Dans l'ensemble, Garden Room - Mae Sri est percu comme offrant une cuisine thaï authentique et délicieuse, avec des plats variés et des portions généreuses qui passent bien au rapport qualité prix. Le cadre séduit par une ambiance cosy et verdoyante, un éclairage chaleureux et un toit vitré qui crée une atmosphère agréable pour un dîner entre amis ou en couple. Le service est majoritairement apprécié pour son accueil et son professionnalisme, avec des conseils de menu utiles et une énergie conviviale, même lors des soirées chargées. Quelques avis mentionnent des revers comme un service parfois lent ou inégal selon les moments, une écoute qui peut manquer et des plats parfois trop épicés ou mal équilibrés, notamment pour les options vegan ou végétariennes lorsque la sauce poisson entre en jeu. Malgré ces remarques, la plupart des convives recommandent l'endroit et n'hésitent pas à revenir, souvent en soulignant la constance de la qualité des plats et l'attention du personnel. En somme, Garden Room - Mae Sri est vu comme une expérience thaïe convaincante et agréable, à privilégier pour une sortie culinaire avec une belle ambiance et des saveurs respectées.
Disappointing Experience - Poor Service & Unbalanced Food
We visited Garden Room - Mae Sri last night as a group of five, including two vegetarians, & unfortunately, the experience was quite disappointing.
From the moment we arrived, the service was slow & inattentive. A thin, bald server with one earring attended to us, & his attitude came off as unwelcoming. It took 20 minutes just to take our order after we were seated. Throughout the evening, we literally had to get up from our table multiple times just to get someone's attention-for placing orders, asking questions, & finally, even to request the bill.
The only highlight of the evening was the bartender, who was genuinely polite & served us some well-made, enjoyable cocktails.
As for the food, we started with the papaya salad, which had good flavor but came in a very small portion for the price.
For mains, I ordered the stir-fried Thai vegetables with rice & my friend had the Pad Thai. We clearly requested them to be made moderately spicy (level 3), as we're quite familiar with spice levels at other Thai restaurants in Montreal. Unfortunately, both dishes arrived bland, with barely any flavor.
We asked for the spice to be adjusted, but what came back was the complete opposite-both vegetarian dishes were so excessively spicy that they were practically inedible. It felt careless & made the experience even more frustrating.
For a bill that came to $75 per person, the service & food quality were far below expectations.
While the ambiance was nice & the cocktails enjoyable, the overall experience-especially the poor service & the inconsistent handling of our food-makes it hard to recommend this restaurant. There's potential, but until the service improves & the kitchen learns to balance flavors properly, I wouldn't return.
This place is amazing! Great ambiance, great playlist, friendly staff & amazing food. If you like Thai food you'll love it! Clayre was our waitress & she was an angel
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If you come to this restaurant thinking the'vegan' section of the menu is safe, you are sadly very mistaken. Most of the food is cooked in a fish sauce & is not able to be made otherwise, including food marked as vegan or vegetarian. The only food I was comfortable eating was the vegan fried rice, which was delicious & not made with said fish sauce, but having made the reservation specifically for the pad thai & not being able to eat any noodle dishes, I was highly disappointed. The food was great overall but quite deceiving.
We tried pad thai & boat noodles & they were both delicious. The only thing I didn't like was the cocktail because it was too strong & tasted more like a shot but I guess some people might like that :) For drink I recommend the milk tea. Service & ambiance are great
Flavours were ok but our experience was saddly deceiving. After receiving our drinks (that were good), orders were sent to the wrong table, we were placed at a table close to the entry door & were feeling the cold air everytime someone came in for Uber eats even if we asked when entering to have a table at the back (restaurant was half empty, the tables at the back were never taken throughout our 1h45min stay). Our main dishes came at best at room temperature & asked to correct the situation. We were told they would be remade but only to find that they were most likely quickly reheated in a microwave or something (meatballs & prawns were still lukewarm, my plate missing the same prawn I had tasted before asking to correct the situation). Our Pad Thai was a ball of rice noodles stuck together most likely for being waiting on a shelves somewhere. Noticed the staff a second time without correction. Staff seemed completely lost, we changed 3-4 times of servers. Our table was never cleaned of our previous plates from the appetizer or drinks. Would not recommend for the price, there are other great Thai restaurants in the city for this money.
5 janv. 2025
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Nous sommes venus mardi midi & avons pris un pad thai & une soupe tom yum, c'était très bon. Merci à Justine pour ses excellents conseils & sa gentillesse !
