Argentine (Spanish, Italian and Jewish influences) / Verdun
Beba
THE KNISH IS NON-NEGOTIABLE
Canada's No. 6 restaurant: a warm, 28-seat Argentine-Jewish corner room in Verdun, run by brothers Ari and Pablo Schor.
- From home
- 10 min drive
- Spend
- $$$$
- Our dates
- Open Tue-Thu. closed Mon
The verdict
Yes. Book it for Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, since it is closed Mondays, Thanksgiving included. Open with the caviar knish and the mackerel montadito, share the pasta and the guinea fowl, and let the staff steer you through a serious natural wine list. The catch: it sits on a residential corner in Verdun rather than anywhere central, and the bill climbs fast once the $50-65 mains and the $39 knish land.
- Canada's 100 Best 2026: No. 6, up from No. 7 in 2025
- North America's 50 Best Restaurants 2026: No. 27
- Locally unusual Argentine-Jewish cooking with Spanish and Italian roots, done with no fuss
- Michelin Guide listing credits bold flavours, generous portions and the natural wine list
- The Schor brothers' hospitality is the theme every write-up returns to
Order this
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Beba, the short list
Must order
Knish
$39Potato knish with Osetra caviar
Chef Ari Schor's signature opener, named by Canada's 100 Best and North America's 50 Best: Jewish comfort food crowned with caviar.
Must order
Montadito
$28Mackerel montadito with sesame and horseradish
The other signature: cured mackerel on a sesame bun with horseradish, named by both 2026 award write-ups.
Dattes
$24Dates stuffed with foie gras, pistachios and olive oil
A sweet, rich snack to share, on the Sept 2026 online menu.
Ailes de lapin
$18Rabbit wings with sauce albufera
A cheap, offbeat small plate that fits the kitchen's taste for less common cuts.
Tagliatelle
$33Tagliatelle with butcher's ragu and parmigiano reggiano
The pasta slot: the Italian side of Argentina's food story, and an easy plate to split between two.
Pintade
$52Guineafowl with Somerset grapes, ham and vermouth
Guinea fowl appears in the 2026 award write-ups in different forms; this is the current menu version.
Porc mangalitsa
$65Mangalitsa pork with chanterelles, corn and sherry jus
The priciest main on the current menu and the one to pick if you are going big.
Flan
$13Flan with dulce de leche and whipped cream
The Argentine classic finish and the cheapest line on the menu.
What people actually say
Recurring themes, not cherry-picked quotes.
Love
- Hospitality: from 2019 to 2026, write-ups keep crediting the Schor brothers personally for a warm, convivial, fun room
- Honest, unfussy cooking from an Argentine-Jewish tradition with Spanish and Italian roots, which critics rank far above its casual look
- The two perennials, the caviar knish and the cured-fish montadito, are named in nearly every piece
- Bold flavours and generous portions, with meat and offal handled with care
- A deep natural and small-producer wine list, with reasonable by-the-glass options and vermouth and sherry cocktails
Know before you go
- Small room (28 seats) on a residential Verdun corner, away from the main restaurant strip
- The menu changes weekly, so specific dishes come and go
- The cooking leans meaty, with offal a specialty
- Closed Mondays, so Thanksgiving Monday Oct 12 is out; Tue-Fri 5:30-10:30pm, Sat-Sun 5-10:30pm
- Only 28 seats: book on OpenTable as soon as the night is set
- The menu changes weekly; the online menu dated Sept 16 is a guide, not a promise
- A tasting menu runs every night alongside the à la carte, per Canada's 100 Best; its price is not published
Dishes that keep coming up
Potato knish with Osetra caviar, Mackerel montadito, Guinea fowl in various forms, Beef tongue, Tripe alla cacciatora
- Room
- An intimate, light-filled corner room with a neighbourhood crowd, per the Michelin and award write-ups.
- Service
- Consistently described as warm and relaxed but efficient, with staff happy to say how many plates to order and to guide you through the natural wines.
- Value
- Canada's 100 Best rates it $$ and Michelin $$$. On the Sept 16 menu, small plates start at $17 but mains run $50-65 and the caviar knish is $39, so it is a special-occasion bill you can still keep in check by ordering small.
