Montreal Pool Room

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5.0

Bon petit restaurant style casse croûte rapide.

Liisa

2.0

I go to a lot of places, & write a lot of reviews, & I rarely give a bad review.

However, the Montreal Pool Room is going to get a bad review from me today July 18, 2026.

First of all the place is filthy. It really doesn't need to be that dirty. I know there are a lot of reasons for the uncleanliness, but other places in the neighborhood are clean so you can put a little effort into it.

The bathroom was truly revolting. With the men's washroom out of order everyone was going in the women's washroom & it was absolutely disgusting.

I'm uncertain if they were having an off day or if the quality of the food is always this way now, but the hot dogs were mediocre & the poutine was small & dry.

One thing that really bothers me when I eat in a restaurant is uneven portion size. When everyone orders the same thing the portions should be relatively the same size. When I am looking forward to eating a poutine (something I do not do very often) do not give me a super small portion when the person sitting next to me gets a very large portion. It is just not right.

Why was the guy taking the orders always on his phone? There is the time & place for scrolling your social media. Taking orders & serving people is not the time.

This was a Saturday night during the Just for Laughs festival, & the street was packed with people. So a red flag was that this place was almost empty.

Montreal Pool Room you really can do better.
You used to....

Insider

5.0

classic hot-dogs & greasy fries!

Michel

1.0

Tu paye en argent cash il touche les billets de banque il ne se lave pas les mains après il fait tes hot dog dégueulasse employés très mal propre

Paskal666

4.0

Poutine aux saucisses hot Dogs,sauce brune, bien bonne mais sans plus. Le service est rapide malgré l'achalandage, only cash malheureusement, on y va pour la renommée , l'historique,ouvert depuis 1921. Ce n'est plus comme a l'ancienne adresse avec des grosse frites maison mais reste un incontournable à visiter de la restauration de MTL. 3.6⭐

Joel

5.0

Best hot dogs in Montreal, very affordable prices. Bring cash!

Domenica

5.0

If the walls could speak!? A Montreal staple. Steamed bun & hotdogs. You don't know what your are missing. We left Montreal 34 yrs ago & always make time for a stop at the Montreal Pool house when we come back & to visit.

Ceci

5.0

good poutine for fair prices. what more could you want? can't wait to visit again

Diamond

5.0

Food is still great - fresh hot dogs & ingredients - always love their'steamies'! , the fries were fresh cut, huge & delicious as always. Portions were absolutely generous. HD, fries & drink for 9.99 before tax? How can you go wrong here!!

Atmosphere? It's the Montreal pool room! Walls filled with Montreal nostalgia. It's been the same for 100 years! Russian gentlemen who worked there was super nice & the place was very clean. Support your local Montreal icon!

Spencer

5.0

If you're worried about a poutine with skimpy cheese, don't be! It was loaded with curds & quite delicious.