Kyo Bar Japonais

My Fiancée and I have gone to this restaurant on a number of different occasions. It’s become our restaurant of choice when we have something to celebrate. The ambiance is inviting — modern, cozy and low lit.
Japanese food happens to be my favourite type of cuisine and this place does not disappoint. We always order the Grilled black cod marinated in white miso and sake every time we go. It’s perfectly crispy on the outside and the white fish is soft and buttery inside.
I would avoid the oysters. I think they are fresh but they are served with some bubbly sauce on top and I did not like that.
The sushi makis are very fresh and inspired. If you want vegetarian makis it’s not on the menu but the chef will make something special for you upon request.
This place is popular. The last time we went they were fully booked so we sat at the bar and realized it’s a great spot to be if you’re two. The bar stools were comfortable and we had plenty of counter space for all our various plates.

j’adore ce petit restaurant, il est vraiment très proche de l’endroit ou je travaille. Ils servent les meilleurs sushis dans le Vieux-​Port ! De plus, ils ont un service de boîte bento qui serve des crevettes tempuras, des légumes panés et des makis. C’est excellent !
Le fait que le restaurant Kyo se situe dans le vieux port est très bien aussi. C’est le genre de restaurant parfait pour aller manger avec des amis avant d’aller prendre un vers dans un des excellents bars du vieux port.
Petite astuce: la suite 701 se trouve dans le même immeuble que ce restaurant. Quoi de mieux en hivers que né pas devoirs marcher 15 minutes dehors pour se déplacer au bar le plus près.

First, the good things: the service was great even if I was getting the Happening Gourmand special to go, the atmosphere/​décor was nice enough that I noticed it, and the dessert was good.
I had the tonkatsu with salad.
The salad was mostly iceberg with a tiny bit of wakame, which for a $ 15 (+tax +tip) lunch is ridiculous. The sesame dressing was good.
The tonkatsu was oily, to the point where I couldn’t finish it and that was despite being starving and wanting tonkatsu really badly.
They didn’t give me any rice and the «Japanese coleslaw» listed on the menu was two slices of pickled daikon with a tiny mound of grated cabbage.
I’ve had better tonkatsu in a convenience store.
(In Tokyo, yes, but still.)
I didn’t try any sushi, but based on this experience, I’m not going to go back unless it’s for a drink.

Love that place. Went twice and would go back any time. Very good Sake selection, the Snake sushis and spinach salad are delicious. We also had fried chicken and sashimis. It’s not the usual Izakaya, think more classy a bit. With less noise.

Nous nous y sommes rendus avec des amis dans le cadre de Montréal à table. J’avais probablement trop d’attentes sur ce restaurant vu les avis. En tout cas j’espère que les propositions du chef y sont différentes en temps normal car nous avons été déçu et restons sur une mauvaise impression. Les plats manquent de saveurs, peu voire pas de goût. Aucune surprise. Les cocktails si, eux, étaient bons et surprenants. Bref, le prix, élevé, n’est par conséquent pas justifié! J’y retournerai quand même une fois en dehors de cet évènement pour confirmer ou non ma première impression.

Had dinner. The shogun roll was excellent. I also enjoyed the spinach salad. The atmosphere was also very nice. Defiantly come again.

I arrived early (around 5:10 pm) on a Thursday and sat at the bar. The bartender/​server was great. Very friendly and helpful.
The major negative was seeing the supervisor/​manager calling out the bus-​boy for not having glasses set up properly on the pre-​set tables. If you’re going to grill your staff, at least do it in privacy and not in front of customers.
The udon was good — not great — a little on the bland side. The nigiri was quite good, though. Overall a little overpriced — but it is located in tourist-​trap-​central.
Overall — not a great experience.
Service: 5 stars
Food I had: 3 stars
Atmosphere: 0 stars

Kyo Bar is a very loud bar/​drinks place. The drinks selection is extensive. It is a reasonable place to go for after work drinks with a corporate business partner but the sushi is very poor and the prices are quite high. You’re better off going elsewhere.

good place good atmosphere and creative menu it is trendy but wish the food was more authentic you see all white people so in order to get that sophisticated asian crowd need to work harder

Great fun ambiance with live DJ. Awesome appetizers personally I think are better than the other popular izakaya like Kinka or Imadake.

