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3 Best Places for Lamb chops in Montreal

Where to find the best lamb chops in Montreal — each restaurant rated 4.0★ or higher. Top-rated at 9.8★. Spanning greek kitchens. Curated by TastyPals.

The best places for lamb chops in Montreal are Grigoris Cuisine, estiatorio Milos Montreal, Philinos Restaurant. Start with Grigoris Cuisine if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Sophie Laurent•3 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
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3 Best Places for Lamb chops in Montreal
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Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated spots for lamb chops 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

Grigoris Cuisine
Greek • Montreal
Grigoris Cuisine is the rare Pointe-Claire address built around a single, legible identity: a Greek-born chef cooking the food of his upbringing — Athens by birth, Kalamata by formation — in a brig…
estiatorio Milos Montreal
Greek • Montreal
Costas Spiliadis opened the first Milos on Avenue du Parc in 1979, and the radical idea then still defines it now: walk past the iced display, point at the fish you want, and let charcoal and sea s…
Philinos Restaurant
Greek • Montreal
Philinos has been holding down the same corner of Avenue du Parc in Mile-End since 1996, and the pitch hasn't changed: a Greek family kitchen — owner Teddy, chef Angelo, multiple generations puttin…
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Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

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  1. 1. Grigoris CuisineView →
  2. 2. estiatorio Milos MontrealView →
  3. 3. Philinos RestaurantView →

How the restaurants compare

Grigoris Cuisine
Montreal • Greek
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
dinner
Mood
Casual
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estiatorio Milos Montreal
Montreal • Greek
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
group dinner
Mood
Casual
Philinos Restaurant
Montreal • Greek
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
group dinner
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.

3 ranked picks

Grigoris Cuisine — Grigoris Cuisine is the rare Pointe-Claire address built around a single, legible identity: a Greek-born chef cooking the food of his upbringing — Athens by birth, Kalamata by formation — in a bright, spotless room on Boulevard Brunswick that reviewers describe as stylish without being stiff. At price level one, this isn't a special-occasion steakhouse or a tasting-menu exercise; it's a neighbourhood Greek kitchen that's serious about daily preparation and generous portions, which is exactly the kind of place Pointe-Claire's western Montreal dining scene tends to underserve. The concept is focused in the right direction: Chef Grigoris isn't globalizing his menu or chasing trends, and the kitchen's commitment to making everything fresh each day — certified chefs, not line-cook shortcuts — is the thing that separates it from the tired Greek diner playbook. The menu centers on the fundamentals of Greek home and taverna cooking done with some care. Souvlaki, lamb chops, and chicken skewers anchor the proteins — preparations that live or die by sourcing and seasoning, and which diners consistently flag as tender and well-portioned. Pastitsio and moussaka represent the slow-cooked, baked side of the kitchen: layered dishes with real technique behind them, the kind that tell you whether a kitchen takes the unglamorous work seriously. On the lighter end, calamari, fresh salads, zucchini chips, and hot pita round out a menu that doesn't try to do too much. Reviewers describe portions as generous, which at this price point means the value proposition is hard to argue with. The practical move here: lean into the proteins and the baked dishes rather than treating the appetizers as the main event — the kitchen's reputation is built on the lamb chops and the pastitsio, not the sides. Given that this is a relatively newly opened spot with a growing local following, booking ahead for weekend evenings is the sensible call before word fully travels from Pointe-Claire to the rest of the island. View restaurant →
estiatorio Milos Montreal — Costas Spiliadis opened the first Milos on Avenue du Parc in 1979, and the radical idea then still defines it now: walk past the iced display, point at the fish you want, and let charcoal and sea salt do the rest. This is Greek dining stripped of the souvlaki-and-moussaka cliche — Spiliadis built his reputation on pristine ingredients, and the Mile End room (redesigned by Alain Carle in 2015, all warm light and an open fish bar) makes the seafood the spectacle. The whole Mediterranean sea bass, grilled and de-boned tableside, is the signature for a reason; the grilled octopus and lamb chops earn their repeat praise. Don't skip the Milos Special — feather-thin fried zucchini and eggplant with crisp saganaki and tzatziki. Dinner runs around CAD $100 per person, which is a celebration-night number, so know the weekday move: the $45 prix-fixe lunch, Monday to Friday, is how locals get the Milos experience without the splurge. A four-star Gazette mainstay that still feels like the room that changed the conversation. View restaurant →
Philinos Restaurant — Philinos has been holding down the same corner of Avenue du Parc in Mile-End since 1996, and the pitch hasn't changed: a Greek family kitchen — owner Teddy, chef Angelo, multiple generations putting in the work — running the same menu, the same room, with minimal renovation by design. That commitment to stasis reads as institutional pride rather than inertia. The Mile-End location is the kind of place that earns loyalty from the neighbourhood precisely because it refuses to rebrand itself into something more fashionable, and at a price level that keeps it accessible, it functions as the rare Greek restaurant where regulars return weekly rather than for occasions. The menu anchors itself in three dishes that appear consistently across years of diner accounts. The marinated grilled octopus is the one dish reviewers reach for first — it's become the benchmark against which Mile-End regulars measure the kitchen. The lamb chops are sourced from New Zealand lamb, marinated and grilled, served with oven-roasted potatoes; this is the plate that gets cited as among the best in the city, not as a surprise, but as a reliable standard the kitchen has maintained for nearly three decades. The moussaka is described in diner accounts as layered with large slices of eggplant and potato under a creamy béchamel broiled on top — a preparation rooted in family recipe rather than contemporary riff. These are not dishes designed to impress on Instagram; they're built for the table, for repetition, for the kind of satisfaction that explains why regulars don't wander. If you're going in warm weather, the spacious outdoor terrace is where the experience opens up — it's genuinely suited to larger groups and the generous plate sizes that define this kitchen. The Philinos Ouest location on Saint-Martin Ouest now exists for West Island regulars, but the Park Avenue original is the institution. Book ahead for weekend terrace seating; walk-ins on weeknights tend to find room. View restaurant →

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