The Aspire AMEX Lounge stands as the exclusive common-use lounge in the YUL Domestic terminal offering sophisticated table-side dining service. You can indulge in culinary creations from celebrated local chefs and signature cocktails crafted by the Montreal's most distinguished cocktail bars.
Overall, reviews describe Aspire AMEX Salon/Lounge as a stylish, well appointed space with good food and strong cocktails and a friendly, attentive staff that create a calm, welcoming ambiance for travelers between flights. The made to order, à la carte approach and healthy options are appreciated, and many guests praise fast, restaurant style service and clear help choosing dishes. However, several concerns appear: the QR code ordering system can feel slow and restricts guests to one item at a time, sometimes leading to waits or incorrect orders; some experiences note delays during busy periods; restrooms are outside the lounge; seating is not always comfortable and the space can feel crowded; menu variety can be limited with few vegetarian options and no buffet; and service times can vary. Despite these issues, the lounge is frequently described as clean, bright, and well staffed, with standout food and drinks and a desire to return.
Plus mauvais lounge jamais fait! Déjà ce n'est pas un buffet, c'est un service à table. & sur liste d'attente ! Il n'y a que 4 plats & 1 dessert sur la carte & vous ne pouvez commander qu'un plat un par un. Vous devez attendre d'être servi (environ 15-20mn d'attente) pour commander à nouveau sauf que l'application bug, les serveurs se trompent systématiquement de table & de commande, les plats sont minuscules & pas très bons. Ça arrive froid car ça passe 15-20 mn sur le passe-plat avant d'arriver. L'organisation est très mauvaise, j'ai dû commander mon dessert à l'oral car l'application ne me laisser pas commander, je vous laisse imaginer que j'attends toujours mon dessert. Les serveurs discutent entre eux, ils sont 5 derrière le comptoir à rigoler pendant que les plats se perdent &/ou refroidissent. N'y allez pas !
This lounge is beautiful! The staff are so friendly & accommodating & the food is a wonderful change from the generic buffets or grab-&-go options! The food is elevated & the cocktails are fantastic. David is particularly welcoming & friendly & went out of his way to stop & connect with passengers.
Mar 21, 2026
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Cozy atmosphere & conveniently located close to the crowded wing with most of the local departure gates. Menu is great, & service is fast & friendly. Take our boxes. Good coffee machines & a cold brew machine. Washrooms are outside. Good wifi connection. Ugly looking garbage beans & stored items beside the kitchen windows. A few simple snack items or/& cookies would be nice to get served buffet style for those who want just to have simple relax time rather than ordering & turning it into a meal.
Very clean & aesthetic. Great natural lighting, comfy lounging. Food is very good & comes out fast. Friendly staff. Only reason I am giving 4 stars is because of no restrooms & no buffet (I'm American & love buffets).
This is new business model of lounge at airport. I admire the service done by young employee , Hugo Bozatto, who has act pro-activelyg to make customers accustomed with their new Airport Lounge concept . Aspire need to consider , the followings:
- order application usage familiarity ( a la carte) : Not all passengers are good/ fast on application usage
- improve service time by increase kitchen stuff; some passengers have short time / limited time before take off.
- Calm seekers would love this type of lounge .
- menu need to be more diversified to cover all taste & diabetic disease customers
The customer number is far less than conventional lounge who run their service with open buffet .
New concept … new arena
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The quality of the food is fantastic, as is the layout of the lounge. Its small but spacious at the same time. Fairly quiet too. No open buffet, you order your food from one of the designated tables.
C'est le troisième lounge que nous avons visité à l'aéroport, & c'est le pire.
Je vais commencer directement par dire que ce n'est pas un buffet, mais plutôt un restaurant qui propose environ 5 à 6 plats principaux. De plus, si vous passez la commande à partir d'un seul téléphone, il n'est pas possible de choisir plusieurs plats différents.
Unlike most lounges, this one isn't a buffet-style lounge. On top of that, you could only order ONE dish at a time & the kitchen was EXTREMELY slow. By the time we got our first dish, we had to board soon. (The dishes were quite small too). Our second dish literally arrived as we were putting our coats on because it took too long.
As for the food, the toast & oats were good but the omelet on the quinoa dish was literally refrigerated-cold. It wasn't even room temperature. My partner's scrambled egg was tasteless. I will say the presentation of the food was quite good though.
All in all, not a lounge I would go back to. Not worth the time or money.
It's nice to finally have a lounge on the domestic side in Montreal. The problem however lies with the food ordering system. I am usually a great client for lounges, I quickly grab a bite & leave, without even consuming alcohol. At this lounge unfortunately more than once I've ordered food & had to leave before even getting it, it simply takes too long! Perhaps having a small buffet on top of the QR code ordering system would be better.
Dec 20, 2025
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Avoid if you have limited number of lounge passes on your account/card.
Stopped here on my way from Europe & had 5 hour stopover. I was asked to come back 3 hours before my flight & there was a wait-list. Luckily bar seats were available so I took it. Later a lady came & asked me to move to another seat to accommodate a group of 3 people even though more seats around were available. They forgot to give me cutlery with my order. No teas, just coffee. All orders are super small & don't have much of a choice. I was honestly prefer a buffet to this not to wait 15 mins per item as you can't order several items at once here.
No line at 5am, kind staff, beautiful seating, but the food sucked. Ordered french toast, got bread pudding. Ordered a berry salad, got canned fruit. Ordered a vegan breakfast sandwich, didnt arrive at all. No tea, self serve coffee machine only. Honestly would have been better if it was just a simple buffet; the a la carte service got my expectations up!
We were lucky we spent a few minutes for our departure in this lounge - the food & the staff were top notch - really enjoyed the quality of food & the agility of the staff to prepare & deliver them. We were exteremely in rush but as an order base lounge, it took us the same as a buffet lounge, but expect some delays if it's busy, it was not in our case.