I was staying at this hotel for a business meeting and decided to call in and get some room service. I went for their Japanese resto bar right downstairs from my room. I chose
the maki plate with 27 pieces. It only came with 3 different rolls. I would expect to have more options :/​they were not that great! I had way better sushi rolls other places and way cheaper ! It’s really sad that my rolls were soggy. They were not so fresh as I expected, especially coming from a 4.5 star hotel!
The options were limited from the Kyo bar menu when I was ordering. I don’t think they deserve that much credit. It was good but quality wise, i had higher expectations.
The service was great! I received the order within 10 minutes up to my room. I guess everyone is different but I will definitely not be coming back for anymore unfortunately.

I was visiting Montréal from San Francisco and found this place near my hotel. I wasn’t sure what to think of sushi in Montréal but this place did not disappoint. I ordered the Kyo roll that came with crab, avocado, takuan, lychee, tuna, spicy mayo, and strawberry.
When the waitress suggested this I was like «what the hell?» Never heard of strawberry in a roll before. However I decided to give it a try. I was glad I did, every bite was an explosion of flavor. One minute I felt the crunch of the radish, then the softness of the crab, then all the sudden you bite into the lychee and you get a splash of juice. It was quite an experience.
The waitress was also very sweet and thoughtful. She gave suggestions on places to see and go. Also talked for a bit about the food culture in Montréal. I was very impressed with how educated she was about the food scene in Montréal. Great spot for a foodie, also the donut dessert was amazing.

I saw lots of good comments of this restaurant so when i am around I decide to try this one.
2 stars are for the environment. 0 for food and service.
The menu is so simply, you can not find too much options to order, other Japanese restaurants have much more foods. :)
So let’s talk about the food. The salad was very small and only have very few sashimi in it, totally overpriced. The maki is ok. But just ok and no more. The yaki udon is a big disaster! Too salty and sour even cannot find any sashimi in it maybe they are tooooo small for me to find?
We waited for an hour for 2 yaki udons at 8 pm which means not too much people in the restaurant so I cannot figure out why it takes too long to make 2 noodles.
To sum up. I will never go to this place again. And if you wanna enjoy real and delicious Japanese food, DO NOT GO.

I visited Kyo on my first trip to Montréal a couple weekends ago. In a city where I expected to enjoy French and Canadian food the most, Kyo stood out among all the restaurants we tried during our visit.
The service was great and so was the ambiance. I loved everything we tried, even the dishes we ordered that I was initially on the fence about but tried on a whim. The Kyo maki roll for example, which has strawberry and lychee along with crab and tuna, turned out to be my absolute favorite. We almost ordered another despite being stuffed. Finished off the night with fresh donuts paired with yuzu sauce. I would go back just for that roll and that dessert!

I am visiting my sister in Montréal and we decided to eat at Kyo tonight as we are both big sushi fans. The restaurant was in a great location and the décor and music created a cool vibe.
Our server was very friendly and attentive. I was feeling rather hungry so we ordered a lot: miso soup, gyoza dumplings, agedashi tofu, moriawase tempura, nagoya chicken wings, and the eight piece nagiri. We also ordered three maki rolls: Califonia, Kamikaze, and Kyo.
Highlights of the meal were the maki rolls and the chicken wings. The Kyo roll was especially interesting — it included lychee and strawberry — neither of which I had never had in a roll before. The flavors worked well though, with the strawberry providing a sweet taste and the lychee giving it a unique texture. The nagoya chicken wings were also delicious — tender meat covered in a tasty sweet sauce. I would definitely recommend both dishes.
Unfortunately, some dishes were disappointing. The gyoza dumplings were nothing special and the agedashi tofu was rather bland — neither the tofu cube or the hot tenstuyu broth offered much flavor.
All in all though, the meal was enjoyable and the restaurant/​service were great. I would recommend Kyo if you are in Montréal and looking for a good sushi experience.

