ate an entire plate of poutine as his dinner (and his mother was congratulating him!!).
The servers here are really nice and quick. -
Review from Josh P.
10/11/2009 1 photo
First of all, there are two restaurants named Reuben's on Sainte-Catherine. This one is across the street from Place Montreal Trust and you have to descend a flight of stairs to get to the dining area. The dinning room is dark, the booths are cramped and narrow. The waitstaff are inhospitable although from what I could tell, if you speak french (I do not) the service suddenly gets better. After establishing that we did not speak french with our waitress, she continued to only speak to us in french even though we heard her speaking english to other employees.
The food was below average and pricey for what it was. -
Review from Joey L.
12/17/2010
I wish I could write a full review of Reuben's, unfortunately I can't comment on the food as I was never seated. I can, however, comment on the service.
My wife was off eating with friends, and I was on my own for dinner. Since Reuben's was close to my hotel and well-reviewed, that was where I'd planned on eating.
After arriving, I informed the hostess that I wanted a table for one, and that I would be happy to sit at the bar since they were busy. She took my name, told me it would be 20 minutes, and directed me to the waiting area. I waited. After she began seating people who came in after me at the bar, I asked why I'd been passed over. She looked at her sheet and said I had accidentally been overlooked. She told me they would have me seated within 15 minutes.
What?! I asked her if she was serious and she nodded dismissively.
Having no backup plan for dinner, I decided to wait it out. 20 minutes later, it happened again. A group that came in after me was seated. I asked if I'd been skipped again and her response was, "It appears so."
After standing there for over 40 minutes, I walked out. I'm still not sure why it happened, but all I got out of Reuben's was a terrible customer service experience. -
Review from Hassan A.
Toronto, ON
11/3/2009 1 Check-in Here
I'm still dreaming about their Smoked meat sandwich. Their service sucked but the food was freakn amazing!
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Review from Nina W.
8/6/2008
This was the first bar i had ever been to!! Which was a big deal for me when i was 19 years old. In montreal, they dont even card you, because you can legally drink at 18. We took the subway (my first subway too!) to the opposite side of town, to hang out, and look around at the pricey high end stores and shopping. I saw a lotus and a lamborghini in the same day down here!! We stopped here at Reubens for a drink and lunch, because it looked american!! And at this point, i was welcome to some english speaking residents. Stellar stellar service, and the bartender was from Jersey!! We sat at the bar, I drank beer and ate a pizza, excellent food by the way. Apparently they have a lot of celebrities that visit this location, there is tons of memorabilia and autographs that line the wall, from Yankee baseball players, to Marilyn Manson. A cool place to come for lunch if you are a tourist.
Listed in: ME FIRST! ME FIRST!!!
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Review from Gene Z.
8/7/2011
We went there at the suggestion of our hotel receptionist who said they had the "famous Montreal smoked meat". The smoked meat was a lightly smoked beef brisket which was the most delicious and tender I have ever eaten. The sandwich comes open face piled high with lots of meat. Accompanying it were fries and coleslaw. All were delicious as was the cheescake for desert. My wife had a Caesar salad and I had more than enough brisket to share with her. Definitely recommended for lunch.
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Review from Solomon C.
3/28/2009 1 photo
this place was ok.
I was in town for work and a friend suggested this place saying their smoked meat sandwiches were really good and this place was well known in Montreal.
so I went and ordered some smoked ham on a hero and it wasn't bad but it was nothing special. if you wanna stop by just because it's reubens, hey great! if you miss it? no big deal. -
Review from Charles H.
Montréal, QC
6/16/2010
Good food, nice for a quick lunch or an informal dinner with a friend...the waitress was a bit bitchy...not good for seniors citizens since they have to walk downstairs and then climb back . I will go back if I have no other choice.
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Review from James J.
10/21/2008
i sometimes prefer going to reubens over scwartz's - no long lines here, comfortable booths, and a lot of the times i prefer the smoked meat here - over that of schwartz's. the last few times i've been back to montreal i've noticed schwartz's smoked meat was a little dry. i think schwartz's might be a little overrated. reubens is a good deli on it's own and it's in a great location.
