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For the purposes of our classification, restaurants where a typical evening meal costs between $25 CAN and $50 CAN per person (not including alcohol or tip) are considered moderately-priced. A large proportion of the city's restaurants falls into this category.
- Aux Vivres
4631 boulevard St-Laurent (Plateau Mont Royal), (514) 842-3479
Aux Vivres serves such a convincing version of vegan cuisine that you will not feel
like you're giving up anything (except stereotypes, possibly).
- Bistro L'Entrepont
4622 Hotel de Ville (Plateau Mont Royal), (514) 845-1369
Small restaurant serving delicious French bistro cuisine dishes.
Remarkably, this restaurant is open Mondays when most other
quality restaurants are closed. Quiet side street location.
Reservations essential.
- Bonaparte
443 rue St-François-Xavier (Old Montreal), (514) 884-4368
A romantic Classic French restaurant. Three meticulously
appointed dining rooms. The service is
good, although somewhat formal. Although many patrons are
tourists (the restaurant is located downstairs from a small
hotel), Le Bonaparte is definitely not a tourist trap - it is
well-known and respected in the city.
- Bu
5245 Boulevard St-Laurent (Mile End), (514) 276-0249
Bu was "inspired by the great wine bars of Europe".
The wine options include the
weekly selection of some 25 wines offered by the glass,
as well as a 500-entry complete wine list.
The kitchen serves Italian cuisine.
- Café Cherrier
3635 rue St-Denis (Plateau Mont Royal), (514) 843-4308
Café Cherrier has been serving bistro-style French cuisine
since 1931.
- Café des Beaux Arts
1380 rue Sherbrooke Ouest (Downtown Montreal), (514) 843-3233
Café des Beaux Arts is not your typical museum restaurant
- with a bona fide chef (Richard Bastien), quality food and attractive
decor it qualifies as a dining destination onto its own.
70 seats in the main room and a 55-seat private dining
room.
- Café Méliès
3536 boulevard St-Laurent (Plateau Mont Royal), (514) 847-9218
Bistro fare served in an ultra-modern décor (matching the interior of Ex:centris movie
theater with which the restaurant is sharing the building as well
as the owner).
- Cluny
257 rue Prince (Cité Multimédia), (514) 866-1213
Co-owned by two Montrealers intimately involved in the local artistic community,
Patrick Meausette and Rob Hack
(the pair also own Titanic),
this café/bar/restaurant serves tasty sandwiches, salads and hot
dishes. It has been
an artist hangout since day one. As of 2008, it is (still) not normally not
open for dinner, although this may change in the future.
- Ginza
4593, rue Saint-Denis (Plateau Mont Royal), (514) 904-0079
Ginza managed to excel in a potentially risky format of
"all you can eat sushi". The fine print (of course, there
is fine print!) is that there are maximums and the stuff you
order but don't eat will cost you extra.
- Holt Renfrew Café
1300 rue Sherbrooke Ouest (Downtown Montreal), (514) 282-3749
Hungry shoppers enjoying the famous sandwiches in a minimalist décor.
- La Gargote
351 Place d'Youville (Old Montreal), (514) 844-1428
Although the word “Gargote” means “cheap restaurant” or “diner” in French slang, this bistro actually offers fairly upscale versions of classic French dishes (with some North African influences). The restaurant’s dining room, decorated in a classic yet stylish way and the quaint surroundings of the Old Port make for a romantic atmosphere. In the warm months (April through September), an outdoor terrace is open.
- Le Reservoir
9 Duluth East (Plateau Mont Royal), (514) 849-7779
A micro-brewery which has gradually evolved into a bona fide bistro/brasserie
restaurant. Good beer selection.
The crowd is fairly typical of Le Plateau (mostly 20- and 30-somethings).
Also open for weekend brunch.
- L'Entrecôte St-Jean
2022 rue Peel (Downtown Montreal), (514) 281-6492
L'Entrecôte St-Jean's menu may be short (essentially containing
just one main dish - its signature steak)
but the execution is flawless and the restaurant's success
is a proof that the strategy worked. "Aucune surprise" indeed.
- L'Express
3927 rue St-Denis (Plateau Mont Royal), (514) 845-5333
L'Express is simultaneously the coolest bistro in Montreal
and its relatively well-kept secret. There is no sign on
the door and they don't need one - everybody who is anybody
in Montreal knows exactly where it is.
Reservations are
recommended (especially during the "regular" dinner hours),
but the wait is probably going to be
acceptable if you come come after 10:30 pm. The
restaurant is open late (until 2 am).
- Pintxo
256 rue Roy Est (Plateau Mont Royal), (514) 844-0222
Pintxo serves food based on the modernized concept of
miniature Basque tapas (yes, tapas can be made smaller than usual).
You can also order "regular" size dishes which complement the
tapas. The tasting menu includes one main dish and four
pintxos (tapas).
- Pullman
3424 Avenue du Parc (McGill Ghetto), (514) 288-7779
Wine bar serving small tapa-like dishes. Sharp design.
- Vago
1336 Avenue Greene (Westmount), (514) 846-1414
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