Auberge Bonaparte

I received much needed info prior to my arrival from the concierge Luc, so I landed prepared and knew the best way to the hotel was by taxi and the exact amount of the fare. The hotel looked exactly as the pictures on the website. European charm, beautiful, elegant, and exciting! All directions I needed during my stay were given me by Luc. It was a pleasure getting to know him, Annmarie, Ms M, Martin, Frederic, Marc, Martin, Normand and all of the wonderful staff. I was even greeted by the owner during my stay. The food was delicious and every meal a delight! Also, the hotel is centrally located to everything! (Theater, museums, the water, the metro, shopping and much more!) During my stay, there was a wide range of people staying there — families with children from young to teenage, couples, singles, young and elderly. They make you feel like family and their desire is to please you and make your stay wonderful! They succeeded. I will be back!

This place is too good to be true. Beautifully renovated lobby with very modern aesthetic. Think… White on white on white with lots and lots of chandeliers. Every girl’s dream. The check in process was quick and the staff were all very helpful and personable. You can tell that they take service very seriously. The room itself was lovely with an exposed brick wall and beautiful French windows overlooking the street.
Parking was a bit of an issue as it is in old Montréal, but there is an unloading zone in front of the hotel and then parking is an additional $ 30 at a lot across the street.
The included breakfast was something dreams are made of. I’ve never had such a gourmet breakfast that was included with a hotel. White tablecloth service. And every dish that my group tried was amazing.
Highly recommend this place. I only wish I had a longer stay. But I’m definitely coming back.

Simply magical!
Walked in off the street, hoping for a chance to sit down, as this was on a Friday night, during the Montréal restaurant week with fixed price menus.
Was told there are no seats, as we didn’t have a reservation, however after a second the manager said that he may have a table for us, if we will take it.
Expecting something in the crawl space above the attic or under the basement stairs, we were led to a cozy table by the fireplace.
If you think this was amazing, then the food was triple amazing, the waiters were very nice and nearly invisible yet always there when you needed them, and happy to provide advice on food pairings and etc.
The place is not cheap, but worth every penny.
A definite repeat.

Excellent meal, excellent service, I highly recommend as the entire experience was terrific. My only complaint is they don’t serve fresh whipped cream with their soufflés, but easily remedied by requesting it.

After several years, we returned to Montréal and We planned to revisit this wonderful experience. I requested the concierge to reserve a table near the window of this upscale French restaurant overlooking the cobblestone street with horse carriages trotting past. I had felt I was taken back to the time of Napoleon our previous visit and I was not disappointed this time. We ordered the six course meal with lobster bisque, salmon, escargot, pear teragon sorbet, dover sole and symphony desert sampler (cream brûlée, chocolate mousse and other delicacies).
This was truly a classic event with outstanding service and wonderful ambiance. $ 74 Canadian each plus tax and tip.
This is a «must do» each time I come to this city.

Only great things to say about my stay here. We stayed 4 nights in room 505, the room felt spacious and the bathroom was my favorite part, quite large! Rooms could use a refrigerator and safe. The complimentary breakfast is excellent, take advantage of it but don’t forget to tip! Saw tables not leave a tip, don’t forget these wonderful people don’t work for free. The front desk exchanges my US currency into Canadian which was great. Definitely staying here again when life brings me back to Montréal.

I can’t review because we could not eat here. Only hotel guests may eat here. Disappointed.

If I was forced to complain about Auberge Bonaparte I would be hard pressed to come up with something.
My friend and I were staying at the hotel and breakfast is included with the room. I have stayed in many hotels that include breakfast and have come to expect free breakfast = mediocre food at best. Not here! To start we each had the fruit cup… which was lovely. Then I had the French toast. Outstanding in every respect. The crusty French bread, the hint of orange (Grand Marnier?), tiny side of whipped cream, real maple syrup, all cooked to perfection. But wait! There’s more! As part of the breakfast menu you can opt for a croissant or other bread. I don’t remember the other bread options, once they said croissant I was sold. Also in the bread basket are two mini muffins. I did not have the muffin as I was totally full. My friend ate one and she reports the muffin was excellent. Just to round things out, the breakfast includes orange juice and coffee/​tea.
I hope I have conveyed my appreciation of the food. (So good I ordered the same thing on back-​to-​back days.). I would also like to mention the setting is lovely. It didn’t hurt sitting at the window overlooking the street and quaint older buildings. And finally, the wait staff was truly outstanding. I am sorry not to call out specific people but everyone was great.
As I mentioned breakfast was included with the hotel room. However, for walk-​ins it is $ 15. Easily worth that if I were staying elsewhere. Overall a great dining experience.

