Tapeo

I’ve heard so many good things about Tapeo and have many times tried to get a reservation and found them to be booked solid. I finally got lucky a few weeks ago and managed to get a reservation for last Friday.
I must say that my expectations where high and the experience fell short. First the pluses. The service was terrific, the maitre d’ charming and the décor and feel of the restaurant was great. Sadly it was some of the food that was disappointing. We ordered a pretty good number of items considering there was only two of us (see the list below) and many of the dishes were disappointing. Given the reputation and cost of the restaurant I found that the food was not nearly up to par.
Here are a few of my issues. We ordered the tapas of the month which was a grilled bread dressed with tomatoes and sardines and spices for seasoning. Spaniards are famous for their combos of toasted bread and fresh tomatoes so I was really looking forward to this and it was a big let down. The bread was a bit soggy and the tomates very sour, we didn’t even finish the plate it was that distasteful. The sauteed mushrooms, a house specialty, also fell flat as they were strangely sweet and the Icelandic Cod fish & black rice was extremely salty. For dessert we had the Chocolat Churros, a real favorite of ours, which was also a disappointment. It tasted as it had been fired in oil that was due to be changed as the flavour and texture was less than ideal.
Some of the dishes did hit the mark: the cod fritters were excellent and the salmon tarare was very good. However, overall I must say for an establishment that has such a good rep the cooking really fell flat last Friday.
Here’s a list of everything we had:
— Salmon Tartare
— Cod fish fritters
— Sardines & whipped goat cheese
— Tapa of the month
— Sautéed mushrooms
— Icelandic Cod fish & black rice
— Jamón ibérico
— Chocolat Churros

The most delicious tapas restaurant in Montréal. The Pork Carpaccio is amazing & the only dish I’m not willing to share (it’s that good!) The Churros with chocolate sauce is heavenly. Love this place!

Hands down one of my favourite restaurants in the city! It is consistently delicious and always a wonderful experience! The staff are way on top of their game and the ambiance is so energetic. Tapeo encompasses everything I love about dining in Montréal!
Just a warning– I highly recommend reserving well in advance, especially for weekends. Also, be sure to order the mushrooms… if you don’t like mushrooms this will convert you… if you do like mushrooms it will set an impossible standard for all shroom dishes that come after it. Apologies in advance.

One of the best Tapas places in the city. Excellent service, diverse dishes and great atmosphere. We once showed up 30 months before closing and we were welcomed. Not rushed and enjoyed every minute of our dinner past closing.

I really appreciate good service and this is it! Awesome waiters, great food, and the atmosphere is always nice to have late breakfast or early dinner. make sure you get a meal that fits your sizes, cause sometime their dishes are too small, but overall, great experience!

LOVE!!!
I went here for a birthday and wasn’t expecting anything fantastic considering it was a fixed menu for a large group. Wow was I ever proven wrong.
The salmon tartare was DELISH, drinks were on point, calamari was super fresh and crunchy… we had plate after plate after plate after plate being served to us. I can’t even remember half of what I had but you MUST try this place.

AMAZING!!! What a neighborhood gem. And owner Victor and bartender Gabby treated us like we were family over their house. The food was spectacular; every single dish! The Albacore a tuna is worth driving back from RI alone, but the short rib and Icelandic cod were best food we had all weekend! Foodies paradise!

What an amazing experience!!! I can’t remember the last time I went to a restaurant, tried so many different dishes and loved all of them!
Each tapa we tried was a new discovery of amazingly well put together flavours and fresh ingredients prepared with thought and expertise.
The service was as incredible as the food. Congratulations to the owners and his team for an incredible dining establishment!

Went there for a friend’s birthday. We were 3 and shared a big table with other people which we didn’t mind because the table was spacious enough.
We ordered 9 plated with 2 bottles of wine. Although the plates were small, we barely managed to finish all 9 tapas.
I have read really good reviews before going there… maybe I’m not a fan of Spanish cuisine. Food was decent but not wow although the place is very nice.

Loved their tasting menu! For 40 $ per person we could not eat the third service … That’s how much we were full.
I booked it 3 wks in advance because we were a group of 15.
Service was awesome, the staff was friendly.
Sometimes the food was a tiny bit too salty but still deserves a 5 :)

Really romantic and cosy. However, I find it get’s a little too dark so maybe brighten it up a little bit. The Food here is to die for. One of the best tapas restaurant I’ve ever been. I love their tomato goat cheese option is really good. They don’t always have it, what a shame. I love their octopus wow it’s amazing! The service is excellent and quick. Definitely coming back!

