Bocadillo - Montréal

After walking around the market we worked up an appetite and decided to try this place. This was our first time trying Venezuelan food. We got sat pretty quickly as the place was pretty empty. After waiting for about 40 minutes (with no updates)our food finally came out. The food was great, I got the “Llenera” . So the food itself was great, but not worth waiting that long.

I read about this restaurant in a Montreal blog and decided to check it out. I didn't need a reservation on a Saturday night. The food seemed like fast food, overly fried and greasy. It's fine for a quick bite if you're in the area and don't mind waiting for your food to be cooked, but it's not worth a special trip. It offers a bit of cultural experience, I suppose.

Our concierge at our hotel recommended this spot . It’s a Venezuelan spot . This restaurant is located in the Little Italy sector of Montreal in what felt like a very safe neighborhood . It’s about a 15 minute drive from McGill university area. Food was great , only slight negative comment was that portions were a little small . Sangria was great . Service was great , place is clean and nicely decorated . Ask for the homemade hot sauce , it was awesome . We went on a weekend night and they had live music . They also have outdoor seating . They are multi lingual and speak Spanish , French and English.

We came to little Italy looking for a good Italian restaurant...well guess what, this wasn’t one of them. The food was mediocre and the service was horrible. It took forever to get drinks and even longer to get food. And the food was not worth waiting for. Definitely will not return.

I was invited to Bocadillo for a friend’s birthday party. I am vegan, so I don’t eat any meat, fish, dairy, or eggs. I did not expect to have many options at this restaurant, since I understand that South American cuisine typically features meat, fish and cheese. Since there were no main dishes on the menu that were vegan, I decided to order a drink and a vegan appetizer (fried plantains) for my meal. After taking my order, the waiter returned and offered to bring me a plate with only vegan items on it: beans, rice, fried plantains, and avocado. I asked him if the beans would be vegetarian, and specified: “with no meat in them, and not made with meat”. He said “the beans do not have any meat”. I also specified that I did not want any cheese on any of the dishes. When the beans arrived, they had cheese on them. I explained again that I do not eat cheese, so he took them back to the kitchen and returned with a new bowl of beans without the cheese. I then discovered that the beans did, in fact, contain meat – my boyfriend, who is also vegan, found a piece of pork in his beans and other diners in our party confirmed that there was meat in their beans as well. When I told the waiter, he just took the beans back and said “I’m sorry.” He charged me the full price for the meal and did not offer to take any action to compensate for his mistake or the fact that I couldn’t eat a fourth of the meal I’d been served. I decided to pay for the meal but not leave a tip. Our waiter then asked me if I had forgotten to leave a tip. I explained to him that I was not leaving a tip because he had told me that the beans were vegetarian, but that they contained meat. This restaurant, or at least this waiter, clearly does not understand the concept of veganism (or even vegetarianism,) and does not care about providing decent customer service. I encourage vegetarians and vegans to avoid this place and instead support the many other restaurants in Montreal that do.