Finally tried Boustan for the first time recently! I'm a huge Amir fan, and had been told to try Boustan for years, as I would most likely like it too. I had a beef shawarma pita (my usual Amir order) - it was fine. I like that they grill the pita! Shawarma was fresh, so were the veggies. Overall though, it was just a notch under Amir's (to me). I asked for extra garlic sauce and it definitely wasn't as garlicky as Amir's. Overall not bad - I'd go back, why not - but I would definitely choose Amir over Boustan for my shawarma cravings if given a choice. read more

Whenever I'm craving a quick filling and delicious Lebanese style meal boustans always comes through! They have a menu that is constantly expanding but you can always find classics like falafels, shawarma, potatoes and rice. But you can now also get vegan option and they've even just released delicious bowls which gives you quite a few options to try out. My go to is always a chicken shawarma plate with a side of falafels. The food is always packed high and I end up having left overs for the next day that still taste just as fresh. read more

Boustan - a plate of food on a red tray - Middle Eastern Near Me - Laval, Quebec

Sooooo being Lebanese means Shawarma is super important to me. I haven't found a good place in Toronto and in Ottawa there's Shawarma palace and Montreal has always been difficult because I haven't found a place that I love. I gave Boustan another chance and I was surprised! I ordered the mix chicken and beef saj platter and omg it was so good. The meat was a bit fatty which I don't like hence the 4 stars but the saj was so crispy and it was filled with garlic, pickles, onions and the meat and chicken. I'm definitely coming back to see if they are able to be consistent. Keep Eating, Angela read more

Boustan - Saj Platter - Middle Eastern Near Me - Laval, Quebec

Wow...... fantastic iconic late night Montreal legendary restaurant branches out and into Laval. I will declare that I have never eaten Boustan but I have wanted to for quite some time. Let's say the better part of nine years. Many a tale handed down from night owls who would frequent this place for the late night munchies. In Ottawa we did Schwarma King and Marroush. NYC has The Halal Guys! Montreal has Boustan. You enter the restaurant and it's like wow? This is a Schwarma joint? Seriously?? The restaurant is open, clean, airy and has amazing large windows that face north allowing lots of natural light. Lots of tables and booths line along the windows. It's clean fresh and new. I ordered a Chicken Schwarma plate and it was amazing. It came with coleslaw (never seen this before) your choice of garlic sauce or hummus rice or potatoes and of course the pink pickled radish. I'm not usually a fan of garlic sauce so I went light on it. Their garlic sauce was like a choir of Lebanese angels singing in unison with harps playing in the background. The chicken was a perfect mix of crunchy and tender. Super flavorful and not dry. The rice, moist with a small amount of noodle and a devishly light flavour of seasoning I couldn't discern but it was tasty! Yes hella tasty! This place is going to get busy when people realize this high quality Lebanese is tucked away in this corner place. Ohhh my goodness. Compared to Amir I'd use the analogy of comparing a Ferrari (Boustan) to driving a Smart Car (Amir). I may have just offended some smart car owners but seriously it's that good. Near the entrance it appears they are getting ready for a coffee bar. Hopefully will serve up some amazing fresh coffee. Come, crawl, swim across the river from Montreal. As you can see I'm doing backflips I'm so happy we have some real deal Lebanese quick and casual food in Laval! Knock your socks off Amir, there's a new sheriff in town! read more

Boustan - Amazing Chicken Schwarma plate..... Tastes better than it looks! Real deal folks - Middle Eastern Near Me - Laval, Quebec

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I'm so happy Boustan opened up a franchise in Laval. I have long hoped and craved to get a better Middle Eastern/Lebanese fast food option in the area that tastes like restaurant quality food. The establishment just opened last week and it is HUGE! It's also gorgeous with great seating. They also sell hats and shirts.... any way to sell their brand to their loyal patrons. Their work on social media as well has been on-point as well. This location also holds a cafe and I believe they may sell Heavenly Taste Cookies... if that's true I may find myself here more often than not! LOL. However, the cafe isn't opened yet but that should be rectified in a few weeks time. I went with their shwarma chicken plate with side potatoes and coleslaw. Portion is generous and when I asked for more garlic so that I can smell the food on me 2 days later, they provided me with a very generous serving of garlic dip! All for a price tag that was under $11. Very affordable. The food line went very quickly and the staffing was very good at what they do. Quality of the chicken was sooooo good. The right amount of tender and crispy! The potatoes were done just right and the coleslaw was a nice compliment to the meal. Go figure. The garlic sauce though.... WOW.... what can I say... it was simply SOOOO good. 5 stars, 5 stars, 5 stars. I might be coming here on a weekly basis, I'm not exaggerating, watch me, Duke Spaceman will hold this place dear. What an awesome addition to Laval. read more