We had a wonderful meal here. We had to dine early in order to catch a walking tour afterwards so started at 6pm. Our server was lovely and guided my less sushi loving colleagues to dishes they could handle. I filled my belly with the snake roll, salmon sashimi and the sake flight. The fish was very fresh. We also had the fried shrimp and an order of edamame. Delicious! Everyone left full and happy.

We made our reservation last minute and to our surprise, it was some of the best sushi we’ve had in Montréal in a long time. Though a little more expensive than other sushi joints, Kyo Bar Japonais is the place to come if you want a romantic sushi dinner with your beau. They have a great selection of cocktails, wines, and sakes as well and I’m definitely going back in the near future to enjoy more of their sushi! We had friendly service, though the service was a little slow in my opinion, compared to the number of customers in the restaurant (about ¼ full), but there was only one waitress that was taking all the orders, checking up on the customers, and serving the food, so it was understandable. Everything was clean and presentable, and most of all, the quality of the sashimi & sushi was very fresh and not frozen!

Just walking distance to the palais des congrès. I went there to get some good Japanese food. I expected excellent sashimi and sushi.
I ordered the spinach salad as the entrée and the chef sashimi California roll platter for dinner.
It was good but only good. With the price, I was expecting something more thoughtru.
I am sorry I personally will not go again because too overpriced for an ”OK” sashimi.
They are better places in Chinatown.

Very satisfied with the food here. I had the tuna takiti (I believe is the name) and the snake sushi roll. I loved both. Both felt fresh. The tuna takiti’s marinade was excellent and refreshing. We also had the endamame which had large chunks of sea salt on it which was perfect. To end I had the donut dessert served with condensed milk and sesame seeds. The taste was citrusy and original. Over all good food and good atmosphere.

Wow! J’ai découvert ce bel endroit hier soir! Les gens qui y travaillent sont très sympathiques!!! C’est délicieux !!

Being a huge fan of Japanese cuisine and working in Japanese restaurants, I decided to have my birthday dinner here with my boyfriend. Made reservations via open table a week in advance as it was Igloo festival and Happening Gourmand weekend. I added a comment it was my birthday. Upon arrival my reservations were not in the system. I showed the gentleman at the front my email confirmation on my smartphone. He said it was no problem and he would find us a seat. We were seated at the round table by the window which seats 4 so it was spacious but a bit cold. The man came back to the table and said he found my reservation in the system. Overall the food for me was average. The menu is limited to a few dishes only, for $ 25 no alcohol.
My dishes were the sunomono salad to start
(Harusame noodles, cucumber, coriander, wakame, kani crab). I liked it as it was light with flavor. I tried the spicy salmon maki but found it lacked being spicey. My main dish was the chicken yaki (mirin marinated chicken thigh with rice). I was not impressed with it as it lacked flavor and was not very warm as it was served. I enjoy sauce with my chicken and it was missing from this dish. I had the pinky ginger cocktail which was an extra $ 11. It was tasty with ginger, lychee and raspberry purée. I finished with dessert the Yuzu donuts with condensed milk and black sesame. Good portion size as it comes with 3 donuts. I took mine off the chopstick and soaked it in the milk.
This was my 2^nd visit here, it was more memorable the last time. The service was average nothing over the top. There was different waitresses coming to the table. The ambiance and décor is good, the music was good as they played R&B from the 90s. My boyfriend said it was way too loud for his taste. For my birthday there was no extra dessert brought out, perhaps we had to mention it.

