Terrasse Lafayette

We absolutely love this place! The food is delicious and the portions are generous. It‘s BYOB which is great. Service is fast and waiters are attentive you get water etc., coolers for your drink if needed… Great place to eat with kids, relaxed atmosphere.

It blows my mind that people go to this overpriced restaurant. Over the last five years they have consistently upped the price while reducing quality. It’s casse-​croute at fine dining prices. Anyone who gives these people their money is a sucker.

We liked everything about this place. The restaurant had the right kind of ambiance. Not too dark but good use of candles to set the mood. Our waiter was a prince. He was attentive and friendly and provided helpful suggestions when making our order. The food itself was amazing. The portions were big and the prices were very decent. The restaurant also lets you bring your own wine which we gladly took them up on. Our waiter provided a bucket of ice to keep it chilled and poured our first glasses for us. Very classy. Would definitely come back again.

Very happy to have tried this place. Everyone at the table ordered the #6 off the daily menu, which is a chicken brochette that comes with potatoes and veggies, as well as a starter soup or salad and dessert at the end of the meal. What really stood out were the small touches that made the food more refined. The twist on the Greek salad I had as a starter was great: some iceberg lettuce (but not too much), two types of julienned cabbage, tomatoes, pepperoncini, olives, and a healthy dose of crumbled feta in top with a great tangy vinaigrette. One dining mate got the mushroom soup and she received a huge portion. More importantly, she said it was very good. We also got warm tasty pita pockets as bread to start. Main meal was four very generous pieces of marinated chicken, some delicately cooked green beans, carrots, and parsnips as well as some very tasty baby potatoes. The meal ended with our choice of dessert. The chocolate cake I picked was a huge slice and definitely one of the best chocolate cakes I’ve had as part of a table d’hote. Super moist cake with layers of a rich chocolate mousse. Couldn’t even finish it. I took a bite of the raspberry cheesecake and that was perfect too. Service was very attentive and polite, but we did have the whole dining area to ourselves since it was a very quiet Wednesday. I can see this place being mayhem, though, on weekends since the quality of the food is excellent and it is a BYOB. I would definitely recommend coming here on a slower evening to enjoy the food and not be rushed. Definitely a repeat for the BYOB rotation!

Delicious. The finest spanakopita, perfect and hand spun; the best pizza & pita; divine chocolate cake. Charming service. I cannot wait to return.

Resto de quartier où les portions sont généreuses (énormes et se partagent bien en deux, ou alors on peut vous faire un doggy bag) et les serveurs toujours accueillants. Menu pour enfant.
Le souvlaki, la soupe de lentille et le hamburger classique (avec pain maison à l’oignon) sont savoureux!

Great place. Really cool décor and feel to the place. I loved the calamari here. As well as the burger and salad I tried. It was cute how I ordered a cola and it was served in an authentic glass bottle. Would definitely recommend to anyone!

Amazing food and prices. Pizzas (Lafayette Special and Texmex are the best), add a Greek salad for $ 4, no one person could actually eat it all themselves. The only restaurant that is byow I would order from even if I wasn’t planning on drinking. One of the best!

The food is really good. We had the souvlaki, burger, pizza, and salads and everything was delicious. The service was great, the terrasse very nice to sit outside, and there is even a liquor store across the street to get your BYOB.

My favourite souvlaki in Montréal, a town known for Greek food. I always order in and from time to time mistakes can be made but the restaurant is very busy and they are always apologetic. I could eat the tzakziki every day on chicken, or tomatoes, or any other vegetable or meat. I order a side of tzakziki and use it for the week to continue the Greek pleasure.

We are visiting our daughter in Montréal and she took us here our first night. We ate outside and had a great dining experience. Our server was attentive and helpful. We ordered calamari, pizza and Greek Salad. Our server brought 3 large plates for us to share these dishes. We are from Northern California and are used to good fresh food. My husband said the calamari was the best he had ever had and that is saying a lot. The Greek Salad was fresh and tasty with a really good feta cheese. My daughter picked up some specialty beers from the market across the street to complete our meal since this is a BYOB place. Our server brought us an ice bucket to keep the beer chilled. The food was fresh and plentiful and the service was outstanding. We will definitely visit again!

