Arepera du Plateau

Best
Probé las arepas en Venezuela hace unos años y fue una sorpresa muy agradable encontrarme con este lugar tan bien situado en Montréal. La comida es muy rica, los precios accesibles y el trato muy amable. Fue bueno sentir la calidez latinoamericana en medio de una tormenta de nieve. Muy recomendado.

Delicious, inviting, friendly
Drink the tamarindo and gaze at the Beatles

Ugh just heavenly! It’s a smaller place than I thought but the wait shouldn’t be too long if you don’t come with a huge group. I’ve lived in South America before and this was very close to the delicious food I ate there. Plantains were made to perfection and the service was pretty good. Make sure you go slow on the red sauce they give you though — it’s spicy and I usually have a pretty high spice tolerance!

Arepas are excellent, best place in town so far. The papelón con limón was perfect.
Service was good but a bit slow
The Quesillo was Ok

I forgot to write my review, I went there in Summer of 2015.
I was recently thinking about this place and how I want to go back.
I’ll try to keep it shor there’s already so many reviews that summarize it well:
–Amazing fresh food.
–Different than your usual south american good.
–Gluten free (made of corn flour on what feels like a Crêpe/​Bread freshly cook).
–The service was great. The owner was there and going to each guest thanking us for our business.
–The price was low and the choices was nice.
I remember taking the one with cheese, guacamole and chicken. It was delicious.
This is a very comforting meal and very great during the Summer.

Love this place! The arepas are the best in the city. They have tons of different options, and everything I’ve tried has been delicious. Black bean soup may sound boring to some, but they make it really nicely as well. The service is friendly and quick, and the décor colorful and warm. When you are there, try the aquas frescas (tropical juices).
Unfortunately, they do not have a liquor license and it is not byob. It is pretty small so there may be a wait but generally things move quickly.

Petit vénézuélien qui né paie pas de mine mais est vraiment excellent!
Les arepas, petits pains de mais typiques, sont super bons et bien garnis! La bouffe donne vraiment l’impression de «bouffe maison», c’est un régal, et pas si cher pour la qualité et la quantité!
A essayer!

Awesomeness all around! I don’t need to rewrite all the rave reviews all over again, you can see them below. Just try it!

Delicious and fresh arepas. Though they were out of yuca chips, the plantains were tasty. Fresh juice-​yum. Good service.
Don’t forget –avocado sauce and hot sauce on EVERY bite.

First time eating Venezuelan food, and am quite satisfied. The sandwiches come with a side of salad and are quite filling for 10 bucks. Lovely atmosphere with the music playing in the background. However tables are quite cramped due to the small size of the restaurant.
Good for student budgets.

I was happy to find Arepera, a welcome change from the places we would ordinarily go for lunch. It had been several years since I had arepas, and those were made by a friend who has since moved away. So I was thrilled to be able to have them again, and this place does not disappoint. The arepas were awesome as was the staff and service. Three in our party were vegetarians/​vegans and they thoroughly enjoyed their lunch. The owner was kind enough to entertain the kids out in front of the restaurant after we were done eating. If you’re in Montréal and like arepas you should definitely try this place.

Some of the best arepas I’ve had anywhere and this restaurant is truly a piece of real Venezuela in Montréal.
The soup and appetizers are great. The juices are fresh. The quesillo is amazing and the arepas are really filling, but the best part is the service. The owner really knows how to make you feel welcome and you’ll be want to come back for sure.
Top notch everything. Viva Venezuela!

Excelente!!! Recomiendo cualquier tipo de pabellon. Los ingredientes son frescos y los platos son presentados en forma creativa. El quesillo, muy rico!!! Muy buen servicio, familiar.

Cozy restaurant in an off the strip road. The place can accommodate around 30 people, total. There is a waitlist by the door. The food selection is great and the arepas are very delicious. You can try them in many different ways-​I had the chicharron (cracklings) with black beans. Just need to add a bit of the guasacaca sauce and boom, you wont stop until you’re done with it. They also have house made juices!

The food is fresh and tasty! I really love this place… The service is great, they’re super friendly :)
I always order «Pabellon/​beef» it’s really good

Fantastic, flavourful, fast and fresh! We had a Pabellon (beef, black bean and feta), Llanera (beef, feta and avocado) and Cazon (tomotatoey shark meat that’s like tuna) with a side of plantain. They all came freshly prepared and was very very tasty pockets packed with flavour! There were exotic juices on the non-​alcoholic menu, which was refreshing. Go for guava rather than the tamarind though. Great little place with nice décor and a real family-​run feel. A little gem!

