Lacto
Ovo
Mediterranean
Fast food
Salad bar
Take-out
Catering
Middle Eastern
Non-veg

Serves fish, vegan options available. Middle Eastern and Mediterranean restaurant with a lot of vegan options. Offers salads, sandwiches, hummus, falafel and mixed plates. Has faux meat made with shiitake mushrooms. Open Mon-Sun 9:00am-8:30pm.


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25 Reviews

First Review by Madigan77

Oxygenfad

Points +60

Vegan
20 May 2024

Simply the best vegan option in Montreal

The vege pitas (poultry, shawarma, etc) are amazing. It’s far from Montreal but always worth the trip after a long day.

Pros: Tasty, Good price, Friendly

Cons: It’s far away, It’s in Lachine lol, A small portion of items aren’t vegan

RosanieLimoges

Points +132

Vegan
12 Apr 2024

Excellent !

Beaucoup d’options véganes, les falafels, les pitas et les assiettes avec les différentes protéines sont tous délicieux ! Plusieurs choix de salades en accompagnement. Je recommande sans hésiter !

#EricsVeganVan

Points +211

Vegan
07 Jan 2024

Always fantastic

Everything is delicious and fast, friendly service. Very knowledgeable about what’s vegan and not, say you’re vegan and they’ll steer you away from the few options that aren’t. #Veganuary

Pros: Fast and friendly , Great values, Amazing options and flavors

Veganofthenorth

Points +31

Vegan
18 Apr 2023

Delicious & Unique

Amazing "hole-in-the-wall" restaurant. You feel like the staff is happy you are there. Unique place. ✌🌱

Pros: Super helpful and friendly staff.

Cons: Understandably, gets busy at lunchtime.

PurpleCurrant

Points +3898

Vegan
29 Jan 2023

Good falafel sandwiches

Really good falafel sandwiches. Not the best in town, but definitely in the top 3. Portions are massive!

PasBigras

Points +18

Vegan
23 Jul 2022

Amazing sandwiches

We ordered a shawarma sandwich, fries, onion rings, fake wings and baklavas. Everything was very delicious. It says that it's closed on the app but it was open for delivery at 10:30am.

Updated from previous review on 2022-07-23

Pros: Mostly Vegan, Delicious Vegan Shawarma wraps, Vegan Baklavas

LilacHippy

25 Jul 2022

Hi! I checked and the hours were not correct, I've updated them now. :)

Hécatrice

Points +27

Non Veg
30 Mar 2022

Délicieux

Je suis allée à la succursale de notre dame et ai été épatée par la diversité de l'offre. Que des fausses viandes sur les menu à l'exception de la salade de thon. Le shawarma et shish taouk sont tous deux faits de fausse viande végétarienne. J'ai goûté le sandwich de falafel. Ils sont frits lors de la commande donc bien frais et chauds, très goûteux. J'adore leur petit kick de cumin. Les sandwiches sont généreux et débordent de garnitures. Il y a également un grand choix de salades. Je recommande fortement.

tbrew

Points +154

Vegan
12 Dec 2021

Fantastic Falafel Pita

Hmmm I would have liked to give a 5 star review as they state they are fully vegetarian, but Happy Cow don’t recognize them.
I had a great falafel Pita, will return to try more items on the menu.

Vasko

07 Apr 2022

tbrew

07 Apr 2022

Vasko

07 Apr 2022

tbrew

08 Apr 2022

Grabsy

Points +252

Vegan
11 Oct 2021

Best falafel in the city

The falafel is so good and their faux meats safe even better!! They also have tons of random vegan things like baklava etc that you can get to go. Note it's a very casual mostly take out spot

Pros: Faux meats, Desserts

CassidyLondon

Points +62

Vegan
30 Aug 2021

Incredible vegan options!

Go for the falafel pitas but stay for the vegan shawarma and shish taouk!! Delicious salads, potato wedges and vegan chicken drumsticks too. Healthy and flavour-packed feel-good food!

Vasko

Points +130

Vegan
26 Feb 2021

Awesome

The problem is that the restaurant is too close to my house and it's hard not to go there every day. Just too addictive. One star 🌟 for keeping customers away 🤣🤣🤣. They should be rude or something but I doubt that would help my addiction.

