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6 Best Restaurants in NDG, Montreal

The best restaurants in NDG, Montreal — Italian, Brunch and Global and more, each rated 4.0★ or higher. Top pick rated 9.4★. Curated by TastyPals.

The best restaurants in ndg in Montreal are Bistro Amerigo, L'Avenue Notre Dame, Dinette Marcella, and more. Start with Bistro Amerigo if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Sophie Laurent•6 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
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6 Best Restaurants in NDG, Montreal
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Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated restaurants in NDG, Montreal. Whether you're a local or visiting the neighbourhood for the first time, these picks give you a reliable starting point sorted by quality and review depth.

Quick picks

Bistro Amerigo
Italian • NDG
Bistro Amerigo has been doing its thing in NDG since 2014, and the backstory does a lot of explanatory work: owner Steve Marcone named the place after his father and his son, his daughter Naira and…
L'Avenue Notre Dame
Brunch • NDG
L'Avenue Notre Dame is an easy global option in NDG in Montreal to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Dinette Marcella
Global • NDG
Dinette Marcella is a sensible global call in NDG in Montreal when you want something that usually lands well. Crudo di Thon and Burrata also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Editorial details
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

On this page

  1. 1. Bistro AmerigoView →
  2. 2. L'Avenue Notre DameView →
  3. 3. Dinette MarcellaView →
  4. 4. ModavieView →
  5. 5. Table 51 MontrealView →
  6. 6. Jardin NelsonView →

How the restaurants compare

Bistro Amerigo
NDG • Italian
9.9/10
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Best for
dinner
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NDG
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for L'Avenue Notre Dame
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L'Avenue Notre Dame
NDG • Brunch
9.9/10
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Price
value
Best for
dinner
Mood
NDG
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Dinette Marcella
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Dinette Marcella
NDG • Global
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
dinner
Mood
NDG
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Modavie
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Modavie
NDG • French
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
dinner
Mood
NDG

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.

6 ranked picks

Bistro Amerigo — Bistro Amerigo has been doing its thing in NDG since 2014, and the backstory does a lot of explanatory work: owner Steve Marcone named the place after his father and his son, his daughter Naira and his niece work the floor, and manager Mike Lamenta has reportedly been there since opening day. That kind of continuity is not an accident. It produces a room that feels genuinely settled in itself — no concept deck, no mood board, no imported anxiety about whether the restaurant is saying something. Chef Alex DiPrima runs a kitchen that, by all accounts, knows exactly what it's cooking and why. At price level 1, this is not a budget compromise. It's a considered argument that the most satisfying table in Montreal doesn't require you to perform enthusiasm at a tasting menu. The Fried Calamari has built a reputation as the benchmark against which other versions get quietly measured — light, clean, and apparently free of the heavy batter that makes lesser renditions forgettable. The Polpette carry specific weight: these are meatballs still reportedly made by Steve's father, which means they belong to a different category than anything optimized for a food photo. The Gnocchi Funghi e Tartufata is the dish regulars are said to redirect you toward when you're scanning the menu too long — take the hint. The Nero di Seppia Pescatore and the Ossobuco represent the room's range together: Italian by temperament, global by permission, and never confused about what it's doing. Practical reality: Bistro Amerigo does not take reservations, so a weeknight arrival ahead of the rush is your best positioning. Friday at 7pm means a wait outside, which is fine if you're prepared for it and less fine if you're not. Come with patience and without a hard timeline. View restaurant →

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Modavie — Let's get the geography right first: Modavie is on Rue Saint-Paul in Old Montreal, not NDG — and that address matters. Old Montreal is a neighborhood where restaurants can survive entirely on cobblestone charm and tourist goodwill, which makes it genuinely notable that Modavie has spent nearly three decades doing the opposite. Since 1997, this two-floor jazz bistro has built its reputation on seven nights a week of live music, a room defined by aged wood and serious wine, and a kitchen that treats the French bistro canon with actual respect rather than nostalgic decoration. OpenTable has placed it on their Top 100 Beloved Restaurants list in Canada — the kind of recognition that tends to follow sustained execution rather than a single good season. The menu leans hard into classical French technique, and the three dishes worth knowing about illustrate the range. The Duck Confit is reportedly built around a duck demi-glace spiked with amaretto and coffee — a combination that sounds like it shouldn't work, but diners consistently describe as a smart counterpoint to the richness of the bird, with sarladaise potatoes doing the supporting work. The Braised Lamb Shank is what the kitchen is known for: long-cooked, garlic-forward, with tomato confit reportedly keeping the dish from collapsing under its own weight. The Ris de Veau à la Normande — sweetbreads in a Norman cream sauce — signals that this isn't purely a crowd-pleaser operation. That dish requires technique and an audience willing to trust it, and the fact that it's on the menu at all says something about the kitchen's ambitions. Practical reality: reservations are genuinely advisable, since the room draws regulars who book ahead. The second floor is reportedly the better call if you want live jazz at a volume that still allows conversation. Weeknights tend to skew more local. Start with the lamb shank or duck confit; if sweetbreads are your thing, the Ris de Veau is where this kitchen reportedly shows its range. View restaurant →
Jardin Nelson — Jardin Nelson has been doing the same thing for more than 30 years on Place Jacques-Cartier in Old Montreal — live jazz every afternoon and evening, a split-level stone courtyard inside a genuine heritage building, and a menu priced for people who actually want to come back. It runs seasonally, closing after September, which regulars say gives every visit a borrowed-time quality that no amount of interior design can replicate. No reservations, ever. You show up, you wait if there's a line, and by all accounts that's the correct approach. The menu leans Global, which is an honest enough label for what the kitchen is doing. The Scallops with Chorizo is the dish that diners consistently point to — the combination is known for letting the fat-rendered sausage work against the natural sweetness of scallop, and it reportedly holds up better than you'd expect at this price point. The Seafood Ceviche has a reputation for the kind of acid and brightness that makes sense on a warm terrace afternoon; the Clam Chowder, by contrast, is the move for a cooler evening when the patio heaters are running and the jazz quartet is mid-set. The Charcuterie and Cheese Board is essentially a functional object — something to pull across two sets of live music with a bottle of wine, which is exactly what it's there for. Practical reality: the terrace fills quickly on any evening with a reasonable forecast, so arriving early matters. If you can, ask for a table with sightlines to the raised stage — the layout makes it possible and the music is the whole point. The Scallops with Chorizo and the Seafood Ceviche are the two dishes most worth organizing the evening around. View restaurant →

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