On Beautys Restaurant Montreal guest reviewer Andrea says:
Alright, Say what you will: Overpriced orange juice (delicious), deceitful waiting time estimates (irritating) and the extra six bucks for your tuna scoop on that oh-so addictive Greek salad (sorry, it’s worth it)– but there’s still a reason why our Beauty’s continues to rake in the business after 50 years. Although the retro Jewish-deli-meets-the-50’s-décor is charming enough, the food happens to be good. Damn good. Scarf down the “Mish-Mash”, an artery-choking omelette peppered with salami and hot-dog (be sure to position yourself next to a bathroom), the Beauty’s Special, a Montreal staple that includes lox (glorified smoked salmon), onions, tomatoes, cream cheese and those bagels we fight with New Yorkers about, or sip from the massive Cookies ‘n Cream smoothie. Don’t forget to stop and listen to what’s going on around you as entertainment abounds in that adjoining booth to the right of you.
While the funky-friendly servers bring breakfast all day, lunch offers a wide array of fresh salads, (enough to feed half the restaurant and no, they CANNOT be ordered in halves) including the grilled veggie, crab meat, chopped egg or tuna. You can also go for the gold and plunge into the club salad: the regular ingredients topped off with cooked chicken or turkey, cheddar cheese, bacon and mayo. Savour the chopped liver sandwich, share the tuna-egg club and finish yourself off with the killer chocolate cake and you’re all good. We can spend some time on the phenomenal burgers, the toasted banana bread, the home-made soup (check out the red lentil and green pea) or the Super Beautys 2 (complete with 2 pancakes, 2 waffles an overload of saturated fats like bacon, sausage and home-fries) or, you can just pick yourself up from that hangover, mix in with the Plateau hipsters, the hockey moms and the legendary owner Hymie “the-wait-is-only-5-minutes” Skulnick and get into line. It’s worth it just to hear the regulars complain about the wait.
Restaurant Beauty’s
93 Mont-Royal Ouest, Montreal, QC
Metro: Mont-Royal
Phone: 514-849-88837
Hours: Mon - Fri 7 am - 4 pm, Sat 7 am-5 pm, Sun 8 am - 5 pm
Payment: Cash & Credit
Food: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch
8 responses so far ↓
1 ghostbuster // Jun 17, 2008 at 10:29 am
I was there for brunch (after a ridiculous wait in the queue) with some friends only to see a mouse scurry along the wall towards the rear entrance…yuck!
2 Stewart // Jun 18, 2008 at 7:50 am
Mice are people, too.
3 stef braun // Jun 18, 2008 at 10:29 am
thank god, a beauty’s review…why wasnt I the one reviewing this? You know what i never tried but i feel might be good there? The Mac&Cheese…also the banana bread and soups…I love how they dont leave sweetener and milks on the table….cuz they know the mummies will steal them all into their purses.
Heres my problem with beautys though: the wait staff. Those people dont “suit” Beauty’s. They should have people that are homeier…just more homey like cute bubbies or filipinos.
I eat there a lot. You can tell cause im fat.
4 Nicholas Robinson // Jun 18, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Hey, say what you like, but when they serve a Bloody Mary . . . they SERVE A BLOODY MARY!
You literally make your own, and with all the classic ingredients. I was extremely impressed, and though I only ate the Bloody Mary, I’m sure with this level of artfulness that the rest of the menu is equally as good, with at least the same level of attention being paid.
Next time, instead of inviting a hangover, I’ll be trying to cure one.
5 Nicholas Robinson // Jun 18, 2008 at 9:43 pm
And I like mice. Good drama in a restaurant; bring them on!
6 Marge // Jun 20, 2008 at 7:10 am
Does anyone know who I can contact in Montreal regarding a neighbourhood Chinese restaurant in Westmount, Quebec, restricting us to order a certain amount of dishes or the waiter would not serve us? We were regular customers and would like to know who to report this to?
7 Stewart // Jun 20, 2008 at 3:44 pm
It would be better if you took your grievance to the management of the restaurant itself. There must be a good reason why you had a problem.
8 stef braun // Jul 10, 2008 at 2:31 pm
im going to beauty’s this sunday….again…and i wont wait in line because Hymie loves me and im the best.
and if i DO wait in line, i’ll just go to bagel’s etc.
And i think im going to order something OTHER than the beauty’s basic this time.
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