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5 Best Korean Restaurants in Montreal

The 5 best korean restaurants in Montreal, sorted by rating and curated by TastyPals editors.

The best korean restaurants in Montreal are Restaurant Coréen Luna Apportez votre vin, Daldongnae Korean BBQ, Chez Bong, and more. Start with Restaurant Coréen Luna Apportez votre vin if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By David Park•4 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
Restaurant Coréen Luna Apportez votre vinDaldongnae Korean BBQChez Bong
5 Best Korean Restaurants in Montreal
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Top picks at a glance

#1Restaurant Coréen Luna Apportez votre vinKorean • Plateau • moderate#2Daldongnae Korean BBQKorean • Downtown • moderate#3Chez BongKorean • Montreal • moderate

Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated korean restaurants in Montreal. The picks are sorted by Google rating and review volume to give you a reliable shortlist. Picks span Plateau, Downtown and Montreal.

Quick picks

Restaurant Coréen Luna Apportez votre vin
Korean • Plateau
Coren Luna quietly makes the Plateau feel like one of Montreal's more serious Korean dining destinations.
Daldongnae Korean BBQ
Korean • Downtown
The name tells you everything about the vibe Daldongnae is chasing: it's borrowed from Seoul's hillside "moon villages" of the 1950s and '60s, those tight, warm communities where everyone crowded t…
Chez Bong
Korean • Montreal
Chez Bong is not trying to be Montreal's fanciest Korean address, and that restraint is exactly what makes it worth paying attention to.
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Editorial details
Author: David Park
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

On this page

  1. 1. Restaurant Coréen Luna Apportez votre vinView →
  2. 2. Daldongnae Korean BBQView →
  3. 3. Chez BongView →
  4. 4. Sam ChaView →

How the restaurants compare

Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Restaurant Coréen Luna Apportez votre vin
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Restaurant Coréen Luna Apportez votre vin
Plateau • Korean
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
bbq
Mood
Plateau
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Daldongnae Korean BBQ
Google
Daldongnae Korean BBQ
Downtown • Korean
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
bbq
Mood
Downtown
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Chez Bong
Google
Chez Bong
Montreal • Korean
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
bbq
Mood
Casual
Sam Cha
Downtown • Korean
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
bbq
Mood
Downtown

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.

4 ranked picks

Restaurant Coréen Luna Apportez votre vin — Coren Luna quietly makes the Plateau feel like one of Montreal's more serious Korean dining destinations. Owners Na Young Park and Hyun Seok Kim cook from family recipes, and that foundation shapes everything about the room — the soft gayageum music, the handmade Kwangjuyo pottery that serves as the vessel for each dish, a space that reads as genuinely considered rather than assembled for effect. It's a small room with an entrance that regulars acknowledge is a touch awkward, but the atmosphere beyond the door has built a loyal following that keeps the reservation calendar tight. The menu is compact and purposeful. The Galbi Mandoo are consistently described by diners as plump and deeply savoury — a strong opening move. The Dalk Gangjeong is known for a lacquered, crispy exterior that has become one of the kitchen's signatures. Japchae appears here in its classic form: glass noodles with sesame fragrance that regulars call a reliable constant. The Bibimbap is positioned as a centrepiece rather than an afterthought — a dish the kitchen takes seriously rather than offering as a catch-all. For first-timers, the tasting menus (Full Moon or Demi Lune) are the recommended way to move through the kitchen's range without the pressure of piecing together a meal cold. Close with the Mochi à la crème glacée, which reportedly serves as a clean, crowd-pleasing finish that the menu has kept for good reason. At price level two with a BYOV policy, the value proposition here is genuinely difficult to argue with for this level of craft and sourcing. Book well ahead — reports are consistent that tables disappear quickly — and bring a bottle with enough body to stand up to heat and sweetness. View restaurant →
Daldongnae Korean BBQ — The name tells you everything about the vibe Daldongnae is chasing: it's borrowed from Seoul's hillside "moon villages" of the 1950s and '60s, those tight, warm communities where everyone crowded together. On Bishop, that translates to semi-enclosed mini booths and charcoal-fired grills sunk right into the table, so your twelve-top can sear short ribs and trade banchan without elbowing the next party. Open since 2017 and now a Yelp Top 100 Restaurants in Canada pick, it's a reliable Korean BBQ anchor downtown. Start with the seafood and spring onion crêpe and the spicy soft tofu stew, then build your grill around the beef boneless short rib and the hanging tender — both are where the kitchen's better cuts live (wagyu and a vegan option round it out). Don't skip the salty dipping oil. Fair warning: service runs hot and cold, and during peak hours you may feel rushed out the door, so come off-peak if you want to linger. Budget $25–$50 a head, more if you chase the premium beef. View restaurant →
Chez Bong — Chez Bong is not trying to be Montreal's fanciest Korean address, and that restraint is exactly what makes it worth paying attention to. At a mid-range price point in a city where Korean cooking still occupies far less space on the dining map than it deserves, the kitchen has built its menu around the kind of food that actually gets eaten in Korean homes — not the fusion-adjacent, Instagram-plated approximations that tend to colonize Western interpretations of the cuisine. The room reportedly draws a crowd that knows what it's looking for: students splitting a full spread, couples with a point of reference for what pa jeon should actually be, regulars who come back because the cooking doesn't perform for an outside audience. That directness is rarer in this city's dining landscape than it should be. The dak kang jung is widely cited as the dish Chez Bong is known for — crispy fried chicken glazed in a sticky-sweet, gochujang-forward sauce, with diners consistently noting that the crust holds up under the coating rather than going soft, which is reportedly harder to pull off than it appears. Pa jeon is described as arriving wide and golden with properly crisped edges and a tender scallion-heavy interior — no doughy center, according to those who've ordered it. The saewoo twigim, fried shrimp, draws praise for the kind of light, clean crunch associated with well-executed Korean frying. Kimchi tofu bokkum is characterized as the most kitchen-confident dish on the menu, known for a fermented heat that builds gradually. Galbi rounds out the table alongside the chicken as an anchor for larger groups. The practical approach here is to arrive in a group of four or more and order across the spread — galbi and dak kang jung as centerpieces, pa jeon to start. Weekends fill early, so plan to arrive close to opening. View restaurant →

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