Group of 6 girls.
Everybody who loves tapas loved it. The place was packed and loud. But it’s worth it for the experience. It’s a little harder to have your money worth if you are not a fan of tartare and the portions are really tiny. We were a group of girls but there’s no way my boyfriend would have gone there and get his money worth… The place looks great, Loved the spanish food experience, very good food and good service. You definately need a reservation at all time, even for small groups. I loved that it was kind of easy to park in that area (or easier than the Plateau). It’s definately a must try once.
You have to remember:
Tiny, pricey, trendy and delicious.

Déçue!!! Trop bruyant, trop cher, tapas trop compliqués avec trop de peu de vraies saveurs espagnoles. Le service est moyen: les serveurs né donnent pas de conseils, ils poussent à la consommation. La facture est bien trop élevée au final (ayant vécu de nombreuses années en Espagne, j’avais bcp d’espoirs, mais au final, c’est décevant…)

Great restaurant! Food is extremely tasteful. Service is excellent and staff is very friendly

Belle expérience, bonne bouffe, merci à Gabrielle, mais service un peu rapide. Retour de notre nourriture sous les réchauds et rappinis trop amers.

We know Spanish food is good, but never expected it can be soooo good, until today we had the pleasure enjoyed Tapeo, which was recommended by our local friend Risa recently in one of their organized bar-​gathering. We were there today with another couple, and we were all really surprised by the fact that every thing we ordered were excellent. We have to highlight few of them which are fresh, delicious in super high quality: its color, smell and taste… all impressive, the homemade Spanish sausage served with cherry tomato, the Salad in a white bowl with fresh graps and walnuts, the bacon wrapped scollaps in good size, the meat balls in attractive spice, the unbelievable tendered and juicy veal flanks and chicken, and the Paella our always love d dish… can’t list them all. On top of all these, we appreciate very much the good service provided here, very detailed introduction and explanation, and good recommendations. Wine is a super match with the food. 5-​star always

C’était excellent!!! La tartare de boeuf était très bon et différents. 5 à 6 tapas par couple et c’est parfait! Je pensais sortir du resto en ayant faim, mais au contraire nous avons mangée à notre faim!!! Les portions sont parfaites et aucun tapas né se ressemble. Chaque plat a un goût différent… Bref j’ai adoré! Et les churros… Waw
P. S. Réserver toujours, très populaire comme place et le resto n’est pas très grand.

Marie-​fleur, le chef, est excellente ! Menu qui varie, plat succulents, ambiance excellente.

Menu varié et en constante évolution. Choisissez vos plats ou laisser le serveur vous prendre en main. Surprises et délices au menu.

It’s a good restaurant and you sure taste some new flavour if it’s your first time there. I went there with co-​workers and we had fun. The place is surely hip as the prices are a bit pricey for the portions you have especially the tapas.
To try a least once !
C’est un excellent restaurant and soyez certains que vous gouterez de nouvelles saveurs si c’est la première fois que vous y aller.
Je suis aller avec mes confrères de travail et nous avons eu du plaisir.
C’est un restaurant dans le vent et le prix est un peu dispendieux pour les portions que vous obtenez surtout les tapas.
À essayer !

nous avons choisi Tapeo Sur le pif un samedi soir. sans reservation. nous avons été tres bien recu. La bouffe et le service est sublime Merci pour la belle soirée

Excellent! les produits, le service… Le serveur nous a conseillé de commencer par de petites quantités afin de né pas avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre (ils ont dû avoir des consignes depuis le précédent avis indiquant qu’ils avaient «surchargé» la table) en nous expliquant bien les plats; les prix sont effectivement chers par rapport à d’autres restaurants à tapas mais la recherché culinaire dans les produits et leur qualité l’expliquent.
En revanche, il faudra que le décorateur m’explique pourquoi il a mis des miroirs en pied à l’intérieur des toilettes (oui oui, c’est-à-dire que vous vous voyez entièrement quand vous êtes en train de faire vos besoins)… Ceci dit, merci pour le fou rire!

Très déçu j’vais tant entendue parlé de ce restaurant que mes attentes étaient haute! Les plats étaient cher pour se que c’était j’aime beaucoup plus le pintxo.

