The 18 Best Restaurants in Montreal’s NDG

At DaWa, you’ll find fresh Korean fried chicken, tossed in the fryer upon each order, and finished with whatever dry rub or sauce you choose. Choose bone-in, boneless, or wings, then pick a flavour: anything from golden fried to sweet red to chilli pepper with fresh yuzu. If you want to try more than one flavour, grab a chicken combo. And for a broader taste of Korean cuisine, DaWa also offers jeyuk, bulgogi, shrimp cream udon, and a number of fusion salads.

Just across Sherbrooke from NDG’s Marché Korea is this small Korean restaurant, its name meaning “Let’s Eat.” Its menu offers traditional Korean dishes and Korean-Chinese fusion options, each as fragrant and aromatic as the next. Whether you order a Jeongsik—a meal served with seven banchans, miso soup, and dessert—or select your dishes à la carte, expect comforting flavours and service.

No neighbourhood would be complete without its resident burger shop. For NDG, that’s Le Jus, a halal smashburger and fried chicken sandwich restaurant serving up saucy sandwiches and french fries. It’s a simple concept done well. Choose from five different burgers—The Classic, The Cheesy, The BBQ, OKC, or The Simple—or three chicken sandwiches and enjoy your meal as takeaway or in its small checkered-floor shop.

Chalet Bar-B-Q isn’t just an NDG institution but a citywide mainstay. Serving slow, spit-roasted BBQ chicken and classic country diner food since opening in 1944, the restaurant has captured the hearts and stomachs of Montrealers. Pair your meal with coleslaw or chicken soup and finish it off with a slice of pie. There are few dining experiences more comforting.

A newer player in NDG’s food scene, Arthurs Dinette opened in spring 2026 and quickly became a hotspot on Monkland, one of the neighbourhood’s busiest streets. Despite competing with culinary veterans, the outpost of Arthurs Nosh Bar has stood its ground, anchored in a simple menu. Classics like chicken schnitzel, New York strip, filet mignon, a cheeseburger, and a fish of the day helm the mains, while appetizers like harissa-broiled shrimp, beets with brown butter, and perogies round out the menu’s character.

Since 1985, Pasta Casareccia’s family of pasta artisans has been hand-making fresh pasta from 100% durum wheat semolina and serving it in its restaurant. Beyond its staggering 25 different pasta options, spanning everything from arrabbiata and cacio e pepe to duck ragu and vongole, the restaurant also offers a selection of antipasti, soups, risotto, and lasagna.

This Persian café and brunch spot is a favourite of NDG locals for its traditional Iranian breakfast sets, traditional Persian dishes, aromatic teas, and a selection of desserts. With Persian rugs covering the tiled floor, colourful patterned fabrics and tapestries decorating the rest of the space, and a long table in the centre of the dining room surrounded by several smaller tables, the restaurant is welcoming and homey.

At Café Orange, you’ll find classic breakfast and lunch dishes that, while not shocking feats of culinary prowess, are exactly what you’d expect and want from a neighbourhood diner that’s been around for over 20 years. It’s comfort food plain and simple, with a lengthy menu split into four sections: “eggceptional,” savoury & combos, lunch, and kids’. Order a breakfast poutine, choose from 16 different choices of eggs Benedict, or try the pancakes, French toast, crêpes, or burgers, among other items.

Tucked just across from the Vendôme metro station in a seemingly nondescript building, Pick Thai is an authentic Thai restaurant that offers lunch and dinner. The menu covers Thai classics and familiar favourites, including noodle dishes, curries, and grilled meats, while the dining room transforms the meal into something elevated—with ornate decorations and plush velvet chairs.

Hwang Kum’s classic approach to Korean cooking and hospitality has made it a Sherbrooke favourite for Pajeon (seafood pancake), galbi (beef ribs), and more. The family-run spot prepares each dish fresh and with careful attention in its small quarters, imparting the warmth and passion you’d have a hard time finding elsewhere. Call ahead to make sure they’re open.

Dumplings with 24 different kinds of fillings are available at Ai Dumpling, an NDG shop where hand-crafted wrappers are packed meticulously with anything from lamb and coriander to zucchini and wood mushroom. Beyond its specialty, the restaurant has a selection of salads and soups. If you dine in, you might catch a glimpse of them rolling out the dough or preparing the fillings, but be prepared—it’s a small space not meant for large parties.

Cosmos is one of those Montreal institutions that feels almost synonymous with its neighbourhood. Established in 1967, this breakfast spot perfectly encapsulates the nature of NDG and the people who reside within. The restaurant is small, with only nine stools and a handful of tables outside during the warmer months, but it packs a strong personality. Potatoes, eggs, and bacon are fried on the griddle just behind the countertop—all parts of a menu that’s barely changed for 60 years.

Monkland Tavern opened in 1995, the vision of owners Barbara Irwin and Chef Josh Crowe. There, classic dishes are served up artfully (no doubt a testament to Crowe’s background as a painter and visual artist) and with close attention to sustainable practices. Boston lettuce salad, maritime oysters, fettuccine with bay scallops and white wine sauce, steak frites—each plate arrives with fresh, seasonal ingredients. A list of organic, natural, biodynamic, and non-filtered wines and inventive cocktails complete the experience.

This Cajun-Creole restaurant is a culinary trip down south right in NDG, and has been for over 30 years. The menu covers New Orleans cuisine and comfort classics like hush puppies, grilled cornbread, voodoo pasta, jambalaya, and blackened fish, along with a house crispy southern buttermilk-fried chicken. For dessert: New Orleans bread pudding and beignets reminiscent of the famous “Café du Monde.”

At NDG Luncheonette, American diner food with a local edge is the specialty. On the menu are bagels with lox from the neighbourhood’s L’Épicerie Mange-Tout, a grilled cheese on bread from Snowdon Bakery, plus breakfast sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs, and other favourite comfort classics. The restaurant’s yellow counter stools, black-and-white checkered floors, and red booth seating complete the traditional diner experience.

Mange-Tout is best known for its selection of sandwiches, delineated on a chalkboard to the right of the store’s entrance—serving a great burger, Italian-style sub, and a surprising container of salmon tartare, served with taro chips. While Mange-Tout is technically more of a fishmonger, butcher shop, specialty grocery store, and caterer, its small food menu is reputable in its own right, and thus has earned a spot on this list of restaurants.

Despite being a chain of 13 stores in Quebec, Mon Ami Korean BBQ’s NDG location is one of the neighbourhood’s best restaurants. The dining room is casual and comfortable, as is the fare: an array of Korean dishes, all-you-can-eat BBQ, and lunch specials. Order the fried chicken, jjigae, or opt for the Korean BBQ experience.

Named for Amerigo Marcone, father of chef-owner Stephen Marcone, Bistro Amerigo is a neighbourhood restaurant that serves Italian meals in a homey environment. Liquor bottles, old movie posters, and other trinkets cover the walls, transporting customers back to nonna and nonno’s dining room. There, you’ll find veal meatballs, fried calamari, fresh pastas, and various secondi including seared sea bass, grilled lamb chops, and ossobuco.