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    1. Directory

    Places in Montreal

    Your guide to the best places in Montreal. Discover local favourites, hidden gems, and top-rated spots across the city.

    Built from our network

    The directory is sourced from our ongoing conversations with chefs, operators, and cultural figures across the city. Places are added when they’re cited by people whose judgment we trust.

    Selection is editorial, not commercial

    A venue earns its place before it can sponsor or advertise.

    Ranked by readers

    Placement reflects what people recommend, save, and visit.

    Showing 24 of 2326 places in Montreal

    Photo of Parquette
    Parquette

    Parquette operates out of a former gym on Bellechasse in Rosemont, functioning as a flexible cultural venue shaped by th...

    Photo of Sans Recette
    Sans Recette

    Sans Recette runs on fifteen seats and a blackboard, on Beaubien East in La Petite-Patrie, a few minutes from Jean-Talon...

    Photo of Café Civil
    Café Civil

    Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...

    Photo of Sans Soleil
    Sans Soleil

    Sans Soleil is a listening bar in Chinatown, located in the basement of the Japanese restaurant Fleurs & Cadeaux. This u...

    Photo of Sample
    Sample

    Sample occupies a basement beneath a 19th-century greystone in Old Montreal, built around a serious analog sound system,...

    Photo of P'tit Ours
    P'tit Ours

    Reimagined from what was once Martha Wainwright’s Ursa, P’tit Ours keeps the original venue’s warmth intact while shifti...

    Photo of The Coldroom
    The Coldroom

    The Coldroom, an intimate speakeasy-style bar in Old Montreal, offers a refined yet clandestine experience. Enter throug...

    Photo of Arthur's Nosh Bar (Le Cathcart)
    Arthur's Nosh Bar (Le Cathcart)

    This is where Arthurs, one of Montreal’s most beloved Jewish food spots, has taken its famed comfort food downtown at Le...

    Photo of Bocca Di Lupo
    Bocca Di Lupo

    Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....

    Photo of Montreal Forum
    Montreal Forum

    Once known as the beating heart of hockey in Canada, the Montreal Forum has lived many lives. From 1924 to 1996, it was...

    Photo of Café Gitana
    Café Gitana

    Café Gitana has been pouring Turkish tea on lower Saint-Denis since 2001, and it remains one of the few rooms in Quebec...

    Photo of Flyjin
    Flyjin

    Flyjin blurs the line between dinner and nightlife, turning a meal into something that lingers long past last call. Hidd...

    Photo of Kahwa Café
    Kahwa Café

    Anis Ghozzi opened Kahwa Café on Mont-Royal Est in 2010 as a neighbourhood refuge for students and artists, but the pand...

    Photo of Take Three
    Take Three

    Take Three is a collaborative boutique co-owned by three Montreal designers—Aly, Kim, and Sarah—who bring their distinct...

    Photo of La Meunerie Urbaine
    La Meunerie Urbaine

    La Meunerie Urbaine takes the idea of “from scratch” a step further. Opened in 2017 by Martin Falardeau (formerly of Le...

    Photo of Routy
    Routy

    Routy occupies the Van Horne Avenue address that longtime regulars will recognize as the former Boxermans, now reimagine...

    Photo of Rockette Bar
    Rockette Bar

    La Rockette is where Montréal’s rockers, hipsters, and vinyl obsessives collide over stiff drinks and an unpredictable s...

    Photo of Janine
    Janine

    Janine is one of the newest addition to Little Burgundy’s food landscape, a back-alley gelato bar with a cult feel from...

    Photo of The Little Shop
    The Little Shop

    There’s no sign, no website, and no real name to speak of—just a two-storey Parc-Ex row house packed wall to wall with v...

    Photo of Hana Korean Steakhouse
    Hana Korean Steakhouse

    Hana is Hanhak Kim and David McMillan’s long-gestating Old Montreal swing at a Korean steakhouse that borrows more from...

    Photo of Menick Barber Shop
    Menick Barber Shop

    For over 65 years, Domenico “Ménick” Perazzino has opened his barbershop on rue Masson like clockwork—lights on by 7:15...

    Photo of Buffet Bollywood
    Buffet Bollywood

    An all-you-can-eat Indian lunch counter open weekday middays, on the pedestrian stretch off St-Paul West, sharing an add...

    Photo of Bistrot à Franky
    Bistrot à Franky

    Francis Blais of Menu Extra runs this French bistro on Bernard with sommelier Alexis Demers and general manager Maxime B...

