Palais des Congrès de Montréal

Located just above the place d’armes metro in the old port. I come here every year to see my buddy’s car on display. His is part of the performance car section. His engine is always enhanced and brags about how much power it has pfttt. Silly little boy!!!
This place is really big and endearing! I LOVE chechking out whats new And what cars are «Hot» I always start car shopping during the first month of the year and see what’s out on the market for sale. It’s an awesome event. It definitely attracts tourists and is a perfect marketing tool.
This place holds a lot of business conferences, it’s also known to be a lawyers hub zone and many court cases are held over here. The atmosphere is very hipster and trendy! Clean is an understatement. It’s very neat and opulent.
Overall, it’s a beautiful place and many people come here to visit china Town that is literally 2min away.
I am definitely going to come here when an occasion arises

Ça fait 4 – 5 fois que je vais voir le salon de l’auto yen à long à marché pour si rendre Mes ca vaut la peine
Quelque magasin restaurant comme
Couche tard
Sushi shop
basha
Van houtte
Et plus encore

I came here to check out the beautiful colored glass façade. It was all decorated with lights for Christmas and just looked so beautiful and special. Really loved this colorful and beautiful building.

I love this convention center. This place is very fancy with beautiful art galleries, luxurious spa’s, magnificent restaurants, coffee shops and large conference rooms.
I have been to the convention center several times for conferences. Very spacious conference rooms, excellent wifi connectivity as well as there is free unlimited complementary wifi.
Unlimited free wifi, beautiful art galleries, amazing convention shows, scrumptious food stores, convenient stores. What else do you need?
I would just stay here for my life! LOL.
One of the exits goes to the china town, one to the south and to the north of the city. It’s a magnificent location.
The architecture is pretty beautiful and it is a fascinating place.
This is an ideal convention center for any conference. I have been to the latest Neural information processing systems 2015 which was attended by 3800 attendees and the PyCon 2015 in April attended by 3000 attendees.
Love it! Love it!

Easy to spot from outside, which is all I really require. Though you could also just follow the hordes of geeks with badges, they’ve never led me astray.
I imagine the bathrooms are spick and span like the rest of this place, but I’ve not yet had cause to verify.

Un endroit immense pour toutes les grosses conventions et expositions. J’y ai été à plusieurs reprises que ce soit pour Comic Con ou Le salon national de la femme. Le personnel est toujours très organisé pour vous rediriger.
Il faut savoir que vous avez accès à plusieurs restaurants au rez de chaussé mais préparez vous à attendre. Il est plus facile de sortir dehors.
Il manqué cruellement de toilettes et il faut attendre longtemps surtout avec les gens qui mettent leurs costumes… Mais j’ai découvert un secret au 4ème étage, il y a une immense salle fantôme avec des millions de toilettes.
Aussi, je vous conseille d’avoir une bonne bouteille d’eau et quelques collations. Sans oubliez un cadis ou valises si vous prévoyez magasiner ou prendre des échantillons. Et bien sûr, prévoyez de l’argent comptant.

I’ve came here a few times, as I used to work close to the old port. I love attending the many conventions that they have. I just went to the car show not too long ago and I enjoyed my experience. The staff is nice and if you need assistance, there’s usually someone there to help guide you. This place is nicely built and if you’re hungry, there’s many restaurants available or you can visit the small shops as well.

I went here for the car show recently however I have been previously for work parties. The building is massive but spotless. The people that work there are nice. What else is there to say? When it’s super cold outside, consider taking a little walk inside to warm up and see what’s going on.

It’s difficult to look at this colorful piece of architecture and not smile. Though the inside seems to lack the cacophony of life in downtown Montréal, convenience and art can be found plenty. The place is worth a stroll inside if for nothing else other than to get lost in the music of the dancing colors of the façade.

This building is larger than it looks. It was located by our hotel so were always walking by it or into it. It connects to Montréal’s underground city, and there is a Metro stop here as well.
What really stood out to me was this facilities windows. Talk about colorful! It was like looking at a rainbow of colors when you look at the building from the outside. When you are inside the building it is also quite striking.
This facility is like a very large convention center. Plenty of spots to hold meetings and other events. There are also a few shops here as well. Want a donut? They have Tim Hortons!
I’d be more than happy to go to an event here.

Toujours propre sécuritaire avec de belles vitrines et de belles boutiques! Merci de pouvoir vivre mon quotidien en passant par chez vous tous les jours !!!

Love this spot! Very well designed and crafted with love, so much natural light regardless of the size of this building. The people working here were amazing. What a great facility!

