Crew Collective & Café

Mélinda

5.0

Superbe lieu & très original pour un café & espace événement! Ambiance très chaleureuse & personnel aimable. L'espace est très grand, & se compose aussi d'espaces de travail privée sous forme de box pour du co-working. J'ai choisi de manger une salade César & elle était très copieuse & bonne.

10 janv. 2026

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Isabella

1.0

I really wanted to like this place. It was on my Montreal bucket list for months. Unfortunately, I will NEVER recommend it. It's easy to come in & take pictures of the lovely architecture - the ceiling is gorgeous. But the beauty stops there.

The Crew is a total tourist hotspot, & be prepared to wait in line for AGES for mediocre, overpriced food & lukewarm coffee. There are two lines: I assumed one was take-out & the other for dine-in, but no, both are for ordering; it's then up to you to find a seat.

Once you manage to place your order, good luck finding a seat. It's an absolute ZOO. Every Instagrammer & YouTube wannabe is here, along with about a bajillion visitors ahead of you in line. But first! You must WAIT. You must wait for ANOTHER half-hour while the overworked & understaffed baristas prepare your coffee. & all those Instagrammers? They already ordered theirs & are ALSO waiting, ready to pounce with camera in hand on the disappointing matcha lattes. So lucky you can park yourself by the coffee, joining the endless squabble of human seagulls for the never-arriving foodstuffs, & get hopelessly wrestled & jostled by all 1,000 people who will walk by you with their backpacks, jackets & wide shoulders.

I unfortunately thought it would be a good idea to treat my out-of-town guest to a matcha latte & cookies. I ordered a matcha latte & two baked goods (a cookie & a small blondie-style square) - & it came to $23. Geez! Considering the matcha is priced at $6.75, that makes the cookies $7 EACH!! & the cashier did not make a mistake - $23 was indeed the correct amount for 3 items. HOLY COW! I need to sell a cow in order to afford to come here again. & the $23 is before tip, so you might as well sell your chicken too if you want to afford this place & tip the servers.

My guest searched high & low for two seats for us, circling around. No luck. & then, a small group left! Alas, jostling is not just for the coffee area. Two ladies physically PUSHED my friend out of the way & launched themselves into the seats. WOW. Welcome to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Oh, sorry, I meant Welcome to the Crew Collective: home of people auditioning for football linebacker positions on the team!

My guest managed to MIRACULOUSLY find a booth to sit in (it took 40 minutes), but then, just as I stupidly thought the matcha latte might one day arrive from the baristas before I died of old age, a dude came along & told her (nicely, at least) that he had reserved said booth. So much for that. Apparently, this is a thing - you can buy a membership if, for some reason, you WANT to pay $23 for the privilege of coffee & cookies & make a habit of coming here. Clearly, I'm not lining up for THAT supposed privilege.)

Two ladies vacated the bar just then, so we sat ourselves down (well, my guest did - I still had to wait for the godforsaken matcha latte that I already regretted ordering) beside their half-empty wine glasses (maybe they got tired of the endless noise & jostling from strangers - it can't bode well that they didn't even finish their drinks!)

As for the ambience, well, good luck hearing your friend speak in this insanely loud cafe. The ambience is about what you'd get at a zoo food court, which is full of crowds &, occasionally, seagulls. But at least at the zoo you can watch animals. Here you're just watching crowds of people. I'll take the zoo animals any day over the cafe.

To make matters worse, the matcha latte was not even lukewarm (& I was not going to battle that double line-up to tell the barista) so we did our best to savour the treats considering their astronomical pricetag. I couldn't wait to leave. This place is AWFUL. Crappy food, uninspired menu, cold'hot' drinks, $7 cookies, super loud voices, nowhere to sit, crowds endlessly jostling you.... I could go on. ONLY the architecture is worth seeing! But guess what: you can go in, snap a picture, & then leave - I highly recommend that you find a different place to actually enjoy a coffee. This place is TERRIBLE.

