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Montreal: St. Lawrence Dinner Cruise with DJ & Dancing

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Duration3h 30m

GroupUp to 150

Mobile ticketAccepted

A 3.5-Hour Dinner Cruise Where the City Lights Up Around Your Table

You board at the Old Port, choose your main course, and spend 3.5 hours on the St. Lawrence as the city lights come on. The meal includes a starter, main, and dessert (or five courses with the upgrade), plus coffee and live DJ or music. You can dance, sit on deck, or retreat inside depending on the weather and your mood. The boat operates year-round unless conditions are unsafe, and only credit cards work on board.

3h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Sunset dinner cruise with views and dancing

Board the St. Lawrence dinner cruise
Admire Old Port and Jacques-Cartier Bridge
View Montreal Biosphere and city skyline
Enjoy gourmet 3 or 5-course meal
Finish with chocolate mousse dessert
Choose to dance with DJ or relax outdoors

The Experience

"Is that the Biosphere?" someone asks as the boat pulls away from the Old Port, and yeah, it's already glowing. The St. Lawrence dinner cruise boards around sunset, and the whole point is that you're eating while Montreal turns itself on—Jacques-Cartier Bridge, the Olympic Park tower, the water reflecting it all back. You get a table inside or out depending on the weather, which the crew says doesn't stop the cruise unless it's genuinely unsafe. The boat has enclosed areas, so you're not standing in the rain with a fork.

The meal is the real thing here, not an afterthought. You choose between chicken supreme, salmon, or braised beef cheek for your main, and it comes with fresh vegetables and potato gratin. Before that, there's a smoked shrimp and mackerel starter, maybe a guinea fowl salad or wapiti terrine depending on which menu tier you pick—3 courses or 5. The Red Carpet upgrade swaps the chicken for filet mignon and adds lobster tail, plus a welcome cocktail, wine for two, and a digestif at the end. Coffee or tea comes after, and the whole thing takes 3.5 hours, so you're not rushed through it. If you have allergies or want vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free, tell your server when you board.

After dinner, the DJ takes over or there's live music depending on the night, and people either dance on the lower deck or drift to the upper deck to just sit with the skyline. The boat's got indoor and outdoor space, so you can move around—stand on the deck with a cocktail, go back inside where it's warm, watch the city slide past. One thing: they only take credit cards on board, no cash, so plan for that. And some areas might be closed off if there's a private event happening, but the main dining and deck space stays open.

Public transit gets you to the Old Port easily, and the whole experience is built for people who want dinner and a view without having to pick a restaurant and then figure out where to stand to see anything. You're moving the whole time, so you get the Old Port, the bridge, the Biosphere, the islands—it's all there, and you're eating through it.

What’s included

3 or 5-course gourmet dinner with choice of three main courses.
coffee and/or tea.
gratuities included.
live DJ or music entertainment.
cruise with commentary.
indoor and outdoor deck access. With Red Carpet upgrade: filet mignon and lobster tail as main options.
welcome cocktail.
bottle of wine for two.
digestif.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearby

Operated by Croisieres AML

Is this one for you?Book this if you want dinner and a view of Montreal's landmarks without arranging a restaurant reservation and a separate sightseeing plan—the boat does both at once, and the fixed timing means you know exactly when you'll be back.