Byblos Le Petit Café
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Restaurant type

  • Coffee Shop,

Cuisine type

  • Middle-eastern,

Dishes

  • Breakfast,
  • Brunch,

Languages Spoken

  • French,
  • English,
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Opening Hours *Holiday hours

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Rates:

  • $11 To $25,

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Meet the owner

On a quiet stretch of Laurier Street among a line-up of small local shops, you’ll find this gem of a Middle Eastern restaurant. With its authentic Mediterranean decor, classic wood tables and Persian artwork, this family-owned restaurant brings a thousand years of Iranian culture, tradition and cuisine to life, right in the heart of Montreal.

Hemela Pourafzal left Iran to live in France in 1969 and relocated to Montreal in 1987. Although visitors to Iran rave about Iranian cuisine, Hemela couldn't find a place in Montreal to get authentic Iranian fare, with its colourful stewed dishes, ample spices and fresh ingredients. She'd always dreamed of owning a restaurant, and soon, plans were in the works.

Byblos opened on Laurier street in 1989, far before the east side of town had developed into the hub of local shops and restaurants it's known for today. "I hesitated to set up shop over here," says Hemela. "But a tenant of mine said, 'Open it here, you won't regret it,' and I haven't."

At the outset, Byblos was small, a mere half the size it is now. With their bare hands, the family decorated the walls, crafted the tables and installed the countertops. Many of the adornments were brought straight from Iran when Hemela’s brother Hamid emigrated in 1997. It was then that they expanded the restaurant to its present size, with a dozen more tables and the open-air front visitors adore on warm summer days.

Now, morning, noon or night, locals and tourists flock to this award winning and much talked about neighbourhood landmark for a taste of Tehran in one of Montreal's most popular districts.

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Menu & Prices

Breakfast MENU - Byblos Le Petit Café

A Choice Of Drinks) Coffe, Iraian Tea Hot Choclate Small Juice

Cup OF Expresso With Milk, Chocolat Bowl, Mint tea,Double Expresso Supl

$1.00

Bowl of Expresso with milk, additional ingredient supl

$2.00

Double Expresso With Milk, Bowl, Moka Bowl, Cappuccino Supl

$3.00

Croissant, Sweet Bread Jam, Butter

$7.20

Two Fried Or Boild Eggs, Sweet Bread, Jam

$7.80

Feta Cheese, Halva, Sweet Bread, Fresh Herbs, Nuts

$10.50

Omelette Of Choice

Feta Cheese Tomato Or Halmym Sweet -Bread, Jam

$11.50

Additionals

One Fried Egg With Dill

$1.80

Two Fried Eggs With Dill

$3.40

Feta Ometelle

$6.75

Oriental Omelette

Flour Sugar Rose-Petals, Cardamom

$6.75

Tomato And Onion Omelette

$6.75

Date Omelette

$6.75

Halym

Cream Wheat, Cinnamon, Sugar, Turkey

$6.75

Feta Cheese

$3.80

Home-Made Jam

$1.70

Croissant

$2.90

Oriental Sweet Bread

$2.90

Feta Cheese And Fresh Herbs

$6.20

Second Chapter MENU - Byblos Le Petit Café

Soup the Day Or Salda

$5.00

starter Assortment

$9.20

Starter Of the Day

$6.90

Desert Of The Day

$5.10

Meal Of The Day

$11.50

Short Chapter

(Served On Week Days Form noon Until Soup Or Salad, Small Meal lOf The Day, Coffe Or Tea Regular

