Si le restaurant Ferreira Café s’est rapidement établi comme l’une des meilleures tables en ville, il n’y a pas de mystère : un propriétaire visionnaire, un chef inspiré, des produits de grande qualité et une équipe compétente et dévouée. À Montréal, le Ferreira Café donne à la cuisine portugaise toutes ses lettres de noblesse.
Ferreira Café est salué pour son cadre élégant et chaleureux et pour une cuisine fraîche et raffinée inspirée des saveurs portugaises, avec des plats comme poulpe croustillant, morue noire et bouillabaisse, accompagnés de vins bien choisis. Le service est généralement attentif et professionnel, l'ambiance est chic mais parfois animée et bruyante. L'addition est parfois considérée comme élevée et certains commentaires pointent des frais supplémentaires peu transparents, ainsi que des portions qui peuvent sembler petites ou des plats servis tièdes. L'établissement est recommandé pour des dîners d'affaires, des repas entre amis ou des occasions spéciales et est souvent perçu comme l'une des meilleures adresses portugaises de Montréal, bien que les expériences varient selon les soirées et les tables.
I was told that Montreal serves the most diverse cuisine, & it's true.
As a European I can confirm that Ferreira Café serves genuine Portuguese food, including an extensive list of wines.
The Joselito 2019 ham was excellent. My partner ate riz fruit de mer with hoard, which he loved. I had the morue noire, which unfortunately arrived not even lukewarm. When I mentioned this to one of the servers, she just smiled ...
I am very impressed with my dining experience at Ferreira.
I normally don't do Google reviews, but I think they deserve my time writing it.
I walked in to the restaurant without a reservation. From the step into the entrance until the step exited the restaurant, it's been awhile for me to have such an enjoyment from a meal dining.
Chefs at Ferreira has a very skillful technique. They are very considerate in details.
Each dish has been prepared beautifully & with details of temperature control as well as precisely into the time for your consumption. We ordered the seafood rice casserole. It's very flavorful with fresh ingredients. It was cooked perfectly with the sauce just perfectly reduced. When it came to your table, still have some sauce there when it came to your table & rice was just right. After your first serving, the sauce the absorbed completely by the rice & rice texture became a bit soften. This is where impressed me the most. The chef not only takes care of your first sensation, also making sure the dish stays good until the last bite.
The crispy octopus was also a hit, which I ordered a second helping.
Duck risotto is to die for as well.
The fresh catch of the day, we had seabass. The service from the servers no matter from ordering or to serving, they are experienced with the traditional service we can hardly see in the new restaurants in the recent years.
Nevertheless, they still offer frothed milk on the side when they serve you coffee.
I am just a tourist to Montreal,
this hearty meal completed my trip.
I think they deserve at least one star from Michelin & a place in the Best 100 Canada's Restaurants.
29 août 2025
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An exceptional dining experience from start to finish. The ambiance is both inviting & refined, the food is full of flavor & beautifully presented, & the service is attentive without ever being intrusive. Highly recommended.
Attend this restaurant for my birthday. This is a Portuguese Michelin mentioned restaurant offers various types of seafood & fish as well as steak. Started with the octopus & it was fantastic. Main course was the Rice & Seafood & also very tasty. dessert was Pasteis de Nata, 2 small Portuguese custard tarts. This is my favorite dessert. They were good, but still prefer them directly from Portugal. Overall a great experience.
Menu is creative & filled with awesome options. Interior is swaggy & sleek. If seafood &/or Portuguese cuisine is your niche then you'll love it here. I had the swordfish appetizer & the signature black cod - both excellent fish & well-balanced dishes overall.
We loved our experience at this restaurant; our waitress, Elizabeth, was great. Our food was exceptional & fresh. We ordered the grilled calamari & sea bass. Everything was delicious!
29 juil. 2025
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Great restaurant to enjoy delicious Portuguese meal! Great seafood selection, from fresh oysters to grilled octopus! The after 9pm table d'hôte promotion is really worth, & allows you to try the delicious food selection on the menu! The service was also amazing & you have to try the pasteis de nata!
Really great seafood. The cod cake & fish of the day were delicious & the pasteis for dessert were spot on. Service was attentive & our server was very knowledgable. All in all, would highly recommend!
This was my favorite place for a long time for fresh seafood & fine dining.
However my latest visit is anything but pleasant.
I visit on a Monday evening, the place is still relatively busy as they recently received a Michelin recommendation. The host sit me at the bar, when I ask if I can take the seat at the end she said she would save it for other reservations. I have no problem with that but the seats remain empty til I left.
It took a while before anyone greeted me & take my orders. I'm a simple person & since I visited here so many times before I already know what I wanted & placed my order quickly: include a pan seared dore sole as my main dish.
Now here is the problem, I got a fish with a ruptured gallbladder, which happens once a while & can make the flesh very biter, it's a common problem when cleaning the fish. I made a mistake of not sending it back right away, as on the top side it was not so notable. But when I got to the bottom part it's so biter as the flesh has soaked up the gallbladder juices, I have to stop.
The stuff noticed that & ask me if everything is ok. I said I don't think the fish is cleaned( as in by the fish man) properly. That's when they got really defensive & keep saying that why they want to clean (meaning deboning) the fish for the customer, for the customer. But I doubt that would change anything about a gallbladder juice soaked fish. & the two of them keep saying that I should let them to'clean the fish' for me just killed all appetite for me.
I don't know what have change but clearly not what I expecting from a Michelin recommendation Restaurant.
