Restaurant Iris

Don’t you just love discovering tiny restaurants that don’t look like much but turn out to be amazing? That is what an experience at Restaurant Iris, an El Salvadorian restaurant is like. When you first enter it looks very plain but as we all know looks can be deceiving.
It’s a small operation. There aren’t that many seats in the restaurant and there were only about two people working when we came by, one in the kitchen and one waiting the tables. That being said though they did a good job at getting the orders out in a reasonable time frame and dealing with other customers as they came into the restaurant.
If it’s your first time trying Salvadorian food then you should try pupusas which are amazing here. These can best be described as thick corn tortillas stuffed with filling. You’re also supposed to add curtido and tomato sauce on top of the pupusa to dress it. Curtido is a cabbage salad almost like cole slaw. We ordered a bunch of different pupusas which included chicken, pork and cheese and just cheese. My personal favourite was the pork and cheese. We also got a pitcher of horchata, which is a milk drink that contains spices like cinnamon. This particular horchata was also quite nutty and very refreshing.
For dessert we split a three milk cake and some kind of pineapple dessert which I can’t remember the name of. I enjoyed the three milk cake quite a bit but I do wish that it had a little more of the three milk sauce. The other dessert consisted of a pineapple filling in some kind of cake. I must admit that this was the low point for me as I found it to be a little too dry. That being said the meal as a whole was awesome.
Pricewise it is very inexpensive. I was blown away by how cheap my meal was. After tip I paid a little less than $ 13 which considering the quality and quantity of the food was a steal.

I had heard about this place from a friend and was excited to try it. When I saw the mama in the kitchen I knew it was going to be fresh and good. AND IT WAS! I really enjoyed the meal. I eat it before I could take any pictures. Sorry. Try it out if you are looking for Salvadoran food in Montréal.

Pupusas très haut dessus de la compétition. Prix dérisoires. Horchata magnifique. Staff super gentil et souriant. Un incontournable!

Best pupusas in all of MTL!!! Hands down!!!