Overall, reviews portray Jay Bhavani Vadapav as a casual, family friendly spot that captures the authentic Indian street food vibe with vadapav, misal pav, dabeli, sev puri, and a variety of chaat and Jain options; many diners praise bold Indian flavors, fresh tasting pav bhaji, and a welcoming, efficient service, with highlights on butter vadapav and satisfying, spicy Indo Chinese pairings; the atmosphere is described as warm and vibrant, and the menu is noted for value, quick service, and a reliable selection of vegetarian options; a few critiques mention inconsistent portion sizes and freshness, occasional slow or inattentive service, and in some cases pricing or value perceptions that could be improved, as well as a few menu items that do not meet expectations, but the overall impression remains that the place delivers flavorful, comforting street food that tastes like home and invites return visits in Montreal.
Let me start with this: I've never seen a place sell vada pav as a single. Most spots serve them in pairs of two. Secondly, there's nothing authentic about this place. A vada pav is supposed to be served on a soft ladi pav, but they use a hamburger bun here, which just doesn't work.
To make matters worse, adding extra butter or cheese costs about $2-3 each unbelievably expensive for a spot without even a place to sit. That'extra cheese' gets you a single teaspoon & a lot of disappointment. This place is incredibly overrated; everything we ate was below average. We ordered half the menu, & nothing was worth a second try. As for the staff, they were just there-rude & clearly didn't care about service.
Brother please stop selling your high heart attack bun in the name of maska bun your maska buns are nothing but, piece of bread by mistakenly dropped in Margerien.
Really disappointing. I did delivery order via doordash.
First, the order took 90 minutes for delivery, longer than any other restaurant & the order was not placed in odd hours that it takes time to prepare.
Second, on their menu there is an item: paneer manchurian (I would assume it is manchurian balls prepared using paneer). To my disappointment, the item I received had chunks of paneer & regular manchurian balls along with it. Big disappointment.
Third, they missed to send half the items that I ordered. When I called, there was a very casual response that the team forgot to send the items & I can get a refund on doordash.
To conclude, the quality of food is below average, the service is really bad. If tit took 90minutes, I atleast expected fresh food which was not the case.
Mar 31, 2026
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I noticed on Uber Eats that the restaurant is offering Manchurian for $23.99 as a buy one get one free deal. However, the normal price of Manchurian at many other places is already much lower than this. It feels like the price has been increased just to advertise the offer. This doesn't seem like a genuine deal for customers. I hope the restaurant reviews its pricing & keeps it fair.
I came across this place 3 weeks ago ! I have tried most of their chaats ! I have been there 4 times already & the reason is they have option(s) for jain & swami Narayan , before that i never used to get the chaats ! I would rate their pao bhaji the best , vada pav second , rest everything , was ok-ok ! The service is great & people are nice ! I will stick to what I like .
Feb 17, 2026
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When i visited them again there was a guy & he was literally rude who needs to be trained on customer satisfaction… he wasn't answering to the point but used statement like'We will not make fresh idli just for you'.
The tawa biryani was again so so, not so good.
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The staff was friendly & assisting
The food items were very average, not authentic taste, & the bread felt old , even the manchurian balls were not fresh. Fried rice was bit more salty.
Definitely a vegetarian option, but they need to improve taste & make it more authentic.
The food was very bad. We ordered so many items & we also ordered Rajbhog Lassi which was stale & tasted very bad; it was watery very watery. Mexican sandwich was disgusting, its like they have made sandwich with pav bhaji, the feeling of sandwich literally tasted like pavbhaji.
Staff was very friendly & helpful!
Delicious ffod, all vegetarian, which is very great!
I didn't know what all the things were, but everything we had was exciting & tasty! I really recommend the vadapavs!!
