Restaurant Beba serves a focused menu that highlights traditional Argentinean and Mediterranean influences through high-quality seasonal ingredients. The kitchen emphasizes craftsmanship by preparing handmade pasta, cured meats, and fresh seafood selections that reflect a commitment to regional culinary heritage. Patrons encounter a setting defined by minimalist aesthetics that prioritize the focus on ingredient integrity and balanced flavor profiles. Every dish showcases precise techniques such as wood-fired cooking and slow-braising methods to achieve consistent textures. This establishment maintains a disciplined approach to food preparation, ensuring that each plate serves as a technical exploration of cross-cultural flavor intersections. The environment remains intentionally understated, allowing the complex interaction of spices and proteins to drive the entire experience for guests seeking authentic representations of Latin American and Mediterranean cooking traditions.
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Restaurant Beba consistently earns praise as a gem in Montreal, offering an intimate and welcoming atmosphere where diners can enjoy a creative, rotating menu inspired by Italian, Spanish, and Argentine traditions. Many guests highlight the high quality and thoughtful preparation of dishes like the signature mackerel, foie gras stuffed dates, and knish with caviar, often noting the staff’s friendly, attentive, and knowledgeable service as a major component of the experience. The open kitchen layout and cozy setting create an engaging environment that many find perfect for special occasions or casual date nights. While opinions on pricing and portion sizes vary, the consensus remains that the restaurant provides a memorable and unique culinary journey that makes it a highly recommended destination for food lovers.
We had a fantastic dinner at Restaurant Beba. The food, drinks, service, & ambiance were all superb. The knish w/caviar was of course great. But, the mantadito w/mackerel was fantastic. Next, we had the roasted maitake mushroom w/tallegio dish, which was super interesting & unique. The radicchio & escarole salad was perfect, as others have noted. & our bigger dish was the bacalao w/clams & octopus in a light tomato (?) sauce. It was spectacular. We sat at the bar & had the good fortune of meeting & being taken care of by Pablo, the co-owner, who was lovely! But, all the servers were sweet, caring, & always there for whatever you needed.
We loved the very relaxed & chill atmosphere, including the fun music. This is NOT a stuffy place. It was relaxed & lovely, but everything was done faultlessly. Highly recommend.
Service is perfect. The staff is very attentive. Shoutout to the server who refilled my glass 6 times , not letting me stay dehydrated.
Food- the menu changes frequently so you need to check the website for latest menu. Some dishes are also served by piece - like the caviar with potato knish.
We ordered 4 dishes:
- mackerel on sesame rice with horse radish (our favourite. Great flavour)
- red dates with foie gras & pistachio (this was fantastic, it's on the sweeter side but it has wonderful flavours)
- morcilla with peppers (this is very similar to Korean blood sausages . Peppers were great)
- veal sweetbread (unique flavours. The little bits of meat were a bit too salty. It overpowered the natural flavours)
Sep 20, 2025
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Not only did we have one of the single best bites of our eating lives, we had one of the best meals of our lives. The mackerel (the bite)is a miracle. If you are lucky enough to get a reservation - go. everything from the service to the Grateful Dead music could not be improved.
During the past few years, this Montreal neighbourhood hidden gem has progressively ascended the' Top 100 Best Canadian Restaurant' ranking list. Currently, it occupies the #7 spots, just behind our Ontario-own Pearl Morissette, Alo, Edulis, 20 Victoria street…etc.
By pure luck, dining options for our relatively large party of 6, required special handling by the smallish & cozy restaurant & its compact kitchen. This resulted in our being offered a fixed price, pre-arranged'omakase' menu, consisting of communal size dishes for sharing. This menu will be specially crafted in person by Montreal celebrity chef/owner Ari Schor himself! A nice surprise & welcoming privilege!
Upon arrival, we were greeted warmly & graciously by the wait staff & the two owner brothers, Ari & Pablo. After exchanging hand shakes, hugging & verbal pleasantries, we all settled down, ordered our pre-dinner cocktails & eagerly awaited the arrival of our culinary feast.
