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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 2213 places in Montreal
Through Kujira, owners Gabriel Comtois and Maxime Verreault set out to present a coffee shop with high-quality ingredien...
The National Archives, part of BAnQ, are housed in the historic Gilles Hocquart Building—a striking complex that once se...
Webster Library is Concordia’s largest library and research hub, anchoring the Henry F. Hall building on the university’...
Rutba builds its menu around variations on a theme, running four different versions of butter chicken alone—from the cla...
Darbar has been a family operation for two generations—opened originally by a father who cooked by himself in the back,...
Located near Place-des-Arts metro, Anticafe flips the typical café model: instead of paying for food and drinks, you pay...
Opened in 2019 by architect Daniel Burt, Café Orr is a maximalist cinema-café on the edge of the Plateau. Decorated with...
Bawarchi arrived downtown in 2022, one outpost of a chain with more than seventy locations across the US and Canada. Des...
Lakshana’s has grown into a two-storefront restaurant, all built around a cuisine rarely represented on its own in the c...
Le Taj was among the first restaurants in Montreal to give Indian food a white-tablecloth setting, thanks to founder Vin...
Chez Devi has held its spot on Crescent Street since 2007, part of a small family of Devi restaurants that also includes...
Kuljit India has been serving Saint-Laurent communities for close to two decades, having relocated from its original add...
Since opening in 2016, Dosa Pointe has stuck to and perfected one specialty: the dosa, which comes in dozens of variatio...
Shaaz zeroes in on the Hyderabadi side of Indian cooking from its Crescent Street kitchen, anchoring its menu with mandi...
Rendez-vous Bistro pushes Indian cuisine past the usual curry-house formula, pulling dishes from both the north and sout...
Rasoï sits in a converted storefront on Notre-Dame in Saint-Henri, trading the neighbourhood’s typical bistro-style fare...
L’Olympia has seen almost a century of Montreal’s cultural life unfold from its stage. Opened in 1925 as a cinema, the t...
Dièse Onze is a candlelit jazz bar and restaurant in the Plateau, where live bands take the stage nightly, playing every...
The team behind Knuckles brings its second act to Villeray with Nonno's, a pizzeria and self-described club social where...
Café 5-6-7 is a compact coffee bar inside Espaces des Arts, the downtown dance and performing arts centre. Named after t...
Roussette Café is a neighbourhood café from the team behind Théâtre Sainte-Catherine, serving coffee, sandwiches, and ho...
Westmount Florist has been around since 1962, and they’ve built their name the old-school way—through consistency, quali...
You’d be forgiven for assuming this stretch of Sherbrooke is just another artery of dépanneurs and dollar stores. But st...
Club Atwater is a private members’ club set in a historic Tudor mansion in Montreal. Established in 1926 as the Montreal...
Showing 24 of 2213 places in Montreal
Through Kujira, owners Gabriel Comtois and Maxime Verreault set out to present a coffee shop with high-quality ingredien...
The National Archives, part of BAnQ, are housed in the historic Gilles Hocquart Building—a striking complex that once se...
Webster Library is Concordia’s largest library and research hub, anchoring the Henry F. Hall building on the university’...
Rutba builds its menu around variations on a theme, running four different versions of butter chicken alone—from the cla...
Darbar has been a family operation for two generations—opened originally by a father who cooked by himself in the back,...
Located near Place-des-Arts metro, Anticafe flips the typical café model: instead of paying for food and drinks, you pay...
Opened in 2019 by architect Daniel Burt, Café Orr is a maximalist cinema-café on the edge of the Plateau. Decorated with...
Bawarchi arrived downtown in 2022, one outpost of a chain with more than seventy locations across the US and Canada. Des...
Lakshana’s has grown into a two-storefront restaurant, all built around a cuisine rarely represented on its own in the c...
Le Taj was among the first restaurants in Montreal to give Indian food a white-tablecloth setting, thanks to founder Vin...
Chez Devi has held its spot on Crescent Street since 2007, part of a small family of Devi restaurants that also includes...
Kuljit India has been serving Saint-Laurent communities for close to two decades, having relocated from its original add...
Since opening in 2016, Dosa Pointe has stuck to and perfected one specialty: the dosa, which comes in dozens of variatio...
Shaaz zeroes in on the Hyderabadi side of Indian cooking from its Crescent Street kitchen, anchoring its menu with mandi...
Rendez-vous Bistro pushes Indian cuisine past the usual curry-house formula, pulling dishes from both the north and sout...
Rasoï sits in a converted storefront on Notre-Dame in Saint-Henri, trading the neighbourhood’s typical bistro-style fare...
L’Olympia has seen almost a century of Montreal’s cultural life unfold from its stage. Opened in 1925 as a cinema, the t...
Dièse Onze is a candlelit jazz bar and restaurant in the Plateau, where live bands take the stage nightly, playing every...
The team behind Knuckles brings its second act to Villeray with Nonno's, a pizzeria and self-described club social where...
Café 5-6-7 is a compact coffee bar inside Espaces des Arts, the downtown dance and performing arts centre. Named after t...
Roussette Café is a neighbourhood café from the team behind Théâtre Sainte-Catherine, serving coffee, sandwiches, and ho...
Westmount Florist has been around since 1962, and they’ve built their name the old-school way—through consistency, quali...
You’d be forgiven for assuming this stretch of Sherbrooke is just another artery of dépanneurs and dollar stores. But st...
