The Best Restaurant in The Plateau Mont-Royal and Mile End, Montreal

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Dotted with bistros and cafés, the Plateau has a bohemian edge that can't be found anywhere else in the city. Chef-owned eateries favor market cuisine served in a decor of brick walls and hardwood floors. Noisy French-style bistros, like L'Express, are local institutions, as are cafés populated by poets and academics with laptops. There’s vegetarian cooking, and Thai, along with sushi and stubborn little bakeries that refuse to mechanize.

Tula

$$ | Mile End

Tula is a first in Montréal and a real find for lovers of southwestern Indian cuisine. Inspired by his grandmother's cooking, owner Abhishek Arun opened his calming, unpretentious, 100% plant-based restaurant in 2023 with a tasty menu highlighting his own take on curries, biryani, dahl, bhurjee, and other non-curry dishes. Arun believes in the principle of balance, thus naming his restaurant "Tula", which means balance in Sanskrit. Eating healthy is important, he says. “If your body is in balance, your whole life is in balance”. On weekends, Tula offers a vegan Indian brunch menu.

Indian $$ Lunch Dinner Brunch Quick Bite
5258 boul. St-Laurent, Montréal, H2T 1S1, Canada
514-274–9000
tulamontreal.ca/#/home
Known For
  • Grandma's coconut curry
  • Pindi cholle (chickpea curry)
  • Mango lassi made with coconut milk yogurt (with or without Malibu coconut rum)
Restaurant Details
Closed Tues.

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