Overall, reviews describe Pigeon Café & Bar as a stylish, cozy and versatile spot with a lively atmosphere that is popular for brunch, coffee, and casual meals, offering a Mediterranean and Middle Eastern inspired menu with dishes like shakshuka, pancakes, falafel pitas, and hearty bowls; the food is frequently praised for flavor and consistency, and coffee and drinks are often highlighted as excellent, while the staff are generally friendly and attentive; some experiences note very busy, noisy conditions that can make conversations difficult, and a few visits report delays, order mixups, or inconsistency in service; a few comments mention value for money or portion size being less favorable; cleanliness has been questioned in isolated cases; overall the ambiance, decor, and reliable service make it a go-to spot for brunch, study or socializing, with many guests planning to return.
The place is beautifully decorated but the food is severely lacking... I've gone three times & am always disappointed. The prices are quite high for what you get... the chicken burger was super hard & dry & the beef burger no flavour. I don't even understand why it's called a cafe when they barely have any pastries & serve mostly full meals & have limited times for their lunch & other options. Service was also nothing of quality...
Loved the vibes at this place !! The food was good !! Only they take too long to serve you ! The place gets really crowded over the weekend brunch tho !! We waited a good 20 mins to be seated .
Mar 19, 2024
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Located on a busy & trendy street with a variety of restaurants. At 1 pm on a Saturday, we got the last available table although we seem to be the last of the lunch rush as tables became available as we ate. Quite loud...not a place for quiet conversation. Food & coffee was exceptional & service was very accommodating. A bit pricy for lunch, but worth it.
Lovely place with good food & prompt, courteous service. The space is slightly echo-y & can get a little loud when its crowded, but otherwise entirely lovely.
Food was good. Chicken Parmigiana was very good. There burger was good, but the buns was wet from soaking up the grease from the burger. Service was pretty slow. We were a party of about 15, once we ordered, it was almost 40 min before we got the food. There were about another 6 people in the restaurant.
Just a lousy experience. Service was particularly bad & staff were inattentive. Spent far too much time waiting for the bill. No one bothered to check on us & ask if we would like anything once we finished our meal. Atmosphere was loud & overstimulating, couldn't really hold a conversation. Food was okay, nothing special. Definitely avoid this place & choose somewhere else to eat.
All the food is quality & delicious. For service, you have to flag people down a few times, but once requests are made they serve you quickly. It's a gorgeous cozy place that I wish I could have stayed in longer. Will definitely revisit. Fairy lights on the ceiling, plants everywhere & trees in the center! Trees!! & it was so clean & neat, absolutely gorgeous. It's a little pricey but very worth it. Drinks are delicious, a tad on the sweet side (which I enjoy as a sweet tooth)
I was at the restaurant before it was this one & they refurbished it beautifully. The service was superb from the two slender & iron deficient guys that were looking like they needed a good meal, which was ironic. The young lady with the leopard top & great nails & really good eye contact, was most helpful. The menu was broken down into half complete booze so I guess it's abusatorium, & then one small section for breakfast but bigger than the other sections which were called lunch & supper. My meal came highly recommended from one of the guys & the waitress & it was very weird. But it was interesting & it did have some interesting taste as well as appearance. But poached eggs buried underneath some sort of red sauce with a bunch of stuff in it & a bun cut in half & then hacked again & toasted & the old piece of Middle Eastern bread & a nice lump of lebna goat cheese, & it was certainly something I hadn't seen before. My buddy Angelo, former owner of a famous Italian restaurant, had something more traditional & he liked his. The fries were surprisingly entertaining because they were shaped more like a waffle except with crisscross pieces with spaces between them. Very creative, reasonably tasty but definitely visually entertaining.. Both the excitement & the drawback all at once was the acoustics that had everybody's conversation from every square into the place in your ears. It was loud. But that doesn't mean that's bad... As I do go to an Italian restaurant in the West Island of Montreal that's very big & acoustically also challenging where you walk in & you have to practically yell at your friend who's standing right beside you to be heard. This was kind of like that . Definitely an interesting place & probably as the bar even more interesting. . Would I go back again for just the main course & what it cost, it's okay. Certainly a lot cheaper than covid-19 prices in many places but nothing cheap about the place at all otherwise. . One thing I don't care for however is their machine that takes your credit cards & it starts at 18% & goes up from there. The last two buttons on the screen to choose from are assigning your income to them & then assigning your home to them. Hahaha kidding but it felt like that because 15% was under choose another percentage. & remember that you're not supposed to tip & count the percentage on the tax but before tax. So when you pay 15% you're actually paying a fair bit more. There was no need for it to start at 18% tip! I find that... off-putting. . Otherwise I'd give the restaurant somewhere between a 3. 6 & a 4.1 . I deleted people's faces in my photos
Service is incredibly slow & not attentive. I've been here 3 times, & each time I've left after being sat without giving my order because i was there for 15-20 minutes without being seen
Food was..fine. Interesting, unique menu. Very nice, cozy vibe, dog friendly, good drinks.. I'd say $$ & a good spot for a long catch-up session or casual date
