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Tartare is one of those foods that you’ll either love or hate, that is, if you’re not too scared to try it. Originally, in France, the name just applied to chopped or minced raw beef, but has now become a blanket term for all proteins done in this style.
Because of its French roots, there are an endless amount of tartare dishes being served throughout Montreal. The hardest part will be picking which place to go to, but luckily, we’ve got you covered.
Opening as the first tartare bar in the world, Marché 27 has 10 different kinds of proteins to choose from. You can choose to have it done in any 1 of 12 different styles, so the options are endless. But you can’t go wrong with the Russian beef tartare, made with vodka, lime, onions, tobico, black pepper, and crispy beat.
This BYOB Quebec cuisine bistro features a different tartare of the day on their dinner menu every night that can be anything from duck to salmon to venison. But no matter what it is, it's always delicious.
Mme Lee is a super trendy, kind of hipster-y bar that has 4 kinds of tartare on their menu. All are excellent but the salmon is top notch. It's perfectly seasoned and come with delicious toasted bread to pile your tartare onto.
If you're not up to making a full meal out of your tartare, Laloux has an amazing appetizer option. It's a seared Beef tartare, so it has a bit of a steak taste, with smoked crème fraîche and oat crumble with hazelnut and egg yolk for some varying textures.
This Parisian style bistro has a main course steak tartare that is amazingly seasoned with just a bit of a spicy kick to it. It's served up with a dijon sauce and fries and is oh so delicious.
Sitting in Old Montreal, this Quebec farm-to-table restaurant has a unique French-style bison tartare served with onions, cheese, and pickles. They also occasionally have other game meat tartares on special so make sure you keep an eye out.
Operating as a French wine bar, Les Trois Petits Bouchons has an amazing veal tartare done Italian vitello tonnato style, so it's served up with a creamy tuna infused mayonnaise sauce.
They have 5 different tartares on their menu to choose from, all of which are great. For something a little different, you can try their Flounder caviar tartare with cucumber, mayo, avocado, and a fried risotto cake.
Sitting in the downtown core, Le Pois Penche has 3 different tartares on their menu, all of which are served to you with fries or salad. You can get a classic steak tartare or try the Italienne, which is made with parmesan and black truffle.
This Montreal surf and turf staple has 2 tartare options on their menu. You can go for the simple black Angus beef tartare, or get a little exotic with the Asian salmon tartare lettuce wraps.
It might sound a little too early to start planning the PERFECT Valentine's Day Date but let's be honest, IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY! In fact, if you are planning to make restaurant reservations then you better start booking. To help you guys out, I have composed a list of all the places she REALLY wants you to take her to for Valentine's Day.
There is a place on this list for every date or girlfriend that I guarantee you will be able to find the perfect spot RIGHT AWAY! So, make sparks fly and fall more in love on Valentine's day this year with that extra special someone. Be sure to spoil them and dish out some cash!
For some delicious white wine and some fabulous food as you eat under the lights, I recommend looking into Jatoba. Jatoba is a gorgeous garden terrasse where you can enjoy inspired classic Japanese and Chinese dishes made by their chef, Olivier Vigneault. This is an A1 Valentine's day dinner!
For some really fresh and local ingredients, Les Coups 400 is definitely the place to be! They offer St-Pierre Lake catfish, rabbit from Besnier Farm, and duck magret from La Canardière Farm. You can order a five-course tasting menu for $75 (an extra $45 for wine pairings)! You and your date will be falling in love with.. THE FOOD!
For a vegetarian or vegan Valentine date, I suggest treating them to Lola Rosa! Here they can enjoy delightful dishes of salsas and Mexican-inspired treats! Your special someone will absolutely love it.
This is the perfect restaurant for some delicious steaks! Queue de Cheval is fancy and serves upscale food that is perfect to impress that special someone of yours. The food is to die for and the service is superb! So get fancy and be prepared for an amazing Valentines day.
Headed by chef Jérôme Ferrer, Europea offers a French dining experience that is truly like no other.Their signature 12-course tasting menu is $120 of pure lovely food. This is a perfect location to pretend like you are in Paris on Valentine's day with that extra special someone.
Ranked as one of the top 100 restaurants in the world, this is the place where you must take your date to make it official! You can even try their tasting menu that will let you sample the best dishes for $129. There’s even a wine-pairing option but this will cost you about $200.
