Marché Adonis

I hate shopping when a place is crowded. Well it is always crowded at any Adonis location I’ve been. This one is no different. Great choices of meat for an excellent price. They marinate all meat there and it really taste like homemade marinade not like commercial marinated meat. They also have a wide choices of veggies and fruits also at great prices. The cheeses are really cheaper than any other grocery store and I like the idea to get it by weight. It’s also a great place to buy nuts and olive. I’ve try to order food at the food counter but the service was so slow and I was like waiting in a long line so I gave up. Good points for the interior parking.

I just visited Adonis recently now that Provigo at Ste. Catherine O /​Fort has closed. I am still a regular PA shopper, but Adonis does have certain benefits.
Adonis sells ST. VIATEUR BAGELS. This is the only place to get real bagels in this section of downtown, believe it or not. The next closest bagel source I have found is Fou d’Ici near Place-​des-​Arts which sells Fairmount bagels. Second, Adonis has a great little bakery with fresh butter croissants, chocolatines, and other little baked goods. They also have plenty of prepared food (salads, etc), as well as very cheap sushi.
They have nice fresh produce (more expensive than PA), basics like milk and eggs (again, more expensive than PA), and extensive meat, fish, and cheese counters. Much more selection than PA and lots of helpful staff.
Overall, a more satisfying and complete shopping experience but without the questionably cheap prices of PA.

They make their own smoothies with overripe fruit which is a great way to reduce food loss while also being delicious! Although I appreciate their «fresh“er stock, their lunch counter was awful. Everything was super salty.

A very good supermarket with fresh produce and staff that are friendly and eager to please their customers. Prices on most things are much better than other supermarkets in Montréal. You can also stop for lunch which is also good and very reasonable especially if you select their weekly special sandwich. My favourite supermarket in Montréal.

I just purchased salads and a bbq chicken at this adonis location and while eating my salad i disgustingly chewed on a raw piece of marinated chicken that was within one of the salad! Absolutely disgusting and frankly dangerous!!!

Fantastic… Kind of everything! Excellent fresh fruit… Delicious, fresh and many choices to buy «prepared» Middle Eastern Food or the products to make them yourself. They also have the basics, meaning milk, butter, eggs, yogurt and many other choices of North American groceries. Huge choices of fresh cheese (which they insisted I try before buying– and pieces of samples, were pretty large!!!). ;-)
Samples of some meats as well as olives… They were so nice, bunch of friendly and happy guys!
I can’t start listing everything they sell however I left there and didn’t have to go to IGA or the other big grocery stores for anything else I may have needed! People who work there… super friendly and helpful! It would be a dream to have an Adonis in Calgary…

Went here for lunch since i couldnt find any other place. They have a good seating area. Lots of choices in terms of food. Baked goods, Shawarmas, Chicken as well as crepes.
I got the Shwarma combo (shawarma +2 sides+ 1 coke) for 9 bucks. It wasn’t awesome but wasnt bad either. Not enough sauce in it. I’d suggest going to some other place if you are not in a hurry.

This is the spot to go to when downtown and you’re looking for anything Greek or Middle Eastern. They also have a number of other ethnic products, a huge selection of desserts, a nice little butcher’s counter, and a take-​out area as well. The fruits and veggies are pretty basic, but you can get pretty much anything you need here. I always find something new I want to try when I am here, and the occasional good deal on something. I feel like this would be a great place to pick up supplies for a summer picnic.

What an amazing market with an array of both prepared and un-​preapred middle eastern food. It’s a perfect go to market after watching a movie at the Cineplex. The roasted chicken is quite decent. Love their hummus, salads, cheeses and nuts.

Adonis is a very welcome addition to the downtown area. The selection here is excellent. They have a good produce section which is well stocked with lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. Their meat counter has a large selection of marinated meats in addition to the selection of regular meat. They also sell a variety of olives, nuts, cheeses, etc. There’s even a deli counter where you can get lots of prepared items which is great for people who work nearby and need to buy their lunch.
The one downside is that they are slightly more expensive than the nearby PA. It doesn’t make a significant difference if you’re not on a budget. If you are though you might want to consider just coming here for produce and meat and then heading to the PA for everything else.

My visit was only for the front counter where they have the different food, etc that you order, basically the deli area. A lot of exotic selections and basic stuff like pizza too. It was crowded because Sundays are when the students get their food for the week from here. The prices for the deli were decent. Had the shish taouk for less than 5 bucks and it wasn’t bad!

Let’s start by saying that I love this place.
As a young girl who grew up in the Middle East, there have always been certain food items that I’ve missed dearly and always looked forward to when visiting family back home.
Adonis has changed that for me. All the little Arabic cheeses and foods I love so much can be found here!
Is it a little expensive? Yes. But, totally worth it — tons of cool specialty items, lots of yummy Arabic sweets to buy ‘à la carte’, ready made hot food (which I’ve found to be a hot or miss), and yumtastic hot finger foods.
That being said, I wouldn’t come here to buy my groceries. I prefer Costco or IGA for the more general items.
You might think I’m biased to like this place, but in reality I dislike most middle eastern places here because they’ve never been authentic enough.
Yay for Adonis!

