Restaurant Oriental in Saint-Hyacinthe

435 Av. de l'Hôtel-Dieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 3L7, Canada

★★★★☆
(250 reviews)
Categories: Lebanese restaurant Fast food restaurant

About

Bienvenue au Restaurent Sahara , votre destination ultime pour une expérience gastronomique méditerranéenne inoubliable. Situé au cœur de Saint-Hyacinthe, notre établissement vous propose une délicieuse fusion de saveurs authentiques et de plats traditionnels de shawarma, préparés avec passion et expertise.

Address
435 Av. de l'Hôtel-Dieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 3L7, Canada
Plus Code
J3F3+78 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Sunday
Closed
Monday
12–8 PM
Tuesday
12–8 PM
Wednesday
12–8 PM
Thursday
12–8 PM
Friday
12–8 PM
Saturday
12–8 PM

Services

Service options
No-contact delivery Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Offerings
Coffee Healthy options Late-night food Salad bar Small plates Vegan options Vegetarian options
Dining options
Lunch Dinner Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
Atmosphere
Casual
Crowd
Family friendly
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids High chairs Kids' menu
Parking
Free of charge street parking

Reviews

4.4
★★★★☆
250 reviews

Most Mentioned

food presentation (17) price (14) poutine (9) pita (9) shish tawook (9) potatoes (8) gyro (6) order (5) delivery (3) merger (2)
5 stars
166
4 stars
48
3 stars
15
2 stars
6
1 stars
15
★★★★★
July 22, 2024

Super 👌

★★★★★
July 5, 2024

Great food, great prices, service is always accurate and fast. Delicious food.

★★★★★
October 3, 2022

Delicious. One of the tastiest restaurants in town (reminds me of Boustans back in Montreal). Take-out was quick, servings were very generous, and the price is right. Would eat from here again.

★★★★★
April 24, 2022

Some of the best falafels I've ever had. The salads were so vibrant and delicious!

January 19, 2022

Always something is missing in order for takeout. Bad reaction when you complain. less than a star

★★★★★
May 18, 2021

Excellent customer service communications skills. Fast delivery. And nicely cooked and delicious meal. Will eat there again.

★★★★★
November 24, 2019

It's one of the best restaurant I've ever visited

★★★★★
September 6, 2019

Great Lebanese menu w/ amazing and friendly service. Absolutely recommended! 💯

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 2, 2024

Very good Gyros with salad. I recommend.

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 23, 2024

The best pita Ive ever eaten! Frankly more filling than the pitas served by other restaurant chains of the same type. A little detour that is worth it!

May 23, 2024

With every bite it was like the Sahara in my mouth very dry and little flavor. Greek salad and pesto pasta with feta cheese. The cheese was nowhere to be found.

★★★★★
May 23, 2024

The best shawarma in Saint-Hyacinthe

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 23, 2024

Good food, good portion. I suggest you also have juices for those who dont like carbonated drinks.

★★★★
Local Guide
March 23, 2024

Its a quiet restaurant but the cuisine is there as well as the service.

★★★★
Local Guide
March 23, 2024

Perfect Syrian experience

★★★
February 23, 2024

I ordered a gyro AND chicken plate, only to realize at home that it was a gyro plate only. Also, the portions have decreased enormously!! Usually the lid barely closed and this time they could have fit twice as much. Too bad since the food is excellent.

★★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

I was charged for a mixed plate even though I had asked for a gyro plate, but not having enough gyro, I agreed to be given chicken to make up for the shortage. Not cool. However, this was the first and I hope the last time that this happened to me. Otherwise, this is my favorite place for shwarma in St-Hyacinthe.

★★★★★
January 23, 2024

The best Lebanese around! Excellent quality/quantity/price ratio!!!!

Local Guide
December 23, 2023

We were very disappointed. The potatoes are so oily...the chicken dries out. Very ordinary service. They wont catch us there anymore.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Excellente nouvelle administration! Moamar et ses enfants sont bien accueillants Vegetarian options: Many options

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

The falafels are delicious! Also, great service! I loved my meal!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

May God bless you

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Its been like 10 times that I arrive at my door to realize that it is closed during opening hours...... If you want to close between such and such a time, change your schedule!

