Diners' Choice: French restaurants in Montreal

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Updated December 05, 2024

Looking for restaurants with the best overall French cuisine in Montreal? You’re in the right place. Each month OpenTable analyses more than 400,000 new diner reviews. We sort the results by category to help you discover new favourites. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

La Chronique

4.8

4.8 (769)

CAN$51 and over

French

Mile End

About the restaurant

This charming and intimate restaurant serves a generous and creative fresh market cuisine, cheerfully prepared by chef-owners Marc De Canck and Olivier de Montigny. At La Chronique, the pleasures of the table are always front and centre. But in addition to the delights it serves up, the restaurant is also known for its extensive wine list awarded ''Best Award of Excellence'' by Wine Spectator in 2024, welcoming décor and impeccable service. Little wonder it's been considered "essential eating" in Montreal since 1995.

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GeorgeVIP

Dined on Nov 27, 2024

Best tasting menu we have in a long time. They catered the menu to our restrictions without question. Great team here. Amazing night to celebrate my spouse's 60th birthday. Thank you for the hospitality.

Les Mômes

4.9

4.9 (120)

CAN$51 and over

French

Villeray

About the restaurant

Les Mômes offers a friendly table where French techniques combine with a love of local products and an eco-responsible logic, thought out by Chef Yoann Van Den Berg. We break the codes of classic gourmet cuisine as we have seen and reviewed it, and we appreciate the attentive service and a warm, yet festive atmosphere, worthy of a dinner party. Don't forget to bring your own wine!

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Joshua

Dined on Dec 13, 2024

The table d’hôte is the way to go, the braised beef and Wellington are great. The ambience and restaurant are very cute and the food is very fresh since it’s all locally sourced. Great place for an intimate dinner or small group of friends.:)

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Beaver Hall by Jérôme Ferrer

4.8

4.8 (345)

CAN$51 and over

French

Downtown

About the restaurant

The gourmet table at Beaver Hall by Jérôme Ferrer, only steps from the Bell Centre!

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Chunip

Dined 6 days ago

Excellent service. Friendly staff. Food was good, a bit rich overall bit very tasteful.

Joe Beef

4.8

4.8 (686)

CAN$51 and over

French

Griffintown/St-Henri

About the restaurant

Old Montreal restaurant classics in the heart of Little Burgundy. An homage to Charles "Joe-Beef" McKiernan, 19th century innkeeper and Montreal working class hero. A drunken crawl away from the Historic Atwater market. Steaks and seafood.

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Brett

Dined 4 days ago

We had an amazing time. We learned of Joe Beef from an Anthony Bourdain special last year, and in March of this year we learned we were going to move here. We’ve been planning to go here since we arrived in August, and were finally able to make it. It was everything we hoped it would be, and we were able to try some amazing dishes. Staff are extremely attentive, knowledgeable and engaging. Definitely the first of many visits while we live here.

Bonaparte

4.8

4.8 (4673)

CAN$51 and over

French

Old Montreal

About the restaurant

Three delightfully decorated halls in the Empire style that dominated
the Napoleonic era give the restaurant the intimate character
that guests treasure. An exquisite cuisine, prepared with French savoir-faire
and showcasing the finest fresh regional products.

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MatthewVIP

Dined 3 days ago

Best food I had in Montreal. Great service and in a nice part of town.

Le Club Chasse et Pêche

4.8

4.8 (1588)

CAN$51 and over

French

Old Montreal

About the restaurant

Since 2004 guests have been welcomed to Club Chasse et Pêche in an intimate decor for a memorable dining experience. Quite simply, exceptional customer service and fine dining await.

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Jeffrey

Dined 2 days ago

Always wonderful, always! Just perfect! Piglet risotto is beyond anything imaginable. Duck magret was different yet fantastic.