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I heard from my felow yelpers that Boustan had opened in Laval, and you can't imagine how excited I was. For someone that used to go to boustan on a daily basis while a student at Concordia, I just couldn't wait to try it. So here is my verdict, it was OKAY, better than Amir or Basha but not as good as the original. I had the chicken shawarma which was good, the potatoes were also very good but did not have much garlic as you would expect but I actually prefered it that way. The coleslaw and the taboule were very very tasty. I also ordered a plate of fatooush which they told me they made fresh on the spot, but unfortunately it tasted nothing like what a fatooush is suppose to taste like. It had burnt pita in it which smell overwhelmed the entire salad. If I had the choice to go back to Boustan I would go back to the one on crescent. read more

Boustan - Chicken shawarma with coleslaw - Middle Eastern Near Me - Laval, Quebec

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The iconic montreal shawarma restaurant comes to laval! The laval branch still has the amazing flavours and smell of the famous Montreal Boustan. For only 11$ a plate, it still fills up my stomach everytime! All these years and Boustan still can't be beaten in terms of quality food for shawarma at Montreal! read more

Loved it! Every time I come to Montreal I look for a Boustan. I also ordered the eggplant and a poutine which was amazing with a side of their delicious garlic sauce. The portions are generous.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED read more

Boustan - The combo plate comes with garlic sauce, hummus, salad, rice and potatoes - Middle Eastern Near Me - Laval, Quebec

My love for Lebanese food is pathological because I live for potatoes and garlic. Very sexy.... I know. I could eat it everyday soooooo when I heard Boustan was opening in Laval, I knew that sometimes good things happens to good people. I almost went to every Boustan out there, obviously the crescent location was my favorite. When I first tried it in Laval, I realized somebody messed up the potatoes recipe and I wasn't an happy camper. It wasn't bad just not great. I think the owner was there and he asked for our honest opinion. We told him that there was something different. I waited to make this review because I wanted to give them a chance. I can now say loudly and proudly that we do have a great Boustan in Laval. 9 /10 of the time the potatoes send the same endorphin rush to my brain and I remember why Boustan is the best ! I recommend the potatoes, duh! I often order the chicken or beef shawarmas or a chicken plate. read more

Boustan - Middle Eastern Near Me - Laval, Quebec

The food is a bit overpriced considered the portions and quality....I've been able to get shawarma for the same price in Toronto and have it bigger with more flavour, so coming to this I was a bit disappointed. Their customer service is also just ok, nothing stood out to me negatively or positively. Overall, it's such a short review because everything was just OK. If you're looking for the best of the best....this is not the spot for you. If you're in the area and looking for some quick, decent food....then come here read more

Nothing inspiring in there. I think the place is bought from an old Cheesecake restaurant (I forgot the name) and kept the same outdated decors that are neither inspiring nor a match for a middle eastern restaurant. Presentation of food counter is so so, kinda sitting lazy and dull there, not screaming freshness. The right corner of the restaurant is turned into a fruit cocktail counter which is a copy of Antabli on l'Acadie but no one there to serve nor any lights. I don't know, looks like an abandoned and failed dream corner right in the same restaurant that doesn't help the overall impression of the place. Also, around 1 o'clock afternoon and only 3-4 people ahead of me that ordered and took out the food. I was all alone in the restaurant and felt odd seeing no other customers besides myself in that huge place. I bought a shish taouk sandwich which if I'm not mistaking was mixed with beef? From behind the counter you can see the meat on the turning stick has two different colours in multiple same pattern layers, one white, one brown, one white, one brown. 3" and 1" respectively. White for chicken and a layer of brown which I'm thinking is some kind of beef. When I asked the dude serving me what's up with the bicolour meat, he says it's bcs the brown part is more cooked than the rest. Yeah? They must have a special burner doing that trick ha? Interesting answer. I haven't tried anything else that day bcs I didn't want to feel heavy and also wasn't even tempted to try anything else. The sandwich was ok (had better elsewhere). Overall rating is 3 starts for now, however, it could change upon my second visit. I'll give them another chance and update here. read more

What a disappointment. Went there after reading some good reviews and was not impressed. We ordered to eat in and were given small plastic plates so the food was just falling on the sides. The plate is small and not worth the money. Food quality is inferior to Basha and others. Just avoid if you don't want to be disappointed. read more

