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You can't visit Montréal without going to Dunns - it is a must-do on any itinerary. Whether I can say they do the best Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich is entirely subjective as I never made it to its main competitor - Schwartz's Deli - but what I can say is that Dunns was absolutely great on both occasions we visited. I went for the Classic Combo on the first visit & the Reuben Combo on my second. Based on both those occasions it definitely lives up to the hype....it's good!! Personally I prefer the leaner meat (you are given a choice) as the standard one is rather greasy for my pallet & you end up with oily fingers which isn't nice but that's a matter of taste.
On both occasions we were welcomed by the lovely staff & given help with the menu. Particularly on the first visit when we went at peak period & there were people standing in line at the door there was no pressure to pay up & leave once we were finished which is often the case with'popular' restaurants/diners. On the second visit we tried their in-house pickle flavoured ketchup & it was fantastic. We were offered a bottle for CA$9.00 but sadly our luggage was already full!
Although it is small-ish restaurant you don't worry about finding a table as it is open 18 hours a day, but do get there as soon as it opens at 11am as the local lunch crowd will soon fill it up.
Fist time here, hopefully not the last. We had a group of 8 which is a bit much to ask for but they managed to find us 2 booths beside each other. Our waiter was excellent & funny. The food was perfect.
I came into your downtown location Thursday evening around 8:30 PM. My waiter's name was Steve. The food was very good as usual, the service was good until it came time for dessert. I asked the waiter for your famous strawberry cheesecake. He replied to me' we are completely out' I had a hard time believing it, but I paid & I left.
Famous place, after theatre late smoked meat platter , we enjoyed a good service & the generous portion was good!
4 stars for the service & atmosphere & overall over the years I have always felt that way it's never changed. The main aspect & most importantly the SMOKED MEAT has never changed (ONLY METCALF LOCATION ORIGINAL). Other locations are not quite as good as Metcalf is.There review here only 4.3% could be for service reasons as I have slightly noticed over the years but on the other hand they receive a lot more customers then Smoke meat Pete or Lesters & Schwartz they are full of crap with 4.4 which finally went down 0.1 recently. I can promise Dunn's Metcalf is still currently the very best as. Far as the smoke meat goes absolutely 100%. They were. Always #2 overall since 1927 only Swhartz beat. Them out until 1997 when Swhartz family sold & with 47 owners in the past 30 years they are. Horrible I would go to Swhartz if you paid. Now
Actually enjoy my smoked meat sandwich. There was a lot of people waiting, but I was alone so the service was fast I sat on at the bar & in 5 minutes I was eating.