Al-Amine

If you want cheap and filling food then this is the place for you. I usually go for the shish taouk plater as all the components are well cooked and seasoned. I would definitely recommend this place to any student nearby.

Had the shish taouk. It was not very big, did not have a lot of the pickled veggies and the sauce tasted more like mayonnaise than yogurt. Very disappointing.

Expensive for what it is. Still good once in a while, you can find better places to eat around.

Pratique, près de l’Université de Montéal et pas cher, Al-​Amine est un restaurant libanais proposant plusieurs spécialités orientales, mais aussi des pizzas défiant toute concurrence.
Quand on a pas d’argent, qu’on est encore à l’université tard le soir et qu’on veut se faire plaisir de temps en temps, pas de soucis. Vous pouvez y allez en allant déguster une pointe de pizza à 2 $ seulement (reine, végétarienne, 4 fromages et j’en passé). Et la qualité est toujours au rendez-​vous. Car Al-​Amine est scindé en deux :
— Vous avez une partie «restauration rapide» avec des pizzas
— Vous avez une deuxième partie consacrée aux spécialités: falafels, Kafta poulet, shish taouk, etc. Bien entendu, vous avez le choix entre prendre soit le plat, soit le sandwich (qui est moins cher).
Bön après, la décoration n’est pas vraiment l’atout majeur du restaurant, mais je vous garantis qu’avec un service correct et des plats bien garnis, votre porte-​monnaie pourra vous dire merci!
Et cerise sur le gâteau, il fait même la livraison à domicile (en commandant soit en ligne ou soit par téléphone).

I am a UdeM student and this is just a right place.
They give good quantity and quality foods with a reasonable price. Specially when you are at your midterm or final and you don’t have time to cook nor bring your foods. You call for a delivery for a Mixed Plat under 15 $. And you will feel happy.
Recommended to try this place at least once if you study near by.

Some of the staff who serve aren’t attentive and you have to repeat yourself several times to remind them of what you asked — language in either French or English isn’t their forte.
I don’t recommend the pita shawarmas or pita taouks– they don’t have much flavour and the vegetable ingredients weren’t very fresh looking either. Their full-​plate menus are generous but too cooked and mushy in consistency. I really don’t recommend their pizza either it’s very plain and low quality. Which leaves only their baked goods to try (pita zaatar, lahmajouns… etc.) and they’re ok.

Well, it ain’t as great as it used to be. Since my schedule makes it so that I mostly go here about half an hour before closing, it basically ensures that they’ve saved the worst for last. It’s best to go much earlier in the day while ingredients are still fresh. But man, I’ve gotten some serious dirt sandwiches when ordering falafel here 15 minutes before closing. My friends are often treated to the last morose, burnt slices of pizza at night. Also my favourite item — zaatars — are rarely available at night for some reason, which makes me a sad vegan.
I’ll still ask the staff, «Kaifa haluka?» when they serve me but these days — depending on if it is even daytime, anyway — I’m almost scared of the answer.
You will still fart all day if you eat anything from here. That is still, of course, almost universally true of Lebanese food.

I like this place because it’s next to the Université de Montréal and Cote-​des-​Neiges metro station, plus they stay open late.
It’s perfect for after-​class dating. Microeconomie ends at 7pm. You walk out with that sweet classmate of yours, and be like: ”Hey, wanna eat something maybe ?” Well, there’s no disageement possible about where to go… you just head up to Al-​Amine because half the place is fresh bakery/​pastry/​pizza and other half is juicy chicken/​beef sandwiches or plates.