Bily Kun

Bily Kun is an interesting place to grab a drink with a date or some friends and get to know some taxidermied ostrich heads. They have a number of tables to acomodate different sized parties, so you won’t have to worry about standing around, though the place does get very full on weekends, so you might be stalking tables waiting for them to finish their drinks.
The prices are fairly moderate for the area and they have your typical beverage selection. Admittedly, I’ve only ever grabbed a blanche (around $ 6) with friends in here, so I can’t comment on the food and, as WhiteFeather H. has said, it gets pretty loud in here, so I can’t really comment on the music, either.

Location: On Mont-​Royal. The closest subway is Mont-​Royal (less than 10 minute walk from there). Street parking is available [metered] but good luck finding a spot amidst all the traffic and already parked cars.
The place/​goods: Dark and intimate setting that tells me it would be a perfect place for a date. Czech-​inspired, these guys offer up some delicious cocktails and are one of the few (perhaps only) bars in town to offer Absinthe. They also have a good beer selection and offer stuff you won’t typically find in other bars. I didn’t have anything to eat this time around, so will report back once I’ve had a chance to go back.
Service: Good.
Price point: Pretty reasonable given they’re a pretty popular place, and on the Plateau.

It was very cool and the ambiance was friendly! Yes it’s plateau! The bear was very good and lots of choice with reasonable price!

Un bar ou on continue d’aller année après année, sans la crowd ou le staff prétentieux de certains autres endroits. C’est un des bons endroits de l’avenue du Mont-​Royal.

Great location, attentive bar tenders, excellent ambiance. Romantic with the dark room and candle lights and quirky with the mounted taxidermy ostriches. Great music selection.
The server put down my lychee martini and with a huge smile, named the drink and said, «smell it!» Freaking adorable :-) Drinks are delicious! We ordered olives and they serve pickles with it. Perfect accompaniment to our drinks :-)

Seven taxidermied ostrich heads, with full ostrich necks, hung like hunting trophies and protruding proudly along the longest wall. Where does one even hunt ostrich?
Anyway, there was a live band (which I couldn’t see) doing a variety of numbers, from old country & blues to Elvis songs. Sweet. Later in the evening, the music turned into standard club music. Overall, pretty loud, like you’d expect in a crowded, semi-​trendy bar on a Friday night.
I was hungry after my lychee martinis, so thank all my stars and garters, they had nachos, super hot, at the ready. Good service, seating and reasonable drink prices. About $ 8 or $ 9 for a cocktail, which I consider pretty decent. HUGE drink menu!
When you’re feeling clubby, this is a sure bet, for the whole evening. No bar-​hopping required.

This is a great bar in the Plateau with a cosy and relaxed ambiance. They have an extensive list of beers as well as the usual drinks for bars (wine, cocktails, etc). I also found the prices very reasonable given the area. They do have some finger food but I didn’t try any so I don’t have any comments on that front.
My one complaint is that the music is too loud. We were forced to scream at each other to have any kind of conversation. Apart from that though I really enjoyed my experience here and would go back again.

Endroit agréable pour prendre un verre. Un peu bruyant à mon goût… La sélection de bières est correcte, j’ai trouvé les cocktails assez cher, mais délicieux :)

Surprenant pas le décor, un peu bruyant mais agréable

Bel endroit pour prendre un verre! Beaucoup de choix de boissons! Ils ont des trucs à grignotter et de la musique live!

Few things:
–One of the only places in the St. Denis area that was packed on a cold Sunday night.
–The ostriches on the wall are kinda creepy, in the very best way possible!
–The only real drawback, as previous reviewers have mentioned, is that the music is way too loud. Having a conversation was difficult, as was ordering.
–Try the mojito, it’s yum.

Really cool bar in Montréal. This was a convenient day-​stop for a fresh pilsner. We loved the ostriches on the wall, and asked the bartender what the story was. He said there was no story, the owner lived next to an ostrich farm and… he proceeded to tell us about the owner and the ostriches for 10 minutes. Sounds like a story to me! :)
Returned at night to a huge crowd, apparently we’re not the only ones who loved this bar.

This Czech bar has a great atmosphere and authentic drinks. The staff was friendly and we could tell it was the place to go for people in the neighborhood. It’s just a short walk from the Metro.

It’s a good address! The only problem this places has is the music that’s too loud! Other than that they have some really good price. They rang in between the prices range that are current in Montréal, but they have a really good stout! Perfect place to go to with 3 – 4 friends after a long day of work. It’s the sort of place where you could spend 2,3, 4 hours + without noticing it.

Un endroit vraiment surprenant, tant par la qualité des alcools que par la déco — être entouré de trophées de chasse d’autruches ce n’est pas commun — De plus, ils accueillent régulièrement des (très bons) musiciens !
Pour les aventuriers de la boisson, n’hésitez pas à essayer les spécialités à base d’absinthe ou encore de piocher dans la large sélection de bières de microbrasseries locales à prix plus que raisonnable. La carte est vraiment riche et il y en a pour tous les goûts. J’ai même trouvé un de mes vins français préféré à prix imbattable !
Un endroit qui né paye pas de mine, mais qui est vraiment très accueillant et qui change des tavernes ou bar huppé du plateau. Parfait pour les 5@7 entre amis !

