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Café Van Houtte

Old Montreal
4.4$
OPEN7 am - 6 pm
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Café Van Houtte Montreal Restaurant: Menu, Reviews & Reserve (2026)
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Reviews for Café Van Houtte

Food
Service
on Google4.2 (200+)
*as of 2026-04-01
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Review Summary

Reviews describe Café Van Houtte as a calm, clean spot with a good selection of meals and reasonably priced items, where the chocolate croissant and mocha are a seasonal favorite and the coffee and latte are consistently praised. The staff are repeatedly described as friendly, welcoming, professional, punctual and attentive to customer satisfaction, with several notes about particularly kind and capable service across visits. It is also seen as a great place to work or take a break during sightseeing, offering reliable service and a pleasant atmosphere. Many travelers mention choosing this cafe when in Montreal or when forgetting lunch, underscoring a dependable, consistent experience and solid value.
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Bistrot cafe de qualite avec un service tres agréable

Oct 24, 2025
on Google

Je vais toujours a ce café lorsque j'oublie mon lunch au travail! Le staff est toujours adorable & toujours de bons choix de nourriture!

Jun 10, 2025
on Google

Le café Vanhoutte propose un choix très intéressant de breuvages chauds & froids, de salades, de sandwichs, options santé avec les yaourts aux graines de chia. Tout est délicieux avec un bon rapport qualité prix. Mais l'expérience positive s'arrête là! car le service client est malheureusement médiocre, nous nous sommes vu refusé le accès aux toilettes alors que nous avions dîner sur place, la préposée nous a dit d un ton très désagréable que la salle du bas était ferme & que nous n avions rien a faire en bas.nous nous sommes donc rendu aux toilettes du Mc Do & avons prix un dessert là bas.je n' en veux pas a la marque Vanhoutte car les produits sont très bons .ils devraient juste mieux choisir leur personnel en attendant, je ne recommande pas du tout cette place & la propreté des tables est vraiment a revoir.nous avions aussi du attendre que les 2 serveuses finissent leur conversation avant qu'elles ne daignent prendre notre commande.

Jul 19, 2024
on Google

Service impeccable & café délicieux!!!

Jul 10, 2024
on Google

Nous sommes venues entre amies pour le déjeuner. Le café offre un choix diversifié de boisson & de collation. Première déconvenue : la soupe affichée n'est pas disponible. Je commande donc un grilled cheese, les 2 tranches du sandwich ressortent crues du toaster ce qui ne semble pas choquer la serveuse. A ma remarque, elle me propose de passer le sandwich croustillant au micro-onde ! Deuxième passage au toaster pas beaucoup plus concluant. Je mange donc un sandwich au pain de mie pauvrement garni de 2 tranches de fromage crues, & de matière grasse non fondue ... tout cela après une attente très longue, la serveuse semblant débordée face à 5 cafés. Pour autant, bonne découverte des boissons chaudes à l'érable (chai latte & latte).

Mar 23, 2024
on Google

If you search Cafe van Houtte, you'll find at least 3 cafes with versions of name. Are they modifying the name so that the bad reviews of one doesn't reflect on the other?
The coffee's not great & the sandwiches aren't either. The prices are outrageous & the bathroom was filthy. The Middle Eastern server is very abrupt & doesn't have any idea of how to talk to people, especially older women. I didn't have a problem with him. When they're a little off-putting, I let it go. (I went to a college that had a lot of middle easterners studying petroleum engineering. They were all abrupt with women, with variations depending on the country & whether they were a prince or not. You learn to not to take the badgering personally. I felt really sorry for this lady as she kept asking something . He just kept repeating the same thing loudly while clearly not answering her question. She was timidly & politely trying to inquire about something, but he didn't have any patience with. I don't think she ever got what she wanted.

If you have a thick skin, it's near your office, & you have a lot of money to blow on substandard food & coffee, this is the place for you.

Sep 9, 2023
on Google