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 330 places in Montreal
This spot has been a bar since 1933. Some regulars claim the Plateau's first gay pride parade departed from here in the...
3 Minots runs on a one-man economy. The owner is the bartender, the KJ, and the tambourine section all at once, and the...
Anton Dutot, the founder of Tap Tap Cocktail, opened Coquine on Avenue Laurier Est as a natural extension of his backgro...
One of the Plateau's most enduring institutions, Café Cherrier has occupied the corner of Saint-Denis and Cherrier since...
Big in Japan Bar, a discreet speakeasy-style spot on the corner of Boulevard Saint-Laurent and Rue Rachel, opened in 201...
Vortex runs escape rooms across two Montreal locations, Plateau and Quartier Latin, with five scenarios split between th...
Ezkapaz Manor occupies a Saint-Laurent Boulevard address that pulls some weight on its own: a 19th-century building that...
Couple-run since 2017, Le P'tit Rustik is a thirty-seat café-bistro on rue Drolet where the owners built the furniture,...
A Plateau institution for over 30 years, Chez José Café has held down its corner of avenue Duluth with a straightforward...
A Hiroshima institution with roots going back to 1958, Ramen Youki makes its first foray outside Japan on the Plateau, w...
On Rue Bernard in Outremont, JoJo's Pizza does New York-style pies with a clear Brooklyn lineage—the owner cites Luigi's...
Rites Berbères has been on rue de Bullion in the Plateau since 1985, run by Mohand Yahiaoui, who learned Berber cooking...
Au Tarot has been on rue Marie-Anne Est at Berry in the Plateau since 1979, opened by Kabyle brothers Ibrahim and Noured...
Au Coin Berbère has been serving Algerian Berber couscous on Prince-Arthur East in the Plateau since 1997, run by a chef...
Mohamed Ould Atigh arrived in Montreal from Mauritania in 1996 with three dollars and a student visa, cooked out of a do...
Le Nil Bleu has been on rue Saint-Denis in the Plateau since 1993, making it one of Montreal's longest-running Ethiopian...
Mama Khan serves Peshawari cuisine, which puts it in a category of its own on the Plateau. The chapli kebab, a hundred-y...
When Martin Picard opened Au Pied de Cochon in 2001, it marked a turning point in Montreal’s restaurant scene. The Plate...
The Sandhu family has been operating on the Plateau since 1989, and their hotel, opened in 2004 on Saint-Denis directly...
Prince Pub House landed in the former Suwu space at the corner of Prince-Arthur and Saint-Laurent with a clear sense of...
Melbourne's specialty coffee culture arrives in Montreal via Fine Fine Fine, a café opened on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in...
Opened in April 2026 on rue Saint-Denis near métro Laurier, La Cabine Comédie Club arrived as the third francophone come...
Samos has been at this for roughly sixty years, and not much has changed. The bakery started on Rue Roy, where the origi...
Matthieu Virloget trained at Ferrandi Paris before moving to Montreal with a straightforward ambition: to make a proper...
Showing 24 of 330 places in Montreal
This spot has been a bar since 1933. Some regulars claim the Plateau's first gay pride parade departed from here in the...
3 Minots runs on a one-man economy. The owner is the bartender, the KJ, and the tambourine section all at once, and the...
Anton Dutot, the founder of Tap Tap Cocktail, opened Coquine on Avenue Laurier Est as a natural extension of his backgro...
One of the Plateau's most enduring institutions, Café Cherrier has occupied the corner of Saint-Denis and Cherrier since...
Big in Japan Bar, a discreet speakeasy-style spot on the corner of Boulevard Saint-Laurent and Rue Rachel, opened in 201...
Vortex runs escape rooms across two Montreal locations, Plateau and Quartier Latin, with five scenarios split between th...
Ezkapaz Manor occupies a Saint-Laurent Boulevard address that pulls some weight on its own: a 19th-century building that...
Couple-run since 2017, Le P'tit Rustik is a thirty-seat café-bistro on rue Drolet where the owners built the furniture,...
