Chalet Bar-B-Q

SOOOOO good.
F*** St-​Hubert and their overpriced, processed food.
This place is just hilarious– you feel like you’re travelling back to another era. The waitresses are all matured ladies so you get that homey feel like your grandma is bringing your food to you. The lighting is dim and it has a diner appeal with the bunks, but with a chalet~twist of wood walls and knick-​knacks.
First off, the prices are great for what you get. 8.95 thigh special which is a generous portion of roast chicken with tons of fries, small side of coleslaw, a bun and a drink! Can’t beat that.
The chicken is so tender and never dry, the skin crispy and melt in your mouth. The fries are the kinds of fries I personally love: average thickness where some are crispy, some are soft and they taste like real Quebec casse-​croute fries.
You do feel heavy after eating here (goodness gracious) so I try to limit myself but if you’re around definitely go! It’s a classic.

Pretty good traditional chicken rotisserie place, much better then any of the chains I will not mention lol if you want some real chicken with amazing fries on the side you have to try it (not as good as Portuguese chicken though sorry!!!)

It has a 1980’s feel to it, and based on the clientele there, it’s an ideal spot for families with kids, and «mature» patrons, if you know what I mean. (Perhaps that has more to do with who lives around there in the NDG area, though).
But chicken was super delicious and had a great charred taste from the grill. I ordered the chicken and fries a la carte as another reviewer had recommended in order to get a larger pile of fries. (In contrast, my husband ordered the chicken combo meal which is a couple of bucks more but includes soup.) But when our food arrived, my husband had as large of a pile of fries as I did! Anyway, lesson learned. Next time I’ll order the combo too because soup on a cold winter day sounds pretty good.
Maybe this is a duh comment, but don’t order the Boston crème pie for dessert. It came out still a bit frozen where it likely has been stored for a quite awhile.
Great casual diner at very reasonable prices.

Despite the misleading ‘BBQ’, the interior of the restaurant really looked like a chalet. The rotisserie chicken was tender, juicy and well seasoned (with salt).
The sauce, however, tasted cinnamon above anything else, which I didn’t really enjoy…
The bread was nicely toasted (unlike St-Hubert’s), the homemade fries were fluffy, but not crispy (still good).
The chicken noodle soup tasted like lipton’s (very salty, and not tasting very chicken).
Service was friendly, quick, and efficient.
The overall experience lifted our mood from not winning a hackathon to satisfied with life.
1star was deducted for the sauce.

My go-​to when ordering BBQ chicken.
The sauce & fries combo is as good as it gets!

5 star bbq chicken. Deliciously wood-​fired, slow-​cooked, tender and moist chicken roasted to perfection with an outstanding flavor. Unlike other large chain restaurants with mediocre quality, this place always offers the best. Small simple menu sticking to what it knows best since 1944. Everything to the sauce fries and coleslaw is done right. One of my favorites!

Best chicken in montreal hands down, I don’t live in Montréal anymore but whenever I’m back in town I always find time for a meal here, the handcut fries, coleslaw, chicken, everything here is to die for

Nous l’avons essayé pour une première fois. Je n’avais jamais entendu parlé, mais j’ai eu le temps de lire les avis qui étaient pour la plupart très positifs. J’ai pris un repas de demi-​poulet.
La sauce était très bonne, mais goûtait un peu trop une épice (cardamome ou clou de girofle). L’extérieur du poulet était croustillant, mais c’est vrai que la viande est un peu sèche. En la mélangeant avec la sauce, c’est parfait. Les frites sont croustillantes et rappellent ceux du Lafleur.
Vraiment pas cher. La tarte à la noix de coco est délicieuse. Les serveuses sont sympathiques et très rapides.
Peut-​être pas meilleur que le romados, mais différent.

As everyone else has stated… This is the BEST Chicken, BBQ sauce and French Fries anywhere.
Charming wood-​panelled interior, warm and cosy. Fast service. Reasonably priced.
And for you out-​of-​towners, notice how happy everyone sounds!
I do not recommend ordering take-​out. (dry chicken limp and greasy fries). It must be consumed on the spot.
Highly recommended.
You will not be disappointed! ENJOY.

Their chicken is juicy and their fries are good. Not as good as Romados but it’s an ok place. The soup and bread are plain.
Service is friendly and parking can be a bit of a challenge on the weekends.