Just checking out and had a wonderful stay here at the Bonaparte! Room was beautiful and comfortable with hard wood floors, large windows and high ceilings. The bathroom was huge with a large modern shower. The staff was eager to please and pleasant. They have a parking lot across the cobble stone street for an extra $ 20 a day which was very convenient since parking is tough and a car is absolutely not needed since everything is in walking distance. Highly recommended!

This is a lovely old world French hotel. High ceilings, exposed brick, HUGE windows. The bath is generous with both a soaking tub and shower. Two sinks, one outside the bathroom-​nice extra. It is very quite while being centrally located. About a 8 – 15 minute walk to McGill Street, Viex Port, Viex Montréal, Place d’Armes, Notre-​Dame Basilica, Montréal Science Centre and more. The staff is friendly and helpful. A full breakfast is included-​you chose 3 courses off a menu including-​fresh fruit juice, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit salad (great & freshly made with mango, pineapple, grapes, apples, etc), yogurt (would have been MUCH better if poured out if the carton), fresh bread, muffins and croissants (but of course!). The main dish was crepes, French toast, eggs with sausage and bacon or a choice of several omelets. Everything was very nice.
The photos online are exactly what you get-​good to know. We reserved thru a hotel search engine and were not sure what we would be getting-​we could not be more pleased!

This hotel has the best location in all of Old Montréal. Easy walk to anywhere is Old Montréal as well as to downtown if you are ambitious. Close to the best sites, good restaurants, fun shopping, and a little convenience store.
I would choose this hotel again if returning to Vieux-​Montréal.
Our room was a good size (complimentary upgrade from queen to king!), was very clean and pretty well appointed. The bathroom was good size, though no real counter space so a bit of a challenge with hair dryer, make-​up, etc., but only a slight inconvenience. Only other downside (which could be an upside for some people), the mattress was very soft.
The staff was very friendly and helpful. Took time talking with guests.
The breakfast that comes with the room was OK, nothing special, but got the job done.

Nice boutique hotel option right in the heart of Old Montréal. Our suite was very comfortable with high ceilings and wood floors. The private balcony overlooking Notre Dame Cathedral was a nice plus.
Friendly service and a nice breakfast. Although we did not make it into the restaurant on this visit.

I can’t say enough good things about both the hotel and the restaurant parts of Bonaparte. My parents and I walked into the hotel without a reservation on a Sunday evening. The staff was extremely friendly and accomodating, and was able to provide us with a beautiful room for slightly less than other hotels that are rated $$ on Unilocal.We didn’t spend much time in the room, but it was absolutely lovely — a double and a queen bed, double jacuzzi tub, clean, quiet, and with a view of the back of the Notre-​Dame Basilica! The room rate also included breakfast at Bonaparte Restaurant — the French Toast, made with French bread from the previous night’s dinner service was out of this world. There was also parking available for a small fee ($ 10?), free wi-​fi, and a computer and printer for guests in the lounge.
We also ate dinner at Bonaparte restaurant, and loved it. My dad and I are big foodies, while my mom has pretty simple tastes, and we all agreed it was one of the best meals we’d ever had. Recommendations: The lobster special w/​vanilla-​muscat sauce sounded like it would be too sweet, but was perfect. The mushroom ravioli was exquisite, with paper-​thin pasta encasing an amazingly complex mushroom filling. And the fois gras duo was perfect fois… need I say more? The steak tartare was huge, and in my opinion a little overseasoned, but that may just have been because it was my third course, and I was approaching saturation by that point.
By far the best feature of both the hotel and restaurant was the service, which was unobtrusive but amazingly considerate. Examples: my dad mentioned that we were celebrating my graduation from grad school, and the server brought me a complementary little bottle of ice cider that paired perfectly with my fois. (And a pen from the restaurant, which was a cute touch.) Even better, I went down to the lounge to read at about 11:30 pm. I was worried that since it was so late, they might be closing up. But I sat down in the empty lounge and started reading… within 5 minutes, the music had been changed to a soft instrumental track, candles were lit on all the tables, the fireplace was turned on, and the waiter from dinner appeared to offer me «something to help me read.» Amazing, and totally exemplary of the entire experience at Bonaparte — the staff didn’t just make sure we had a nice time, but obviously enjoyed our enjoyment of the whole weekend. I could live there.

