Top Restaurants Montreal HENI review guide
Food & Drink

Montreal Restaurant Guide: HENI

by Clay Sandhu

“HENI is one of the most unique, clearly defined and well-executed restaurant offerings to hit Montreal in some time.”

The following capsule review of HENI appears in the 2024 Montreal Restaurant Guide. To read the complete issue, please click here.

HENI

Centred around the ancient and diverse culinary traditions of the SWANA regions (an acronym for Southwest Asia and North Africa), HENI is one of the most unique, clearly defined and well-executed restaurant offerings to hit Montreal in some time. The kitchen is run by chef Julien Robillard (ex-Pastel and Hotel Le St-James) along with sous-chef Rami Nassim and pastry chef Tien Nguyen. The menu embodies the flavours, techniques and diversity of the various regions it claims (think kibbeh nayyeh, Moroccan pastilla and couscous) and delivers them with finesse, refinement and a great deal of respect. Aside from the food, co-owners Noah Abecassis and Soufian Mamlouk also run Sienna Wines, an importation agency dedicated to importing low-intervention wines from Lebanon — one of the world’s oldest winemaking regions. (2621 Notre-Dame W.)

Montreal Restaurant Guide: HENI

For more on HENI and to make a reservation, please visit their website.

For more on the food and drink scene in Montreal, please visit the Food & Drink section.

Posted in Food & Drink

by Clay Sandhu

Food Editor
Clayton Sandhu is what you might call a tasteful glutton who happens to write about food. When not cooking in restaurant kitchens or pouring natural wines, he can be found eating well, drinking well and enjoying a leisurely lunch.