Montreal's seafood benchmark is Le Filet, Bouillon Bilk's dim, sultry sibling facing the mountain on the Plateau. The kitchen moves from oyster and crudo plates to whichever whole fish is running, all of it delicate and precisely handled. Book ahead; the room trades on intimacy, not scale.
Le Filet is Bouillon Bilk's seafood-focused sibling facing the mountain in Montreal, a dim, sultry room turning out delicate fish plates meant for sharing.
OrderThe oyster and crudo plates, then whichever whole fish is running.
TipPortions are tapas-sized; order broadly across the menu rather than one main each.
Chalet BBQ has roasted hardwood-charcoal chicken in NDG since 1944, an unchanged Montreal rotisserie whose quarter-chicken and gravy fries define the genre.
OrderA quarter chicken with fries and the house barbecue dipping sauce.
TipThe room looks frozen in the 1960s on purpose; dine in for the full retro rotisserie experience.
Chalet BBQ serves a hardwood-charcoal quarter chicken with gravy fries for a modest sum in NDG, Montreal, a filling retro-diner meal that has held its value.
OrderQuarter chicken and fries
TipThe quarter-chicken combo is the value order; dine in for the full 1960s room at no extra cost.
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