I was here this past weekend for Pycon U.S. 2014 (totally in love with the idea of a US branded conference in a Canadian city). This is North America’s première event celebrating the Python programming language and its community. I’ve had to miss it in years past, but was super-​keen on it being held so close to my home in Toronto this year (you don’t actually say «super-​keen» in your everyday speech, do you, Andrew?)
This venue was really the perfect fit for this scale of event, with five massive conference rooms in continual use, several smaller board rooms for more focussed group work and discussions, and a great big dining hall to seat and feed every attendee.
WiFi was pretty reliable and easy to use every day. And the catered lunches were great for providing mostly vegan options. The salads weren’t clearly labelled, which was a little inconvenient, but it was pretty easy to see which ones had dairy and which did not. Breakfast, on the other hand, was pretty abysmal, with only the dry, dry, dry home fries as a clear vegan option (they were very dry).
I care a lot about the food at my conferences.
There weren’t too, too many coffee shops in the immediate vicinity of the venue, so I ended up getting a few Americanos at the centre’s Van Houtte café, which, for reasons of capsulation, I shall not review here, in these lines. It was a short enough walk to some nearby great stuff, though, and an excellent entry point to the City of Montréal for anyone at the conference who hadn’t been here before.

I always walked by Palais des congres de Montréal all the time whenever I visit Montréal, as it is located at the Metro stop where I get to China Town.
And finally I got to really experience the facilities during Montréal Beer Fest and I was impressed. The interior space is bright, spacious and full of vibrant colour and energy! Just sitting inside the space and looking out through the stained glass window was a relaxing experience!
The staff here was polite and friendly. Greeting all the visitors with a smile and giving us directions.
Looking forward to come here again for future events!

One of my favorite things about Montréal is the Palais des congrès. Known to us simpletons as the Palace of Conventions, this facility is certainly nothing short of palatial.
Having attended conferences here in the past, this is one of the most multifaceted venues in the city. It’s everything one would want in a conference center: big, beautiful, bright, versatile, and smack dab in the center of it all. The colorful building is no architectural wonder, but the interior is every bit as contemporary as any futuristic modern designer would have it.
The staff is professional and top notch. They host a myriad of events throughout the year and give a good reason for visiting audiences from all over the globe to enjoy Montréal. From exhibitions to conferences, there is a lot that can be done with this space. Wedding venue anyone?
There are some small retail shops available, but during the off peak days of the month, the place feels like a cross between an arena and transportation terminal. It’s still one of my favorite places to visit, so as long as there is something going on.

What’s not to love?
Bright, open, well-​maintained building that hosts cool (some more cool than others, to be honest) conferences on all kinds of subjects.
Trademark stained-​glass windows that make the building recognizable when shown briefly in car commercials. Cool!
Neat trivia about the building. (It has no basement — it is built atop the Ville Marie expressway)
And warmth — it’s connected to the underground city in 2 directions.
As Unilocal says, I’m a fan.

I attended the 3^rd World Parkinson’s Conference here just a couple weeks ago, and the Palais des Congres de Montréal hosted a wonderful event. This simple, clean, efficient, convention center is easy to get around and the colorful front façade is a treat to see, especially in the late afternoon. While this is not the largest convention center I’ve been too, it certainly feels large, spacious and airy. I would say it was thoughtfully designed and has a modern feel. While I sometimes ran hit or miss with some customer service experiences around Montréal, Palais did not miss, the personnel were wonderful, helpful, and friendly, truly a credit to Canada. Special note to the lady at the coat check in who helped us arrange for a wheel chair for my Dad the 3 days we were there, she was very kind, helpful and sweet. Walking around the other personnel were always friendly and asking if we needed a hand or if we had a question where we were going. This is one part of my across the northern border experience I give kudos to the hosts to and can’t complain about. The Palais is a great venue!

Vraiment une place cool pour les conventions et un design coloré.
J’y suis allez à deux reprises, pour le mondial de la bière, j’ai vraiment aimé.
Puis dernièrement pendant les trois jours de l’Otakuthon, En tant qu’exposant, et pas mal chargé, le personnel du Palais des Congrés nous a vraiment facilité la vie car nous étions chargé et tout les ascenseurs étaient bloqués. Aprés une petite attente un responsable est venu puis nous a fait débloquer un ascenseur pour monter le stock.

I attended a convention here July 18 — 21, 2013. Over all the facility was very nice and spacious. Clean and well kept. Although with 3000 women you can imagine there were always lines at the bathrooms but they were all always in pretty good shape.
Kudos to the staff on the closing dinner on July 20^th. It’s was convention food but it was better than I’ve had in the past. The service was top notch. The Food and service fore commendable. My only complaint was that after dinner coffee and deserts were severed buffet style out side of the dinner area.
With 3000 people in attendance serving anything buffet style is a NIGHTMARE! long lines for coffee and dessert wasn’t a great way to end the evening.

