Guaca & Molé

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1 Review

5.0

Great drink menu & amazing food. Beautiful decor & ambiance! Everyone needs to come down & support this great restaurant !!! I'll definitely be back 🍹

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1 Review

5.0

Food & drinks were excellent, super friendly staff & great service.
Really happy your were our 1st choice for our return to in-house dining.
See you soon!

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1 Review

5.0

Great Mexican restaurant with excellent food & wonderful portions! Also some of the most awesome drinks anywhere! Glad we were able to finally enjoy one of our favourite eating spots!

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1 Review

5.0

Great service, great drinks & great food! The scallops from the ceviche melted in your mouth! The tacos were also very good, made from pulled meat.

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1 Review

3.5

The food was very good, as were the drinks.
The waitress who eventually served us was very helpful & friendly, but run off her feet, while other wait people were quite slow, so we initially sat around for quite a long time without any service.

Lisa-4669

5 Reviews

3.0

Food is alright. I found them to be stingy on the guacamole which is odd considering their name. Never enough toppings for their fajitas.

One good thing is their drink menu. Excellent choice of cocktails.

PagMy-8685

1 Review

5.0

I was there at 8:30 & waited 10 minutes at the bar which was ok since the place was so busy. My girlfriend had the salmon I had the steak fajitas & the other couple had the ceviche salad & the lamb shank. The food was to die for. The drinks especially the margaritas were amazing. Finally a Mexican resto that uses real lime. It is rare that we find such good Mexican food in the west.
The service was perfect & we had no complaints. They were busy but always kept a smile which is what I look for in service. We were even offered a tequila digestif. I am going to make this place a weekly visit!

When is Resto Montreal going to stop these obvious shill comments. All these comments with just 1 review praising this place should be deleted.

Bison Stew

Feb 9, 2016

MichellePo-1590

1 Review

5.0

Amazing!!! I was going to another restaurant for dinner with my friend when pulling in to the parking I saw this restaurant & being a mexican food lover asked my friend if she minded going here instead! So very happy that she accepted the change! OMG the food was great, the drinks were delicious & the atmosphere was fun & it was very reasonably priced! I will definitely be going back!!! It's on my fave list !!!!

foodie-8449

1 Review

4.5

I brought my family to this restaurant for my father's birthday, the food was excellent. I had a taco tataki & calamaries & they were excellent. Other dishes we ordered were the fajitas, the lamb shank & the ceviche, all were pleased. Also I had a massive drink called the bulldog which was excellent!

The service on the other hand lacked a bit. We could tell that the staff was new & some were lost but we could tell that they cared very much for the service they offered. We were asked by many waiters & busboys if everything was ok many times, which made up for their lack of experience.

My father was treated to dessert for his birthday & my sister got herself a cheesecake. The churros were good & my sister seemed pleased about the cheesecake.

Great ambiance, decor on point & good music!
One of my favorite restaurants in the west island

Quesito&Vinito

5 Reviews

4.0

Had enchiladas & my gf some fish taco tataki. For drinks we had margaritas & a monstrosity called "BULLDOG", so good! Loved the place, although the waiting staff needs to improve. It's a new restaurant, so for sure they'll get it right. Will be back!

Monica Viti

1 Review

2.0

Our daughter's soccer team held their end-of-season party here. The ambiance was very nice --- chique. The bar drinks look very festive & trendy.

The service left a lot to be desired. Only one senior person seemed to know what he was doing. Everyone else was in a bit of a daze. For instance, we did not all get menus, even after we asked for them. One waiter took our drink order & we were later told we had to order again with someone else. Only three people at our table of ten were asked whether they wanted coffee/dessert. In all fairness, we were a large party which is difficult to manage, for even the most seasoned restaurateurs. I think wiith a little more experience, this place can work out the kinks & get the service to a good level.

The real issue for me is that I was disappointed with the food. I expect Mexican cuisine to offer big bold flavours but my fajita was a little bland. I would have added salt but there were no salt or pepper shakers on the tables. My son's steak was burnt. The guacamole was excellent.

I will try this place again in a few months. Hopefully by then, I can write a more positive follow-up review.

Rsrour

1 Review

5.0

Great atmosphere, amazing cocktails & margaritas, wonderful appetizers - fun place to hang out with friends, share drinks & food. There were so many good choices to order, we decided to order a whole bunch & share, & I think this is the best & funnest way to try the menu. The taco tataki & ceviche are must-haves.
I've been twice with my kids & my 5year old loves the panko shrimp taco.

Bison Stew

10 Reviews

3.0

Meh, that pretty much sums it up. First off they need to get the kinks out of the service, everyone seemed lost. I understand they have only recently opened but they need to get it together. I'm assuming they will.

Worth another shot I guess in a few weeks. Not enough pork on the menu, this is supposed to be a Mexican resto, where's the pork?

