Stash Café! Discover an Old Montréal institution serving up traditional Polish cuisine in warm, inviting surroundings that showcases stone walls and a mix of Polish art and convent furnishings. This Polish restaurant offers a big selection of traditional foods. The specialities of the house are roast duck and wild boar Polish style. Spend an evening at Stash's, and discover a small corner of Poland!
Stash Café in Old Montreal is described as a warm, cozy spot serving authentic Polish comfort food with a lively yet intimate atmosphere highlighted by live piano and red lamps. The menu earns praise for generous, hearty dishes such as pierogies, kielbasa, cabbage rolls, golabki, schnitzel, and potato pancakes, along with soups like barszcz, zurek, ogorkowa and pickle soup, and desserts such as apple and peach cobblers. Drinks are enjoyable, with solid cocktails, vodka options, and memorable shots that friends remember. Service is repeatedly called friendly, attentive, and welcoming, though a few reviewers note slower service during busy times and occasional missteps or pricing concerns. Reservations are often recommended due to popularity, and many leave feeling they discovered a true Polish home away from home with strong atmosphere, live piano, and generous hospitality. Overall, the restaurant is described as a standout in Montreal for Polish cuisine, delivering consistently delicious food, a comforting vibe, and a memorable, live music driven experience.
Hearty Polish food in a beautiful atmosphere. Everything from the menu tastes good. slightly slow service due to understaffing. They got a very talented artist playing the piano when we went.
The food is delicious. Very tasty, with great combination of textures. The piano playing creates a very intimate aambiance. Waiters are always friendly & helpful. I have been twice & plan to come back.
Aug 4, 2025
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Pierogies (potato & cheddar) & potato pancakes were very tasty. Pierogies were freshly made & boiled (I prefer fried to get the crusty outside) with carmelized diced onion on top served with sauerkraut & sour cream. The potato pancakes (4) were served with choice of apple sauce or sour cream. I ordered them with apple sauce so I can use the sour cream from the Pierogies combined with the potato pancakes so I can have an apple sauce/sour cream combo on potato pancakes. They also had live piano music as well. Great atmosphere!
We try to make it to Stash every time we visit Montreal. Good cocktails, Great food, friendly staff, super cool atmosphere, especially when the piano player is doing his thing.
Jun 30, 2025
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Exceptional food that gets traditional Polish cuisine down to every little detail. Nightly piano to add to the incredible atmosphere & service. All at a very reasonable price for old Montreal.
Metered street parking is always challenging in the Old Port, especially with summer construction. I suggest finding parking outside the Old Port & walking over. It's a beautiful walk. Reservations are highly recommended. There are bar seats for walk-ins. There's live piano music in the evening. The place is charming, but a little dark (wandering to the bathroom is an adventure). There's an original drinks menu. Service was excellent & friendly, everyone was kind & helpful. I love the traditional Polish dishes (I had to google a lot of the names). There's a beginner's plate in the Table d'Hote for those who want to try a little bit of everything. The plate was yummy & generous. I left very full & satisfied.
This place is awesome. If you're there during the live piano, it's a lot of fun. It's a relaxed vibe playing fun songs, nothing classical. The service was very good & they turn tables quickly. I had a really hard time deciding what to order because every photo looked great. I ordered the tasing menu & go the Menu du debutant & peach cobbler. I highly recommend Stash.
Definitely one of our favorite Montreal restaurants now. My wife & I did some research before we return this year & found many recommendations for Stash & we were not disappointed.
We didn't make reservations, but thankfully it was a weeknight & we were able to get in. Love the piano player for the added ambience.
We tried a little bit of almost everything & everything was perfect. This will definitely be a highlight to our trips in the future to Montreal & we recommend anyone trying it out.
Side note: We went to another restaurant a few days later & during a conversation with the chef there they recommended it as their favorite restaurant in Montreal before we even mentioned we had been there.
Such a lovely dining experience with authentic Polish cuisine! My hubby & I walked in w/o a reservation on a Saturday evening in March at 8:30pm. Despite still being full, we were seated right away at a cozy window table. Upon walking in, you are greeted with wonderful live music from a very talented piano player right at the entrance. The restaurant is warm & cozy with a red light district vibe with the red lampshades on all the lights. Lovely beamed ceilings & church pew bench seats with a long bar on the side. Our waitress was great, professional, & courteous. We ordered perogies, schnitzel, among other Polish dishes, & yummy cocktails. We thoroughly enjoyed each dish & the entire evening. We loved the perogies so much that instead of ordering dessert, we ordered another 8 mushroom perogies to go! I HIGHLY recommend for some authentic Polish cuisine!
Lovely restaurant! Live piano & ambiance was lovely, & the food was delicious. Very aware of celiac / gluten free & have lots of options, including their schnitzels!
Cute place with live piano. Attentive service. Great food. If you want to sample a variety of Polish dishes, debutant is a good choice. Sznycel wiedenski & sznycel mielony are both good. Also their beer tastes great. The apple cobbler is a little milder than I expected but still tasty.
Dinner on Friday night.
Lunch on Saturday.
(It was that good.)
If you love Eastern European cuisine, this is your place.
We tried:
Dill soup. Latkes. Perogies. Cabbage rolls. Breaded chicken. Sauerkraut. Beet salad. Everything 💯
Can't say enough abt this place. Food. Atmosphere. Cozy dining room. (Live piano player)
Would be wise to make a reservation.
