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Whether you're a gap year traveller trying to circumnavigate the globe for £3.50, or you're a bit strapped but need a good break, or you're just a bargain-hunting hound looking for hints on freebies, blagging and upgrades, you've come to the right place. Check out our inside tips and travel secrets on all things budget-related, and if you know any we've missed, tell us about them.
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    Commensal

    Posted by VickyM 25 November 2006

    Montreal vegetarian restaurant - a vast, imaginative & varied selection of soups, salads & hot dishes all based on fresh & tasty ingredients.

    Self service from buffet, sold by weight. I paid only 10 CDN for a massive & delicious plateful.

    In Montreal’s Latin Quarter, décor features revealed red brick walls, decorative fireplaces, wood floors and tables.

    1720 St-Denis Street (between De Maisonneuve and Ontario), Montreal

    Metro Berri-UQAM

    Telephone: 514-845-2627
    Fax: 514-845-1180
    E-mail: commensal.st-denis@videotron.ca

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    Anne Ma Soeur Anne

    Posted by VickyM 25 November 2006

    Hotel-Studio right in the heart of Montreal's happening plateau district.

    Friendly staff, small but totally functional rooms with cooking facilities & croissants delivered to your door each morning.

    A great area to explore on foot, you are straight out of the door into the best shops & cafés in Montréal, an easy walk downhill to old Montréal or nearby Parc Mont Royal.

    Secure online booking with rates from 80 CDN per night excluding taxes.

    www.annemasoeuranne.com

    4119 Saint-Denis
    Montréal, H2W 2M7
    Tel: 001-514-281-3187
    Toll free from USA & Canada: 1-877-281-3187
    Fax: 514-281-1601
    Email: infos@annemasoeuranne.com

    On Saint Denis, between rues Rachel & Duluth, 5 minutes walk from metros Mont-Royal (marginally closer) & Sherbrooke.

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    Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

    Posted by bonhomie 10 August 2006

    Free (although donations are encouraged and special shows cost) art gallery just west of downtown. Includes artefacts, textiles, and many schools of paintings, with good groups of Canadian and Quebecois pieces.

    Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion
    : 1380 Sherbrooke Street West;
    Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion and Liliane and David M. Stewart Pavilion: 1379 Sherbrooke Street Pavilion;
    tel: (514) 285-2000;
    www.mmfa.qc.ca

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    La Chilenita

    Posted by bonhomie 10 August 2006

    This is a set of two little Chilean restaurants that have particularly good empanadas. Many varieties, including several delicious vegetarian options. Also serves nachos, quesadillas, tacos, and burritos - quality ingredients and sauces.

    152 Napoléon; tel: (514) 286-6075;
    64 Marie-Anne W; tel: (514) 982-9212

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    Cinerobotheque

    Posted by bonhomie 10 August 2006

    This is a part of the National Film Board of Canada centre in the Latin Quarter. It's a big room with comfortable individual viewing stations, where, for a very cheap price, you can choose to watch films/shorts/newsreels/anything from the NFBs entire selection for a few hours.

    1564 Rue St Denis; tel: (514) 496-6887 www.nfb.ca/atonf/events/cinerobotheque.php?lg=en

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    La Banquise

    Posted by bonhomie 10 August 2006

    Fantastic resto with great poutine selection, as well as a summer garden patio. Their poutine has both quantity and quality. Either eat in, or get it to take out to eat in nearby Parc la Fontaine.

    994 Rue Rachel, at Parc la Fontaine;
    tel: (514) 525-2415

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    Sushi Depanneur

    Posted by Shailes 8 August 2006

    The Sushi Depanneur has got to be unique among sushi restaurants, not only in Montreal. Only here will you get to eat delicious fresh sushi at affordable prices in the shop window of a corner store! It perfectly captures the beauty of unpretentious Montreal.

    The restaurant is on Rue Mont Royal, and the street in itself is worth a visit: little shops jostle for space with a multitude of bars and restaurants, all in the middle of one of Montreal's oldest quartiers, the Plateau Mont Royal - which incidentally is the neighbourhood with the highest population density in all of North America. Look out for the colourfully painted houses with winding outdoors staircases.

