Sumac Restaurant - Montreal, Quebec

Really nice relaxed place, there is a large communal table in the middle which is great for large groups. There is a bit of a wait sometime. The staff are very helpful. Food taste delicious. The mezes and salads are great. There is draft beer and wine options are available.

Service was excellent fair cost in comparison to the quantity of food Overall rating is 4 starts due to that the chicken shawarma is almost a taouk not the shawarma we are used to

Easily the best falafel and middle eastern cuisine in the city. Consistently perfection. Well done!!! Can’t wait to come back. Delicious beyond compare.

So I’m sure many people will disagree with my ratings but here is why. Food Fries: frozen, pasty, covered in their seasoning which lacks salt and anything to wow you. I don’t like ketchup and had to use ketchup to add flavour and moisture and then realized this and stopped - ... waste of money period! Don’t sell inferior product and sell at home made pricing. Picketed beet: very good, crisp and fresh Pita: nicely warmed with zatar seasoning was good Green cabbage salad: with lean on, dill, cabbage and some sort of creamy substance - maybe mayonnaise (mit certain) and tahini not sure, was good Hummus spread topped with seasoning and olive oil, average and too smooth. Shawarma: a big let down. It’s as if they cooked the shawarma before, heated it up on a skillet with some oil to moisten it, then sprinkle shawarma seasoning all over it making it dry and over cooked. Not so good. Salad cuit (cooked tomatoes salad) was excellent. Kefta (middle eastern hamburger): not fully cooked, seasoning was so so and lacked moisture. As a non sauce person I found myself needed to dip in to ketchup to add flavour and moisture - and I don’t like ketchup. And they are really small burgers so it should be easy to cook it right. Overall I round that the value to not be so good. I just recently went to a middle eastern restaurant offering the same food, and it was plentiful so much so that two people could eat it and the quality was high and fresh as can be. Shawarma moist and juicy and not recooked and overdone with powder seasoning all over it. This is not (to me) the way it is in the Middle East, it’s their version. If you’re looking for true middle eastern in afraid this is (for the most part) not it. It’s not bad, and it’s not great, it’s just ok - but for the portion I feel pricing a little high. The staff are nice and knowledgeable and the interior is nothing fancy but clean and nice and people aren’t packed in so you have good personal space. Parking in the area is a real challenge and for me it’s not a place I would go a 3rd time. I did come here when they opened and thought the food was a little better or perhaps my memory escapes me. Nonetheless, À chacun ses goûts taste. Read more

One of the best Arab Mediterranean (Lebanese?) places I've ever dined at, period! The salads were all fantastic. I particularly loved the falafel and the sabich platters. The Muhammara was up there with the best-rich and nutty! Quantities are generous. Generally par for the cost.. highly recommend!