Yolks Montréal is a chef-founded breakfast and brunch restaurant known for its Perfectly Poached™ eggs and scratch-made comfort classics. Founded in Vancouver in 2012, Yolks has grown to multiple locations across Canada, bringing its West Coast roots to Montréal. Everything at Yolks is made with care, from house-made sauces to the way each plate is prepared. The goal is simple: breakfast, but better—served in a warm, welcoming space.
Yolks Breakfast is described as a lively, non traditional brunch spot with a wide range of unique plates and a build-your-own option, where eggs are typically poached or scrambled rather than fried; the menu features hearty dishes such as benedicts, chicken and waffles, and vegan options like tofu scramble, with many plates showing fresh flavors and homemade sauces, jams, and condiments; the atmosphere is bright and busy, making it a popular destination in the West Island and DDO, though weekends can be loud and lines long and reservations are not always available; service is generally praised as friendly and attentive with efficient takeout, but some visits note teething issues during soft openings and occasional portion or pricing quirks where sides feel extra; overall Yolks Breakfast is viewed as a standout new option with high quality, creative offerings, and a welcoming vibe that encourages repeat visits to enjoy the atmosphere and variety.
Modern cafe & nature vibes - sophisticated breakfast restaurant. ☕?🌷
Not too noisy or too quiet, just the perfect balance between life & death. 🫠🪦
Formula one trained cooks which deliver your food before you even finished ordering. 🏎?🧑?🍳
I recommend trying their deepfried avocado options they sound weird but aren't & taste really good.
The eggs here are actually super tasty & are the restaurant's main specialty as they're sourced from some special farm somewhere I forgot where but you don't need to know you can just trust the process. 🗣?💯
For dessert I went for a single cinammon roll pancake, the plate comes with 5 usually as to comply with the diabetic demands of the consumers obviously.. 🩸📈
The location is perfect, sandwhiched right between the donut shop nextdoor & the gym just to test your decision making capabilities & discipline 🤨🫵.
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First time here & looking forward to next visit to try other menu items! I mean I can only eat so much 😆 I ordered the salmon avo toast, & bf had the usual breakfast but with truffle lemon potatoes. The smoked salmon was a bit fishy so I didn't like it. The potatoes were good but not all bits were tossed with the sauce. I want to try the beignets, bb pancakes & crispy avo next time. Service is excellent!
Mar 22, 2026
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Oh, please, brace yourself. I recently endured the absolute'trauma' of dining at Déjeuners Yolks Breakfast, & I feel it is my civic duty to warn you about the horrifyingly pleasant experience I had with their fluffy blueberry pancakes.
The'Inconvenience' of Perfect Pancakes
First, let's talk about the structural integrity of these pancakes. They couldn't just pick a lane, could they? Instead of being a thin, sad crepe or a literal brick of dough, they had the audacity to be a hybrid-somewhere between a classic flapjack & one of those impossibly thick Japanese pancakes.
The Texture: It was like eating a cloud that had been working out. Truly offensive levels of fluffiness.
The Blueberries: They weren't the mushy, canned blue-dyed sugar spheres I've come to expect from life. No, they were fresh. The nerve.
The Sweetness: I brought my appetite for high-fructose corn syrup, but the pancakes were already perfectly sweetened. I didn't even get to drown my sorrows in syrup. Way to ruin a perfectly good sugar coma opportunity, Yolks.
The'Aggressively' Good Coffee
Then came the coffee. If you enjoy that watered-down, burnt-bean water that tastes like a campfire's regrets, stay far away from this place.
The coffee was strong without being bitter. It's like they actually want you to enjoy the flavor of the bean rather than just using it as a caffeine-delivery vehicle for your morning jitters. It was smooth, dark, & utterly disappointing for anyone who loves a bad cup of joe.
The'Harassment' of Hospitality
& don't even get me started on the service. Our server was-get this-friendly.
She had the gall to swing by every five minutes to check if we needed a coffee refill or anything else. Can you imagine the sheer exhaustion of having to say'No, thank you, I'm doing great' while being treated like a valued human being? I go to breakfast to be ignored by a teenager on their phone, not to be looked after with genuine care & efficiency.
Verdict: If you hate delicious, innovative comfort food, excellent caffeine, & being treated with warmth & kindness, you should absolutely avoid this place at all costs.
I've been here 4 times now. The food is soooooo good. I am so glad this opened near my house, my partner & I will become regulars.
The ancho pork Benedict is mouth watering.
The cinnamon roll pancakes are ridiculous.
The smash burgers are soooooo good! Best smash in the West Island right now.
Everything my friends & I & my partner have had has been so tasty & fresh. I will say it is super busy on weekends so less of a wait time during the week for sure :)
Although it's been opened for a week.. I gotta say it is a great restaurant! The pain doré is really good & the pancakes are just so filling! For myself its a good breakfast to go to. As for some who were waiting for a while to get seated.. keep in mind it is a soft opening & the kitchen crew are also leatning the system & they did a damn good job. I would say it was worth the wait to try the food. 10/10.
Jan 26, 2026
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The choices in the menu were pretty limited. No way of getting a plate with a usual eggs & pancake without paying an expensive extra, had to have a plate with just 4 pancakes, very little sauce, no fruits or nothing else.
I had the yolks classic which is eggs, meat & bread. There was very little eggs in the plate, almost not enough for 1 piece of bread, they taste good though. The breakfast potatoes or tater tots were not good, was eating more fried stuff than potatoes.
The kids menu was disappointing, needed to add a bunch of extras to have something decent.
In summary, you don't really get a bit of everything in your plate, you need to add a lot of extras. Also the filter coffee for 2$ extra to add felt cheap & too expensive.
Also, the bathrooms did not have any heating
