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 793 places in Montreal
Rites Berbères has been on rue de Bullion in the Plateau since 1985, run by Mohand Yahiaoui, who learned Berber cooking...
L'Olive Noire is a Moroccan restaurant on rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, near the Pie-IX metro, serving halal...
El Khomsa is a Tunisian café-restaurant open since 2000, founded by Marwen Lakhdhar. The menu is rooted in Tunisian home...
Au Tarot has been on rue Marie-Anne Est at Berry in the Plateau since 1979, opened by Kabyle brothers Ibrahim and Noured...
La Rose des Sables is a Tunisian restaurant on rue Beaubien Est in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, with occasional belly danc...
Au Coin Berbère has been serving Algerian Berber couscous on Prince-Arthur East in the Plateau since 1997, run by a chef...
Restaurant Le Cauris, on Avenue Beaumont near Marché Jean-Talon, is chef Edmond Diolo's Senegalese restaurant, operating...
East Africa Restaurant has been on rue Sherbrooke West in NDG since around 2011, a small family-run spot where everythin...
Hot Africa has been a fixture on Chemin Queen Mary in Côte-des-Neiges since at least the mid-2010s, specializing in Came...
30 Juin takes its name from June 30, 1960, the date Patrice Lumumba proclaimed Congolese independence. Chef Awoo runs a...
Mohamed Ould Atigh arrived in Montreal from Mauritania in 1996 with three dollars and a student visa, cooked out of a do...
Resto Belle Afrique is a casual Montréal-Nord spot run by chef-owner Setope Hounkpati, who trained at École hôtelière Ca...
Le Nil Bleu has been on rue Saint-Denis in the Plateau since 1993, making it one of Montreal's longest-running Ethiopian...
Restaurant Queen Sheba has been serving Ethiopian food on Avenue du Parc in Mile End since 2017, run by owner Aschalew A...
Solange Pati and Alain Tanoh opened Maquis Yasolo on Notre-Dame West in late 2019 as an extension of Aliments Yasolo, th...
Mama Khan serves Peshawari cuisine, which puts it in a category of its own on the Plateau. The chapli kebab, a hundred-y...
Pintxo Tapas Bar is an outpost of the Basque region located inside Le Central in Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles, bri...
After decades of running Lachine’s beloved Pasta Andrea, restaurateur André Martin handed the reins to chef Michele Merc...
Leila is a Mediterranean restaurant on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Mile End, a collaborative venture from chef Amine Laab...
When Martin Picard opened Au Pied de Cochon in 2001, it marked a turning point in Montreal’s restaurant scene. The Plate...
For months, the shuttered doors of J’ai Feng had people lingering on Beaubien with questions. The sign said to stay tune...
Locali is the neighbourhood pizzeria from Alexandre Brunet and Mélanie Mailhiot, the duo who first launched NO.900. Loca...
La Cave du Parapluie is the relaxed counterpart to Parapluie, conceived by the same trio — Robin Filteau Boucher, Karell...
Nili is where Michael Levy decided his cooking needed a living room, not a takeout window. After years in New York learn...
Showing 24 of 793 places in Montreal
Rites Berbères has been on rue de Bullion in the Plateau since 1985, run by Mohand Yahiaoui, who learned Berber cooking...
L'Olive Noire is a Moroccan restaurant on rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, near the Pie-IX metro, serving halal...
El Khomsa is a Tunisian café-restaurant open since 2000, founded by Marwen Lakhdhar. The menu is rooted in Tunisian home...
Au Tarot has been on rue Marie-Anne Est at Berry in the Plateau since 1979, opened by Kabyle brothers Ibrahim and Noured...
La Rose des Sables is a Tunisian restaurant on rue Beaubien Est in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, with occasional belly danc...
Au Coin Berbère has been serving Algerian Berber couscous on Prince-Arthur East in the Plateau since 1997, run by a chef...
Restaurant Le Cauris, on Avenue Beaumont near Marché Jean-Talon, is chef Edmond Diolo's Senegalese restaurant, operating...
East Africa Restaurant has been on rue Sherbrooke West in NDG since around 2011, a small family-run spot where everythin...