Specialty counters for nuts, cheeses, meats, cold cuts, desserts, freshly prepared meals.
This please is amazing you can’t compare with IGA, metro or P&A in the area its simply the best

Étant un fervant admirateur de la chaine d’épicerie IGA, voici mon évaluation de mon expérience chez Adonis (en comparaison avec le IGA):
Produits:
Pour: Très belle diversité !! La section des fruits et légumes est tres belle, le comptoir prêt à manger était bien achalandé, les sections viandes, poisson et patisserie tres bien organisée! Possibilité de trouver de 70−80% de trucs que je prends habituellement au IGA. L’avantage de cette épicerie: pleins de produits exotiques pour satisfaire les exigences culinaires de chacun (je n’ai pas de diète particulière et de limitations alimentaire en raison de ma religion, mais je sens que les gens avec des gouts très spécifique sont bien servi chez Adonis).
Contre: J’ai n’ai pas réussi à trouver de panure pour poulet (assez populaire pourtant?!?) et j’ai du choisir des marques differentes de l’habitude puisqu’elles n’étaient pas offertes.
Personnel: Très efficace aux différents comptoirs (viandes et poissons), absent dans les allées ou presque. La majorité des employés semblait débordés et ça paraissait dans leur air maussade. De plus, plusieurs (4 personnes, 2 duos) parlaient entre eux au lieu de me servir ce que j’ai trouvé ordinaire mais pas dramatique.
Prix: agréablement surpris!!! J’avais l’impression que mon épicerie allait me couter autour de 100 $ quand il m’en a couté 84 $ :D!!! Particulièrement surpris des bas prix de mon steak (2 $/​portion) et de mon saumon (2.5 $/​petite portion, donc plus 3.50 $ realistiquement)
Conclusion: Je vais y retourner, puisque c’est plus près que l’IGA que j’allait depuis 1 mois et que ca me semble plus abordable. J’espère que les employés seront plus motivé et que je reussirai à trouver mes produits plus rapidement :)
P. S. Le «cup holder» dans mon panier m’a permis de déguster mon café starbuck acheté juste à coté sans avoir les mains pleines

You can save money if you are in a downtown hotel by shopping at Adonis market. I bought cheeses, fruits, yogurt, and bread, enough for 4 days for $ 22.00. Look for specials, and sales. 8 limes for 1 dollar! Thank you Adonis!

Just as a grocery store I must give it beyond 5 stars for the pastries and the choice of cheeses and pickled items! Nomnomnom! 5 stars for the service and for the layout. I love the electronic pricing labels on the shelves. They tell you not only if an item is on sale but exactly how much you’re saving and they won’t get knocked off the shelf. Very avant-​garde. Only 4 stars for the fruit and veg (very fresh but a little limited in variety), There are a number of rare items on the shelves that I have yet to see anywhere else and the prices are very good on most of these.
Where they fall short is in the fish department. The meats are generally good quality though but too much was the already sauced variety. As David E. mentioned the line ups for take-​out are very very long and the quality is passable but I’ve had much better elsewhere.
Still, it’s nice to have this type of store downtown, right by the Atwater metro so I don’t have schlep all the way out to Akhavan in NDG.

Hummus and salads are poor and super-​salty versions of the real thing to be found at Akhavan! The lines for prepared foods are long and slow; and worthwhile only for the great grilled chicken.
Despite the name on the sign, this is, after all, a Metro store!

The location is excellent as downtown needed a real supermarket and price-​wise it is good. There’s lots of great middle-​eastern items, prepared foods and a bistro, overall this location is clean, however shelves were not super stocked and it was extremely crowded. I probably would not go out of my way to shop here as most products do not excite me as there are not too many local and organic options, but an Adonis was much needed for the area.

I came here yesterday after the madhouse which was the Grand Opening and things were much more manageable. Between P&A and now Marche Adonis, you absolutely cannot go wrong for all your grocery shopping needs now in the downtown core.
Adonis’ butcher counter, nuts counter, cheese counter and Middle Eastern desserts counter cannot be beat in terms of freshness and quality. With ready-​to-​go marinated bavette steaks, souvlaki sticks, pre-​mixed kofte meat, fresh yogurt, goat-​milk cheeses, baklava, ready-​made lachmajun (Middle Eastern pita pizzas), hummus, garlic sauce, red pepper purée spread, baba ghanouj, you would be hard-​pressed to name an item and NOT find it here.
Another item which I strongly recommend, you stock up on here are the super creamy, super delicious in-​house desserts which you can pick up at the food counter near the entrance. Their crème brûlée, crème caramel, custard, chocolate custard are fantastic and at $ 2.50 a pop are a steal, given the size you receive.
Very clean, wide aisles, and plenty of check-​out lines means that moving around is very easy to do and you don’t have insane line-​ups either.
Like the first poster, I also have to agree, prices here are a little higher than other places. I find if you buy all your fresh produce, fruits, veggies and bread at P&A and buy your meats and everything else here, you’ll seriously be able to cook and prepare foods with the best of them without having to break your budget.

Missed the grand opening on August 7, but have it on good authority it was a madhouse! Never mind, my fave grocery store has FINAAAAAALLY landed dowtown! I’ll now be able to while away my food shopping time chez Adonis. Who needs friperies when there is so much wonderful food, both to take home, and a bistro onsite should you prefer to just have a bite or a few. Same great prepared food counters, pastry and baked goods, and a butcher counter for meat lovers. Lots of fresh produce, but prices are not low. Strolling through the aisles this evening, I found the best branch is still the one located on Sauvé, at least in the city, for a larger selection of both fresh produce and groceries. That being said, this branch kitty corner to PA, will be my go to and only dowtown grocery stores I will shop.