Wine bar / Griffintown
Umarell
THE MANO CREW STAYS UP LATE
The Mano Cornuto team's new Griffintown wine bar: European small plates, a deep by-the-glass list and a kitchen that runs late.
- From home
- 13 min walk
- Spend
- $$$$
- Our dates
- Open Tue-Thu. Mon holiday hours unconfirmed
The verdict
Yes, and it's on our side of town. Try for seats at the long bar and order across the menu: the white-bolognese gnocchetti and pil-pil scallops are the anchors, with a red pepper negroni to start. It could suit a late second meal; confirm it is open on Thanksgiving Monday before you plan around it. The catch: it opened only weeks ago, plates are small, and early diners are split on value and service.
- From Alessia's list
- Listed 7th in The Main's best new restaurants in Montréal, October 2026
- Open 7 days until 2am with a late-running kitchen
- In Griffintown, our home neighbourhood
Order this
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Umarell, the short list
Must order
Gnocchetti sardi alla bolognese bianca
Small ridged Sardinian pasta shells with a white take on bolognese.
Tastet's biggest favourite of the meal.
Must order
Red pepper negroni
House negroni (Tanqueray, Campari, Cinzano and Cocchi Americano vermouths) infused for 24 hours with roasted red peppers.
The house signature cocktail, per Tastet.
Scallops in pil-pil sauce
Scallops in a Basque emulsion of olive oil, garlic and chili.
Tastet's other favourite, singled out for very tender scallops.
Mushroom pizza
Elongated pizza that folds a bit like a pizza portafoglio, made to pass around the middle of the table.
The general manager's pick per Tastet, though one early diner on RestoMontreal was let down by the funghi pizza. Optional, not essential.
What people actually say
Recurring themes, not cherry-picked quotes.
Love
- Keeps the warm, convivial Mano Cornuto hospitality while widening the food and wine range
- Flavour-forward small plates; pastas, tartare and fish get singled out by diners
- Friendly, attentive floor staff in most early reviews
- Good value for a group sharing lots of plates
Know before you go
- Portions are small (Tastet says so too); diners split on whether the price matches
- Two very recent reviews (Oct 7) complained of dismissive service and slow waits
- One diner was disappointed by the mushroom pizza and a sweet tomato-sauced dish
- Still a new opening, so the menu is likely to keep moving
- Reservations recommended: Resy for 1 to 8 guests, phone (514) 846-2426 for bigger groups
- Thanksgiving Monday (Oct 12) hours are not confirmed: call (514) 846-2426 first
- As of Oct 8, early-evening tables were already gone on Tue Oct 13 and Thu Oct 15
Dishes that keep coming up
Gnocchetti sardi with white bolognese, Scallops in pil-pil sauce, Mushroom pizza, Red pepper negroni, Pasta with slow-cooked meat ragù, Charred flatbread with pulled meat, Sweet-and-salty butter tart
- Room
- A big, warm room (about 85 seats inside plus about 30 on a covered terrace) built around a bar roughly 40% longer than the old one, set up for social, across-the-bar conversation. Terracotta, tile and slatted wood floors survive from the AYLA days. High-energy and social, especially late.
- Service
- Mostly described as warm and attentive in early reviews, with a couple of sharp complaints about dismissive service and long waits in the first week of October.
- Value
- Tastet calls prices genuinely reasonable, with most plates under $20, but portions are small so the bill grows with the number of plates; some diners felt it was overpriced.
Vibe check
buzzy/lively/wine heavy/casual
Best fora late second dinner, a glass and a few plates at the bar
How much we'll spend
Tastet says most plates are under $20 but portions are small, so it suggests ordering several, ideally one per section (snacks, crudos, pastas, mains, pizzas). Tastet tags it $$$ while RestoMontreal lists $$. No official menu prices online, so no per-person range; a full spread or a bottle pushes it into $$$.
On our dates
Daily 11am-2am
- Mon 12Maybe
- Tue 13Open
- Wed 14Open
- Thu 15Open
Thanksgiving MondayNo explicit Thanksgiving or holiday notice found. umarell.ca says open 7 days (no holiday statement), and Resy availability for Oct 12 was seen in an earlier pass but is not explicit holiday-hours evidence and could not be re-checked in this verification. Call or check Instagram before relying on it.
Full week
| Mon | 11am to 2am |
|---|---|
| Tue | 11am to 2am |
| Wed | 11am to 2am |
| Thu | 11am to 2am |
| Fri | 11am to 2am |
| Sat | 11am to 2am |
| Sun | 11am to 2am |
Pair it with
- Mano Cornuto (988 Rue Ottawa, also in Griffintown), the same team's original trattoria, for a proper Italian lunch or dinner on another day
- Mano Figa, the team's caffetteria beside Mano Cornuto, for morning espresso, pastries or gelato
Where
386 Rue Richmond, Montréal, QC H3J 1T9
Official site recommends reservations. Resy takes parties of 1 to 8; larger groups call (514) 846-2426 (Tastet mentions a group menu for 8 to 10+ and full buyouts for about 100). Resy also lists walk-ins as available. Snapshot as of Oct 8 for 2 people: Mon Oct 12 fully open (11:00-16:00 and 17:00-01:30); Tue Oct 13 had nothing between 17:00 and 20:00; Wed Oct 14 nearly fully open; Thu Oct 15 had nothing between 17:15 and 21:00. Valet parking Thu-Sat evenings.
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
- Full current menu and prices: none published on umarell.ca or Resy; Instagram (umarell.mtl) not checked.
- Thanksgiving Monday Oct 12: Resy shows tables, but no explicit holiday post was found; reconfirm by phone or booking.
- Exact opening date (late summer 2026) not confirmed.
- Whether the full menu runs until 2am or a shorter late-night menu takes over.
- Daytime start: site banner and Resy say 11am, site copy says from noon.
- Chef credit differs between sources (Tastet and The Main listing name Brett Davis; The Main feature names James Baran as executive chef). Not material for the trip.
- OfficialUmarell (official website): Homepage: now open 7 days 11am-2am, reservations, valet
- OfficialResy (booking platform linked from umarell.ca): Umarell venue data: address, party size limits, about text (backs resy.com/cities/montreal-qc/venues/umarell)
- OfficialResy (booking platform linked from umarell.ca): Availability calendar Oct 8-20, 2026 and time slots for Oct 11-15 and 18 (party of 2)
- EditorialTastet: Umarell : le nouveau bar à vin de l'équipe du Mano Cornuto (published Sept 17, 2026)
- EditorialTastet: Umarell: The New Wine Bar from the Mano Cornuto Team (English, Sept 2026)
- EditorialThe Main: Umarell, Griffintown (listing added Aug 26, 2026)
- EditorialThe Main: Umarell Brings Late-Night Wine and Small Plates to Griffintown (Sept 4, 2026)
- EditorialThe Main: Les meilleurs nouveaux restaurants à Montréal (octobre 2026)
- CommunityRestoMontreal: Umarell listing (address, phone, daily 11am-2am, $$)
- CommunityRestoMontreal: Umarell diner reviews, Oct 2-7, 2026
- OfficialMano Cornuto (official website): Gruppo Amuleto group page: Mano Cornuto, Mano Figa and Umarell; Mano Cornuto at 988 Rue Ottawa
- OfficialMano Cornuto (official website): The Umarell Room: original small wine bar between Mano Cornuto and Mano Figa
RecognitionListed 7th of 25 in The Main's Best New Restaurants in Montréal (October 2026); sequence position, not a formal ranking