The best MTLàTABLE restaurants for date nights
Gastronomy
The hardest part of planning a date night is often deciding two things: where to eat and what to eat when you get there. For its 14th edition, running October 29 to November 15, 2026, MTLàTABLE narrows things down, with more than 160 Montréal restaurants serving set-price menus at $38, $55, $70 and $90. The courses are planned and you know what dinner costs before you sit down, which leaves more room for good times. Here are the spots best suited for a night for two at every price point.
$90 set price restos
Chez Lévêque
After more than 50 years on Laurier Avenue, it’s no stretch of the imagination to think this French brasserie’s five-course menu won’t fail you. Start with escargot in puff pastry or chicken liver mousse on house-made brioche, clear the palate with a trou normand granité, then settle into veal blanquette, cassoulet, or onglet with pepper sauce. Île flottante and lemon meringue tart wait at the finish. It’s also one of the few spots serving every night of the event, Sundays and Mondays included.
1030 Laurier Avenue West
Graziella
Inside a historic stone building in Old Montréal, chef Graziella Battista cooks northern Italian food with the care usually reserved for a nonna’s secret recipes. Her four courses open with grilled little gem lettuce under sardine tonnato, or a Magdalen Islands scallop crudo with yuzu and green grapes. Squash and amaretti tortellini in sage butter come next, followed by short rib braised in red wine or a smoked provolone and kale risotto. A lemon semifreddo with almond crumble ends the night on a bright note.
116 McGill Street
Hana Korean Steakhouse
At this Old Montréal steakhouse from Hanhak Kim and Joe Beef co-founder David McMillan, prime beef is dry-aged in-house for at least 31 days, and your server grills it on smokeless grills built right into the table in a dining room that takes its cues from traditional Korean paintings. Chef WonGoo Joun’s menu serves filet mignon, striploin, or hanger steak with banchan and ssamjang, followed by a hansang course of rice, galbi, and sundubu soup. House-made yuzu ice cream rounds it out.
301 Le Moyne Street
Hélicoptère
Chef David Ollu’s Hochelaga restaurant offers two choices for each of its first four courses, so you and your date can cover almost the whole menu between you. Tuna or beets with plum, shiso, and mint lead into Québec squash in XO sauce, cappelletti with carrot and blue cheese, and chicken with matsutake mushrooms and black apple. There’s a vegetarian path the whole way through. Dessert is a chocolate pain brûlé with buckwheat and kvass, plus mignardises, and the wine list is worth exploring, as it leans on private imports.
4255 Ontario Street East
Les Mômes
This Villeray restaurant is bring-your-own-wine, which makes a four-course splurge go a lot further. Chef Yoann Van Den Berg, who won the 14th season of Radio-Canada’s Les Chefs!, pushes French technique in bold directions. Beyond the orange banquettes and slick soundtracks, there’s beef tartare with sea urchin, Magdalen Islands scallops with onion soup, a vol-au-vent of sweetbreads and eel, and sablefish with nantua sauce. Save room for the dark chocolate tartlet with smoked milk and hay-infused vanilla ice cream.
586 Villeray Street
Restaurant de l’ITHQ
On weekdays, the kitchen and dining room at the Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec are run by students in the final stretch of their program, led by executive chef Karine Beauchamp and pastry chef Emmaëlle Guindon-Amyot. Their six-course tour of Québec runs from a veal, guinea fowl, and duck terrine to duck breast with Rosemont elderberry sauce and Métis vinegar, then a Comtomme cheese course and a maple financier, with vegan options at every step. The menu only starts on November 3 here and the evening hours are short, so book early.
3535 Saint-Denis Street
$70 set price restos
Brasserie Le Pois Penché
On the edge of the Golden Square Mile, this Parisian-style brasserie is where plenty of downtown evenings get their start. Chef Josserand Valiquette’s four courses stick to French comfort food with a Montréal accent. Start with Nagano pork rillettes or onion soup gratinée under Louis d’Or cheese. Then choose from duck confit with pepper sauce, walleye quenelles in lobster bisque, or a Rossini-style beef bourguignon topped with foie gras. A pistachio, strawberry and rosewater take on île flottante ends the meal, and the brasserie serves this menu every night of the event.
1230 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West
Leméac
Since 2001, this bistro on the corner of Laurier and Durocher has kept a loyal Outremont following, and its terrasse correspondingly stays open summer and winter. Chef Olivier Belzile keeps the three-course menu short: Start with roasted Québec cabbage with whipped tofu and shiitake, or mussels escabeche with chorizo and focaccia. Then pick sea bass with chimichurri or confit grain-fed chicken with fall truffle. Dessert is an easy call: pain perdu with maple caramel and milk jam ice cream.
