Café Bistro La Marinara

Great pasta, loved the servers. Would recommend to anyone wanting a delicious Italian meal that’s not expensive.

Excellent food, slow but very friendly helpful service. Open kitchen. The Resturant is always full.

The main course was a very tasty cod primavera, others had various pasta dishes that were also very tasty, my chocolate mousse was very good (not chocolate pudding as u get in some resto’s)… Only bad note was the antipasto a Caesar salad .not. Please iceberg lettuce with croton & oil dressing isn’t Cesar (not the only place to do this)
Came as a big group so service was a bit spotty but excusable and friendliness made up for it
General complaints about most Italian resto’s in town. Wine & Café is great but Ruin a good meal with crappy Tea quality & service or not having Chinotto (Brio)

Came for lunch with a friend of mine. Prices are a bit on the high side — should be $$$ instead of $$. Food was delicious and service was adequate.

This is a very cute small amazing find. The food was the best home cooked Italian food I have had. Nothing taste frozen or pre cooked, you could taste lots of flavor in everything. If I had to pick a complaint it would not be about the food, the wine/​bar list was very limited and could be expanded.
But I went with my hubby for a good quiet dinner not a nite of drinking. Definitely will return to this restaurant.

Great service, the server was fun and caring. Always made sure we have bread on our table and water glasses are full.
The food was good too. The snails that we ordered as starter were especially good. The dish was rich and creamy, and mushrooms and snails are great companies. however, the portion size was relatively small.
I got the penne pasta also, al dente, the texture was really enjoyable.
I will go back to try some more!

I loved this little restaurant. We went there during lunch break and service was on point, and so was the food. It’s always hard when you bring 10 people to a place, you never know if someone will complain — especially when you bring Italians, then the food is never as good as the original. This time, my Italian colleague said the food was delicious, but couldn’t be compared to his mom’s! My coworkers ended up being happy about the place. Prices are fine during lunch (I noticed the dinner menu seems more expensive). I had their spaghetti with tomato sauce. My colleagues tried everything else there was to try, mostly meals with pasta and cheese, and they thought it was really good. I remember that the soup was a little too salty, but otherwise the food was great and fresh. It’s not too far from the La Gauchetiere. I think it’s one of the few good restaurants close to work.

My family and I were on vacation in Montréal. The food was delicious. Ask for the specials if you don’t see a notice (small white paper) tucked in your menu. They will happily explain and translate the specials for you (that small paper is in French). The service was outstanding and very friendly. Small store front, but long inside and plenty of seating in back. No outdoor seating, very asked. They let you view the desserts too. No idea if they have WiFi inside. I would highly recommend this place if you’re in this area of Montréal looking for good Italian cuisine.

I was a little hesitant because of the lack of reviews but we decided to do a walk by, and the restaurant was almost packed!
The waiters were very helpful and nice, the food was super delicious, I had the gnocchi and the minestrone soup, the soup was very tasty yet light and the gnocchi was super fresh and covered in a delicious sauce.
The strawberry tart was interesting, it was a strawberry jello made with real strawberries, a custard and the crust, not to sweet and perfect way to end the meal.

i read the Unilocal articels here and i have to say Wow what great food to great price, friendly causy place, definitly i cone back yummmy yumy

When ordering, I couldn’t decide between penne vodka or Fettuccini Alfredo. The waiter said, «No problem! I can put in a half order of each!». Sounded great. Then I got the bill and realized he failed to mention it would be $ 7 extra for this… Also I never once received a refill on my water which was my only beverage. Once we received our food, the waiter never came back until he brought the bill. The food was very good but service was not.

Let me first say we were walking from our hotel by the restaurant and had intentions of having a nice family dinner at Rueben’s on St Catherine. My wife and I are huge supporters of small Italian restaurants that serve fresh flavorful Italian food and have a nice warm «chaleuruse» feeling. Let me declare that CBLM has done a wonderful job in this regard.
I ordered the Seafood Fettuccine. It was offered in a red sauce or light (natural sauce). I chose the natural sauce. It had a wonderful medley of shrimp, clams, mussels, calimari. It was prepared in a light amount of garlic and was really tasty! My wife ordered the small plate version of Penne Arribiatta and daughters shared a regular regular spaghetti meat sauce. Wife mentioned the Arribiatta was very good, not wonderful, not bad and daughters were very happy with the spaghetti! When I was finishing my dish one of the chefs asked if I would like some more. I clearly thanked him but said it was fine. Rarely am I offered this! Wow!
The restaurant is a bit on the smaller side but this made it more cosy. We had a wonderful experience and would definitely return!

I had veal tortellini. My friend had fish. Appetizers inclu

Great food. We just ordered from their list of specials which gave a choice of appetizer, entrée, and desert for under $ 30. Everything was so delicious that we went back the next night.

L’endroit n’est ni particulièrement joli ni rebutant et la cuisine n’est pas particulièrement inventive ni goûteuse. Italien plutôt standard comme on en trouve sans que ce soit particulièrement difficile. Pas particulièrement impressionné sauf par l’addition du lunch pour 2 à 75 $ + service que j’ai trouvé particulièrement élevée pour ce qu’on a eu, sans vin. Heureusement que ce n’est pas moi qui réglait.
Je n’y retournerais pas particulièrement.

Nice lunch. Came for a business meeting and had some enjoyable calamari and Penne all’Arrabbiata washed down with some nice wine and a shortcake desert. Nothing out of the ordinary though.