I am not sure what the hype is about this place. Just about everyone I discussed eating options with in Montreal told me to check this place out, unfortunately I was underwhelmed. As expected there was a long line when we arrived around 3pm. It appears they play favorites to known patrons as parties with the same number of individuals that were way behind us in line were seated before we were. The service or lack thereof was definitely horrible.
When we were finally seated, no one took our orders for fifteen minutes as we watched them serve those that were seated after us. Under normal circumstances we would have left but given the sacrifice we made waiting in line in the rain and the hype that led to the visit, we had to experience this "delicacy". When someone in our party decided to call a server's attention to the delay in taking our orders, he barked at us in French even though he had spoken to everyone else in perfectly fine English. I had never experienced anything like that before. It was rude, obnoxious and very unprofessional.
Now to add salt to the wound, my sandwich was AWFUL. It was served with a whole pickle, some fries and a can of soda. The mustard coated thin bread slices were almost non-existent for the amount of salty smoked meat served. To me, a street served pastrami sandwich in New York is waaaay better. It was just A LOT OF SALTY MEAT. No one should consume that amount of sodium in a seating!
All I can say is we got to to experience this tourist trap and not only was it overpriced for the quality, it was also such a waste of time for subpar food. This is a place to visit at 3am when you are completely sht-faced and need just about anything to soak up all that alcohol.