Jérôme Ferrer - La Grande Table Gastronomique

4.7

4.7 (4510)

CAN$51 and over

French

Downtown

About the restaurant

Restaurant Europea has become an essential spot on Montreal scene, a gastronomic "rendez-vous" rich in colour and flavour. Flattered by all the gourmet critics, you will share an outstanding experience offered by the creative and modern cuisine of Chef Jérôme ferrer and his 22 chefs team. (named chef of the year, restaurant of the year, "maitre cuisinier de France"
An unforgetable moment in the heart of downtown Montreal ...When the cuisine becomes an art!

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Peter

Dined on Dec 13, 2024

The dishes are beautiful to the eye, the taste is a hit or miss. Service on that night was rushed. We were ignored a lot, it was busy and we were sitting in a corner.

Moneme

4.6

4.6 (61)

CAN$31 to CAN$50

French

Downtown

About the restaurant

MONÈME is a return to the very essence of the art of living and eating well. An offer that puts the customer at the center of the experience, that puts forward creative cocktails and generous dishes inspired by French gastronomy.

For reservations with party sizes over 10 please contact the restaurant at (514) 379-2003

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NeilVIP

Dined on Oct 17, 2024

The restaurant is in the lobby of a hotel. I was unaware of that. There are not a lot of tables. We came after looking at the menu and when ordering we were told the foie gras was not available. A BIG disappointment. So I ordered the octopus with chorizo. The presentation was well done, the taste and texture was excellent. I also ordered the duck. Again the presentation was nicely plated and the flavors were beautifully executed, but it was overcooked and tough. My wife had a pear salad that was very tasty and the lamb, which I thought was very gamey, my wife enjoyed it a lot. Also beautifully presented over a bed of couscous. The wine selection was not huge but had enough choices to make us happy. The service was excellent. Very attentive and pleasant.

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Chez Leveque

4.8

4.8 (1611)

CAN$31 to CAN$50

French

Outremont

About the restaurant

From noon until the end of the evening, this authentic Parisian "brasserie" frolics with audacity and lightness on the themes of the Church in an audacious humor. The institution has always excelled in perfectly mastered French classics to be savored with delight, such as charcuterie, tartars, duck dishes, offal, as well as seafood. Oysters, shrimps, lobsters and other seafood (depending on arrival) freshly delivered by our local producers is a Chez Lévêque tradition, to the delight of our loyal customers. Whether you come to sip a martini or champagne, treat yourself to a comforting plate of foie gras or a club sandwich, or end the evening nibbling on tasty delicacies, you will feel at home in this friendly, authentic and relaxed restaurant. claim!
Chez Lévêque offers late-night specials where you can also come and taste the Chez Lévêque menu at $29 starting at 9 p.m.!

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ivanVIP

Dined on Dec 7, 2024

Chez Levesque never disappoints - We are regular customers who love this restauarant. The food is amazing, the service impeccable!. Best french restaurant in Montreal.

Le Pois Penché

4.7

4.7 (2270)

CAN$31 to CAN$50

French

Downtown

About the restaurant

Welcome to downtown's favourite Parisian-style brasserie. We serve French comfort food classics with Montreal accents: seafood platters, steak frites, onion soup, duck confit, brunch and more. Our dining room and summer terrace are a social hub where local regulars and travellers from all over the world converge. Eat and drink among friends, new and old.

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Christoph

Dined on Dec 12, 2024

This was the first time I chose the Pois Penche for a business dinner after I read the reviews. It was also a cold day and we didn't want to walk outside for a long time especially as my visitors were out-of-town. The food was outstanding but the service was slow. One of my guests had his appetizer in front of him for at least 10 minutes if not longer before he got his wine to taste. It took another five minutes until he got a glass with the wine. We were there early and the restaurant got busier later but the waiter seemed to be chatting with his tables a lot. We also like to chat but it's much better with a glass of wine. As I said before the food was very good and I will probably come back but I hope next time the service will be better. Especially with business visitors you expect to have a perfect dinner.

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