Cool place.
Dim lighting, unique cocktails, ostrich heads. Great place to go if you’ve just started to date someone and need a few cocktails and sexy ambiance to get him/​her to want to jump you.
Very loud though, so not the ideal place for having an actual conversation. But hey, that gets you to lean in closer, right?

A little too loud? A little too dark?
Service was slow… Until the 2^nd waitress started her shift.
I just want a beer, a pre dinner drink?! The place kind of empty. and still so hard to get a beer or 2? Maybe I should just fetch my own drink and ask my Unilocal friend to tip me.
Ostrich heads lining up the wall kind of neat… wondering where I can get some ostrich wings?
Great to take your date here because you cannot really hear each other and everyone looks better in the dark…

I went to this bar twice in the past 2 months and I like it a lot. It is very popular so you might have trouble finding a spot, but by getting there early, you should be fine. Drinks are good and their prices are average. I had the pita and humus plate and it was good. But when you go out for a drink with a few friends, the atmosphere is what matters most, and this is why I’ll go back there again. It can be a bit noisy but not terribly. There was live music last time and it was really nice. Waiters and waitresses are nice. What I prefer is the décor: both classic and vintage. The crowd includes mostly people in their 30’s. Anyway, it’s a classic on the Plateau, so you should check it out at least once!

Self and boyfriend stumbled upon this super cool bar … and stumbled out I might add. The atmosphere was great — so chilled. Actually, the owner was at the doorway when we were poking our heads in and sold us on the notation that it was a tavern. And he was right. We loved it.
Staff are über friendly — our female server was so knowledgeable on Czech beers and liquors … in fact we thought she must be Czech but she’s a lovely local gal. My boyfriend is a Becherovka fan so he downed several. I tried and liked it, way too easy to knock back so I moved onto a recommendation from our server of Czech beer.
We were there midweek — having been unable to return to NY due to Hurricane Sandy. What a bummer to have to stay in Montréal … NOT! Mr Piano Man and Mr Bass Man were strutting their stuff in the background, nice addition. The bar at 9pm was very busy and the noise level was fine. We sat at the back in comfy couches.
Should you pay a visit when in Montréal … absolutely! Not to be missed.

this place got awesome vibe to it… always happening. lotsa different beers. decent finger food… piano playing on the weekends i think. also a lot of people do not know. but they have live bands playing upstairs sometimes.
GO. You will love it!

We stumbled on this place after taking the bus down from Mont Royal on a Friday afternoon.
The beer menu was very broad, the service was excellent, and the front window had been rolled back to let the warm air in on a very nice late September afternoon. It was a very pleasant stop. Obviously full of colorful locals. I know that we were not in the USA but didn’t sense that this would be Red State if it were below the border…

Very nice bar, the crowd is observed by curious ostrich heads. Long list of beers and plum brandy to warm up. :)

Le bar fétiche de feue Nelly Arcan (mentionné à plusieurs reprises dans deux de ses romans). L’intérieur n’a rien d’extraordinaire, mais la petite terrasse extérieure est très sympathique l’été et c’est un bon endroit pour faire de nouvelles rencontres. Le choix de bières est diversifié (ils ont de la vraie bière, pas juste de la Molson ou de la Coors) et la clientèle fait un peu artiste certains soirs (pour le meilleur et pour le pire).

If you have a fetish for ostrich heads, I’ve found your bar! The location is great. The alcohol list is extensive. It’s full almost every night of the week. And last but not least, the décor is very cool.
If you happen to be on a blind date, and you’re running out of things to say, you can always look up at the walls and comments on the 15^th ostrich heads mounted all around the place. It should buy you another 10 minutes, but after that you’re on your own;)

All great places have the heads of endangered animals on their walls.
In this case it’s Ostriches.
It’s been a safe bet for years. The Czech-​themed bar is run exceptionally well. Always busy, but never obnoxiously packed.
You’re not going to win any creativity awards coming here. But all will be happy.
Hipster Cred Bonus. They have the original Czech budweiser.

Le Bily Kun est un endroit sympathique où aller boire une bière sur le plateau Mont-​Royal. L’endroit n’est pas trop bruyant, comme certains autres bars de la même rue, et on peut discuter entre amis sans devoir crier pour se faire entendre. De plus, les serveuses sont d’ordinaire très avenantes. Finalement, même si le choix de bières est plutôt limité, j’ai eu la surprise de découvrir qu’on y servait de la Trois-​Mousquetaires, une excellente micro-​brasserie, la dernière fois que j’y suis allé.

A really laid back, chill kind of bar geared towards 30-​somethings, not full of obnoxious younger 20-​somethings and frat boys who can’t hold their liquor, they have their own places to go to, thank God.
Mostly professionals and artisitc types here, this is also one of the few places in Montréal that serves absinthe. I’ve seen the likes of French fashion designer legend Jean-​Paul Gaultier here from time to time. The kind of place people like that can come to and no one even raises an eyebrow.
Great drinks, great décor, great attitude, Bily Kun is a great Montréal spot.