Smile Chez Clara

Generous portions, delicious well marinated chicken, although the amount of chicken you get every time is a little inconsistent. I love their rice too. Their poutine is the highlight of the neighbourhood with generous amounts of topping and cheese as well as fries that stay crispy 4ever This place has been there for years and I sure hope it continues. Highly recommended.

The food is so good it s incredible, and it is so well priced, half a chicken with salad for like 20 bucks, nobody in the city can beat that!!! OBRIGADO

I was visiting MTL and stumbled upon this place.We were pointed to this place by someone who works nearby so we gave it a try.I go in thinking its just a chicken place so i'm thinking how good could it be,just chicken right.Well this is probably the best chicken i've ever had.I'm back home and I keep thinking about it.They have other food too but we had the delicious chicken.2 of us shared a whole chicken.Comes with salad and rice.I think they have other sides as options.It was really good and was a good value.Very friendly lady working the counter that helped us order.Can't wait to return.

Super cute spot! Service was impeccable and the chorizo poutine delectable. I can't wait to come back to try more meals.

Got the mix grill which was pretty good. Can't go wrong with natas. Unfortunately my cod croquette had a decent sized bone in it (was refunded), but even without that issue both the cod and shrimp and croquettes weren't anything special, and should either be seasoned or come with a sauce.

Fast, efficient, and completely tasteless. Even as the cook prepared our chicken he brought up a bone to (I think!) sniff it. I’m certain he didn’t smell anything. The salad’s dressing is just oil, and a bit of salt. The goute game has to be upped.

Family owned and operated, probably the the best Portuguese chicken in the city. The flan is amazing but then again, so is everything I’ve ever tried on their menu…. All is made with love, and you can tell.

This place is close to work. The grilled chicken is pretty good. Not over the top. Sometimes can be a bit dry.. The hot sauce is pretty good too. Portion amount is well worth the price. Food is hot and fresh always. My only recommendation to them would be to try and make the chicken a bit more juicier by roasting it slowly on a medium flame. Since they already have the food prepared from before hand it would be worth the effort and increase the overall pleasure of eating it.

I really like this quaint Portuguese cafe. It is very warm and inviting, it feels very homey with the Portuguese music and Portuguese touches throughout the restaurant. The staff is extremely friendly. I actually found out about this place because my dad attended a high school reunion at this restaurant! So if it's good enough for a dozen Portuguese people it's good enough for everyone haha. Okay so the most important part, the food! The chicken combo is SO worth it, 24$ and you get enough chicken for a family of 4, rice or fries or both, and a salad. Everything was very tasty and fresh! I can't wait to go back and try their sandwiches and poutine!

More of a 3.5 stars. The portions were big for takeout. The poutine is "small" according to the menu but it's a regular anywhere else so that's good bang for your buck. The food itself was a little lacklustre; the breading on the calamari had a nice texture but didn't taste much. The dipping sauce that came with it was delicious though. The half chorizo/chicken poutine was a little disappointing. The fries and cheese were good but again the flavour wasn't there in the sauce. The chorizo slices were good and clearly the chicken was superior. I'd go back for that chicken. For dessert, i got one Nata, it was pretty nice. The stars of the show though were the Bola de Berlim, huge donuts stuffed with pastry cream and covered in sugar. I had to stop at one but i didn't want to.

It's a good place for Portuguese chicken. Not the best in town but still really good. The chicken was juicy and tasteful. And the quantity was perfect. Went there around 11h45 during a weekday and the service ws really fast. My plate to go was ready before I was finished paying. And If you go to a Portuguese chicken place just have the Portuguese chicken. Prices are also decent, which I'd more than I can say of a lot of places around the area. Will definetively go back there.

