La Gaviota offers flavorful Mexican fare with strong value for the price, delivering tasty dishes and a welcoming, friendly atmosphere along with attentive service. Reviews highlight standout items like birria and pastor tacos, ceviche, quesabirria, and a good variety of cocktails and margaritas, with generous portions and consistent quality that make it a popular choice for groups and private events in a relaxed, upscale setting or on a spacious terrace. While the experience is largely positive, there are occasional notes of slower service, saltier dishes, or delivery inconsistencies, but overall the restaurant is praised for its consistency, friendly staff, and the ability to accommodate special occasions and private gatherings.
This is by far my favourite taco place in the city. I've come here at least 5 times & it's just consistently excellent.
The ceviche is a dream, the tacos are so tasty (literally all of them, but the pescado, birria, al pastor are standouts), & the housemade hot sauce is killer. The cocktails are also great (personally a big fan of the pina colada), & they run a 5 à 7 happy hour with good prices.
The ambience is amazing - they play great mexican music, & it's not wayyy too loud (which is an issue I've often encountered in this city). Easy place to have a conversation!!
Cannot recommend this place enough. Definitely worth a visit to Outremont to try it. :)
Nous avons organisé un souper surprise pour le départ d'une collègue dans la salle privée du Gaviota, & l'expérience a été absolument impeccable du début à la fin.
La communication avec les membres de l'équipe a été exceptionnelle : professionnelle, rapide & très efficace. Ils ont su s'adapter avec grande flexibilité aux besoins spécifiques de notre événement, ce qui a grandement facilité l'organisation.
Sur place, le service a dépassé toutes nos attentes. Le personnel était attentionné, à l'écoute & toujours prêt à ajuster l'horaire du service des plats afin de respecter le déroulement de la soirée. Les portions étaient généreuses, & la qualité de la nourriture & des cocktails était tout simplement remarquable, chaque plat était un véritable coup de coeur, un solide 10/10.
L'expérience karaoké a été parfaite & a ajouté une touche festive qui a rendu la soirée mémorable. Nous avons passé un moment magnifique dans une ambiance conviviale & bien organisée.
Je recommande fortement ce forfait pour toute occasion spéciale. Une expérience sans faute!
Rented the second floor for a private event for mom's 60th, around 35 people. Andrea, Paola & the rest of the staff were wonderful in helping organize & providing everything we needed on the day of the event. The decor is already pretty & thus very little decorations were needed. Strongly recommend for your private events !
Une très belle découverte. Excellents calamars en entrée. Des tacos au boeuf & un ceviche frais & savoureux. & un churros au dulce de leche. La terrasse est spacieuse, dans une rue tranquille. Je recommande chaudement.
Today we celebrated in the private room in the second floor. What a great experience! The food was delicious & the staff was wonderful! Their attentiveness & kindness made our special night a wonderful memory. I highly recommend them. Great Margaritas!
Really good food & an amazing location. The staff is amazing. I would highly recommend customers to look at their daily offers to get the best bang for you buck !
May 25, 2025
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Sympa comme petit resto de quartier mexicain. Bon drinks (Mezcalita bien corsée & sangria fraîche & rafraîchissante), plats bien apprêtés & service souriant & amical. Recommande !
This place has a gorgeous terrace & was able to seat us immediately for dinner on a Friday. I had the mango mezcal margarita which was absolutely delicious! The vegetarian al pastor was super flavorful, & I was so happy to see a vegetarian take on this dish with marinated mushrooms instead of pork. We also got the tres leches which was probably my least favorite. It was a bit dense, & not as sweet as I expected compared to other versions of this dessert. After the quick service we got for our drinks & tacos, I regretted ordering it since it took around 30 minutes to come out. Overall definitely recommend this place for authentic, flavorful mexican food or a delicious cocktail.
Best tacos I've had probably ever! I couldn't stop coming back here during my last Montreal visit. I highly recommend the Birria. The service was great too!
Jan 23, 2024
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