Guidebook for Montreal
Food Scene
The best croissants Downtown. The entire team is French and the Continental breakfasts make you feel like you are in Paris.
9 locals recommend
Sofitel Montréal Le Carré Doré
1155 Rue Sherbrooke OThe best croissants Downtown. The entire team is French and the Continental breakfasts make you feel like you are in Paris.
Le Taj
2077 Rue StanleyVery good Indian restaurant, also the closest to home.
La Panthère Verte
160 R. St Viateur EstExcellent vegan restaurant: the best falafels in town.
Crudessence
2157 Rue MackayThe best vegan deserts ever. Worth trying even if you are not vegan!
Excellent, inexpensive and trendy vegan restaurant on the Plateau. Always crowded. Try their dragon bowl and sandwiches.
365 locals recommend
Aux Vivres Plateau
4631 Boul. Saint-LaurentExcellent, inexpensive and trendy vegan restaurant on the Plateau. Always crowded. Try their dragon bowl and sandwiches.
Pâtisserie Au Kouign Amann
316 Avenue du Mont-Royal EBest croissants in town
St-Viateur Bagel & Café Mont-Royal
1127 Avenue du Mont-Royal EBest bagels of Montreal
Café Humble Lion (Sherbrooke)
904 Rue Sherbrooke OGood coffee and nice athmosphere
Excellent coffee, brioches and croissants. Slow service but worth waiting!
47 locals recommend
Nespresso Boutique
2045 Rue CrescentExcellent coffee, brioches and croissants. Slow service but worth waiting!
Essentials
Couche-Tard
350 Rue Notre Dame OA 24/7 convenient store, small but convenient.
Cheap and qualitative supermarket: ethnic food, organics products, produce, dairy, meat, fish, etc.
163 locals recommend
Supermarché PA du Fort
1420 Rue du FortCheap and qualitative supermarket: ethnic food, organics products, produce, dairy, meat, fish, etc.
Provigo
5595 Av de MonklandOne of the largest supermarkets in the area.
Optima
355 Rue Sherbrooke OGood boutique organic grocery store
Everything Else
BP Mackay (inside Pharmaprix #0042)
Closest post office inside a large pharmacy
Jean-Talon Market
7070 Av. Henri-JulienBest place to buy fresh cheese, produce, meat, etc.
Arts & Culture
Very interesting small museum with an entire floor on Montreal history (immigration waves, neighbourhoods, etc.).
366 locals recommend
McCord Museum
690 Rue Sherbrooke OVery interesting small museum with an entire floor on Montreal history (immigration waves, neighbourhoods, etc.).
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
1380 Rue Sherbrooke OLargest art museum of Montreal
Sightseeing
McGill University
845 Rue Sherbrooke OBeautiful old campus with view on the Mount Royal
Check the wonderful lookout (Chalet), and picnic at the Beaver Lake
995 locals recommend
Mount Royal Park
1260 Chem. RemembranceCheck the wonderful lookout (Chalet), and picnic at the Beaver Lake
Entertainment & Activities
La Ronde
22 Chem. MacdonaldLargest amusement park of the province