Crew Collective Café sits inside a grand, historic bank building in Old Montreal, and it feels like stepping into a museum while you order coffee or work in private rooms and bookable coworking boxes. The space is praised for its stunning architecture, soaring ceilings, marble details, and abundant seating, though some areas restrict laptops and others fill up quickly, making it easy to miss a seat. Reviews highlight strong coffee and tasty pastries and bagels, with a few days showing inconsistency in drinks or food quality and some prices seen as high for what is received. The atmosphere and photo opportunities draw crowds, and many visitors treat it as an experience as much as a cafe, a must visit for architecture lovers and a good spot to work or relax, even if service speed or queue length can vary.
For tourists, it LOOKS nice/cool because it used to be a bank. The architecture is cool to check out. Def' overpriced lmao. Employees were nice. 20$ for two iced lattes 😂🤌
Endroit magnifique! Agréable & chic. La seule chose que je ne comprends pas c'est le café 3rd wave, très amère! Aucun plaisir à boire ça, en allongé noir du moins !
I had a fantastic time at Crew Collective & Café! From the moment I walked in, I was blown away by the beautiful architecture & aesthetic decor. The spacious seating area made it perfect for enjoying our food. The private study rooms for 15$/h were a great addition. I absolutely loved the Oat & Lavender Latte - it's easily a 3.5/5 for me. My brother enjoyed the refreshing Matcha Lemonade, also a solid 5/5! The Sugar Scone was delicious, although slightly dry, earning a 3/5. The Brownies were decent but not too exciting, a 2/5 from me. Overall, I'd rate the experience 4/5 & highly recommend this cafe to anyone visiting Montreal. The staff were incredibly kind & friendly. The prices were a little much - we spent a total of 28$ (taxes included) for two drinks & two pastries. Keep in mind, there might be a wait during rush hours. We waited about 15-20 minutes, but it's definitely worth it. Can't wait to visit again soon!
Stunning space & cool concept - it unfortunately took us 30 minutes in line to get to the point where we ordered our coffee. After another 15-20 minutes we ended up leaving without getting our coffee as people who were 5 spots ahead of us in line had STILL not been served. Not properly staffed & it was extremely frustrating to see employees continuing on at a glacial pace while seemingly not caring one bit that they were wasting other people's time.
10-15min wait to order, another 25-30 min to get 1 cappuccino around 11am on a weekday. Will not come back. There are other better cafes with better coffees around Montreal.
Location & coffee are truly amazing. However you shouldn't be in a rush when you go there because it takes forever to get your order unfortunately. (It was super crowded but 25 minutes for a coffee is annoying).
Beautiful venue in a great location. Terrible service. Be advised that they have suddenly changed their policies & do not allow dogs, even if they are quiet & very well behaved. (We heard they were previously allowed).
There is no sign indicating they do not allow dogs. In fact it says the cafe is open to the public & the wait staff loved our dogs & told us they were welcome.
But then the security guard came & kicked us out in a public manner without explanation, which was very unpleasant.
As a result we did not eat here & would probably not return.