I don’t get why everyone raves about this place. The chicken was ok. It had a little something different, but nothing that will make me come back. The gravy is quite salty and we all detected a hint of nutmeg in it which was odd. The fries are very good and fried in peanut oil. A few in the group wanted a club sandwich, but it’s not on the menu. (First time I see a chicken joint not have club sandwich on the menu!) Besides Cesar salad there are no veggie options. The water glasses are practically the size of a shot glass. With all that salt better ask for a pitcher of water. We were all dehydrated after our meal.

Coming here more than 40 years. Excellent bbq chicken. No nonsense, great value, always well cooked flavourful chicken. Fries n baked always good. Not fancy.
Quick pleasant service. Heck, what more do you want from $ 10 — $ 15 meal.

Seriously some of the best chicken I’ve ever had in my life. Cooked over maple hardwood, and you can seriously taste the smoke in the bird
Fries are amazing. Fresh cut, multi fried in peanut oil
Chalet sauce is like Swiss Chalet sauce done right. It’s amazing
For $ 26.95 we got a whole chicken, a giant family bag of fries, 2 chalet sauces and 4 buns.
And I dunno if it was a mistake or what, but we had a third set of thigh and leg thrown in for free
If you’re from Ontario, like me, and used to nothing but Portuguese chicken and Swiss chalet then you gotta try this place

It was 10:30 pm, I was hungry and wasn’t sure what I wanted to eat, I ran through my options as I was driving home but not many places were open. I passed by Chalet BBQ and decided to try it. I have heard people refer to it as the best rotisserie chicken in Montréal but I honestly had my doubts about that statement but what the hell, I’d never been there before.
My first impression after walking in was, «I’ve stepped into a time warp» the décor was straight out of the 70’s…
I was greeted by someone at the counter and I ordered a ¼ chicken breast/​wing combo which comes with your standard BBQ sauce and fries. I added a coleslaw, paid for my order and left with a big brown bag in my hand about 5 minutes later.
I got home and quickly dug in, the fries were extremely limp and greasy, not a good first impression. I dipped then into the BBQ sauce, it was on the sweet side and didn’t really improve things. Onto the chicken, the skin was very crispy and on the salty side and the chicken, very very dry, not the tender, moist chicken I was anticipating. The coleslaw was the typical vinegar based kind, nothing special.
I really wanted to like it, it’s close to home and it would have been a nice addition to my regular spots but sadly, that is not the case.
In a nutshell, overrated… St Hubert is better then this, Cotsco Rotisserie chicken is better then this. Sorry not a fan…

The best rotisserie chicken in the city. The «real» NDG Town Hall. 70+ years of doing one thing, and doing it right. I have my birthday dinner there every year in the «Chicken Champagne Room» as I call it. The food is consistently good, the chicken moist, the fries tasty. My favourite restaurant in the city. If you are from here, and you haven’t been, there’s something wrong with you.

Great no nonsense, old fashioned chicken dinner like you mother would have made! Great chicken soup and the coleslaw was excellent.
Nice to find a family friendly restaurant in this area that won’t break the bank.
Seat yourself and get ready to chow down

Womp womp. The first time you serve me an ultra small portion of protein and no utensils I’ll call you and let you know that that doesn’t fly. I won’t be angry with you, but I’ll be honest that you’ll see people slowly trying out other rotisseries like the one Down the street that charges 30% less. But now for a second time in a row I find myself sitting on my bed with an unacceptably small portion of protein and no take out set of utensils, napkin and salt/​pepper and I’ve essentially paid $ 10 for a big order of fries. It’s really too bad because I really liked chalet BBQ and even though it’s on my block I’ll now be taking the 10 minute walk to the other rotisserie. Disappointing.

I just want to update my review to knock off a start for one reason. This does not affect my last 4 star reviews. They both stand and are true. But I have a semi complaint about one dish.
I ordered the chicken sandwich one night last week. Since everything was so good, I imagined it was sliced chicken in a nice piece of bread with the lettuce or something. When it arrived, it was just sliced chicken, on its own, between two terrible white squares. When you held it, it just mushed into your hand, and was really disappointing. It just took away from the chicken. So I took all the chicken out and threw out the bread.
Considering how everything here is so tasty and good and down to a T, this is a note more to the restaurant that they should invest in getting some better bread with some garnishes for the «sandwich.»

