Overall, Arthurs Nosh Bar is widely praised for comforting, flavorful brunch with standout pancakes and syrniki, cottage cheese pancakes, latkes and gravlax, and many note that the pancakes are a must try and among the best in the city, while the atmosphere is described as cozy and lively even when crowded. Reviewers emphasize the popularity and frequent long waits for a table or for food, with some days requiring hours, though some receive text updates or prefer to order takeout to enjoy in a nearby park. Service is a mixed bag: several accounts of warm, friendly, attentive staff contrast with reports of slow, impersonal, or inconsistent service when the restaurant is busy, and a few isolated hygiene or attentional issues are mentioned. Portions are generally generous, prices sometimes perceived as high but often deemed justified by quality and variety, including latke smorgasbord, gravlax plates, breakfast sandwiches, and the iconic McArthur sandwich. Reservations are not always available at certain locations, so plan ahead for weekends or consider visiting when less busy. Overall, Arthurs Nosh Bar comes across as a standout brunch spot with memorable food and a distinctive vibe, worth the wait for many diners and a frequent favorite for those seeking a Montreal based Jewish deli inspired experience.
I've never actually been here as the one time I did try to go the wait was about 45 minutes which I didn't have the time for but I've ordered many times on Uber eats & the food is extremely delicious. One of my favorite places to order from
Food was very good, pancakes were delicious, latkas amazing, breafast sandwich pretty good. Overall great experience. Place is small, so expect to wait, & to be seated really tight with other people.
This is another tourist draw with a lot of social media hype. There's a long wait time (over an hour, in our case for a late brunch/early lunch). We went there to try the highly recommended cottage cheese pancakes; we tried both the plain ones & the ones with bananas. Both were pretty disappointing, considering the price & the wait time. Overall, this is a pretty average spot with very good social media marketing & hype to draw tourists.
Aug 24, 2024
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Arthur's provides a wonderful atmosphere in the super cool neighbourhood of St Henri! The Latke Smorgasbord was simply amazing! Staffed with outgoing, helpful & most accommodating servers! Had never been before but will definitely return the next time I'm in Montreal!
Victim of their own success? We arrived at 10:00 am on a Tuesday morning, & were told that there were no seats left & that we'd be seated in 30 minutes. Approximately 45 minutes later, we were able to finally sit down. The place was extremely busy & the noise level was deafening. We ordered our food & were served 45 minutes later, with only water to tide us over; no bread was offered, despite the extremely long wait. Once the food came, however, it was gorgeous. We thoroughly enjoyed our meals. Nevertheless, we will not be returning unless it becomes possible to make a reservation. We arrived at 10:00 & ate at 11:45! No apologies for the extremely long wait were offered either. Too bad the service isn't on par with the quality of the food. :(
Went for breakfast on a Monday. The latke smogasbord featured ONE latke. So... not a latke smogasbord at all. The latke was small, way too thick, & barely crispy. The lox was excellent but there was too little of it. The only generous portion on the plate was the challah, which was good, but there was not much to put on it (see: the small amount of lox, & lack of any cream cheese). The caviar mentioned in the description of the menu item was about 1/4 teaspoon worth. The Israeli salad lacked tomatoes, lemon juice, & olive oil -- 3 out of the 4 classic ingredients a proper Israeli salad should contain. The worst part? They charge almost $5 for a cup of coffee. Regular filtered coffee. You can buy a really nice cappuccino or latte for that price at any coffee house. There are free refills, if your server comes by more than once an hour, unlike ours. I'd heard great things about this place but the obscene price of the coffee & the quality of the food were very, very disappointing. Another item ordered at our table that I would caution future patrons against ordering: the lox bagel, which comes with barely any lox & 0 sides (i.e. all you will get for nearly $20 is a single bagel with a bit of lox inside).
Massively hyped, & massively underdelivered. Heard a lot of good things, so gave it a go, & my, was this a disappointment. I don't care how your brunch place operates, but you NEVER charge $4.75 for coffee, that's obscene. It's regular, filter coffee, nearly 5$ is an outrage. Ordered the smorgasbord, so let's go around the plate: Gravlax: Pretty good, nice & salty, tender, quite good. Saying the meal comes with caviar & when giving a teaspoon of it is odd though, make it a garnish, but don't advertise it. Best part o the plated. Pressed Chalalh roll: Not sure how it was pressed, fried in a bit of butter, good, but a basic challah roll. Latke: Way too think & as a result the inside was super dry. Would have MUCH preferred the same amount of potato as two thinner latkes that would have had greated consistency. The outside was nice & crispy, but this was a potato puck. Mentioning the sour cream & the apple sauce was a selling point. Providing 0.5-1 tsp of each is stupid, make it an unnamed granish. Israeli salad: This is NOT an Israeli salad. It is cucumber, white onion & dill. A true Israeli salad rarely has dill, has olive oil, salt, pepper, & especially TOMATO. That's so key. Also, usually scallions instead of white onion. Call it a side salad, call it a cucumber salad, but this is NOT an Israeli salad. Scrambled eggs were good. No complaints there. Luckily, I had some of my sister's cottage cheese pancakes & those were quite tasty. Would have those again if I ever had to go back. Two mains, 2 coffee's, tax & tip, $62. Would be okay with that price if the quality was there, but the quality was not there. Trendy should also have an element of good. This was sub-par.
