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Mon Lapin

Stylish, petite spot serving refined natural wines & a shifting menu of farm-focused fare.
Little-Italy
4.6$$$
OPEN5 pm - 10:30 pm
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Mon Lapin Montreal Restaurant: Menu, Reviews & Reserve (2026)
BistroRegionalSeafood/FishPastaTartareCreativeGreat selection of winesResto-BarWine Bar
Mon Lapin, a neighbourhood restaurant in the heart of Montreal's Little Italy. Inventive and delicious fare, all the seasonal favourites on an ever-changing menu by chefs Marc-Olivier Frappier and Jessica Noel, and team. Visionary wines, a list filled with vibrant and eclectic bottles.

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Reviews for Mon Lapin

Food
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on Google4.5 (1300+)
*as of 2026-04-01
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Review Summary

Across reviews, Mon Lapin is widely praised for inventive seasonal dishes, a warm intimate atmosphere, and a dining experience that many call a standout in Canada. The service is repeatedly described as attentive and knowledgeable, with wine pairings and menu explanations that elevate the meal, though a few readers note moments of overcrowding, speed, or overly persistent attention. Portions are often described as small and prices high, with some guests feeling the experience is about culinary artistry more than meat on the plate, while others celebrate the finesse and balance of flavors. The menu emphasizes local ingredients and frequent changes, with signatures like the scallop pétoncle croque, preserved leeks with smoked mussels, and buckwheat cake standing out for many; the overall impression is one of creative presentation and thoughtful pairings. Reservations are hard to secure and the ambiance can be noisy, but the consensus is that the quality of food and service justifies the hype for many, even as a minority call it overrated or inconsistent.
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5.0

A very enjoyable kick back evening. Not pretentious, tasty cooking. Vibe inside is pumping & happy. Our server was really good at engaging with the tables & hearing what we wanted for a drink. The wait between some dishes was a little long, but nothing too overly long. I didn't really like the longish wait for a table beyond our reservation time (second seating) though, but in part this is due to there being not much outside the front door. Overall, I think this would be like your favourite neighbourhood wine bar: great for a catch up with friends, not so great for a first date but fine otherwise. Would return.

Oct 10, 2024
on Google

Lived up to its rating. A minor service slip to start but a full recovery for a wonderful meal. Unique dishes & wines.

Oct 9, 2024
on Google
5.0

Excellent experience. Dining room on the noisier side of things, but passionate & knowledgeable service + great food more than makes up for it. Sea Urchin from Rimouski was delightful.

Oct 6, 2024
on Google

Wonderful experience with our server Nada! The food is excellent & the champagne list is devine. A must go but reserve early!!

Oct 6, 2024
on Google
4.0

I find it's overpriced & we left hungry as the portions were very small. The waitress was amazing but the ambiance was lacking with high foot traffic constantly rushing by, & lights by the bar that kept flickering.

Sep 30, 2024
on Google

Top 5 meal. Service was top notch - all the staff clearly enjoy what they do, were friendly & professional. Didn't have to top my own wine or water up once. Pacing was nice - never once felt rushed. Food was excellent. We had the urchin, scallop sandwich (simple & easily one of the best things I've ever eaten), clams, & the buckwheat cake for dessert. Could not have asked for a better experience.

Sep 22, 2024
on Google

I keep coming back to Mon Lapin-again & again.

Sep 21, 2024
on Google

The quality of the food is on point & the concepts behind them are very well thought out. My top 3 favourite we ordered were the scallop sandwich, eggplant dish & profiterole. Our server recommended most of the dishes based on the classics they bring back versions of since the menu changes daily. Our waitress was also super knowledgeable about the menu & new best pairings & serving sizes. Would recommend for people who are foodies. I would definitely go back & have other dishes!

Sep 20, 2024
on Google

10 sur 10 sur tout... un crescendo de plaisir gustatif & un service amical hors normes... le seul défaut pas d'expresso decaf;) merci Nada pour cette belle soirée;)

Sep 16, 2024
on Google

This is our favorite restaurant in MTL. We come here every year & it is always perfect ❤️

Sep 12, 2024
on Google
5.0

Nothing exceptional in my opinion, maybe my hopes were set too high. However, all the dishes were delicious nonetheless.