A Plateau institution for over 30 years, Chez José Café has held down its corner of avenue Duluth with a straightforward...
A Hiroshima institution with roots going back to 1958, Ramen Youki makes its first foray outside Japan on the Plateau, w...
On Rue Bernard in Outremont, JoJo's Pizza does New York-style pies with a clear Brooklyn lineage—the owner cites Luigi's...
Rites Berbères has been on rue de Bullion in the Plateau since 1985, run by Mohand Yahiaoui, who learned Berber cooking...
Au Tarot has been on rue Marie-Anne Est at Berry in the Plateau since 1979, opened by Kabyle brothers Ibrahim and Noured...
Au Coin Berbère has been serving Algerian Berber couscous on Prince-Arthur East in the Plateau since 1997, run by a chef...
Mohamed Ould Atigh arrived in Montreal from Mauritania in 1996 with three dollars and a student visa, cooked out of a do...
Le Nil Bleu has been on rue Saint-Denis in the Plateau since 1993, making it one of Montreal's longest-running Ethiopian...
Mama Khan serves Peshawari cuisine, which puts it in a category of its own on the Plateau. The chapli kebab, a hundred-y...
When Martin Picard opened Au Pied de Cochon in 2001, it marked a turning point in Montreal’s restaurant scene. The Plate...
The Sandhu family has been operating on the Plateau since 1989, and their hotel, opened in 2004 on Saint-Denis directly...
Prince Pub House landed in the former Suwu space at the corner of Prince-Arthur and Saint-Laurent with a clear sense of...
Melbourne's specialty coffee culture arrives in Montreal via Fine Fine Fine, a café opened on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in...
Opened in April 2026 on rue Saint-Denis near métro Laurier, La Cabine Comédie Club arrived as the third francophone come...
Samos has been at this for roughly sixty years, and not much has changed. The bakery started on Rue Roy, where the origi...
Matthieu Virloget trained at Ferrandi Paris before moving to Montreal with a straightforward ambition: to make a proper...
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 330 places in Montreal
This spot has been a bar since 1933. Some regulars claim the Plateau's first gay pride parade departed from here in the...
3 Minots runs on a one-man economy. The owner is the bartender, the KJ, and the tambourine section all at once, and the...
Anton Dutot, the founder of Tap Tap Cocktail, opened Coquine on Avenue Laurier Est as a natural extension of his backgro...
One of the Plateau's most enduring institutions, Café Cherrier has occupied the corner of Saint-Denis and Cherrier since...
Big in Japan Bar, a discreet speakeasy-style spot on the corner of Boulevard Saint-Laurent and Rue Rachel, opened in 201...
Vortex runs escape rooms across two Montreal locations, Plateau and Quartier Latin, with five scenarios split between th...
Ezkapaz Manor occupies a Saint-Laurent Boulevard address that pulls some weight on its own: a 19th-century building that...
Couple-run since 2017, Le P'tit Rustik is a thirty-seat café-bistro on rue Drolet where the owners built the furniture,...
A Plateau institution for over 30 years, Chez José Café has held down its corner of avenue Duluth with a straightforward...
A Hiroshima institution with roots going back to 1958, Ramen Youki makes its first foray outside Japan on the Plateau, w...
On Rue Bernard in Outremont, JoJo's Pizza does New York-style pies with a clear Brooklyn lineage—the owner cites Luigi's...
Rites Berbères has been on rue de Bullion in the Plateau since 1985, run by Mohand Yahiaoui, who learned Berber cooking...
Au Tarot has been on rue Marie-Anne Est at Berry in the Plateau since 1979, opened by Kabyle brothers Ibrahim and Noured...
Au Coin Berbère has been serving Algerian Berber couscous on Prince-Arthur East in the Plateau since 1997, run by a chef...
Mohamed Ould Atigh arrived in Montreal from Mauritania in 1996 with three dollars and a student visa, cooked out of a do...
Le Nil Bleu has been on rue Saint-Denis in the Plateau since 1993, making it one of Montreal's longest-running Ethiopian...
