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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 2320 places in Montreal

    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 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 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 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 Parc Sans Nom (Parc Mario)
    Parc Sans Nom (Parc Mario)

    Under the Van Horne viaduct at Clark and de l'Arcade, this was a fenced borough storage yard for years, asphalt and grav...

    Photo of Bar George
    Bar George

    Located in the stunning Le Mount Stephen Hotel, Bar George offers an experience steeped in British tradition with a mode...

    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 De Stiil
    De Stiil

    De Stiil Books is a testament to how personal passion can transform a space. Opened in 2020 by author and former fashion...

    Photo of folfol
    folfol

    folfol is the counter operation from Damas, the Syrian restaurant in Outremont, its first address on Van Horne sitting d...

    Photo of Velvet Speakeasy
    Velvet Speakeasy

    Tucked beneath the historic Auberge Saint-Gabriel, Velvet Speakeasy feels like something out of another time—or another...

    Photo of Lovebird
    Lovebird

    Lovebird is a cocktail bar and music salon set within the stone vaults beneath Hotel Nelligan in Old Montreal, opened in...

    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 La Piazza di Mano
    La Piazza di Mano

    Piazza di Mano turned the vacant lot at Ann and Ottawa into a seasonal public square, a partnership between the team beh...

    Photo of Else's
    Else's

    Else’s looks like your classic Plateau pub—cozy, cluttered with knick-knacks, and the kind of place that feels lived-in....

    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 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 Gioia De
    Gioia De

    Gioia De bills itself as a cucina sociale, and the Old Port restaurant is built accordingly: plates meant for the middle...

    Photo of Bistro La Franquette
    Bistro La Franquette

    Bistro La Franquette takes the idea of a neighbourhood bistro seriously, even in a part of the city not known for unders...

    Photo of Kitsch à l'Os
    Kitsch à l'Os

    This boutique is a delightful maze of nostalgia and local craftsmanship, showcasing over 120 artisans alongside a treasu...

    Photo of Maison An Omakase
    Maison An Omakase

    Maison An Omakase seats just eight people at a light-wood counter on Avenue du Parc, where chef An Doan, among the first...

    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 Sami Fruits
    Sami Fruits

    Sami Fruits is the result of a century-long family trade that started with a small produce stand in early-1900s Beirut....

    Photo of Le Colonel Moutarde
    Le Colonel Moutarde

    Named for the Clue suspect, funded by a crowdfunding campaign that cleared its target by a wide margin, and designed fro...

    Photo of Cyclo Flex
    Cyclo Flex

    Jean-François Bienvenue had retired from a career in graphic design when a host on a cycling trip put him on a Brompton....

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    Showing 24 of 2320 places in Montreal

    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 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 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 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 Parc Sans Nom (Parc Mario)
    Parc Sans Nom (Parc Mario)

    Under the Van Horne viaduct at Clark and de l'Arcade, this was a fenced borough storage yard for years, asphalt and grav...

    Photo of Bar George
    Bar George

    Located in the stunning Le Mount Stephen Hotel, Bar George offers an experience steeped in British tradition with a mode...

    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 De Stiil
    De Stiil

    De Stiil Books is a testament to how personal passion can transform a space. Opened in 2020 by author and former fashion...

    Photo of folfol
    folfol

    folfol is the counter operation from Damas, the Syrian restaurant in Outremont, its first address on Van Horne sitting d...

    Photo of Velvet Speakeasy
    Velvet Speakeasy

    Tucked beneath the historic Auberge Saint-Gabriel, Velvet Speakeasy feels like something out of another time—or another...

    Photo of Lovebird
    Lovebird

    Lovebird is a cocktail bar and music salon set within the stone vaults beneath Hotel Nelligan in Old Montreal, opened in...

    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 La Piazza di Mano
    La Piazza di Mano

    Piazza di Mano turned the vacant lot at Ann and Ottawa into a seasonal public square, a partnership between the team beh...

    Photo of Else's
    Else's

    Else’s looks like your classic Plateau pub—cozy, cluttered with knick-knacks, and the kind of place that feels lived-in....

    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 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 Gioia De
    Gioia De

    Gioia De bills itself as a cucina sociale, and the Old Port restaurant is built accordingly: plates meant for the middle...

    Photo of Bistro La Franquette
    Bistro La Franquette

    Bistro La Franquette takes the idea of a neighbourhood bistro seriously, even in a part of the city not known for unders...

    Photo of Kitsch à l'Os
    Kitsch à l'Os

    This boutique is a delightful maze of nostalgia and local craftsmanship, showcasing over 120 artisans alongside a treasu...

    Photo of Maison An Omakase
    Maison An Omakase

    Maison An Omakase seats just eight people at a light-wood counter on Avenue du Parc, where chef An Doan, among the first...

    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 Sami Fruits
    Sami Fruits

    Sami Fruits is the result of a century-long family trade that started with a small produce stand in early-1900s Beirut....

    Photo of Le Colonel Moutarde
    Le Colonel Moutarde

    Named for the Clue suspect, funded by a crowdfunding campaign that cleared its target by a wide margin, and designed fro...

    Photo of Cyclo Flex
    Cyclo Flex

    Jean-François Bienvenue had retired from a career in graphic design when a host on a cycling trip put him on a Brompton....

    • Previous
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • More pages
    • 97
    • Next