★★★★
December 23, 2023

Beautiful and good little restaurant (fast food). You have to ask for the best salad counter. Very good service!! Too bad to find a hair in my takeaway (this is something that sometimes happens in all restaurants)

December 23, 2023

I am extremely disappointed. I ordered often during covid, I really liked it and I had a taste this evening for a good shish taouk pita. What a disappointment! I order from the online site. Not sure if my order had been received, so I called to confirm. I am told that the delivery person is not on duty, I was right to call, but I should have canceled rather than going to pick it up myself. Im told it will be ready in 15-20 minutes. Fifteen minutes later I leave the house and I arrive there 20 minutes later: it should be ready. Well, no! I arrive, my salad is warming up in the same bag as my potatoes which are cooling. The chicken isn t ready for shish taouk yet, so I m waiting. Im waiting. I wait for 20 minutes! I finally receive my lukewarm order with dry, hard fries, 40 minutes after ordering. I arrive home: the crispy vegetable salad has way too much sauce, its heartbreaking. The potatoes are cold, the salad lukewarm and the pita is soft (because the waitress had prepared everything 30 minutes before putting the chicken in, the pita is therefore soaked in liquid). I dont know if I had a bad day or if the quality is just gone. Whatever happens, for me, the Sahara is over!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Very generous portion, several interesting salad choices, very friendly service! I recommend!

★★★
December 23, 2023

The food is excellent, the service on the other hand phew... I arrive at the counter and there is no one there, I reopen the door so that it rings and we can hear it again, I shout is there anyone, I ring the little one bell it took 20 minutes before a teenager with a hood on his head came out of the back half dead, sick or asleep, in short nothing reassuring to be served.

Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Really ordinary service, they never sent the order and we denied it by saying that it happened after calling back to confirm 2h30 without service, ended up calling elsewhere

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Always excellent and generous!

★★★★
December 23, 2023

The food was very very good but the oil that was on the garlic potatoes comes out of the box and goes on the pita and on the packaging and the pita is so full that it doesnt really hold in the hand but otherwise its is delicious and the employees are polite and pleasant Vegetarian options: There are not enough options for vegetarians

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Trebon

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Always delicious Tasty salad

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Very good service

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

The service is wonderful and the food is delicious

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Generous portions, fresh food, courteous service, I highly recommend!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Very good pizza

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Very pleasant service, smiling staff. Garlic potatoes are excellent!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Very large portion, this is the second time that me and my boyfriend have ordered takeout and the service is very fast and our plates are delicious! Lots of salad choices. We highly recommend this restaurant :)

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Excellent choice, efficient staff and really good food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Fresh and good, chicken is juicy

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Poutine shich taouk with garlic potatoes, a delicacy worthy of the gods, the ambrosia can go and hide!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Nice portion, excellent taste. I recommend

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Delight in the mouth. Generous portions satisfaction guaranteed

★★★
December 23, 2022

I arrive around 11:45 a.m., Im stupidly told: hey boss, were closed, we open at 12 p.m.. Not only does it lack class and professionalism, but there isnt even a timetable at the entrance to inform customers. We still took my order, the same guy who welcomed me plunged his hand directly into the salad, tomatoes and turnips, without gloves or utensils (maybe they were washed but seeing him using his cell phone at the same time as he was preparing meals, not sure if his cell phone is very clean). At least the food is always good, even better than many restaurants of this type. Good choice of salad and the poutines, although extremely salty, are excellent!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Good little restaurant, very affordable price Great food.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Chicken pita...yum yum

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Very good, the guy made a good choice to hire his sister, she does it like a boss, you see that she knows her business, the guy can sleep soundly

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

The pitas are delicious.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Delicious very good personal service very competent

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Excellent !!

December 23, 2022

Jai tenté à plusieurs reprises, à différents jours et à différents moments de me faire livrer de la nourriture, mais la commande est annulée à chaque fois. Jai essayé de commander par leur site et avec des applications de livraison de nourriture, mais rien à faire, les commandes ne sont jamais livrées. Ne commandez pas de nourriture à la livraison, vous ne la recevrez jamais.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Best restaurant in St-Hyacinthe. Homemade salad and everything is just wow. Very clean restaurant. Impeccable service and very friendly owner.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Perfect potato and large choice of salad

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

The Shish Taouk plate is excellent. Portion (very!) Generous.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

The best in town. Very tasty. I recommend without hesitation.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Insanely good

