Candide
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Candide
Fine-dining destination presenting farm-to-table cuisine & wine in a warm, brick-walled venue.
Opens Today at 6 pm
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 6 pm - 10 pm |
| Wednesday | 6 pm - 10 pm |
| Thursday | 6 pm - 10 pm |
| Friday | 6 pm - 10 pm |
| Saturday | 6 pm - 10 pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
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Timothy
Gorgeous restaurant with great food. Wine list is one of the most creative & well-thought out that I've seen in Montreal. Definitely worth the pairing menu.
Bread: 10/10; wine: 8.5/10 (4 out of 6 wines were extraordinary, one was just decent, one was ok); kohlrabi entree: 9/10; tomato soup: 5/10; halibut plat: 8/10; cru berger fromage: 11/10; maple ice cream: 10/10.
Super lovely team with so many attentive servers & chefs.View more
Steven
The set menu was fantastic, with a few delightful surprises along the way. My personal highlight was the asparagus starter, which is enjoyed by hand - a fun & unique experience. The wine pairing was also excellent, featuring some great local selections. You can really tell the staff love what they do, which made the evening even more enjoyable.View more
Joel
Fantastic food & a wonderful experience! The atmosphere strikes a perfect balance between rustic charm & chic elegance. The wine pairing was spot on - thoughtfully curated & enhanced every course. Highly recommended!View more
Savina
Pre fixe menu with limited choice. We went as a couple in June 2025. All local ingredients from Quebec & we had the wine pairing. Very interesting wines & really pleasant staff. The outdoor seating was lovely. Location is in the middle of a park & half of a church, so a little difficult to find.View more
Alex
Exceptional service, interesting wine, Sub-par food.View more
Byren
Excellent in all ways. Wine pairings were unique. Well matched with mostly Quebec sourced!View more
Evan
A Charming Spot with Potential! This quaint restaurant, tucked behind an old church (now a community center), offers a unique dining experience with a focus on quality ingredients, thoughtful cuisine, excellent service, & a warm, inviting atmosphere. I reserved a bar seat for one, but the staff kindly offered me an available table instead. However, I opted to stay at the bar, enjoying the view of the kitchen. The bar seating includes under-table hooks for bags, a thoughtful touch. The seasonal menu is priced at $85CAD, includes two starters, one main, & one dessert. Add-ons oysters (+4$) & wine pairing (+56$ for four half glasses) are also available. The starters featured a good portion & impressive variety of fresh greens, including Brussels sprouts, shallots, radicchio, & spinach. The quality & freshness of the ingredients were evident & much appreciated. For the main, I had the Guinea Hen with Raspberry sauce. The dish was beautifully executed, the meat was tender & juicy, the skin perfectly crispy, & the flavors were well-balanced. The red wine pairing complemented the raspberry sauce nicely, enhancing the dish's complexity. Unfortunately, the starters were overly salty. When I informed my server, they adjusted the seasoning for my main course, which turned out perfectly. Despite the kitchen tasting each dish before serving, the saltiness accumulates as customers finish their plates, making it difficult to enjoy consecutive dishes. I could hardly enjoy my second starter after finishing the first. Dessert was an interesting combination of cheese & sweet potato, but the unexpected spiciness of the sweet potato was surprising. While I can tolerate spice, the level is certain too intense for many others. The menu or server should have mentioned this detail beforehand. Service was attentive after the initial delay, water wasn't served, & no one approached me for the first ten minutes. Additionally, the restroom door was left open for some time, which detracted slightly from the otherwise cozy ambiance. The location may be tricky to find, it's directly behind the church facade. Overall, while there were minor missteps, the quality ingredients, innovative dishes, & accommodating service made for a pleasant evening. I look forward to returning to explore a different seasonal menu.View more
Louisa
We were so impressed with everything about our evening at Candide. The quality of food, knowledge of the staff, wine selection, & setting were all perfect. We can't wait to come back & visit again!View more
