I was excited to hear that a new Syrian restaurant had just opened in Laval, could this a Damas in Laval. After some research I realized it had opened at the old Jardinos restaurant next to Universe on St-Martin.
I went there a Sunday evening and I must say it was pretty full. It is very nicely decorated, With Arabic writing on black marble stones all around the restaurant, The staff is very courteous, but it shows that it is a new restaurant, you feel like they are not 100% sure what to do, or what is expected of them. But in general very nice.
We had the sample dish which was 79$ for two people, you had 2 salad, 4 cold mezzes, and 4 hot mezzes, the main course was a plate of grilled meat and they finish you off with desert. My favorites were the fattouche salad, the hummus, and the cheese roll. The grilled meats were also very good, maybe a little spicy. What I least liked was that they brought the salads, and all 8 mezzes together. I would have liked a slower service, maybe giving us so time to each part of the meal.
Now I must say that I am a little bias, as one of my all time favorite restaurant is Damas, and I was kinda hoping for the same taste and feel, but it definitely wasn't. But was it bad, not at all. I came to the conclusion that I cannot compare the two, Beroya, is much more affordable, more family oriented place where as Damas, is more romantic, more high end.
All in all it was a nice enjoyable dinner.