Croissant Monkland serves as a dedicated destination for artisanal French-inspired pastries and high-quality café offerings. The menu features a robust selection of laminated dough creations, including buttery golden croissants and flaky pain au chocolat that demonstrate precise technique and consistent texture. Patrons select from a range of classic bistro fare designed for efficient service within a modern, functional environment. Each item emphasizes foundational ingredients such as high-fat butter and premium flour to ensure structural integrity and flavor depth. The workspace functions as an integrated café setting where focused pastry production remains the primary objective for daily output. Regular offerings include savory options alongside sweet confections, catering to those seeking traditional baked goods in a streamlined, urban-focused culinary space that prioritizes ingredient quality and standard production methods.
Croissant Monkland is widely praised for its buttery, flaky croissants and a wide range of viennoiseries, with many calling it among the best in Montreal and in NDG. The bakery is known for fresh, high quality pastries such as almond croissants, millefeuille, Nutella croissants, fruit tarts and a variety of breads, and savory options like croissant sandwiches and paninis, plus good coffee. The atmosphere is warm and the staff are friendly and helpful, but the shop can get very busy on weekends with lines that can stretch to the door, and seating and washrooms are limited. There are occasional notes about hygiene concerns on a couple of visits, and some visitors feel the value is very good given the prices. Overall, Croissant Monkland is seen as a must visit for pastry lovers and a neighborhood staple.
Annoying to wait 10 mins in line for a coffee at 5:30pm to be told they already cleaned their machine but closing time is 7pm. Just make my espresso & clean it again lol terrible customer service
Jun 7, 2026
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Been coming here for years. Whether its a quick bite at lunch, a beautiful cake for dessert, or picking up some bread, everything I've had there is good. The service can be a little confusing everyone kind clusters & you forget whose next. Other than that would not change a thing
Went on Mother's Day, & even though they were slammed, the service was wonderful. Friendly staff & I didn't feel rushed. Delicious everything. An unpretentious gem in NDG
Delicious! While standing in line to get some puff pastries for breakfast, a local told us this was the best pastry spot in the city & she was not wrong! Will be back the next time we're visiting.
I usually don't have time to do reviews, but in this case I had to. This place has the BEST MILLEFEUILLE I had in the 19 years I have been living in Montreal. It was just perfection. Strongly recommended.
La meilleure boulangerie de NDG ! 🥐 Il y a un tel choix de croissants & de viennoiseries qu'on ne sait pas quoi choisir : tout a l'air tellement appétissant. Tout est frais, feuilleté & délicieux. Les croissants sont vraiment excellents, & il y a plusieurs parfums différents. C'est l'endroit idéal pour prendre un café & une viennoiserie. Je le recommande vivement à tous les habitants du quartier de NDG !
My favourite boulangerie in Montreal! The baked goods remind me of Paris, they use quality ingredients & everything is made with care. Order early because by end of day they have fewer options. I've been ordering from them for 6 years & haven't found another bakery in the city that compares.
Recommendations: croissants, pain au chocolat, baguette, pain multi-grain, fine pomme, roulé raisin & crème brûlée
Excellent croissant, pain au chocolat.
Tart au citron is very good.
The sandwiches are very flavourful & reasonably priced.
Coffee very good as well.
Will reconsider it to anyone who appreciates good & simple.
Tsé le genre de place qui n'existent presque plus - c'est bon, simple mais bien fait & avec un prix raisonnable - extrêmement difficile à trouver de ces temps-ci.
I love that Montréal has a place like this we can enjoy.
These people know how to make croissant. You walk in & the smell of butter just hits you in the face, it's so amazing.
They do not cheap out on the butter. It's about butter. It's so buttery. It's so delicious. It's baked perfectly. Butter, butter, butter, butter, butter, butter, butter, butter, butter, butter, butter, butter, butter, butter, butter.
Highly recommend.
(It's true the coffee is just ok, but I don't go there for the coffee)