Preface: Autumn 2008
This hotel is the kind of place you could go and pretend you lived here. From the inside, the rooms are gorgeous: high ceilings and hardwood floors. Views overlook cobblestone and storefront-​lined streets. Walls are thick and sound does not carry, so if you tend to sleep soundly in a different bed, you might find yourself well-​rested for days of adventure in your ‘new neighborhood.’
The hotel was a two-​minute walk to the Notre Dame basilica. As a tourist, walking through the church felt peripherally spiritual. The walking tour included Rue St. Laurent which is home to top-​shelf shopping, cafes, and restaurants. This area is in close proximity to China town. Taxi rides are minutes from fine adult entertainment and art museums. If you want to plan ahead, you can, but it’s not necessary.
Although googling my trip helped, I would say that it wasn’t necessary. The spots I wanted to go overlapped the places I just discovered on my own, and the hotel staff will help you find what it is that you’re looking for.

Went here with a group of 16 and found the food and service very good, despite our numbers! Everyone enjoyed what they ordered and prices don’t need to be expensive if you order from the table d’hôte which had some great selections. Would plan a return visit if in the area or reccomend it others looking for great dining experience.

Had the most delicious meal here with a group of 16! We had our own room off to one side which was cozy (and a little too warm!) but the food was superb and the service outstanding. Very French type cuisine with prices that weren’t too bad if you ordered from the table d’hote which we found reasonable. Would dfefinitely recommend this establishment to anyone visiting Old Montréal!

Bonaparte is exactly what I picture when I think of a French restaurant: very upscale, very conservative, maybe even a little bit stuffy.
But the food is oh-​so good!
As was mentioned by another Unilocaler, this is definitely the kind of establishment that attracts the more experienced generations. I think we were the youngest patrons by at least a decade. And be sure to dress appropriately; this is definitely a skirt & blazer kind of establishment.
But unlike many French restaurants you find in the States, conservative does not equal pretentious at Bonaparte. Our server was happy to engage us in French, instead of forcing the conversation to English as many French speakers will do. He was friendly and engaging and enthusiastically gave recommendations throughout the meal. He was everything you could hope for in restaurant service.
And the food was excellent — some of the best traditional French I’ve ever had. I’d highly recommend the Duck Confit, the Escargot and the House Foie Gras.
The wine list was also awesome. I could have spent the day just talking wine with the waiter. Even if you don’t usually drink wine at a restaurant, I’d recommend you indulge here.
My only regret: in hindsight we should have chosen the tasting menu. I can only imagine.

We made a special trip from our hotel to this restaurant as it came highly recommended by my local friend. This restaurant completely reminds us of our trip to Paris and brought back lot of good memories we had over there with the good food and Parisian ambience. The quality of the lunch menu was superb and the price reasonable. The service was surprisingly good, as we usually don’t expect too much from a French restaurant serving non-​French speakers.
We were extremely happy with everything we saw (the fresh flowers, the décor, the tableware, the food portion…), we tasted, and our final bill.
Will definitely go there again and again when I visit.

While I didn’t hit up the restaurant portion, my girlfriend and I did stay for a weekend (circa November 2006) at the inn due to a recommendation from a friend who had lived in Montréal for a bit. The inn can definitely be described as a place for older couples. We were definitely the youngest ones around, which didn’t bother us at all but might have bothered others around us. We weren’t going to be loud or obnoxious, so please, stop giving us dirty looks.
Perfectly situated in the older section of Montréal, the inn is within walking distance of many of the sites within old Montréal. We were also able to easily access any place outside of the older section while never being that far away from our hotel.
More on the actual inn.
We went during the off season (November) and spend $ 165/​night for the most basic room; a room with a queen sized bed and a complete bathroom. The room had views of a cathedral and its gardens, which probably would have been beautiful in the spring, but was not very impressive in the fall (obviously not the fault of the garden). Now, I’m not really accustomed to nice hotels, so I was quite impressed with the elegant hardwood floors, the wall sconce equipped with dimmers, the comfortable bed, the clean bathroom… etc etc. Perhaps I’m not the best one to say this, but it’s definitely one of the nicest hotel rooms I have ever had the pleasure of staying in. Breakfast the next morning was excellent, if a bit less filling than my usual morning meal. Overall, the vibe was cozy, classy, intertwined with a bit of old school charm.

Auberge Bonaparte is an inn that houses a cosy, upscale French restaurant in the heart of Old Montréal. I don’t remember the specifics of who ordered what but the entire experience was subpar. We had 9 people in our party and they must have created a large table in the back hallway that led to the kitchen. It was totally uncomfortable with the traffic of the waitstaff rushing back and forth, brushing against the backs of our chairs.
My sometimes-​foodie father hated his dish and the way it was prepared and overcooked. There was not much thought put into the presentation or the plating of each dish. For the money that this meal cost, we were all expecting a whole lot more.