Montreal after dark covers a lot of ground, dive bars that have had the same regulars for twenty years, cocktail lounges that opened last month, terrasses that only make sense four months of the year, and everything in between.
This category brings bars, pubs, lounges, and nightlife spots together in one list, with the practical details you actually need before heading out for the night. It's meant for the moment you're already deciding where to go, not a general roundup you'd read once and forget.
What You'll Find Here
Every listing here has an address, phone number, hours for each day of the week with a live open or closed status, and a map, so you can tell whether that Ville-Marie lounge is open before you get there or whether the Plateau pub down the street is doing last call earlier than you thought.
The range reflects the city's own mix, a Verdun neighbourhood bar with a pool table and cheap pitchers, a Griffintown cocktail spot with a dress code most nights, an NDG pub that shows every match regardless of league, a Rosemont wine bar that only seats about twenty people on a good night.
Some listings show a Verified Owner badge, meaning the bar's own team confirmed the details. Others are marked Added by Montreal Daily, Unclaimed, meaning we sourced the basics from public records and the owner hasn't taken it over yet.
Either way, checking the live open or closed status before you head out beats showing up to find the lights already off or a line stretching down the block you didn't expect.
Why List Your Bar or Venue on Montreal Daily
If you run a bar, pub, lounge, or any kind of nightlife venue in Montreal, listing here is free and takes a few minutes, whether you're claiming an existing listing or starting fresh.
There's no cover charge on your end either, no fee for placement and no commission taken on anything that happens because someone found you through the directory. That holds whether you're a small neighbourhood pub or a venue with a regular lineup of touring acts.
- Listing or claiming your venue costs nothing, with no commission ever taken on tabs, reservations, or cover charges that come from the directory.
- You reach people in your own borough who are deciding where to go tonight, not a generic feed of every bar in the city.
- Your hours, including special event nights or holiday closures, stay accurate because you control them directly, instead of an old listing showing hours you dropped two years ago.
- Claiming your listing adds the Verified Owner badge, so people scrolling through know the hours and details are current and came from you.
Claiming or Adding Your Listing
If your bar or venue is already listed, it was likely added from public data and marked Unclaimed. Search for it in this category, click claim, confirm ownership, and it's yours, with edit access and a Verified Owner badge, within a couple of minutes.
If it isn't listed yet, maybe it's a newer spot or one that never made it into public records, adding it yourself works the same way. Fill in your address, hours, and contact details, and it's live immediately as a Verified Owner listing.
Once it's up, updating hours around a holiday closure or a private event takes a minute, so people checking beforehand see the right information instead of your default schedule.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. There's no listing fee and no commission on tabs, cover charges, or reservations that come from someone finding you through the directory. Listing and claiming are both free, with nothing charged afterward either.
Find your venue's name in this category, open the listing, and click claim. Confirm you're the owner, and the listing moves to your account with the Unclaimed tag replaced by a Verified Owner badge.
Yes, once you've claimed or added your listing you can include details beyond the basic hours, like a weekly trivia night, a DJ on Fridays, or a happy hour window, so people know what to expect beyond just when the doors are open.
You can update your hours any time after claiming your listing, which matters here more than most categories since a lot of Montreal bars shift hours for terrasse season, hockey playoffs, or private events. Keeping this current is one of the most useful things you can do for people checking before heading out.
Newer venues and smaller spots sometimes weren't part of the public data we started from. If that's you, add your business directly through this category, and it goes live right away as a Verified Owner listing, with no unclaimed period to sit through, which matters most for a new venue trying to build a regular crowd from day one.
It's worth including if it applies, since it saves people a wasted trip and saves your door staff an awkward conversation. Once you've claimed your listing you can add a short note about age policy, dress code, or anything else people should know before they show up.