I would like to commend the staff on their hospitality and the food preparation on Saturday night (July 20, 2013) for a Closing Gala I attended. I will admit I was a bit skeptical about what to expect after the sandwich choices on Thursday night for the conference opening reception.
The chicken was so moist and all of the sorority members were ecstatic about the taste of the dinner as chicken is usually dry when you are feeding up to 3,000 guests.
The attendant for my table was awesome. I was near table 46. She was so attentive and she even was able to retrieve a plate for a guest who arrived late and did it with a smile. She told us YES, before telling us NO and for that we were grateful.
Some of the waitstaff were a bit nervous plating the food but did a spectacular job in the end.
The workshop rooms were very conducive to a quick classroom change as they were all situated on the 5^th floor.
Overall, a job well done and I am sure other members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will concur.

J’aime bien le Palais des congrès avec ses belles fenêtres de couleurs différentes (n’oubliez pas vos lunettes de soleil lorsque vous passez devant les fenêtres jaunes cependant).
Je suis d’accord avec le fait qu’il manqué de toilettes pour un évènement comme le mondial de la bière, quoique l’immeuble n’a pas été construit dans le but d’abriter des gens ayant consommés autant de bière. J’y suis allée pour un autre type d’évènement ou du vin nous était servi et le nombre de toilettes était raisonnable.

En général je né suis pas un grand fan du palais des congrès. L’endroit est très grand mais n’a pas a assez de toilette. Depuis plusieurs années le festival de la bière est là et malgré le fait que ce n’est pas un changement mauvais en soi (du à l’ampleur que le festival prend de plus en plus chaque année) Le nombre de toilette est ridiculement bas! Dans le passé j’avais été à de beau Salon dans le domaine de la restauration et je trouvais l’ensemble très bien. C’est pas mauvais mais c’est desfois un peu mal organisé. D’avoir un 5 minutes de marché pour allé sur la terrasse quand il y avait une salle juste à coté de la sortie en question pour le festival de la bière de cette année fait que je me questionne sur la logique des organisateurs. Un autre point négatif c’est que l’année d’avant, la place était grande, mais vieille et semblait avoir besoin de rénovation. Donc d’un côté on était moins coinçé, de l’autre, l’endroit était moyen.

No complaints at all. It’s in a very convenient location, and for a large convention center, is easy to navigate. ⁵⁄₅

Le Palais des congrès de Montréal est un très beau bâtiment où se déroule divers expositions, événements,… J’y suis d’ailleurs allée pour le salon de l’auto et maintenant pour le festival mondial de la bière! C’est très bien organisé et indiqué!
Le festival se déroule dans une très grande salle avec différents stands de dégustation.
Il est très facile d’accès par le métro place d’armes, même pas besoin de sortir, il y a un accès direct! Bien pratique en hiver!
Au palais, l’art et l’architecture se marient très bien, notamment avec ses vitres très colorées qui créent une superbe luminosité intense et éblouissante! Quand on est à Montréal, je trouve que c’est un bâtiment à voir rien que pour le plaisir des yeux et pour son originalité!
Donc, avis aux touristes, si vous êtes au vieux port de Montréal, aller faire un tour au Palais des congrès afin d’ y admirer ce bâtiment! En plus, vous pouvez y manger un ptit bout!

Rien de bien passionnant à venir visiter ici même si coté architecture le bâtiment est sympa et coloré. A l’intérieur il y a une station de métro accessible et quelques boutiques mais encore une fois si vous aviez prévu un détour pour venir ici vous pouvez annuler.

Oh airy airplane hangar-​like Palace of Conventions, you are like a post-​modern post-​card about convergence in 3 dimensional space. You are bigger on the inside than on the outside I swear, and your glassy shops and tendrils of escalators and tucked away stretches of food-​court-​like restaurants with windows and big booths defy my (admittedly already-​poor) sense of spatial orientation. But really it’s the forest of giant pink trees that makes me love you, you whimsical beast of a convention centre you.

Avec ces vitraux de couleurs, et les grandes salles pour les divers événements, c’est un des centres de conférence que je préfère. Il y a un gros avantage du fait qu’il y a accès direct au Métro, surtout avantageux en hiver quand il fait moins 30. Le genre d’événements qui y ont lieu sont assez variés. J’y suis même allée une fois pour le Salon de la mariée avec ma soeur, qui avait lieu en même temps que le Salon chasse est pêche. C’était assez comique de voir des couples tout amoureux et des filles un peu «bridezilla» à côté de chasseurs barbus (avec les chemises camouflage et tout!) Ma dernière visite a été pour la Grande Dégustation et j’ai été impressionnée par le nombre de personnes qui pouvaient y être en même temps. Avec la billetterie et le vestiaire au premier étage, ça facilite les choses mais ils auraient peut-​être eu besoin d’un peu plus de monde quand la soirée a vraiment commencée à être occupée (vers 19h30−20h). À quand le prochain événement? Le Salon des artisants?

