I agree that Kazu is very good.
Glad to hear you liked high tea at the Ritz and thank you for recommending it! It used to get good reviews but fell off my radar awhile ago so I didn’t recommend it. I am hoping to go back to Montreal next year so I will add it to my bucket list.
@biondanonima if you go to Kazu, you and your partner should try and score a seat at the bar. It overlooks their open concept kitchen so you get to see the chefs in action. Not recommended for a group but if it’s just the two of you, it’s doable.
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I’ll also add the site for La Binerie diner on St Denis, which is a diner with Quebecois diner food.
Beauty’s food is more Jewish.
La Binerie would be a around a 15 minute taxi from the Omni.
Fèves au lard/ baked beans with pork, are a traditional side for Quebecois fry-ups. Even Tim Hortons (don’t bother spending calories there on your trip) have fèves au lard on their menu in Quebec. Not available at Tim Hortons outside Quebec.
https://www.labineriemontroyal.com/menus/dejeuners
Larry’s on St Laurent, an upscale café , has some amazing looking breakfasts on Instagram. I haven’t had a chance to visit. Also a 15 minute taxi/ hour long walk from the Omni.
If you can, visit the Plateau and Mile End, in addition to Old Montreal during your stay. The Plateau and Mile End have the character and architecture you would see in many movies set in Montreal.
When I visit, when it comes to eating, I usually choose to eat most of my meals in the Plateau neighborhood (North of Sherbrooke) or in/near Little Burgundy and St Henri near the River (south of Sherbrooke ).
I realize it’s a lot to pack in over 3 days!
I’m sure we will - we love to walk when we visit new cities, and we will have a car so we can drive ourselives to farther flung locations. Speaking of which, we’ll be driving out to the Notre-Dame-de-Grace neighborhood at some point to do a drive-by of my parents’ old apartment (they lived in Montreal for a few years but moved back to the states right before I was born - so I guess I’ll be getting back to my very earliest roots on this trip 
) - anything of interest to see or do out there? It appears to be largely residential so I’m guessing not, but thought I’d check with the experts!
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Some of my friends lived in NDG, as well. I always met up with them closer to the core. Or, I met them after they had left NDG for Toronto.
I’m sorry, I have never spent any time in NDG.
I’ll take on this NDG SubReddit since it looks pretty good to me.
Chalet BBQ is a rotisserie chicken place that is iconic, and located in NDG.
The main competition for Chalet BBQ is Côte St Luc, also near NDG afaik.
NDG is just west of downtown and largely residential. There are lots of restaurants on Sherbrooke but I’m not familiar with any of them… If you like Greek food though, Yia Sou on Queen Mary is good. I don’t think there are any sights to see in the area other than your parents’ apartment 
My Montreal visit was so long ago any recs would be useless. APDC was one meal I insisted on going to, despite already battling a GI bug. Super idea!
But I do remember hitting a Greek place off Sainte Catherine with a friend, and an excellent basement bar for jazz in the same area.
I’d love to go back in the spring some time. Looking forward to @biondanonima’s report.
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If you like Greek food you are going to the right city! There are lots of Greek restos in Montreal. I signed up for a dinner out next week with a dinner club I’m in and the resto we are going to is located in what used to be a favourite Greek resto. It closed a couple of years ago and is now a Korean place. The dinner club organizer and I are both Montreal expats and we were just lamenting about the lack of Greek places in Ottawa.
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Greek is in my top 10 cuisines, and I make it at home a lot, too
Our only Greek in town is … serviceable, but not even close to what I can get in Berlin (or Greece, of course).
Here’s hoping for a conference in Montreal in the near future! 
Haha, I figured! No big deal - I figure it’s a quick trip in the car, so why not? We might even get it out of the way before we check into our hotel so we can concentrate on the more interesting areas for the rest of the trip!
The traditionally Greek neighborhoods in Montreal are along Parc Avenue and in Park Extension.
Close to a dozen of my friends had Greek immigrant parents who ran diners, family restaurants, or Greek restaurants in Montreal.
Mythos on Parc is popular with Greeks in Montreal for a mid-range restaurant. I was involved with a Hellenic organization and that’s where events were often hosted.
I like the setting of Le Jardin de Panos, which is decent for a mid-range restaurant.
The original Milos location is on Parc Ave. I found the waiters sometimes upsell. My splurge order for 2 is their tomato salad (their Horiatiki/ village salad, no lettuce) , the grilled octopus and/or the fried calamari, the stack of fried eggplant and zucchini, and a 4th meze. I don’t usually order their market price finfish or their meat dishes. Milos does have a Sunday night prix fixe and a late night prix fixe, but I prefer to order à la carte. Milos costs almost twice as much as Mythos. It is a treat. That said, Bionda is coming from the Tristate area so she has a Milos in NYC. It’ll be the same kind of place so probably not worth her time when she only has 3 days in MTL.
I don’t think the mid-range Greek food in MTL would be superior to the Greek food in Astoria, NY. It is superior to the Greek food in London, Ontario, Ottawa and Regina!
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Yes, Greek is not a priority - it’s hard to beat Astoria’s offerings. Interestingly enough, Milos has never wowed me, although that may be because I have only been there for weekday lunch (corporate outings).
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Mr. Bionda is going to love this one - we’re both big fans of tourtiere and I know he’ll want to try it at the source!
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I have always been told. Due to its historic connection ( French/Vietnamese ), Vietnamese food in Montreal excels and is a must try. Interesting no one recommends any good Vietnamese places?!
Likewise with Middle Eastern fare. Actually, during my recent trip, I was very tempted to dish out mega-bucks for a Middle Eastern tasting menu at Damas. Sadly, cannot spare a time slot.
As for Chinese…come to Toronto!! Head and shoulder above and beyond what Montreal has to offer! 
Did 3 food trips to Montreal over the last year but on your list, have only tried Beba, Cabaret L’Enfer and Le Violon. I would skip L’Enfer. Easily the worst meal out of all the restaurants I have tried in Quebec. Consistently salty seasoning across multiple dishes. Sinew in duck breast that should have been removed. Maybe it was because the head chef was not in the restaurant and the crew are cruising. But not a place I would recommend to others. Le Violon is great if you don’t want do a tasting menu and do a la carte. Beba is fantastic and so is Mon Lapin
Guess I was lucky to have the chef right in front of me while I was seated at the bar, one of my best meals in Montreal, ever… You win some, you lose some.
I have had one nice Vietnamese meal in Montreal. But it was a long time ago. Somewhere on St Denis.
I can’t say it was better than my favourite Vietnamese places in Toronto, Calgary, or NYC, but it was good.
The best Vietnamese cuisine I have eaten in North America was in Houston, Texas of all places!!
A lot of Vietnamese moved there after the war plus beef quality in Texas is excellent??!!
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Another enthusiastic +1 for Cabaret L’Enfer. Terrific value (for a New Yorker at least) and such a nice combination of textures and flavors. Bouillon Bilk is another favorite but if I have to choose, its CL
Another name not mentioned here much is Le Serpent (Italian), endorsed by local Captcrunch
Ma Poule Mouillée for Portuguese chicken is a must for me as well
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