Solymar Restaurant

Really love their ceviche plate. A bit expensive but it’s worth once in a while. If you love sour stuffs and seafood I’d recommend that plate. :) Staffs are usually super friendly and fast. However on one night I came there with friends where there was a group of mexican musician, we didn’t expect our food to come out after almost an hour. That was the only disappointment and I think they have that festive on a certain date of the week, so make sure to call before hand if you want to have a good experience!

Food: For first time Peruvian food, I’m actually pleasantly surprised. The cerviche is excellent! So fresh and tasty, and no I did not get sick after (VERY important)! And the appetizer chips are so addictive!
Service: Attentive but a little «too» much, can you please me space to enjoy my food?
Price: Good food quality/​price ratio
Ambiance: Honestly, from outside, the place looked so shabby and once inside, it was kind of dark, I thought the building was going to fall apart. NO fancy décor here for sure, just good food.

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Last summer we enjoyed a delicious dinner here so we went back this year to find we we’re not disappointed.
Alex, our server, was wonderful and the food was not only delicious but savory.
The Jalea Solymar was an abundant portion as well as the Arroz con Mariscos.
We had the Pisco Sours and they were on point!
Overall, a great night out!

C’est bon et l’ambiance superbe, les prix un peu élevés. Mais c’est parfait pour les dimanches soirs !

Mon ami péruvien m’a fait découvrir les délices de son pays à cet restaurant. Le pisco sour, la boisson traditionnelle est vraiment à essayer! Si vous aimez le Amaretto Sour vous allez adorer. Le ceviche est un classique à essayer aussi. Les plats sont immenses et savoureux. Si vous voulez mangez quelque chose de différent et né pas être déçus… allez à Solymar!

This is the best peruvian food you can eat in Montréal.
My Girlfriend is peruvian and she have tried the best peruvian restaurant in Montréal so she said it’s the best you can taste in Montréal !
I went to this restaurant several times and taste the ceviche and the Roasted chicken and it’s always excellent and the service is also very good.
So if you want a taste from Peru you can surely have a good idea of what it is to feel the sun on your skin and the nice food in your mouth in this excellent restaurant !
If you hesitate between pizzelicoq and this restaurant (they are just beside), just choose the one that are less full as it’s the same owner and the food are the same !
C’est tout simplement le meilleur restaurant de nourriture Péruvienne à Montréal !
Ma copine est péruvienne, elle a essayé les meilleurs restaurants péruviens et elle affirme que c’est les meilleur restaurant Péruvien que vous pouvez déguster à Montréal !
Je suis aller plusieurs fois dans ce restaurant et le ceviche (poisson cuit avec la lime) et le poulet cuit sur le charbon de bois sont excellent, le service est aussi très bon !
Si vous voulez avoir une idée de la nourriture Péruvienne typique, vous pouvez utiliser votre imagination et ressentir le soleil sur votre peau ainsi que l’excellente nourriture péruvienne sur vos papilles gustatives dans cet excellent restaurant !
Si jamais vous hésitez entre pizzellicoq et ce restaurant choisissez le moins plein car c’est le même propriétaire et la même excellente nourriture Lol !

Les plats sont bons, mais sans plus. Comparé à d’autres resto péruviens, j’ai été quelque peu déçu. Les nets semblent un peu fade.

Une expérience à vivre! Un endroit chaleureux avec des serveurs typique! Un gros ⁵⁄₅ sur le manger et ³⁄₅ pour le prix ;)

I wasn’t messing around with appetizers because we needed to save room for this thing — the aroz con mariscos (rice with seafood). A large plate of Peruvian aji amarillo (yellow chili) rice mixed with fresh seafood. When I say large, I’m talking large… like huge. The platter was the size James Van der Beek’s head, gigantic… like an Elvis Stojko sized gourd.

