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| - Lola Rosa is more than just a "vegetarian restaurant" because I go all the time, and am not a vegetarian. The food it serves places it firmly at the top of all fast causal restaurants in Montreal. I have 3 important tips: #1 order the nachos, #2 get the salsa on the side (firstly because in the oven, the salsa makes the chips soggy and an important characteristic of nachos is how crunchy the chips are; secondly because you get a decently large bowl of salsa when asked to have it on the side, I believe more than would be used if you didn't get them on the side, and so can put as much as you want as you eat it), #3 order the nachos again. The Parc location puts corn, roasted bell peppers and guacamole on their nachos, which is different than the Milton location, which does not put corn, and has raw green peppers and sliced avocado. The crunchiness from the raw peppers on the Milton nachos is found similarly in the roasted corn, which also provides sweetness. Aside from the nachos, the sweet potato and black bean burrito is great, and comes with salad and rice on the side. A third dish I'd recommend is the lasagna with a Caesar salad on the side. They're great with refilling water. My only criticisms are that they typically charge for hot sauce, though, it isn't your typical Frank's or Tabasco, it's from the Asian food store Eden on Parc and one of the spiciest hot sauces served at a Montreal restaurant aside from the one served at 3 Amigos. Also, for "pickup" orders, they insist on charging a credit card on the phone (the Milton location allows you to pay when you pick up the food); this is probably from people ordering and not picking up the food, but I think is a policy that could be loosened, or conversely, have the Milton location also require the credit card for delivery as to not make one seem more accessible than the other. After your meal you won't even remember that they don't serve meat there.
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