Aux Vivres

Lavanya

2.0

We went to Aux Vivres at Westmount for a late lunch before heading to the airport. The experience started off very well-the server was friendly, the food was very good, & we were enjoying our meal.

Unfortunately, the experience took a disappointing turn toward the end. While we still had food on our plates, my young son wanted to use the restroom, so I got up to take him. Without any context, the server came over & said,'I see you guys are taking off, did you want the bill?' My husband & I were genuinely taken aback. I explained that I was simply taking my son to the restroom, at which point she stepped back & said,'Oh, okay.'

The interaction left us extremely uncomfortable. There was absolutely no indication that we intended to leave without paying, & it was particularly jarring to be treated as though that was a possibility while we were still in the middle of our meal.

We were the only family of color in the restaurant, so naturally, the interaction made us question what prompted that assumption. I hope the management takes this seriously & provides staff with better training around customer service, unconscious bias, & how assumptions about customers can come across.

We ultimately paid a bill of around $100 & tipped generously because we did not want this interaction to affect how we treated the rest of the staff. Unfortunately, it did affect our overall experience & left a very bad taste at the end of what had otherwise been a lovely meal.

Based on this experience, I would not recommend the restaurant.

Luxe

5.0

Wow amazing vegan resto in westmount food taste so good green juice so nice

Jacques

4.0

A great vegan place in Westmount with great service.

Marie

5.0

Un petit arrêt chez Aux Vivres durant ma promenade dans Westmount. J'ai pris un jus frais Samba & une soupe dahl (format entrée). Ce fut excellent. Exactement ce qu'il me fallait pour continuer à marcher à travers Montréal. Le service a été très bon & les lieux sont très beaux.

Peter

5.0

Aux Vivres Westmount is a bright, airy space with excellent service & a large, varied menu of tasty & healthy meals & drinks. Highly recommended.

via Other

1 Review

4.5

I was really happy to find a place in Westmount that was comfortable for my family to have a delicious meal at a relatively affordable price.

M

5.0

A cozy Vegan cafe at Westmount. We went for breakfast, & really enjoyed the food. The variety of items in menu was impressive, they have at least one dish from across the world ; we had the Mexican taco based dish, a Bombay bowl & the Golden pancakes . All of these were tasty & wholesome. Pair it with a cup of coffee or a tea pot of selected teas, & it's a good start to the day !

Suzanna

5.0

Have recently eaten in house Westmount location on a previous visit , & recently ordered take out & Uber Eats delivery while visiting family. The food is excellent! Dragon bowls are delicious. While I personally love the tempeh , I tested the tofu given my daughter's preference. Both options are excellent!! Thank you to all the hands that nourished my family!!!

Mia

3.0

I've been an Aux Vivres customer for 22 years so I've seen them through all their iterations. Nowadays I go to the Westmount location where the service has gotten really awful. They don't serve you water, you ask for the bill & wait & wait & wait until finally you get up to go pay. It's a bummer because we love Aux Vivres, we try to be polite when we go, & yet... (& this is my review without me going into the profound sadness over their changing the Choco classique recipe, not including a chai with brunch anymore, removing blueberries from their pancakes, ditching the pita for the gyro, ditching the seitan for the gyro, ditching the Montreal Fumé... But at least we have tasty buffalo wings now)

Sergio

5.0

First time going to the Westmount location & lemme tell you I got in love with aux vivres all over again, great service, great food & a great time