Montreal Trip

[sluryjoe]

Hi Everyone,

Going to Montreal with the boys at the end of the month.

Can someone point me in the right direction to where is the best location to stay while being affordable and accessible?

Looking for some interesting dining as well as nightly entertainment.

The only place on my list is Swartz (sp) for some smoke meat.
Any other noteworthy suggestions?
How about nightly entertainment?

It has been years since I was there, so I could use a few good suggestions.

Thanks

 

[james t kirk]

Sushi:

Juni
156 Rue Laurier West
(514) 276-5864

Very good eats.

To stay:

Le Germain Hotel on Mansfield right downtown.
Very nice hotel $200 or so a night. (Don't know if that's too expensive)

 

[scouser1]

ohh where to start well ok skip the tourist trap that is Schwartz head to Dunn's or le Roi De Smoke Meat

http://www.dunnsfamous.com/montreal_smoked_meat.htm

http://restomontreal.ca/restaurants/index.php?section=viewresto&resto_id=1090&lang=en

Looking for a nice cafe, great area to people watch and a great breakfast, Cafe Cherrier is a great place

http://restomontreal.ca/restaurants/index.php?section=viewresto&resto_id=1090&lang=en

Saint Sulpice is a great bar and well too bad its not summer time, largest patio in Canada, 3 floors!!!!

http://www.lesaintsulpice.ca/

For a Middle Eastern slant try

Antep Kabab-1626 de Maisonneuve West, (Turkish)
Boustan-2020 Crescent St (Lebanese)

and one more club worth checking out for the lovely Quebecoises ladies is Diable Vert

http://audiablevert.net/AU_DIABLE_V...0cDovL2F1ZGlhYmxldmVydC5uZXQvYWNjdWVpbC5hc3B4

if you require any entertainment of the adult variety I can also help

 

[HAMSTER INSPECTOR]

Tell us what the duration of the stay is, your budget, and what you like to do. what kind of food do you like?

Have you been there before, what did you like about your last visit, and what do you like to do when you are in the GTA.

Its it just hobbying activities, or do you like cultural stuff too.

One suggestion: Indoor skydiving - http://www.skyventuremontreal.com/en/home 20 minutes from downtown Montreal.

Will you have a car?


Treat people with respect and you will be treated in kind. Two American tourist started to mouth off at people in the street in Montreal on a Saturaday night a couple of years ago and the crowd gave them a beating. It was captured on video and was on the internet. Only a fool goes to another city and acts superior and expects to be treated like a king. Quebec separation is a dead issue, only a small percentage of the old foggies harbour thoughts of separation. Do not bring the subject up and you will not have trouble.

 

[millyme3]

I'm in Mtl about once a month on business. You can get a very good deal for a nice hotel in the downtown core. Hotel Le Crystal is a new 5-star hotel on de la Montagne, literally across from the Bell Centre. If you're thinking of taking in a Habs game, it's perfect. It's a beautiful facility and in a great location, one block from Crescent St. where there is ample night life. Price is in the $200/night range but you might get a better deal on Expedia.
There are also lots more affordable hotels in the d/t zone. I often stay at the Holiday Inn Express on Rene Levesque (~ $135/night incl. b'fast) and it's close to Old Montreal, Hotel Du Fort, Clarion Suites on du Maisonneuve (good affordable option if you prefer a 1-bdrm suite and you want to economize by bunking together with a buddy). For excellent fine French cuisine (with a Montreal flair) try Restaurant Dependance on Saint Laurent - pricy but worth it for the quality of food. Also, you can't go wrong by just taking a stroll along Saint Denis - famous for it's bars, restaurants, shops etc.
...oh yes, and for female companionship if you're so inclined, you will find lots of selection in Mtl at a great price. If you're looking for a gorgeous, hot young Quebecoise for a PSE - call XXXTase, Devlish Escorts or Asservisante. If you prefer a lady with a few more years of experience, maturity, GFE (with all the nice acronyms) try Montreal Sex City or Satin Dreams.

Have fun....

Millyme3

 

[sluryjoe]

thanks for all the great suggestions.

We will have a car, can travel.

Hotel does not have to be high end, but location and SP friendly.

