Best lunch specials?
Any cuisine
Any price range
Casual or Formal
Everything goes - just one requirement - the place must have a deal for lunch !
Or, it could be a restaurant that is known for their lunch more than supper I suppose.
List your favourites only - I am aware that a lot of places have a lunch deal - but I want the best!
Thanks
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porker
Oct 28, 2010 04:06 AM
As mentioned in the "Cheap in NDG" thread, Chalet BBQ has a good lunch special. Its been awhile, but a 1/4chicken, fries, bun, gravy, a drink, and choice of slaw or tomato juice runs $8-$9.
Chinatown has plenty of restaurants offering lunch specials. Jade has inexpensive lunch buffet (although its a love or hate thing), Beijing has a number of plates with a lunch item served with rice. I'm sure snooping around, you'll find plenty others.
Another love-hate place is Wilensky's Light Lunch. Not necessarily a "lunch special" but the Wilensky Special for lunch is cheap.-----
Wilensky's Light Lunch
34 Av Fairmount W, Montreal, QC H2T2M1, CA -
Haggisboy
Oct 27, 2010 06:27 PM
If you live on the West Island, Spicy Island in Roxboro on Gouin has a $4.99 lunch special that varies day to day and is quite good. Typical tasty Jamaican fare like dirty rice, jerk chicken etc. You just can't go wrong at the price, and the portions are decent.
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just went to eat at Papas Tapas Martinis today at the corner of prince arthur and st laurent for their $9.99 lunch special. came with dark greens in balsamic vinegar, a roll (with great olive oil too!), egg drop soup, a choice of mains (today it was sauteed tuna in tomatoes or a steak) and dessert, a scoop of vanilla ice cream in an espresso.
ignoring the quantity of what you get, the quality was superb. the soup was a bit underflavoured, but everything else was great. my companion had the steak and i had the tuna so i got a chance to try both. steak was perfectly cooked, slightly charred with a sprinkling of olive oil carmelized vegetables. the espresso was very well made as well.
portions were perfect, not too much and not too little.
the atmosphere was nice and relaxed, no snobbishness, quick and efficient service, didn't feel rushed at all despite that.
a gourmet lunch that easily would go for at least $20 at other restaurants, definitely will go back!
o and did i mention they have a 5-7 happy hour during the week with a free martini for every tapas you order? -
I recently had lunch at the Beaver Hall and was really impressed. Not a deal but not too expensive either. Their menu is available online. I'll definitely go back, and I'm looking forward to try Andiamo next door...
Also, among my favourite places for lunch is Olive+Gourmando: they make the best sandwiches and pretty much have different soups everyday! Also, they have amazing baked goodies (try their brownies or their chocolate brioche!)-----
Beaver Hall
1073, Cote du Beaver Hall, Montreal, QC H2Z 1S5, CA -
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re: Mandarine
For more upscale places, here is an old thread which also references a Gazette compilation of best lunch deals
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The Mazurka lunch is super cheap....and super potatoe-y and cheesy
A friend and his picky father said great things about the lunch special at this place on St Laurent right below Prince Arthur, Papas tapas...corny name, and decor wise it looks really overdone (and somewhat tacky in my opinion) like most of those restaurants around that area, but I've been scolded for judging this book by it's cover. I'll report back if I ever figure out how much lunch is
If you're looking to grab a nice little meal in a cafe setting, Cafeo on st dennis near rachel serves daily lunch specials that are great value...I got a cubano sandwich with chicken spiced quite nice, with good fries and a salad and coffee all for a little over 10$, it was so much food that I had to take half the sandwich and salad with me
La Passe Compose on Roy and Mentana: this is my favorite brunch/lunch place. http://www.passecomposerestaurant.com/
The lunch prices look more expensive online: if you go for brunch on the weekend, specials include things like the filet de boeuf tartine with carmelized onions, spinach, and wasabi sauce for around $12 (what I had last time...delicious!
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Cafeo
4177 Rue Saint-Denis, Montreal, QC H2W2M7, CA›1 Reply -
blond_america
Apr 16, 2010 03:27 PM
Mazurka has a lunch special that i believe is $8.75 (though it could be more now since its been a year since i glanced at it last). It's basically one of several traditional polish dishes and it comes with a soup, small salad and coffee or tea.
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Had a great lunch at Justine Bistro à Vin this week, always $11.95 for a lovely table d'hote.
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re: Zhuuls
No, no, it's not too good to be true. It's just that it is impossible to resist getting $30+ worth of wine to go with your excellent French meal, so we usually do that. The menu on Thursday was a cream of turnip soup, a haché parmentier made with blood sausage that everyone declared the best blood sausage they've had, and a cream puff for dessert. I didn't have the special but had tian of eggplant and goat cheese which was very nice, and a nicois salad with a tataki of blue marlin that was very well prepared. That wasn't much more than the $11.95 special either, frankly.
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