Sep 8, 2024
on Google

Awesome experience Wonderful staff Creative & delicious food High quality & beautifully presented but didn't feel pretentious Really nice ambience

Sep 6, 2024
on Google

Aller dans un restaurant tel que celui-là est une expérience globale. Nous étions tellement joyeux d'y venir & le fait que cela se mérite (une réservation faite un mois avant à 9:00 du matin), n'avait fait que susciter notre excitation. Nous avons choisi ce restaurant, auréolé de tout le bien qu'on en avait entendu, pour y fêter l'anniversaire de notre fille, installée à Montréal depuis 3 ans & que nous ne voyons que 2 fois par an. Chaque année nous nous lui payons un bon resto & l'année dernière nous avions opté pour Mastard (à notre très grande satisfaction) Réservation faite, ce sera pour le mercredi 28 à 20:45 Nos estomacs sont vides & notre motivation est grande. Nous arrivons un peu en avance & on nous demande de patienter sur les bancs devant le restaurant (il ne pleut pas donc tout va bien). Puis 1/2 heure après on nous demande si l'on souhiate une table à l'extérieur ou à l'intérieur. Nous préférons l'intérieur. puis 15 mn après on nous propose de nous placer à l'extérieur en attendant la super table à l'intérieur. On nous sert de l'eau pétillante. Cela commence à faire un peu long pour une table réservée il y a un mois mais nous n'avons pas le choix. Une dame nous demande ce que nous voulons boire & nous optons pour de l'effervescent (moussamoussettes) en attendant notre table, très agréable. Presque 1 heure après notre arrivée, nous accédons enfin à notre table à l'intérieur. Quelle ne fut pas notre déception après toute cette attente ! Notre table se trouve à l'entrée près de l'accueil en plein courant d'air & à chaque fois que la porte s'ouvre (& elle s'ouvre souvent !), nous sentons l'air frais (il ne faisait pas chaud ce soir là pour l'européen que je suis) nous traverser, mais pas le choix le resto est complet & nous ne voulons pas passer pour les français râleurs. Notre motivation est déjà decendu d'un cran & nous ne sommes plus dans les meilleures dispositions. La carte nous est proposée, par une charmante & hyper compétente responsable irlandaise au sourire & à l'humour incroyable. Nous aimons beaucoup le concept de plats partagés. Nous optons donc pour le gnochi fritti, boeuf de la ferme d'orée cru les croque petoncles, tomates vertes mures, cavatelli, morue de terre neuve, porchetta beaurivage & 3 desserts dont le semi fredo, le gateau au sarrasin & le mille-fleurs. Au niveau vin, nous sommes très bien conseillés avec beaucoup de professionalisme & optons pour vins au verre canadien (blanc & rouge) tous deux excellents ! Les serveurs sont très biens & connaissent parfaitement leurs plats. Tout n'est pas équivalent. les croque petoncles nous questionnent, le boeuf est excellent, & la morue parfaitement cuite. Le semi-fredo nous a convaincu & le gateau au sarrasin est très très bon. Les autres plats sont plus communs & la salade de tomate ne nous convainc guère. L'addition est de 403.85 sans les tips. Bien après minuit nous sortons. & nous sommes tous les 3 très déçus. Nous aurions tant aimé y passer une belle & bonne soirée ! Aller dans un restaurant tel que celui-là est une expérience globale & vous nous avez raté ce soir là !

Sep 2, 2024
on Google

Édit Juillet 2024: bouffe toujours aussi bonne mais service TRÈS LENT & aucune reconnaissance du staff à cet égard, tout le monde dans le resto avait l'air d'attendre pour un plat qui prenait beaucoup trop de temps en cuisine. Ça ne me donne pas envie de retourner. Ils sont victime de leur propre succès... ils ont certainement le moyen d'embaucher plus de staff Edit aout 2023: de retour au Mon Lapin en vrai cette fois (pas en take out pandémique comme la première fois!!). Expérience culinaire inégalée avec ingrédients frais & de saison, mais sans aucune prétention en même temps, ce qui était vraiment apprécié. Cuisine d'apparence simple mais aux goûts complexes & très réfléchie dans le contexte d'un restaurant de quartier de la Petite-Patrie/Petite-Italie. Service extrêmement sympathique, conseils à point pour le vin. Très bel endroit dans lequel on mange très bien & où on se sent bien accueillis. Gros coup de coeur pour le croque-pétoncle, poireaux en canne, plat de maïs, morue grillée, tartare de boeuf dans la fleur de zucchini, pâtes aux tomates sungold, jus de palourde & bottarga ainsi que la bûche d'été pour dessert. Vraiment une belle expérience, j'ai déjà hâte d'être de retour. Contente de voir aussi que le restaurant garde son âme & sa vocation initiale de restaurant de quartier malgré le prix de restaurant #1 au Canada & les multiples touristes qui y sont à chaque soir (nous avons senti que le personnel était très content de nous servir en français!). Déjà hâte d'y retourner!!! Octobre 2021: Nous avons mangé le repas de l'action de grâce du Vin Mon Lapin/Casgrain BBQ. QUEL RÉGAL!!!! Le canard était tendre à souhait & allait parfaitement avec les oignons grillés, le gravy était bien assaisonné, un peu piquant & s'agençait super bien avec le canard & les patates, les patates pilées était crémeuses & goûteuses & la garniture de chips & ciboulette était parfaite! La salade de chou de Bruxelles & tomates vertes était fraîche & acidulée, coupant la richesse des autres composantes de l'assiette. & enfin, la tarte à la courge sweet candy était succulente, pas trop sucrée, la garniture de croustade complimentait bien le goût de courge & le caramel (belle texture avec un petit goût d'alcool, peut être du bourbon?) rajoutait une touche sucrée & fumée à la tarte. À défaut de pouvoir fêter l'action de grâce en famille, ce repas délicieux était une très belle consolation que je recommanderais à tous!!