I'll stick to the Mexican places in the Plateau but will check it out again when I'm in the West Island. My lamb burrito was just OK, it didn't taste like anything though not even like lamb.

Adding a postscript to my original review on 8/10.

People calm down, it's just a restaurant & people's livelihoods are at stake when you come out & rip someone a new one. So your drink took too long to come, suck it up. Why is everyone so malicious? These posts are horrible, from both sides. You have people who are pissed & then you have obvious shill reviews. Enjoy life, it's just a restaurant, no one died.

mariajllo

1 Review

4.0

The margaritas & the food were so good. Big menu with a lot of options to chose. Travel to mexico many times & found it as one or the only ones in mtl to offer aurhebtic mexican food & drinks. Lovely decoration. Nice parking. I recommend it to all. Service need to improve since they are really inexperieced but that will be my only point to improve! :)

lioness

2 Reviews

4.5

Best of west island Mexican restaurants at this point & we need so many more. Right now only one of authentic ones. Very laid back. No need to dress up. Very busy,. Reservations are important right now. Ceviche is really good albeit too much liquid when served. Needs to be strained prior to serving but quire authentic. Hubby liked the beef tacos a lot. Very beefy (?) & less filling. Queso fundido very good. Drinks were amazing. Caipirinha Drinks were sooooo good. Hubby liked the margueritas! Not watered down! Service was great

OG-99

1 Review

2.5

This is the list of things that went wrong from the moment we got there:

1. Made reservations but they didn't have my name down even though they took down my full name with my phone number.
2.We had to ask for the drink menu. We ordered some drinks & got them 40 mins later.
3. We had to ask for chips & salsa & were told by our waiter 10 mins after he said he would bring them that they didn't have anymore. Meanwhile, the table next to us was served chips by another waitress. Then we asked the hostess passing by & she brought us chips.
4. The waiter refilled the water half glass & didn't refill it for everyone at our table.
5. He kept saying the food is coming soon like it was a script. An hour after ordering, we finally got part of our food. Appetizers & main meals came at the same time.
6. They messed up my order & it took another 15 mins to get it & once I got it, everyone at my table was done eating.
7. Never asked if we wanted other drinks.
8. We had to ask for the dessert menu. We were never asked if we wanted coffee or tea. The waiter was selective on who he asked wanted dessert. We had to get up & go get him to place our order.
9. Dessert came with no forks. We had to wait again for that.
10. When it came time to pay, the machine for the credit cards wasn't working because their internet was down. Waited some more until it was back up. Once it was back up the machine ran out ot paper.

I never write reviews but everything that could go wrong, went wrong so I just had to share. On a positive note, the food was good. It's too bad everything else was terrible.

Marcelann

1 Review

2.0

Nice to have a new Mexican place in the West Island again. Location is great, parking is easy, restaurant bright & airy without the typical cheesy Mexican 'decor', seating is original & comfortable, the place has everything going for it to become an 'it' place but...
... Music is way too loud: can hardly hear each other sitting across the table from each other
... Service was interminably long: got our drinks & appetizers within 15 minutes when restaurant was empty, but as it was filling up, it took approx. 40 minutes for the waiter to come back to take our orders which were served somewhere between warm & hot, about 35 minutes later (we had been seated 90 minutes by then). We had to wait another 20 minutes or so after having finished our meals for the waiter to come check in on us. We were not offered coffee or dessert, nor we would have been willing to wait around for them. By the time the bill was paid & we walked out, we had been in the restaurant for 2:35 hours!
... Menu is a modern mix between traditional Mexican & modern (ex: ceviche sushi!) which is refreshing, but disappointing if you were hoping for some authentic fare. As for the dishes's execution, presentation was nice, but flavors & seasoning is off (2 orders of guacamole were too salty - should be more lime & just a pinch of salt - Piña Colada was sickeningly too rich & sweet, chicken tacos were a complete mess of blandness while the chipotle steak & vegetables was a delight.)
... Staff seems overwhelmed with waiters serving all areas of the dining room at ones (rather than sections), could not explain their dishes well (is the chicken molé, red or green molé? euh... let me check).** we were asked not to push the authentic Mexican plates on the table so as not to scratch the tables !

As mentioned above, this place has everything to make it a cool place to dine, but a few weeks into its existence, it seems to be unprepared to deliver the level of experience that will make people go back. I certainly hope they get a handle on things very quickly because I want to try out a few more items on the menu.... & I hope the next time will be better, otherwise there will not be a 3rd... sadly.

Chelsea

1 Review

4.0

Really cute restaurant with great fun decor & a good balance between dinning room & bar. The drinks were amazing with lots of garnish. The food was okay. Missing a bit of that spicy, lime freshness you may expect from Mexican food. I'd try again once they tweak the menu. Music & atmosphere was cool