Canada’s 100 Best 2026: Montreal Still Calls the Shots

The verdict is in. Jacob Richler and his 160 judges have made their decision, and once again, Quebec is dominating where it counts: on the plates, in the glasses, and on the leaderboard. 28 Montreal restaurants appear on the 2026 Canada’s 100 Best list. The city represents more than a quarter of the national ranking!!

Quebec Owns the Top

Mon Lapin lands at No. 2 nationally. Eight years after opening on Avenue Casgrain, the dining room helmed by Jessica Noël and Marc-Olivier Frappier keeps refining, surprising, and making you want to book everything at once. Tanière³ holds at No. 3, confirming what insiders have known for a long time: the pilgrimage to chef François-Emmanuel Nicol’s 17th-century cellars beneath Old Quebec is one of the most memorable meals you can have in Canada. Beba takes No. 6. Le Violon takes No. 8. Four Quebec addresses in the top 10. Three in Montreal. The rest of the country is doing its best.

The Awards Come Home

Tanière3 also walks away with Best Service, because apparently one distinction wasn’t enough. Alexandre Perron of Montréal Plaza is named Best Sommelier, a well-earned nod for a man who spends a lot of time in an elevator and even more building one of the smartest wine lists in the city. Bar St-Denis takes Best Restaurant Bar in Montreal, confirmation that Emily Homsy and David Gauthier’s room has become one of the most electric addresses in the neighbourhood.

The Newcomers Making Noise

The Best New Restaurants list tells its own story. Rôtisserie La Lune, from the team behind Mon Lapin, tops the national category. Same precision, same sensibility, this time applied to spit-roasted poultry and Quebec bistro classics. Sushi Nishinokaze enters at No. 5. Pasta Pooks at No. 8. Limbo at No. 3. Montreal opens the country’s best new restaurants, and then does it again.

Tastet in the Pages of the Magazine

This year, Tastet is featured in Canada’s 100 Best magazine. A well-deserved blurb for Montreal’s go-to gastronomy app, presented as the essential guide to the city’s food-and-dining scene: ultra-reliable, interactive, and grounded in 12 years of editorial expertise. Next stop: Toronto. Because what has been working in Montreal for over a decade deserves to exist across Canada. Every Quebec restaurant on the 2026 list is available on Tastet with our full review, more than 40 evaluation criteria, and direct reservation links.

The complete ranking is available at canadas100best.com.