Aug 31, 2024
on Google

Really really excellent. Truly a bucket list restaurant. Lovely staff know the dishes well. Very good wine pairing. Perfect evening.

Aug 27, 2024
on Google

Loved this spot! Great vibes, excellent wine & food

Aug 27, 2024
on Google

Started off by booking a table for Saturday August 10th at 9pm. This alone was a mess because applications only open up at 9am 1 month in advance. That I can accept as it was for Canada's #1 restaurant. We booked the only available spot which was for 9pm. We were very excited to try the food & experience the restaurant. We got there a few minutes before 9. Our table was not ready. This was fine since the place looked busy. We can tolerate a busy place if the food is good. After waiting for about 10 minutes we were then asked to have a seat at the outside patio. Which honestly was a fine place. Comfy seats with the heaters on. A waitress gave us our menus & asked us to place drink orders. We placed our orders, but we also wanted to sit inside the restaurant as we had booked well in advance & thought that was the least we could ask for. This in hindsight was not the right decision. We should have just stayed outside. Inside was as expected for a busy restaurant, hectic but fun. This is where our real problems occurred. We were led inside & a new waitress came to assist us. Who again asked for our drink choices even after we had ordered outside. We were then seated near the bar on uncomfortable stools without a backrest. I'm 26 & my significant other is 25 (she just had her birthday & that's what brought us to the restaurant), so we can take a little pain, but these chairs were incredibly uncomfortable. Our drinks came, & they tasted good. However our waitress was nowhere to be seen. We had perused the menu & we were ready to order, but noone in sight to take our order. Finally our third waitress showed up & asked for our order. We placed our appetizer orders & off our waitress went. Our first order came quickly as it was the scallop sandwich. Very buttery, but overall, pretty tasty & definitely unique. Then we waited for about 15-20 mins to place our entree order. However by this time it was much later at night & some of the items we were excited to try were already gone. This forced us to reorder some items that we didn't particularly want but ordered to try. Let me say for a fact that the food we ordered was very tasty. That we had no problem with. The issue we had was that people who walked in off the street with no reservations were treated better & had better service than we did. Overall food was good service was a major let down. I'd suggest leaving this restaurant off your list of things to do in Montreal. NOT WORTH.

Aug 22, 2024
on Google

Easily understand why this can make to No.1 restaurant in Canada. Enjoy everything on my meal, the peach sorbet is out of this world. However, the bread seem to be dry (maybe because it was end of day - we got reso at 9:45pm) The scallop sandwich was supposed to be very good based on many people recommended, however I feel it mushy & oily (the croque / sandwich outside later). 1st 2nd bite is good but eventually it become uneatable, I took the croque out & it only the scallop. Staff is friendly, & this place is not expensive at all compared to the top ranking. I spent around $90 each pre-tax & tip.

Aug 20, 2024
on Google

Incredible service, great ambiance & the food was pretty great. There were a couple of dishes not exactly to our taste but we were happy to try all the creative dishes.

Aug 17, 2024
on Google

Meilleur restaurant de Montréal, super conseil sur les vins natures & gros coup de coeur sur le croque palourde, juste parfait combo entre la gastronomie & la street food.

Aug 15, 2024
on Google