These reviews present Décarie Hot Dog as a nostalgic Montreal staple known for its classic steamies, hot dogs, fries, and poutine, with many readers calling it the best or an iconic stop that keeps delivering comfort and memories for generations, even as some note a decline in sauce richness, crunch, and overall consistency in recent visits. While longtime fans celebrate its history and affordability, others mention occasional lapses in cleanliness, service mood, and the cash only policy, and a few ask for a return to the previous poutine sauce and classic texture. Overall, Décarie Hot Dog remains a beloved, imperfect institution that still draws people back for the signature steamies, hearty fries, and poutine, with nostalgia carrying more weight than novelty.
Not a restaurant but an institution with history. Poutine is delicious with hearty fries, smooth gravy, & chewy cheese curds. Best of all, it's not just a salty sloppy mess like many others.
It's the classic Decarue hot dog that I've loved all the way since I was a kid. Still cash only & the steamés are The classic luster perfection. Get them all dressed as they have to be made, get some fries & you've got nostalgic perfection. Every time I'm in Montreal, I make it a point to stop by there. Even if it's way out of the way & I have to fight through the expressway. Still worth it.
The restaurant owners are very nice, sweet people, the restaurant is very authentic, one of the oldest on the street, everything looks very cool. & yes, it's very tasty!
Bonne frite maison, hot-dog, hamburger depuis plus de 50 ans que je le connais. Juste dommage que leurs enfants qui poursuit la tradition ont fait disparaître leur fameux Fish & Chip. Mais il est toujours sur leur mur & ne voulais pas me dire comment il le faisait! Hihihi.
Even though I quite enjoyed the flavours of the fries, I feel like it was lacking a bit of crunch to them. The hot dog was a bit disappointing in size for around 2.50$ but it ended up being pretty good. I had it all dressed & I really enjoyed the overall flavour profile of it. The poutine was also quite interesting in flavours, it varied from the usual plain brown sauce which was enjoyable. The portion was pretty hefty for around 10$ they charge for it. The service was pretty unenthusiastic. Everyone seemed to be a bit grumpy & unhappy when I walked into the restaurant. The counter waitress even gave out a sigh before serving me. However, they were working quite efficiently. By the time I had paid for the food, the order was already almost completed. The last thing that bothered me during my visit was that their card machine was down. There were so many more items I wanted to try out but I couldn't because I only had a limited amount of cash on me.
Only cash, the poutine tasted like water... absolutely no flavor, it was a pain to finish it.... I went at 11pm so be careful maybe it was only the person working
UPADTE: I bought a frozen poutine for 3.99 at Provigo & it was better
UPDATE 2 YEARS LATER: Poutinr still taste really bad, hotdogs are good tho.
Just another greasy spoon from an antiquated era. Workers are soulless & apathetic for the most part, one guy was okay. Food was meh, hot dogs & fries are definitely the move. Don't do yourself the disservice of getting the poutine, the gravy's just used engine oil & the cheese curds are not authentic. Oh, speaking of antiquated, they only take cash in an area of no banks & sketchy atms with exorbitant fees. This place is definitely a drunk eats place ONLY!
