Elounda

I live in the VSL, so I’ve been here numerous times. I have never been disappointed here. The food is consistently excellent. It’s a Greek seafood restaurant with amazing Greek salad, fried calamari, jumbo shrimp, fresh fish, and the list goes on.
I would say this is arguably the best restaurant in Saint-​Laurent. The food is excellent, and the prices reasonable. Nuff said!
Reservations are recommended on a Friday or Saturday night.

My boss where I use to work at a pharmacy brought us all for Christmas supper and the food was delicious the owner is a funny Greek guy who likes to converse with customers but it’s part of his job for birthday parties is the best!

It’s an imitation of Milos… Literally.
I don’t appreciate people stealing ideas in the restaurant business… At least have the decency to change the dishes’ names!
That being said, the appetizers are very good.
The main dishes are a disaster.
My husband had the steak and it was mostly just fat for 49 $. He wasn’t able to eat it.
My sister had the chilean sea bass. She took a bite and sent it back… Smelled horrible. The waitress was super rude about it!
I had the salmon. Just average.
I went a few times to this restaurant and every time, you have to cross your fingers that the food will be edible. At that price, it’s completely unacceptable.
The bus boys are all nice, but the waitresses and the hostess are consistently rude… Very rude.
So many better options in Montréal, please avoid.

The only eatable restaurant in saint Laurent. One of my favourite in Montréal. Must try their house special tzaziki. Never get enough. I don’t know if others notice, their bread taste sooooo good. U can actually buy one loaf of it. Don’t try their sea bass. It is plain. Try tuna, and salmon. The cheesecake was made of ricotta in Greek style. Must try. A bit pricy but it is authentic.

This restaurant is one of the worst restaurants I have EVER been too. The food tastes like rotten liver and the service is worse than a death trap. I will never ever be back. I found spit in my octopus and it’s not worth ever going back too. NOONE go there.

Let me just say… This places serves up a great experience. I stopped in on a Tuesday evening after having flown in from New Mexico. I sat up at the bar (which was more of a server area — not really for public seating) and they were very accommodating. Not being very Privy to quality seafood from my home State, I elected to indulge on their seafood offering — assuming I couldn’t go wrong. After talking with the owner, Gary, who was very polite and professional, he suggested I try the grilled squid, seared scallops and their house made Caesar salad. The squid was grilled perfectly and the dressed in a homemade onion and caper vinegarette — amazing. The scallops were perfectly seared and served up In again, another amazing homemade sauce. The Caesar was extremely good. Most Caesars today are so «vanilla» — it’s just so easy to out a generic Caesar dressing on the salad from SYSCO, shamrock, Ben and Keith’s…etc but they, ventured out into the «verboten» and made their own dressing. Creamy, delicious, raw and full of flavor — God bless them!!! I’d highly recommend this place and a go-​to on the northern side of town. Thanks Gary for a great experience — best of luck to you!

Arguably the best restaurant in Ville St. Laurent. This is my family’s ‘go to’ spot. Amazing, fresh sea food. Be sure to get a shrimp cocktail. My family always gets a large greek salad, oyster mushrooms, and these amazing eggplant chips with tzatziki. For my main I highly recommend the swordfish, but the steak is also out of this world.

Wow,
I haven’t been blown away by the quality of food in quite some time!
I came here on a business lunch with 5 other people and one in my group is Greek by origin so he took the lead by ordering for us!
For appetizers, we ordered the Elounda special which was so amazing and tasty! Crispy and lightly seasoned but so great in tasting! As well with this there was a side of Tzatziki plus a red pepper-​cheese spread. Then some nice lightly fried Calamari. The Calamari was amazing… so light and crispy! Then onto the next a huge chunky greek salad and as well some bread. By this time I was feeling lightly full and ready to leave.
Then came to our table the most appetizing mixed grilled shared plate I’ve seen in my life! This was huge jumbo shrimp grilled, the most tender chicken, some grilled lamb, with fries and potatoes. Then they brought out some vegetables, rice and some more fries! Take a look at my photo but it doesn’t do justice because this was enough food for 6 hungry guys!
If you look at their menu they have one of the most solid seafood selections I would claim in Montréal. Amazing selection!
Décor of the place is nothing amazing… like an old neighbourhood Greek restaurant but the food is insanely good! All was very lightly seasoned but so mouth watering and flavourful!

This restaurant is similar to Milo’s but at half of the cost. They have a full seafood menu and I ordered the grilled octopus and the elounda special (fried zucchini and eggplant with store made tzatziki). One word: delicious!
We then ordered Chilean seabass which was one of the best I’ve ever had .
The service was nice and friendly and made the dining experience that much better. I would definitely come back and recommend first time guests to try this gem of a restaurant.

