Located in the Grand Salon of the Esplanade Tranquille pavilion, in the heart of Montreal’s Quartier des spectacles, Café Tranquille offers a warm setting to enjoy hot drinks and local pastries. On the menu: quality coffee made with Pista beans, hot chocolate, lattes, and more. Visitors can also enjoy artisanal snacks from Dinette Nationale, Point G, and Mlles Gâteaux, including vegan and gluten-free options. Perfect for a coffee to go or a break after skating, Café Tranquille also offers free Wi-Fi for studying or working, along with refreshing drinks like iced matcha and kombucha.
Overall, Café Tranquille is praised for a warm, welcoming vibe with plants, a cozy fireplace, and plenty of light, plus a view of the ice rink that makes it a nice place to relax, study, or chat; the coffee and sweets are solid and the Cortado and Golden latte get mentions for quality, while the space feels comfortable and spacious with options to sit by the windows or near the fireplace; however, some reviews point to inconsistent management and service, with reports of attitude issues from staff on busy mornings and weekends, and seats being monopolized for hours by students or other visitors during rink hours; the cafe stands out more for ambiance and setting than for a wide menu, and is worth a visit for those seeking a calm, stylish spot in downtown.
Un de mes cafés préférés à Montréal downtown ! La vue sur la patinoire l'hiver est vraiment très agréable. Il fait chaud dans le café & l'ambiance est super : vous avez des tables pour travailler mais aussi des coussins pour lire/se reposer. Les week-ends & les fins de journée, le café est assez full de monde donc je vous conseille de venir en heure creuse.
I find this unacceptable & wasteful - one of toilets is in a never ending flush loop. This is in addition to the bathroom as a whole being absolutely filthy. For such a popular place, one would think more could be put into something so basic.
Food court bathrooms are not this bad.
What a waste of water!
Willing to remove this if im told its fixed.
Dec 30, 2025
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Personnel sympathique, bonne cuisine & l'ambiance est très agréable. Prêt gratuit de jeux & couvertures pour les clients :)) Par contre, c'est dommage qu'il y ait peu de places disponibles lorsque la patinoire est ouverte, certaines personnes monopolisant des places quelques heures avec leur ordi…
I didn't appreciate the aggressive behaviour of the man working the bar raising his voice at a lady who wasn't hostile or difficult or anything to warrant that kind of treatment.
You guys should fire him.
Dec 14, 2025
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L'endroit est vraiment génial & ce qui y est servi aussi. Le seul problème, c'est que c'est tellement bien qu'en fonction des heures, c'est souvent assez plein & on n'arrive pas à trouver de la place au bord des fenêtres.
One of my favourite cafe's in montreal. Very cozy environment with a fireplace & big windows for a nice view. Be aware though that especially with the ice rink being open seating is limited & it gets busy. Otherwise it's a nice place to catch up with friends or to study. The staff is also very friendly!
Dec 8, 2025
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Superbe endroit, personnel très sympathique.
Mais une étoile car cela fais deux fois que je viens dans cet endroit & les places sont toujours squatté par des étudiants ou travailleurs avec leurs cours & ordinateurs & restent des heures .... Du coup les gens qui viennent profiter de la patinoire ne peuvent pas s assoir boire un verre. De plus, la plupart de ces personnes ne consomment même pas où viennent avec des boissons d autres enseignes....
Ils devraient faire comme d autres cafés de Montréal, cours & ordinateurs interdits ou alors dans la grande salle hors sac a côté.
Nice cozy ambience for chill time either after skating at the skating rink or after work or even in the morning.
Has variety of seatings.
Can get busy around 5@7
Une belle découverte, j'ai pris un chocolat chaud & aucun regret pour moi le meilleur de Montréal vraiment!!!! Il avait pas de chantilly quand j'ai demandé mais il était tellement bon que c'était vite oublié.
Nov 24, 2025
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Excellent/absolutely delicious cortado & madeleine (got caramel pecan - yum!)
Such a cosy surprise right in the middle of Quartier des Spectacles overlooking the patinoire - awesome vibe!
However I would love to come back when it's not late afternoon/evening on a Saturday, very difficult to find a place to sit!
cafe vraiemnt tranquille, beaucoup de boiserie & plantes, avec grandes fenetres , tres agreables pour s'y installer. Un peu cher le cafe, mais bon en plein centre-ville c'est normal. J'y retournerai.