Pour notre deuxième visite dans ce temple de lo street food thailandaise à Montréal, ma copine & moi avons une fois de plus été transportés, comme si chaque plat nous ramenait aux ruelles animées de Bangkok. Cette adresse a su capturer l'essence de la cuisine de rue thailandaise, & chaque bouchée est une véritable explosion de saveurs & de textures. Nous avons commencé par des boulettes de porc marinées dans un mélange épicé sucré-salé, grillées à la perfection. La chair tendre & juteuse contrastait magnifiquement avec l'aspect légèrement croustillant de l'extérieur. Le tout accompagné d'une sauce à la cacahuète onctueuse qui ajoutait une profondeur gourmande avec une pointe de piquant en fin de bouche. Le plat suivant, un Pad Thai revisité, était tout aussi exaltant. Les nouilles parfaitement al dente, légèrement caramélisées, s'associaient à des crevettes croquantes & des cacahuètes broyées pour un jeu de textures irrésistible. La sauce, subtilement sucrée & acidulée grâce au tamarin, faisait vibrer nos papilles à chaque fourchette. Non seulement la cuisine est d'une authenticité bluffante, mais le cadre ajoute une ambiance chaleureuse & décontractée qui donne envie de revenir encore & encore. Ce restaurant s'est définitivement imposé comme un incontournable à Montréal pour les amateurs de street food thailandaise, & on se sent privilégié
Overall pleasently surprised. Location: thanks to the glass roof very bright during day & airy environment, rather cozy. Staff: friendly, but service a bit slow. But overall no complaint. Food: • Noodle Green Curry • Dried Noodle with Pork Balls • Longan Sticky Rice Both main dishes were fragrant. Unlike some reviews that say the food is bland, I think that they were properly seasoned. Thai food doesn't always have to explode in your face with flavours. The dishes had subtle notes of various ingredients, be it the lemon leaves, lemongrass, coriander, roasted peanuts etc. It seemed to me as if it was well balanced, subtle, yet well seasoned, so I can't understand some of the bad reviews. Longan sticky rice was not bad too. Not overly sweet. Longan most probably canned... Overall, they seem to serve dishes which you may not necessarely find in every other thai restaurant, which is nice. They upscale certain classic street food dishes & serve certain dishes which are more common in the north of Thailand. In general, if you want to discover thai food other than green or red curry, pad thai etc. I recommend to check out Garden Room.
Great ambiance & cute location. Food was excellent & came at a timely manner. I really recommend the Hainan friend chicken & pad thai. The seafood rad na was tasty also but the noodles didn't stay crispy for long as there was so much sauce. Service was lackluster, they gave us another table's order twice. We also had to wait 15 mins after requesting the bill. Kind of disappointment since the restaurant was quite empty.
I ordered Ayudthaya boat noodles & it came in a very big bowl. The taste was authentic as if I was eating this bowl in Ayudthaya. The broth was so good & thick. The meat balls were the best part of it! Very tasty & you will feel the intensity of meat. The beef in the bowl was perfectly cooked & sliced. Then I ordered tapioca & it came with pandan flavor & very thick coconut cream on top. It's such a perfect way to finish my appetite. Furthermore, Thai milk tea was so perfect! Not too sweet & very milky, but too pricy for the small portion of drink. The atmosphere was very cozy & chilling. The opened roof & walls made it even more relaxing to hangout with your beloved ones. The service here was extraordinary. The waitress always made sure my cup of water was full. I'm so impressed, & I will definitely come back here again.
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Good service by Anna. I was disappointed in the papaya salad, too fishy for my taste & too little papaya. The pad Thai Mae Sri was delicious as well as the green curry.
The food is amazing, one of the best Thai restaurants in Montreal. The restaurant itself is also very cozy & bright. Our waitress Anna is very attentive & friendly.
i wanted to try this new location because i love mae sri comptoir thaï next to mcgill. i'll be honest, i was a bit disappointed with the food. the spring rolls looked like they were taken out of the freezer & placed in the oven. the papaya salad was good but nothing wow. i also had the chicken green curry. although the curry had a great taste it was a bit too sweet for me & the chicken was overcooked. however, the atmosphere is really nice, we had a great hue on the bar & the waiters were really welcoming. i will not be coming back to this location in the future. but that doesn't mean i will not be going back to the one next to mcgill.
Nice calm ambience, we sat outside. We enjoyed being surrounded by the plants/greenery while still being in the middle of downtown. Food was great, we ended up liking what we ordered, & the portions were generous (Hainanese chicken & Baa Mee Moo-we recommend either, the latter is a bit more unique, though). We were served by Tom & service was prompt & attentive, but not overbearing. I thought the iced Thai tea could've been a bit more generous portion-wise for the price, but it tasted great nonetheless. desserts were presented nicely & tasted great, we recommend both the sticky rice & the tapioca pudding. Will definitely come back for another date night.
Belle terrasse, le "garden room" à l'intérieur est aussi très bien décoré. Les toilettes sont propres & stylées aussi! Les plats sont bons, belle présentation, portion juste correcte. Ce n'est pas un coup de coeur mais un restaurant qui mérite sa place pour une envie de bouffe thaï en ville à prix raisonnable.