    Photo of Centre d'art daphne
    Centre d'art daphne

    Indigenous artists in Montreal spent roughly 25 years showing work wherever they could, including a run of guerrilla pop...

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    Showing 24 of 2326 places in Montreal

    Photo of Parquette
    Parquette

    Parquette operates out of a former gym on Bellechasse in Rosemont, functioning as a flexible cultural venue shaped by th...

    Photo of Sans Recette
    Sans Recette

    Sans Recette runs on fifteen seats and a blackboard, on Beaubien East in La Petite-Patrie, a few minutes from Jean-Talon...

    Photo of Café Civil
    Café Civil

    Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...

    Photo of Sans Soleil
    Sans Soleil

    Sans Soleil is a listening bar in Chinatown, located in the basement of the Japanese restaurant Fleurs & Cadeaux. This u...

    Photo of Sample
    Sample

    Sample occupies a basement beneath a 19th-century greystone in Old Montreal, built around a serious analog sound system,...

    Photo of P'tit Ours
    P'tit Ours

    Reimagined from what was once Martha Wainwright’s Ursa, P’tit Ours keeps the original venue’s warmth intact while shifti...

    Photo of The Coldroom
    The Coldroom

    The Coldroom, an intimate speakeasy-style bar in Old Montreal, offers a refined yet clandestine experience. Enter throug...

    Photo of Arthur's Nosh Bar (Le Cathcart)
    Arthur's Nosh Bar (Le Cathcart)

    This is where Arthurs, one of Montreal’s most beloved Jewish food spots, has taken its famed comfort food downtown at Le...

    Photo of Bocca Di Lupo
    Bocca Di Lupo

    Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....

    Photo of Montreal Forum
    Montreal Forum

    Once known as the beating heart of hockey in Canada, the Montreal Forum has lived many lives. From 1924 to 1996, it was...

    Photo of Café Gitana
    Café Gitana

    Café Gitana has been pouring Turkish tea on lower Saint-Denis since 2001, and it remains one of the few rooms in Quebec...

    Photo of Flyjin
    Flyjin

    Flyjin blurs the line between dinner and nightlife, turning a meal into something that lingers long past last call. Hidd...

    Photo of Kahwa Café
    Kahwa Café

    Anis Ghozzi opened Kahwa Café on Mont-Royal Est in 2010 as a neighbourhood refuge for students and artists, but the pand...

    Photo of Take Three
    Take Three

    Take Three is a collaborative boutique co-owned by three Montreal designers—Aly, Kim, and Sarah—who bring their distinct...

    Photo of La Meunerie Urbaine
    La Meunerie Urbaine

    La Meunerie Urbaine takes the idea of “from scratch” a step further. Opened in 2017 by Martin Falardeau (formerly of Le...

    Photo of Routy
    Routy

    Routy occupies the Van Horne Avenue address that longtime regulars will recognize as the former Boxermans, now reimagine...

    Photo of Rockette Bar
    Rockette Bar

    La Rockette is where Montréal’s rockers, hipsters, and vinyl obsessives collide over stiff drinks and an unpredictable s...

    Photo of Janine
    Janine

    Janine is one of the newest addition to Little Burgundy’s food landscape, a back-alley gelato bar with a cult feel from...

    Photo of The Little Shop
    The Little Shop

    There’s no sign, no website, and no real name to speak of—just a two-storey Parc-Ex row house packed wall to wall with v...

    Photo of Hana Korean Steakhouse
    Hana Korean Steakhouse

    Hana is Hanhak Kim and David McMillan’s long-gestating Old Montreal swing at a Korean steakhouse that borrows more from...

    Photo of Menick Barber Shop
    Menick Barber Shop

    For over 65 years, Domenico “Ménick” Perazzino has opened his barbershop on rue Masson like clockwork—lights on by 7:15...

    Photo of Buffet Bollywood
    Buffet Bollywood

    An all-you-can-eat Indian lunch counter open weekday middays, on the pedestrian stretch off St-Paul West, sharing an add...

    Photo of Bistrot à Franky
    Bistrot à Franky

    Francis Blais of Menu Extra runs this French bistro on Bernard with sommelier Alexis Demers and general manager Maxime B...

    Photo of Centre d'art daphne
    Centre d'art daphne

    Indigenous artists in Montreal spent roughly 25 years showing work wherever they could, including a run of guerrilla pop...

    • Previous
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • More pages
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    • Next