Toque! is a french fine dining fine-dining restaurant in Downtown, Montreal.
Toque has anchored fine dining in Montreal since 1993, chef Normand Laprise plating Quebec terroir in a formal room on Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: The seasonal tasting menu built on named Quebec producers.
Tip: Lunch is the calmer, cheaper way to taste what Laprise is doing with the season; the tasting menu still needs booking ahead.
Address: 900 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montreal, QC H2Z 2B2
Jerome Ferrer runs Europea, a one-Michelin-star French kitchen on Rue de la Montagne in downtown Montreal, famed for its lobster cappuccino and long tastings.
Order: The signature lobster cream cappuccino with truffle.
Tip: The multi-course tasting is long and theatrical; go hungry and leave the whole evening free.
Le Mousso is Antonin Mousseau-Rivard's ambitious tasting-menu room in Montreal's Centre-Sud, a dark, theatrical space built around one long set menu.
Order: The set tasting menu; there is no a la carte.
Tip: Trust the kitchen and take the wine pairing; the menu changes with the season and rarely repeats.
Jerome Ferrer runs Europea, a one-Michelin-star French kitchen on Rue de la Montagne in downtown Montreal, famed for its lobster cappuccino and long tastings.
Order: The signature lobster cream cappuccino with truffle.
Tip: The multi-course tasting is long and theatrical; go hungry and leave the whole evening free.
Mastard is chef Simon Mathys's one-Michelin-star room in Rosemont, Montreal, plating precise, produce-driven cooking without any starched formality.
Order: The tasting menu built on the day's Quebec vegetables and fish.
Tip: It is small and books out fast; reserve well ahead and aim for a weeknight seat at the counter.
Sabayon is pastry chef Patrice Demers's one-Michelin-star, 14-seat tasting counter in Pointe-Saint-Charles, Montreal, where dessert leads the meal.
Order: The full tasting menu with the pastry-led finale.
Tip: Reservations open the first Wednesday of each month at noon for the month ahead; set an alarm.
Hoogan et Beaufort earned a Michelin star for its wood-fired, produce-led Quebecois cooking in Montreal's Rosemont-Angus district on Rue Molson.
Order: Whatever comes off the wood hearth, plus the bread service.
Tip: The open kitchen and hearth seats are the best in the house; ask when you book.
Sushi Nishinokaze is chef Vincent Gee's eight-seat Edomae omakase in Mile End, Montreal, awarded a Michelin star in 2026 for exacting, understated sushi.
Order: The full omakase, plated one piece at a time by the chef.
Tip: Just eight seats and one nightly seating, so book the moment reservations drop on Resy.
Le Mousso is Antonin Mousseau-Rivard's ambitious tasting-menu room in Montreal's Centre-Sud, a dark, theatrical space built around one long set menu.
Order: The set tasting menu; there is no a la carte.
Tip: Trust the kitchen and take the wine pairing; the menu changes with the season and rarely repeats.
