Overall, Café Kuya is a warm, neighborhood café on the south shore known for great third-wave coffee, matcha, and signature drinks with ube syrup, alongside Filipino-inspired sandwiches and smash burgers that many reviewers rate highly. The staff are repeatedly praised for friendliness and attentiveness, and the vibe is cozy with Star Wars memorabilia and a strong community feel that invites lingering or working on site, though a few criticisms pop up about seating during peak times, occasional inconsistency in coffee flavor, changes to recipes such as the ube sauce, and a messy bathroom on some visits. Still, the place is seen as a local gem with regulars, pop ups, and collaborations that reflect a clear sense of place, making it a go-to stop for drinks and comfort food like the tocino or lechon sandwiches, buko pie, and other pastries.
Great vibes, super friendly staff, & the food is a BANGER.
Tocino sandwich was great, tender juicy chicken, 10/10
Lechon Sandwich was a banger, juicy slice of pineapple with the crispy lechon, super well balanced.
Their potato buns are soo soft, they're the perfect pairing with the meat choices available, & the ratio of meat/topping/sauce is absolutely flawless.
We had the Pandan Matcha & the Ube Matcha, i'd like to try an unflavoured matcha for purer comparisons sake, but this is definitely a solid matcha. The ube syrup sort of cancels out the flavour of the matcha in a weird way? I think ube would work better for the coffee than the matcha. Pandan Matcha was a fire combination though, heavily reccomend that. Not their fault though!
Now, the real star, the super crispy fries with the battered texture, with sinigang powder on it?? You guys are geniuses. I cant believe i had never thought of that.
Overall a lovely cafe! I live quite far but will definitely make the trip just for this!
I bought a drink (see photo) SOOOO GOOOD.
I bought one of their chicken sandwiches Tuscino I think its called. Also really really good. I bought one of their sponge cakes. All three cost around 23$ so its alittle costly, but really good. Definitely recommend!
Miam pour le burger on reviendrait pour ça c'est certain! Cependant, déçu du matcha au ube qui ne goûtait aucunement le ube. Je ne pense pas que ça vaut la peine de payer l'extra pour l'avoir.
The coffee is wonderful, an excellent example of great third wave coffee. Whenever I'm in Brossard, I make a point to stop in. Excellent lattes ☕?
Le café est délicieux, un excellent exemple de café de troisième vague. Chaque fois que je passe à Brossard, je m'arrête pour en déguster un. Les lattes sont excellents ☕?.
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I've been there multiple times. Their matcha is amazing, I've been on the hunt for a spot since moving to Brossard & it's safe to say I wouldn't go anywhere else.
Everything about this cafe was truly disappointing. We went in & the barista took so long to take our order because she was talking with her friends & ignoring the fact thag there was a line up of customers that were waiting for her to take our orders & plus instead of finishing up the drink that she made she was taking a picture of it & took her time instead of just serving it. Plus, the drink was really bad, first sip of ube matcha just tasted like a watered down milk & I couldn't even taste the matcha nor the ube.
i'm not sure if we just went during a bad time since most of our friends who's been here before has hyped it up for us, but the ube matcha we had was quite disappointing. No taste of the ube whatsoever & that matcha taste is barely there aswell. the pic is taken after we mixed the matcha.
Fantastic cafe & service! Please bring back the pistachio milk! Really made them standout since it's difficult to find. The smash burger & vegetarian burgers are delicious.
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Un joyau caché de la rive-sud qui offre des produits originaux tel que le café éthiopien & un sandwich déjeuner d'inspiration sud asiatique. Fraîchement fait lors de la commande, il est digne d'une étoile michelin.
We visited after seeing a TikTok that called this the spot. We stopped in after exploring Quebec City, as we decided to make a brief stopover in Montreal before heading back to Toronto.
We were genuinely impressed with both the quality of the drinks & the food. The menu was in French, so the staff kindly took the time to explain everything to us, which we really appreciated.
I also heard that the owner is a car enthusiast, though I didn't get a chance to ask-he may have been busy or not on site at the time. After checking their Instagram, it was great to see that they host car meets, & I even recognized a few cars from ImportFest in Toronto.
The experience was so good that we ended up ordering extra to take home for the week. The smash burgers were absolutely on point.
Incroyable aujourd'hui le 2 janvier,je suis aller m'informer vers l'heure du dîner de l'heure de la fermeture aujourd'hui,car la veille de Noël j'y suis allé pour acheter 2 Smash burger vers 17hr30 surprise,il ont fermé supposément pour un problème d'informatique ou autre vers 16hr à ce qu'il m'on dit. Se soir 02/01/2026 encore vers 17hr30 j'y suis allé & commandé 2 smash burger & frite pour notre souper ,& que leur smash ,,,, sont les meilleurs sur la Rive-Sud , malheureusement (& déception totale) la serveuse m'as informer qu'il n'avait plus de boeuf ,inimaginable cette situation
