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 171 places in Montreal
Café de’ Mercanti in Monkland Village stands as a cornerstone of the local coffee scene since its inception in 2012. Wit...
Montreal's Sud-Ouest is a coffee destination thanks large in part to Dreamy. Located inside the Canadian Roasting Societ...
A neighbourhood café on avenue Bannantyne in Verdun that draws on surf town culture as its organizing aesthetic. The cof...
A café-buvette on Wellington that shapes itself around the time of day. Mornings lean on locally roasted espresso drinks...
The Wellington outpost of this Notre-Dame original runs larger and looser than its older sibling, with high ceilings, ge...
Down a few steps from Sherbrooke Street West, Café Aunja has been drawing regulars to its basement-level Persian tea hou...
Salon Mogador has been on rue Beaubien Est in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie since 2006, opened by chef-owner Nabil Soubhi as...
Run by the crew behind Amerigo, Caffè Figata is a compact Italian café focused on straightforward, well-made classics. T...
Melbourne's specialty coffee culture arrives in Montreal via Fine Fine Fine, a café opened on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in...
Zoé Duval and Joshua Monroe-Blanchet built Café BRUT around a simple idea: that Griffintown needed a proper neighbourhoo...
A sibling to El Pacífico next door, Aurora Café brings a warm, unhurried energy to rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga. The bru...
On Notre-Dame Est in Old Montreal, inside a restored 1865 building on one of the city's oldest streets, Matcha Haüs Atel...
Founded in 1957 on Saint-Laurent, Café Lino Espresso claims a notable distinction: it was the first business in Canada t...
Café Sportivo has anchored Little Italy's stretch of Saint-Laurent since 1967, built around the neighbourhood's twin pas...
Founded in 1910 by Allan Dowbiggin and Albert Lisbona to serve Montreal's European immigrant community, Café Union is th...
On a quiet corner of Rue Alexandra, just south of Little Italy proper, Noble Café brings the same formula that made the...
On Bélanger Street, a few steps east of Saint-Laurent, Café Caron & Frères opened in September 2022 as a third-wave anch...
On Dante Street in the heart of Little Italy, steps from Dante Park and across from Pizzeria Napoletana, Café Conca d'or...
Café Saint Louis occupies a sunny corner at Villeneuve and De Bullion, where it has served the neighbourhood since June...
On the corner of Sherbrooke and Saint-Laurent, Café Origine occupies the ground floor of Hotel 10 in Ville-Marie, its mu...
Café Pista started in 2014 as a pedal-powered café, turning heads with its mix of coffee, cycling, and community. Nearly...
Opened by longtime friends Philip Penalosa and Jean-Noel Quilatan, Café Kuya reflects their desire to stay close to fami...
Escape Coffee Company treats coffee like an endless experiment—sourcing, roasting, and refining with an obsessive attent...
Le Club is a café and meeting ground for Montreal’s cycling and running communities, a space where coffee culture and en...
Showing 24 of 171 places in Montreal
Café de’ Mercanti in Monkland Village stands as a cornerstone of the local coffee scene since its inception in 2012. Wit...
Montreal's Sud-Ouest is a coffee destination thanks large in part to Dreamy. Located inside the Canadian Roasting Societ...
A neighbourhood café on avenue Bannantyne in Verdun that draws on surf town culture as its organizing aesthetic. The cof...
A café-buvette on Wellington that shapes itself around the time of day. Mornings lean on locally roasted espresso drinks...
The Wellington outpost of this Notre-Dame original runs larger and looser than its older sibling, with high ceilings, ge...
Down a few steps from Sherbrooke Street West, Café Aunja has been drawing regulars to its basement-level Persian tea hou...
Salon Mogador has been on rue Beaubien Est in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie since 2006, opened by chef-owner Nabil Soubhi as...
Run by the crew behind Amerigo, Caffè Figata is a compact Italian café focused on straightforward, well-made classics. T...
