I've heard good things about this place and I always wanted to try it. I was in the neighbourhood and felt like a smoke meat sandwich so I decided to give it a try.
Snowdon Deli is located on Decarie Boulevard near Snowdon metro. It is on the same side as the old Snowdon movie theatre. I went there around 11:00am one morning on a rainy day and it wasn't crowded. In fact, I was the only person at the restaurant portion of Snowdon Deli and I was seated immediately. There were some people at the counter ordering take out.
I was given the regular menu along with a lunch menu and took a look at both. I was somewhat surprised that I didn't see a smoke meat special/trio on the lunch menu. As such, I decided to go for the smoke meat platter (~$15). The smoke meat platter came with some bread, 2 pickle slices, fries, and of course smoke meat. I had the choice between lean or medium and I opted for medium. I also had a choice between old fashion and regular and decided to go with the old fashion which is generally the tastier/spicier of the two options at most smoke meat places that I've gone to.
A few minutes after ordering, the waitress brought my smoke meat platter. It looked and was delicious. The only thing is that I got the end of the bread slices so my first 2 slices of bread were not that large (you can see the picture). This made putting the smoke meat between those first 2 slices of bread difficult.
The only thing missing was some coleslaw and a drink if I decided to purchase it.
I thought that the food was very good. My only complaint about the service is that they don't automatically refill the water at the table since I believe that the water is already in the glasses so they just put the glass of water on your table. My glass of water was empty for a few minutes before I had to ask for more water even though the waitress passed by my table to ask me if everything was okay (and at that point, my glass was almost empty but she didn't refill it or replace it with a full glass of water).