Milos is a superb restaurant for traditional Greek food. It is honestly gorgeous and the food is to die for! They offer a raw fish buffet and their specialised dish is fried zucchini and eggplant, IT’S SO GOOD and perfect for Valentine's day!
Takumi Fusion Asiatique Sushi is great for all you can eat sushi! This restaurant specialises, not only in sushi, but also in tropical sushi pizza, featuring mango and crab; grilled tilapia; and lamb yakitori. This is a great way to show “the one” your fun and fishy side on Valentine's day.
For an ambience that is rustic, contemporary, romantic then this is the place for you! They also specialise in french cuisine but they add a vintage twist on it making your Valentine's day superb.
For a truly fantastic date where you spend a couple of bills on the one, I recommend looking into Le Club Chasse et Pêche! They are most known for their superb braised piglet risotto with foie gras, an appetiser that will impress your special someone. They are also known for their roasted duck (served with sour cherries in a balsamic sauce) and the “The Bomb” desert, (a caramel chocolate tart with 80& chocolate sorbet).
For some delicious seafood options – such as platters, shrimp, oysters, lobsters, crabs, and scallop, I suggest checking out Maestro S.V.P. It is the perfect location where you and your special someone can dress up and enjoy some lovely seafood. It really is a great Valentine's day spot for you and your girlfriend or boyfriend!
For divine food as well as a divine time, I suggest heading to Mousso. Here, you and your date can enjoy the simple desserts in life along with the extravagant dinners on Valentine's day!
HVOR is one of Montreal’s best-rated restaurants! Not only is the food amazing, but it is stunning and it is the perfect location for you date to enjoy some gourmet food. The ambience is very modern and classy so it’s a great location to make the final move in your relationship.
ChuChai is a great vegetarian restaurant that serves delicious foods that also promotes vegan delights. Not only is this restaurant charming AF, their dishes are great even if you aren’t a vegetarian. This is a great place for you both to try something new on Valentine's day.
Joe Beef is known to be one of Montreal’s culinary gems! This is perfect for a first date since the atmosphere is super chill while the dishes are out of this world! So, you don't have to eat fancy to dine as a king and queen! Everything is fresh and prepared by experts.
For a chic and classy time at an extraordinary wine and dine restaurant, I recommend taking your date to Tandem on Valentine's day. This lovely restaurant is perfect for a sweet and simple first date that you can both enjoy. I mean doesn’t the food look just amazing?
This Ahuntsic restaurant is classy and honestly delicious! They offer upscale dishes that pair perfectly with your reds and white wines! This is honestly a perfect location for a first date and to really impress that special someone. You can stuff your faces and break the ice over some wine!
For an upscale dinner date with divine French cuisine, I suggest going to this BYOW restaurant! Your date will be absolutely shocked and swept off her feet with the gourmet food and delightful wine. This is the place to be for true Valentine's day romance!
Auberge Saint-Gabriel is known for serving divine Québécois cuisine. Veal cheek braised in Porto ($34), squid ink ravioli ($29), suckling pig from straight from a farm in Quebec City ($49), and trout confit ($14) are some of their specialties that will have your wallet crying but your date falling in love.
Maison Boulud has dishes for almost every time of day, but for the best experience, go for the $98 6-course tasting menu for supper. For dinner, you can get a razor clam salad, German butterball potato truffle gratin, a plethora of handmade pastas, and roasted rack of lamb with artichoke puree. These dishes are all enjoyed in a classy and tasteful environment.
For a truly elegant dinner, I recommend checking out La Chronique’s! Their menu offers a variety of classic French dishes. You can expect to spend about $90 – $150 with wine pairings. You have many options to choose from but by the end of the night your date will be choosing you!
This restaurant happens to one of the more affordable options on the list. You will be spending around $30 for the main dish. Or you could get a 4-course tasting menu for 75$. They specialise in marinated leeks, mozzarella di buffalo, roast duck with beetroot puree, and rôti de porc au lait.
Which is why tartare is basically one of my favourite dishes, ever. We're super lucky to be in Montreal, where there are tons of great places to nosh on tartare. But a select few do stand out from the bunch.
