Sésame

Food was ok but not great. Had the calamari has an entrée and the wok and chicken peanut sauce as a main dish. The wok and chicken was room temperature (not hot) and the taste as a bit bland. You could taste the peanut but nothing else. The person I was with had the Tom yum shrimp soup. There were 3 cocktail size shrimp and it was not spicy at all. The menu indicated it was very spicy and a good one is supposed to be but here it was not. Only good thing is the decoration in the restaurant which looked nice.

Highly overrated. I ordered the chicken lime-​chili salad. It came with 3 little slices of chicken, about 7 endamame beans an 2 cashews for 20 $. Won’t be having lunch there in a million years…

Pourquoi me rendre chez Sésame et né pas y manger de la typique nourriture Thaï? Pour y manger la meilleure poutine au général tao et un des meilleurs tartares au saumon. Toutefois, bien que demandé épicé, le saumon manquait d’épice et leurs frites sont très bonnes mis toujours beaucoup trop salées. Demandez peu de sel quand cous les commandez et elles seront parfaites.

This place was a great place to go eat some great tasting food and in a great setting.
Soup broths can easily be too salty. However both soups I tried at this establishment were just right.
Of course their signature dish General Tao Chicken is a must try at least once.
I will be going back again and encourage others to try it as well.

If you want a Quebec version of Chinese food, this is the place to go.
I ordered a Shrimp Chow Mein. For this dish: egg noodles and non Chinese vegetables (cucumber,…no Bok Choy) are used. It was tasty. More on the healthy style. Shrimps were well cooked, not too hard.
Didn’t taste like traditional, typical Chinese food.
Love the atmosphere!

Horrible place to go. Staff was nice and friendly but the food was horrible. Rice was uncooked and hard. Worst food I ever ate. Very disappointment.

Stopped in for a quick dinner last night during the Fête Nationale. Was seated right away at the bar as I was dining alone.
Ordered Tom yum soup and pork dumplings. The dumplings were fantastic.
For my main course I had Thai basil chicken. It was really tasty but I should have asked for a bit more spicy.
For a very popular night the kitchen was was quite fast and the bartender was quite attentive to everyone sitting there.

Great food. Good atmosphere. Had a few kid friendly dishes as well as a kids menu. They were fast and the staff was very friendly.

Superbe petit resto asiatique dans le cartier des spectacles.
Premièrement, sourtout pour les soirs de spectacle: réserver! Je l’es es vue toujours de bords énormement de gens sans réservation.
En rentrant puisque nous allions à un spectacle et avions une contrainte de temps, nous l’avons mentionner a la serveuse qui semblais super a laise et relax avec sa. Les plats était super gouteux et bien présenter. Le goût typique qu’on attend de ces plats asiatique. Tout sur le menu avais l’air délicieux, il y avais même une table d’hote offerte pour le soir. Il y avais une belle carte des vins surprenament TRÈS abordable. Bref, super option pour un souper avant d’aller à la place des arts qui es juste à coter.

I went to Sesame just last week when I was in Montréal working. It is on a popular section of St Catherine with lots of pedestrian traffic and as it looked pretty busy, I thought it was a safe bet. It was on a Wednesday evening when we stopped in and although it was busy we had no trouble getting a table outside for 3. Service was fast and efficient right from the get go and we ordered a pitcher of sangria to start. The drink was ok but nothing extraordinary. One of my dinner companions ordered the pad thai and her teenage daughter had just the shrimp tempura. I went with the shrimp rolls and a red curry shrimp dish. The shrimp tempura arrived first along with the fresh shrimp rolls. The tempura looked pretty small but maybe that’s not a bad thing as the large tempura you get in some places just means more unhealthy batter anyway. The person who ordered it said it was good. The fresh rolls were a bit disappointing. They tasted nice and fresh with a wonderful peanut dipping sauce but there was barely one shrimp in the whole roll, just one or two shrimp bits. I would just get the vegetable ones next time. My dining companion didn’t say anything about her pad thai so I can only assume it was ok and like her I ate my red curry dish without making much of a fuss one way or another. It was overall good but not a great dining experience. I would give it 3.5 stars if that was an option. I do think it’s better than 3 but not quite in the 4 category when I compare it to other Asian restaurants where these same dishes are often superb and cheaper. Many people will probably enjoy the good location though as it is a good spot to people watch.

Made a stop after some sweet jazz in the Heineken tent during the Montréal jazz fest. Our experience was pleasant and efficient. Just a quick stop so only tried the thai basil and the red curry chicken. Both dishes were excellent lunch plates. Tasty, hot and fresh accompanied with a cold sleemans and a pleasant server and my week at the jazz fest continues to impress!

Ever since I became a vegetarian the thing I’ve missed the most was sweet and sour chicken balls. When I discovered that this restaurant had a sweet and sour battered tofu I was eager to give it a try. The General Tao tofu, and the a l’orange version, are absolutely fantastic; they satisfy the craving completely and are incredibly morish.
Back down to Earth for a moment, I’ve been there five times now and the service and food constancy are extremely INconsistent. The sides seem to change depending on who cooks the food, which feels lazy rather than necessary.
Wait times at this location are much slower than the Atwater location, but the food tends to be just a touch better. Given the choice I’d usually choose the Atwater location; the slow, slow service at this one is just brutal, and the wait staff is remarkably inattentive. I’ve waited over an hour before, with no apology, explanation, reassurance, or attention (with a fairly empty house.)
Overall I still go back once a week, but there is definitely room for improvement.