Aussi drôle que celà puisse paraître, c’était mon premier essai de mets péruvien. J’en revenais pas moi même. Un soir d’hiver alors que la rue St-​Hubert était morte, nous avons difficilement trouver la porte d’entrée. Pourtant une fois à l’intérieur le restaurant est immense et sur deux étages. Grand choix de vins à très bas prix (prix de la SAQ, quoi demander de plus). J’ai commandé le plat de Choros y mariscos, soit des moules, crevettes et palourdes dans une sauce rosée servi dans une chaudière. Portion GÉNÉREUSE. La cuisson des fruits de mer était parfaite. L’ensemble des invités étaient satisfaits. La facture est plus que raisonnable mais le service était lent et laissait à désirer. Tout de même, à essayer sans faute!!! Plus de place pour le dessert mais j’y retourne pour les beignets!!!

We’ve visited Solymar twice on separate visits to Montréal. The first time because a friend in Ottawa recommended their jalea and the second time because we enjoyed it so much the first time. Our first experience was a four-​star experience, but the second visit would have only gotten them two stars, so I’ve averaged it out at three.
On our first time the two of us went for dinner. Our server was very accomodating and helpful in choosing portion sizes and dishes. There was a band playing which did make it rather loud but I thought it was fun. On the table are plantain chips and fried or roasted corn, both of which are addictive. We ordered the small Solymar jalea and a small Solymar ceviche and a bottle of Alsatian white to pair with them. We ordered this combination on both visits because they really complement one another well.
Just so you know — the jalea and the ceviche come in HUGE portions. We were able to finish them mostly because they were seafood and not too heavy (even though the jalea is fried), but we would have been fine with ²⁄₃ the food.
On our second visit we went for lunch on a Sunday afternoon because the boyfriend had been itching to go back with a third person to add some of the barbecued meat to our meal, so we brought his mum. All three of us are anglophones, but we can get by in French if we need to. Our server came to the table and greeted us in French, and when we asked if he spoke English he looked embarassed, said he would find someone who did (also in French, which is fine) and disappeared. From that moment on the staff avoided our table like the plague. Although everyone who came to our table from then on did speak a bit of English (we felt as though we were communicating with them just fine), they were obviously uncomfortable dealing with us and so the service was extremely slow and inattentive. (Luckily we ordered a bottle of wine, so we could pour for ourselves.) We really wouldn’t have minded accomodating the staff by making our best attempt at French, but once they found out we spoke English they never gave us a chance. It was realy disappointing.
We ordered the jalaea and the ceviche again (still «small» plates) and added on beef short ribs from the grill. The jalea and ceviche were as delicious together as we remembered — the lime in the ceviche cuts the fat from the fried seafood just perfectly and the vegetables that come with both are different and delicious.
The beef short ribs had a great smoky flavour, but they were very tough. They came with rice and a salad that we didn’t end up eating, but only because we had too much food. It’s worth noting that while the jalea and ceviche are great for sharing and the portions of all three meals are huge, the way the rice and salad came with the short ribs made it pretty obvious that it’s intended to be a meal for one.
I always decide to bump a restaurant up to four stars based on whether or not I would go back given that there are lots of other great places to eat. Obviously we felt that way after our first visit, but based on our last visit alone I wouldn’t go back to Solymar unless I was with someone who spoke fluent French. There are other Peruvian restaurants in the city, we’ll try them out next time we’re in the mood.

Came here with some friends (3 total) to get some Peruvian food. Had heard it was good. It is located near Jean talon metro, about a ten minute walk. The atmosphere is unique among Latin American because it is a lot more upscale looking then a lot of other places I have been. There is a small bar and a nice wine cellar.
The food was very good and the portions are huge. We shared three platters, which were enormous. The ceviche mix to was really good, a bit salty, but there was lots of fish, calamari, octopus, and other seafood as a part of it. We also got the jalea, which is a typical Peruvian platter, which had fried cassava and calamari and fish complete with lots of onions all over the place.
The last dish was a pot of mussels, calamari and other seafood in a pot of sauce.
Everything was good and more than enough to satisfy us all, definitely one of the better Latin places in Montréal.

Tried this one with a Peruvian friend who was able to confirm that the food was A-​OK and the Pisco Sour cocktails quite good, enough to remind her of her native country. I liked the food and the overall ambience.
The service was spotty, but quick to correct mistakes. However the main drag of this place is the painful noise level, driven by the in-​house band singing Happy Birthday songs at just about every table, with wireless mikes and amplified guitars… And they can go on for two hours straight without a pause :)
So, be warned: don’t go there if a meaningful conversation needs to take place.