We had a wonderful experience at Sésame! The service was impeccable and the food truly delicious! Our dishes were flavorful, beautifully presented and full of freshness. We can't wait to go back! read more

This spot just reopened its doors for walk ins but also offers takeout and delivery via Uber Eats. It's ideally located right by the Atwater market and so, you can easily grab some grub to chow by the canal. This chain is also 100% Québec owner so yeah for supporting local merchants! I really enjoyed the dumplings; perfectly cooked and oh so tasty, served with peanut and dumpling sauce. I was disappointed I didn't order more! As for the red curry dish, the flavours were bang on although I would have preferred more heat. I also over did it with the lime and so found the sauce a little watery in the end. In all, great little place (with a terrasse) if you're looking for a quick, affordable and tasty Asian food. read more

Sésame - Pork and shrimp dumpling - Asian Fusion Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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Had delivered general Tao , it was not bad. Not amazing, but I enjoyed it (I was really hungry)

Best restaurant experience I've had in a while. Our waitress Tamara was absolutely phenomenal in every regard. The general tao dish was the best I've ever had, and I'm an avid general tao orderer. the drink list and menu were very extensive. 100% would recommend this for your next dinner out. read more

Situated in the Atwater market, this little gem was a great discovery for me. I ordered their chicken pad thai. Although the noodles were a little bit overdone to my likings, the taste however was quite savoury. It had a variety of vegetables in it to my surprise which also adds to the flavour. The chicken was average; in hindsight I should've tried it with shrimp maybe that would've make it even better. Overall, I had better pad Thai but that is not to say that it wasn't good. It is a great restaurant for vegetarians. Their general Tao tofu are to die for (a vegetarian take on general tao chicken). People can get very wary about tofu but trust me, as a meat eater, it was delicious. They also have a Asian fusion poutine that I haven't tried yet. Lovely ambiance, tasty food, vegetarian friendly, and an interesting drink menu; this is a lovely restaurant that I would go back to try their other dishes. read more

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------------------LOCATION: 5/5---------------- This is prime location because it's so close to the Atwater Market where you can buy all your grocery needs and more. You can also find paid and free parking nearby, but be careful and read the signs so you don't get a ticket --------------------FOOD: 5/5------------------- I fell in love with the General Tsao fried rice. The chicken is thoroughly cooked and the sauce is not too overwhelming unlike some places. -------------------SERVICE: 5/5------------------ The workers here are always friendly and helpful. -----------------ATMOSPHERE: 5/5--------------- It's nice inside and it's quiet, which makes it a great place for lunch and dinners with friends and family. --------------------PRICE: 4/5-------------------- It's a bit pricey for the amount of food you get and when you compare it to other restaurants. However, it's still pretty good. =============OVERALL: 4.8/5.0=========== My partner and I consider this place to be one of our favorite spots and highly recommend this restaurant! read more

Purchase: - General Tao Rice Bowl / $16 This is my favorite place and I love eating here with my partner because it's so fresh and so healthy. I usually get the General Tao rice bowl and my partner gets the salmon poke bowl and he loves it. This is a place where I highly recommend my friends to go to! read more

Cute popular restaurant chain, it's open for lunch and dinner. They have a pretty wide variety of Asian food on their menu, you can have anything from butter chicken to poutine. Their service is friendly and overall, everything but food is nice. Pretty everything I've tried on their menu lacks flavor, you know real Asian flavor and not some cheap imitation cooked for "Asian food beginners". This restaurant is great for those trying to introduce themselves to new flavors, but could be an overpriced disappointment for people who lived/travel around and know the difference between real butter chicken or Wonton soup. read more

A "Chinese" restaurant with White people cooking the food. Also extremely over priced considering the small portions not known for by real Chinese restaurants. The food does taste good for the most part, but again the prices here are ludacris. read more

Went today for lunch with my daughter (a vegetarian). It's right across the street from the Atwater Market, which is where we originally were going to grab a bite but we saw this place and curiosity got the best of us. The restaurant is very pretty inside, kitchen is one long open grill. We were delighted to see that almost everything had a vegetarian option on the large menu at the front door. Something odd about the place though.....they only take your order at the table after 3:30 pm. If you're there for lunch, you have to line up at the cash and give your order directly to the cashier where she gives you a number to place on your table. Easy enough, but the service didn't get much better. It took AGES AND AGES to get our food. There are only 2 guys working the grill and each order is done individually. So if 10 tables are waiting ahead of you, you're going to wait. The food - she had Shanghai noodles with tofu, I had Pad Thai with chicken. Both were quite good, large portions. We'd go back any time for lunch, as long as you aren't in too much of a hurry :-) read more

Sésame - Shanghai noodles with tofu - Asian Fusion Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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Way over priced food and very poor quality. Bought 2 meals for a romantic picnic and both went in the trash barely picked over. Total waste of money. read more

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 are usually very quick, but 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. read more

