Nyks Bistro Pub

C’est devenu mon endroit par défaut au centre-​ville. Bien situé près de la Place des festivals, il s’agit d’une bonne alternative des autres restos du quartiers plus coûteux. Menu style bistro toujours constant, staff très rapide et cordial. La table d’hôte du midi est toujours très varié.
Astuce: il faut réserver le midi.

Right off the bat I was impressed. This place has their S together!!! Drinks, food, and perfect service! They certainly know how to mix a drink with a good olé punch to it. The menu wasn’t anything special, but what was ordered was delicious! I can’t wait to visit again!

Visiting from Ontario, found good food, reasonable prices and friendly staff. Recommend!

Don’t let the outside fool you, this place is solid. Service wasn’t bad despite the pub atmosphere, we did have to raise our hands a couple of times, but this is a pub, not a 5 star restaurant. The inside is cosy, and they are willing to help pack you in. The drinks are pretty reasonable as well
Started with the warm Brie as suggested by Unilocal and it was as good as everyone says it is. The gf has the olive tapenade as her entrée and it was also excellent; absolutely brilliant flavor, I thought it was close if not better than the Brie.
I had some kind of cod espenada or something like that (soupy with vegetables) that had a sharp flavor but excellent in a way that made it disappear quickly.
The sausages weren’t too greasy and had great flavor, and the fish and chips dish was huge and disappeared faster than I ate my meal. The crab cakes looked frozen but I can forgive that considering the home cooked from scratch feel of everything else.
The Crème brûlée also seemed made from scratch and was excellent.
Overall the food was fantastic, the service was tolerable for a pub, and the atmosphere was cosy but pleasant. We will probably be back

Toujours excellent quand j’y suis allé, c’est une valeur sûre pour un bon burger. Comme c’est populaire, il faut par contre être parfois patient pour avoir une place.

Good stop for a beer. The décor is super cute adorned with large gears by the door. It has a nice outdoor patio space. The service was great and they speak English well. Would come back to try the food.

Was in Laval for a wedding and had a couple hours to spare so I decided to go into the city. Walking through Place Des Arts, I wanted some quick snacks and a beer and decided to try this place. Friday early evening and it was starting to get loud and packed. Staff nevertheless were very friendly and helpful. I had the fried calamari which was delicious and the spicy mayo is what got me hooked. I also had the regular poutine which was decent, nothing great. After reading other reviews, I guess I should have gotten the pulled pork poutine but what are you gonna do?

This place was amazing! Food, beer… I’m so thrilled we randomly found this place.

I have mixed feelings in regards to this place. It isn’t amazing but it isn’t crappy either. I like it but don’t love it. It’s ok but I don’t hate it.
What I do like is that it’s a good pub atmosphere to hang out and have some drinks. I ordered a burger which I wasn’t satisfied with, but the drinks were good and the brie cheese platter we took home was great. Plus they were playing 80’s music which made me very, very, happy. My friend had the mussels which were yummy. Location was ideal and near our hotel so we didn’t have to worry about taking a taxi/​Über back too.
Other than that, it was fine, which probably should’ve given it a lower/​higher rating? I’m not sure. Staff was ok, but I felt something was missing. Maybe I was more impressed with the music choices than the food which isn’t necessarily a good sign. So. B-.

Service rapide et très bonne qualité de bières et de plats ! L’accueil est chaleureux et le cocktail à la rhubarbe est dingue ! Bön pub à conseiller

Great pub with good food and lively atmosphere.
They had really good Moscow Mules, food was great, packed with people, super fun.
Came here with a group of girl friends as we were on vacation in Montréal.
I turned them in to Poutine for the first time, we decided to order a couple of different ones an Oh Poutine! its like crack! so addictive.
Needless to say they all loved the poutine.
We each also ordered a different dish, i had the carpaccio di mango and it was very good. Food is fresh and great ambiance, what else you need?. Service was nice but slow and prices were a bit high, but we had so much fun!