Planning to try to get a Hab game in there.
Should I buy the tickets now or go with the scalpers after the game has started? Suggestion?

Planning to stay two or three nights...depending how we do at the casino. LOL

Like to see Montreal during the day. Indoor parachute sounds fun. How does that compare to the one in Niagara Falls? Looking for some cultural things during the day and some adult entertainment at night.

Plan to spend at least one night or a few hours a night doing the strip club thing. Any suggestion for good strip clubs to see now?

Thanks for all the restaurant suggestions.
Plan to eat well this week, and work off the xtra calories at night.

Looking for some good fun companionship at night - bars or the other variety.
Hear TAG is in Montreal too. Any other suggestions. Not limited to Asians.

Should we do incalls or outcalls in Montreal?

Thanks

 

[scouser1]

well for adult entertainment you might wanna look up Merb it is a gold mine of entertainment, but for strip clubs my single piece of advice is avoid the ones in Montreal itself like the plague!!! They are horrible, over priced, pushy gals getting on your case for air dances. If you can go outside of the city, the following 3 places I can recommend having been there are about 30 minutes outside of the city itself.

Le Body Shop is a great place to start or finish and has "extra curricular" activities going on downstairs.

http://barlebodyshop.com/Index.htm

St. Pierre is the next one, great gals, great private dances but not as high mileage as Le Body Shop, actually have one of the most hilarious yet disturbing stories of an encounter from this place.

http://www.barlestpierre.com/

And last but not least is Le Garage, this is place despite its name is actually a classy looking one with lots of lovely gals.

http://www.barlegarage.com/main.html

One last note you could easily hit all 3 places in one single night as they are within minutes of each other in St Jerome or Mirabel.

 

[Fred Zed]

well for adult entertainment you might wanna look up Merb it is a gold mine of entertainment...

yes ...slurryjoe, try https://merb.cc or you can also try:
http://bit.ly/3B7det

 

[ig-88]

Didn't like Schwartzs.

Out of the way. Expensive. Not worth it.

Actually, La Belle Province makes a good smoked meat sandwich, fast-food style, so you don't have to tip.

 

[ig-88]

Don't worry about going to a tourist trap. The entire downtown is a tourist trap.

The locals don't tend to go downtown; they'll be out in the East end for Francophones, West Island for Anglos.

 

[Questor]

One suggestion: Indoor skydiving - http://www.skyventuremontreal.com/en/home 20 minutes from downtown Montreal.

Never heard of this. Sounds like a lot of fun. There is one in NF?

 

[HAMSTER INSPECTOR]

Never heard of this. Sounds like a lot of fun. There is one in NF?

This indoor skydiving place is different, it is brand new and uses a differnet system. It has 3 turbines and recirculates the air. You get warm air instead of cold air from the outside. It is also pressureized air so that you get lift on the sides as well as the center of the chamber. Get their schedule and go on a week day, rather than at night or weekends.


Food suggestion:

Go with the moderatly price popular places, the more expensive places experience will be wasted since you will be going for diffeent food at every meal. Montreal is food heaven.

Strip clubs:

There were only 2 strip clubs that were NOT contact dance clubs in Montreal. I do not even know if they still exist. The rest are contact dance clubs at $10 a dance. Try the Cleopatra, downtown. Its a rat hole but a popular place. Personaly I would not venture outside the city for any strip clubs. Yes, some are full service, but not cheap. You also have to be on the look out for cops stopping people for drinking and driving. They like to hide near the clubs and catch you driving away.

Hotel:

If you are going to Montreal for the sights, I would try to find a clean place but not high priced, Try the Days Inn near the Olympic stadium. It is only 15-20 minutes away from downtown on Sherbrooke Street. Sherbrooke Street is sort of like Bloor Street that runs across the city, as a matter of fact Bloor goes across the GTA and goes into the 401 and is connected to the 20 highway in Quebec which goes into Sherbrooke Street in Montreal.

 

[scouser1]

Strip clubs:

There were only 2 strip clubs that were NOT contact dance clubs in Montreal. I do not even know if they still exist. The rest are contact dance clubs at $10 a dance. Try the Cleopatra, downtown. Its a rat hole but a popular place. Personaly I would not venture outside the city for any strip clubs. Yes, some are full service, but not cheap. You also have to be on the look out for cops stopping people for drinking and driving. They like to hide near the clubs and catch you driving away.