Hot Africa has been a fixture on Chemin Queen Mary in Côte-des-Neiges since at least the mid-2010s, specializing in Came...
30 Juin takes its name from June 30, 1960, the date Patrice Lumumba proclaimed Congolese independence. Chef Awoo runs a...
Mohamed Ould Atigh arrived in Montreal from Mauritania in 1996 with three dollars and a student visa, cooked out of a do...
Resto Belle Afrique is a casual Montréal-Nord spot run by chef-owner Setope Hounkpati, who trained at École hôtelière Ca...
Le Nil Bleu has been on rue Saint-Denis in the Plateau since 1993, making it one of Montreal's longest-running Ethiopian...
Restaurant Queen Sheba has been serving Ethiopian food on Avenue du Parc in Mile End since 2017, run by owner Aschalew A...
Solange Pati and Alain Tanoh opened Maquis Yasolo on Notre-Dame West in late 2019 as an extension of Aliments Yasolo, th...
Mama Khan serves Peshawari cuisine, which puts it in a category of its own on the Plateau. The chapli kebab, a hundred-y...
Pintxo Tapas Bar is an outpost of the Basque region located inside Le Central in Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles, bri...
After decades of running Lachine’s beloved Pasta Andrea, restaurateur André Martin handed the reins to chef Michele Merc...
Leila is a Mediterranean restaurant on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Mile End, a collaborative venture from chef Amine Laab...
When Martin Picard opened Au Pied de Cochon in 2001, it marked a turning point in Montreal’s restaurant scene. The Plate...
For months, the shuttered doors of J’ai Feng had people lingering on Beaubien with questions. The sign said to stay tune...
Locali is the neighbourhood pizzeria from Alexandre Brunet and Mélanie Mailhiot, the duo who first launched NO.900. Loca...
La Cave du Parapluie is the relaxed counterpart to Parapluie, conceived by the same trio — Robin Filteau Boucher, Karell...
Nili is where Michael Levy decided his cooking needed a living room, not a takeout window. After years in New York learn...
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 793 places in Montreal
Rites Berbères has been on rue de Bullion in the Plateau since 1985, run by Mohand Yahiaoui, who learned Berber cooking...
L'Olive Noire is a Moroccan restaurant on rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, near the Pie-IX metro, serving halal...
El Khomsa is a Tunisian café-restaurant open since 2000, founded by Marwen Lakhdhar. The menu is rooted in Tunisian home...
Au Tarot has been on rue Marie-Anne Est at Berry in the Plateau since 1979, opened by Kabyle brothers Ibrahim and Noured...
La Rose des Sables is a Tunisian restaurant on rue Beaubien Est in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, with occasional belly danc...
Au Coin Berbère has been serving Algerian Berber couscous on Prince-Arthur East in the Plateau since 1997, run by a chef...
Restaurant Le Cauris, on Avenue Beaumont near Marché Jean-Talon, is chef Edmond Diolo's Senegalese restaurant, operating...
East Africa Restaurant has been on rue Sherbrooke West in NDG since around 2011, a small family-run spot where everythin...
Hot Africa has been a fixture on Chemin Queen Mary in Côte-des-Neiges since at least the mid-2010s, specializing in Came...
30 Juin takes its name from June 30, 1960, the date Patrice Lumumba proclaimed Congolese independence. Chef Awoo runs a...
Mohamed Ould Atigh arrived in Montreal from Mauritania in 1996 with three dollars and a student visa, cooked out of a do...
Resto Belle Afrique is a casual Montréal-Nord spot run by chef-owner Setope Hounkpati, who trained at École hôtelière Ca...
Le Nil Bleu has been on rue Saint-Denis in the Plateau since 1993, making it one of Montreal's longest-running Ethiopian...
Restaurant Queen Sheba has been serving Ethiopian food on Avenue du Parc in Mile End since 2017, run by owner Aschalew A...
Solange Pati and Alain Tanoh opened Maquis Yasolo on Notre-Dame West in late 2019 as an extension of Aliments Yasolo, th...