Espectacular!
I had a soup (house courtesy), an arepa of chicken and avocado and the cheese flan dessert. Everything was just great, the owner and waiters are very kind and everything was fast and friendly.
Highly recommend it.

yes yes yes.
love this place and everything about it.
The prices — Yes
The food — Yes
the live music?! — Yes
the service — Yes
the ambience — Yes
Everything about Arepera du plateau is such a yes. There tends to be a bit of a wait when you get there but their system is efficient so it doesn’t take to long. The menu is simple and delightful — if you don’t get their yuca chips + avocado sauce you’re making a life mistake. If you go at around 7pm there is a live musician who plays latino music and sings with this beautiful soulful voice. It’s a quick service and the waiters and sweet. The prices are an icing on the cake.
Advice: make sure you get the avocado and spicy sauce for your arepera; adding an extra squeeze of sauce after every few bites is integral to the experience! (warning the spicy sauce is SPICY!)

This is a cute joint on Duluth street. The Arepas were very unique — the corn bread and the fillings were interesting but I’m not sure how I felt about them as a dish. The dish didn’t have a proper salad with it and my drink (the guava juice) was too sweet.

AwWas recommended from a local student when I came in from Toronto and this was amazing! Every detail in the food is authentic, the men that prepare the food are true lovers of what they do.
The best I’ve had up to this point in places like Kensington Market and New York aren’t quite like what this place did. Arepas are quite difficult to make soft enough to bite into easily but hard enough to contain all the (expertly) prepared ingredients. The chorizo was delicious, their green sauce is crazy and their hot sauce has kick! Plantains, avocados and queso andino are a great combination as is but I really recommend this place.

Location: In the heart of the Plateau, on the corner of Duluth and de Bullion. Street parking is available (in limited quantities — don’t forget to check the zoning) and the closest subway is probably Mont-​Royal [orange]. From there, it’s about a 10-​minute walk.
The place: Very small but it gets the job done. You’ll need to be OK with being cozied up next to your neighbours, though.
The goods: Areperas, obviously. I’d never heard of these things until a friend of mine suggested we grab lunch here. In a nutshell, an arepera is a corn-​based bread that is stuffed with meaty (or veggie goodness. It kinda looks like a smaller, fatter version of a pita. With your first bite, you will immediately think to yourself «Sh*t, I need to order another one of these» but wait! One’s enough — they’re fairly large and very filling! I ordered the shredded chicken with avocado sauce. It was so damn good. ‘Nuff said. Oh, except you need to get more of that avocado sauce because it is TAYST-​EE. Watch out for the red sauce — it’ll open up your sinuses in no time.
Service: Good! We were seated pretty quickly considering the place was full, and the wait staff was friendly. We didn’t have to wait very long for our orders either, which is great because I was starting to feel a little hangry.
Price point: $ 9 for one arepera.

What an awesome place to stop after watching the women’s world cup match and a Copa match in one day.
Arepera du Plateau boasts delicious, hot arepas made to order and that’s exactly what we got. The waiter (owner?) served us and was awesomely friendly. He let us know the kitchen was closing soon and swiftly took our orders: un Popular y whatever my friend got.
El popular consists of ground beef and generous amounts of shredded cheddar cheese in a crispy, unsweetened corn pancake. For $ 8 it was surprisingly filling and incredibly tasty. The flavors were simple but abundant, it was served fresh, hot, and neatly wrapped, and came with a small side salad perfectly dressed. If you’re kind of in the mood for a burger or sloppy joe type taste, get this one.
Service was really quick, and I was pleased to know (but way too full to order) they served a nice variety of smoothies. Tamarind, fruit, you name it, they’ll make it fresh for you.
If I was in the area, I would gladly come back again and recommend it to friends. Extra points for free candy on the counter.

J’avais quelques attente sur cet endroit et j’en ressors un peu déçu mais je m’explique.
Déçu au final par mon choix car j’ai pris une arepa qui au final n’avait pas le gout qui allait bien. En effet celle au chorizo me tentait vraiment mais malheureusement la somme des ingrédients fait que cela est bof. Il y avait juste du chorizo (en gros morceau en plus donc galère à manger car le morceau entier vient quand on croque …) et des poivrons grillés … Pas de petite sauce pour lier les 2, juste ces 2 ingrédients plus le pain. Du coup le résultat au final est bof.
Les autres arepas que j’ai goûté étaient meilleurs car justement il y avait ce petit truc qui faisait que cela créait une «cohésion».
Mention spéciale pour les jus de fruit maison et surtout frais qui sont excellent. Pour le coup les jus valent 5* voir plus :) En plus on parle de fruit vraiment exotique et qui changent des jus classique
Si j’avais pu j’aurais mis 3.5. Je reviendrais car je sens un réel potentiel dans ce restaurant. Je réviserais ma note alors :)

Everywhere you go, things are rush, rush, rush. And sure, I love speedy service as much as the next guy, but sometimes, a good meal is worth the wait.
As you probably guessed by the intro, Arepara probably isn’t somewhere you’d want to go on a whim if you’re looking for a quick snack, but if you don’t mind hanging out for a little, you’ll be treated to one of the best arepas in town.
I can’t say that I have a favourite, but make sure you get one with avocado and cheese. Regardless though, you’re in for a seriously satisfying sandwich.
Oh, and they’re all gluten-​free!

