Épicerie gourmande haut de gamme incluant : pâtisseries, viennoiseries, gâteaux de voyage, glaces, sorbets, thés, cafés, chocolats, confiseries, prêt à manger, charcuteries, produits locaux de saison et plus encore....
Chez Potier est largement salué pour la haute qualité de ses pâtisseries et viennoiseries ainsi que pour son épicerie fine, avec des croissants exceptionnels, des pains au chocolat généreux et des desserts raffinés comme le fraisier ou le mille-feuille; la présentation est fréquemment décrite comme soignée et l'ambiance est élégante et accueillante, ce qui donne l'impression d'une adresse haut de gamme; le prix est souvent mentionné comme élevé et certaines portions peuvent sembler petites selon les desserts, mais les amateurs estiment la valeur des produits; le service est parfois perçu comme froid ou impersonnel, bien que d'autres retours soulignent un accueil chaleureux et des conseils avisés; l'endroit est perçu comme une halte gourmande incontournable à Montréal pour ceux qui recherchent des produits européens et des gourmandises de prestige, avec quelques incidents mineurs signalés mais rarement répétés.
Extremely fancy cakes that were beautiful. The rose one with rose & lychee flavour was immaculate. The flavours were strong, & the combination of the rose & lychee flavour was perfection. I could eat on every day. The other two (one with grapefruit & one with yuzu+raspberry) were also yummy but not on the same level as the rose.
Service was just ok. Everyone was just standing there staring at us, & no one seem eager to help.
(There is a little fridge section in the back of the store with French butter).
On va se le dire pour le moment j'ai goûté le pain suisse & l'eclair vanille .... je ne me souviens pas d'avoir mangé une pâtisserie aussi bonne que ce soit l'une ou l'autre.
Venant de l'ancien monde'france' je pensais connaître les pâtisseries.... ben je me trompais bien solide.
Honnêtement, c'est cher, mais vraiment bon. Ça a vraiment un goût uniquement bon, donc ça me dérange pas de payer pour quelque chose qui vaut la peine. Je recommande!!
Je suis passé en début de semaine après la foule des travailleurs du matin. Pour avoir pris un café & goûté à quelques viennoiseries, je peux comprendre pourquoi il y a la lignée les week-ends-comme si nous étions chez Ladurée !
UPDATE: they reached out to me to apologize for the issues & reimbursed me for the chocolate plate. I ordered a pecan chocolate cake. The cake was delicious & beautifully made. I have had cakes from there before & they have been fabulous. My family has loved the cakes too. So for the quality of the food - I would give 5 stars. However, there were two things on my recent experience that made me remove the two stars: 1) I ordered via the website & given its a milestone for a loved one, I requested a personalized message on the cake (which was 5$). The website states a 40 character maximum so, I took the extra effort to make sure my message was less that than that & submitted the order. The business gave me the courtesy to call me however, they told me my message was too long & they would need me to cut the message down or pay an extra $5 for an additional personalized message. I accepted to cut the message down even though it was not my error & as customer I really shouldn't have had to pay a penny extra for what they promised on their website. I mentioned this to the gentleman at the till when I went to pick up the cake. He accepted my comment but I am unsure as a business if they will do anything about it. If you choose to take the personalized message option when ordering a cake, I'd recommend keeping it shorter than 20 characters or call them to ask them what they can accommodate to not disappoint yourself as a future customer. 2) The actual message was not written to what I would have expected. The message was supposed to be "Aging like fine wine". What the cake seems like its written is "Aging LIME fine wine" & not very very clear. We had a laugh about it & it goes in our books as a funny meme. However, if you are very particular, I would be cautious on the personalized message. I've also shared some photos. I would like to reiterate the cake was fantastic in taste & all my previous experiences here have been decent. The two above points are the reason I took away the 2 other stars.
Meilleurs Suisses en ville. J'ai parcouru tout montreal & Potier est imbattable. Je suis là tous les weekend, un pure bonheur. Toujours le sourire aux levres avant meme la premiere bouchee!
5/5 I don't usually like pastry here as it could get too sweet to me, but I am so glad I live a little far away from this pastry shop otherwise I would probably go everyday. Give it a try if you haven't.