1045 Laurier Avenue West
Le Godot
This Verdun restaurant is best known for its six-course tasting menu, so the four-course MTLàTABLE version is a good way in. Chef Hamzah Ramoly cooks French with plenty of detours. Openers include a smoked onion in aged cheddar consommé, sea bass ceviche with fermented tomato and ají, and foie gras mousse with haskap berries. The mains are potato gnocchi with butternut squash and prawns, or charcoal-grilled striploin with oxtail. Lean on the wine list and cocktails, then trade bites of chocolate mousse and miso caramel rice pudding.
5145 Wellington Street
Restaurant Bungalow
The menu at this Plateau bistro changes with the seasons and with chef Mickael Guigon’s inspiration, drawing on Québec, European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern traditions. There’s plenty to negotiate across the table. Start with bluefin tuna tataki or foie gras with maple gel, then grilled octopus with maple bacon or pommes dauphines in Louis d’Or Mornay. For the main, pick duck breast, halibut with Québec wild mushrooms, or linguine in beurre blanc with grilled shrimp. The house pouding chômeur makes a fitting Québécois finish.
1279 Mont-Royal Avenue East
Provisions Steakhouse
Part butcher, part wine bar, this Outremont spot is known for showing diners their cut before it goes on the heat. Begin with one of its takes on a classic cocktail, then start with buffalo stracciatella with leeks and pistachio or a fish crudo with ají amarillo. Mains are onglet steak frites with bordelaise, beef tartare with burnt tomato, or teriyaki salmon. The wine list changes weekly. Dessert is either a banana and salted caramel Paris-Brest and a seasonal pavlova—or both, if you opt to share.
1142 Van Horne Avenue
Bo’ Dégât
At this intimate room nodding to the tapas bars of Barcelona, Chef Carme Marquez’s menu is built for sharing, so order different dishes and pass plates across the table. Start with Ibérico ham or ajoblanco with shrimp, raspberries and grapes, then a cauliflower romesco. Next comes octopus or garlic shrimp in sherry, and finally grilled skewers of Moroccan-spiced chicken or lamb. The menu skips dessert, so consider ordering the dark chocolate ganache with olive oil and fleur de sel the place is known for.
1392 Beaubien Street East
Terroirs
Everything at this restaurant comes from Québec, through some 30 producers stretching from Anticosti to the Outaouais, and the approach earned it the Debbie-Zakaïb prize in 2026. Chef Marc-Antoine Joncas Zarate cooks in the spirit of a grandmother’s kitchen. Start with oysters or duck tartare on sweet potato bread, then smoked beet with Fuoco stracciatella and local honey. The main is braised sanglichon (a wild boar and pig cross) with Gaspésie rice and Eastern Townships mushrooms. All-Québec drink pairings run $12 to $19 a course. Keep in mind it’s closed Sundays through Tuesdays.
2600 William-Tremblay Street, Suite 120
Le Virunga
Chef Maria-José de Frias and her daughter Zoya run this Plateau restaurant as a family story told through food, reworking sub-Saharan African traditions with Québec ingredients. Start with malangwa croquettes in a creamy ginger sauce, or a Sudanese-style fava bean fricassee with pili-pili parsley cream. Then choose Brome Lake duck leg with candied plantain and Amarula sauce, or Canadian swordfish in moambe sauce over cassava and sweet potato. Angolan coconut custard or a semolina cake with Cameroonian hibiscus closes out the meal.
851 Rachel Street East
$55 set price restos
Capisco
From the team behind Mezcla, Chifa and Tiradito, this Old Montreal restaurant pairs Peruvian cooking with Italian wines, and its three-course menu covers a lot of ground. Start with halibut ceviche in leche de tigre or duck anticuchos with buttered choclo. Mains include arroz con conchas with scallops and lobster bisque, a pan con chicharrón sandwich with yuca fries, or brisket lomo saltado over ricotta gnocchi for $5 more. Tiramisu or crème brûlée cheesecake follows. Note that it’s closed Mondays through Wednesdays.
85 Saint-Paul Street East
Café Miracolo
Grand, theatrical décor and a lively room set the tone at this Italian-inspired spot, where the menu is built around medium-sized plates meant to be shared. Chef Alejandro Vega opens with a scallop crudo with buttermilk, raspberries and jalapeño, or burratina with artichokes and focaccia. Next come squash and ricotta capellacci in brown butter or a chanterelle risotto, then branzino with beets and orange or Angus onglet. Dessert costs an extra $12, and the wine list is priced to keep the night affordable.