10 janv. 2026

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Rania

1.0

Le café est magnifique, mais on peut pas étudier avec un ordinateur le café est vide mais bien sûr toutes les places sont prises dans le spot pour étudier avec l'ordi, ils cherche juste à nous expulser le matcha goûte l'eau & on a pas le droit de s'asseoir seul à une table alors que je rappelle le café est vide

9 janv. 2026

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Chedly

5.0

Excellent, service super, accueillant

7 janv. 2026

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Luz

2.0

I have been coming to Crew for years now & I have to say I am disappointed by the food! This makes me sad because this place can be a 10/10 & I know they hold themselves to a higher standard. I took to Crew Collective's Instagram account to see what looked good on the menu. The Turkey BLT sandwich caught my eye so I decided to order it. I was VERY DISAPPOINTED when I received my sandwich to find the SMALLEST slice of turkey on the sandwich. It must have been a bad day in the kitchen because this is not what I expected for a place that conveys quality.

7 janv. 2026

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Cheryl

5.0

The croissant was pretty dry but the atmosphere & coffee made up for it! Great place to work from too.

6 janv. 2026

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Juan

5.0

A very busy place, a lot of people are here to either take pictures, because the place does look nice.

& they have places to work. You can even rent a place to study or work

6 janv. 2026

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Waris

5.0

Hidden gem in montreal

5 janv. 2026

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Julia

5.0

Had a turkey sandwich that was awesome & the pistachio cookie with white chocolate was the best I ever tried. The atmosphere is so warm & chic! Highly recommended 🥰

5 janv. 2026

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Nolwenn

2.0

Le lieu est vraiment beau mais passez votre chemin & ne commandez pas. Admirez simplement le lieu.
J'ai pris un americano qui était vraiment très très clair & une part de tarte noix de pécan. Il y avait un bout de plastique à l'intérieur. En retournant au comptoir pour expliquer la situation, ça n'avait pas l'air de choquer la serveuse.

4 janv. 2026

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Fd

3.0

Un café dans le cadre atypique d'une ancienne banque.
Le lieu est magnifique, le service correcte mais cher, & très long … il faut être prêt à faire une longue file d'attente ! Les multiples publications sur les réseaux en font un endroit iconique, un must…
Mais devenu trop touristique, on en perd le charme 😢

4 janv. 2026

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Chloé

2.0

45 MINUTES FOR 1 FLATWHITE !
& once I've got my drink & found a seat, someone told me the saloon will close in 15 minutes… The fact this place is beautiful allows the owners to offer a very bad service. My advise: Just have a quick look & leave !

2 janv. 2026

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Theo

5.0

One of the coolest places we visited in Montreal.
Sipping hot chocolate in the old bank certainly warmed us in a negative -11 degrees!

1 janv. 2026

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Marjan

4.0

Beautiful aesthetic & architecture. Absolutely my vibe. Drinks & dessert were okay but mostly went for the aesthetic

31 déc. 2025

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Tanner

5.0

Beautiful architecture & good food + coffee. It was a great place to get some work done on my trip abroad.

30 déc. 2025

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Nada.K

5.0

Très bon cappuccino 😋 ambiance sympathique, espace de travail, à recommander.

30 déc. 2025

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??????

5.0

J'aime beaucoup cet endroit, le design est intéressant & le café est délicieux.

30 déc. 2025

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Zetlawi

4.0

Superbe lieu, organisation à revoir mais bonne qualité des produits !

30 déc. 2025

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Mik

1.0

Nous avons demandé 2 espressos, nous avons reçu une cup remplie à 1/4, en plus d'être à peine remplie, l'espresso était imbuvable avec un goût très acidulé, je ne recommande pas, les appearances sont souvent trompeuses

29 déc. 2025

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IV

5.0

The building itself is stunning! It's worth just being here.🍀

29 déc. 2025

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