Clay Sandhu

1 week ago | cultmtl.com | Clay Sandhu

The following is a capsule review of the Montreal restaurant Dorsia. To read the 2025 Montreal Restaurant Guide, please click here. WITH Hospitality’s most lavish project to date, Dorsia is a fine-dining destination that delivers on its ambitions. Housed in a dramatic Old Montreal corner building, the space is pure grandeur — custom marble, parquet floors and a blown-glass chandelier set the tone, with interiors by Ivy Studio drawing inspiration from the great dining rooms of London and Paris.

1 week ago | cultmtl.com | Clay Sandhu

The following is a capsule review of the Montreal restaurant Nora Gray. To read the 2025 Montreal Restaurant Guide, please click here. Once a trailblazer in Montreal’s Italian dining scene, Nora Gray has quietly reemerged as one of the city’s most compelling restaurants. With chef Dmetro Sinclair (ex-Salle Climatisée, Willow Inn) now leading the kitchen, the menu has found new clarity — embracing the spirit of Italian cooking with dishes that are generous, confident and deeply flavourful.

1 week ago | cultmtl.com | Clay Sandhu

The following is a capsule review of the Montreal restaurant Limbo. To read the 2025 Montreal Restaurant Guide, please click here. Taking over the space formerly home to Marconi — Limbo is the latest project from the much-loved chef and ex-Salle Climatisée chef-owner Harrison Shewchuk. Joining Shewchuk in the venture are Jack Zeppetelli (ex-Pichai) and Jesse Massumi (Pumpui, Pichai), who head up the front of house in addition to the brilliant Cédric Larocque in the kitchen.

3 weeks ago | cultmtl.com | Clay Sandhu

Yesterday, the inaugural Michelin Guide for Quebec was revealed — and what a disappointment it has turned out to be. This, however, was always the fear. Michelin is a very specific brand that, historically, is known for seeking out and rewarding a very specific type of restaurant. When it was announced that the guide was coming to Quebec, the hope was that the brand was evolving.

3 weeks ago | cultmtl.com | Clay Sandhu

The following is a capsule review of the Montreal restaurant Liverpool House. To read the 2025 Montreal Restaurant Guide, please click here. Of all the restaurants in the Joe Beef family, Liverpool House may be the one that most faithfully captures the group’s original spirit — clever, irreverent and deeply rooted in the tradition of bourgeois French cooking.