Sésame vous propose un concept unique en son genre : une gamme de plats asiatiques d’une grande qualité et d’une variété hors du commun, à savourer dans une ambiance vitaminée et chaleureuse.
Du Pad Thaï à la poutine Général Tao, en passant par l’un des différents sautés sur le wok, vous pouvez consommer votre repas sur place ou l'emporter !
De plus, Sésame vous suggère une large sélection de thés en vrac, plusieurs vins en importation privée, des bières en fut, un vaste choix de sakés, mais surtout, une carte de cocktails exclusifs à Sésame.
Sésame propose un menu varié de savoureux plats d'inspiration asiatique, où les bols poké, les dumplings et le poulet général Tao sont particulièrement appréciés des clients. Le restaurant est reconnu pour son atmosphère élégante et animée ainsi que pour ses excellents cocktails, ce qui en fait une destination de choix tant pour les sorties de groupe que pour les repas plus intimes. Bien que l'expérience puisse varier selon la rapidité du service et le niveau sonore, le personnel est souvent décrit comme étant attentionné, sympathique et soucieux d'offrir un accueil mémorable. De nombreux habitués soulignent la constance de la qualité et le bon rapport qualité prix, ce qui les incite à revenir régulièrement profiter de cet environnement chaleureux et de cette cuisine riche en saveurs.
Nice interior, good service, & beautiful plate presentations.
As for the food, the appetizer roll & my poke Tao bowl were not extraordinary just okay.
I found there weren't enough chicken Tao pieces, very little rice, & too much sauce.
Simple Asian cuisine experience overall. The bao with Tao chicken was a bit disappointing - slightly dry & missing sauce - but the orange beef was delicious. The peanut butter dumplings were quite sweet, but still enjoyable. Service was simple & pleasant.
Sesame
It took a while to seat us even though the restaurant wasn't busy. The hostess & waitress were just standing far away, & there weren't many people at all.
The seating we got was not ideal, right in the middle, on chairs with no backs, directly under a bright light. The ambience would have been better if the lights were dimmer, though the décor itself was nice.
Our waitress ignored us. When one of my friends asked for cups, she brushed it off. When we asked again, she acted rude, dismissive, & made it seem like a chore to get them. We had to ask twice before they finally brought us cups.
We waited quite a while to order. By the time someone came, we already knew what we wanted, so we ordered drinks, appetizers, & mains all together. Water came in just 2 glass bottles, & they never once brought more, even though there were 6 of us.
The service overall was just not good. We felt ignored the entire time. They didn't check in once or ask how the meal was, even though there were barely any tables to serve.
Food:
General Tao rice - Solid 7.5. It had furikake on top & was good, but the chicken tasted more like sweet & sour than General Tao. The veggies were boring-lots of peppers, cabbage, onion, a couple pieces of celery, & only one piece of zucchini. I really wish it had some broccoli. Chicken Pad Thai - 7.2. Spicy & tasty, but the heat kind of overpowered the other flavors. Not really impressive.
Shrimp Pad Thai - 8. Best flavor out of everything we tried. It was spicy in a good way, but the noodles were slimy & too short, almost like they'd been cut. Vegetables were boring here too. The shrimp, though, was good & not fishy.
Teriyaki - 5. Really disappointing. Almost flavorless, but somehow still had a weird off-taste.
Salmon poke - 6.6. Decent but average. It lacked sauce, & the edamame was a little hard. I've had way better poke bowls at Poke Station.
Fried wontons - 8. Tasty, crunchy, nice sauce. The filling tasted like Costco wontons, but still good overall.
Edamame - 9. Hard to mess up edamame, & they were salty & delicious.
Drinks:
Passion fruit mojito - 7. Good, refreshing, but didn't have enough passion fruit flavor.
Hibiscus litchi (no egg white) - 2. This was terrible. I asked for no egg whites, & they gave me egg whites anyway. The two sips I had tasted like absolutely nothing. If I had an allergy, this could've been dangerous. Just a bad drink.
Margarita appeal - 4.7. Tasted like straight alcohol, with no flavor behind it.
Negroni - 7.5. Fresh, gingery, & enjoyable.
Passionfruit Tropic - 9. Amazing, full passionfruit flavor, delicious. This is the only thing I'd truly recommend from here.
Other notes:
Appetizers came out before our drinks, which usually isn't a good sign.
I specifically said no egg whites in my drink , & they still gave me egg whites.
No one checked on us during the meal.
They refused to give us a table, claiming it was reserved for 10 people but no one ever came to it.
They didn't ask how we wanted to split the bill.
We had to ask twice just to get the bill.
Only positive: when they messed up my drink with the egg whites, the waitress offered me another drink & only charged me for the cheaper one.
All in all, very mid restaurant. I wouldn't go back. I've heard this location is average compared to others, so maybe that's the issue, but overall I was underwhelmed & disappointed.
Disclaimer: I think they were deeply understaffed.
We arrived around 7:50pm, & got our food at 9:15pm. It took at least 20 minutes to get water, & around an hour for our food to come out. I've been to other locations before, & it has never taken anywhere near as long.
Staff was very accommodating, helping us place our stroller out of the way, understanding when we needed to change our order from eat-in to takeout, & deeply apologetic of how long service took. Great customer service.
Food, as always, was delicious. Highly recommend the fried wonton, & butter chicken (sub tofu). Music was a little loud, but not more than is usual for restaurants in the area.
This place has a really nice vibe inside- beautiful decor & lighting. The food was ok, we had tempura shrimp, edamame & dumplings sampler for appetizers which were all great. For mains we had general Tao chicken & the pad sew which were pretty basic & like you would get at Thai express or something. The pad sew was full of mainly bean sprouts & hardly any noodles & these mini shrimps.
I think the part that really wasn't great for us was the attitude of the hostess, server & the actual service. We were greeted & the woman at the front wasn't pleasant at all, took us to our seat dropped the menus off & just left. No smile, no hi how are you. The server came & asked what we wanted to drink, we had to call her over to order our food. We wanted more water & she said no problem & proceeded to walk back to the bar & roll cutlery. We waited 15 minutes before I just got up & asked for the bottle of water myself. Needless to say we won't be back.
This meal was incredible. The restaurant is fun & has a good ambiance inside. The service was quick! Our server Suf was incredible, she was on top of everything, very kind, & gave us great recommendations. She was a top notch server! As for the food, we were really impressed. We ate the tofu pad Thai, vegetable dumplings, & peanut sauce chicken wontons. The wontons & pad Thai were amazing! We wanted to go back the next night for dinner. Prices were also very reasonable.
Exactly what I was looking for: great asian food done right & a cosy atmosphere without the uptightness of a''fancy'' restaurant. The wonton soup is to die for, loved the General Tao chicken & the you must try the Red Curry Shrimp!!
It was fine but definatly not worth the price. Coconut broth was under seasoned, chicken karage was pink & underwhelming & the papaya salad was one of the worst I've had. The orange general taos tasted like it was made from concentrated orange syrup. The space & servers however are great!
We waited more than 30 minutes for a terrible lunch special. Rubbery fried calamari, The general chicken & the pad see ew were tasteless. Very disappointed. Overpriced