The draw and appeal of this restaurant is probably the name :) . While that is enough to put people through the doors, you are hoping to have decent food. At times, the service was spotty and disorganized, where one server would show up right after another dealt with your table. The manager who checked up on us was quite cordial though. The restaurant is mainly opened for breakfast and lunch, which is clear when you take a look at the menu. The thing that's clear is that there's more focus on the brunch aspect of the menu. The burger ordered means well, but there was one technical flaw that hampered enjoyment. While some enjoy having their burgers cut in half, it ultimately led to ingredients falling out. While the structural issues of the burger got in the way, I'd still recommend people to try Smile as the taste was still pretty good.

Excellent food, friendly service. Recommended: the "green" wine, which is really white, and the grilled dishes. The highlight of our dinner? The potato leek soup. Fantastic!

Yeah, I'm gonna go with Meh. It's an option if you're working across the street at Ubisoft, but it's not the only or best option in the 'hood. The burger was fine except that if the menu had warned me that the cheese would be plastic packet Americana I would have said Noooo Thank You, Please. Also the salad was of the boxed wilty variety. The orange booths are nice and the decor overall is quite harmless and clean, the signage is emoticon cute for the lol set I guess. But fact is, this resto is right smackdab next to the radiant art chaotica of Cagibi with all its vegetarian goodness and palpable soul. In this Mile End context Smile needs to try a little harder, IMHO ;)

I'm Portuguese, and I love Portuguese food, and I know what good Portuguese food tastes like. Most of the poor reviews of Cafe Smile don't make sense, because most of these yelpers don't understand the Portuguese palate nor the practicality of Portuguese cuisine like I do. First off, Café Smile is a very clean restaurant. The ambiance is bright, looks fresh, and pleasing to the eye. Secondly, if you are to go in, I recommend you CALL FIRST and ask for Victor (the manager), mention you found them on YELP, and Victor will make sure you are well treated, well served, and in good hands, because he certainly did for us!!!! Thirdly, as with any restaurant, IF you go in with a good appetite, and go in without high RITZ HOTEL expectations, Café Smile will NOT disappoint!!!! This isn't your typical high dollar expensive Portuguese restaurant near or around Old Montreal!!!! Prices here are very reasonable and the food tastes great!!! I recommend you try the traditional Portuguese Tapas. Granted although the tapas are small sized, the four Café smile portions I had (which is what tapas are) were very savory and did fill me up. I ordered a cold Sagres beer, squid tapas, pasteis de bacalhau, Portuguese sausage, and sardines, and I loved it. I also recommend their flan for dessert, which is also very delicious. In conclusion, I recommend you try Café Smile, and to ask for Victor!!!!!, I will definitely plan on going back again when I'm back in Montreal. Both Victor and Café smile did deliver on bringing a smile to my stomach.

The photo should do the talking. Look at it! Just great! Ande great price too! The cod fish bolinhos (empanados) and the shrimp risolis are awesome! Also the portuguese style chicken is great! I recommend.

Pretty terrible excuse for a chicken sandwich. Super oily! The peppers on the sandwich were really oily, lettuce was wilted, and the chicken was dry. Yeah, it cost me less than $10. But I was expecting a little better than that. Might give them a second chance. Might.

A nice cosy atmosphere but the food was bad... the ingredients were really not fresh and it was super expensive for the quantity and quality. the calamari were rubbery and had no taste. the first time in my life I have not eaten something that I ordered. After spending 40$, I was still so hungry I walked across the street to a dep and bought a banana and a kit kat bar... so not so hot for the nice lunch out I was expecting. I wouldn't have bothered to write about it if the owner hadn't been so rude to us. First she interrogated us on why we didn't finish our plates, and when we said we didn't like it, she yelled at us and said that it was our fault for not understanding Portuguese food. I've had plenty of amazing Portuguese in the neighborhood, so that is clearly not the problem.

The good people at Cafe smile do one very simple thing: they take all the love that goes into portuguese family cuisine and share it with their clients. When a restaurant greets you, chit chats and engages with you and your experience, you quickly go from a client to a friend ... and in the end, on top of mouth watering bitoque and bifana, feeling welcomed is what counts.

i had lunch there today, and it was one of the best apple/cinnamon pancakes ever!