    You'll find the Sushi Depanneur as you head east along Rue Mont Royal, just before Rue Papineu (take the metro to Mont Royal).

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    Beauty's

    Posted by sarahp 5 August 2006

    Beauty's is an original diner set behind Mont Royal. Beauty's has by far the best breakfast in Montreal, possibly the best breakfast in the Western Hemisphere! The food is gorgeous and there is always a queue outside on a Sunday with Montrealers and tourists alike queuing for Sunday Brunch. Not to be missed is their toasted bagel with smoked salmon and cream cheese and there are always free refills on coffee.

    Beauty's is on the corner of Avenue Mont-Royal West and St. Laurent Blvd. Bus No. 55 will take you there.

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    Timy Sushi

    Posted by Augusta 20 September 2006

    The frendliest, tastiest, cheapest sushi in montreal, it looks a bit dodgy from the outside, with odd Chistmas lights and palm trees in the window, but the sushi and service are amazing, we never spent more than $40 for two, and we eat a LOT. And everytime we went they gave us a few free samples and a delicious tempura banana for pudding.

    On the corner of Mackay and Sherbrooke, in the Concordia ghetto, opposite 2150 Mackay - underneath a bookshop.

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    Boustan

    Posted by jelli7 14 August 2006

    Boustan is my fave place for lebanese wraps in Montreal. It's the perfect place to get a bite to eat after a night of partying on Crescent Street (they're busiest at 3am). Their shish-taouks are fantastic. Made with garlic mayo, pickled turnips, the entire wrap is fire roasted before being served. A real cheap eat as well at about C$4 each.

    2020A Crescent Street (on the north west corner of Crescent Street and de Maisonneuve Blvd);
    tel: (514) 843-3576

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    L'Appartement Hotel

    Posted by bonhomie 10 August 2006

    I've stayed at this place a few times, and always had a positive experience. It's moderately priced and in the downtown core. Rooms are generously sized, well maintained, and feature kitchenettes. The decor is simple but not in a distracting way. A particularly good place for families to stay. Close to the metro, lots of shopping, as well as culture and nightlife.

    455, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal, Québec H3A 1B7;
    tel: (514) 284 3634, or toll free in Canada on 1 800 363 3010; fax: (514) 287 1431;
    www.appartementhotel.com

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    Les Passants du Sans Soucy

    Posted by ciarap 10 August 2006

    For a taste of romantic Vieux Montreal, this is the place to stay. A converted 18th-century fur factory, the auberge’s huge rooms have thick stone walls, hardwood floors, marble baths and lots of antiques, and there’s an art gallery in the lobby. Atmospheric down to the freshly-baked croissants.
    Rooms from C$115 a night

    Rue St Paul
    Tel: + 842 2634
    www.lesanssoucy.com

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    Tortilleria Maya

    Posted by bonhomie 10 August 2006

    Great food market in the Mile End portion of the main (St Laurent Boulevard). Cheap cheap, authentic corn tortillas and fantastic nachos, as well as a good selection of Mexican foodstuffs.

    5274 Boulevard Saint-Laurent;
    tel: (514) 495-0606

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    Throughout the summer months pick-up games of beach volleyball are ongoing at the bottom of Parc Jeanne Mance. You can come alone and join a game, or show up with a group of friends. Games only cost a couple of dollars. It's very friendly, usually sun-drenched, and a great place for people watching to boot!

    Parc Jeanne Mance is alongside Avenue Parc, just on the opposite side of the Mountain (Mont Royal). The Volleyball courts are set up at the southern end of the park

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    Titanic

    Posted by lkd80 7 August 2006

    A great little lunch place on rue Saint Pierre which has all the feel of a sit down restaurant at cafeteria prices, ranging from 8-12 dollars. Not worth going to visit on its own, but a great place to recuperate at lunchtime if you are visiting the old town

    445 rue Saint Pierre, near Vieux Montreal; tel: (514) 849 0894;
    Metro: Square Victoria;
    titanic-mtl.ca

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