This Plateau restaurant is known for many things: steaks, cocktails, and, of course, tartare. Although all their dishes are delicious, they've got a special skill for making some of the most delicious tartares you'll ever try.
Tartare, carpaccio, tataki, and gravlax lovers, rejoice. Bistro Lustucru specializes in some seriously ace raw dishes, but their tartare selections (like bison, honey beef, and coriander salmon tartare) and tastes are absolutely out of this world.
Located in Montreal's Plateau, this restaurant is known for serving up some seriously delicious French dishes. Their steak tartare is particular popular, and for good reason: one bite, and you'll be dreaming about it for days.
Synonymous with "awesome tartare spot" in Montreal, Marche 27 is pretty much a paradise for tartare lovers. Bonus points: they've got tons of protein selections (from scallop to veal and anything in between), so if you're down to try something a bit more unique, you know where to go.
An awesome restaurant in Old Montreal serving up French cuisine, Holder is known for their seriously on point dishes. Their salmon and beef tartares are no different; trust, they'll make you weep real tears of foodie joy.
This Griffintown spot just might be what every food lover's dreams are made of. The food is always fresh and tasty, and their tartares? Out of this world. Although they have a very solid selection, their miso duck tartare in particular is a huge hit.
Specializing in seafood, it's really no wonder that Rosemont's La Betise makes a salmon tartare that might just ruin you for all other tartares. Fresh and incredibly flavourful, with a texture that can't be beat, the next time you crave an on point salmon tartare, you know where to go.
This Syrian/Armenian restaurant near Montreal's Little Italy is amazing. All of their dishes are bursting with flavour, but their Syrian beef tartare dish (kibbeh nayeh) is seriously special. It's fresh and tasty, and spiced perfectly so that every single flavour in the dish truly shines.
Located in Villeray, this Spanish tapas-focused restaurant is absolutely something you need to try if you haven't already - ASAP. Their dishes are always tasty and always cooked to absolute perfection; their famous beef and salmon tartares are no exception, managing to stand out among a menu of stellar dishes.
This Ahuntsic cafe is one of my favourite spots in the city, and if you've ever been to Le Petit Flore, then you know exactly why. The food here is phenomenal, and although their tartare dishes change, no matter what you end up getting, you're guaranteed it's going to be fresh, made from super high quality ingredients, and straight-up awesome.
Guys, if I've said it once, I've said it a hundred thousand times: Montreal's food scene is seriously awesome.
And although I'm pretty sure we all know that, it feels great when an outside source acknowledges it. One such source is OpenTable.com, a website that deals with online restaurant reservations.
They published a list of Canada's 100 Best Restaurants For Foodies In Canada For 2016, voted by OpenTable.com diners, according to their website.
While there are some seriously awesome restaurants on the list from all over the country, a full 12 on Canada's 100 Best Restaurants come from Montreal (plus 1 from DDO, which still counts!):
If you always leave choosing a fabulous brunch restaurant to the last minute on the weekend then this is truly the list for you! All these brunch restaurants are located in Down Town Montreal which makes it very easy to get to and it obviously means that you will have a delicious time!
These brunch spots range from elegant and classy, to lay back and chill. So, choose according to your event! You can go big or go chill, either way you will be having a great time and a scrumptious breakfast!
Change things up by getting dim sum as brunch. They offer steamed buns, phoenix claws, and turnip cake! It is truly a brunch adventure that you can take right here in Down Town Montreal.
All the usual breakfast foods – fruits, toast, omelettes, and waffles, all served in a local downtown spot. But, what is truly amazing here is their to die for crepes!
For a classy AF brunch, I suggest heading to Suite 701! The brunch menu includes items such as fried chicken, mac and cheese, omelettes, egg dishes and some delicious boozy brunch drinks!
If you happen to love the movie, Breakfast at Tiffany's then this is the place for you! Their brunch menu was created by Chef Jérôme Ferrer and includes pastries, fresh fruit and an egg dish, and everything your heart desires.
If you never know what to get for brunch then you might have some more trouble here. They have two pages full of delicious brunch dishes that will make your life really hard. HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSE TO CHOOSE!
Located inside the Ritz Carlton hotel, enjoy a truly unique three-course weekend brunch. You will feel elegant and full AF after having brunch in the heart of Down Town Montreal.
