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Mickie and I can't get enough of these amazing Kosher restaurants!

Kosher restaurants and food in Montreal
Summer is around the corner and that means lots of Kosher tourists will 
flock our city. I saw that someone did this last year and I disagreed 
with most of his recommendations for good Kosher food and restaurants in 
Montreal. So here's my two cents:

For elegant, fine dining places:

Mortys Steakhouse, 5395 Queen Mary, Montreal 514-481-2000
This is really Montreal's best Kosher restaurant. They openned last year 
and its owned by the people at El Morocco. They serve top quality beef, 
dry aged, the works. They also have a great fish menu. This is an 
authentic steakhouse, the decor is very New York and the food is awesome. 
It's perfect for birthdays, dates, business meetings and just if you want 
to spoil yourself. The service is fantastic, its very warm and 
hospitable. They had a rocky start, but 1 year later, the food is 
incredible and everything is perfect from start to finish. They hired a 
chef who worked in a very big Steakhouse institution in Montreal 
(Moishe's) and they do a great job.

El Morocco, 3450 Drummond, Montreal 514-844-6888
Montreal's oldest Kosher restaurant, openned in the late 70s and still 
open today. Something unique for Montreal. The food is authentic 
morrocan, although they have some items that are not moroccan. They also 
own Mortys, so they serve some of their steaks. It's Montreal's only 
Kosher restaurant downtown, so its great for tourists who are staying in 
hotels around it. They also cater for Shabbat and can have it sent to 
your hotel. The food is incredible and the decor is really nice. It was a 
little downhill a few years ago, but they went through a nice facelift a 
couple years ago and are back on top. Probably my 2nd most favorite place 
after Mortys. The service is also very nice.

Ernie and Ellies, 6900 Decarie, Montreal 514-344-4444
I put this restaurant in the elegant section. It's not really elegant, 
but I didn't create a 'do not visit' section, so i decided to put it 
here. This used to be a great kosher restaurant! For the last few years, 
it really went downhill. The food is gross, the service is outright rude 
and the management doesn't care. They make all their money in takeout and 
catering so the restaurant only exist to get rid of the food they 
couldn't sell at their catering or takeout. So I'm writing this in hopes 
that someone from Ernie and Ellies reads this and makes some changes!

Exodus: Closed, but was replace with Mortys, see above.

Family friendly place, moderately priced:

Rahamim Glatts, Cote st Luc Road, near TCBY
They just openned this place and only went there once. My theory is that 
they figure that since Exodus closed, they wanted that clientele. I'm not 
sure if they've succeeded, but its not a bad restaurant, its not great 
either. The food is decent. They have italian, french and moroccan. I 
think with the right effort, they can become much better. I'll review it 
again later.

Yakimono Sushi, 4210 Decarie, Montreal 514-484-1515
Probably the best Sushi in Montreal. They have lots of choices and the 
prices are very fair. It's not a big place, so you need to reserve if 
you're going to be more than 4 people. They also do takeout. If you want 
great sushi, this is the place. Beware, they don't much besides Sushi.

Pizza Pita, 6415 Decarie, Montreal 514-731-7482
The name says it all. Good Pizza. It's like a Kosher equivalent of 
Domino's. Good Pizza, good prices, family friendly. Don't expect stone 
oven thin crust pizza here! But for what it does, its great.

Exception 5039 Queen Mary, Montreal 514-344-0508
A really nice restaurant, too bad its only Dairy. They have some great 
sandwiches, omelettes and pasta. The decor is gorgeous and really well 
tought out. They also have incredible pastries and cakes. Definitely one 
of Montreal's best Kosher restaurants in this category.

Fast food, counter places:

Chez Benny, 5071 Queen Mary, Montreal 514-735-1836 (also another one in 
SaintLaurent)
Not what it used to be, but still pretty good. The food is tasty, the 
quantity is good and the quality is decent. They could be a little more 
polite, but i guess it comes with the territory. The place to go for a 
Shawarma, Fallafel or some grilled stuff.

Prime Grill, 5334 Queen Mary, Montreal 514-656-9900
I used to love this place, now I just like it. The food is Israeli. They 
have the best Fallafel in the city. Their Shawarma is good. Their service 
is friendly, which is unique in this type of Kosher restaurant. It's a 
small place, but its very well located on Queen Mary.

There are other Kosher restaurants in the city, but they're either not 
worthy of mention or totally out of the way. For a complete listing of 
Kosher restaurants in Montreal approved by the MK (Vaad Hair of 
Montreal), go to:

http://www.mk.ca/restaurants.html



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