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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 2325 places in Montreal

    Photo of MoonBrew Magic
    MoonBrew Magic

    Moon Brew Magic blurs the line between café, boutique, and full-blown spellcasting headquarters. Equal parts witchy apot...

    Photo of Le Salon Richmond
    Le Salon Richmond

    Salon Richmond 1861 sits inside a former 19th-century church built for the Petite-Bourgogne community, a space designed...

    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 Garde Manger
    Garde Manger

    Garde Manger has spent nearly two decades refining the balance between serious cooking and late night energy. Hidden beh...

    Photo of Frango's
    Frango's

    Birds come off the gas rotisserie 25 minutes in, well short of done, then finish over charcoal under a baste built from...

    Photo of Place Jacques-Cartier
    Place Jacques-Cartier

    Place Jacques-Cartier is where Old Montréal puts its history and its showmanship on the same stage. The square runs down...

    Photo of Neotokyo Nakagin
    Neotokyo Nakagin

    The second outpost of Yann Levy's retro-futuristic Japanese universe lands on Saint-Viateur East, and it's a looser, mor...

    Photo of Marilyn's
    Marilyn's

    Zach Macklovitch has spent more than a decade opening rooms built for volume: Suwu, Apt. 200, Doubles. Marilyn's runs th...

    Photo of Elena
    Elena

    In Saint-Henri, Elena emerges as a testament to Italian cuisine reimagined. Opened in early 2018 by the team behind Nora...

    Photo of La Maison Générale
    La Maison Générale

    The Thibaut family has been at this since 1946, when Lucienne Thibaut opened a curtain shop in Saint-Malo. Her grandson...

    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 Plume
    Plume

    Plume occupies a former commercial bakery on Fairmount Ouest that dates to 1967, and the Mile End address suits the proj...

    Photo of Au Papier Japonais
    Au Papier Japonais

    Au Papier Japonais is a shrine to traditional Japanese paper and craftsmanship, quietly holding court in the Mile End fo...

    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 Sample
    Sample

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

    Photo of Routy
    Routy

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

    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 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 L'Honnête Kid
    L'Honnête Kid

    L'Honnête Kid shares a room on Marie-Anne East in the Plateau with Thé Jinjin, the tea counter run by Elliot Latendresse...

    Photo of Beigne Habitude
    Beigne Habitude

    Located in Little Italy, Beigne Habitude brings a new twist to classic Americana: Founded by Rachel Berriman and Michael...

    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 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...

    Photo of Centre des Viandes F. Iasenza
    Centre des Viandes F. Iasenza

    Centre des viandes F. Iasenza has been supplying Montrealers with everyday cuts and harder-to-find specialties since 198...

    Photo of Chenoy's Deli
    Chenoy's Deli

    Chenoy’s in Dollard-des-Ormeaux is the last link to a deli lineage that started on the Main in 1936, back when smoked me...

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    Showing 24 of 2325 places in Montreal

    Photo of MoonBrew Magic
    MoonBrew Magic

    Moon Brew Magic blurs the line between café, boutique, and full-blown spellcasting headquarters. Equal parts witchy apot...

    Photo of Le Salon Richmond
    Le Salon Richmond

    Salon Richmond 1861 sits inside a former 19th-century church built for the Petite-Bourgogne community, a space designed...

    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 Garde Manger
    Garde Manger

    Garde Manger has spent nearly two decades refining the balance between serious cooking and late night energy. Hidden beh...

    Photo of Frango's
    Frango's

    Birds come off the gas rotisserie 25 minutes in, well short of done, then finish over charcoal under a baste built from...

    Photo of Place Jacques-Cartier
    Place Jacques-Cartier

    Place Jacques-Cartier is where Old Montréal puts its history and its showmanship on the same stage. The square runs down...

    Photo of Neotokyo Nakagin
    Neotokyo Nakagin

    The second outpost of Yann Levy's retro-futuristic Japanese universe lands on Saint-Viateur East, and it's a looser, mor...

    Photo of Marilyn's
    Marilyn's

    Zach Macklovitch has spent more than a decade opening rooms built for volume: Suwu, Apt. 200, Doubles. Marilyn's runs th...

    Photo of Elena
    Elena

    In Saint-Henri, Elena emerges as a testament to Italian cuisine reimagined. Opened in early 2018 by the team behind Nora...

    Photo of La Maison Générale
    La Maison Générale

    The Thibaut family has been at this since 1946, when Lucienne Thibaut opened a curtain shop in Saint-Malo. Her grandson...

    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 Plume
    Plume

    Plume occupies a former commercial bakery on Fairmount Ouest that dates to 1967, and the Mile End address suits the proj...

    Photo of Au Papier Japonais
    Au Papier Japonais

    Au Papier Japonais is a shrine to traditional Japanese paper and craftsmanship, quietly holding court in the Mile End fo...

    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 Sample
    Sample

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

    Photo of Routy
    Routy

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

    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 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 L'Honnête Kid
    L'Honnête Kid

    L'Honnête Kid shares a room on Marie-Anne East in the Plateau with Thé Jinjin, the tea counter run by Elliot Latendresse...

    Photo of Beigne Habitude
    Beigne Habitude

    Located in Little Italy, Beigne Habitude brings a new twist to classic Americana: Founded by Rachel Berriman and Michael...

    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 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...

    Photo of Centre des Viandes F. Iasenza
    Centre des Viandes F. Iasenza

    Centre des viandes F. Iasenza has been supplying Montrealers with everyday cuts and harder-to-find specialties since 198...

    Photo of Chenoy's Deli
    Chenoy's Deli

    Chenoy’s in Dollard-des-Ormeaux is the last link to a deli lineage that started on the Main in 1936, back when smoked me...

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