After reading reviews on this place I was really excited to try their food, but everything was a disappointment… except their fries.
I ordered the homemade pork and leek sausages with fries and green salad. The sausage tasted okay, but the texture was a bit too dry. I didn’t like the salad dressing at all, so I couldn’t even eat my salad. The fries were the best part… my 3 friends had finished eating and their plates had been cleared away already while I was finishing my fries. I went to grab the mayo but that had been cleared away too… umm excuse me waiter, I’m still eating, can I have the mayo back please.
I tried bites of my friends’ meals as well an this is what I found… Pulled pork burger was too dry. Fish and chips really didn’t have much flavor, but was very tender. Warm goat cheese with spinach and tomatoes was really just that: goat cheese, spinach, and tomatoes with nothing else. There was a lot of goat cheese compared to the amount of spinach and tomato, so if you order this, make sure you really like goat cheese.
I also found the portions were a bit small for the price. I won’t be going back.

Toujours à la hauteur pour un verre en bonne compagnie! Service courtois, prix raisonnable et excellent choix.

This is a pub with great drinks, cool servers and amazing quality food. I came here recently for a friends birthday and had a great night. The bartenders know how to make a proper drink. I asked for a light, yet tasty shot and I was brought these really cool blue shots topped with baileys. I think she called them «bubble gum» shots. They were great. I believe when a bartender has the ability to read your mind on what you want even though you give a very vague description, she is an elite! The food here is surprisingly better than you can expect. Pay attention to daily specials, they are usually really good. I have been here a few times and it never disappoints. Will be back… OFTEN

If I’m out of ideas and don’t want to go through the fuss of picking a pub, I’ll probably go with Nyks.
I came to grab a bite to eat the first time I came here. We sat at the bar and the bartender recommended a coffee tasting drink for me (don’t remember the name but apparently it’s a recipe exclusive to the place. The food was nothing spectacular but the cocktail was pretty memorable.
The second time I came on a very late night. There was barely anyone here. I asked the staff if they took music requests and they ended up play my song. Had a great time jamming out to the music! Probably the most friendly and chilled staff I’ve encountered so far!

On décide d’aller manger au NYKS, avant d’aller voir un spectacle places des arts, il y a du monde souvent un bon signe. On trouve une table pour 2 rapidement. On commence par prendre une bière, le service est rapide et le choix de bière/​cocktail est assez varié mais rien d’exceptionnelle. On enchaîné ensuite par une entrée pour 2, tapenade olives/​tomates, super bonne avec de bon morceau de pain (rare à Montréal ^^). On continue par 2 salade de canard confite, on retrouve une cuisse de canard confite et uniquement de la salade en grand quantité …, honnêtement pour un plat à 18 $ on s’attend à quelque chose de mieux, une salade composé (tomates, pignons ou autres) avec un canard désossé. Au final un repas à 65 $ pour 2, avec un sentiment mitigé.

