EAT
Buonna Notte: Typical Montreal Resto/Lounge. You can spend the whole night here. Keep your eyes off the wait staff!
Toque: Noted as best restaurant in Montreal…a fine dining experience
L’Express: on St. Denis. Order the steak and pomme frites.
Grinder: New “it” spot. Located in the hip and up and coming Griffintown area. If I had one night in Montreal - I go here.
Queue De Chevalle: Best steak in Montreal. Busy on Hockey Nights
Schwartz’s: A Montreal trademark. Smoked beef and dijan!
Garde Manger: A Montreal institution and hallmark of the dining scene.
Joe Beef: Another Montreal institution.
New City Gas: Recently opened and very popular. One stop place for dining and partying.
Suwu: The new spot on St Laurent everyone is flocking to.
Jatoba: Best Japanese in Montreal. Cool and sleek room.
Le Local: Le magnifique. I love this spot.
Mangiafocco: Looking for fantastic pizza in Old Montreal – here ya go.
Le Richmond: Another top notch spot in Griffintown (what St Laurent used to be in the late 90’s
Le Vin Papillon: En Route Magazine's Top 10. I trust their picks.
La Bremner: Good luck getting a table from the Garde Manger group.
Leméac: in the fashionable Outremont neighborhood, has all the tropes of a perfect French bistro. Part restaurant, part underground nightclub.
Brunch:
L’Avenue: Don’t let the line up intimidate you. Its worth the wait.
Le Cartet: Simply put, one of my favorite places for Brunch. In Old Montreal.
Beauty’s: Everyone goes to this place for Brunch.
Olive et Gourmando: Love Love Love this place for coffee or lunch in Old Montreal
STAY
Ritz Carlton: Very chic, expensive, but then again it is a Ritz!
Queen Elizabeth: Fairmont property, nicely located. situated above the train station.
Loews: Great location, huge rooms.
“W”: Excellent location near Old Montreal
Hotel Le St.-James: Housed in a former 19th-century bank. Perfect for Old Montreal.
DRINK
Wunderbar: At the W Hotel.
Velvet: Hot spot with the cool crowd.