We were presented with the following dishes:
Appetizers:
- Potato Knish with Imperial Osetra Caviar
- Montadito of Mackerel with sesame, salted butter & horseradish
- Involtini of Zucchini & Swiss Chard with yogurt & pine nuts
Mains:
- Drunken Guinea Fowl & Liver marinated in Sherry
- Tagliatelle served with Chanterelle, braised Zucchinis & Pamiagiano
Reggiano
- Gloucester Old Spot Pork chop with creamed corn & black truffles
- Rabbit with Octopus, Chorizo & Potatoes
- Wild Mushroom Paella
Desserts:
- Strawberries with Marsala Zabaglioni & Amaretti
- House made Vanilla Icecream with roasted Pistachios
Our intriguing French & South American Hispanic fusion fare, with a touch of Chinese theme thrown into the mix, was both rustic yet refined. Dishes' progression was a balanced blend of subtle flavour creations intermingled with some concoctions packed with relatively bold & complex taste profiles.
The Shanghainese scallion pancake taste-alike potato Knish topped with salty caviar was a great overture to our meal.
The Chinese drunken pigeon clone main -'Drunken Guinea Fowl with Sherry' was IMO a clever,masterful touch! The delicious meat, tender & moist…..the medium rare, velvety smooth & creamy foie, exceptional!
I am normally not a fan of rabbit, finding it usually overcooked & dry. Yet, Beba's rendition was a pleasure to eat. The well seasoned meat was nicely seared, flavourful & juicy. Same applies to the pork, which was also perfectly executed, caramelized crust on the outside & moist juicy meat inside. The pile of shaved Black truffle topping was super-generous & the sweet Chilean creamed corn sauce, delightful!
Overall, it was a satisfying & sumptuous meal with generous portions, encompassing some creative, intriguing & unfamiliar ingredient composition & flavour profile
The only downside to our meal was the rather underwhelming, blend tasting & mushy textured pasta dish plus the loud &'funky' background music, which featured African tribal like songs to crackling Caribbean percussion to mellow Hispanic. What a weird mix?!
An evening of good food, warm attentive service & great company! A near perfect total package!
A lot of little things led to a disappointing meal. I was debating on two drinks, I decided on one. The server brought the other. It was good but not what I ordered. The mackerel dish was served raw. The menu never said that. My wife said it was good. I just don't like raw mackerel. The tomato tart was awful. They did comp it though. Of the three hot dishes we ordered, two (the tart being one) were served lukewarm. The special, pork belly (the other one served lukewarm) was equal parts fat as meat. The tongue dish & the date dish were both really good. The worse part is for what we spent to leave hungry, not worth it.
Must order ossetra caviar knish, mackerel, foie gras stuffed dates; salad radicchio, zucchini; FABULOUS GUINEA FOWL WITH ITS FOIE GRAS, ASPARAGUS, excellent Berkshire pork with corn & truffles. Flan with blueberries & whipped cream. Sophisticated wine list at all price points, & a knowledgeable staff to advise. We prefer Beba to Mon Lapin & Boulud (both of which are excellent!)
1. Montadito - $28
Two slices of mackerel with a touch of salted butter for richness. The sesame-topped bread feels like a mini bagel. A mild spicy kick from the horseradish. Worth a try!
2. Tagliatelle - $33
Italian wide noodles served with tender guinea fowl ragu & Parmigiano Reggiano. Savory, rich, & a nice fusion of French & Italian flavors. Slightly on the salty side.
3. Macreuse de boeuf - $85
Lean yet tender flat iron steak, served with morels & potatoes. The charcutière sauce, with its mustardy, savory flavor, really hits the spot-especially for a Chinese palate. Are those bits of cured meat & pork jelly in the sauce? Feels like a chef's hidden masterpiece 🔍
4. Flan - $13
Classic caramel flan topped with whipped cream & dulce de leche (tastes a bit like Werther's candy). The caramel is noticeably bitter, & the texture is thick & dense. A single bite is super smooth. A bit too sweet for me personally, but I'd still recommend trying it!
I really wanted to go there but was still skeptical because the food on the photos & with their description didn't seem as fabulous as their ranking + reviews would suggest. Oh was I wrong, we took the 3 appetizers on the menu (caviar, mackerel & involtini) & they were all amazing. Only sidenote would be that there were pieces of rock like substance in my involtini & they told me they would subtract it from the receipt but didn't. The main course more than made up for it. DO NOT SLEEP ON THE PASTA. Their lamb ragu is amazing & their pasta is better than in Italy (I kid you not). For dessert we had the semifreddo & even though I'm not a big fan of pistachio this was amazing. I recommend for a special event 👌
