Canada’s 100 Best 2026: Quebec Still Has Plenty to Impress You
The results are in. Jacob Richler and his panel of 160 judges have ruled, the votes are counted, and once again, Quebec is doing what it does best: making the rest of the country feel like it’s eating less well than we are!!
Restaurant Pearl Morissette, in Jordan Station, Ontario, holds onto the top spot for a second consecutive year. Chefs Daniel Hadida and Eric Robertson tend 17 hectares of vineyards, farmland, and market gardens to fuel one of the most accomplished dining experiences in the country. Their case still holds up.
But Quebec is the real story of the 2026 edition. Mon Lapin at No. 2. Eight years after opening, Jessica Noël and Marc-Olivier Frappier’s dining room on Saint-Zotique Est continues to sharpen. The kitchen keeps finding new angles. Vanya Filipovic’s wine list rewards curiosity. A restaurant that knows exactly what it wants to be is rare. Mon Lapin has known for a long time.
Tanière3 at No. 3. The pilgrimage into chef François-Emmanuel Nicol’s 17th-century cellars beneath Vieux-Québec remains one of the most singular dining experiences in the country. The restaurant also walks away with the Best Service award this year, because clearly, one extraordinary distinction wasn’t enough.
On the awards side, Alexandre Perron of Montréal Plaza is named Best Sommelier. Perron has built a wine list that manages to be both serious and joyful. That balance is much harder to strike than it looks.
The Best New Restaurants list tells its own story. Rôtisserie La Lune tops the category, a Montreal rotisserie from the team behind Mon Lapin (yes, the same people, yes, they opened two essential addresses in the same year) that applies the same precision to spit-roasted poultry and bistro classics.
Quebec also places Sushi Nishinokaze at No. 5 and Pasta Pooks at No. 8, adding two new addresses to a Montreal scene that’s starting to border on indecent. Limbo rounds out the picture at No. 3, capping a provincial performance that, taken together, commands real respect.
For the full 2026 ranking, head to canadas100best.com.
Written by Jean-Philippe Tastet
Photography by Alison Slattery