1er impression en rentrant déco soigné, présentation des tapas sur un grand mur en ardoise, un grand comptoir et 15 – 20 tables, qui étaient toutes rempli à 20h un mercredi. Le serveur nous conseille entré 10 et 12 tapas pour 5. Nous en avons donc commandé 12 + les desserts. Les froids: mini-​burger de crevette, pieuvre, salade composé, salade de sardines et tartare de saumon. Toute était très bon et bien assaisonnez, le tout est suffisamment copieux si on prend 3 tapas par personne. Même constation pour les plats chaud très goûteux et parfaitement assaisonnés, boulette de viande, pétoncle, moules et calamar. Pour finir les desserts, crème catalane, churros et chocolat nougat, dans l’ensemble très bon mais j’ai trouvé la crème catalane un peu trop sucré. Donc pour nous très bonne soirée, avec un rapport qualité prix correcte, compté 45 $/​pers (3 tapas + 1 boisson).

Resto très sympa dans un cadre agréable. Nous avons laissé la serveuse choisir pour nous (il né faut pas hésiter elle peut aussi choisir en fonction des goûts) et nous n’étions pas déçues!
Prévoir 3 tapas par personne en moyenne.
Prix élevés mais qualité au rendez-​vous. Je recommande!

We liked this so much that we returned for another dinner and it was as good as before. We tried a few more dishes but we also had to go back to the dishes that made us fall in love. Try the Iberian pork dish — sublime. Fortunately the portion sizes allow us to try everything. Sadly the churros portion was not big enough for my wife and my two big boys. So we ordered 2 servings! We will be back the next we’re in Montréal.

I went to Tapeo last week with a friend. That place was pretty packed (middle of the week) and quite loud! That being said, the food was amazing and we both agreed that the special of the month (fries with truffles and lardon oil was amazing).
They are opening a second Spanish restaurant a couple of blocks west… Can’t wait to try that one as well.
I will definitely go back sometime!

went there with coworkers during the holidays and had a great time. the scallop ceviche was the highlight for me and of those who got it. the paella’s quite good but the ceviche. wish it was a main instead of an entrée.
my first time there was during the burger week for their burger. i knew it was love at first sight so i was happy to get the chance to go back

First of all, I was very happy to finally have excellent service in a restaurant in Montréal. Food was served pretty fast, waiters were super nice and polite.
The restaurant has cool interior design and a very nice atmosphere. Menus are well designed. I am Spanish and I was really surprised on how yummy and well cooked were all the tapas. We ordered the foie gras (excellent), garlic shrimps, sardine salad (amazing) and patatas bravas, which tasted really good. Cocktails are well done too. They just have 4 or 5 beers but huge wine selection. Price for 2 people was around 60 $ with 2 drinks and 4 tapas (and it was way too much food). If you are not very hungry a tapa or 2 per person should be enough.
I will definitely come back. Tapeo was a surprisingly amazing experience.

This place is beyond amazing.
Trendy, cool, and magnificently delicious! My friend and I ordered about 8 items off their menu, our favourites being their bacon wrapped scallops, meat balls, and garlic shrimp! But seriously, it was really hard to choose a favourite since everything was phenomenal.
Great tapas and wine list, great service, great ambiance. I will definitely be back to test out the rest of their menu-​items.
(Co-​ed bathrooms too! Ha!)

omg hyper bien! et pas trop cher non plus! sauf peut-​être le vin (qui était espagnol bien et délicieux) … mais après avoir vécu à Paris, du vin partout ailleurs semble être une arnaque!
vraiment, nous avons mangé trop bien ici. le seul commentaire négatif que j’ai est qu’ils nous ont poussé un peu pour commander des tapas beaucoup quand nous aurions pu faire avec moins. mais c’est normal pour les restaurants comme celui-​ci je crois.
je recommanderais la crevette, le pétoncle (un particulier), et la betterave. le rôti de boeuf était aussi très bon.
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omg sooooooo good ! and not too expensive either ! except for maybe the wine (which was spanish of course and delicious)… but after living in paris, wine anywhere else seems like a rip off !
really, we ate too well here. the only negative comment i have is that they pushed us a bit to order many tapas when we could have done with less. but that is normal for restaurants like this i believe.
i would recomend the shrimp, the scallop (a special), and the beetroot. the roast beef was also quite good.