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5 Best healthy Restaurants in Montreal

The best 5 restaurants for healthy in Montreal — curated by TastyPals editors.

The best healthy restaurants in Montreal are Sham Mont-Royal, Aux Vivres Plateau, LOV, and more. Start with Sham Mont-Royal if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Sophie Laurent•5 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
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5 Best healthy Restaurants in Montreal
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Top picks at a glance

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Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated restaurants for healthy in Montreal, sorted by Google rating and editorial judgment. Picks span Plateau and Montreal.

Quick picks

Sham Mont-Royal
Vegetarian • Plateau
Sham Mont-Royal is a vegetarian restaurant in Plateau in Montreal that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Aux Vivres Plateau
Vegetarian • Montreal
Aux Vivres Plateau is an easy vegetarian option in Montreal to suggest without needing a long explanation.
LOV
Vegetarian • Montreal
LOV is doing something Montreal's plant-forward scene has been circling around for years without quite landing: making vegetarian food feel genuinely aspirational rather than compensatory.
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Editorial details
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

On this page

  1. 1. Sham Mont-RoyalView →
  2. 2. Aux Vivres PlateauView →
  3. 3. LOVView →
  4. 4. Burger FiancéView →
  5. 5. Resto Végo St-DenisView →

How the restaurants compare

Sham Mont-Royal
Plateau • Vegetarian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Plant-based
Mood
Plateau
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Aux Vivres Plateau
Google
Aux Vivres Plateau
Montreal • Vegetarian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Plant-based
Mood
Casual
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for LOV
Google
LOV
Montreal • Vegetarian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Plant-based
Mood
Casual
Burger Fiancé
Montreal • Vegetarian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Plant-based
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.

5 ranked picks

LOV — LOV is doing something Montreal's plant-forward scene has been circling around for years without quite landing: making vegetarian food feel genuinely aspirational rather than compensatory. The room is reportedly sleek and well-lit — the kind of space calibrated for people who want to eat beautifully without negotiating with a menu built around a protein they're choosing to skip. According to diners consistently, it serves the friend group that includes the vegetarian, the flexitarian, and the person who just wants something that doesn't read like a concession — and it pulls that off without condescension or gimmick. At a price level that undercuts most comparable rooms in the city, it's the kind of place that's easy to return to rather than save for a special occasion. The menu reads like a passport stamped with intention. New Delhi brings South Asian spice logic into a vegetable-forward context with what reviewers describe as real structural backbone — not the watered-down gesture most plant-based spots use to signal "global." Kinoko is known for leaning into deep umami in a way that reportedly reframes what a mushroom-centered dish can anchor. Somon Philadelphia is the menu's most discussed move: a vegetarian riff on a familiar format that, by diner accounts, commits fully to its own smoke and texture rather than leaning on imitation. Orenji and Mr. Crunch both reward a table that orders wide — the former bright and citrus-driven by reputation, the latter consistently praised for structural crunch that reportedly holds through the full dish rather than collapsing mid-plate. Practical intel: lunch is said to be the quieter, more relaxed window, with the front of the room catching the best natural light. The consensus move is to anchor the table with Kinoko and New Delhi together, letting the umami-meets-spice pairing do the heavy lifting. Portions are reportedly more generous than the price point suggests, so resist the impulse to over-order. Reservations are wise for weekend evenings; Tuesday midday is your best walk-in window. View restaurant →

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Burger Fiancé — Burger Fiancé has built its reputation on a single, persuasive argument: that the plant-based burger deserves the same obsessive, format-faithful treatment as any serious smash-stack operation in Montreal. This is not a wellness café that happens to make sandwiches — it's a burger joint with a clear identity, priced at the accessible end of the spectrum (price level 1), where the entire menu centers on convincing you that the patty question has been answered without meat. The concept speaks directly to Montreal's growing cohort of vegetarians and flexitarians who are tired of being offered a sad portobello while their friends eat well. Burger Fiancé takes that frustration seriously. The menu is deliberately focused, and the verified lineup rewards attention. The Cheeze Burger and The Old School Burger represent the kitchen's foundational argument — classic diner formats rebuilt around plant-based patties, leaning into the comfort-food grammar that makes a burger feel like a burger rather than a compromise. Diners who want something with more structural ambition consistently gravitate toward the Pulled Pork Ameyoko Burger, which signals an East Asian flavor influence in its name and suggests the kitchen is willing to range beyond straight Americana. For those who want heat and crunch, the Fried Chicken Burger and Spicy Fried Chicken Burger — both built around plant-based fried chicken — are what Burger Fiancé is known for among regulars who want the full fast-casual experience without the meat. The spicy variant is reportedly the one to benchmark your heat tolerance against. The practical move here is to go with the Spicy Fried Chicken Burger if you want to understand what the kitchen is reaching for, and pair it with the Pulled Pork Ameyoko Burger if you're sharing and want range. Given the price point, this is a genuine two-burger table. Check their social channels before visiting for current hours, as hours at independent spots this size shift seasonally. View restaurant →

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