Vendredi 4 juillet 2014
Un beau vendredi en route vers un 5 à 7 avec une de mes cavalières de tango. Quoi de mieux chez Nyks Bistro. Ambiance très bruyante, très difficile de se parler en tête-​à-​tête, un service qui laisse à désirer, on nous oubli facilement pendant un bout de temps (je n’étais pas le seul à pointer sur cet élément durant la soirée…). Né demandez pas de cocktails trop complexes, ils n’ont pas ce qu’il faut pour le faire. Le nombre de verres brisés par le barman est absolument impressionnant. On en compte facilement 5 aux 40 minutes ! Je commence donc avec un Pineau des Charentes sur glacé. Le menu semble appétissant mais toutefois une grande réserve sur la supposée poutine au magret de canard. L’assiette arrive avec une cuisse de canard confit… on est loin du magret. Il faut donc expliquer la différence. Le canard confit est cuit dans son gras et ensuite rôti. Il peut comporter n’importe quelle pièce mais en général on confit une cuisse de canard. Le magret est une poitrine de canard bien gras servit en tranches rosées et, en général, préalablement poêlé ou saisi. Point !
Une poutine au magret de canard doit donc être servi avec un magret… car manger une cuisse sur des frites en sauce c’est plus que décevant. Au goût, c’est très différent, en texture c’est complètement le contraire. J’aurais voulu goûter un bon tartare de boeuf mais ils servent le tartare du moment: cette fois-​ci le tartare de saumon, trop facile à faire. On peut mal évaluer les compétences du chef. On en sort avec une facture assez salée pour une maigre sortie. L’endroit est très bien décoré, très bien situé en plein centre-​ville mais le tout s’est révélé très loin de toutes mes attentes.
Friday july 4^th 2014
A nice friday on the road to a great after work time with one of my tango partners. Why not Nyks Bistro. The ambiance is loud and it’s very hard to have a nice cosy conversation. You get forgotten from time to time by the waitress (i was not the only one pointing this out in the bistro). Don’t ask for too complexe cocktails to prepare, they don’t have what’s needed. Broken glass very often by the barman, it’s surprising, one every 8 minutes almost, it gets very irritating ! I start with a nice Pineau des Charentes on the rocks. The menu seems nice, I order a duck magret poutine. The plate arrives deceptively showing a duck leg as a basic confit. We are very far from the duck magret. The difference is not subtile. A confit is a piece of duck (usually the leg) cooked in duck fat then roasted, a magret is the duck’s chest, very fat and rich, cooked in a pan or grilled and served in slices, medium-​rare. That’s it !
A poutine with duck magret has to bserved the correct way… eating a leg on fries and sauce is more deceiving to your taste buds. to the taste it’s completely different and to the texture, it’s night and day. I would have loved to try a nice beef tartare but they only had the «tartare of the moment»: salmon tartare, too easy to do. You cannot evaluate the chef’s hability that way. You come out of the place with a saltish taste on the bill for a small pleasure of the moment. The place is nicely decorated, very well situated downtown, but the ambiance is way far from I had in mind and what I was wainting for.

Je suis allé là pour la première fois et j’ai prit une bière et un scotch. Bonne sélection de bières et de scotch. Un peu dispendieux mais c’Est le standard du Centre-​ville. J’ai bien aimé, bon service, carte de bouffe intéressante et pas trop dispendieuse.

Très bon endroit pour diner. Le service est rapide et la qualité de la carte est surprenante. Beaucoup d’achalandage surtout à l’heure du lunch. Très populaire chez les gens branchés du Centre-​Ville.

J’adore ce bistro que des amis Unilocaleurs m’ont fait découvrir un soir avant le cinéma. Situé en plein centre-​ville sur la rue Bleury, cette place offre une belle diversité, autant pour les consommations alcooliques que pour son menu de qualité. Le choix des plats proposés en table d’hôte (une dizaine en tout) varie à chaque soir, ce qui permet au chef de vous cuisiner une bouffe pleine de fraicheur.
À ma première visite, j’ai choisi le steak de thon saisi aux sésames. Un délice. Le thon était cuit comme je l’aime (encore rouge au centre mais grillé en surface) et l’assaisonnement aux sésames était bien balancé. Les accompagnements de légumes grillés étaient eux aussi très réussis. La deuxième fois, j’ai dégusté une bavette de cerf avec salade en accompagnement. Là encore, très réussit. Le choix des vins est très correcte quoique un peu limité (j’enlève une étoile). Le service est courtois, rapide et sympathique.
En bref, le Nyks est l’endroit parfait pour bien boire et manger dans le centre-​ville si on désire éviter les places un peu guindées. L’endroit peut devenir bruyant les soirs de fin de semaine, mais tant pis, ça donne de l’ambiance. Je recommande fortement.

Went here late, only 5 minutes until the kitchen closed; was a bit worried but had one of the best meals I had in Montréal while there for work. I will go back when in town — was pleasantly surprised at how good the food was, service was outstanding and drinks were great. Nice selection too! Thanks for a great meal.