Mama Khan serves Peshawari cuisine, which puts it in a category of its own on the Plateau. The chapli kebab, a hundred-y...
Pintxo Tapas Bar is an outpost of the Basque region located inside Le Central in Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles, bri...
After decades of running Lachine’s beloved Pasta Andrea, restaurateur André Martin handed the reins to chef Michele Merc...
Leila is a Mediterranean restaurant on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Mile End, a collaborative venture from chef Amine Laab...
When Martin Picard opened Au Pied de Cochon in 2001, it marked a turning point in Montreal’s restaurant scene. The Plate...
For months, the shuttered doors of J’ai Feng had people lingering on Beaubien with questions. The sign said to stay tune...
Locali is the neighbourhood pizzeria from Alexandre Brunet and Mélanie Mailhiot, the duo who first launched NO.900. Loca...
La Cave du Parapluie is the relaxed counterpart to Parapluie, conceived by the same trio — Robin Filteau Boucher, Karell...
Nili is where Michael Levy decided his cooking needed a living room, not a takeout window. After years in New York learn...
Showing 24 of 793 places in Montreal
Rites Berbères has been on rue de Bullion in the Plateau since 1985, run by Mohand Yahiaoui, who learned Berber cooking...
L'Olive Noire is a Moroccan restaurant on rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, near the Pie-IX metro, serving halal...
El Khomsa is a Tunisian café-restaurant open since 2000, founded by Marwen Lakhdhar. The menu is rooted in Tunisian home...
Au Tarot has been on rue Marie-Anne Est at Berry in the Plateau since 1979, opened by Kabyle brothers Ibrahim and Noured...
La Rose des Sables is a Tunisian restaurant on rue Beaubien Est in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, with occasional belly danc...
Au Coin Berbère has been serving Algerian Berber couscous on Prince-Arthur East in the Plateau since 1997, run by a chef...
Restaurant Le Cauris, on Avenue Beaumont near Marché Jean-Talon, is chef Edmond Diolo's Senegalese restaurant, operating...
East Africa Restaurant has been on rue Sherbrooke West in NDG since around 2011, a small family-run spot where everythin...
Hot Africa has been a fixture on Chemin Queen Mary in Côte-des-Neiges since at least the mid-2010s, specializing in Came...
30 Juin takes its name from June 30, 1960, the date Patrice Lumumba proclaimed Congolese independence. Chef Awoo runs a...
Mohamed Ould Atigh arrived in Montreal from Mauritania in 1996 with three dollars and a student visa, cooked out of a do...
Resto Belle Afrique is a casual Montréal-Nord spot run by chef-owner Setope Hounkpati, who trained at École hôtelière Ca...
Le Nil Bleu has been on rue Saint-Denis in the Plateau since 1993, making it one of Montreal's longest-running Ethiopian...
Restaurant Queen Sheba has been serving Ethiopian food on Avenue du Parc in Mile End since 2017, run by owner Aschalew A...
Solange Pati and Alain Tanoh opened Maquis Yasolo on Notre-Dame West in late 2019 as an extension of Aliments Yasolo, th...
Mama Khan serves Peshawari cuisine, which puts it in a category of its own on the Plateau. The chapli kebab, a hundred-y...
Pintxo Tapas Bar is an outpost of the Basque region located inside Le Central in Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles, bri...
After decades of running Lachine’s beloved Pasta Andrea, restaurateur André Martin handed the reins to chef Michele Merc...
Leila is a Mediterranean restaurant on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Mile End, a collaborative venture from chef Amine Laab...
When Martin Picard opened Au Pied de Cochon in 2001, it marked a turning point in Montreal’s restaurant scene. The Plate...
For months, the shuttered doors of J’ai Feng had people lingering on Beaubien with questions. The sign said to stay tune...
Locali is the neighbourhood pizzeria from Alexandre Brunet and Mélanie Mailhiot, the duo who first launched NO.900. Loca...
La Cave du Parapluie is the relaxed counterpart to Parapluie, conceived by the same trio — Robin Filteau Boucher, Karell...
Nili is where Michael Levy decided his cooking needed a living room, not a takeout window. After years in New York learn...
