Biiru - Montréal

Quelle belle découverte ce restaurant japonais ! On y va surtout pour la créativité des plats, amateur de plats typiques, le Biiru ne sera pas vous. La justesse des saveurs est très appréciée, le tout dans un décor encore une fois créatif, du japon designé. Nous y étions pour le lunch, la carte est alors moins garnie que le soir. Nous avons pris des plats à partager comme indiqué sur la carte. Ceux vers 7-8$ ne sont pas copieux du nous, nous n'en avons eu que peu chacun mais même la seule bouchée que j'ai eue m'a satisfaite par son gout. Sinon les plats vers 13-15$ peuvent très bien servir de plat dinatoire pour une personne. Le tartare de saumon est vraiment excellent, j'ai hâte d'y retourner pour découvrir les autres plats de soirée.

Location is great, centric but in one of the quiet streets downtown. The terrace/patio is lovely, nice decoration and even though it was packed we were able to keep a conversation without issues. We ordered drinks, one was super good and tasty (cannot remember the name but it contained sparkling wine). The other one was bland and with hardly any alcohol. The food portion is very small, it's tapas size meant to be shared.I really enjoyed our visit but I have to admit that it's overpriced.

Came in for lunch on a weekday. After unraveling the menu (not being a Japanese food expert) we order only two dishes (against the advice of the waiter). The food tasted excellent and felt enough for a light lunch. 4 stars only, for the slight disappointment in that there is clearly an effort to run the restaurant to a trendy concept, rather than just sticking to honest good food. I would certainly come back, as this is something I can easily tolerate. This, along with the pathetic crowd of young affluent professionals in full suit.

I visited this restaurant when it first opened years ago and returned again this year.

We went to Biiru with friends on a Thursday night on the terrasse. The food was amazing and the service from Maria was delightful. Beautiful ambiance and great value for a downtown place.