Le Mal Necessaire
- ★ 4.3
- Tiki bar
- $$
- Downtown
Drink Tiki cocktails served in a pineapple
Le Mal Necessaire is a green-lit tiki cocktail bar hidden down a Chinatown staircase in Montreal, mixing rum drinks served in carved pineapples.
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Cloakroom Bar
- ★ 4.5
- Speakeasy
- $$$
- Downtown
Drink Bartender's-choice bespoke cocktail
Cloakroom is a tiny speakeasy hidden behind a downtown Montreal tailor shop, where bartenders build bespoke cocktails to your taste with no printed menu.
Atwater Cocktail Club
- ★ 4.5
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
- Little Burgundy
Drink Seasonal signature cocktails
Atwater Cocktail Club is a moody, low-lit Little Burgundy bar in Montreal, a North America's 50 Best listee pouring polished seasonal cocktails off Avenue.
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Big in Japan
- ★ 4.3
- Speakeasy
- $$$
- Plateau-Mont-Royal
Drink Japanese whisky and classic cocktails
Big in Japan is a candlelit speakeasy behind a nondescript Saint-Laurent door in Montreal, open since 2011, with whisky bottles over a wrap-around bar.
Bar Datcha
- ★ 4.1
- Late-night bar
- $$
- Mile End
Drink Cocktails and DJ sets
Bar Datcha is a small, dim Mile End bar in Montreal, part cocktail lounge and part dance floor, with DJ sets from deep house to disco until 03:00.
Le Darling
- ★ 4.2
- Bar and restaurant
- $$$
- Plateau-Mont-Royal
Drink Cocktails and natural wine
Le Darling is an all-day bar and restaurant on Saint-Laurent in Montreal, moving from coffee to cocktails and shared plates in a plant-filled Plateau room.
El Pequeno
- ★ 4.2
- Cuban bar
- $$
- Old Montreal
Drink Rum daiquiris and Cuban cocktails
El Pequeno is the tiny Cuban-inspired cocktail bar in Old Montreal, styled on 1920s Havana, seating 11 guests and mixing daiquiris until 01:00 nightly.
Nhau Bar
- ★ 4.2
- Vietnamese cocktail bar
- $$$
- Old Montreal
Drink Southeast-Asian-inflected cocktails
Nhau Bar is a hidden Vietnamese-inflected cocktail bar on the Old Montreal edge of Griffintown, pairing Southeast-Asian flavours in drinks and snacks.
Bar Pamplemousse
- ★ 4.0
- Bar and restaurant
- $$
- Downtown
Drink Cocktails and craft beer
Bar Pamplemousse is an easygoing bar and kitchen on the Main in downtown Montreal, pouring cocktails and craft beer alongside hearty comfort food.
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Bootlegger l'Authentique
- ★ 4.2
- Speakeasy jazz bar
- $$$
- Downtown
Drink Prohibition-era cocktails
Bootlegger l'Authentique is a two-floor Prohibition-themed cocktail bar on the Main in Montreal, mixing classic drinks over live jazz in a dim room.
Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
- ★ 4.1
- Neighbourhood bar
- $
- Rosemont
Drink Cheap beer and cocktails
Notre-Dame-des-Quilles is a late-night dive in Montreal's Mile-Ex with two half-size bowling lanes, pizza, cocktails and karaoke nights until 03:00.
The Coldroom
- ★ 4.4
- Speakeasy
- $$$
- Old Montreal
Drink Bartender's-choice cocktails
The Coldroom is a hidden speakeasy behind an unmarked black door in Old Montreal, a North America's 50 Best listee mixing inventive twists on classics.
Philemon Bar
- ★ 4.1
- Bar
- $$
- Old Montreal
Drink Cocktails and oysters
Philemon is a handsome exposed-brick bar on Rue Saint-Paul in Old Montreal, a long-running after-work and late-night spot for cocktails, oysters.
Flyjin
- ★ 4.2
- Japanese speakeasy
- $$$
- Old Montreal
Drink Japanese-inflected cocktails
Flyjin is a moody basement izakaya and cocktail bar hidden in Old Montreal, pairing Japanese-inflected drinks and small plates with late-night DJ sets.
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