Awesome BYOW. The pizza is great. Actually everything I’ve had has been good. Give it a shot. For the money you can’t go wrong.

I live about a minute walk from here! It is my late night resolution to cravings. The restaurant has a wonderful ambiance and looks very classy– wine glasses and white cloth napkins. Although it is great for casual dining too! There is an awesome terrasse outside that is perfect for summer! The menu is very eclectic and the portions are extremely generous! The food is quite good! I recommend it!

This was my first time here and I was not disappointed. I really enjoyed it. My boyfriend and I shared a pikilia plate which was FANTASTIC. I had the Greek grilled chicken salad which was super tasty. Service was great. Friendly staff. Good food. Byow. Not expensive. What’s not to like?

J’adore ce petit resto! Attention, si vous y allez un samedi soir, il se peut qu’il soit remplie. Un bon BYOW. Les plats sont géant et très abordables. Je vous conseille fortement d’essayer les Calmars Frits… ils sont gros et délicieux et aussi l’assiette à partager pour 50 $ qui incluent différentes viandes, patates et une mega salade… Bref, allez-​y! Et le service est super aussi!

Overpriced, low quality food and staff is rude. Much better quality food and ambience just a minute away on Park called Philinos.

The place looks attractive from the outside and the inside. It was not full but a bit noisy on a Friday night, so we sat down on the (quieter) heated patio. The meal started well, with good bread and fresh salads. It went down from there. Overall, serving smaller portions of higher quality food would be the way to go.
We had spanakopita as a starter. Three pretty large pieces — glad we ordered just one plate for two. It looked like a «pocket pizza». Too much «cream cheese»; I don’t think it was feta. I missed the light layers of phyllo crust we should have gotten.
Then we had the regular (beef) gyro and the chicken gyro, served with potatoes and rice. Potatoes were more like fries. I did not feel like having something that fat, I ate just a few pieces and was disappointed. The rice was not impressive – and the chicken gyro was not either. My husband liked the meal better than I did – I think he had read reviews of the place beforehand and his expectations were not too high. The service was good, the pace of the meal was good too. But I don’t think I’ll go back.

I went to Terrasse Lafayette yesterday, May 4^th 2013, for dinner with my father, uncle and aunt. The portions are indeed big (I asked the waiter BEFORE ordering) and so we ended up taking doggie bags anyways. I give it 3 stars because you would eat similar food at La Casa Grecque, and the waiter brought us take-​out plates and we had to put the food ourselves in them. I would not see such a behaviour in a 4-​star restaurant. It also took him 25 minutes to open our bottle of wine and take orders.
That being said, the terrasse IS nice and the prices are reasonable. I guess if you’re with the right people, things can go well :-)
Give it a try, if you are four or so, outside on the terrasse. If you live in the Laval area, a much better place to eat would be Elixor for their salads. The only thing is that they are not BYOW.

To be fair, the restaurant apparently has a new owner and is presumably under new management. So I do not know if things have changed but hopefully they have.

Awesome. Reasonable prices and excellent food.
Can be noisy sometime but you can’t blame the staff for that.

Terrasse Lafayette has a wide sunny patio on a leafy residential street in the Plateau Mile End area, and specializes in large portions of generally super satisfying Canadian comfort food. These days we don’t live next door so we’re more likely to order in than mosey down, and our order of choice is usually the Lafayette Special lasagne (or switch the noodles for penne or whatever you prefer.) It’s oven-​baked, the regular size is mega, and the large has got enough cheese, mushrooms, pepperoni, bacon, smoked meat, green peppers to get you through a couple of those long, cold Canadian evenings well fed. Bonus — one time when they were particularly busy and our order took a long while to arrive they immediately offered us a gift certificate for our next order. Very thoughtful and much appreciated!

I love this place. It’s not the most amazing food you will ever eat, but it’s good and the portions are huge. So big that if I have a burger or wrap I always bring half home. They encourage sharing, so you can order a bunch of plates and eat family style. The pizza is a good choice for a group. Bring along a bottle of wine (it’s BYOW) and you’re set. The staff are friendly. During warm summer days (and evenings!) the terrace is a good option for people watching.
They also do delivery and takeaway, so if you’re feelng like some souvlaki or a pizza (I highly recommend the spinach/​shallot/​feta), just call them up et voila!