Air Canada's new restaurant ranking reads like an in-flight menu where Montreal spots have landed in first-class. After a covert food critic crisscrossed the nation, Montreal emerged as a star, with six of its freshest eateries landing in the top 30. As we eagerly await the top ten reveal this fall, Montreal's culinary prowess is clear. Among the showstoppers is Montreal's first-ever Korean bistro-style restaurant in Saint-Henri and an industrial-chic locale in the Plateau serving eclectic dishes to only a few dozen diners a night. For those looking to dine sky-high, here are some of the best new restaurants in Montreal to touch down.
Montreal's vibrant culinary scene just reached new heights after five restaurants across the city gained recognition for their remarkable outdoor dining areas proving Montreal's terrasse game is not to be reckoned with.
"It's the place I dream about when I dream about going out for a meal" is how food critic Chris Nuttall-Smith described Mon Lapin, one of four Montreal restaurants to make his list of "Canada's Best Places To Eat" for Maclean's. The list is the product of what he calls "an epic, 50-restaurant, coast-to-coast eating jag."
Montreal ranks highly on plenty of top-tier lists, but perhaps none more culinarily influential than the 50 Best lists, which rate restaurants and bars across the world. Three of Montreal's best restaurants and one bar have made it to the site for the first time but not in the way you might expect.
Air Canada has pared down its list of the best new restaurants in the country, selecting just the top 10. Montreal eatery Mastard placed second in all of Canada, also serving the judge's favourite dish of any restaurant on the list.