The best brunch spots in Montreal

Régine Café has been serving brunch on rue Beaubien Est, in Rosemont, since 2012, under an English tea-room decor: chandeliers, wallpaper, big armchairs in sharp colours.

Pierre-Luc Chevalier, Maxim Lepage and Charles Deschamps, alumni of La Cantine, built the place around a character: the ideal aunt who feeds you too much. Everything is made on site: ham cooked on the bone, cinnamon brioches, scones, latkes, Scotch eggs, jams. Brioche French toast and smoked salmon waffles come back to the table most often.

Reservations on weekdays, none on weekends: that means the line on the sidewalk, with a juice shooter to make it pass.

L'Avenue has held 922 avenue du Mont-Royal Est since 1995, in a narrow room covered in murals.

The menu is an escalation: eggs Benedict in several versions, stuffed French toast, pancakes, breakfast poutine, plates large enough for two. Juices are pressed to order, lattes come flavoured, and the washroom, painted to be seen under black light, has become an attraction of its own.

No reservations: you give your name and wait on the sidewalk. The house has since spread to Brossard, Boucherville and Toronto, but the Plateau room remains the original.

Géa Café sits at 105 rue de la Commune Est, across from the Vieux-Port, opened in 2024 by the team behind Pangea, the restaurant next door.

The counter leans indulgent: worked-over coffees, one of them built on a cookie, iced matcha, white chocolate latte, smoothies, oat and macadamia milk. To eat, paninis and grilled cheese made to order, a Greek chicken sandwich, pastries.

Bright room, small tables, tourists passing through between two stops in Vieux-Montréal. It is a mid-day pause more than a brunch destination.

Arthur was Raegan Steinberg's father. She and Alex Cohen, both alumni of Joe Beef, gave his name to the counter they opened on rue Notre-Dame Ouest, first as headquarters for their catering company.

Cohen cooks Ashkenazi and Sephardic classics with his parents' Moroccan spices: matzo ball soup, blintzes, a latke smorgasbord, babka. The McArthur stacks chicken schnitzel on challah with honey and pickles. Syrniki, cottage cheese pancakes, leave the kitchen all day.

On weekends the queue forms on the sidewalk: the room is small and holds no tables back. The second address, at Le Cathcart, takes reservations.

Beauty's Restaurant is a Montreal classic housed in a 1942 retro diner on Mont-Royal Avenue. It serves generous breakfasts and brunches: omelets, French toast, Montreal bagels topped with smoked salmon, paired with excellent coffee and house-made cappuccinos. The establishment maintains a warm, casual atmosphere blending nostalgia with genuine hospitality, drawing students, tourists, and families alike. Portions are hearty, ingredients are fresh, and service is available both at the counter and at tables. Dine-in, takeout, and delivery available; closed Tuesdays.