★★★
December 23, 2022

In photo, the menu displayed. I ordered a plate of chicken shishtaouk in person. The plate normally comes with hot peppers and beetroot strips, but they were out of them so I didnt get any. The portion was good, but it was probably the owners young daughter who served us. I mention this because the plate comes with 3 salad options, it was the first time I came so I didnt know them except that it nameplus. I ask whats in a salad = I dont know. What is the yellow sauce for = I dont know, its a sauce. Its a bit hard... Lets not talk about the bags of potatoes directly on the ground (see last photo). It was good, but I wont come back because of the sanitation and bad service.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

The Shisk taouk are delicious and the service is very courteous the portions are generous and the garlic sauce is really good!

December 23, 2022

It was a great restaurant that I went to quite frequently. Good portion, price and taste. The last 2 visits are ridiculous due to the new person behind the counter. No service! She takes the first order...prepares it completely without asking questions about what we want in it. Made the garlic potatoes again because there were none left, but never thought in the meantime to ask the 2nd person what they wanted. Finished the first order and we have to ask him... there is a 2nd one... Pita and salad combo Once again dont ask what you want in it or even worse if its the gyro or chicken one.. 20 minutes! For 2 orders and no others have come in in the meantime and no calls.. If I ever really want to go back, if I see her again, Ill leave immediately. The only two times I dealt with her was too much. Really sad

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Its really good, go for it, you wont regret it

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

The best Mediterranean restaurant

December 23, 2022

First time I ordered we never received the order I had to call the next morning for a refund I spent 1 hour on the phone with the employee.... and yesterday we didnt order at 5am and we didnt receive them at 7am in the evening bread was dry and the meat was very hard, in short, not edible, he managed their deliveries very badly and were arrogant!!!!never again, I dont recommend this place again!!!

December 23, 2022

I have ordered from this restaurant twice each time I am told that the delivery arrived within 10 minutes and I never see them arrive, moreover when you call to be reimbursed or at least to know what there are some, the line is closed in our face where we get answers from young children who are clearly not over 14 years old. I also add that when we ask them if the order has left we are told yes it has left without even knowing who is calling and without knowing our address not very

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Excellent

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Our first experience was pleasant, but the meat was slightly dried out and the salads didnt exactly look fresh that day. However overall the taste is good. We will definitely return! We understand that in this pandemic context, turnover is perhaps a little lower. See you soon.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Exemplary clean generous portion and very tasty this is not my last visit

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Super good and very good quality for the price

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Very good take out meal and very good service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

I had the shish taouk on a plate. Super good portion of salads and potatoes. I highly recommend the carrot salad. It is sweet and very spicy (not spicy). We had 3 servings of lunch with this plate. Very good customer service. Homemade garlic sauce that just tastes great garlicky and creamy.

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Amazing food !

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Good service and delicious food

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

The best shawarma in town best service

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Good service but there was a lack of poutine and drinks, not to mention that he forgot my salad and not to mention the bill was not even corrected

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Large choice of salad as an accompaniment and generous portion (I couldnt finish my plate!). Definitely going back there on my next visit to the area.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Very warm and friendly Thank you!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Good

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Chicken way too salty

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Excellent service, very good shish taouk poutine!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

This restaurant is next to the Rona restaurant, which is popular because there are people inside and outside because of the weekends and during the day for meals.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Pita and poutine very good. Good portion and quality :)

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

the best resto in st hyacinthe

December 23, 2021

less good than before, less clean than before. less than a star.

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

Very good thank you

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Wow! Soft and tasty shish taouk, VERY tasty gyros, fiery poutine! Excellent value. Great service! Thank you very much for the excellent dinner!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Excellent service delicious food

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

Great service, best Lebanese restaurant in town

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

It tastes like heaven and the people are super nice

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

One of the best Lebanese restaurants I have had the opportunity to try. I highly recommend eating there. The service is excellent and the meat is juicy and tasty.

