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Very good food but pricey & tiny dishes. I miss the empanadas.
Wine choice can be improved, same for sparkling wine/champagne. Dessert wine is a must.
Awesome service!
I just loved everything about Beba. It's small & cozy, but the staff make you feel at home as soon as you walk in. We had seats at the bar, so we were right next to the bartender. Our cocktails were delicious, & the waiter's suggestions for wine were spot on. Didn't hesitate to make us try too. Eclectic menu that can get you out of your comfort zone, reminds me of Tripes & Caviar back in the day. We tried the homemade pasta with blonde liver sauce, & the lamb neck, we enjoyed them both. We also played it safe, the duck empanadas & the butternut squash are crowd pleasers & did not dissapoint. It's not a cheap night out, but we went all out, with dessert & digestif. We felt we had our money's worth. We'll definitely be back here.
'Life-changing' according to my husband! One of the best meals we've ever had, if not the best, EVER. Everything was amazing but standouts were the makeral toasts, the lamb ham special & the flan dessert. Unreal, will definitley be back.
Wonderful meal & experience. The restaurant is small & charming, like an old school bistro in Europe. Great music soundtrack of old standards played at a volume that allowed for easy conversation. The food was excellent & plates are to be shared; knish with caviar, confit Cornish game hen over a bed of buttery veggies, tagliatelle pasta in a game hen w/offal ragu & an amazing flan for dessert. We were very full & satisfied! Highly recommended!
Walked in, not too hungry, looked at the menu. Smallish. A few things I'd like, a few not at all. A bit wary. Was advised to order between five & six items for a party of two. Menu sectioned into small, medium & large plates. Ordered three (actually four - since the moment we tasted the mackerel - we placed an order for one more, it was THAT good) small plates: knish; mackerel & dates. Two medium plates: coppa de testa; tagliatelle. Flan for dessert. Blew my mind. All of it. It was quite a surprise. I tried things I'd never enjoyed in the past (mackerel) & ended up ordering another, so good. The flan was maybe the best I've ever had. The service was absolutely perfect. It was small & homey & just right. Every single person working there was friendly & welcoming. Spoke with Ari, one of the owners as we were leaving & just gushed about everything. He was delightful. Regarding the negative reviews I read, & I always read reviews from the bottom up, you must have eaten at another Restaurant Beba, because this was on par with May Day in Burlington, Vermont. Spectacular. Next time I'm in Montreal, this is the first place I'll go. Thank you so much for such a delightful & enjoyable evening, all the way around. Kudos to all who are a part of this wonderful enterprise. Oh, & the Ketel One martini's were perfect.
A wonderful experience. Friendly staff, beautiful food, tucked into a residential neighbourhood with a vibrant atmosphere. Don't skip dessert, both the flan & peach tart were incredible (I rarely say that about a dessert). The quenelles were perfection!
Great service & recommend right amount of food. Still thinking about the pistachio semi freddo dessert!
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!
Everything was exceptional except for the fish. It was too fishy. The dulce dessert was magnificent.
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 👌
Magnifique & chaleureux petit restaurant de quartier. Par contre, je dois dire que la nourriture n'était pas à la hauteur de nos attentes. Surtout le plat principal (lapin grillé), qui était un peu insignifiant. Les entrées & le dessert étaient quant à eux très bons, je dois dire.
À essayer si vous êtes dans le quartier mais n'en faites pas un événement spécial.
The food was at best average. Dishes lacked passion. Favourably didnt blend well at all. Pricing was high for this quality.
Dessert was the only highlights (flume was good)
Was a Chef for 8 years worked in top restaurants in the country but this was a classic Montreal fine dining disaster. Service was horrible our server was rude condescending & injected too much of her opinion. Please kindly let go of the one with the tattoo sleeve on her arm. Her resting face was very unpleasant. Please garnish your dishes at this price point.
Said this before but I'll say it on this review as well Montreal fine dining is a joke avoid it if possible
Beautiful, tiny spot with world class service & inspired food. Detailed descriptions of the menu by our fantastic server lead us on a gastronomical journey of the highest level.
My only comment would be, for the main we had a very generous rabbit dish with brown butter & capers. The whole menu is very indulgent, it would have been nice to have some kind of a vegetable alongside such a rich offering as a main. There was endive mentioned in the description of the dish, but the endives were few, & wrapped in prosciutto, so they did not do much to compete.
We did order a'salad' but it was radicchio with soft potatoes loaded with a very rich dressing. My palette needed something to offset all of the butter.