The food is ok, it doesn't knock your socks off ( not good enough to come back). The service is S L O W!!!! They didn't take our order for a long time. They didn't give us any plates to eat our appetizers (we had to use the plates under the bowls holding the appetizers). The patio is HOT during the evenings (in summer w hardly any shade, since it comes in under the awning). They forgot the order for both of my children. Didn't offer them their drinks that came w the meal. I had to request their drinks again. Then had to remind them, when everyone's food had come out but the childrens. Don't come here. Plenty of near by places that r better. This is what happens when you don't Yelp before hand. People r nice, but I'm here for food and getting what I order w/o reminding them. read more

My husband and I ordered Sesame tonight through Uber Eats, and selected to options that we marked as vegan on the menu. When we received the items, they were both cooked with egg. We called to point out the mistake to Sésame, and they acted as though it was our fault for not selecting "no egg" even though the options were incorrectly marked "vegan", egg was not listed as an ingredient, and there was no option to select "no egg". We offered to go pick up replacement food even though we had paid for delivery, and when my husband got there, the manager insisted he pay to replace one of the items. Needless to say, we're pretty unimpressed and the food is really not good enough to warrant the high prices. We won't be back. read more

I'm giving Sesame a 5 star rating for not simply the food but more for the customer service. I go to Sesame regularly for their vegetarian General Tao tofu. It is the ONLY place I have EVER found that does it right! It is *not* the mushy watery sponges of soft tofu most of the restaurants serve, it is prepared in the same way as the General Tao chicken is with a crispy batter and sweet and sour style sauce only with lovely firm cubes of Tofu in the center. Now, I promised that this was a review not only of the food but of the amazing customer service I have received there. On occasion there has been a mixup with the food ordered, it can happen to the best of us. On this particular occasion unfortunately a pice of chicken found its way into to order I had just picked up to take home for dinner. When I called the restaurant from my house, despite remembering my order and being perplexed as to how that could have happened, they took me at my word, and offered to make me a fresh order AND deliver it to my house personally (even though delivery is not a service they offer). It got here about 15min after I called, still too hot to eat! It was kind of amazing. read more

While the decor is visually interesting, it doesn't make up for the food's quality/price ratio. It tasted decent, at best. My wonton soup was a bit spicy and packed with vegetables, which I did enjoy. However, the lack of dumplings disappointed me. I mean, whoever heard of a wonton soup with only two dumplings in it? I appreciated the fact that there were actual chunks of really crispy chicken in my General Tao, but it was completely bland and the sauce was tasteless. If a restaurant advertises a meal as 'spicy', the chef should ensure that it actually is. However, the blackberry tea was just magnificent. Too bad I didn't think of bringing some back home. The space is small, but it isn't too difficult to find a table, despite the high number of reservations. Wait times were quick, and the waitress was polite and professional, refilled my glass of water without me having to ask her (I'm kind of picky about that), etc. Unfortunately, I wouldn't return to eat there if only for the fact that I've had much better Szechuan elsewhere. read more

We had the chicken pad Thai, coconut curry, and the peanut chicken. They really give you a generous portion. All of the dishes were good, but the pad Thai was my least favorite. It didn't taste very authentic. read more

Sésame - Chicken Pad Thai - Asian Fusion Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

I've tried this restaurant twice. I really wanted to like it because the ambiance is so cool and it's not too far from my house. The first time I ordered an assortment of foods, all bland and dry. The next time I ordered one of their meal soups and it was terrible. I think you would get better soup if you bought one of those dry noodle bowls at the grocery store... you know the ones you add water to. It was extremely salty and tasteless. read more

I went there with friends we were a big table of 10 and I wasn't expecting nothing because my friend told me that it's a place you go when you want a lot of options. Because we were a big group some people are vegetarian some are celiac so it's the place to go if you want to please everyone. I was nicely surprise, the service was amazing the food was well seasoned even if all the dishes are classic well know Asian/occidental dishes. We had a great time and we all finished our plates. read more

The kids menus are great. The decor is nice, I found the 'adult' dishes a bit bland, but I do like my food spicy. Also a tad expensive, but you are sat and served at the table. Service was attentive, mind you they did see me using yelp on my phone Worth trying on a rainy at Atwater market read more

Sésame - Asian Fusion Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

The worst Asian food I ever had, can't believe it. This place has a nice corner location but food tasted aweful even the pad Thai sucked.

Sésame is a great restaurant for a quick and fresh business lunch. They offer traditional asian food but with a more healthy touch. The veggies are fresh and everything is nicely presented, although they are sometimes a little too generous on the sauce. The service is quick and the place is perfect for a to go meal. It's generally filled with a crowd of young professionals and the decor is really nice so there is a great ambiance overall. The portions big and the prices are reasonable. Try the vegetarian spring rolls (packed with crunchy vegetables for just 2,75$) and the general tao chicken. read more

They changed the menu and severely reduced the amount of vegetarian options. Before I would have given 4 stars. Food overall is good, Asian fusion, nothing fancy but good. read more

Food was flavourless. The beef was grey... the pad Thai was suppose to have a variety of veggies and it was 97% celery. My friend was sick throughout the night. read more

This is possible one of the worst Asian restaurant I have ever visited. Food is terrible , price is extremely high.

The only nice thing I can say about this restaurant is that it has a terrace facing Atwater Market. We waited 1.5 hours for our food only to discover that it was tepid and less than mediocre. Learn from my experience and give this one a miss! read more