Maison Grinder

Maison Grinder, a 15-room boutique hotel in a heritage Griffintown building, opened in September 2025 as the first hotel from Montreal restaurant group Groupe Grinder. Rooms designed by Andréanne Guillemette sit above two of the group's own restaurants, Makro and Grinder, with a rooftop terrace and lounge topping the building.

The place

The hotel occupies a multi-story heritage building on rue Notre-Dame Ouest in Griffintown, the formerly industrial district southwest of downtown Montreal that has filled in over the past two decades with converted warehouses, condo towers and restaurants.

The concept

Maison Grinder is the first hotel from Groupe Grinder, a Montreal restaurant group better known for its dining rooms than for hospitality, and the 15 rooms were designed by Andréanne Guillemette — previously with the well-known Montreal design studio Zébulon Perron — around the idea of an urban refuge: warm, intimate spaces finished with Québec-made furniture, walnut flooring and heated natural-stone bathrooms. A rooftop terrace and lounge, the Terrasse Maison Grinder, tops the building with a 2,000-square-foot space and city views toward downtown Montreal.

Dining & wellness

Two of Groupe Grinder's existing restaurants, Makro and Grinder, occupy the ground floor, giving guests direct access to the group's established food-and-beverage identity rather than a purpose-built hotel restaurant. The rooftop Terrasse Maison Grinder serves drinks alongside hot and cold small plates.