When it was recommended to me that some of the best poutine in town is at the Montreal Pool Room I immediately imagined and thought: "Oh great. So I need to suffer through a dingy, smoky and dimly lit pool joint just to find great poutine?" I kind of brushed that recommendation off and started to seek out another alternative. But on the way back to our hotel at around 11pm we both were pining for some quick food and Montreal Pool Room beckoned on our way with bright lights and a neon "OUVERT" sign. I was shocked to discover it wasn't even a pool room at all but your basic counter-service burger/fries/poutine joint! YAY!
We did not come away disappointed. Burgers were fantastic and perfectly cooked, poutine was the absolute best we'd ever had. Service was fairly quick and efficient but without much friendliness (pretty much what you'd expect from a late-night quick bite burger joint) It has plenty of indoor seating but we took our items to go. They have plenty of combo choices that mix in burgers or hot dogs with regular fries or with poutine. Easy ordering and fairly decent prices. If you have a late night hankering, be sure to check them out!