Paysanne Gelato

There are so many flavors of ice-​cream to get, colorful and attractive, but the taste is actually not so good. I think I will never come again.

If you have never been to Italy, good for you, maybe that’s the good gelato for you. I went to Italy and any gelato places on the street was 10 times better than this… The texture and the taste (way too sweet and creamy) of geloto from this store make it NON-​GELATO… THANK YOU!

This place is a must if you like gelato! Rum raisin and choc were heavenly. Not cheap, $ 5.50 for small (2 flavors) but great.
It is hard to find. Go to the Eaton Centre (corner of St Catherine and Rue McGill University), then go down to level 2. Start walking towards the underground connector between Eaton Centre and Montréal Trust Center. Paysanne is store 204 on the left, just before the connector.

This gelateria is part of the Eaton centre portion of underground city, which is not the easiest to find. We were in the mall connected to the building that has this place, it even has the same address, but wasn’t showing up on the mall directory. I wouldn’t go out of my way to find this, but I’d recommend you try it out if you’re already in the area though.
The small was pretty filling and standard price for gelato. The gelato comes with a small triangle shaped waffle piece which was surprisingly good.
I had Hazelnut and Cooke Dough. Former was good but latter was delicious — it had little chunks of chocolate covered cookie dough, yum!
My husband had coconut and cheesecake — he said the Coconut was okay, but the cheesecake is among the best he’s had.
There’s limited seating (a couple tables on the side).

Plenty of delicious flavours to try and to choose from. I LOVED the cheesecake gelato and liked the chocolate nocciola… The wafer on top was fresh and pretty tasty too!

Ils ont une variété de choix impressionnante et les goûts sont toujours excellents. Je recommandé vivement.

This is as good as it gets — world class Gelato! I found it in the underground. I went back every day I was in Montréal. You can not go to Montréal and not try this Gelato. Really great !!! Wish they had a location near New York

Grapefruit sorbet. Refreshing and properly sour.
Grilled Coconut gelato. Creamy and full taste in mouth.
Together in a bowl, a bit spastic as you’ll make funny faces trying to understand the amalgam.

decent/​good gelato, not great. for the downtown area that is craving for gelato, i guess this does it but for me who lives near some really great gelato shops, its a bit underwhelming.
the pistachio is decent but left me wanting more. as for the dulce de leche, it was better.
they have way too many flavors though. its already hard churning out 15 great gelato/​ice cream, but over 30 at any given time? something has to give. quality over quantity!
anyway, they do have interesting flavors. each cup does come with a little waffle bite that doesn’t do much for me. a bit expensive too.
i rarely spend time downtown so, its not some place i would go out of my way for.

The best pistachio ice cream in montreal… I always go there just for that… they have many kind of flavour!

Come for the mille feuilles gelato! I could not resist. After a day of shopping for juicers (oh yea, I’m trying to be more healthy) with no success, I walked past the Paysanne Gelato stand between the Eaton Center and the TD mall (are they still called that?) and spied the mille feuille decorating the top of a bed of gelato. Could it be?
One of my favourite desserts is Mille Feuilles so I definitely had to try a scoop. I had a baby version, a little $ 3, delicious, decadent and not too sweet.

Location: Underground below Montréal Trust.
Service/​décor: This is a simple counter with a colorful, bright display of gelato. Nothing fancy but you can’t miss it when you walk by — the gelato just beckons to you welcomingly via your peripheral vision. It’s sneaky like that. In terms of service, it can be hit or miss and I attribute this to the unclear line formation situation. Because of its placement, it’s hard to know where to line up so people just stand in from of the counter and the poor staff folk have to try and remember who was there first. It can take a while to place your order especially if you’ve got some indecisive people ahead of you. In my case, the fellow who was working greeted me, then asked the guys ahead of me if he could serve me since they were taking their sweet time in choosing a flavor. It was a quick and painless experience.
Gelato stuff: Tons of flavors ranging from chocolate to mango. I’d say they’ve got about 30ish to choose from. I really enjoy it — I don’t find their gelato overly sweet, but the flavors are always spot on. Chocolate-​Peanut Butter: hello my love.
Cost: A bit pricey at $ 5 for a small tub, but honestly, it’s in line with every other place in town so no complaints here.