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10 Best Places for Butter chicken in Montreal

Where to find the best butter chicken in Montreal — each restaurant rated 4.0★ or higher. Top-rated at 9.6★. Spanning indian kitchens. Curated by TastyPals.

The best places for butter chicken in Montreal are Masakali Indian Cuisine, Rendez-vous Bistro - Indian Cuisine Redefined, Rutba - Indian Cuisine, and more. Start with Masakali Indian Cuisine if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Sophie Laurent•10 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
Masakali Indian CuisineRendez-vous Bistro - Indian Cuisine RedefinedRutba - Indian Cuisine
10 Best Places for Butter chicken in Montreal
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Top picks at a glance

#1Masakali Indian CuisineIndian • Westmount • value#2Rendez-vous Bistro - Indian Cuisine RedefinedIndian • Montreal • value#3Rutba - Indian CuisineIndian • Montreal • value

Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated spots for butter chicken in Montreal. Whether you're a local hunting your next regular or visiting and want to eat well, these picks are sorted by quality and review depth.

Quick picks

Masakali Indian Cuisine
Indian • Westmount
Masakali Indian Cuisine on Sherbrooke West is the fifth location of a kitchen that built its reputation in Ottawa — and that track record matters.
Rendez-vous Bistro - Indian Cuisine Redefined
Indian • Montreal
Rendez-vous Bistro - Indian Cuisine Redefined is an easy indian option in Montreal to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Rutba - Indian Cuisine
Indian • Montreal
Rutba - Indian Cuisine is a sensible indian call in Montreal when you want something that usually lands well.
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Editorial details
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

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  1. 1. Masakali Indian CuisineView →
  2. 2. Rendez-vous Bistro - Indian Cuisine RedefinedView →
  3. 3. Rutba - Indian CuisineView →
  4. 4. Le Chaska Montreal | The Chaska Montreal | Indian Restaurant | Pizzeria Bar & GrillView →
  5. 5. Khao peeyoView →
  6. 6. Restaurant VerandaView →
  7. 7. Shaaz | Indian Cuisine | MontrealView →
  8. 8. India Rosa GriffintownView →
  9. 9. DarbarView →
  10. 10. RasoiView →

How the restaurants compare

Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Masakali Indian Cuisine
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Masakali Indian Cuisine
Westmount • Indian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Indian comfort
Mood
Westmount
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Rendez-vous Bistro - Indian Cuisine Redefined
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Rendez-vous Bistro - Indian Cuisine Redefined
Montreal • Indian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Indian comfort
Mood
Casual
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Rutba - Indian Cuisine
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Rutba - Indian Cuisine
Montreal • Indian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Indian comfort
Mood
Casual
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Le Chaska Montreal | The Chaska Montreal | Indian Restaurant | Pizzeria Bar & Grill
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Le Chaska Montreal | The Chaska Montreal | Indian Restaurant | Pizzeria Bar & Grill
Montreal • Indian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Indian comfort
Mood
Casual

How we chose

We looked for restaurants that feel like a strong fit for the guide topic, not just the most obvious names in the city. The shortlist favors rooms with clear mood, dependable pacing, and enough distinction to help someone decide faster. Read our full methodology →

Room tone

Lighting, pace, and general energy all need to support the reason someone clicked this guide.

Food fit

We favored restaurants that feel best suited for the moment, not just restaurants with broad reputation.

Useful range

The final list tries to give readers enough variation in neighborhood, price, and style to compare real options.

10 ranked picks

Masakali Indian Cuisine — Masakali Indian Cuisine on Sherbrooke West is the fifth location of a kitchen that built its reputation in Ottawa — and that track record matters. This isn't a grab-and-go curry counter; by all accounts it operates as a full-service, sit-down Indian room in Westmount, the kind of place where a real dinner feels appropriate rather than incidental. The fact that it has expanded this far while maintaining a consistent identity suggests a kitchen with a clear point of view, not one that's winging it city to city. The menu is notably broad, covering both North Indian classics and the Indo-Chinese register — a category that many kitchens treat as an afterthought but that Masakali is reportedly serious about. Diners consistently point to the gobi Manchurian as the table's standout, described across reviews as the dish to anchor an order. From there, the menu centers on long-cooked dal makhani, paneer preparations including shahi and chilli variations, and a chicken dum biryani that appears to be a reliable centerpiece. For groups that want to graze and share, the masala chicken lollipops and golden chicken kabab are the dishes that come up repeatedly as crowd-oriented orders. Portions are described as generous, and the service is widely characterized as warm and attentive — details that matter when you're navigating a menu this extensive. Practically speaking, Masakali is priced accessibly for the neighbourhood, making it a realistic choice for a weeknight dinner or a larger group that needs a room capable of handling a full table without chaos. It isn't chasing novelty — the reputation here is built on consistent execution across a deep, familiar menu. If North Indian and Indo-Chinese cravings need satisfying in one visit, this is the address that comes up most often. View restaurant →

