Monty Cafe & Bistro

Walk down St. Leonards Road and you'll find Monty tucked into a corner that feels genuinely lived-in rather than designed. Inside, you're met with the kind of warmth that comes from a place that's been feeding the same people for years—none of that trying-too-hard vibe. The menu reads like what a French chef cooks when they're not performing, with bistro classics done properly: think coq au vin that tastes like someone's grandmother made it, and fish that's treated with respect rather than flash. It's the sort of place where you can show up in jeans and no one blinks, but everything on your plate suggests someone actually cares.