Je né connaissais pas la cuisine vénézuélienne mais je né regrette pas d’être entrée dans ce petit restaurant coloré à l’ambiance dépaysante à la musique joyeuse.
Deja, presque tout est sans gluten ici. En effet, la spécialité ici est l’arepa, soit un petit sandwich rond à base de maïs, toasté et fourré d’à peu près ce qu’on veut. Le choix sur la carte est immense: viande, poisson, végétarien, vegetaLien. La portion servie est généreuse, accompagnée d’une micro salade, et suffit largement à un bon repas. Et ce à partir de 6,50 $ !
J’en ai pris un aux bananes plantains (je né connaissais pas mais j’adore !) et haricots noirs que j’ai trouvé très savoureux. On peut assaisonner à souhait avec deux sauces: une verte et une rouge (je né peux pas vraiment vous en dire plus ahah).
Pour accompagner ça, un petit jus maison de «Lulo» (fruit choisi au hasard parmi d’autres tout aussi mysterieux), apparemment un fruit à mi-​chemin entre l’orange et le kiwi, mais pour moi beaucoup moins acide. C’était très doux et original, et puis c’est toujours un plaisir de découvrir des saveurs inconnues !
Je m’en suis sortie pour moins de 11 $ hors tips pour une belle expérience gustative donc oui, 5 étoiles !

Petit endroit qui de l’extérieur, n’a l’air de rien, mais qui charmera vos papilles dès la première bouchée !
Arepa c’est le mot pour sandwich Venezuelien. Vous n’en avez jamais mangé? moi non plus, du moins avant cette visite. Ils sont constitués de pain de maîs (assez copieux, et mous a l’intérieur) et fourrés a la viande ou au poisson (plusieurs choix végé également) a votre goût. Plusieurs jus frais de fruits tropicaux pour accompagner le tout. Les prix varient entre 7 et 13 $ environ pour un sandwich avec une petite salade, mais vous pouvez choisir d’autres accompagnements.
A essayer !

J’ai bien aimé ce restau, une trouvaille Unilocal!dans mon voisinage, alors que j’étais a la recherché d’un coin végétarien pour une connaissance. Ils ont une section menu du tonnerre pour les végétariens, en plus de servir une viande excellente. Il y règne une amiance gentil-​chaos qui n’a d’égal que la grande qualité de la nouriture.
J’aurais aimé inscrire «as good as it gets» comme critique, mais au delà de tout le positif, je né suis pas sûr, quand je vois le menu rédigé en premier en espagnol avec des sous-​titres plus petits en français, ou quand le serveur (ils sont évidemment très pressés dans cet endroit exigu, mais quand même) saluer les gens en premier en espagnol. Malgré tout ils parlent très bien en français et sur un ton très cordial. J’espère qu’ils vont changer leur menu, et le rédiger pour qu’il apparaisse d’abord en français puis en espagnol.
Et pour ceux qui recherchent des arepas à Montréal, ceux-​ci sont excellents!
Sans gluten!

J’ai découvert ce petit resto un jour de pluie. Je né sais pas si c’est le décor, les épices ou les jus de fruits frais mais je me suis sentie réellement ailleurs !
Pour ma part, j’ai aimé.

Lorsque, j’ai découvert ce resto vénézuélien sur Duluth, j’étais très contente car il n’y a pas beaucoup de restos vénézuliens à Montréal. Tout est bon ici, les arepas bien entendus, les jus de fruits frais et bien sur le Pabellón. Le service est bien et les prix sont bons. À essayez, ça va vous faire changement des restos mexicains.

Petit resto Vénézuélien, avec un décor correct. On est un peu tassé les uns sur les autres et le proprio joue à la chaise musicale pour essayer d’accommoder le plus de personnes possibles. À la longue ça devenait fatiguant car tu peux difficilement manger en paix.
La qualité du menu laisse à désirer, c’est comme si la gastronomie vénézuélienne se résumait aux arepas et au Pabellon Criollo…
D’ailleurs leur Pabellon Criollo (qui est le plat TYPIQUE DU VÉNÉZUELA) est raté sur toute la ligne! Les bines noires sont incontestablement des bines en canne, mais là n’est pas leur seul pêché, la viande haché qui est servie avec le pabellon est trop collante et même le riz n’avait pas goût… Une déception totale. La portion de plantain servie avec ce plat est trop petite. Les arepas m’ont semblé trop salés et dures. La Yuca y la Guasacaca en entrée… une autre déception…
Je n’y retournerais pas. Cela né vaut pas la peine.
Nous sommes LOIN, mais vraiment à des années lumières de la nourriture vénézuélienne.