3891 Saint-Laurent Boulevard
Papito
Long tables of pale wood and a festive crowd give this downtown restaurant a dinner-party feel, and chef Joëlle Trottier’s menu centres on a charcoal grill. Open with marinated raw fish in anchovy salsa verde or liver mousse with apple jelly. Add a side like charcoal-roasted potato with mushroom butter, then choose a main from the grill: duck breast, keftas, onglet, or a spatchcocked half chicken from Rose des Vents farm, each with focaccia. Finish with chocolate tourte and raspberries, and order a glass of the house Papito cider.
1425 Saint-Alexandre Street
Chez Cécile
The rotisserie at the centre of this Ahuntsic restaurant once lived at Toqué! The restaurant is named for co-owner Robert Herrera’s grandmother, a Beauce hotelier, as a tribute to the family tables of the post-war years. Chef Benjamin Gilker, who grew up in Nova Scotia, gives comfort food an Acadian streak. Start with a Gaspor ham croquette with chow-chow and aged cheddar mousse, then Cécile’s fried chicken with garlic and honey caramel, fries and gravy. There are vegan options at every course, and a baked Alaska with chocolate-cranberry ice cream and gin makes a showy finish. Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
128 Fleury Street West
Oncle Lee Kăo
Kăo means “grill” in Mandarin, a fair clue to where chef Andersen Lee’s Old Montréal restaurant puts its focus. There’s no choosing here: the MTLàTABLE menu is served as a tasting, so you get all eight dishes. It starts with a spicy beef tataki salad, sesame beignets with braised shiitakes, and scallop ceviche. A pork chop with mussels, clams and Hong Kong curry follows, alongside garlicky bok choy and yu choy and peanut noodles, then yuzu crémeux and coconut tapioca. Wine and sake pairings are available for each course, and the room runs festive.
112 McGill Street
Verdun Beach
With orange, ’70s-inspired décor and more than 100 private-import natural wines, this Verdun wine bar channels the spirit of a French guinguette. Chef Jean-Sébastien Rochon’s four courses are made for grazing. Start with sourdough and seasonal butter or house-made ham from Beaurivage farm with buttered endives. Then comes wild mushroom risotto with Alfred cheese or fried artichoke with Caesar sauce, followed by a four-ounce steak with pepper sauce or Pont Neuf fries topped with La Canardière foie gras. Panna cotta or tiramisu ends things, and every dish can be made gluten-free.
4816 Wellington Street
Restaurant Les Street Monkeys
Chef Tota Oung draws on Cambodian flavours and traditions at this easygoing Verdun spot, cooking with seasonal Québec ingredients and pouring natural wines. Start with salmon crudo in jalapeño teuk trey, a Cambodian fish sauce dip, or mushroom tempura with coconut ranch and kroeung, the traditional herb and spice paste. Then it’s kroeung-grilled Charlevoix chicken with Mom’s pickles and spicy eggplant, or Hokkaido scallop fried rice with Gaspésie trout roe. Coconut-ginger ice cream with Thai basil oil makes a cool, bright finish. Closed Tuesdays.
3625 Wellington Street
Place Carmin
Set in a former industrial building with high ceilings, skylights and an open kitchen, this modern French brasserie has several distinct spaces. If the bar gets lively, ask for the more intimate bistro corner. Chef Dorian Clasert’s three courses play the classics straight. Start with beef tartare with straw potatoes and Comté, or scallop ceviche with lime. Mains are mushroom ravioli, Arctic char à la grenobloise, or duck à l’orange with carrots and pistachios. Dessert is crêpe Suzette or caramel and almond profiteroles, and there’s a $28 brunch during the event too.
740 William Street
Archway Verdun
Vegetables lead at this Verdun restaurant, where the MTLàTABLE menu leans heavily vegan and gluten-free. Chefs Josianne Marcoux and Benoît Leclère cook a globe-trotting menu built on local producers. Start with grilled artichoke with romesco and kelp salt, or eggplant chaat with almond ricotta. Then comes mac and cheese arancini or umami dumplings with roasted squash, and finally lemongrass pesto gnocchi with cashew burrata or a lion’s mane mushroom steak. Pistachio crème brûlée with butter-fried dates closes it out, with local ciders, craft beers and cocktails to match.