Words that come to mind: fresh. Quality. Authentic.
Food: by far the best seafood I’ve had in this city. The menu had a wide variety of seafood/​fish and each platter is better than the other. I’ve always said that food of good quality never needs to be over spiced or fancied up. We ordered a little bit of everything and nothing disappointed. The oysters tasted like the sea, they were large and super fresh, amazing. The stuffed calamari is definitely something new for me and I really enjoyed it. The Elounda special, which is a tower of zucchini, eggplant and saganaki (fried cheese) with delicious tzatziki is a great option for nibblers like myself. The fried anchovies are simply addictive, I definitely recommend you try them. But my absolute favourite was the octopus. I’ve had my fair share of octopus and it was cooked to perfection here.
The dessert (those honey ball things…:/) was great and the Greek coffee was a delight.
Service/​staff: A+. I love the fact that the owner is present and active in his restaurant. He had a great energy. The whole staff really, from our delightful waitress who suggested the wine to the guys who bring water and bread, was great.
Décor/​ambiance: the décor isn’t out of a Home&Garden magazine, but it’s quaint. Everything was very clean (including the bathrooms).
Note: I’ve read people complain about the prices, but really, I don’t see what the problem is. A lot of things are market price and the portions are very fair.
Suggestion: if you want several appetizers, ask for half portions.

Wow, very impressive for me, coming from Southern California. Saturday night busy and the parking lot was full. But after eating there, I would park on Rue St. Denis and walk a few miles, it’s that good. First, the staff was very pleasant and even kept up with my crazy «humour». But the food was the best I’ve had in a long time. The appetizers, shrimp, scallops, octopus, mushrooms, etc., were served hot and so flavorful that I wanted to go in the kitchen and compliment to chef. Frankly, if I was a competitor, I’d have to kidnap the chef. We were three and had the lamb, sea bass and seafood linguini, which I had.
The others were enjoying every bite and my seafood linguini was nicely presented, encircled by clams, and «stuffed» with shrimps and scallops and a thickened red sauce that added a real punch without masking the seafood flavours. We had a great, light Greek wine and port after dinner. This dinner was definitely the highlight of my Montréal visit. My cousin picked up the tab which was a bit pricey, but well worth the five star experience. Thanks, Cuz!

Fish — excellent! But the most well-​kept secrets are the 20 oz rib steak and veal chop. No doubt the best in the city.

This is a Greek restaurant with a complete menu of seafood. It resembles Milos (food wise) a bit.
The first thing one notices when you open the menu is that it’s extensive, nicely balanced but the prices are pretty steep. Then you look at the description of the dishes and it’s mostly seafood or other expensive ingredients such as lamb chops. So you think, well if it’s prepared masterfully by a chef it would be fair pricing. Although the 130 $ fisherman’s platter for one was still a shocker.
Then you look at the wine list and the prices are simply ridiculous.
We started out with a typical Greek salad and some saganaki. Both were ok but just seemed thrown together quickly.
When we ordered our plate a couple of us asked to substitute rice for fries or salad. We were told no substitutions were allowed. I can understand such a policy at McDonalds but not when one is paying 40 $ or 50 $ for a plate.
The plates we ordered (tuna sushi style, fried calamari, baked fish, lamb chops) were all good but none were special. Again the feeling was that it was thrown together quickly by a decent cook but not a chef. The quality of the ingredients varied from acceptable (tuna) to excellent (vegetables). The quantity of the food was good but not overflowing (which could justify the $$).
The service is informal and attentive. It’s a large place (seats over 100) and nicely decorated. When we were there on a Friday night it was about half full. Bathrooms are small (one stall was out of order) and not very clean which to me is a big no no in a fine restaurant.
In my opinion, the value is just not there. It’s sad because it’s a complete seafood restaurant which there aren’t many of in Montréal. If the food was prepared more masterfully and the service more professional they could justify most of their prices. Unfortunately it leaves the customer with the impression of being gouged. There are many other restaurants in Montréal offering fish or Greek food that is just as or tastier for significantly less money.
I would not go back.
p. s. This restaurant shares a parking lot with 3 or 4 other restaurants. On a Friday night it was impossible to find a spot on the lot. Parking on the street is far away and requires 5 to 10 min. walk back to the restaurant.

Great food, nice people, very personal staff — this is the key, its all personal. This is definitely a family Greek restaurant.
I had the grilled Tunisian octopus, grilled Greek sausage at the bar with an glass of wine.
The octopus was grilled to perfection! I was slightly crisp on the outside and gave it a slightly smokey flavor, not overdone, very tender.
The grilled Greek sausage was excellent! Salty, nicely seasoned and the were texture elements to it.
To me, anyone can learn to grill meats or fish, it takes talent to make sauces or braise. I didn’t really see too much in this area. This is why I give it 4 stars.

if your looking for fresh fish, fantastic lamb chops, and absolutely decadent entrees look no further than Elounda. It’s by far one of the best Greek restaurants in Montréal. If you love seafood prepared in the traditional Greek way you have to make a stop at Elounda.