Montréal’s award-winning restaurants
Gastronomy Restaurants
Montréal is one of North America's premier food cities, renowned for its award-winning restaurants, world-class chefs, and vibrant culinary scene. The city's restaurants consistently appear on the world's most prestigious culinary rankings, including the MICHELIN Guide, North America's 50 Best Restaurants, and Canada's 100 Best Restaurants, making Montréal a must-visit destination for food lovers and culinary tourists alike.
Whether acclaimed fine dining, celebrated tasting menus, or the best neighbourhood bistros in Québec, Montréal delivers exceptional food experiences across every neighbourhood.
Pack your appetite and explore the restaurants that have placed Montréal firmly on the global gastronomic map.
Mon Lapin
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 2
MICHELIN Guide 2026: recommended
North America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025: ranked number 2 and co-owner Vanya Filipovic earned North America’s Best Sommelier Award
Little Italy’s Mon Lapin is a vibrant, market-driven restaurant celebrated for its inventive seasonal small plates and exceptional wine program. The ever-evolving menu highlights Québec ingredients at their peak, while the buzzing, warm dining room offers a dining experience you won’t soon forget. The playful, perfectly balanced Croque-Pétoncle has become a signature favourite and is an absolute must-order.
150 Saint-Zotique Street East
Beba
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 6
MICHELIN Guide 2026: recommended
North America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025: ranked number 50
Helmed by two brothers, Beba sits on a sleepy corner of Verdun and serves magnificent comfort food inspired by the siblings’ Argentinian roots with heavy Italian and Spanish influences. It’s the kind of restaurant you wish was on the corner of your street so you can indulge in its beautiful food, service and unmatched vibe several times a week.
3900 Éthel Street
Le Violon
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 8
MICHELIN Guide 2026: recommended
North America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025: ranked number 29
Air Canada’s Nest New Restaurants 2025: ranked number 2
Chef Danny Smiles’ Plateau Mont Royal’s Le Violon has quickly earned national acclaim for its seafood forward, ingredient driven cuisine. The contemporary cuisine blends the brigade’s Irish, Italian and Egyptian roots, and local Québec influences with precision and confidence, presented within an elegant yet understated dining room bathed in natural light.
4720 Marquette Street
Monarque
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 61
MICHELIN Guide 2026: recommended
Monarque’s grandiose Old Montréal project includes a brasserie, a fine dining restaurant and an impressively long bar. The entire space’s design is absolutely stunning! The brasserie menu includes classics such as lobster Thermidor and escargots as well as more seasonal dishes while the dining room’s menu, designed as a three-course tasting menu, leans more towards fine dining. Wherever you decide to sit, you are guaranteed a memorable evening.
406 Saint-Jacques Street
Montréal Plaza
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 13
MICHELIN Guide 2026: recommended
North America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025: ranked number 22
A meal at Plaza Saint-Hubert’s Montréal Plaza Restaurant will always surprise and delight. The dining room has a warm ambiance accentuated by quirky pieces that will make you do a double take (wave hello to Elmo!) and the playful mood is just as present in the cuisine. Try the tasting menu to sample some extraordinary dishes or order items to share with your dining companions.
6230 Saint-Hubert Street
Cabaret L’Enfer
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 45
MICHELIN Guide 2026: recommended
Cabaret L’Enfer showcases chef Massimo Piedimonte cuisine and experience honed at Le Mousso and Noma among others. His cooking combines French technique with his Italian background to create a unique take on refined cuisine, and artful minimal plating at this Plateau restaurant.
4094 Saint-Denis Street
Alma
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 34
North America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025: ranked number 43
Culinaria Mexicana 2025: Best Mexican Restaurant Outside of Mexico
Contemporary Mexican restaurant Alma is rooted in Chef Juan Lopez Luna’s Mexican heritage while showcasing Québec’s seasonal ingredients. Sprinkle some traditional nixtamal tortillas to this small Outremont jewel and you’ve got the perfect recipe. The warm welcome, excellent wine list and intimate dining room complete this exceptional dining experience.
1231 Lajoie Avenue
Bar-St-Denis
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 22
MICHELIN Guide 2026: recommended
Bar St-Denis’ is a celebrated Montréal neighbourhood restaurant located on Saint-Denis Street, around the corner from the Jean-Talon Market. The seasonal, ingredient-driven cuisine is always on point, and the dishes are consistently executed with precision and care. The thoughtfully curated low intervention wine list offers an excellent complement to whatever you order. The seafood dishes are a particular highlight so don't miss them.
6966 Saint-Denis Street
Parapluie
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 56
MICHELIN Guide 2026: Bib Gourmand
Parapluie is an intimate neighbourhood restaurant that hides big flavours behind its unassuming Little Italy façade. The interior is cozy and charming with an open kitchen that provides a direct view into the action. The evolving menu is rooted in French cuisine and features local and seasonal ingredients and chef Robin Filteau Boucher’s special touch.
44 Beaubien Street West
Mastard
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 63
MICHELIN Guide 2026: One Star
Mastard’s cuisine is a market driven, highly creative affair featuring the best of Québec’s seasonal produce as well as exciting wild ingredients to discover. Chef Simon Mathy’s plating is minimal and elegant and always spotlights the best of the season. If his legendary lettuce tart is on the menu, don’t miss it.
