Montréal Restaurants

  1. Amelio's

    Smack in the middle of the McGill student ghetto, this institution has fed generations of students with generous portions of pizza and pasta. A medium pizza (always crisp and heaped with toppings) is enough to stuff two people. And the pasta dishes come with sumptuous bread and crisp salads. Lineups outside the plain flat-top structure are common around .

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  2. Buona Notte

    So slick it hurts. The waitresses sway in such towering stilettos you just hope they'll make it to the table without keeling over, and the staff are alarmingly beautiful. Despite all this, there's something almost democratic about the place. There are a range of dishes including pastas and steaks that get respectable reviews. Reservations a must on weekends.

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  3. Misto

    Misto was one of the first 'see-and-be-seen' restaurants to open on ave du Mont-Royal with a big rolling garage door facade. Readers give it consistent raves for everything from the food to the ambience. The bare brick walls, polished wood and opulent curved bar draw scads of urban professionals dressed to kill. The organic pastas, pizzas and dinner salads are as much about California cool as la bella Italia .

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  4. Pizzeria Napoletana

    Homemade pasta sauces and thick-sauced pizzas (there's 31 sorts of each!) draw regulars here like flies. The dining room is simple with neat wood tables and chairs, and the friendly black-clad wait staff running between it and the kitchen. If you're visiting in the summer be prepared for big, loud crowds and lineups that stretch out the door.

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