The list of Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants released on May 13th and Montreal’s Mon Lapin topped it for the second year in a row. Rounding out the rest of the top five are:
- Edulis (Toronto)
- Alo (Toronto)
- 20 Victoria (Toronto)
- Langdon Hall (Cambridge, Ont.)
Other notable restaurants making the top 100 are Victoria’s Marilena which was also the top new restaurant, Calgary’s Major Tom and Chef Nick Liu’s popular restaurant DaiLo which is also celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Canada’s Best Bars included Bar Pompette and Civil Liberties from Toronto and Montreal’s The Cloakroom Bar.
2024 marks a decade of Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants. It is the comprehensive guide to Canada’s exciting food scene. Canada’s culinary scene has evolved over the last ten years. Jacob Richler, editor-in-chief of Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants shared his take on it:
“When I look back on the last decade, I’d say first that we started with a list that featured a lot more traditional fine dining and white tablecloths than what you see ranking in the upper echelons of our list today, ” says Richler, “That is simply a reflection of changing taste, everywhere. What I find more interesting and more particular to Canada is that our restaurants are increasingly difficult to classify into traditional categories.”
He continues, “Our best restaurants show off excellent contemporary techniques. But it’s the diversity of culinary influences on the plate that is more and more our signature. Chefs are showing pride in their culinary heritage wherever they’re from. And that confidence and generosity are making dining out here more interesting all the time. Our contribution to this is to highlight quality and help drive customers and business to those excellent restaurants that most deserve it.”
Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants were selected by 150 judges – the largest number ever. The panel is comprised of culinary experts from across the country including chefs, sommeliers, restaurant owners, bartenders and bon vivants on the hunt for the best meals here and abroad.
Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants 2024
- Mon Lapin (Montreal)
- Edulis (Toronto)
- Alo (Toronto)
- 20 Victoria (Toronto)
- Langdon Hall (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Restaurant Pearl Morissette (Jordan Station, Ont.)
- Published on Main (Vancouver)
- Beba (Montreal)
- Bar Kismet (Halifax)
- Kissa Tanto (Vancouver)
- Monarque (Montreal, QC)
- Quetzal (Toronto, ON)
- Montréal Plaza (Montreal, QC)
- St. Lawrence (Vancouver, BC)
- Dreyfus (Toronto, ON)
- L’Abattoir (Vancouver, BC)
- Giulia (Toronto, ON)
- Prime Seafood Palace (Toronto, ON)
- Toqué! (Montreal, QC)
- AnnaLena (Vancouver, BC)
- Cabaret l’Enfer (Montreal, QC)
- Boulevard (Vancouver, BC)
- River Café (Calgary, AB)
- Canoe (Toronto, ON)
- Eight (Calgary, AB)
- Hexagon (Oakville, ON)
- Marilena (Victoria, BC)
- Riviera (Ottawa, ON)
- Bernhardts (Toronto, ON)
- Sushi Masaki Saito (Toronto, ON)
- Wild Blue (Whistler, BC)
- La Cabane d’à Côté (St-Benoît de Mirabel, QC)
- Aburi Hana (Toronto, ON)
- Casa Paco (Toronto, ON)
- Mimi Chinese (Toronto, ON)
- Portage (St. John’s, NL)
- Botanist (Vancouver, BC)
- Sunnys Chinese (Toronto, ON)
- Deer + Almond (Winnipeg, MB)
- The Pine (Collingwood, ON)
- Joe Beef (Montreal, QC)
- Maenam (Vancouver, BC)
- Atelier (Ottawa, ON)
- Bar Isabel (Toronto, ON)
- Famiglia Baldassarre (Toronto, ON)
- D.O.P. (Calgary, AB)
- Mott 32 (Vancouver, BC)
- La Quercia (Vancouver, BC)
- Sushi Yugen (Toronto, ON)
- Salle Climatisé (Montreal, QC)
- Au Pied de Cochon (Montreal, QC)
- Major Tom (Calgary, AB)
- L’Express (Montreal, QC)
- Otto (Kitano Shokudo) (Montreal, QC)
- Paloma (Montreal, QC)
- Nora Gray (Montreal, QC)
- Fogo Island Inn (Joe Batt’s Arm, NL)
- Auberge St-Mathieu (St-Mathieu, QC)
- Masayoshi (Vancouver, BC)
- Tanière3 (Quebec City, QC)
- Lawrence (Montreal, QC)
- Burdock & Co. (Vancouver, BC)
- Bar St-Denis (Montreal, QC)
- Cioppino’s (Vancouver, BC)
- Pompette (Toronto, ON)
- Giulietta (Toronto, ON)
- Hawksworth (Vancouver, BC)
- Pichai (Montreal, QC)
- Bouillon Bilk (Montreal, QC)
- Actinolite (Toronto, ON)
- Arlo (Ottawa, ON)
- Alma (Outremont, QC)
- Mastard (Montreal, QC)
- Clementine (Winnipeg, MB)
- Supply and Demand (Ottawa, ON)
- Ankor (Canmore, AB)
- Bar Prima (Toronto, ON)
- Tetsu Sushi Bar (Vancouver, BC)
- Sabayon (Montreal, QC)
- Le Vin Papillon (Montreal, QC)
- Don Alfonso 1890 (Toronto, ON)
- Savio Volpe (Vancouver, BC)
- Foxy (Montreal, QC)
- Gia Vin et Grill (Montreal, QC)
- Oddbird (St. Catherine’s, ON)
- Elephant (Vancouver, BC)
- Casavant (Montreal, QC)
- Hearth (Saskatoon, SK)
- Arvi (Quebec City, QC)
- Sushi Hil (Vancouver, BC)
- Espace Old Mill (Stanbridge, QC)
- Yujiro (Winnipeg, MB)
- Liverpool House (Montreal, QC)
- Barberian’s (Toronto, ON)
- North & Navy (Ottawa, ON)
- Hoogan et Beaufort (Montreal, QC)
- Buvette Daphnée (Ottawa, ON)
- Le Mousso (Montreal, QC)
- DaiLo (Toronto, ON)
- Park (Montreal, QC)