My girlfriend described this place best: it feels like someone's lounge. The owner is also host, waiter, cashier and, I think, helps out in the kitchen. When a family hedges its bets on a business so intensely, you know they'll do their best.Well, it was fantastic. The vegetable couscous base was very balanced taste-wise and the stewing juices were very helpful in making my own lamb shank -... more

My girlfriend enjoyed her lamb couscous. As usual, I always taste bits of her food to get a more complete opinion other than just the one of my own plate. I found her lamb couscous to be tasty, nicely midly spiced and the lamb was tender enough. I went for the rabbit couscous which was of equal appreciation as her lamb couscous.Found the couscous itself to be rightly prepared (at perfect... more

If only I had the words to adequately describe this place and do it justice.  Going to Au Coin Berbere is like going home.   This is in no small part because my girlfriend lives in Montreal and introduced it to me.  Since then it's kind of been "our place".  Au Coin Berbere's a quiet, cozy little bring-your-own-wine, Algerian Berber restaurant on the Plateau, a stone's throw from the hustle and... more