Safran Et Canelle

First of all, I dont think I have ever been to a restaurant where the owns and staff are so deceiving and rude. We decided to go to this place after reading the great reviews on Unilocal,but the night was ruined with microwaved food and malicious own/​chef.
We had dinner there on friday night. When we called to make a reservation, we were told that it might be difficult to squeeze us in, but after a long while on the phone, we finally got the reservation. When we showed up for dinner the restaurant only had 2 other tables with customers (Odd? Since they told us our reservation was difficult to fit in…)
We sat ourself down and after 10 min no one came to give us a menu or serve us water, so we had to do it ourself. When the waitress finally came and we ordered a fish tajine and a lamb dish. After waiting another 15 mins, the waitress came to us and told us that they are out of all other dishes except chicken tajine and fish tajine (this is on a friday night…) So we ordered what was still available but requested to talk to the owner/​chef; however, the we were informed by the waitress that the owner/​chef refused to come and talk to us.
We decided to go and see the owner at the end and in the meantime, dinner finally arrived after 1.5h. The fish tasted bland and the chicken was over salted and disgusting. Everything tasted like they were reheated from frozen using a microwave.
After dinner was finally done. We were told to go to the cash and pay, even though, the waitress brought the check to another table.
At the checkout, we asked the guy if he was the owner/​chef and he said no (later, we found out from their website that he was lying!!!) Not only did he lie to us about who he was but he was also tried to charge us extra for extra bread (even though it wasn’t written on their menu and the waitress never told us) When we pointed this out and refused to pay, he started to yell and swear at us.
We have had a lot of bad food at restaurants, but was never treated this this much disrespect and deception.
The only good thing that happened was saving another customer from eating there.
I WOULD NOT recommend this restaurant and I would never go back there again.
If I could give 0 out of 5, I would…

Whilst in Montréal a friend met up with her cousin who she hadn’t seen for quite some time. As we were unfamiliar with the area we were recommended to meet up here for dinner.
At first the restaurant seemed very small however there is an upstairs area which we were seated at. After making a decision on our meal choices we waited for the waiter to take our order however waited over 20 minutes for this. Rather than wait someone in our party went downstairs to notify the waiter.
After taking our orders it took about another 20 minutes for our food to arrive.
The food was delicious and contained plenty of flavour. We ate family style so that we could all try something new. From memory we ordered one of every flavour tajines and they were all super yummy. I recommend trying one of these if your’e visiting this place.

They have the best Pastilla au poulet in Montréal. Eating here is like having a good friend take you home and getting his family cook their favorite meal for you. Great place. Staff is friendly and the food is impressive.

Because we are planning a trip to Morocco later this year, we were happy to find a Moroccan restaurant to visit during a business trip to Montréal since it would give us a chance to try out some Moroccan dishes. We started with the soupe harira (tomato, lentils, and chickpeas), which was flavorful and comforting. I particularly enjoyed the inclusion of cilantro, which complemented the soup well. For my main dish (and upon the recommendation of the waitress), I had the pastilla de poulet. I have never had this dish before, and it was absolutely delightful. I never would have expected that chicken, sugar, cinnamon, and onions would go so well together, but the combination of the sweet and savory was wonderful. It was accompanied by angel hair pasta with cinnamon and raisins (I think), which was delicious as well. Dessert was small pastries and traditional Moroccan mint tea – the perfect finish to our meal. Our waitress was friendly and helpful in providing advice on what to order. I very much enjoyed this restaurant and appreciate them serving us such an excellent meal. It was a great way to kick off our trip to Montréal.

We loved this place! I spent a lot of time looking on Unilocal for a moroccan place. We decided on this one and everything the other reviewers wrote was true. I was blown away by the Harira soup (Moroccan Tomato, Lentil, and Chickpea Soup). I would have been happy with that as my main meal it was so good! Then I had vegetarian stew with couscous and it was fantastic. A very healthy portion as well for a decent price, especially given the quaint location in Old Montréal. The meal came with soup, a main dish and then a plate of homemade desserts. They were excellent, just the right amount of sweetness. We also had a generous amount of Morrocan mint tea that went so well with the sweets. We would definitely return to this restaurant on our next trip to Montréal.

We were visiting from New York City and spent a long time searching for a place to eat dinner. Taking a chance on Safran et Canelle after reading it’s lone review on Unilocal,we discovered a gem. The décor is spartan yet the place has a relaxed feel about it. We were waited on by the owner who also prepared all of the dishes. Everything we ordered, chicken and cous-​cous, braised lamb shank and chicken with lentils perfectly prepared and exquisitely seasoned. I appreciated his judicious use of salt, especially. Each entrée included either soup or salad and the meal was finished off with Moroccan pastries and mint tea. The owner said that he «cooked with his heart» and this was certainly evident in the deliciousness! We have eaten at several North African restaurants in our neighborhood in Astoria Queens, New York and I must say that Safran et Canelle beats them all. The next time we are in Montréal, this place will be top on our list.

well you could call me a foodie lol and I travel a lot and first thing I do is look up restaurants in Unilocal and even plan what I will be ordering. So in the way in Montréal I heard there is a big Moroccan community and I looked up Moroccan restaurant but only few with very bad rating. Well while walking on old Montréal I saw the their sign and right away pulled my iphone and Unilocaled it but nothing came out tried everything and nothing is showing this restaurant except urban spoon with two reviews. So after I ate there and enjoyed the food so much I told them I will be writing about them in Unilocal since their website is not functional at all.
I ordered Harera soup which was very good and then Tajen Lamb (he made it specially for me upon requesting) and side of cos cos. I am from the middle east and eat morrocon food all the time. Their food was outstanding. I will upload the pictures.
I never started a business review but they deserve it :)
Talal