Discover the best cafés in Montreal. Browse profiles, photos, and details for each location.
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Showing 24 of 196 places in Montreal
Aube Café brings its reputation for thoughtful baking and balanced coffee to the downtown core with its second location—...
mmmmagasin is a slow-burn love letter to intentional living. Designed and run by Jessica and Matt McNeilly, it’s part ca...
Capybara Café doesn’t have real capybaras—but it doesn’t need them. This downtown Montreal spot is already a plushie-fil...
Beardlington is less a barbershop or a café than it is a complete ecosystem. Since 2017, the team has built something th...
Mina Mina may be small in size, but it’s built with purpose. Just a short walk from Atwater Market, this Saint-Henri caf...
Maison Aïdo is where West African tradition meets French pastry technique—quietly, confidently, and with a lot of heart....
Café le 9e brings the quiet precision of Melk Café into the unlikeliest of settings: the Eaton Centre. But this is no ge...
Bah! Café brings the warmth of Porto Alegre to the Plateau, trading Montreal’s grey chill for cheese bread, brigadeiros,...
Victor Café is more than a weekend coffee stop—it’s a crate-digger’s retreat in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie. Open Saturday...
Café Paper Hill is where espresso meets apéro in a space that feels as much like a neighbourhood living room as it does...
Machu Picchu Café-Lounge brings a slice of Peru to Montréal with a menu that spans casual coffee shop fare and full plat...
In a city full of third-wave cafés, Hectare takes a different route—one that runs through the Caribbean. Located on Notr...
Even Café is built on a commitment to craft, community, and quality. A café-roastery hybrid in Mile-Ex, it was founded w...
Pas de problème brings a distinctly Jamaican point of view to Saint-Henri, but the family behind it is what gives the ca...
Café Tere brings a much-needed sense of calm to the Plateau’s Prince Arthur Street. Located beneath the Innocere Yoga st...
L’Épicerie & Café Ste-Madeleine is part neighbourhood grocer, part café, and entirely a reflection of what makes a local...
Zab Café is the natural extension of Zab Roasters’ deep-rooted commitment to quality coffee and community. What started...
Café Différance sits on Avenue Viger at the edge of Old Montreal, offering a quiet counterpoint to the neighbourhood’s b...
Part café, part ceramics studio, Les Faiseurs blurs the line between sipping and shaping. Open since 2018 in Rosemont, t...
FroidÔchaud Café is a crêperie and coffee counter on Saint-Denis offering a broad mix of sweet and savoury options. The...
"Café Novanta isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel—it just wants to make sure it spins the right way. Run by brothers Marc...
At Espace Kine, the coffee bar isn’t an afterthought—it’s part of the routine. This new hybrid space on Saint-Denis comb...
Le Patio doesn’t try to reinvent the café—just to do it with a little more calm. Opened across from De L’Église metro in...
Café Santropol has been a Plateau landmark since 1976, when it opened to save its building from demolition. Over the dec...
Showing 24 of 196 places in Montreal
Aube Café brings its reputation for thoughtful baking and balanced coffee to the downtown core with its second location—...
mmmmagasin is a slow-burn love letter to intentional living. Designed and run by Jessica and Matt McNeilly, it’s part ca...
Capybara Café doesn’t have real capybaras—but it doesn’t need them. This downtown Montreal spot is already a plushie-fil...
Beardlington is less a barbershop or a café than it is a complete ecosystem. Since 2017, the team has built something th...
Mina Mina may be small in size, but it’s built with purpose. Just a short walk from Atwater Market, this Saint-Henri caf...
Maison Aïdo is where West African tradition meets French pastry technique—quietly, confidently, and with a lot of heart....
Café le 9e brings the quiet precision of Melk Café into the unlikeliest of settings: the Eaton Centre. But this is no ge...
Bah! Café brings the warmth of Porto Alegre to the Plateau, trading Montreal’s grey chill for cheese bread, brigadeiros,...
Victor Café is more than a weekend coffee stop—it’s a crate-digger’s retreat in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie. Open Saturday...
Café Paper Hill is where espresso meets apéro in a space that feels as much like a neighbourhood living room as it does...
Machu Picchu Café-Lounge brings a slice of Peru to Montréal with a menu that spans casual coffee shop fare and full plat...
In a city full of third-wave cafés, Hectare takes a different route—one that runs through the Caribbean. Located on Notr...
Even Café is built on a commitment to craft, community, and quality. A café-roastery hybrid in Mile-Ex, it was founded w...
Pas de problème brings a distinctly Jamaican point of view to Saint-Henri, but the family behind it is what gives the ca...
Café Tere brings a much-needed sense of calm to the Plateau’s Prince Arthur Street. Located beneath the Innocere Yoga st...
L’Épicerie & Café Ste-Madeleine is part neighbourhood grocer, part café, and entirely a reflection of what makes a local...
Zab Café is the natural extension of Zab Roasters’ deep-rooted commitment to quality coffee and community. What started...
Café Différance sits on Avenue Viger at the edge of Old Montreal, offering a quiet counterpoint to the neighbourhood’s b...
Part café, part ceramics studio, Les Faiseurs blurs the line between sipping and shaping. Open since 2018 in Rosemont, t...
FroidÔchaud Café is a crêperie and coffee counter on Saint-Denis offering a broad mix of sweet and savoury options. The...
"Café Novanta isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel—it just wants to make sure it spins the right way. Run by brothers Marc...
At Espace Kine, the coffee bar isn’t an afterthought—it’s part of the routine. This new hybrid space on Saint-Denis comb...
Le Patio doesn’t try to reinvent the café—just to do it with a little more calm. Opened across from De L’Église metro in...
Café Santropol has been a Plateau landmark since 1976, when it opened to save its building from demolition. Over the dec...
