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Lesters Deli
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Lesters Deli

4.5$
Opens Today at 10 am
Monday10 am - 9 pm
Tuesday10 am - 9 pm
Wednesday10 am - 9 pm
Thursday10 am - 9 pm
Friday10 am - 10 pm
Saturday10 am - 10 pm
Sunday10 am - 3 pm
Lesters Deli - Restaurant in Montreal - Menus, Hours & Reviews - updated July 2025 - RestoMontreal.ca
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Monsieur Smoked Meat (Lerster's Deli or Mr Smoked Meat) is situated in the beautiful Outremont, on the north side of Mount Royal, in the heart of Montreal. Lesters Deli has maintained a reputation for serving some of the finest hot smoked meat sandwich in Montreal since 1951! Mr Smoked Meat also offers you delicious Montreal Smoked Meat, freshly cut, vacuum-sealed and ready to be heated whenever and wherever the craving arises.

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Reviews for Lesters Deli

4.5 with 240 ratings on RestoMontreal.ca

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Kiki
5.0

Première fois qu'on fait livrer la livraison super. Vite .. nourriture excellente. Portion aussi pour le prix.
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Oct 7, 2023
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Jean-Luc
5.0

Madman at the register. Great service & great food.View more

Oct 5, 2023
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Diane
5.0

Smoked meat délicieux & bonne portion.
Par contre la frite est petite mais délicieuseView more

Oct 3, 2023
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Brian
5.0

Super friendly staff. Had an amazing smoked meat sandwich, taste sensation. 20/10.View more

Sep 28, 2023
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Alexandra
5.0

Viande de qualité & service impeccable.View more

Sep 25, 2023
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N
2.0

Nous sommes des habitués du restaurant & avons trouvé aujourd’hui que le goût du smoke meat était différent . C’est la première fois que nous sommes déçuView more

Sep 21, 2023
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Luke
5.0

Smoked meat was amazing. French fries were very good as well. Busy but still had amazing & fast service.View more

Sep 20, 2023
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Tek
5.0

Another MUST when visiting Montreal! The Smoked Meat Sandwich, tremendous! Very simple but nothing quite like it. The tourists go to Schwartz's Deli but the locals know the deal, Lester's Deli is the ONE!View more

Sep 20, 2023
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Edda
5.0

Excellent meat sandwich, delicious hand cut fries & a super fun service. The decor is delightfully retro. Highly recommended, great alternative & / or complement to Schwartz's!!View more

Sep 17, 2023
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Orin
5.0

Exactly what it should be. Unfortunately no speck for the smoked meat. Delicious!View more

Sep 16, 2023
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Henry
5.0

This place is fantastic. Never have I felt so welcome at a restaurant in Montreal. Normally service is rude & coarse but here, they were all super friendly & said welcome/hello.

I got the smoked meat sandwich, tasted super tasty & they are very generous with the serving. I've always gone to the tourist trap smoked meat spots. The other ones are always too salty, & not friendly. This place will be my new go to whenever I am in town.View more

Sep 16, 2023
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Helen
5.0

Amazing fast & courteous service
Great customer service
Will visit again soonView more

Sep 15, 2023
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Michael
4.0

Food was excellent but a little pricy given the portion.
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Aug 31, 2023
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Gale
5.0

Sooooo good must try
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Aug 29, 2023
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MaryEv-842
1 Review
1.0

I ordered the smoked meat sandwich with fries ans pickles. The sandwich was good. The plate for the fries was dirty with ketchup i didn't put on & there was fried ketchup on some of the fries.
I told the waitress about it. Her answer was that i probably put ketchup on my fries wich i told her that i did not. She then left the table rather rapidly.

Apr 12, 2017
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gnamian
42 Reviews
2.0

Cet établissement n'est plus ce qu'il était auparavant.

D'abord, les prix ont presque doublé.

Mon conjoint a commandé un sandwich à la viande fumée. La viande n'était pas "old fashioned" & la coupe était mediocre (couper la viande fumée est une spécialité en soi). Moi, j'ai commandé un hamburger qui également était très tiède. Les frites étaient satisfaisantes. La soupe aux nouilles a été servie dans une grande tasse à café (je me demande qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait avec les bols).

Le service était un peu brusque. Je ne pense pas que nous y reviendrons.

Très, très decevant.

Jun 6, 2015
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Foodie
2 Reviews
2.0

I don't know if they were having an off-night, but the service was terrible. The waitress got most of the orders wrong. One person ordered a lean sandwich & the whole table got lean. We place one order of smoked-meat poutine, we got a regular one. When we mentioned it, she took it back, had smoked meat added, brought it back & charged us the same price as if she had given us what we originally asked for. The dish is usually twice as big. She even got the drinks wrong. Maybe if she had written the order down...

We had friends from out of town with us. They are smoked-meat connoisseurs. Needless to say, they will never go back.

Very disappointed.

Dec 28, 2014
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letljour
6 Reviews
2.5

Ce resto fait parti des incontournable, il est a essayer au moins un fois, & avec raison.

C'est un petit & vieil endroit rempli au maximum. Vous êtes collé sur le voisin, & les serveuses ( qui vont bien avec le décor ) non pas de place pour passer, donc accrochent les clients qui doivent se faire le plus petit possible.
Vous y aller pour vous nourrir. 15 minutes & vous êtes sorti. C'est plus un comptoir qu'un resto.

Le smoked meat est la grande vedette, tendre, juteux & très goûteux.
Il y a beaucoup trop d'épices à mon goût, ça cache un peu la viande qui ne demande qu'à s'exprimer.
Ceci dit, ça devient une question de goût personnel. Je préfère Dunn's.
Je conseil à tous les mordus de smoked meat pour qui l'atmosphère & le service n'a pas trop d'importance. Mais n'importe comment il faut y aller au moins une fois pour l'expérience ...

Nov 5, 2013
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