Mama Khan serves Peshawari cuisine, which puts it in a category of its own on the Plateau. The chapli kebab, a hundred-y...
When Martin Picard opened Au Pied de Cochon in 2001, it marked a turning point in Montreal’s restaurant scene. The Plate...
The Sandhu family has been operating on the Plateau since 1989, and their hotel, opened in 2004 on Saint-Denis directly...
Prince Pub House landed in the former Suwu space at the corner of Prince-Arthur and Saint-Laurent with a clear sense of...
Melbourne's specialty coffee culture arrives in Montreal via Fine Fine Fine, a café opened on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in...
Opened in April 2026 on rue Saint-Denis near métro Laurier, La Cabine Comédie Club arrived as the third francophone come...
Samos has been at this for roughly sixty years, and not much has changed. The bakery started on Rue Roy, where the origi...
Matthieu Virloget trained at Ferrandi Paris before moving to Montreal with a straightforward ambition: to make a proper...
Showing 24 of 330 places in Montreal
This spot has been a bar since 1933. Some regulars claim the Plateau's first gay pride parade departed from here in the...
3 Minots runs on a one-man economy. The owner is the bartender, the KJ, and the tambourine section all at once, and the...
Anton Dutot, the founder of Tap Tap Cocktail, opened Coquine on Avenue Laurier Est as a natural extension of his backgro...
One of the Plateau's most enduring institutions, Café Cherrier has occupied the corner of Saint-Denis and Cherrier since...
Big in Japan Bar, a discreet speakeasy-style spot on the corner of Boulevard Saint-Laurent and Rue Rachel, opened in 201...
Vortex runs escape rooms across two Montreal locations, Plateau and Quartier Latin, with five scenarios split between th...
Ezkapaz Manor occupies a Saint-Laurent Boulevard address that pulls some weight on its own: a 19th-century building that...
Couple-run since 2017, Le P'tit Rustik is a thirty-seat café-bistro on rue Drolet where the owners built the furniture,...
A Plateau institution for over 30 years, Chez José Café has held down its corner of avenue Duluth with a straightforward...
A Hiroshima institution with roots going back to 1958, Ramen Youki makes its first foray outside Japan on the Plateau, w...
On Rue Bernard in Outremont, JoJo's Pizza does New York-style pies with a clear Brooklyn lineage—the owner cites Luigi's...
Rites Berbères has been on rue de Bullion in the Plateau since 1985, run by Mohand Yahiaoui, who learned Berber cooking...
Au Tarot has been on rue Marie-Anne Est at Berry in the Plateau since 1979, opened by Kabyle brothers Ibrahim and Noured...
Au Coin Berbère has been serving Algerian Berber couscous on Prince-Arthur East in the Plateau since 1997, run by a chef...
Mohamed Ould Atigh arrived in Montreal from Mauritania in 1996 with three dollars and a student visa, cooked out of a do...
Le Nil Bleu has been on rue Saint-Denis in the Plateau since 1993, making it one of Montreal's longest-running Ethiopian...
Mama Khan serves Peshawari cuisine, which puts it in a category of its own on the Plateau. The chapli kebab, a hundred-y...
When Martin Picard opened Au Pied de Cochon in 2001, it marked a turning point in Montreal’s restaurant scene. The Plate...
The Sandhu family has been operating on the Plateau since 1989, and their hotel, opened in 2004 on Saint-Denis directly...
Prince Pub House landed in the former Suwu space at the corner of Prince-Arthur and Saint-Laurent with a clear sense of...
Melbourne's specialty coffee culture arrives in Montreal via Fine Fine Fine, a café opened on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in...
Opened in April 2026 on rue Saint-Denis near métro Laurier, La Cabine Comédie Club arrived as the third francophone come...
Samos has been at this for roughly sixty years, and not much has changed. The bakery started on Rue Roy, where the origi...
Matthieu Virloget trained at Ferrandi Paris before moving to Montreal with a straightforward ambition: to make a proper...