1879 Bélanger Street
Joe Beef
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 51
MICHELIN Guide 2026: recommended
Trailblazing Griffintown restaurant Joe Beef is still making waves on the local and international food scenes. Over-the-top refined Lyon-inspired cuisine, a boisterous ambiance and a flawless service are what set this restaurant apart. The back terrasse and garden are a slice of paradise on a warm summer night.
2491 Notre-Dame Street West
Sabayon
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 44
MICHELIN Guide 2026: One Star
Sabayon is an intimate, MICHELIN-starred tasting-menu restaurant in Pointe-Saint-Charles, where Chef Patrice Demers showcases refined, market-driven cuisine rooted in Québec terroir. With just 14 seats, the experience feels personal and precise, from the elegant presentations to standout desserts. Thoughtful service and wine pairings by co-owner (and life partner!) Marie-Josée Beaudoin complete the journey.
2194 Centre Street
Restaurant Toqué!
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 70
MICHELIN Guide 2026: recommended
North America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025: Icon Award 2025 for chef Normand Laprise
Legendary chef Normand Laprise’s restaurant is built on his passion and commitment to shedding a spotlight on Québec’s local and seasonal ingredients. Beautiful and delightful dishes and exceptional service make a meal at Restaurant Toqué! an experience to remember. There’s a reason this restaurant has been a staple on the Montréal dining scene since 1993 and a part of Canada’s Best 100 Restaurants since 2015!
900 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
Au Pied de Cochon
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 78
MICHELIN Guide 2026: recommended
A couple of decades on and chef Martin Picard’s legendary restaurant Au Pied de Cochon remains at the forefront of Montréal’s food scene. For fans of foie gras, Québécois cuisine and over the top dishes, this is a Montréal must. Classics include foie gras poutine and duck in a can with seasonal dishes making an appearance on the menu.
536 Duluth Avenue East
Juliette Plaza
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2025: ranked number 77
Montréal Plaza’s little sister Juliette lives next door on “The Plaza” in a more intimate dining room but with the same playful agenda. The décor features Smurf figurines, Astérix wall art and loads of fun tchotchkes that are a hoot to look for. That playfulness is carried through to the menu, which is a market-driven, nostalgic marvel plated simply but with elegance. Don’t pass on the Red Lobster scallops with cocktail sauce and spicy mayo, an instant classic.
6220 Saint-Hubert Street
Pasta Pooks
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 47
What started as a beloved pop-up has found its permanent home on a sunny corner between Little Italy and Mile Ex. Pasta Pooks is informal, joyful, and completely unpretentious. The hand-rolled pasta is made fresh daily on the long bar counter in the dining room, lending an air of theatre to any meal there. The short, seasonal menu, with some recipes inspired by the chefs’ family traditions, is paired with Italian beers and low-intervention wines.
6704 Clark Street
Hoogan et Beaufort
MICHELIN Guide 2026: One Star and MICHELIN Sommelier Award for head sommelier Hugo Duchesne
Set in a former industrial building in Rosemont's historic Angus Shops complex, Hoogan et Beaufort is one of Montréal's most celebrated fine dining destinations. The soaring, light-filled space with exposed brick, steel framework, and the open kitchen centre stage, is as impressive as the food. The menu is built around wood-fired cooking, with locally sourced, seasonal Québec ingredients informing every dish. The wine list is curated by Hugo Duchesne, winner of the MICHELIN 2026 best sommelier award.
4095 Molson Street
Lawrence
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 57
MICHELIN Guide 2026: recommended
A Mile End institution since 2010, Lawrence is one of Montréal's most intimate dining experiences helmed by chef Marc Cohen. With only 25 seats, this cozy neighbourhood restaurant offers a carefully balanced seasonal tasting menu, rooted in sustainability from the finest Québec producers, as well as whole-animal butchery from their very own butcher shop. Chef Marc Cohen’s cuisine is deeply personal, making Lawrence a quietly essential Montréal establishment.
9 Fairmount Avenue East
Pichai
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 36
MICHELIN Guide 2026: recommended
Loud, spicy, and buzzy, Pichai is one of Montréal's most exciting tables. The Petite-Patrie restaurant pairs bold Thai and Isaan-inspired cuisine with locally sourced ingredients and an outstanding low-intervention wine list.
5985 Saint-Hubert Street
Gia Vin & Grill
Canada’s 100 Best restaurants list 2026: ranked number 71
From the team behind Elena and Nora Gray, Gia Vin & Grill is a convivial neighbourhood gem housed in a converted garage in Saint-Henri. The wood-fired cuisine revolves around arrosticini, excellent meats from local farms, fresh pasta, and seafood, all paired with a carefully curated list of natural wines.
1025 Lenoir Street
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Mayssam Samaha
Mayssam Samaha is a food and travel writer and blogger and the founder behind the blog Will Travel for Food. She travels the world in search of the next culinary discovery. From Iceland to South Africa, she’s already visited over 36 countries and there’s nothing she enjoys more than wandering around a farmers’ market in a foreign city. She is also the founder of the SAISONS intimate dinner series highlighting Québec products and chefs.