Guidebook for Montreal
Essentials
Fresh groceries and shopping down the street. Gorgeous view of the Canal Lachine. La Première Moissan bakery is a must for your baguettes!
852 locals recommend
marché atwater
Fresh groceries and shopping down the street. Gorgeous view of the Canal Lachine. La Première Moissan bakery is a must for your baguettes!
Food Scene
Fab breakie place down the street.
75 locals recommend
Resto-Café Quoi De N'Oeuf / Resto Quoi de B'Oeuf
2745 Rue Notre Dame OFab breakie place down the street.
A bit stand-off service but food is great. Well known by Montrealers for no menu, fresh bistro meals. Bring your own wine.
Sans Menu
3714 Rue Notre-Dame OuestA bit stand-off service but food is great. Well known by Montrealers for no menu, fresh bistro meals. Bring your own wine.
My fave French restaurant in Montreal. Bistro French (the REAL deal!)
42 locals recommend
Restaurant Au Petit Extra
1690 Rue Ontario EMy fave French restaurant in Montreal. Bistro French (the REAL deal!)
Try this one out just once. You'll have a coronary afterwards and the line-up is out the door, but wow!
341 locals recommend
Au Pied de Cochon
536 Av. Duluth ETry this one out just once. You'll have a coronary afterwards and the line-up is out the door, but wow!
L'Express
3927 R. Saint-DenisFab French bistro for lunch.
Shabby looking, but the best poutine in Montreal. Famous to Quebecers.
9 locals recommend
Montreal Pool Room
1217 Boul. Saint-LaurentShabby looking, but the best poutine in Montreal. Famous to Quebecers.
Continental Bistro
4007 Rue Saint-DenisWonderful French cuisine. Popular Montreal hotspot for dinner.
Ouzeri
4690 R. Saint-DenisMy fave Greek restaurant in Montreal. Have the saganaki cheese!
A handful of these French style steak frites restos all over the city. Fab steak and salad and fries.
17 locals recommend
Steak Frites St-Paul
405 Rue Saint-Antoine OA handful of these French style steak frites restos all over the city. Fab steak and salad and fries.
Everything Else
Spa Savanna
4032 Rue Notre Dame OA well-known spa two doors down from my flat.
PJC Jean Coutu
1224 Rue Notre Dame OA pharmacy just steps away
The Home Depot
4625 Rue Saint-Antoine OFor all hardware needs down the street.
CLSC de St-Henri
3833 Rue Notre Dame OOur neighbourhood clinic is just across the street.
A second clinic and pharmacy just a few doors down from my place at the entrance of the IGA Grocery.
30 locals recommend
Saint-Henri
A second clinic and pharmacy just a few doors down from my place at the entrance of the IGA Grocery.
The entrance to the subway is diagonally across the street
56 locals recommend
Place Saint-Henri station
The entrance to the subway is diagonally across the street
Shopping
La Gaillarde
4019 Rue Notre Dame OGreat retro clothing store right across the street!
Alexis Nihon
1500 Av. AtwaterAll your shopping needs around the corner
Greene Avenue
Avenue GreeneWestmount's boutique Avenue Greene, for shopping and more.
Arts & Culture
Check out this restored Art Deco theatre and bar not only for its shows but sightseeing history. A gorgeous space.
86 locals recommend
Corona Theatre
2490 Rue Notre Dame OCheck out this restored Art Deco theatre and bar not only for its shows but sightseeing history. A gorgeous space.
Montreal's biggest English-language theatre in Old Montreal, just a few stops.
89 locals recommend
Centaur Theatre
453 R. Saint-François-XavierMontreal's biggest English-language theatre in Old Montreal, just a few stops.
One of our biggest French-language theatres, but I recommend it mostly for its great cafe and restaurant.
58 locals recommend
Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
84 Rue Sainte-Catherine OOne of our biggest French-language theatres, but I recommend it mostly for its great cafe and restaurant.
Great for St-Denis shopping, restos and one of our big commercial theatres for shows (mostly in French). Also a site for Just For Laughs Festival.
63 locals recommend
Théâtre St-Denis
1594 R. Saint-DenisGreat for St-Denis shopping, restos and one of our big commercial theatres for shows (mostly in French). Also a site for Just For Laughs Festival.
Sightseeing
A breathtaking oratory and St. André's Chapel inside is so impressive!
636 locals recommend
Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
3800 Chem. Queen MaryA breathtaking oratory and St. André's Chapel inside is so impressive!
Montreal Botanical Garden
4101 Rue Sherbrooke EOur amazing Botanical Gardens.
A trip to Montreal isn't worth out without seeing this just once.
819 locals recommend
Notre-Dame Basilica
110 Rue Notre Dame OA trip to Montreal isn't worth out without seeing this just once.
The multi media show on the history of Montreal makes this the first museum you should hit up in the heart of Old Montreal. Nice cafe inside too!
16 locals recommend
Pointe-à-Callière - Boutique du Musée
165 Pl. d'YouvilleThe multi media show on the history of Montreal makes this the first museum you should hit up in the heart of Old Montreal. Nice cafe inside too!
Drinks & Nightlife
Complexe Sky
1478 Rue Sainte-Catherine EGreat bar in the heart of the Gay Village.