Ashley
The food was excellent as was the service. The menu was creative & the wine pairing was spot on. Highly recommend!View more
Joshua
Just enjoyed a most lovely dinner with my wife & our adult kiddo, who afterward shared that it was their favorite meal ever. Each course was so delicious, too hard to say a favorite. Our sommelier shared great stories of the wines- all exceptional & well paired. Wow, thank you!View more
Werner
Excellent all across. Funky wine pairings. The dessert option lacked some imagination.View more
Ken
Revised for 2024: We ate outside. Staff is as friendly & knowledgeable as in 2019. Local ingredients & dishes as yummy. We ate outside & it was perfect. Still a great evening & well worth the time & expense. In the best of all possible worlds, you get to eat here. I can remember the flavor & texture of each course: a perfect scallop, in cream, with pepper & flowers. Brussels sprouts with apples & mint. Hen of the woods with roasted turnips & radishes. Sea bass with a tomato & edamame sauce. (My companion had a pheasant.) Lemongrass ice cream over crunchy wheat & a not-so-sweet maple cake & a pear compote. & the wine pairing was fabulous. The atmosphere was wonderful, the staff was charming. Just go.View more
Pardo
Intimate restaurant with an innovative menu featuring local products & wines.View more
Brock
Candide is a spectacular restaurant. We wanted something special for our last night in Montreal, & Candide delivered. From the moment we walked in the door, we felt welcome & at home. The service team works in beautiful harmony to ensure a seamless experience. They hit every step of service, with everything that touched the table being considered &, if needed, explained. Items were provided without asking, & drinks & bread were refilled before I even noticed they were gone. Other restaurants could learn a thing or two by watching this team work. Since there were two of us, we tried everything on the tasting menu. My partner's allergies were handled without hesitation. We started with the seasonal strawberry mocktail, which was a burst of flavor to welcome us to the space. The optional asparagus starter was perfectly cooked & seasoned, with the sorrel leaf adding a nice "wrapper" & flavor. The little gem salad was like a fresh take on a Caesar salad; the herring really came through, & the cheese was divine. The house bread was a perfect specimen of baking acumen, & they kept it stocked, which I appreciated (bread course is my favorite course!). The sweet peas in a mussel broth were a standout & unexpected. The mussel flavor was present & well balanced. House-made yogurt added cream & texture, with the peas being at peak freshness for that seasonal taste. Crispy rice finished the dish, adding just the right amount of crunch. This was one of the best things I've eaten all year. Bravo! The mains were both excellent. The halibut was perfectly cooked, paired with spinach & fresh shiitakes. The pork was perhaps the weaker of the two, but it was still perfectly cooked & paired with fresh seasonal vegetables. Both desserts were great & complemented each other well. The cheese-stuffed zucchini blossom with cracker was my favorite. They offered a half wine pairing, which is something I wish every tasting menu would take note of because, while my partner & I love wine, we simply can't drink very much of it anymore. The half pairing allowed us a sip to savor & a few sips to try with the food. The sommelier offered elegant explanations & painted a beautiful picture of each varietal we tried. The coffee & tea service was excellent as well, with each being brewed in a small Chemex & paired with fresh milk & maple syrup. All in all, this is a meal I will remember because of the food, service, & ambiance. It will be at the top of my list to return to on our next visit, & I highly recommend anyone who is interested book a spot at this restaurant. It's one of the best I have experienced.View more
Pierre-Luc
Amazing local food, excellent service, good wine selection. One of my favorite place in MontrealView more
Mathilde
Good food & nice service. Very cute & cozy atmosphere. The perfect balance in between chic & cozy. Loved the decor & vibe. Not a fan of Canadian wines, so would have loved a bit more European/French options, but we did end up finding something to our liking. Bread was amazing. Food was very good but not exceptional. We will come back.View more
C.