Staying at the hotel, figured my wife and I would get a quick drink before heading out to dinner, we ate here on a previous trip and enjoyed it.
We arrived just after opening so were the first folks there, sat at the bar. The bartender was great (sorry, forgot your name… remember you were the local artist who also draws the chalkboard each night), we had her recommend drinks and she didn’t disappoint. My wife had this raspberry drink that was very yummy, I had the Ninja, (two actually), based on her request. It was excellent, and I had her made the second one more spicy then the first but it tastes almost like watermelon but with a nice spicy kick at the end. Yum! We’ll stop in and have dinner next time we are in town

J’avais probablement beaucoup trop d’attente sur ce restaurant, mais j’ai trouvé mon repas bon, mais sans plus. J’y suis allée pour souper dans le cadre de Montréal à table, je vais probablement devoir y retourner pour me faire une meilleure idée.
Mon highlight de la soirée a été mon drink et le beignet au citron que mon conjoint a pris comme dessert. Mon conjoint a particulièrement apprécié l’habillement des serveuses ;)

Great food, prompt and friendly service, pleasant atmosphere.
I would recommend this place.

Certes c’est un peu plus dispendieux que d’autres restaurants à sushis mais ça vaut tout à fait le détour. J’y ai dégusté de délicieux sashimis de pétoncle, saumon bio et soupe miso maison un soir (je conseille de goûter autre chose que les sushis (makis, californiens, il y a meilleur autre part, par contre le reste est très original!).
Je me suis laissé tenté par un chirachi un midi et ai été surpris par la quantité et la qualité du poisson frais servis sur un lit de riz et de crudités fraiches!
Je pense que ça vaut le prix.

Le Kyo nous a reçu pour un événement Élite ce mardi. Nous avons été impressionnés d’abord par la beauté de l’endroit: bois brut et brique font bon ménage, surtout dans de grands espaces aérés. Bien situé au coin de la rue St-​Antoine et de la côte place d’Armes, le Kyo se spécialise en saké, vin de prune, et bouchées d’inspiration japonaises. Les différentes bouchées servies durant l’événement étaient toutes plus délicieuses les unes que les autres. la morue noire marinée au Miso fut mon coup de cœur. Nous avons ensuite décidé de poursuivre notre repas au bar: les sushis étaient excellents et nous avons même eu un petit refill de saké gracieuseté de notre hôtesse (qui était une serveuse exemplaire soit dit en passant très sympathique). En somme, pour une soirée bien arrosée, remplie d’amour, ambiance loungy et des amuses-​gueules délicieux, choisissez le Kyo !
Saké Saké 5 $ !

Un véritable coup de coeur pour leurs lunchs.
Leur menu midi entre 14 et 20 $ comprend une entrée, un plat et un thé. C’est pas cher, c’est ultra savoureux et l’ambiance est bien calme le midi.
En entrée, je vous suggère la salade de laitue ice burg et d’algues qui est tellement bonne que j’ai eu du mal à partager avec mon ami, mais je dois avouer que sa soupe miso était tout aussi délicieuse.
Comme plat principal, le porc frit coupé en lanière recouvert de sauce sucrée et accompagné de riz et de salade de chou est une bonne option, mais selon moi, la boîte bento est ce qui vaut le plus le détour. La boîte contient 4 compartiments contenant des échantillons de différents plats: salade de nouilles soba, 6 makis, crevettes tempura et une protéine de votre choix (poulet, boeuf ou saumon mariné).
Pour ceux qui voudraient en apprendre un peu plus sur les différents types de sakés, vous êtes au bon endroit! La carte des alcool en offre une belle sélection et il est également possible d’obtenir une dégustation de 4 sakés différents pour 20 $. Très bonne idée pour les comparer et se situer un peu plus par rapport à nos goûts. Le soir, l’endroit offre également une carte de cocktails maisons (dont plusieurs à base de saké) qui ont l’air délicieux!
Vraiment, j’ai adoré.

Le restaurant est beau et l’ambiance est agréable.
Par contre, la nourriture, du moins ce qu’on a mangé, était assez ordinaire pour le prix chargé. Mentionnons que le service était excellent.
Conseils:
— Né prenez pas la crêpe japonaise aux fruits de mer! C’est mauvais, pleins de mayonnaise et trop lourd!
— Essayez un sake, ils sauront vous conseiller.
— Les moules japonaises sont excellentes.
Heureux d’avoir essayé mais je né recommande pas cet endroit.