Vibe check
intimate/lively/wine heavy/date night
Best fora special dinner that still feels relaxed, date night, natural wine drinkers, adventurous, meat-loving eaters
How much we'll spend
Official menu dated Sept 16, 2026: small plates $17-28 (caviar knish $39), tagliatelle $33, mains $50-65, desserts $13-16; cocktails $16-18, wine by the glass $17-22, beer $10. Two people sharing the montadito, the pasta and one main with a cocktail each comes to about $70 per person; adding the knish, a second main and dessert pushes it to roughly $110-130. Tax and tip extra. Canada's 100 Best rates it $$, Michelin $$$. Group menu (5+) is from $120 per person before drinks. Tasting menu price not published.
On our dates
Tue-Fri 5:30-10:30pm, Sat-Sun 5-10:30pm, closed Mon
- Mon 12Closed
- Tue 13Open
- Wed 14Open
- Thu 15Open
Thanksgiving MondayMonday is a standing closed day: the official site lists hours for Tuesday to Sunday only and the Michelin Guide listing marks Monday closed. No Thanksgiving or special-opening notice on the official site (home, menu, contact pages) as of Oct 8, 2026; Instagram could not be read.
Full week
| Mon | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tue | 5:30pm to 10:30pm |
| Wed | 5:30pm to 10:30pm |
| Thu | 5:30pm to 10:30pm |
| Fri | 5:30pm to 10:30pm |
| Sat | 5pm to 10:30pm |
| Sun | 5pm to 10:30pm |
Where
3900 Rue Éthel, Verdun, Montréal, QC H4G 1S4
The official site's Reservations link and the Michelin listing both go to OpenTable; the site also lists +1 514-750-7087 and info@restaurantbeba.ca. The room has only 28 seats. Groups of 5 or more use a request form on the site (group menu from $120 per person, drinks, tax and tip extra, 20% gratuity added automatically). An older reservations sub-page still links to a Libro widget that now returns a 404, so ignore it. OpenTable availability for Oct 13-15, deposit and cancellation policy could not be loaded (OpenTable blocked automated access).
While you're there
The receipt
Where every fact on this page comes from.
Fact-checkedResearched and independently re-checked Oct 8, 2026, 4 details corrected. Confidence: medium.
Details to confirm
- OpenTable availability for two on Tue Oct 13, Wed Oct 14 or Thu Oct 15 (OpenTable blocked automated access).
- OpenTable deposit, credit-card hold and cancellation policy.
- Price and format of the nightly tasting menu and the family-style chef's menu for two (not published on the official site).
- Any fall vacation or private-event closure Oct 13-15 (Instagram could not be read; no notice on the official site).
- Closure-news search and community sentiment (Reddit, Google) not done: web search budget for this run was exhausted.
- Last seating time is not published.
- OfficialRestaurant Beba (official website): Home: about, hours, address and contact (FR and EN)
- OfficialRestaurant Beba (official website): Menu dated 16 septembre (food, cocktails, wine, dessert); menu changes weekly
- OfficialRestaurant Beba (official website): Demande de réservation de groupe (groups of 5+)
- OfficialRestaurant Beba (official website): Réservations sub-page (older page linking to a Libro widget that returns 404)
- OfficialRestaurant Beba (official website page data): Page list with modification dates (menu page modified 2026-09-16, home 2025-07-28)
- AwardCanada's 100 Best: Best Restaurants 2026: No. 6 Beba
- AwardCanada's 100 Best: Canada's Best Restaurants 2026 (full list)
- AwardCanada's 100 Best: Best Restaurants 2025: No. 7 Beba
- AwardNorth America's 50 Best Restaurants: Beba: North America's 50 Best Restaurants 2026, No. 27
- EditorialMichelin Guide: Beba, Montréal (listing with hours and inspector description)
- EditorialMontreal Gazette: Restaurant review: Beba might be Verdun's best-kept secret (Joanna Fox, Oct 24, 2019)
- EditorialCondé Nast Traveler: Restaurant Beba review (Dec 2, 2019)
- EditorialBon Appétit: The Best Restaurants in Montreal, Quebec (Sept 8, 2022)
RecognitionCanada's 100 Best 2026, No. 6; North America's 50 Best Restaurants 2026, No. 27; Canada's 100 Best 2025, No. 7