La Couscoussière d'Ali Baba — Restaurant in Montreal

Where to begin??? I entered later in the evening to a mostly empty restaurant. The decor was enchanting as you can see in the pics. The very warm reception by waitress enticed me. I ordered the table d’hôte, lamb and chicken tagine / berbere It was 15-20 minutes between courses. The salad consisted of a mixture of crab meat frozen peas ans mayonnaise with some torn up lettuce leaves placed on edge of salad. The soup was an old chicken noodle soup that had so much salt in it. The. noodles were mushy and it was so hot i asked her if it was the advertized lamb soup, she said no it was chicken based. sure: liptons chicken noodle soup reduced to mush. she felt bad a tried to rectify with another soup which i declined . she then offered another salad,. I was hungry but not for aforementioned crab salad. She offered instead ceasar salad which was romaine lettuce with croutons, lots of dressing and lots of cheese. While the ingredients seemed simple the compensatory salad hit the spot. She then tells me no more lamb tagine. but beef merguez, keef kofta meatballs and vegetables.When it came it was clear the broth was a harissa tomato olive ol mixture. the meat was frozen meatballs( im sure of it) ,probably from metro or ikea and a few cut up veg.(some baby potato carrot and mushy zucchini) the chicken was 2 skinless legs. the merguez was ok i asked fir dessert to go.it was piece of dried up baklava. i really felt bad for the waitress but worse about spending my money there. needs gordon ramsay to sort it out. I...

Absolute garbage service. The owner was extremely disrespectful and served every miniature portion of a meal 1 hour after the next, meaning it took us over 3 hours just to receive our full meal course of appetizers and mains. He insisted on writing down the wrong order (even though we corrected him 4 times and tried to check the order again before it was sent to the kitchen) yet he continued to brush off our corrections and INSISTED ON SENDING THE WRONG ORDER THROUGH. When we tried to confirm our simple order with him for the fifth time, he insisted he already wrote it down correctly. When the food came out... the order was incorrect. The owner also appeared very upset that my young daughter (6 years old) did not want her own main course (despite the rest of the table ordering full meals) and continued to attempt to strong arm her into placing an order (I repeat.... she’s 6 years old). He asked her for her order 4 times, and was frustrated when I spoke for her to explain she would not be ordering. The utensils and cups were ridiculously filthy and used, the food arrived cold and was clearly well past it’s expiry date, and had been sitting in the deep freezer for a century. The water tasted strongly of chlorine and was very difficult to swallow. Overall an absolutely terrible experience that I would not wish...

Great place to have a get together amongst family and friends. Nice ambiance, comfy seats. If you're tall, watch out for the low ceilings! The food is good, savoury and sweet. The flavours are well blended. I took the tagine berbère, which consists of veggies with prunes, raisins, lamb and chicken. It was delicious! I'm picky when it comes to lamb, I don't like it when it tastes like what sheep smell like on a farm, but this was nice, with a subtle taste, very pleasing to my palate.

There were two belly dancer shows and if it's your birthday (or fake birthday), you'll be dancing in front of everyone during the intermission! By the end of your stay, you'll have "happy birthday to you" stuck in your head! The first belly dancer was ok, she did some sword and fire tricks, but wasn't great at dancing. The second belly dancer was more talented, she didn't do any tricks, she just danced but watching her dance was almost hypnotizing! Before going I found it a little pricey at $33 and change. Now my opinion has changed. You're well fed, well taken care of and it's a lively and interactive atmosphere, great food and a show to boot! I came out satisfied and full....