Montreal Restaurants
 

Hello everyone. We are going to Montreal for the weekend. Does anyone have some good suggestions for great food? We have one restaurant booked for dinner called Chasse Galleries.

We were wondering if there was a great Chinese or Italian restaurant you can suggest.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

wow - the choices in Montreal are overwhelming. What we like to do is explore the fun little byob places up on the plateau. There are scores of all kinds of interesting restaurants - italian, french, Asian, Greek, African, etc in this area. Many of them are clustered around the intersection of St Denis and Duluth, and most have outdoor tables in the back or on the street.

Thank you Zootsi.

www.restomontreal.com
Search by area, style of cuisine, bring your own wine, etc., although it is not a guide to quality. For modern French cooking at a moderate price I recommend Quartier-General, in the north of the Plateau. Reservations required and AVV (bring your own bottle.) Lunches on weekdays are particular value. 1251 rue Gilford. Its website is not much use but check the above link for making a reservation on-line.
A little south, and just off the St-Denis spine, Le P'tit Plateau serves southwestern French food, again AVV, and genuinely 'petite" so reserve ahead. http://www.leptitplateau.ca/?lang=en
On Duluth, further south in the Plateau, Au pied de cochon has been exalting the robust enjoyment of all things pork, or foie gros, or exalted poutine, for over a decade as a leader in the anti-posh movement that ignores tablecloths in favour of old-fashioned quality ingredients (and not cheap). Reserve far in advance. http://aupieddecochon.ca/

There are plenty others in the same exuberant mode and mood and at higher prices, spread into areas that used to be working class.

Joe Beef

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zejk-OkKd20

Sorry, forgot the website link

http://www.joebeef.ca/

Beijing is the best Chinese restaurant located on of the entrances of China town in Montreal. The service is extremely fast and the food will definitely exceed your expectations.

+1 for P'tit Plateau (it's byob). Au Petite Extra, L'Express, Lawrence for fantastic English breakfast, great poutine at La Banquise open 24 hours, Cafe Ferreira for Portuguese seafood (pricey), Stash Cafe for Polish comfort food and Quattro for Italian, both in Old Montreal.