Lieu chaleureux proposant des viandes libanaises traditionnelles grillées au charbon de bois, ainsi que du thé, des trempettes, des pâtisseries et une terrasse.
Garage Beirut propose des plats libanais et moyen-orientaux authentiques qui mettent en avant des méthodes de préparation traditionnelles et des profils d'épices audacieux. Le menu présente une variété de viandes grillées au charbon de bois, de plateaux de mezze savoureux et de préparations de légumes frais ancrées dans les traditions culinaires méditerranéennes. Les convives découvrent un environnement défini par une esthétique d'inspiration industrielle qui contraste avec la chaleur de l'hospitalité levantine classique. Chaque assiette se concentre sur l'équilibre des textures, utilisant des ingrédients essentiels comme le tahini, le zaatar et l'huile d'olive pressée à la main pour ancrer l'expérience gustative. Cet établissement priorise l'intégrité des produits régionaux en maintenant des normes cohérentes pour la préparation et la présentation. L'atmosphère reste axée sur un engagement communautaire décontracté, laissant les saveurs robustes du Levant occuper une place centrale.
Garage Beirut est largement reconnu comme une perle cachée à Montréal, célèbre pour sa cuisine libanaise authentique et savoureuse qui évoque une qualité traditionnelle faite maison. Les convives apprécient fréquemment l'atmosphère chaleureuse et accueillante, que beaucoup décrivent comme une expérience semblable à un repas en famille. Le personnel est constamment mis en avant pour sa gentillesse, son attention et ses conseils, ce qui contribue à une expérience culinaire globalement positive. Bien que certains clients trouvent les portions petites ou les prix plus élevés que prévu, la majorité des visiteurs considèrent que la qualité des ingrédients, comme les trempettes fraîches, les viandes grillées tendres et les hors-d'œuvre remarquables, justifie amplement la visite, faisant de cet établissement une destination hautement recommandée pour ceux qui recherchent un repas mémorable et authentique.
This place is a hidden gem & has authentic Lebanese food. It's a small place, so make sure to make a reservation to secure a table.
The food. Incredible. We had the fattoush salad, dip tasters, the shish taouk, shish taouk chilli chicken & the garlic potatoes. Everything was delicious, but I do have to highlight the garlic potatoes! The best I have ever had! The garlic dip & fresh pitas are also good. I also recommend the red house wine or a beruit beer.
The staff was very friendly & attentive. Made our experience that much better.
I liked trying Garage Beirut, the food was good & the staff was great as well!
However, in terms of value for money, I did find it quite pricey for the portions served. We ordered the dip platter, which came with four individually sized dips to share, which was understandable. We also ordered one shish taouk & one kefta plate (+ 1 lemonade, +1 coke 0)
The kefta plate came with two skewers, some pickles, & a bit of onion & garlic sauce, while the shish taouk plate was basically the equivalent of two chicken skewers with pickles, half an onion & a bit of hummus. The portions were pretty small considering each plate cost around $25, which isn't insignificant.
In total, we ended up paying about $97, which felt like a lot for the amount of food we were served.
Really good place ! Very kind staff. We are vegetarians, ordered the dip taster & fatter hummus - both delicious & filling. Will be back when we are in Montreal :)
Small underground restaurant on the cozier side for sure. Best Lebanese food I've had so far! Their dip sampler is a must order & chicken was juicy! Reservations are highly recommended.
Food was incredibly bland & tasteless. The dips lacked a garlicky & olive oil taste. The rice lacked any aroma. The chicken & koftan were both bland, dry, & nothing special.
Had been meaning to go here for years. It did not disappoint. Had the dip spread, kebabs & fattoush salad & a lemonade to drink. Everything was excellent, highly recommended!
My friends & I traveled to Montreal for the first time & this was the first dinner location we tried. Lebanese food was new to most of us but we were excited to try! The atmosphere & interactions felt very cozy & personal, almost like we were joining someone's home for dinner.
The food was delicious! Being new to Lebanese, I was so excited to see many vegetarian options as well! I unfortunately did not get any pictures of the food! We tried the dip taster that allowed us to try lots of smaller plates of hummus, baba ghannouj, labneh, & muhammara. We had the tabbouleh & vegetarian kibbeh as well. But the star of the show for me was the fried cheese, rikakat jebneh!
Will definitely visit again if I come back to Montreal! Thank you for the wonderful hospitality!
Garage Beruit has incredible food! The depth of the flavor in everything we ordered was remarkable! It's one of the best meals I've ever eaten. We ordered the 4 dips on the appetizer menu & each one had a unique flavor drizzled with the best fruity tasting olive oil. We also ordered the 4 deep fried appetizers. The round darker colored one (sorry I don't speak French & I don't remember what it was called) was delicious! The spices in it complemented each other perfectly to create a warm bite of heaven. Then we got the chicken skewer as well. The chicken was perfectly well done, but not over done-juicy & well spiced. Compliments to the chef for a meal I will never forget!
The place itself is tiny. Tried to get a reservation on same day via website, & it was apparently fully booked... decided to go anyway hoping we may be able to sit if we waited a little bit; Lo & behold, the place was completely empty??? So no wait time for us (yay!)
Service:
Service was quick & courteous without more... exchanged maybe 15 words with the waitress from start to finish.
Food:
We ordered
- Fattouch salad
- Cold mezzes tasting plater (hummus, baba ganouj, labneh & muhamara for 22$)
- Hot mezze tasting plater (patries - for 24$)
- kibbeh neye (raw beef with bulgur)
The kibbeh neye was good; its price,quality & quantity in line with other good libanese/syrian restaurants.
The fattoush salad was a ~mess~:
For 18$ I expect more salad than the size of my hand or at the very least a good quality salad. The salad was extremely bland; aside from the fresh mint & overly generous pomegranate molasses drizzle on top there was no identifiable dressing. There were giant chunks of tomatoes (1 1/2' thick), & about 3 large pieces of libanese cucumber.
The cold mezze were ~VERY~ expensive for their price & the quality was frankly not there. This was the worst baba banouj we've ever tasted (doubtful they even put salt in there), the muhamara was... okay, the labneh was a complete bust (plain, store-bought quality labneh decorated with ~dried~ mint. There was about 2 table spoons' worth of dip in every tiny bowl.
The hot mezzes were really good - again, too expensive for the size.