Pros: All

Cons: Can't think of any

KrzysztofK

Points +154

Vegetarian
12 Jan 2021

Best hummus and falafel

Very good prices, but the quality of their falafel and hummus beats all. I also liked their latkes.

JoannieMassé

Points +34

Vegan
18 Nov 2020

Super place végé plus dans l'ouest!

Les salades changent régulièrement et elles sont succulentes et diversifiées!
J'adore leur shishtaouk, leur shawarma, leur salade d'avocats et celle de choux de bruxelles !!

Prendre les assiettes pour que ce soit plus rentable, parce que les formats individuels sont assez chers pour les portions..

ren15

Points +36

Vegan
12 Nov 2020

Amazing fully vegetarian!

This fully vegetarian place is a wonder!! So delicious, lots of options and the employees are very helpful and generous! Huge portions!

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Delicious vegetarian options, Delicious mock-meat

TatiCris

Points +297

Vegan
11 Aug 2020

Contender for best falafel

The falafel sandwich is amazing. Every time we ate there is was fresh and delicious. Definitely a contender for best falafel in MTL alongside Yoni. I would say St. Jacques are probably more traditional.

Pros: Other menu items are worth discovering

Cons: Far away from MTL

Alyzibou

Points +660

Vegan
20 Apr 2020

Some items worth tasting

The potatoes are delicious as is the shawarma.
My two issues with the place are that the vegan vs vegetarian options are unclear, and the staff is hit or miss (with a small storefront that is often hectic, I suggest you going when you’ve got time to wait in line; also, know what you want to order ahead of time because the staff can get really snappy).

Drôle

Points +115

Vegan
19 Apr 2020

Fish? This is a vegetarian/vegan restaurant. Always fresh, always good.

This is my neighbourhood “vegan go to”. Generous portions— Always enough for 2 meals, fresh and good! I love the schnitzel platter even if it’s a bit $$$. Friendly and quick counter service with a sit down counter to eat at. There is now a new resto opened up on notre dame in Lachine but I haven’t tried it.

Pros: Never had a bad meal, Fresh salads, bread, falafel and faux meats, Quick counter service

Cons: Don’t always have my fave schnitzel

LeonB

Points +49

Vegan
31 Dec 2019

Excellent food and friendly staff!

I've had my eye on this place ever since the first time I drove by it several years ago.

Last night, I went. And the menu is mostly vegan with faux meats (which came to my surprise!). I was mainly going there for the falafel anyway.

We had the hummus plate with 3 salads which the guy behind the counter helped us choose pretty quickly. And we ordered a falafel sandwich.

The sandwich was one of the best I've ever had -- I prefer it over the one from Panthere Verte. And then the plate with 3 salads, was amazingly delicious too. So many flavors... not to mention the hummus tasted fresh.

A few things to keep in mind about this place though:
1) HAve to park on the street nearby
2) Limited seating indoors (I came during winter, so i dno how the outside seating is in the summer time)
3) Ordering food was a bit overwhelming as there was so many options to choose from. In the end, I went with the basics and it was pretty easy.

We also ordered their limited time vegan donuts as well. Which were a great dessert if you are into sweets!

I'd definitely go back to continue trying the rest of the faux meats, along with more of their desserts.

I'm curious to see how other locations would do if they had a bigger sitting arrangement because most of the critics I hear come from the loudness of the staff, and lack of seating. They have a strong product, so if they have more seating and isolate the kitchen from the customers, perhaps it would make things smoother.

Overall, it was a great experience for me and I highly recommend to bring people from out of town here!

Leon

Pros: Falafel, Fast Service, Helping with salad choices

Cons: Parking, Limited seating

KarlDoik

Points +16

Vegan
31 Aug 2019

Spoiled food

Let me preface this by saying that I’ve been going there since they opened and have ordered their vegan dishes multiple times for catered events.

I was horrified to find that their potato wedges had the most foul unpleasant odour after I had ordered in the other night. It smelt like animal excrement and upon looking up why I was getting that smell, found out that it was indeed due to rotten potatoes.

I tried emailing the store instead of showing up and causing a scene but never heard back. It’s unfortunate but I will never go back as they have lost my trust. Not to mention the times where they handle cash and then handle the food.

