Located on McGill Street, Le 409 is a contemporary Indian restaurant and lounge with a London influence.
The 409 offers a fine range of classic Indian dishes with a selection of delicious fusion creations. From traditional curries that make up vindaloo lamb to poutine with butter chicken, sit back in a warm and comfortable atmosphere in a Bollywood / Havana setting with one of our famous cocktails.
Le 409 is widely praised for its welcoming atmosphere, flavorful Indian cuisine, and attentive service, creating a consistently enjoyable dining experience in Old Montreal. Reviewers highlight standout dishes like butter chicken and lamb rogan josh, delicious naan, and well balanced cocktails, as well as generous portions and good value, with many calling it a favorite spot to return to.
The wife & I decided to try this restaurant tonight after seeing it when walking past the other day. I'm glad we did. Back home in the UK, my go-to Indian meal is a chicken tikka massala. So I tried it at the 409, & it was fantastic. The flavour was different from English tikka massala's, but I thought that it was actually better. My wife had the lamb Korma, & she thoroughly enjoyed her meal as well. The service we had from both our servers (sorry, can't remember there names), was top notch. I liked the little extra piece of hospitality of them taking our coats as we entered the restaurant. It's a small thing, but I liked that.
Food is great, decor is nice, service was fantastic. But dont expect authentic spicy food if you go there. Waiter was nice to warn me, about the food being spicy. In the end, it was not spicy at all. So, in summary, for the average person that may not be used to spicy food. This place is ideal. If you want authentic super spicy, you'll be disappointed. But the food is great regardless
Dec 3, 2023
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Wowza!! I had never heard of this place before & ended up here for a drink before a show in the old port, guys you don't even know how great this place is. Hands down one of the best martinis I've ever had but that's nothing compared to the food. We had a little snack with our drinks, the Chana somosa, so fresh & flavourful, so absolutely incredible. The place is beautiful with impeccable service, I can't recommend it enough! Definitely coming back for a meal & so looking forward to it!
I was gladly surprised by this place I had never heard about before. We went there for a quick snack & a drink before a show in Old Port but we are definitely coming back for dinner. Kudos to the bartender, he prepared the best dirty martini I ever tried!
La nourriture est correcte. Par contre, le service en revanche est clairement à revoir. Tu n'as même pas le temps de finir ton verre ou ton assiette que le serveur te l'enlève. Tu lui demandes de te laisser manger en paix mais il continue à te débarrasser pour "faire de la place". Laisse nous manger tranquillement non ?! & quand tu essaies de leur faire une critique constructive en fin de repas, ils n'assument pas leur comportement & remets la faute sur le client. Jamais vu ça!! Passez votre chemin, il y a de bien meilleures places sur cette rue.
Nov 14, 2023
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I have been to this location multiple times & I have enjoyed it every single time. They offer great selection of Indian fusion cuisine with friendly service. They also offer good variety of cocktails. They offer Raita, onions with tomato sauce served with cumin papadum as a welcome. We ordered Chana Samosa & Bhajee d'Oignons for appetizers & Butter Chicken, Lamb Korma, Chicken Korma, Butter Chicken, Lamb Biryani for entrée. I enjoyed every bite of our food & my favorite was Lamb Korma; it has a sweet taste that I don't normally go for, but was very delicious.
Dined here because someone said the butter chicken was the best thing they've ever eaten. The spice flavors were delicious, & chicken was not overcooked, but the sauce was very, very sweet... I suspect maple syrup. The garlic naan was delicious, as was the ginger lemonade.
Overall I had a great time. Staff with nice, & food generous & comforting. Signature cocktails are really enjoyable, well balanced. They could use a finer choice of glass. Tikka chicken was flavorful, but a bit dry. I'm sure it depends on the meat, maybe a brine could help. Thanks for having me, I'll be sure to come back & try other entrees.
Un repas que je n’oublierais pas de sitôt !
Très bonne ambiance, restaurant pleins mais pourtant très intimiste, la musique était bonne & le service plus que bon & courtois, tous étaient très gentils & nous on servis de la meilleure des manières.
Concernant la nourriture, c’était une explosion de saveurs, des cocktails aux plats, un menu avec plusieurs choix, nous avions pris plusieurs plats différents à partager & tous étaient plus bons les uns que les autres!
Je recommande chaudement & vivement !
I have mixed feelings about this place. The place was full & it felt good to see so many people enjoying Indian food in Montreal. However the food was no where close to Indian, everything was overly sweet (& this is after me asking for the highest level of spice possible) so as an Indian the food felt weird.
At one point I did enjoy the butter chicken poutine as a French-Indian dish & it worked in my head for a bit. What I loved were the cocktails. Really nice ambience too.
