Two bowls of pasta on a white linen-covered table with a glass of red wine, a champagne bucket and a glass of rosé, bread and a straw hat beside them

Italian-Mediterranean / Downtown (Golden Square Mile)

Céleste

UNDER THE GLASS ROOF

A huge Italian-Mediterranean dining room in the Maison Alcan atrium, built for pasta, grilled fish and big steaks.

From home: 16 min walk; 1.16 km, or 5 min by car
Spend: $$$$
Our dates: Open Tue-Thu; Give it 2 to 3 hours

Mood photo, not this exact place.Photo: Chloe Frost Smith, Unsplash License

The verdict

Go for the room first and the food second: house pasta, whole grilled branzino, a 32oz rib-eye to split. It suits a dressy dinner, not a quick one, so give it a long evening. Catch for us: it is closed Mondays, so Thanksgiving night is almost certainly out. Aim for Tue-Thu.

Tastet 2026 best new restaurants
Glass-roofed atrium in Maison Alcan
Pasta, grilled fish and shareable meat

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Céleste, the short list

Must order
Gnudi al pomodoro
Ricotta dumplings, tomato basil sauce, Parmigiano Reggiano
Tastet calls the gnudi rare in the city and a team favourite.
On their menu: Official website. No prices on the official PDF menu
Must order
Linguine vongole
Littleneck clams, anchovy pangrattato
On the official menu; diner-summary popularity not independently re-checked.
On their menu: Official website. No prices on the official PDF menu
Cocktail di gamberetti
Shrimp, vodka rosa sauce, horseradish, peperoncino
On the official menu; diner-summary popularity not independently re-checked.
On their menu: Official website. No prices on the official PDF menu
Branzino entero alla griglia
Grilled butterflied whole branzino, Prosecco, fennel, caviar
Whole fish to share, on the official menu.
On their menu: Official website. No prices on the official PDF menu
Pollo alla griglia
Half chicken, coffee spice rub, celeriac, espresso sambuca sauce
Tastet highlights the chicken with espresso sambuca sauce.
On their menu: Official website. No prices on the official PDF menu
Bistecca cowgirl
32oz bone-in rib-eye, Tuscan spice rub
The sharing-steak play.
On their menu: Official website. No prices on the official PDF menu
Tortellini alla panna e vodka
Prosciutto, cream, tomato, vodka, fennel
On the official September menu.
On their menu: Official website. No prices on the official PDF menu

Menus change. Prices are from the posted menu, before tax and tip.

What people actually say

Recurring themes, not cherry-picked quotes.

Love

Atrium dining room is the draw (per Tastet)
Pastas, grilled fish and meat, shareable format
Mixed crowd of after-work groups, friends and couples (per Tastet)

Know before you go

Pacing reportedly uneven in aggregator summaries (unverified)
Dressy, business-casual room (unverified)
Closed Sun-Mon, so not an Oct 12 option
No prices published on the menu PDF
Phone bookings only Mon-Fri 10am-5pm; otherwise OpenTable
Some aggregator summaries mention slow pacing (not independently verified); plan a long dinner

Dishes that keep coming up

Gnudi, Chicken with espresso sambuca, Rib cap steak (Tastet)

Room: Spacious, bright, design-led, a little grand.
Service: Tastet describes a welcoming team; pace complaints come from aggregator summaries I could not re-check.
Value: Priced as a splurge ($$$ tier per Tastet); no menu prices available to check.

One Tastet review, one Tastet list entry, OpenTable and Google review aggregates only. No Reddit, Eater or Gazette coverage found. Review sentiment from aggregators is a summary.

Vibe check

elegant/design forward/scene y/bright

Best fordressy dinner, groups, date night

How much we'll spend

$$$$

Official menu PDF has no prices. Tastet shows a three-dollar-sign tier; OpenTable lists CAN$51 and over. Menu is large-format and meat/fish heavy, so tier 3 is an estimate.

Our estimate from posted prices, CAD, before tax and tip. Québec purchases carry the 5% federal GST plus the 9.975% Québec Sales Tax (QST, TVQ in French): 14.975% combined on taxable items. Tourisme Montréal: it is customary to tip restaurant servers, taxi drivers and hairdressers 15% of the bill, before taxes. Bellhops, porters and doormen generally get at least $2 per bag or service; coffee and food counters often have a tip cup by the register.

On our dates

Tue-Wed 5:30-10pm, Thu-Sat 5:30-11pm, closed Sun-Mon

Mon 12ClosedThanksgiving: holiday hours unconfirmed
Tue 13Open5:30pm to 10pmThird-party hours
Wed 14Open5:30pm to 10pmThird-party hours
Thu 15Open5:30pm to 11pmThird-party hours

Thanksgiving MondayNo Thanksgiving notice on official site (re-checked Oct 9). Tastet lists Monday closed as a regular day, so closed Oct 12 is very likely, but not explicitly confirmed.

Full week

Mon	Closed
Tue	5:30pm to 10pm
Wed	5:30pm to 10pm
Thu	5:30pm to 11pm
Fri	5:30pm to 11pm
Sat	5:30pm to 11pm
Sun	Closed

Official site does not publish dining hours. OpenTable says 5:30pm start, Tastet says 6pm; one Tastet language version appears to show Saturday closed. Confirm by phone or OpenTable.

Hours from a third-party listing. Confirm before you go.