Italian / Old Montréal (Vieux-Montréal)
Bocca di Lupo
OLD MONTRÉAL, WITHOUT THE TOURIST TAX
A new Italian trattoria in Old Montréal with stone walls, a pasta-and-crudo menu and an Italian-leaning wine list.
- From home
- 21 min walk
- Spend
- $$$$
- Our dates
- Open Tue-Thu. Mon holiday hours unconfirmed
The verdict
Go for the cavatelli and the chicken parm, and start with the crudo. It opened in April 2026, so the track record is thin, but Tastet likes the value for the area and the room looks good. Good Monday-night fallback if it is open on the holiday, which we have not confirmed.
- Tastet review, 2026
- Pasta and crudo with Italian wine list
- Reasonable prices for Old Montréal
Order this
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Bocca di Lupo, the short list
Must order
Cavatelli
$29Sausage, rapini, pecorino.
Tastet calls it the comfort-food pasta.
Must order
Pollo alla Parmigiana
$32Chicken parm with tomato and fior di latte.
Indulgent, a favourite of the Tastet writer.
Must order
Crudo di Branzino
$24Sea bass with fennel, orange, olives.
Tastet praises its light, precise touch (crudo in general).
Spaghettoni cacio e pepe
$26Cheese and pepper.
Safe, cheaper pasta.
Mezze Rigatoni
$30Calamari, 'nduja, breadcrumbs.
Spicier pick.
Tiramisù alla Veneziana
$12Mascarpone, ladyfingers, coffee.
Classic finish.
What people actually say
Recurring themes, not cherry-picked quotes.
Love
- Comfort-leaning Italian classics done well
- Reasonable prices for the portions and the Old Montréal location
- Approachable, Italian-only wine list with a few big Barolos
- Stone-walled room with velvet and leather seating
Know before you go
- Very new, so few independent reviews exist
- Hours listings vary slightly and lunch service is still being added
- Opened April 2026, little track record
- Oct 12 (Thanksgiving) hours unconfirmed
- Daily 5-11:30pm per Tastet only
- Groups of 8+ must call or email
Dishes that keep coming up
Chicken parmigiana, Sausage and rapini cavatelli, Crudo, Pomegranate cocktail
- Room
- Neighbourhood trattoria feel: no dress code, stone walls, tile floors, alcoves behind the bar.
- Service
- Not enough evidence.
- Value
- Tastet considers it fair for quality and portions.
Vibe check
lively/casual/wine heavy/buzzy
Best fordate night, a casual pasta dinner, wine drinkers
How much we'll spend
Official menu: starters $18-25, pastas $26-30, mains $28-46, sides $12. One starter or pasta plus a drink; wine prices not captured.
On our dates
Daily 5-11:30pm (per Tastet; not on official site)
- Mon 12Maybe
- Tue 13Open
- Wed 14Open
- Thu 15Open
Thanksgiving MondayNo Thanksgiving notice found on official site or searches as of Oct 8. Directory/Tastet list Monday as open, which is not holiday evidence.
Full week
| Mon | 5pm to 11:30pm |
|---|---|
| Tue | 5pm to 11:30pm |
| Wed | 5pm to 11:30pm |
| Thu | 5pm to 11:30pm |
| Fri | 5pm to 11:30pm |
| Sat | 5pm to 11:30pm |
| Sun | 5pm to 11:30pm |
Make a night of it
Dinner, drinks, late night. Real walking times between.
Pair it with
- Flyjin, the owners' other restaurant, a few minutes' walk on Rue Notre-Dame Ouest per The Main
Where
140 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, QC H2Y 1T1
Groups of 8+ must phone or email rsvp@bdlmtl.com. Tastet says reservations are not hard to get; real-time availability for our dates not checked.
While you're there
The receipt
Where every fact on this page comes from.
Fact-checkedResearched and independently re-checked Oct 8, 2026, 2 details corrected. Confidence: medium.
Details to confirm
- Is it open Monday Oct 12 (Thanksgiving)?
- Confirm hours on official channels
- Live Libro availability
- Wine and cocktail prices
- Closure/rebrand news search (English + French) not independently re-run by verifier