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Sana Restaurant
7 reviews for Sana Restaurant
7 reviews in English
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Review from Moufazal A.
Montréal, QC
9/18/2011
Go there for two things: hands down the best butter chicken and chick peas channa in Montreal. Get the 6$ thali with butter chicken that comes with a naan, huge portion of rice and salad for an incredible value.
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Review from Francois D.
Outremont, QC
1/16/2012
Crappy decor , friendly service with a smile and the smell of 1001 spices!!!! Probably the cheapest and best indian- pakistan dishes out there !!! The mung dhal and the eggplant dish were Outstanding.... Yes I will come again !
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Review from Raji S.
Montréal, QC
6/9/2011
Given Sana's cheap sign and tacky décor, you wouldn't necessarily expect quality food from this halal, Punjabi/Pakistani restaurant. But when I first arrived at Sana the feeling that I struck gold hit as soon as I looked around and noticed the place bustling with other Indian people. Indians who would choose to eat out over eating at home?? Dang, this place must be good.
Sana was recommended to me by "Bob," a Pakistani green grocer who's a bit of a legend on the city's Parc Avenue. Basically, locals know to trust his wise opinion, me included. When I go out for Indian, my expectations are usually low because the best Indian food is usually home-cooked. For a cuisine that is traditionally healthy and flavorful, I find that even the recommended Indian restaurants go all junk food style'y, cutting corners wherever they can i.e.) substituting oil for butter, reducing cooking time, sacrificing flavor for portion size, etc. But Sana is home-cookery at its best: simple recipes, made with fresh ingredients.
The pakoras and samosas have the right ratio of potato to herbs and spice. I always get the dahl - perfect for sharing. The saag-paneer is the bomb - I recommend having it with naan rather than rice. The naan isn't as quite pillowy-thick and chewy as it often is elsewhere, so you're able to eat more of it without getting full too fast. I usually don't do butter chicken but Sana's is cooked just right. The only dish I don't love is the biryani - it's a tad bit on the bland side. Order a side of raiita (yogurt with cucumber) to cleanse the palette. The mango lassi's good; the chai tea isn't robust enough (but that may be a regional way of brewing it), and the gulab juman and barfi dessert are yummy town if you don't mind embracing cavities!
People complain about the service, but I come here for an awesome meal under $10, not affection. If anything, the lack of care from the staff is kind of entertaining because it seems unintentional rather than deliberately rude.
After having tried all the other listed Indian restaurants in the city, Sana is the only one I would recommend, and I recommend it highly. -
Review from A b.
Montréal, QC
12/4/2010
I'm not an expert on Pakistani/Indian food, but this place was definitely excellent!
It was cheap and fast, which is always a plus. The restaurant is halal, which is why we went, so our Muslim friend could eat some delicious meaty food! And I am so glad he brought us here. We had a couple dishes: the lamb tikka, the butter chicken, chicken biryani, and lamb kebabs. The butter chicken was uniquely savory, and spicy hot! The lamb tikka was incredible. Oddly, other reviewers (on other sites) had said the biryani was to die for, but I found it really bland and uninteresting.
The ambiance was not amazing, but really, it was not the ambiance we came for. It was for a good meal, and Sana definitely met our expectations.
Oh! Also the waiter was wearing a shirt that said "ass magnet" and I'm not sure if he knew what it meant, or not (I think he did, which is what makes it way weirder). He was a character, so I should take back my ambiance comment, because his ambiance really added to the experience! -
Review from Farin I.
3/28/2011
Not too big of a fan here...environment is pretty crappy but food is as good as it gets. Everyone else in the family is a huge fan of this place so go fig. A good place to try out for fast service and desi food :)
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Review from Mohammad H.
Montréal, QC
8/5/2010 1 photo
The best Indian/ Pakistani restaurant in eastern Canada
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Review from Ash R.
Kingston, ON
6/22/2010 1 Check-in Here
Probably the best Pakistani food in North America! Place is crappy.. But the food is CRAZY!!