I can understand the difficulties of offering a varied & constant changing menu, but ensuring there is some balance would have made me more likely to try a dessert.
Regardless, a fantastic & memorable meal at a lovely spot with excellent service.
OH MY GAWD! What a wonderful experience my wife & I had at this place! Great cocktails & fantastic food! We started out with a Knish & mackerel! Clams & wild board on sourdough bread! Main was a fantastic rabbit! Desserts were to die for! But the service took the experience to the next level! Kind, hard working & dedicated team! Kudos to the team! Bravo! 🙌
One of the best bites I have had in a while. The Foie Peach Pie special was off the charts, my 4 year old son ordered a second slice for dessert. Not sure what people are expecting? I think the chefs cook honest delicious food.
Beba ranks as the number 8 top restaurant in Canada for 2024. When entering you wonder how? It's just two young looking cooks behind the counter. While the food did not disappoint, there was much to be desired from the flow of service & the space itself. The space is actually has a ton of charm, & the outdoor patio with the fire is very cute - unless you get sat there during midge & mosquito season. Trying to have a conversation with the bugs just constantly hovering was tough, I'm glad we got moved inside. Once inside, we were sat at the bar where the bartender was pleasant, knowledgable, & always smiling. The service would be 5 stars, but the production & speed from the kitchen was atrocious. 4 dishes in 2.5 hours just left you always desiring something. Getting to the food, it was excellent, I would go as far as saying better than Vin Mon Lapin (currently the top in Canada). Starting with the mackerel toast - delicious. When it landed on the table, my guest & I both looked at each other thinking this was going to be a fish bomb of oily stinkyness - boy were we wrong. First bite, good, second bite, great, third & fourth bite left us saying "wow, I could order a few more of those, yum!". Moving to the strozapretti & rabbit ragu, absolutely killer dish, one of the better ragu dishes I've ever had. Again, we could have eaten many more. The salad was a salad, a nice break with acidity & freshness, & the guinea fowl had tons of flavour & perfectly cooked & crispy skin. Getting to the desserts, the classic flan has been a staple on their menu since they've opened & it's a very good version of this classic dish, but it did not hold a candle to the wonderful pistachio semi-freddo. The texture & taste of that dish was outstanding. If there weren't so many restaurants to visit in Canada, I'd be back here a few more times - it's excellent. If they can just speed up the service from the little kitchen, that would be great. Overall though, I can see why they are a Top 10 in 2024.
TLDR: great service, good idea but food was mostly bland, undercooked, & absurdly portioned. For context I live in NYC & am used to expensive small plate restaurants. I am genuinely confused at how this place can defend some of the dishes. Overall, the idea behind the menu is nice, but the food was very one-note, lacked seasoning, but was also very very rich & buttery. 1. The asparagus dish was $26 for exactly two stalks of asparagus & hollandaise sauce. 2. The knish was bland & the bite lacked flavour. 3. The beef ham was bland & extremely underwhelming. 4. The guinea fowl was completely undercooked, with visibly raw parts. I took it to go & cooked it in a pan the next day. The zucchini involtini & pistachio dessert were great. Also, the service was lovely. I love how they have the servers explain each dish. Maybe I came on an off night, but I can't recommend this place at all unfortunately.
Restaurant parfait. Je fais très rarement des critiques google mais là, ça vaut le détour. La nourriture était parfaite. Même le dessert était incroyable. & que dire du service impeccable! Une de mes meilleures expériences au restaurant dans ma vie à Montréal.
Nous étions 3. Deux d'entre nous, avons donné carte blanche au chef. Le plat de coppa avec palourdes était excellent, le mariage des saveurs, la fraîcheur du plat... le maquereau fondait en bouche, le raifort était un bel ajout qui ne prenait pas toute la place. La sauce hollandaise sur les asperges blanches je l'aurais mangé à la cuillère. En guise de plat principal nous avons eu la côtelette de porc, je boude depuis longtemps le porc, mais celle-ci avec les artichauts était vraiment bien. La 3e personne nous accompagnant avait moins de possibilités au menu pour diverses raisons & y a trouvé son compte. Nous avons goûté à ses plats & la salade n'était pas plate du tout & que dire du plat de pappardelle au canard, un plat succulent & réconfortant. Pour les desserts, l'une à pris le flan qui semblait vraiment bon & j'ai goûté la tarte au chocolat & noisettes grillés, très belle portion de tarte avec chocolat de qualité! J'y retournerais assurément pour goûter à un nouveau menu!