December 23, 2020

Lousy service, got orders wrong multiple times

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Super good. Great service even during covid-19

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Good service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Newly settled in St-Hyacinthe, I found my place to go for a delicious Shish Taouk! Everything was excellent, the salads, the garlic potatoes, the chicken and the rice! The plates are generous, the price affordable, the welcome and the service were perfect!!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

SUCCULENT!! the best around. Generous portions, fresh salads, the meat is delicious. Not to mention the service which was great. Many in town should follow his example!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Very good Lebanese cuisine. Nice and clean, good variety of food. Competitive price. The owner is warm and friendly. Not on a busy street so less traffic for them. I hope he holds up. Compare without embarrassment with Amir or Saphir right here in town. You will come back!

★★★
December 23, 2019

I ordered via Top Menu, for delivery. Top Menu took 15 minutes to even place the order, and subsequently Sahara took 1 hour 45 minutes to deliver it. Total of 2 hours of waiting, unfortunately. The food was delicious, though. If we ever try again, well go there.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

I love them with love! It s so good, fresh, tasty, colorful! Plus, the son who runs the restaurant is really nice and always offers good service even if he is a victim of his own success! And what about the mother who comes to give him a helping hand once in a while. Very difficult not to get attached to this beautiful little family! A favorite and a treasure for Saint-Hyacinthe! I strongly encourage you to go and discover this tasteful, clean, generous and inexpensive restaurant!!!!!!!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Good food and a good atmosphere!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Gorgeous!

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

undoubtedly the best shistahuk I have eaten in my life! I have to go there at least once a week. A good little inexpensive restaurant to know in St-hyacinthe!

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Warm welcome and good food.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Still delicious in the mouth

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Delicious

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Great discovery! The prices are good and the food is excellent!

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Mediocre service. Excellent cuisine!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Good food and good service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Very good.famillial and clean

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

The food is delicious and the service is more than courteous. I love this place!

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Super good !! Well filled plate and the meat is great

★★★★
December 23, 2019

Very good

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Typical Lebanese cuisine. Very good!!

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

We tried their pita/Poutine for the first time this evening and wow! The meat is delicious, generous portion, fresh vegetables in the pita, the service is excellent and the place is very clean and the atmosphere is very pleasant! We highly recommend the best restaurant in town!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Excellent food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Very friendly atmosphere Welcoming staff Meal 5/5

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Best place in town always fresh and at a good price and excellent service too

★★
December 23, 2019

Mini portion, too bad it was really better before. fast service

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

The best shish taouk in town! I have never eaten such good pitas, ever

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Lebanese cuisine, a great discovery in Saint-Hyacinthe. To visit every day thanks to its varied and healthy menu.

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

Excellent

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Fast and friendly service. Grilled chicken poutine was a pleasant surprise. Good portion for the large, which can easily be shared. Well-balanced garlic mayonnaise.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Accessible and in the heart of the city

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

The chicken poutine is delicious!

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

Wow! Excellent service offered by a catering professional. Very nice welcome and place. And without forgetting our meals for my partner and I, it was finger-licking delicious! My top 1

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Very good and fast

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Excellent food and the staff are very friendly.

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

Great Place. Nice people, fresh food.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Very good food. Tasty chicken, good salads A little slow service from only one server/preparer. Slightly too cold in the restaurant. Overall very very good

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Good people !

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

The best Lebanese I have eaten

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

Warm place and excellent food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Fresh and very good food, attentive and fast service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Very good!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

The service is fast, the prices are reasonable and the dishes are delicious!

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

Excellent food, very friendly service, competitive price. To go back!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Very good clean and amazing service definitely experience to try

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Cold garlic potatoes at the time of my visit :( but fresh and tasty meats, varied sides and excellent service!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Friendly Good Warm Owners

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

Very. Very delicious. Very good owner. No.un

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Very nice owners, the portions are huge.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Excellent taste, good dishes very affordable

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Excellent

★★★
December 23, 2017

Good but not as much as Sapphire. Positive point delivery during dinner time.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

The best shish in Saint-Hya by far!

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Good restaurant, good food, nice service! Reasonable price.

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

Delicious

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

Lamb and beef gyro.... A real treat!

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

Excellent restaurant! Probably the best in town!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Very good restaurant and good portions. Plus, the garlic sauce isnt too strong. Very good service.

★★★★
December 23, 2017

Very satisfied. First visit. Very good food. Very clean. Generous and good quality plate. The owner is very nice.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Best Lebanese restaurant in St-Hyacinthe hihi

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Everything was absolutely perfect! Excellent service, warm and generous, exquisite, fresh meal... I recommend this excellent restaurant!

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