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Le Chaska Montreal | The Chaska Montreal | Indian Restaurant | Pizzeria Bar & Grill — Le Chaska on Avenue Lincoln is built on a premise that has no right to cohere: a North Indian kitchen operating under the same roof as a live brick oven producing old-style pizza. According to the restaurant's positioning and the crowd it consistently draws, the genre collision holds together because the Indian side of the menu is the genuine article rather than a backdrop. The room leans into classic Indian architectural styling, which apparently tips the atmosphere toward occasion dining rather than a quick weeknight stop — details that matter when you're corralling a group with competing appetites. The dishes regulars point to most reliably are the butter chicken, which the menu describes as rich and creamy, and the chana bhatura, reportedly the plate that keeps people coming back. The Amritsari kulcha has developed a devoted following for its own reasons — it's the kind of bread that anchors an order rather than supporting one. Then there is the Chaska Special Naan, which by all accounts functions partly as a spectacle: reportedly enormous, garnished with beets and a green chilli-coriander arrangement that reads like a provocation. The Desi Chaska Special Pizza is the crossover dish the kitchen seems most proud of — a direct product of the dual-concept setup, and diners who take the chance on it tend to report it works better than expected. Portions run large and the price level stays accessible, which makes Le Chaska a genuinely practical call for mixed groups — the vegetarian and vegan range is broad enough that no one gets stranded. Weekends fill up, so booking ahead is the standard advice, and the name Loveleen comes up consistently in reviews from diners who found the service notably attentive. View restaurant →
Khao peeyo — What Khao Peeyo is doing on Sherbrooke West is worth paying attention to: planting unapologetic North Indian cooking in one of Montreal's most genteel, historically anglophone neighbourhoods and reportedly not dialling anything down to get there. The kitchen's reputation centres on confident, full-flavoured preparations — the kind of cooking that draws Concordia graduate students and Westmount families who have quietly worked out that the most satisfying dinner on this stretch costs considerably less than a glass of wine at the brasserie nearby. That's the real proposition: a price-level-one room running on conviction rather than compromise. The Butter Chicken is consistently cited as the entry point that converts people, but stopping there misses the picture. The Palak Paneer is known for having genuine depth — not the pale, cream-diluted version common across a lot of Montreal Indian menus, but something with body and the kind of bitterness that suggests the spinach was cooked with actual intention. Naan anchors every order and is widely praised as fresh enough to hold its own without anything on it, though it clearly earns its role alongside both curries. Then there is the Biryani Poutine, the menu's most pointedly Montreal gesture — a dish that, by all accounts, doesn't hedge between its two identities but commits to both simultaneously. Diners consistently describe it as the item that tells you exactly where this kitchen is standing culturally, and the consensus is that it works. The move that regulars recommend: order the Biryani Poutine alongside the Khao Peeyo namesake dish — that pairing is said to demonstrate the kitchen's range more clearly than any single plate. The Wraps Naan format is reported to travel well for delivery, but the food is better eaten on-site while hot. The room is small; go early on weeknights. View restaurant →
Restaurant Veranda — Restaurant Veranda earns its foothold in Old Montreal by doing something the neighbourhood rarely attempts: anchoring a genuine Indian fusion kitchen inside the historic Hôtel Rasco, a 19th-century property that gives the restaurant one of the most atmospheric courtyard terraces on the Saint-Paul corridor. The concept is not a curry-house approximation for tourists — it positions itself as a refined meeting point between classical Indian aromatics and broader global influences, the kind of room where the setting and the food are both making an argument. At a price point that stays accessible, it's drawing a crowd that wants polish without the bill that usually comes with it in this part of the city. The menu's clearest statement of intent is the palak burrata — spiced spinach purée paired with creamy burrata and finished with herb oil, a dish that sits at exactly the intersection Veranda is chasing: South Asian backbone, European dairy, contemporary plating. Diners consistently single it out alongside the samosa tart, another fusion move that reframes a subcontinental classic in a more composed format. For those who want the kitchen's grounding in tradition, the dal makhani and butter chicken are the anchors — the latter a silky tomato-butter preparation enriched with cream and aromatic spice that the menu presents as a benchmark, not an afterthought. The chicken tikka masala rounds out the regulars' rotation as a dish the room is known for fielding well. Staff members Mohit and Zora are called out by name in guest accounts often enough that the hospitality feels like a deliberate part of what Veranda is selling, not incidental. The practical move here is the courtyard terrace when Montreal's weather allows — book specifically for it, because the Hôtel Rasco setting changes the meal in a way the interior, however warm, cannot replicate. Reservations through OpenTable are available and advisable on weekends. Start with the palak burrata and the samosa tart before committing to mains; that opening sequence is where the kitchen's fusion ambitions are clearest and most confident. View restaurant →

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