I’ve been eating here since I’m 10 years old. It’s really the best chicken you will ever eat. It’s like eating St. Hubert on steroids. The chicken skin is crispy and takes like wood charcoal. The meat falls apart. The sauce is awesome, very unique taste. The fries are the BEST fries you’ll ever try. The coleslaw is the BEST coleslaw I’ve ever had. The finish, the carrot cake and pecan cake are to die for.
You won’t regret it and it’s not expensive at all.

I returned here with a big group of friends (10 of us) on a Wednesday night. It was better than I remembered. I can’t say I’d had a bad experience before, it just hadn’t made that much of an impression on me.
The décor is kitschy, with a vague Swiss Chalet feel around a classic, no-​frills diner with booths and some tables.
Our waitress was brilliant, really making an effort to accommodate us by moving tables. She misunderstood an order, but it was no problem. She was cheerful and efficient at all times. In fact, she gets my vote for «Best Server I’ve Had Occasion To Meet This Year». Her name is Laura. She even told us a very funny joke while we were paying our bills.
I had a chicken leg dinner (with fries and cole slaw, a toasted roll and the famous sauce), and it was really good. I washed it down with a bottle of Labatt Blue. (They have Molson Ex on tap.) The chicken beats St Hubert by miles. It is juicy and perfectly cooked, and the fries are soft and slightly sweet. Apparently they’re prepared with a 5-​step process that includes lots of soaking in water. The cole slaw is crunchy and not too sweet, and you get a big bowl of it instead of a tiny little cup. Personally, I don’t like the sauce. It’s supposed to be barbecue, but it has a heavy dose of cinnamon in it.
At $ 21, including tax and tip, this is very reasonable, and really worthwhile.

Il s’agit d’une institution, n’ayons pas peur des mots! Même décor depuis toujours, même bon poulet et pratiquement les mêmes prix! Mes parents m’ont fait découvrir ce lieu culte (qui n’a absolument rien à voir avec St-​Hubert), j’en ai fait de même avec mes enfants. Ça vaut le détour c’est évident! Je me demande même si ce sont encore les mêmes serveuses d’antan qui y travaillent tellement le temps, dans ce resto, semble s’y être arrêté, il y a bien longtemps! :-)

Oui! Oui e Oui!
As a big fan of Swiss Chalet, I couldn’t wait to try this place. During my last day in Montréal, a good friend of ours wanted to take my boyfriend and I out, and with all the choices, I chose Chalet Bar-​B-​Q.
The interior of the restaurant is so charming — dark, woodsy — yeah, like a Swiss Chalet. The waitresses here are even more charming; elder ladies who probably have worked here since the beginning. Our friend indicated that he went here as a young child (and he is an older man) so this place is still going strong.
Food. Chicken. Fries (yummmmmmmmmmmmm). Coleslaw. Can’t go wrong. And the food is very yummy. I added a full glass of red wine that cost me $ 2!!!
I would highly recommend this place to anyone who loves Swiss Chalet, and is craving for some delightful poulet e frites. It’s got such a chill and low-​key vibe as well — and that heavenly scent of chicken…
A HUGE FAN!

Un des trésors de Montréal. Ce restaurant anonyme par son emplacement directement aux croisements de l’autoroute Décarie et de la rue Sherbrooke Ouest. C’était le resto préféré de mes grands-​parents. Le décor (et les serveuses) date des années soixante. Né vous découragez pas par ce fait, c’est probablement le meilleur poulet sur broche en ville. Ici, ils né servent que du poulet.
Je vous recommande la livraison où pour apporter. Un petit secret, lorsque vous passez votre commande indiquez que vous voulez un quart de poulet (cuisse ou poitrine), une sauce et une frite. Né prenez pas l’option repas. De cette façon, vous avez, plus de sauce et de frittes pour quelques sous de différences.
J’oubliai! La sauce, la plus incroyable!!! Que vous soyez de type sauce ou non, cette sauce est vraiment Mmmmmm!!! Miam! Miam!

Meilleur poulet a Montréal! Rien à voir avec les autres restaurants de poulet… le poulet est simplement délicieux en s’en lécher litérallement les doigts! Mon plat préféré le hot chicken viande blanche :) Il est certain que le menu n’est pas très élaboré mais vous trouverez les plats les plus populaires (cuisse, poitrine, hot chicken).