Fairmount Bagel Bakery

Alyssa

1.0

USA TOURISTS BEWARE!
Fairmount Bagel does not take credit cards & takes advantage of American tourists by accepting USD. No matter how enticing & convenient this may sound, DO NOT PAY IN USD!!! They do not exchange it properly - they treat it as CAD & give you CAD back, which is valued significantly LESS than USD. For example, if you give them $20USD you are really giving them $28CAD so they're making $8 off of you. If you give them $50USD you're giving them $70CAD but they're acting as if you only gave them $50CAD & are making an extra $20. I would understand charging a small fee to use USD, but to just ignore the exchange & higher value of USD altogether is crazy. They are stealing your money!!
We unfortunately made this mistake & paid a total of $24.50 USD for 2 bagels (that were not anything special) that should've only cost us $7.50USD. After realizing how much money they made off of us we tried to get our USD back by paying them in CAD & they said our cash was'locked up & inaccessible'.
We saw so many other tourists paying in USD not realizing they were being taken advantage of as well. Please learn from our mistake & either pay in CAD or just steer clear completely. The bagels aren't worth it anyway.

David

3.0

Had to see what all the fuss was about. Quick moving line & pleasant service. Bagels, meh. I prefer NYC bagels over Montreal bagels. Others may disagree.

Matt

5.0

Best bagels in town.

Costa

3.0

Edit: bumped up 1 star because of owner's reply, thank you. I actually drove many km to the store. My 2 debit cards were tried by phone & the physical cards. They are from Canadian banks & I have used numerous/hundreds of times in Montreal & all over the world. I suggest discussing with your payment system provider to'avoid confusion' where there should be none.
Beware, very limited payment options. 2 different bank debit cards did not work. Cashier said was because don't accept debit mastercard (it was a bank chequing debit card that also had mastercard logo), so I tried second card - same result. No credit cards accepted either. Very frustrating experience. Cinnamon raisin bagels were okay... but way overpriced.

Binoy

4.0

The everything/all dressed bagel with chive cream cheese is delicious. Coming from NYC, I'd specifically drive to this place just for that bagel.

Peter

4.0

Just a great place of history. Opened 24-7. The bagels are iconically Montreal.

M

4.0

We hit this joint & the other bagel place in the same day. These bagels are fine. It's a very in/out hurry up vibe. Bagels were okay. They had samples at the counter to try the fun flavors before buying them.

N

5.0

Cash only or debit over 10 cad. Wonderful bagels

René

5.0

A famous spot in Montreal. Why should you choose between them & St-Viateur, try both. Their bagels are excellent, you do have to try various flavours. I love the multigrain ones. There is often a lineup, but that are fast. You will not wait too long. No place to eat there. Take out only.

Claire

5.0

Had the pumpernickel bagel - ate it straight without cream cheese & it was wonderful! Highly recommend this place. Here from Tucson, AZ 🤠