Melbourne's specialty coffee culture arrives in Montreal via Fine Fine Fine, a café opened on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in...
Zoé Duval and Joshua Monroe-Blanchet built Café BRUT around a simple idea: that Griffintown needed a proper neighbourhoo...
A sibling to El Pacífico next door, Aurora Café brings a warm, unhurried energy to rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga. The bru...
On Notre-Dame Est in Old Montreal, inside a restored 1865 building on one of the city's oldest streets, Matcha Haüs Atel...
Founded in 1957 on Saint-Laurent, Café Lino Espresso claims a notable distinction: it was the first business in Canada t...
Café Sportivo has anchored Little Italy's stretch of Saint-Laurent since 1967, built around the neighbourhood's twin pas...
Founded in 1910 by Allan Dowbiggin and Albert Lisbona to serve Montreal's European immigrant community, Café Union is th...
On a quiet corner of Rue Alexandra, just south of Little Italy proper, Noble Café brings the same formula that made the...
On Bélanger Street, a few steps east of Saint-Laurent, Café Caron & Frères opened in September 2022 as a third-wave anch...
On Dante Street in the heart of Little Italy, steps from Dante Park and across from Pizzeria Napoletana, Café Conca d'or...
Café Saint Louis occupies a sunny corner at Villeneuve and De Bullion, where it has served the neighbourhood since June...
On the corner of Sherbrooke and Saint-Laurent, Café Origine occupies the ground floor of Hotel 10 in Ville-Marie, its mu...
Café Pista started in 2014 as a pedal-powered café, turning heads with its mix of coffee, cycling, and community. Nearly...
Opened by longtime friends Philip Penalosa and Jean-Noel Quilatan, Café Kuya reflects their desire to stay close to fami...
Escape Coffee Company treats coffee like an endless experiment—sourcing, roasting, and refining with an obsessive attent...
Le Club is a café and meeting ground for Montreal’s cycling and running communities, a space where coffee culture and en...
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 171 places in Montreal
Café de’ Mercanti in Monkland Village stands as a cornerstone of the local coffee scene since its inception in 2012. Wit...
Montreal's Sud-Ouest is a coffee destination thanks large in part to Dreamy. Located inside the Canadian Roasting Societ...
A neighbourhood café on avenue Bannantyne in Verdun that draws on surf town culture as its organizing aesthetic. The cof...
A café-buvette on Wellington that shapes itself around the time of day. Mornings lean on locally roasted espresso drinks...
The Wellington outpost of this Notre-Dame original runs larger and looser than its older sibling, with high ceilings, ge...
Down a few steps from Sherbrooke Street West, Café Aunja has been drawing regulars to its basement-level Persian tea hou...
Salon Mogador has been on rue Beaubien Est in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie since 2006, opened by chef-owner Nabil Soubhi as...
Run by the crew behind Amerigo, Caffè Figata is a compact Italian café focused on straightforward, well-made classics. T...
Melbourne's specialty coffee culture arrives in Montreal via Fine Fine Fine, a café opened on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in...
Zoé Duval and Joshua Monroe-Blanchet built Café BRUT around a simple idea: that Griffintown needed a proper neighbourhoo...
A sibling to El Pacífico next door, Aurora Café brings a warm, unhurried energy to rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga. The bru...
On Notre-Dame Est in Old Montreal, inside a restored 1865 building on one of the city's oldest streets, Matcha Haüs Atel...
Founded in 1957 on Saint-Laurent, Café Lino Espresso claims a notable distinction: it was the first business in Canada t...
Café Sportivo has anchored Little Italy's stretch of Saint-Laurent since 1967, built around the neighbourhood's twin pas...
Founded in 1910 by Allan Dowbiggin and Albert Lisbona to serve Montreal's European immigrant community, Café Union is th...
On a quiet corner of Rue Alexandra, just south of Little Italy proper, Noble Café brings the same formula that made the...
