Elena

5090 Notre-Dame St W, Montreal - H4C 1T1
121 reviews
Italian Wine Bar
(514) 379-4883

Everything was fantastic from the service to the food and atmosphere! We really enjoyed our meal and will definitely be back.

Parfait! Les pizzas, le vin, le service et les salades. Ca vaut la peine de chercher l’endroit un peu

Super lovely and cozy Italian restaurant with delicious food and great ambiance! Beautiful and simple yet elegant indoor and outdoor spaces! The «Cauliflower» appetizer is very light and full of flavour - the batter is very thin and and definitely pleasing to the palate; the «Margherita pizza» was delicious, it was thin, well baked and the tomato sauce had a nice acidity; and the «Gigli pasta» was also quite savoury, it was a very nice combination of ingredients!*also it was super easy to find parking which is sometimes rare in MontrealI definitely recommend eating here!

All super fresh, super tasty ingredients. The Gigli pasta was revelatory, to quote my wife. And it really was delicious. They ran out an hour after we got there so we felt lucky to be able to try. The pizza is a thin crust with fresh toppings. Also the cucumber starter is a great choice. Excellent wine list and service. Highly recommend!

One of my favourite places in Montreal, have only been a few times but every time is special. Tonight we had a great time! The woman taking care of us brought up great wine choices and even chased us out when we left our take home pizza on the table.(which we would have 100% driven back to get) Will continue to go back quality of food and selection of wines are great. Always an adventure. Ragù pasta is a must - can not go wrong with any pizza! The dough is so stretchy, light and has the best cheetah crust!

Fantastic food. The pizzas and pastas are delicious due the nature of fresh ingredients and sauces that really pack a punch with every bite. Highly recommend a visit here.

Excellent pizza restaurant! If you're a fan of mushrooms and cheese, the M. Funguy is a must try! Very cozy and cute place, also fast service!

Reservations on June 03 Friday at 5:30 early evening for 5 adults and a toddler. It was my first time there and recommended by two of our guests. We ordered the grilled cauliflower and the olives to share at the table. We were offered regular and sparkling water; however, bread was not available and that's a shame since we had wanted to dip into the oil of the olives and medium spicey sauce of the cauliflower. These two side dishes were fresh and tasty. Service was reliable and courteous. As the evening carried on, the tables started filling and their terrasse at the rear also was filled. That is a testament to the quality of the meals. We asked for a starter for our toddler and they brought out within ten minutes a nice palate of pasta with meat sauce and it was excellent. We all tasted it and surely this was a hearty and tasty filling meal. I'd order it next time. However we were there for the pizzas and we ordered two plain cheese well done, one with basil, and another ordered the mushroom pizza. As well, a kale salad was ordered by another guest. They were all delicious and so fresh and tasty. The crust is a napolitain style so for me it's a bit chewy but so delicious with flavours galore for such a minimum of topping. I would recommend this restaurant for sure.

The food was out of bounds delicious 100%100%100% I can't remember the last time I was smacked in the face with so much flavour, simplicity, elegance, UGH, SO GOOD. The labour of love and quality ingredients that go into each dish came through... I didn't know noodles could taste so fresh. I will be eating here on the RAGGUlar. Oh, last thing: shout out to our server Marcus! Laid-back vibe that put us at ease, and great to banter with. Knowledgable and passionate in a pleasant and not overbearing manner. Am I obsessed with Elena?

My mom and I visited Elena for a nice lunch, noticed that the waitress was not very friendly but did not mind much. We ordered a bottle of Cider to go with both the dishes ordered for lunch. When the cider arrived, it clearly had gone bad, tasted extremely flat and sour to the point where we couldn't even have one glass of it. We mentioned it to the waitress right away who proceeded to tell us that "that's what cider tastes like". When I stood up to pay the bill, I made sure to mention to her that we didn't even drink a glass out of the whole bottle (28 dollars), and that we really thought the cider had gone bad, but she assured me that she usually "tastes every bottle she opens and that she tasted ours as well", which I honestly do not think is right. She didn't offer us to have other drinks to comp the whole bottle we couldn't drink, or a refund, or anything at all. So that was 30 dollars down the drain. Just for the experience I would advise you to go somewhere else, this place is pricey and the staff does not care for its clients at all.