Lester’s Deli Express

The owner is interesting.
The guys who work there told me that they use
Old meat people always get sick. They re use the meat and just put fresh lettuce when the sandwich is expired. People get sick off the fries all the time. I can’t even say what’s safe to eat there because it’s most likely nothing. Syrian guy who works there and the philippino guy are both extremely cool guys the Owner is never nice.

Sept 4 2015 1pm 2 hrs till my flight to duh where else Vegas lol, had to have some lunch before my flight, instead of charging ridiculous prices on my credit card on the in flight dine, we decided to get a famous Lesters Smoked meat sandwich. Big freakn mistake, the counter was empty we were served instantly our sandwiches packed in a paper bag with pickles and fries and cokes, 22 $ a person with tip. My god a what a waste. Sandwich was barely the size of a folded in half passport, bread was dried up been left out, and the fries was luke warm. Pickles and coke was fine, glad i paid 20 $ for a pickle. Not! Last time I buy anything here.

This deserves a 0. I ordered the «special» smoked meat sandwich which came with a pickle, coleslaw and a bag of fries. Where should I start? The sandwich was tiny, the bread was broken in pieces when I opened it, the meat was mediocre at best. The coleslaw was a joke, not creamy but super dry and acidic (it didn’t have any dressing). The bag of fries was drenched in oil, the fries were ultra soggy and tasted sweet. I don’t even like pickles but they were the only acceptable thing in my order. Total: $ 20. I have never had such a horrendous meal for that price. If you all think that this is worth to try, you must not know any better… Ew.

What’s the hype about? If you want a sandwich wait til you get to New York. The poutine is too big to eat before a flight and the gravy is tasteless. Cheese curds are sparse considering the size.
So, eat your poutine downtown and hold off on the sandwich until you get to JFK or LGA.

Usually airports are chock-​full of multinational fast food chains, but YUL surprised me with this gem of a place.
I got the smoked meat poutine, which was made of Belgian-​style fries, cheese curds, gravy, and bits of chopped smoked meat. This is how I imagined poutine should be. The fries were the right consistency, being mushy and not crunchy. They soaked up the gravy very well. The cheese curds were well-​melted after I let it sit for a bit. The smoked meat was salty and well-​spiced. I possibly would have appreciated slices of smoked meat across the top of the poutine rather than chopped, but it was okay.
If i had one other complaint, maybe the smoked meat and the gravy combo was too salty for my tastes.

This 5 star review is as a comparison to other «airport food». This place was awesome. I don’t know how the prices were, because this is the only place in the airport that I ate at. They had a smoked meat sandwich which that was really a hot pastrami. Fresh cut fries that were perfect. This little airport deli was a true gem!

Yep, your best bet in this international terminal. Can’t complain.
The smoked meat is good, and the poutine is legit. Fresh fries, decent powder gravy (very beefy), and actual curds. Skip that awful sit-​down place, and grab some smoked meat at Lester’s.

For airport food this place is great. If you are at the YUL airport you have to check this place out. I had the smoked meat sandwich and it was delicious. The guys working there were really nice too.

For a small little place in an airport, my expectations were fairly low. I walked away pleasantly surprised. My wife got a burger, and I got the Montréal smoked meat poutine. The burger was made to order and was a pretty good sized. The poutine was also delicious — huge, piping hot and fresh… no complaints at all. They also have a pretty good drink selection and a wide variety of sandwiches. The prices are also very reasonable. Overall, pretty impressive for airport food!

Look, this is a deli at the airport! I mean you’re just going to grab a shrink-​wrapped sandwich and get on your plane and hope its not going to make you sick okay? And yet the smoked turkey sandwich I grabbed was possibly the best turkey sandwich I’ve ever had! The smoked turkey was truly, truly awesome. Fresh bread, amazingly good.
Oh, and they also have Montréal Smoked Meat vacuum packed and ready to go. Highly recommended. By gate C78.

If you find yourself at Montréal’s Trudeau Airport… you could do worse than Lester’s. They have an assortment of pre-​made sandwiches along with made to order items like Poutine, and grilled cheese. For airport food it’s really not bad and not terribly pricey.

I stopped here for a simple grilled cheese sandwich, asked what cheeses they had available and they said cheddar and swiss.
Swiss not being a real cheese, I went for the cheddar, after all, it did say «deli» in the name. I was excited.
What I got was a 4″ in diameter– which was perfect, on rye, grilled cheese, with American cheese, also, not a cheese, more like a polymer.
Needless to say, that’s not what I was told I was getting.