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Showing 24 of 874 places in Montreal
Bangluck, a Thai noodle shop in Montreal’s Plateau, brings a taste of tradition to the city’s culinary scene. Opened by...
Bawarchi arrived downtown in 2022, one outpost of a chain with more than seventy locations across the US and Canada. Des...
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,...
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...
Palais d’Ajit may not turn heads with its decor, but its food does all the talking. This unassuming Indian restaurant in...
Opened in 2001 by Faruk Ahmed, Restaurant Gandhi brought refined Indian dining to a part of Montreal better known for Fr...
Tula brings soulful, homestyle vegan Indian and Pan-Asian cooking to the Plateau. Owner Abhishek Arun draws inspiration...
Bombay Mahal has been a Parc-Extension fixture since the early 2000s, and the lineup at the door tells you most of what...
Café Milano has anchored Jarry Est in Saint-Léonard since 1971, when founder Matteo Paranzino opened what would become o...
Jon Block opened 5 Pizza on rue Bélanger in 2025, and Rosemont-Petite-Patrie absorbed it into its daily routine almost i...
Carnitas Michoacanas Leoncito does one thing above all: Michoacán-style carnitas, prepared daily and sold by the kilo or...
Tapi Go! started in Toronto, founded by Brazilian-Portuguese couple Clarissa Aguiar and Rui Raposo, before Luis Almeida...
Yans Deli is the kind of place that could only come from a chef like Benji Greenberg—trained in fine dining, raised on F...
On rue Saint-Denis in the Quartier Latin, Mai Thai Cuisine serves Thai cooking built on recipes the owners gathered whil...
Hôtel Nelligan in Old Montreal boasts Terrasse Nelligan, a spot with sweeping views of the Saint Lawrence River and the...
One of the Plateau's most enduring institutions, Café Cherrier has occupied the corner of Saint-Denis and Cherrier since...
Showing 24 of 874 places in Montreal
Bangluck, a Thai noodle shop in Montreal’s Plateau, brings a taste of tradition to the city’s culinary scene. Opened by...
Bawarchi arrived downtown in 2022, one outpost of a chain with more than seventy locations across the US and Canada. Des...
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,...
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...
Palais d’Ajit may not turn heads with its decor, but its food does all the talking. This unassuming Indian restaurant in...
Opened in 2001 by Faruk Ahmed, Restaurant Gandhi brought refined Indian dining to a part of Montreal better known for Fr...
Tula brings soulful, homestyle vegan Indian and Pan-Asian cooking to the Plateau. Owner Abhishek Arun draws inspiration...
Bombay Mahal has been a Parc-Extension fixture since the early 2000s, and the lineup at the door tells you most of what...
Café Milano has anchored Jarry Est in Saint-Léonard since 1971, when founder Matteo Paranzino opened what would become o...
Jon Block opened 5 Pizza on rue Bélanger in 2025, and Rosemont-Petite-Patrie absorbed it into its daily routine almost i...
Carnitas Michoacanas Leoncito does one thing above all: Michoacán-style carnitas, prepared daily and sold by the kilo or...
Tapi Go! started in Toronto, founded by Brazilian-Portuguese couple Clarissa Aguiar and Rui Raposo, before Luis Almeida...
Yans Deli is the kind of place that could only come from a chef like Benji Greenberg—trained in fine dining, raised on F...
On rue Saint-Denis in the Quartier Latin, Mai Thai Cuisine serves Thai cooking built on recipes the owners gathered whil...
Hôtel Nelligan in Old Montreal boasts Terrasse Nelligan, a spot with sweeping views of the Saint Lawrence River and the...
One of the Plateau's most enduring institutions, Café Cherrier has occupied the corner of Saint-Denis and Cherrier since...