$12.00

Express Menu

Soup Or Salad, Meal Of the Day, Coffee Or tea

$19.00

Gourmet Menu

Starer Of The Day,Meal Of The Day, Dessert Coffe Or Tea

Starter Assortment, Supl $2.00

Boranis MENU - Byblos Le Petit Café

Yogurt With Eggplants, Walnuts And Mint

$5.50

Yogourt With Spinach And Garlic Seasoning

$5.50

Yogurt With beetroot And Mint

$5.50

Yogurt With Cucumber, Raisins, Wqalnuts And Mint

$5.50

Assorted Yourts eggplant, SpinachAnd Bettroot

$7.80

Salads

Green Salad

$4.50

Cucumber

Tomato And Onion Salad

$5.80

Tabbouli

A Mixture Of Burghul, Green Onions, Parsley And Mint

$5.80

Olivier

Chicken Potaoes Carrots Green Peans, Olives, Pickles And Eggs

$6.80

Cheese salad

Lettuce, Cucumbers, Tomatoes And radishes Seasoned With Fresh Herbs

$7.80

Slices of grilled Egglant

decorated with paprika tomatoes and green onions

$6.50

Purees MENU - Byblos Le Petit Café

Eggplant Puree

Tomatoes Eggs And Garlic (Mirza Ghassemit)

$7.20

Fresh Herbs Puree

Egg And Garlic (Torche tare)

$7.20

Meat Puree

Tomatoes Onions Cicke Peas Haicot Bean (Gouchete Kubideh

$7.20

Chicken Pea Puree

Sesame And Garlic Butter (hUmus)

$7.20

Assorted Puree

Chicken Peas eggplant And mear

$9.20

Rolls

Ground Meat Roll

Seasoned With Herbs And Onion

$7.50

Spinach Roll

Soft White Cheese And Green Onions

$7.50

Fish And Spinach Roll

In Short Crust Pastry

$7.50

Koukous MENU - Byblos Le Petit Café

Fresh Herbs And Nuts Koukou (Sabzi)

$6.20

Potato Koukou (Sibzamini)

$6.20

Chicken Koukou With Onion And Saffron (Chegherteme)

$6.20

Eggplant Koukou With Onions (Bademjan)

$6.20

Pirojkis

Meat Pirojki

$7.90

Chicken Pirojki with Vegetables

$7.90

Spinach Pirojki With Fea Cheese

$7.90

Sandwiches MENU - Byblos Le Petit Café

Oriental bread, Fresh Herbs, Tomato Feta Cheese

$7.50

Oriental Bread, Hard-Boiled Egg, Tomato Cucumber Green Onion

$7.50

Oriental Bread, Olivier Salad

$7.50

Other Side Dishes

Portion Of Basmati Rice

$3.20

Torchis

Pikles And Relishes

$2.20

Black Olives

$2.20

Portioin Of Feta Cheese And Fresh Herbs

$6.20

Portion Of Feta Cheese

$3.80

Desserts MENU - Byblos Le Petit Café

Dessert of The Day

$5.10

Cake Of the Day

$5.70

Cake Of the Day

$5.70

Fruit Tarts

$5.70

Home-Made Sorbets

$5.10

Iranian Pastries

$6.00

Beverages MENU - Byblos Le Petit Café

Drink

Hot Drink, Wines, red Wines, Rose wines, Wbite Wines, Samll Bottles Of Wines

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fran2960
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Tout est vraiment savoureux! Les arômes sont variés et délicats, les plats toujours bien équilibrés et on est reçus avec le sourire. Atmosphère chaleureuse dans un décor recherché. Ça vaut le détour!

Atmosphere: 4/5
Food: 5/5
Service: 4/5
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Marsoan
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Pour une pause thé

Café Byblos fait partie du paysage depuis belle lurette. Toujours bon de s'y arrêter pour une pause thé. Faune diverse, ambiance décontractée. Thé à la menthe ou iranien, soupe ou plats typiques. Plusieurs choix pour prendre une pause simplement.

Atmosphere: 4/5
Food: 4/5
Service: 3/5
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UATarsho
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A new favorite!

Simple decor with mismatched chairs, a dining area of 2 adjoining rooms... gives you the warm and cozy feeling of being at a friend's house for dinner. Authentic iranian dishes: borani Esfanaaj, kebabs and kufteh, (yummy:), all at a very very reasonable price!

Atmosphere: 5/5
Food: 5/5
Service: 5/5
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