The. Real. Deal.
Finally, after months of beating the bushes and getting greasy fast food Indian everywhere we followed a trail to Express Indien and I'm putting it down as the best we've found of the dozen or more Montreal places. The small dining room isn't fancy but it's not gross either. It's a little hole in the wall place and the chef came out to talk to us--that kinda place.
Perfect pakoras, flakey and not at all greasy. Wife got the chicken Tikka Masala, I got butter paneer, both were excellent. Lassi was great, naan was great, rice was solid. Everything you could ask for in real Indian that's neither served from a bucket nor pretending to be fancy. Go give these people your business.