3683 Wellington Street
325 F
Chef Bryan Rajarison runs one of the only Malagasy restaurants in North America, a 20-seat room on the edge of the Plateau where his father still pitches in on weekends. Madagascar’s cooking draws on East Africa, India and China, and the menu shows it. Start with lentil or beef sambos with preserved lemon. Then choose Brome Lake duck with Madagascar vanilla, ravitoto (cassava leaves) in coconut with tilapia or mushrooms, or giant prawns with combava. Cassava cake with lychee coulis ends the meal. It’s bring-your-own-wine and open every night of the event.
1902 Masson Street
$38 set price restos
El Sabor de Mexico
MTLàTABLE overlaps with the Day of the Dead, and this family-run Verdun spot marks it with pan de muerto and pumpkin whipped cream on the dessert list. Chef Roberto Isaac Hernandez cooks Mexican classics with Québec produce. Start with fried quesadillas made with Côte-Saint-Pierre potatoes or a squash soup. Then come tacos three ways: portobello al pastor with pineapple, tempura-battered Baja fish, or beef norteños with salsa macha for $3 more. Add a Mexican hot chocolate for another $3, and a margarita while you’re at it. Closed Mondays.
5013 Wellington Street
Restaurant Vesta
Named for the Roman goddess of hearth and home, this Villeray trattoria is styled after the Italian family restaurants of 1970s North America: white oak, painted pine, red leather and retro lighting. The Italian-Montréal cooking suits the room. Start with fried garlic knots in cacio e pepe sauce or fritto misto with spicy honey mayo. Then choose ricotta cavatelli with pistachio pesto or a 12-inch pizza, including the loaded Bob Special. Cannoli, torta caprese or panna cotta with Île d’Orléans strawberries round it out, and Vesta is open every night of the event.
206 Jarry Street East
Santos
Sleek design and an urban-chic crowd make this Old Montréal spot an easy first stop on a night out in the neighbourhood. Its four-course Latin American menu keeps things casual and shareable. Start with chips and guacamole or empanadas with pikliz. Next are chicken al pastor or braised beef birria tacos, or fried Québec cauliflower with salsa brava. Skewers of chicken, shrimp or Québec mushrooms with seasoned rice follow, and dessert is Dubai-style churros or passion fruit cheesecake. Closed Sundays and Mondays.
191 Saint-Paul Street West
Motel Ontario
A former bank in Hochelaga now houses this restaurant and wine bar, complete with a glassed-in wine cellar and an accessible list of organic, natural and classic bottles. Chef Gabrielle Girard makes everything in-house, and her three courses lean comforting. Start with a Motel-style Caesar with bacon and iceberg, or a Québec beet salad with tarragon yogurt. Then choose mushrooms and escargots in cream with a 65°C egg, or BBQ pork chops over aligot-style mashed potatoes. Finish with pecan pie or Grandma Lily’s carrot cake.
3325 Ontario Street East
Escondite Union
Glowing murals and colourful skulls set the scene at this downtown Mexican hideout, where the cocktail list runs on tequila and mezcal and the menu riffs freely on street food. The four courses start with guacamole, mango salad or cornbread. Then comes a Mexican take on General Tao chicken, nacho-style gyoza or chilaquiles. Tacos follow, with names as playful as their fillings, from Québec chicken to Korean-style steak with nopal. Churros with Nutella end the night, which makes this a good bet for a date that starts at 5 à 7.
1206 Union Avenue
Biiru
This downtown izakaya channels the energy of Tokyo’s back alleys, with Japanese street food made for sharing and a list of sake and house cocktails to work through. Four courses for $38 go a long way here. Start with edamame or umeboshi cucumber, then gyoza, takoyaki or beef and cheese yakitori. Next comes Québec chicken karaage, beef tataki or okonomiyaki. Everyone ends on the same Godzilla brownie, so there’s no fighting over dessert.
Don’t forget to make a reservation for your table for two. Reservations are important so restaurants can prepare, and honouring your reservation is a way to show them support. If your plans change, make sure to let them know.
1433 City Councillors Street
JP Karwacki
JP Karwacki is a Montréal-based writer and journalist whose work has appeared in Time Magazine, the Montreal Gazette, National Post, Time Out, NUVO Magazine, and more. Having called the city home for over a decade and a half, he regularly focuses on spreading the good word about the amazing things to eat, drink and do in Montréal. One half raconteur and the other flâneur (with just a dash of boulevardier), when he wasn’t working on the frontlines of the city's restaurants and bars, he spent his time thinking about, reading about and writing about restaurants and bars.