I always felt rushed whenever I go inside and that the workers are just trying to get you out as quickly as possible. I wish they would stop this frantic “wheeling and dealing” exchange with customers and double check their products freshness. It’s sad but we will be ordering elsewhere from now on.

Wendolin

Points +282

Vegan
15 Mar 2019

Delicious!

The vegan schwarma choices are fabulous. Loved the many side salad choices, including amazing guacamole and Brussels sprouts. I will be going back!

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Friendly service

atomheart

Points +132

Vegan
22 Dec 2018

This is the best falafel

Meals from Falafel St.-Jacques are a treat. You’ll love it - eat lots of hummus!

Pros: Hands down best hummus in Montreal, You don’t know good pita til you’ve had this pita

pozike

Points +329

Vegetarian
24 Aug 2018

food is just so tasty

Arguably the best falafel in town (Green Panther being the other front runner), and their faux meat pitas are also just so amazing. They have lively staff, other interesting (vegan) products and are located in a unique part of town. But the thing to know here is that their pitas are some of the tastiest vegan food there is in Montreal.

Shamai

Points +66

Vegan
17 Sep 2017

yummy, keep returning

The food here is amazing, and I feel like I'm in an Israeli market place. Every time I go I try something different, and everything is fantastic. Definitely worth the trip...not a fancy restaurant, and worthy of a great report.

Pros: many vegan choices, taste is beyond compare

Cons: busy, small street. Sometimes difficult to park

mcsnv

Points +3484

Vegan
25 Jun 2017

Cuisine israélienne quasi-végétarienne servie dans un cadre assez chaotique

Ou plutôt 3.5/5 pour être exact! En tant que végane (et définitivement fan de hummus et de falafels!), j'attendais beaucoup de ma visite chez Falafel St. Jacques. Au final, je dois avouer que j'en suis ressorti assez mitigé.

Avant tout, gardez en tête que le restaurant est davantage adapté pour les commandes à emporter plutôt qu'à manger sur place. L'endroit est très petit et ne contient qu'une poignée de places assises. D'ailleurs, même si vous arrivez à vous asseoir, vous ne parviendrez peut-être pas à pleinement profiter de votre repas: aux heures de pointe, les clients peuvent se retrouver les uns par-dessus les autres.
En plus, les "cris" du personnel (autant en cuisine qu'au comptoir) contribuent à créer une ambiance assez chaotique. En fait, on se sent assez bousculé. L'homme qui a pris ma commande écoutais à peine ce que je disais et me semblait très pressé de passer au client suivant. Idem lors du choix des salades pour accompagner mon plat et de la réception de la commande.

Une fois qu'on parvient enfin à mettre la main sur sa commande, par contre, l'expérience s'améliore! Les imitations de viande sont réussies, le pain pita (fait maison!) est moelleux et les falafels sont frais. Le hummus, trop liquide, était la seule préparation qui laissait à désirer. Les portions sont plus que généreuses (surtout pour le prix!).
Dans tous les cas, je vous recommande de prendre une assiette plutôt qu'un sandwich: vous aurez alors le choix entre des frites ou 3 salades (dommage qu'elles ne soient pas étiquetées pour faciliter la sélection).

Au final, j'ai été déçu du service et de l'ambiance mais ai apprécié la bouffe. Ça n'a pas aidé que l'employé qui a pris ma commande ne connaissait pas la définition du véganisme et n'était pas toujours en mesure de me dire si tel ou tel plat, salade ou dessert contenait des œufs et/ou des produits laitiers. Il a même crié à tous que les brownies était végétaliens alors que, après vérification, ce n'était pas le cas. Si vous êtes végane ou désirez simplement éviter les produits d'origine animale pour des raisons de santé, faites attention et soyez clair. Évitez le sandwich Sabich et la salade de pommes de terre (même si le restaurant commence progressivement à utiliser de la mayonnaise végane). Aussi, contrairement à ce qui est souvent publicisé, le restaurant n'est pas 100% végétarien puisqu'un sandwich (le Tunisien) et une salade contiennent du thon.

Madigan77

Points +38

Vegan
08 Apr 2017

Simply the best!

Never had a better vegan falafel nor shawarma pitas. Everything was amazing! (make sure to mention if you're Vegan because some foods have eggs). Very small seating area but we got lucky and got there before it got full.




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