FR
Montreal Restaurants: RestoMontreal.caMontreal Restaurants: RestoMontreal.ca
RestaurantsGuides & ArticlesEvents

Logo RestoMontreal.ca

Coffee Shop

Café Van Houtte

Old Montreal
4.4$
OPEN7 am - 6 pm
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Café Van Houtte Montreal Restaurant: Menu, Reviews & Reserve (2026)
CaféSandwichesPastriesSaladsCatering

Suggested Articles

5★
63%
4★
20%
3★
10%
2★
6%
1★
2%

Restaurants in Old MontrealMore

Tiradito Restaurant
Steak Frites St-Paul Restaurant
Gandhi Restaurant

Gandhi

230 Rue St-Paul O.
(1891)
Restaurant Mélisse Restaurant
Restaurant H3 Restaurant

Reviews for Café Van Houtte

Food
Service
on Google4.2 (200+)
*as of 2026-04-01
5★
63%
4★
20%
3★
10%
2★
6%
1★
2%

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.
Page 1 of 1 - 6 Reviews

Great place to get a coffee & work

Sep 5, 2025
on Google

Nicest staff of all coffee shops we visited during our Montreal trip. Very welcoming & great service.

Aug 24, 2025
on Google

A WARM SIP OF COFFEE IN WINTER! Ahh ❤️ Beautifully build & decorated cozy coffee shop with a great taste of coffee ! Vanilla Latte & Mocha NICE PLACE TO SIT, RELAX & ENJOY A COLD SNOWY DAY WITH WARM COFFEE' !

Jan 6, 2025
on Google

Really super friendly & helpful service & delicious coffee.

Apr 18, 2024
on Google
5.0

Delicious & healthy breakfast with good coffee. The service was friendly, helpful & fast!

Apr 8, 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