The Palais des congrès de Montréal is by far one of the best convention centers I have visited. I attend about six academic conferences a year for work, and good fortune has taken me to Montréal twice now, with both conferences being held in the Palais des congrés, which has several clearly labeled entrances on all sides: one with direct access to Chinatown /​Old Montréal, another a straight shot up the hill to hosts of hotels, and of course the building also houses the Place-d’Armes Metro orange line stop for quick connection to anywhere in the city.
Both times I have stayed at the Hyatt Regency Montréal, only two blocks or so from the conference headquarters. Of course, when I’m spending all day inside breathing recycled air, I do prefer to get outside whenever I can, but winter in Montréal has a mind of its own. For particularly frigid days, I take the underground passage through the Complexe Desjardins shopping center.
The Palais des congrès houses several shops, cafés, and restos, and there are several others within walking distance (for example, you absolutely MUST hit up Olive et Gourmando!), so it makes taking a quick break during sessions a breeze. There’s a Tim Hortons here, but as you may already know, this chain does not take VISA, which is super inconvenient for me because the corporate credit card I travel with is in fact a VISA.
[Sidebar: honestly, I’m still trying to figure out what the hell a Tim Hortons is; is it a coffee shop? Fast-​food joint that also serves coffee? Is it like a Dunkin Donuts or a Hardees? Well, I suppose it doesn’t matter: since I can’t purchase anything there anyway, I just hit up Café Dépot or Café République in Complexe Desjardins to get my morning coffee fix.]
What else is great about Palais des congrès is its high ceilings, huge floor-​to-​ceiling windows, and public art installations. It feels spacious and airy, even in winter. I also greatly appreciate that security here is so competent. Any given day, there are several conventions happening in the same building — often on the same concourse — but there is always someone there to make sure people who don’t belong there don’t get in, and that those who do, get to where they should be going. And everyone here is courteous and bilingual.
The restrooms here cannot be beat! Not only are there WCs with multiple stalls on each concourse level, but there are also sub-​concourses — mezzanines, really — featuring nothing but restrooms! Between sessions, there’s often a line at the WCs on the main floor, but just head down half a flight of steps to get to the cache: never lines, always paper, very clean, plus they have those supersonic hand dryers.
I also really like they there are recycle bins basically everywhere there are trash cans. Exhibitors can also rent a recycle bin for their booth, and the show contractor’s porter will empty it at the end of the day, which is a rarity in the US.
My only complaint would be how long it takes to get from one concourse to the next. The escalators and elevators often seem to be under construction or receiving routine maintenance, and it can be confusing any way, determining which set of escalators /​stairs /​elevators to use for easiest access to your convention’s location. But, honestly, sometimes it’s a relief having to walk a good distance during a convention, particularly in the climate-​controlled mezzanines of this building, which offers great views of the city from essentially all sides.

This is one nice convention center. SO colorful! And any place with pink tree trunks artfully being used as a welcoming decoration into this place deserves 4 stars. The carpets are so colorful, the walls are all different colors. Just so much nicer and brighter than the average convention center!
Plus they have a number of stores and food spots in the center as well which is nice when you have a conference there like we did. That way in case you get bored you can just go grab a drink or food or buy some clothes! There is even a salon in there so you could do that too! And the subway leaves from here as well so what could be handier?
And the space is so big. There are definitely plenty of rooms to use for a big conference, so no worries there. The only thing that got me down was their bathrooms. Some of them only had one or two female stalls max. Anyone who knows women and the bathroom knows there needs to be more than just two stalls in a place like a giant convention center!!! So next renovation needs to fix that ha

Le Palais des congrès, accessible directement à partir de la station de métro Place d’armes, est un excellent centre de congrès. Premièrement, les écrans répartis sur toute sa surface expliquent clairement aux participants d’un congrès ou d’un événement donné où (et quand) ils doivent se diriger. Également, entre les présentations ou assemblées, on a l’embarras du choix pour se restaurer. On trouve notamment dans le complexe un Tim Hortons, un Subway, un dépanneur Couche Tard, et même une excellente table, le Fourque Fourchette, où on propose toutes les bières d’Unibroue en fût. Bref, c’est un endroit pratique et toujours propre, au centre ville de Montréal, où il fait bon de participer à un événement.