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Moderately-Priced Restaurants in Montreal



For the purposes of our classification, restaurants where a typical evening meal costs between $25 CAN and $50 CAN per person (not including wine, service or tip) are considered moderately-priced. A large proportion of the city's restaurants falls into this category.

  • Aux Vivres4631 boulevard St-Laurent, (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'Entrepont4622 Hotel de Ville, (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 Menu Available443 rue St-François-Xavier, (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 Menu Available Photos Available5245 Boulevard St-Laurent, (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 Photos Available3635 rue St-Denis, (514) 843-4308
    Café Cherrier has been serving bistro-style French cuisine since 1931.

  • Café des Beaux Arts Photos Available1380 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, (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 Méliès3536 boulevard St-Laurent, (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).

  • Cluny257 rue Prince, (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.

  • Holt Renfrew Café Comments1300 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, (514) 282-3749
    Hungry shoppers enjoying the famous sandwiches in minimalist décor.

  • La Gargote Menu Available Photos Available351 Place d'Youville, (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 Reservoir9 Duluth East, (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 Menu Available Photos Available Comments2022 rue Peel, (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 Menu Available Photos Available Comments3927 rue St-Denis, (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 Menu Available256 rue Roy Est, (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 Menu Available Photos Available3424 Avenue du Parc, (514) 288-7779
    Wine bar serving small tapa-like dishes. Sharp design.

  • Vago Comments1336 Avenue Greene, (514) 846-1414

Browse Photos:

Rue St-Denis. Café Cherrier (exterior).
Rue St-Denis. Café Cherrier (exterior).

La Gargote: Summer Terrace
La Gargote: Summer Terrace

L'Express: French Toast
L'Express: French Toast

Café Cherrier: Eggs Benedict
Café Cherrier: Eggs Benedict

Café Cherrier: Interior
Café Cherrier: Interior

Café Cherrier: Northern View
Café Cherrier: Northern View

L'Express Late at Night
L'Express Late at Night

Bu Appetizers
Bu Appetizers

Bu Customer
Bu Customer

Happy Faces at L'Express
Happy Faces at L'Express

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