The best fine dining restaurants in Montreal

A multi-sensory journey: here, the meal is a performance, nitrogen smoke, theatrical presentations and visual surprises unfold in a setting of grandiose elegance.

Opened in 2002 by chef **Jérôme Ferrer** (Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux and son of French farmers), Europea is one of Montreal's most acclaimed tables: **1 Michelin star**, 4-time restaurant of the year, ranked among the world's 10 best. His techno-emotional cuisine fuses French culinary traditions with Quebec's finest terroir: Magdalen Island lobster, king crab, Appalachian red deer, scallops, caviar.

The theatrical staging was entrusted to **René Richard Cyr**, artistic director of Céline Dion and Cirque du Soleil shows, turning every course into a choreography.

Club Chasse et Pêche hides behind an unmarked door on rue Saint-Claude, next to Château Ramezay, in a room of stone walls and wooden beams.

Claude Pelletier and Hubert Marsolais opened the house on 31 December 2004 and never shifted the register: low light, leather armchairs, a discretion held by the room as much as by the guests. The card, written with chef Olivier Larocque, turns on game, fish and sauces, with the braised suckling pig risotto running through the years.

The cellar holds more than five hundred references and answers to Joris Garcia, Canada's best sommelier in 2023. Beside the dining room, a bar salon stretches the evening around a counter from the 1960s.

Toqué! sits behind the glass ground floor of place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, between Vieux-Montréal and downtown, since leaving rue Saint-Denis.

Normand Laprise and Christine Lamarche opened in 1993 and pushed an idea that was then marginal: build the menu on Quebec growers, season by season. The card follows what comes in. Evenings bring a seven-course tasting menu for the whole table, or à la carte; at the bar, a starter and a glass will do. The cellar sits behind glass and offers pairings at two levels.

French technique, a few Asian borrowings, an entirely Québécois result. Half the chefs in this city trained here.

Located in Rosemont, this restaurant proves that chic can be local and humble. The decor is sober but the cuisine rivals the finest downtown tables — pure terroir elegance. Opened in January 2021 by chef Simon Mathys — former Manitoba — and his partner Viki Brisson-Sylvestre, Mastard has held a Michelin star since 2025 and ranks in Canada's 100 Best Top 40. The formula is simple and absolute: a five-course carte blanche menu centered on Quebec terroir produce, with Mathys's signature emulsions and sabayon sauces. Privately imported natural and biodynamic wines. 54 seats, reservations required.

Installed since 2015 in a former presbytery in Petite-Bourgogne, Candide is one of the most discreet and significant addresses on the Montreal gastronomic scene. Chef **John Winter Russell** set himself the mission of cooking exclusively with local Quebec products, year-round, a bet won handily over ten years of dedicated work with his producer partners.

The fixed-price menu at **$88** (4 courses, wine pairings $60) changes with arrivals and seasons: cabbage, smelt, arctic char, mutton, winter strawberry, squash, buckwheat. The airy dining room in the former presbytery, open kitchen, lovely terrace, and Ceramik b crockery are integral to the experience.

Michelin Plate 2025, OAD North America 2025: Candide is a national gem that American magazine Saveur described as a "well-kept secret."