On Bélanger Street, a few steps east of Saint-Laurent, Café Caron & Frères opened in September 2022 as a third-wave anch...
On Dante Street in the heart of Little Italy, steps from Dante Park and across from Pizzeria Napoletana, Café Conca d'or...
Café Saint Louis occupies a sunny corner at Villeneuve and De Bullion, where it has served the neighbourhood since June...
On the corner of Sherbrooke and Saint-Laurent, Café Origine occupies the ground floor of Hotel 10 in Ville-Marie, its mu...
Café Pista started in 2014 as a pedal-powered café, turning heads with its mix of coffee, cycling, and community. Nearly...
Opened by longtime friends Philip Penalosa and Jean-Noel Quilatan, Café Kuya reflects their desire to stay close to fami...
Escape Coffee Company treats coffee like an endless experiment—sourcing, roasting, and refining with an obsessive attent...
Le Club is a café and meeting ground for Montreal’s cycling and running communities, a space where coffee culture and en...
Showing 24 of 171 places in Montreal
Café de’ Mercanti in Monkland Village stands as a cornerstone of the local coffee scene since its inception in 2012. Wit...
Montreal's Sud-Ouest is a coffee destination thanks large in part to Dreamy. Located inside the Canadian Roasting Societ...
A neighbourhood café on avenue Bannantyne in Verdun that draws on surf town culture as its organizing aesthetic. The cof...
A café-buvette on Wellington that shapes itself around the time of day. Mornings lean on locally roasted espresso drinks...
The Wellington outpost of this Notre-Dame original runs larger and looser than its older sibling, with high ceilings, ge...
Down a few steps from Sherbrooke Street West, Café Aunja has been drawing regulars to its basement-level Persian tea hou...
Salon Mogador has been on rue Beaubien Est in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie since 2006, opened by chef-owner Nabil Soubhi as...
Run by the crew behind Amerigo, Caffè Figata is a compact Italian café focused on straightforward, well-made classics. T...
Melbourne's specialty coffee culture arrives in Montreal via Fine Fine Fine, a café opened on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in...
Zoé Duval and Joshua Monroe-Blanchet built Café BRUT around a simple idea: that Griffintown needed a proper neighbourhoo...
A sibling to El Pacífico next door, Aurora Café brings a warm, unhurried energy to rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga. The bru...
On Notre-Dame Est in Old Montreal, inside a restored 1865 building on one of the city's oldest streets, Matcha Haüs Atel...
Founded in 1957 on Saint-Laurent, Café Lino Espresso claims a notable distinction: it was the first business in Canada t...
Café Sportivo has anchored Little Italy's stretch of Saint-Laurent since 1967, built around the neighbourhood's twin pas...
Founded in 1910 by Allan Dowbiggin and Albert Lisbona to serve Montreal's European immigrant community, Café Union is th...
On a quiet corner of Rue Alexandra, just south of Little Italy proper, Noble Café brings the same formula that made the...
On Bélanger Street, a few steps east of Saint-Laurent, Café Caron & Frères opened in September 2022 as a third-wave anch...
On Dante Street in the heart of Little Italy, steps from Dante Park and across from Pizzeria Napoletana, Café Conca d'or...
Café Saint Louis occupies a sunny corner at Villeneuve and De Bullion, where it has served the neighbourhood since June...
On the corner of Sherbrooke and Saint-Laurent, Café Origine occupies the ground floor of Hotel 10 in Ville-Marie, its mu...
Café Pista started in 2014 as a pedal-powered café, turning heads with its mix of coffee, cycling, and community. Nearly...
Opened by longtime friends Philip Penalosa and Jean-Noel Quilatan, Café Kuya reflects their desire to stay close to fami...
Escape Coffee Company treats coffee like an endless experiment—sourcing, roasting, and refining with an obsessive attent...
Le Club is a café and meeting ground for Montreal’s cycling and running communities, a space where coffee culture and en...
