With its impressive real-wood smokehouse, and its choice of original and comforting meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the new Pork & Pickle restaurant offers a warm and cozy food experience in the Domestic Area.
Overall, Pork & Pickle at the Montreal airport draws mixed reviews, with some travelers praising fast service, attentive staff, and standout dishes like spicy wings, pulled pork, and a remarkable Dirty Mac and Cheese, while others report rude or distracted service, incorrect orders, and high prices that feel typical for an airport. Food quality ranges from delicious and well seasoned brisket or smoky elements to disappointing portions, dry brisket, cold bites, or missing sides, with several mentions of meals arriving quickly but not always to expectations. The airport setting is a common theme: convenient for a layover and offering a lively beer and bar style ambiance, plus TV coverage that travelers enjoy, yet the price tag and occasional inconsistency temper the overall experience. Beverage service is noted as variable, from welcome refills and friendly bartenders to missing items like Coke Zero or decaf coffee, and several diners emphasize that service quality can swing with busyness. Despite the uneven notes, many guests consider it one of the better airport dining options, valuing quick, friendly service and the ability to grab a hearty meal before boarding.
I had a great meal with a phenomenal server. Unfortunately I heard the manager saying very negative things to the servers in front of multiple customers. At one point he yelled at the server to go to HR if they had an issue with him. Another server asked him to treat & speak to them like humans & he said no because he doesn't have the patience. I feel bad for every single hard working member of staff here & I hope he understand this is a completely ineffective & irresponsible way to manage staff. Completely embarrassing for the reputation of this manager. He should be completely ashamed.
Overpriced for sure. $60 for 2 breakfasts. My mother's breakfast poutine was cold. The waiter brought us creamers from another table that had been sitting out for hours. I had a breakfast sandwich & he brought us peanut butter & jam. Not sure what you're supposed to use those for. Sub-par.
Dec 30, 2024
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Airport food is always the same: mediocre, criminally overpriced, & poorly served. I'm in awe at how starkly Pork Pickle contrasts against this expectation. Great food (as in I would go here if there was one back home), quick service, large portions, & fair pricing. The only thing I'm left wishing is that they had one of these in every airport in the world, so I don't have to feel like I'm being held at gunpoint to overpay for garbage anymore. There isn't a lot of dignity in air travel anymore, these folks buck that trend hard.
The wait staff made the experience! I had George as my waiter, he was wonderful. Had the "Eggs & Tots" tater tots were lovely, wish I could've eaten the whole plate. Generous portions!
The service was decent. Beside the waitress seating us that seemed a bit uninterested, the waiter serving us was wearing a smile & he was quite polite too. The food itself was tasty. I really liked the smokey flavour of the meat, it paired so well with their BBQ sauce. The meat was also falling right off the bone which was great & made eating their meal a lot less messy. You also get to pick 2 sides with the main course which ended being a salad & a coleslaw for me & I was a bit disappointed in those because it tasted a bit bitter. The place is pretty big & there's a great amount of space in between the table so it makes the dining experience less cramped & more comfortable. I did however not really enjoy the high chairs & tables because it doesn't feel quite comfortable eating in them. Finally, I do find the price a bit expensive. Most meals are about 28-30$, the chicken & sausage I had was around 29$ before tax & tips. The portion is pretty big though so it does make up for the price somewhat.
An utterly uninspired & dissapointing meal. The bar for a meal at an airport is very low, & the Pork & Pickle failed to reach it. If you are in the market for cold fries that are also overcooked somehow, & a vegetarian "Bahn Mi" that had sweet potato fries as the "protein", then this place will scratch that itch for you. I regret not eating at the McDonald's instead.
Nov 21, 2024
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We had dinner there & had BBQ ribs pork as suggested by server, Hussam. Food was pretty good . I really appreciate Hussam for his excellent customer service & he was very attentive to my food intolerance.
The staff were quite cold. The person who sat us hardly said anything & didn't smile. She just told us to follow her. Then our waitress also didn't even say hi or smile at all. She just stood there waiting for us to tell her what we wanted to drink. My husband told her we had a sleeping baby just to try & make the air lighter & she replied with, "do you want me to not talk?". The food was ok. My sandwich didn't have any sauce (I don't remember if it was supposed to). My husband enjoyed his food though. The food was a bit pricey but that's somewhat expected with airport food.
Oct 15, 2024
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Breakfast poutine was good. Lots of sauce not much brisket the egg was nice. It could use some lemon in the sauce that I am sure came in powder form. Airport food. Expensive & bland.
I had the most pricy burger & was expecting something good as a burger lover. For my surprise the burger had weird mix of tastes that didnt go together as i expected. Very bold & untasty, dry, reaching top 3 worst burgers i had. Fries were good, ketchup was nice, mayo was weird. Also i expected great pickle's, but no. I ordered cocacola that tasted & smelled like pool water. Good customer service.
The food was okay (other than the fact that the glasses smelled like dish soap), but the service was very bad. It took forever to get my food & even longer to get my check. Management needs to remember that this is an airport restaurant- people aren't here to linger. Have some respect for your customers' time!
Oct 1, 2024
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Le prix est très élevé pour ce que l'on a. Le menu contient un choix limité. De plus lors de ma visite 3 items du menu n'étaient pas disponible, & une forte odeur de bois brûlé était présente (j'y suis allergique & ça me fait éternuer pendant 3 jours & ça lève le coeur) à ce prix là & avec ces conditions il est préférable d'aller chez six pint de l'autre après le corridor sans fin dans l'autre partie de l'aéroport. De plus le pourboire minimum sur leur machine commence à 18% après taxes ce qui équivaut à 20% car le pourboire doit être sur le montant avant taxes. C'est déjà 30$ pour 2 oeufs, 1 toast, quelques morceaux de patates & un minimum de bacon.
