La Medusa

We are visiting Montreal from California ( SF bay area) and were looking for some Italian food and we are walking down the street and spotted this gem of the place, we have some dietary restrictions so we were looking at the menu posted on the window and we liked what we saw so decided to go inside and got seated right away, Nino who is the owner helped make us feel comfortable, had conversation about the weather and how hot it was in Montreal vs where we live, brought us cold water, started out with dietary needs for one of us so he suggest great meal, Wonderful pasta for my wife and risotto for me and salad and all three times were wonderful, being vegetarian and gluten free free makes hard selection for food at most places, he was very gracious and wonderful host catted, Joked and shared some stories, Other two gentleman David and Paulo who help us during the meal were wonderful as fun to interact with as the Nino, This was by the best experience with food and service we had in Montreal! loved it! Thank you, Nino and Team

Very homey and warm place with delicious food and very attentive knowledgeable waiters. Arancini, chocolate torte, and roasted carrot salad were the standouts for me, sadly they were out of the whole fish by the time we ate. Will be back to try that. They were able to accommodate GF - though not sure that it would be celiac safe - a lot of the starters are GF and two of the desserts were. Call to make a reservation and/or have a drink next door at Persephone while you wait, you can bring it with you when your table is ready as they’re owned by the same people.