More concept than good food. Nice interior, competence service. Wine list is a bit obnoxious, dining companion & I both have a good knowledge of wine, including Quebec wines, & we didn't recognize anything. A few or even a lot of odd wines on a list are fine, but resto needs at least a couple well known vineyards. Menu looked good, cooking didn't match. Had rabbit, it was tough. Crab appy was good. Look, this is not a bad resto, but at this price point I expect much better.View more
Kimberly
Absolutely amazing & creative dishes, with well curated wine pairings. The food felt flawless & well thought out, very knowledgeable & warm staffView more
ER
Really really good. A little hard to find but very interesting food & so good. The parsnip in tomato sauce appetizer was incredible. So was the arctic char. But the really killer part was the honey as the final, final course. Paired with a honey wine. Worth the price of admission itself. Highly recommended. Would absolutely go back.View more
Vlad
Came here with friends, tried to enjoy it but just had an okay time. This place needs to be booked in advance. However, the menu changes often, so you never know what you are going to get. The menu is just two choices (fish or meat & for dessert either sweet or one-piece of cheese). I was faced with really tough choices as I immediately did not like either choice in our case, Peckerel fish or Guinea fowl. There are NO other options you can order, if not for our friends, I probably would have left before ordering. We had Brussel sprouts as first, & mussels over a bed of yogurt (what a wired combination of ingredients!!) For main course my wife chose Peckerel ( I personally don't like fresh water predator fish) & it was barely eatable with little fish meat & lots of skin fish , I chose guinea fowl (it was stiff like yesterday's reheated chicken). The tasting menu is offered with wine paring ($56) , i asked the waiter what are the wines & she could not recite it from memory, but said that there were 4 glasses of 3 oz each, one of them was a sweet wine & one orange. That sealed a d decion for me not to take parings. We decided to just order wine by glass, although they have quite an extensive wine list. There is only 1 white, 1 red, 1 rose, & 1 bubbly on the list by glass. For dessert, i took cheese (way too salty). I probably should have chosen the sweets. The only dish I really enjoyed was the Brussel sprouts appetizer. On the positive note, all the waiters & chefs were SUPER nice, friendly & accommodating. Not sure i will be back soon. Either I need a more predictable menu choices at the time of booking a few days in advance or more choice besides the tasting menu. Last point ... although set in historical building, the cieling in dining room is low, with full attendance it is hard to hear people even across the table & the noise is amplified by low cieling & close proximity of other diners.View more
Jack
If you love good food, execution & the movie The Menu (in the best way) please go to this restaurant. I don't think I could fault a single thing. Service was outstanding. Every course was delicious. & every wine pairing was unique, fitting & delicious. The team is wonderful & you can tell they love what they do. 1110. Go! Ask questions! Also sit at the bar & thank me later.View more
Josh
This restaurant is astonishingly good. When I see "prix fixe," my expectations immediately go up, & yet, Candide shattered every one of them. Entering the cozy setting, you are greeted & treated warmly & genuinely. The service is attentive & generally outstanding. But even if it wasn't, this would've been a transcendent experience. I'm a touring musician with a love of food, & as such have been lucky enough to eat at some really great places all over the world. But I can say without hesitation that this was one of the best. Each of the dishes, & the wine that paired with them, were flawless. A perfectly considered balance of texture, flavor, richness, sharpness, & portion. Each dish was one of the most delicious versions of that thing I've ever had. & to cap it all off, the price was reasonable. About $100 US per person for four courses with wine pairings. I would have happily paid a lot more for this meal. If you're still reading, JUST GO!!View more
Seth
Go for: a roller-coaster culinary experience with local produce & game meat that you didn't think was possible to have. Avoid if: you're going out for dinner on a budget. Something surprising: sitting at the bar was the right choice, with direct service & descriptions from the chefs & lots of conversation with the rest of the staff. Reservation needed? Yes, highly recommended Overall Experience: 5/5. Each course on the menu was surprisingly delicious, the wine pairings were truly unique & actually made sense when consumed with the food, & the entire staff was engaging, knowledgeable, & a lot of fun. Value for Price: 4 Sanitation: 5 Food Quality: 5 Menu Precision: 5 Service Quality: 5 Timing: 5 Decor: 4 Access: 3 - 5 among the best 4 strong 3 not too bad 2 mediocre 1 never againView more
Mike
Tucked away at the back of a church this restaurant is truly a hidden gem. We sat at the chefs table & were able to see all the food being prepared & ask the chefs more details about the food. We had the wine pairing menu which was excellent. Our server was very accommodating as one of the wines was not to our taste & they quickly replaced it with an excellent choice. The flavours in each course were delicious & made want to savour every bite. We will definitely be returning to Restaurant Candide again.View more
Ryan
Even without the wine pairing this was easily the best meal these two traveling foodies have had. Staff was very friendly & helpful. Lord willing, we will be back.View more
Nick
Sat outside & enjoyed an incredible meal with wine pairing. They really celebrate ingredients & wines from Quebec - love it!View more