Brunch and Tapas with Portuguese flavours

Home cooking with Portuguese and international influences, on Duluth Avenue for over 30 years.

Open every day from 9 a.m.
Waitlist (514) 663-2381 173 Duluth Ave. East

Hours

Open 7 days a week, kitchen until closing.

Monday – Tuesday9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Wednesday9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday – Sunday9 a.m. – 10 p.m.

Chez José Café

Chez José is first and foremost a family story. For more than 30 years the restaurant has grown with the people who run it — today a new generation, led by a woman entrepreneur alongside her children and a team that shapes the menu with her.

Our Portuguese roots inspire our recipes and the way we welcome people. The rest — the music, the energy, our love of art, dance and Latin cultures — comes from every member of the team.

Brunch has become a neighbourhood institution: Portuguese breakfast, house smoothies, freshly squeezed orange juice, savoury crêpes and dessert crêpes with lemon or chocolate. Some things never change — our seafood soup, in a tomato and coriander broth, has been served every Friday and Saturday for thirty years. As for our pastéis de nata, our regulars rank them among the best in Montreal.

On Duluth Street, Chez José is more than a café — it's a place where people take the time to be together.

The team in the kitchen

Come see us!

173 Duluth Ave. East
Montreal QC · H2W 1H4

Right in the heart of the Plateau Mont-Royal, steps from the park.

(514) 663-2381
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Terrace Compostable Cards accepted Bike parking High chairs Cash OK

Word on the street

★★★★★

“The pastéis de nata are so good! The hot chocolate is delicious too. An unexpected favourite!”

— Mélodie
★★★★★

“A great find for brunch! The service is flawless, fast and genuinely welcoming.”

— Omar
★★★★★

“The service is excellent and quick, and the music and decor carry you off somewhere warm.”

— Bruno
★★★★★

“The best pastel de nata I've ever had, served warm with icing sugar and cinnamon.”

— Roxanne
★★★★★

“Best brunch in town. Very generous portions, flawless and warm service.”

— Alexandre
★★★★★

“One of my favourite brunches in Montreal! The food is really good and the decor is very cool!”

— Mai
★★★★★

“The pastéis de nata are so good! The hot chocolate is delicious too. An unexpected favourite!”

— Mélodie
★★★★★

“A great find for brunch! The service is flawless, fast and genuinely welcoming.”

— Omar
★★★★★

“The service is excellent and quick, and the music and decor carry you off somewhere warm.”

— Bruno
★★★★★

“The best pastel de nata I've ever had, served warm with icing sugar and cinnamon.”

— Roxanne
★★★★★

“Best brunch in town. Very generous portions, flawless and warm service.”

— Alexandre
★★★★★

“One of my favourite brunches in Montreal! The food is really good and the decor is very cool!”

— Mai

★ 4.7 / 5 — over 1,700 Google reviews

Our team!

Four staff members pose behind the café bar, in front of the bottle shelves
Two men and a child hug and laugh by the sea
Inside the café: wooden counter, espresso machine and walls covered in colourful posters
Four women take a selfie together at home
The café storefront on Duluth Avenue in summer
A woman holds a child in a living room with orange walls
Four team members in aprons, posing together in the kitchen
An elderly couple laughing together by the sea
A staff member takes pastries out of the oven while holding a baby
A man carries a child on his shoulders in front of a tulip field
The café terrace on Duluth in autumn
Framed black and white print: portrait of a young woman, hand in her hair
Two people having fun behind the café bar in the evening
Family selfie in football jerseys by the water
A group of friends at a table in a courtyard lit with string lights
A dancer on pointe, one leg raised against a wall, in black and white
Five women pose together around a restaurant table
Three children on a bench form a heart with their hands, in black and white
A man and a child at a restaurant table in front of a Portuguese mural
Vintage photo of a young woman behind a kitchen counter
Selfie of three people at a party
A woman seen from behind carries a baby in front of a colourful mural
Vintage photo of five young women sitting side by side
A woman and two children pull faces in front of the Montreal skyline
Portrait of a woman with long braided white hair
Two adults and two children sitting in a large red chair
Vintage photo of a couple at a table in front of a colourful poster
A woman performing an aerial silks figure in a studio
Black and white print of a portrait of a young woman