Mamie Clafoutis specializes in artisanal French baking characterized by high-quality ingredients and traditional fermentation techniques. The menu features a diverse selection of signature crusty sourdough breads alongside classic buttery viennoiseries like golden croissants and pain au chocolat. Customers encounter a display filled with fruit-topped tarts, rich eclairs, and indulgent almond financiers prepared daily on site. The establishment operates with an open-concept layout where the scent of toasted flour and caramelized sugar permeates the space. Beverages include a selection of premium loose-leaf teas and rich espresso-based drinks designed to complement the dense textures of the various pastries. This bakery maintains consistent standards across its various locations, ensuring that every batch of dough adheres to strict artisan protocols before moving into the stone ovens for precise baking.
Mamie Clafoutis receives consistently high praise for the quality and flavor of its baked goods, with customers frequently highlighting the excellent croissants, viennoiseries, and specialty breads. While the products remain a neighborhood favorite, reviews regarding the recent shift to an automated, self-service model are highly polarized. Many patrons appreciate the convenience and efficiency of the new system, yet long-time visitors often express nostalgia for the lost warmth and personal service of the previous atmosphere. Concerns regarding the lack of seating, the implementation of tipping on self-service transactions, and inconsistent product freshness are also noted, though the helpful nature of the staff continues to be a recurring point of positive feedback.
Unfortunately this place has really gone downhill since the renovation. The fresh, on site baked goods have been replaced by overpriced frozen or plastic wrapped goods (brought in from a central bakery). Even then the shelves are oftentimes half empty.
Fresh bakery with some coffee drinks. Had the pistachio croissant & chocolatine (pain au chocolat), delectable. They can toast them for you before you go. Service is great! No proper seating, just 3 stools by the window if you need to sit. Select your own baked goods & pay at the register or online (there's instructions). Drinks are dispensed in the middle island & you can select on a tablet what you want, add syrups, & pay at the register.
At this price point, the self service concept & AI signage everywhere is revolting. Pastries & bread are good but the packaged items such as sandwiches are often 2-3 days old. Lately I feel upset every time I frequent this place...I will find a new bakery to support.
Jun 14, 2026
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(USED TO BE) my favourite place for french pastries in montreal! the chocolatine is my go-to, though I've had the apricot tart & the berry clafoutis before & they were delicious too. I love how friendly the staff are & I love playing their piano in the seating area on the second floor :)
Edit: SAD SAD place after the renovations. It has been turned into a soulless capitalist husk of its former self. Shame on you, founders of Mamie Clafoutis Joseph Sabatier & Nicolas Delourmel + the tech company Leav, for selling the bakery's charm & humanity in favour of profit & efficiency. You've lost a loyal customer.
Stopped by this neat place for some coffee because of a strawberries pie sign :) it turned out to be a fresh bakery with coffee, fresh pastries, pies & a few other sweet things. Great staff, very helpful & friendly. Both our cold & hot coffees were good, so we're the pastries. It's not a cafe per se, it has no proper seating, but I'd come back for the bread, it looks really good!
I visited Mamie Clafoutis last Saturday & everything we tried was delicious! We bought some amazing sugar-covered pastries & the meringues were absolutely incredible - light, sweet, & honestly some of the best I've had.
The bakery smells amazing when you walk in, & you can tell everything is fresh. I would say it feels more like a bakery than a café - even though they do sell coffee & have a couple of small tables inside, the space doesn't really invite you to stay there for long. We were a group of 5, & there wasn't enough room for us to sit comfortably, so we ended up just taking everything to go.
Still, the quality of the pastries made it completely worth it, & I'll definitely be coming back!
This is hands down my favorite bakery in the neighborhood!
Staff are friendly & helpful, all their baked goods are delicious, i've tried so many but my favorite is their pudding bread. Their almond chocolatine are very popular as well.
I purchased a strawberry pie from them & it was well loved! really a hit :)
Used to love this place. I work in AI, but it's just weird to see AI generated images as the main picture of a bakery's website, & a store with almost no humans.
This is the most high tech bakery with the worst holiday communication ever. How is it that they have scan & self checkout but they can't take orders by phone or by website or communicate holiday hours? Absolutely ridiculous. I tried paying a courier to go in & ask because I wasn't in town at the time, & they refused to answer his questions because they were'too busy'!