Cleopatra is lovely, if you dont mind being in one of the most disgusting parts of Montreal full of the homeless and drug addicts. I drove by once in the summer and a few of the dancers were out on a smoke break, lets just say I almost threw up in my mouth a little, one was a large black woman in a nurse's outfit but hey each to his own.

You can negotiate the FS if you are interested in it, yes its higher than getting an SP somewhere around 150 for half an hour, but that whole cops hiding in the bushes argument is stupid. Why are you drinking and driving anyway? just get a cab and even better agree to a flat fee rate so you can visit all 3 I suggested. Just visit MERB and see what they have to say about the clubs in Montreal.

 

[sluryjoe]

Definitely want to try several smoke meat joint.
Maybe I'll try them all. LOL

Not sure if we will be doing the high end dining as we want to just hang out and have some fun. Maybe catch a game and visit some clubs.

Thanks for the recommendation for out of town places.
Question: We don't speak French very well, will we have any problem communicating outside of Montreal?

Any dishes or restaurant we should not miss while we are there?
Eg. someone told me I need to try the poutine there, as its very different from the one in Toronto.

Thanks for all the great suggestions.

 

[ang]

Dining = Gibby's....old Montreal

 

[james t kirk]

Thanks for the recommendation for out of town places.
Question: We don't speak French very well, will we have any problem communicating outside of Montreal?

Peut-etre.

 

[train]

Dining = Gibby's....old Montreal

Ate there last year, it's looking a little worn around the edges and is fairly pricey.

 

[HAMSTER INSPECTOR]

Cleopatras:

Yes, it is in a run down part of town, but in the last 2 or 3 years they have run the bums, SWs and drug addicts out of the areabecause they want to build culture and arts district. ( BTW - there is almost no SW activity in Montreal anymore, the cops tolerate indoor activities. If you see any SWs they are dirty diseased drug addicts )

FS clubs:

These are all out of town, low mileage at a high price. Do not bother.

Smoked meat:

If it is your first experience, I would suggest you try Nichols Smoked meat. It is a chain of smoked meat restaurants that have a 50s decor. Find one on Google maps. I know there is one near the Olympic stadium and the only one that I know of downtown is in the gay district. ( personaly I would prefer outside downtown, because you neeeever know where that sauce came from! ) Just joking. BTW - Celine Dion owns a Nickols franchise.

If you do not speak french:

The hard core separatist are outside Montreal. All the young folks came to the big city. In Montreal you should not have a problem communicating if you are polite and try a few words. Outside Montreal I have had people turn and ignore me because I spoke english. North of Montreal in Laval and south of Montreal in the south shore you should have no problems.

Recommendations:

Schwartzes and Gibbys are no big deal. Gibbys is in old Montreal, it is very hard to park there and for the price the mileage is not that great. The buffets are very inexpensive especialy at lunch time. They go as low as $7 or $8 for the lunch buffet. There are several italian buffets by the name of La Stanzas, if you go to the indoor skydiving which is north of Montreal, try the La Stanzas on Laurentide Blvd. or there is one in the east end ( St. Leonard )

Let me know what your budgets are and what you like to do and I will try to help you out.

Ohh, yes! I expect an essay on your field trip when you get back.

 

[HAMSTER INSPECTOR]

One suggestion for the Montreal smoked meat experience is to go to La Stanza for lunch or dinner. Thee is a guy carving turkey, roast beef and smoked meat at the buffet.


Chez Cora is a breakfast eatery chain in Montreal, it OK for non fast food meals ( lunch and dinner also ) at a reasonable price. Sort of like a IHOP of Montreal.

 

[sluryjoe]

Thanks for all the great food recommendations.
Will definitely try out some of the suggestions...as much as my stomach can hold.

Knowing the group, it will be the strip club thing and the MP.
Personally, would love to see a few SP, but will be travelling with the group, now sure if I can break off on my own without a car.

Will be heading next week.
Will keep you posted.

If there are some other great suggestions, please keep them coming.