Rumi Grill & Cafe marries the tradition and flavour of an authentic Old World grill and tea-house with the pace and budget of today's Montrealer. For seven years, we've cultivated our sense of taste and love of hospitality at our award winning Rumi Restaurant: our new Rumi Grill breathes that living spirit into fast-food.
Enter the mangal grill univers of flavours
Something soulful is sizzling at the Rumi Grill and Cafe. Blending the flavours, spices, and unparalleled hospitality from the cultures spanning the ancient Silk Road, our charcoal grill is bursting with something fresh for every palate. We fuse artisanal details, a homemade touch, and cosmopolitan flare fit for today's Main.
Rumi poetry
Inspired by that timeless poet of sacred love, Rumi, and his world, we know that a meal is meant to nurture spirit and body both. Our menu pleases not just the tongue but the rest by drawing from principles of traditional, Prophetic medicine while keeping to the highest quality organic and local ingredients.
Cold Mézés
BABA GHANOUSH : pureed eggplants grilled with tahini, lemon, pomegranate, garlic and olive oil
6 $
HUMMUS : traditional pureed chick peas from Aleppo with tahini, lemon, garlic and olive oil
5 $
MOUSAQA : eggplants, zucchinis, peppers, tomato sauce and tomatoes
6 $
LABNEH : fresh cheese with zaatar and olive oil
5 $
CACIK : (Tzatiziki) thick yogurt with cucumber, garlic and mint
5,5 $
MOUHAMMARA : pureed Aleppo pepper, walnuts, pomegranate with spices and pine nuts
5,5 $
ZAYTUN : olives marinated with olive oil, lemon and Aleppo pepper
4 $
MÉZÉS OF THE SULTAN : choice of 3 cold mézés 15 $
Hot Mézés
FALAFEL : home made chick peas & fine herbs falafel with tahini sauce
5 $
HUMMUS & KAWARMA : hummus with lamb haché confit and pine nuts
7,5 $
FOUL MUDAMMAS : fava beans with tomatoes, onions, parsley, garlic and olive oil
5 $
MARMARA : shrimps grilled on charcoal with garlic, olive oil and lemon
7 $
Traditional hot breads
BALADI : Flat hand made whole wheat bread
2 $
DAMAS : baladi bread stuffed with cheese Akawi & Najilla6 $
JERUSALEM : baladi bread stuffed with cheese Akawi and Zaatar6 $
Soup - served with pita bread
DAL RUMI : red lentils, cari, home spices recipe, ginger, coconut milk and fresh coriander
3 / 5 $
salads
DAGESTAN : cucumbers and tomatoes salad mixed with fresh coriander oriental style
6 / 8 $
FATTOUCHE : romaine lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, radishes, onions, grilled pita, mint & parsley
7 / 10 $
BISTAM : fattouche salad & grilled chicken
13 $
SANDWICHES & GRILLED PITAS
Pitas grilled meat & fish - topped with pickles, tomatoes, parsley & sauce
SAFRAN : chicken breast marinated with yogurt, lemon & saffron with garlic sauce
7 $
KEFTA : ground beef and lamb with onions and spices with hummus sauce
7 $
SHISH : lamb leg cubes with hummus sauce
8,5 $
CARAVAN : AA beef filet mignon with hummus sauce
9 $
GALILÉE : salmon marinated with terbyelli with Aleppo pepper sauce
8,5 $
Vegetarians Arayes - baladi bread stuffed and grilled on charcoal
SALAM : grilled vegetables, baba ghanoush, pickles, tomatoes, mint
9 $
BARAKA : Akawi cheese, grilled vegetables, tomatoes, mint and olives
9 $
Falafel pitas - topped with tomatoes, mint, parsley, pickles and tahini sauce
FALAFEL : chick peas and fines herbs home made falafel (spicy serrano sauce available)
6 $
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