Club Atwater is a private members’ club set in a historic Tudor mansion in Montreal. Established in 1926 as the 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 2213 places in Montreal
Through Kujira, owners Gabriel Comtois and Maxime Verreault set out to present a coffee shop with high-quality ingredien...
The National Archives, part of BAnQ, are housed in the historic Gilles Hocquart Building—a striking complex that once se...
Webster Library is Concordia’s largest library and research hub, anchoring the Henry F. Hall building on the university’...
Rutba builds its menu around variations on a theme, running four different versions of butter chicken alone—from the cla...
Darbar has been a family operation for two generations—opened originally by a father who cooked by himself in the back,...
Located near Place-des-Arts metro, Anticafe flips the typical café model: instead of paying for food and drinks, you pay...
Opened in 2019 by architect Daniel Burt, Café Orr is a maximalist cinema-café on the edge of the Plateau. Decorated with...
Bawarchi arrived downtown in 2022, one outpost of a chain with more than seventy locations across the US and Canada. Des...
Lakshana’s has grown into a two-storefront restaurant, all built around a cuisine rarely represented on its own in the c...
Le Taj was among the first restaurants in Montreal to give Indian food a white-tablecloth setting, thanks to founder Vin...
Chez Devi has held its spot on Crescent Street since 2007, part of a small family of Devi restaurants that also includes...
Kuljit India has been serving Saint-Laurent communities for close to two decades, having relocated from its original add...
Since opening in 2016, Dosa Pointe has stuck to and perfected one specialty: the dosa, which comes in dozens of variatio...
Shaaz zeroes in on the Hyderabadi side of Indian cooking from its Crescent Street kitchen, anchoring its menu with mandi...
Rendez-vous Bistro pushes Indian cuisine past the usual curry-house formula, pulling dishes from both the north and sout...
Rasoï sits in a converted storefront on Notre-Dame in Saint-Henri, trading the neighbourhood’s typical bistro-style fare...
L’Olympia has seen almost a century of Montreal’s cultural life unfold from its stage. Opened in 1925 as a cinema, the t...
Dièse Onze is a candlelit jazz bar and restaurant in the Plateau, where live bands take the stage nightly, playing every...
The team behind Knuckles brings its second act to Villeray with Nonno's, a pizzeria and self-described club social where...
Café 5-6-7 is a compact coffee bar inside Espaces des Arts, the downtown dance and performing arts centre. Named after t...
Roussette Café is a neighbourhood café from the team behind Théâtre Sainte-Catherine, serving coffee, sandwiches, and ho...
Westmount Florist has been around since 1962, and they’ve built their name the old-school way—through consistency, quali...
You’d be forgiven for assuming this stretch of Sherbrooke is just another artery of dépanneurs and dollar stores. But st...
Club Atwater is a private members’ club set in a historic Tudor mansion in Montreal. Established in 1926 as the Montreal...
Showing 24 of 2213 places in Montreal
Through Kujira, owners Gabriel Comtois and Maxime Verreault set out to present a coffee shop with high-quality ingredien...
The National Archives, part of BAnQ, are housed in the historic Gilles Hocquart Building—a striking complex that once se...
Webster Library is Concordia’s largest library and research hub, anchoring the Henry F. Hall building on the university’...
Rutba builds its menu around variations on a theme, running four different versions of butter chicken alone—from the cla...
Darbar has been a family operation for two generations—opened originally by a father who cooked by himself in the back,...
Located near Place-des-Arts metro, Anticafe flips the typical café model: instead of paying for food and drinks, you pay...
Opened in 2019 by architect Daniel Burt, Café Orr is a maximalist cinema-café on the edge of the Plateau. Decorated with...
Bawarchi arrived downtown in 2022, one outpost of a chain with more than seventy locations across the US and Canada. Des...
Lakshana’s has grown into a two-storefront restaurant, all built around a cuisine rarely represented on its own in the c...
Le Taj was among the first restaurants in Montreal to give Indian food a white-tablecloth setting, thanks to founder Vin...
Chez Devi has held its spot on Crescent Street since 2007, part of a small family of Devi restaurants that also includes...
Kuljit India has been serving Saint-Laurent communities for close to two decades, having relocated from its original add...
Since opening in 2016, Dosa Pointe has stuck to and perfected one specialty: the dosa, which comes in dozens of variatio...
Shaaz zeroes in on the Hyderabadi side of Indian cooking from its Crescent Street kitchen, anchoring its menu with mandi...
Rendez-vous Bistro pushes Indian cuisine past the usual curry-house formula, pulling dishes from both the north and sout...
Rasoï sits in a converted storefront on Notre-Dame in Saint-Henri, trading the neighbourhood’s typical bistro-style fare...
L’Olympia has seen almost a century of Montreal’s cultural life unfold from its stage. Opened in 1925 as a cinema, the t...
Dièse Onze is a candlelit jazz bar and restaurant in the Plateau, where live bands take the stage nightly, playing every...
The team behind Knuckles brings its second act to Villeray with Nonno's, a pizzeria and self-described club social where...
Café 5-6-7 is a compact coffee bar inside Espaces des Arts, the downtown dance and performing arts centre. Named after t...
Roussette Café is a neighbourhood café from the team behind Théâtre Sainte-Catherine, serving coffee, sandwiches, and ho...
Westmount Florist has been around since 1962, and they’ve built their name the old-school way—through consistency, quali...
You’d be forgiven for assuming this stretch of Sherbrooke is just another artery of dépanneurs and dollar stores. But st...
Club Atwater is a private members’ club set in a historic Tudor mansion in Montreal. Established in 1926 as the Montreal...