Montreal & Quebec City Restaurant Recs

Hey All,

Heading up there next week for a few days in each city and looking for standout places to eat.

Hit me with what you got.

Thanks!

No idea about Quebec City but here are my recs for Montreal in no particular ranking:

Japanese:
-Park restaurant, in Westmount
-Nozy, around Atwater Market
-Kazu, downtown on Sainte Catherine Street
-Kampai Garden, downtown on Ste Catherine also

Typical French Canadian meat heavy:
-Chalet BBQ, in NDG (best rotisserie chicken in the city)
-Au Pied de Cochon, in Griffintown
-Joe Beef, also in Griffintown
-Garde Manger, in Old Montreal
-Grinder, in Griffintown

Smoked Meat:
-Schwartz's Deli, on St Laurent Blvd (don't even waste your time eating any other smoked meat)

Legit High end steakhouses:
-La Queue de Cheval, downtown on de la Montagne
-Moishe's, on St Laurent Blvd
-Gibby's, in the old Port
-Lavanderia, in Westmount next door to Park restaurant

Vietnamese:
-Pho Bang New York, in Chinatown south of Rene Levesque Blvd (best Vietnamese soup in the city imo)

Chinese/Dim Sum/Sezchuan:
-Restaurant VIP (open til 4 am) in Chinatown
-Cuisine Sezchuan, downtown at Guy/Sherbrooke streets
-Le Crystal Chinoi, in Chinatown

Greek:
-Tripolis, in Parc Extension
-Parthanon, in Snowdon area

Pizza:
-B&M pizza, couple locations
-Pizzeria Elio's, in Ville ray/Petite Patrie
-Chez Dany's, downtown on de la montagne

French Bistro type places:
-Aux Poi Penché (excellent raw bar), downtown
-Chez Alexandre, downtown
-Méchant Boeuf (excellent raw bar), in Old Montreal
-L'entrecote Saint Jacques (fixed menu of soups, salad, ribeye steak and desert, love this joint), downtown on Peel Street

Portuguese:
-Ferreira (known for their seafood), downtown
-Romado's (best Portuguese rotisserie) in the plateau off St Laurent Blvd

Hot Dogs, Poutine and Burgers:
-Any Lafleur's location is a legit Poutine
-Montreal Pool Room, a classc late night poutine hot dog and hooker spot, on St Laurent south of Chinatown
-Dilallo burger, on St Joseph near Joe Beef

If you have any particular types of food or restaurants in mind for Montreal let me know, this is just a small list of the better places in the city off the top of my head

That's a terrific start, thanks! How difficult is Au Pied de Cochon to get into these days? Can you walk in, or do you have to book in advance? If so, how long?

Also, open to lots of different stuff, and have asked others for recs too, and will probably just cross reference those lists and then research some on my own.

One thing I'm craving and haven't had in awhile is delicious, authentic sushi if you've got a suggestion in that realm.

Appreciate it.

For incredible sushi look no further than Park restaurant for the real McCoy. The owner/chef has his own private fish import licence and they always have fish that no one else in the city has access to

APDC you will probably need reservations as it's a small place with not many tables. Best way to know is to call
Edit: tourist season is over so it shouldn't be all that difficult

There's a great polish restaurant in old town Montreal called Stash Cafe.

Wanted to check out Manitoba, but I never got the opportunity.

L’Affair est Ketchup in Quebec City!!! Seriously, I drove 9 hours one weekend just to eat here again

https://montreal.eater.com/maps/best-restaurants-quebec-city-canada-18/laffaire-est-ketchup