I absolutely love going to the original Boustan location on crescent. Their service is fast, flavours are consistent. However, the other locations are just not like the original in terms of service and food. They are pretty skimp on the fillings and you had to keep asking for more. Come on it's just tomatoes and slaw. For my husbands chicken wrap, they were pretty skimp on the meat. And service was a little rough around the edges even though it wasn't even a busy night. I'd go back to the original location. read more

Bad portions, poor service, rude employees, food not cooked well. Not living up to Mr. Boustans original standards. This Boustan is not even like the downtown locations, I don't like their management in Laval.... read more

Unfortunately, something happened to the Laval location of Boustan...Sandwiches use to be delicious..Recently, over the last couple of months...the chicken in the sandwich is either uncooked..or full of hard rubbery pieces that you can not even bite into. Seems to be Some type of chicken muscle.The chicken appears to be of very low quality. .In any case, I have had this occur during my last five visits..As such, this is no longer a random occurrence...Their quality has definitely lapsed..As such, I think I will stick with the downtown location...Where they seem to care about providing their clients with a good quality, edible chicken..I have pictures..a total of six bites of chicken were spit out due to them being inedible...What a shame.. read more

Discovered this place because of a Coworker. Great little place to eat from when you want something fast . The food is very good. The employees are also very nice. read more

Boustan - a white styrofoam container filled with meat and vegetables - Middle Eastern Near Me - Laval, Quebec

Awful service, very long wait, employees are very rude and arrogant, never going back!

Worst Boustan ever. Worst restaurant in it's kind. Impolite and annoying staff and the food is not even worth it. Very very rude employees. Next time I'll go to Amir read more

Amazing service and Food is always very tasty and fresh. Best chicken platters and garlic potatoes with garlic sauce is delicious.

came to this place and go the half chicken / half beef platter. along with this i got the brown rice, salad (more like coleslaw), garlic cream sauce, hummus, beets, seasoned potato cubes, and two hot pita breads. it was daaaaaamn good. the entire dish had a flavor that was derived from the meat. good cuts, super succulent and totally worth it. im telling you, come here and get this dish. read more

I love their food, but the staff can be a bit unfriendly at times. Tend to get dirty looks when you ask for special/specific orders. But, apart from that, a great place to get good quality kebabs! read more

best shawarma in Montréal now in laval , such a beautiful place for food and coffee can't believe that they serve lavazza Caffè and desert to read more

Boustan - Middle Eastern Near Me - Laval, Quebec

Like other fans of Middle Eastern/Lebanese cuisine I was also excited to hear boustan open in Laval. And they also had a promotion on fb: 4$ pitas. I go there and its not clear which side you should start ordering from.. the internal map of the place is so disorienting. Anyways I reach the ordering counter and the "friendly" employee isn't even bothered to look at me to take my order. He was busy watching the tennis game on the screens behind me. I ordered 3 pitas 2 of which were included in the promotion but I paid full price. After another customer mentioned it I said yes I am looking at my bill and it was regular price... the 3 employees/stooges looked baffled and in pain (because they started to use their brains to think) and came up with the excuse: it's the universe's fault... it's a new promotion on fb and they need at least 3 to 4 years to start getting used to it! The kafta I ordered they told me it will take 5-6 mins so I was ok. At home I see its cooked on the outside and red-raw meat inside.. YUK!!! Overall the tastes of both kinds of shawerma didn't have the "wow" factor also... just good and can be much much better.... It's so sad to see very promising businesses go down the drain because of ignorant employees... if they don't want to be there... let them loose! (It's management's fault anyway). And just a note to get it off my chest: if you go to Lebanon and you offer anyone a beef-based pita sandwich shawarma or kafta or kabab or chicken shawarma and you put "turnip" kabiss in it.. they will throw it in YOUR FACE! Turnip kabiss is for FALAFEL!. All the rest it's either Lebanese cucumber(not cheap sweet gherkin) or mekti! ... bili tisterkon jarrastouna! read more

Terrible food and service. I went to eat there and the person serving me took chicken and meat already cooked from a plate and heated it in the microwave. When I asked him how come it's not from the rotating stick he answered that's how it is!!! I tried to eat but it was not edible, when I told the person(who was the owner) how the meat tasted, he sais that if im not happy and I dont have to come back, and that's exactly what I will do. Reheated chicken and food from a day before... I just hope I wont get sick... read more

le service est tellement lent. La nourriture est pas aussi fraîche et bonne que la franchise qui se trouve sur la rue Crescent. C'est un peu décevant, lorsque je vais dans ce Boustan et que j'espère recevoir le même produit que celui à dowtown et que je fini par avoir un produit substitue qui ne lui arrive meme pas à la cheville read more