J'ai adoré la nourriture, l'ambiance et le service chez Agrikol. La musique est forte, mais avec un délicieux Ti Ponch, c'est un dépaysement assuré! J'ai pris celui avec le rhum 8 ans que je recommande fortement (et ils sont généreux avec le rhum)! :) Mon copain a commandé l'assiette de griot. Elle se trouve dans la section «entrées», mais avec un autre accompagnement, la portion est parfaite pour un repas en soi. (Il y a du griot et 4 morceaux de bananes pesées, qui en pensant sont bien croustillantes comme j'aime!) Moi, j'ai pris l'assiette de lambi, qui vient avec 2 morceaux de bananes et du riz aux petits pois! Bref, les repas étaient bien exécutés! J'ai aussi aimé le dessert de pain patate, au rhum et raisins avec de la crème fouettée! :) N'oubliez pas de goûter au pikliz dispo sur toutes les tables. Trop trop savoureux et bien piquant! :D Bon appétit!
This cozy Haitian restaurant downtown is always buzzing at night with cheerful customers and staff with great food and wine. A note for veggies - the Legume dish on the menu is figurative and has meat with it - Ask instead for l'assiette végétarienne which is vegetarian and very tasty. As the lighting was very low, the accompanying picture is of the impressive vertical bar
Wow! Really delicious food with a wonderful ambiance. The restaurant is quaint and a bit cozy but the food is unreal. The restaurant offer some of the most flavourful Haitian food I’ve ever tried. The jerk chicken and plantain chips are incredible
Agrikol is Régine Chassagne's baby. If you don't know who this is, I can't talk to you. Haha. Just kidding. But really not. She's only the singer/head girl of Arcade Fire, one of my all time fave bands. You can see why I HAD to try Agrikol. Well, also because I've been dying to eat Haitian food. So, on a Sunday a couple weeks back, i headed there with Dan (the owner of my fave Barcola Bistro) and Vino (one of my faves I hadn't seen in way too long).
I have to admit having some sticker shock when first seeing the menu, but the food and rum cocktails were excellent. I had the chicken and cashews--flavourful and juicy. My friend had the griot and fried plantains --we're still talking about it. We sat at the bar and liked the friendly service. They have some privately imported rums available that I haven't seen anywhere else in town. I am definitely returning.
Incredible experience. We sat outside in the beautiful backyard, and ordered almost everything on the menu (note that the menus are different inside vs outside). The food was amazing, definitely order the fried plantain. The only caveat is the wait after ordering, which is fine because it gives you time to enjoy a nice glass (or bottle) of ti ponch. Will come back!
As a newbie for Haitian food, my verdict after a visit to Agrikol was I loved it! Agrikol is a fairly new restaurant and bar locating in the Gay Village area, which serves some Haitian food with interesting cocktails. It’s also one of the few restaurants in Montreal that people start to line up outside before its opening time. If you’ve never had Haitian cuisine, I suggest that you do!
Je dois avouer que c'était la première fois que j'essayais la cuisine haïtienne et si ce n'était pas authentique, je ne pourrais pas dire. Cependant, ça goûtait bon (essayez le macaroni au fromage et le poisson frit), le décor est chaleureux, vivant et jeune (très instagram), de même que le service. Le seul hic serait les prix qui sont un peu trop élevés, mais je suis une étudiante fauchée, alors ne m'écoutez pas et passez faire un tour pour regarder le menu au moins.
If you have never tried Haitian cuisine, I recommend that 1) You do! And 2) You do it at Agrikol- a fairly new Montreal restaurant and bar serving up popular Haitian dishes in a seriously hip space. From the outside, Agrikol looks like no more than an adorable home in the middle of the Village, but step inside and enter a Caribbean paradise. Palm tree-covered walls, and tropical beats transport you straight to the tropics. A two-story high bar, mismatched wallpaper, and art give Agrikol a completely unique vibe.
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