ferreira café

nice restaurant. very good food, great location on peel street, but expensive. be prepared to spend $75 per person to have a full meal before tax and tip. try the grilled octopus!

after 22 years in business ferreira’s is still one of montreal’s top dining spots. opened in 1996, by carlos ferreira, it was one of the first fine dining establishments in montreal where design and décor played a role and an integral part in a restaurant’s ambiance. it still retains some of its old charm with its ocean blue and yellow themes, its mosiac mural of heritage cracked plates, and yet today as always it is still considered to be more of a modern chic fine dining restaurant than an old school taverna.

enjoyed a great dinning experience at ferreira on a bumping saturday night. the ambiance was warm and inviting, with a nice bar as you come in. the service was very good, attentive and friendly. now for the best part, the food. started with an assortment of appetizers. the jumbo shrimp, which are seriously jumbo were out of this world. the salmon tartar and crusted tuna were very good, as was the quail. my favourite though, had to be the octopus carpaccio, absolutely incredible. was just as impressed with my main. wild mushroom risotto in a port sauce served with a beautiful duck leg confit. the aroma of flavours was mind blowing. all of this combined with a very nice bottle of portuguese wine and you are in heaven. it is relatively pricey, however in my opinion it is absolutely worth it. overall great experience, highly recommend it and look forward to my next dinning experience.

ferreira: some of the best seafood in all montreal. brilliant portuguese wine list to boot.

came here late on valentines after another place.
sat at the bar and the server there was awesome, super friendly, knowledgable and helpful.
she explained the menu and how the fresh fish system works with the weights, filleting, types of fish etc.
we ended up getting her octopus appy recommendation, and the daily catch. she recommended a portuguese fish that's very popular at the restaurant, saying that it has a slightly nutty flavour. i forget the name but i will post a photo of it.
the octopus appy was delicious, perfectly cooked. beautiful texture and flavour.
then came the fish which is filleted and served infront of you after it's cooked. the fish was incredible, it was moist, fatty, flavourful, kind of silky in a way. and the veggies and sauce to go along with it matched well. we really felt spoiled and lucky to have gotten a seat there.
if ever back in montreal, we will be eating here again.
great restaurant - decor, ambience, cleanliness, service and food....all wonderful and very well done.

super tasty, a fine attention to details. the server was knowledgeable is timing was perfect, the onlything i wasn't entirely thrilled about was the dish the bouillabaisse was served in, it was so beautiful but it looked a little empty and i felt i was back in the kitchen eating from the pot. but super tasty, good job

woo my highest rating given so far

this place is pretty amazing food wise first off

seafood platter, so fresh and the meat was so sweet and juciy. oysters great, lobster juicy and fresh, prawns delicious one of the best platters ive had

black cod. the smoothest softest and juiciest cod ive ever had period. definately a must to try here. no matter what order the cod

the fish and seafood bouillabaisse was decent, the other two dishes really over shadowed it and hard to truly enjoy after the platter and cod. flavourful and the seafood inside was nice but recommend you try the other two

staff was also very polite and attentive, although looks like theyre stretch thin amongst tables. almost made full marks if not for the lack of staff and the bouillabaisse

ferreira is not the classic portuguese restaurant but it adapts its cuisine with a modern approach. the ambiance is upscale and stylish with all the details very curated. the tuna and salmon tartare were exceptional and really fresh. while the restaurant is famous for its seafood dishes, i was the only one ordering the cod fillet. my family and wife ordered the 18oz steak and the filet mignon. flavors were simple but not simplistic!!! the use of few spices elevated the taste of both the fish and the meats (which were perfectly cooked medium-rare as requested). given the price, i would say it is perfect for a special occasion or celebration.

if you like spending a fortune on tiny portions of bland faux-fusion food that does no justice to the portuguese culinary identity, then this is the place for you.

very tasty fresh food. i love the cod dish and their other seafood is always amazing. quite costly, but definitely a nice place to visit once in a while.

super restaurant, excellent choice of wines, value for money is here!!!! the ambience is super and with the last remuneration is much more light and open, the food is simple but very tasty and super good!!

great experience!. i was in montreal this past weekend with another couple and was told to try ferreira! right when we walked in we got a great feel of a restaurant we knew we would love. the atmosphere even at 10:30 pm was amazing. music was pumped, decor was amazing and the lighting was just perfect. the manager greeted us with some porto which started our night off perfectly. octopus was to die for as well as the sardines! the black cod was amazing and the duck risotto was served in a crock pot which we loved as well! service was quick and amazing even though the restaurant was packed. this was one of the best montreal experiences we've had and we will be back for sure! thank you to the staff and manager for an amazing time!

exceeds all expectations. normally when you book a large table at a restaurant billed as a "formula 1 favourite" you expect a lot of flash and not much substance. i was happy to be proven wrong here. everything we tried was exceptionally well done, a good blend of tradition and innovation. there is definitely showiness on tap here (lots of local celebs), but you don't really feel it. the service was attentive to everyone and you really felt like relaxing and having a great time.

a great experience.

great food, ambiance and service. this was our first time at this restaurant and we had a good time. the service was excellent, everything from the appetizers to the desert were delicious. the check was a bit salty but it was worth every penny. the place is a bit noisy but the background music made it so that we weren't distracted by the conversations of the other customers around us.

highly recommended if you're willing to spend some money.

not a traditional portuguese restaurant... better. ferreira's is more avant garde than traditional. i was pleasantly please to discover that actually. the menu offers a wide variety of entrees and appetizers. all the items that we had (cod, risotto and sengal shrimp, octopus...) were excellent. it is an expensive and polished restaurant, but it was worth it.