Bienvenue chez GIWA, où les saveurs authentiques de la Corée rencontrent la créativité moderne. Savourez des plats à partager, des vins locaux et des mets frais de saison au cœur de Verdun. Rejoignez-nous pour une expérience culinaire unique !
GIWA est largement salué pour une cuisine coréenne innovante dans un menu restreint qui met en valeur le sotbap, des banchan soigneusement travaillés et des desserts audacieux comme la creme brulee au doenjang et la glace à l'huile de perilla. Les saveurs sont décrites comme authentiques mais raffinées, avec des plats phares tels que le poulet frit, le tartare de boeuf, le gimbap, les plateaux de fruits de mer et l'approche technique qui mêle esprit français et japonais. Divers retours évoquent une ambiance intime et un service chaleureux et professionnel, parfois des soucis de gestion des tables ou de chaleur dans la salle. Dans l'ensemble, GIWA est présentée comme une adresse rare et élevée à Montréal, une expérience culinaire à laquelle on revient pour l'inventivité et la présentation soignée, les desserts étant souvent mis en valeur.
Wowowow! Small menu but each dish is special in its own way. The service was super helpful & nice helping to navigate the options. The dishes felt very authentic & cooked perfectly. Sat on the patio in the front which is removed a bit from the busy Wellington street. Will come back & try all the things we didn't & & DEFINITELY GET THE CHICKEN AP AGAIN. So so so good.
Tip: ask for extra spicy sauce if you like a little heat.
This place is amazing & unique to other Korean restaurants. Everything was seasoned perfectly & the presentation was absolute art. I got a bunch of items on the menu but forgot to take pics of some of them because I was busy devouring it. Truly a hidden gem. I highly highly recommend.
I came here after learning that the head chef here was trained under the famous canadian chef, darren maclean. The food won't disappoint.
29 août 2025
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One of the most memorable Korean restaurants I've had as of late. If you're especially a fan of raw seafood, this is the spot for you. Honestly, just get everything on the menu. All the meals were excellent. Some notable ones were the shared seafood market platter (the crab, scallop & salmon were perfect), the mushroom sot-bap, the chicken gangjeong & the stuffed green pepper. The staff was super helpful in determining quantities & very friendly too. The restaurant is good for groups of all sizes but would recommend coming as 4+ to be able to try a bit of everything.
The sot bop & haemuljang were beyond my expectations. absolutely delicious! The servers were also very friendly, which made the experience even better.
Le service était excellent, la nourriture était délicieux, mais le seul point que je voulais faire mention c'est qu'il fesait très chaud à l'intérieur du restaurant si non ça aurait été un 5 étoiles
10 août 2025
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Amazing food & very friendly staff!
Tried the haemuljang (seafood platter), by itself found it a little salty, but with the rice & the seaweed chips the balance was prefect.
the fried chicken (dakgangjeon) was super good it surprised me!! beef tartare (yukhwe) & beef noodle (yukgaejang) were also rly good. the gimbap too but feels kinda small for the price
but we mainly came for the raw seafood platter (haemul jang) which was $90 at MP & none of us rly liked it. it was either too salty or slimey or just not to our taste
we reserved & service was rly good, they took the time to explain each dish & how to eat it
In addition to Korean BBQ & Korean fried chicken, we can now enjoy authentic Korean food in Verdun. Giwa's menu is not large, but every dish is delicious. We went there twice & tried almost everything on the menu. Our favorites were the gimbap, beef gimbap, & chocolate brownie.
Incredible new restaurant on Wellington! Very impressed with the place & the food was so good! Definitely coming back. Thank you Haley for the great service :)
Cuisine exceptionnelle, savoureuse avec un visuel attentionné. On voulait tout goûter donc nous avons partagé toute les entrées au menu !! Service exceptionnel. Le seul bémol est la chaleur à l'intérieur du resto en cette belle soirée chaude & humide
Hidden gem. If you're tired of the typical korean restaurant food in Montréal, this is the place to go.
Also if you like marinated crabs, shrimp or whatever, this is the best place to go in Montréal. All appetizers were bomb (especially the gochu twigim & mulhwe).
Their main dishes ofc is also nice since they bring a bunch of side dishes along with a soup & it changes every week apparently. The portion was also filling. They also got soju & korean rice wine as well.
Amazing elevated Korean restaurant. Staff were very attentive & the food was spectacular. Flavours were impeccable & each dish had a symbolic meaning explained by the staff.
