Arthur's Nosh Bar est une adresse prisée pour ses brunchs où l'ambiance est chaleureuse et vivante. La nourriture est surtout décrite comme réconfortante et savoureuse, avec des spécialités juives revisitées et des incontournables comme les syrniki, les latkes, le gravlax et divers sandwiches ; les pancakes, notamment les syrniki et les cottage cheese pancakes, sont souvent mis en avant. Les portions sont généreuses et l'ensemble est apprécié pour l'équilibre sucré et salé et le pain challah au miel. Les avis soulignent aussi des temps d'attente importants, surtout les jours d'affluence, et recommandent d'arriver tôt ou de s'inscrire sur la liste d'attente. Le service est parfois exceptionnel, parfois plus lent ou variable, mais de nombreuses critiques évoquent une équipe aimable et attentive lorsque tout va bien. Le bruit et le coût peuvent être des freins pour certains, mais l'expérience reste pour beaucoup une valeur sûre et un incontournable du brunch; les pancakes et le gravlax sont régulièrement salués comme des points forts. En somme, Arthur's Nosh Bar propose une expérience distinctive et gourmande, largement recommandée pour les amateurs de pancakes et de comfort food, avec la condition d'être prêt à attendre et à tolérer une ambiance animée et des prix parfois élevés.
The staff was super nice & attentive. While the food was good, it was not what I expected hearing about this place for years. The avocado toast was good, egg was cooked perfectly. The Challah with butter & honey was cut too thick & didn't have enough honey, only tasted of grease butter, I was provided more honey upon request. The famous cottage cheese pancakes: maybe it was just a bad batch but they were doughy & raw towards the middle. The flavour had potential but overshadowed by the underdone inside. Overall it was an ok experience but not worth the hours long wait that some people sat there for.
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.
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.
An hour to wait, but they committed to that from the time we gave our number, so points for accuracy. The cottage cheese pancakes with blueberries were unique & unparalleled. This place deserves to be on your brunch dining list while in Montreal.
