Van Houtte

Pros:
Comfortable seats
Friendly staff
Lots of natural light
They open early on Sunday mornings.
Cons
It always smells like they burned something on the grill. When I leave this place, I smell like burned toast!
Refrigerators are incredibly loud — word of advice, invest in new ones!
Muffins are stale although they advertise them as being fresh

Walked by here for so long without knowing it exists.
Glad I tried it since it’s one of the larger coffee shops, it fits in with the street it’s on as it’s quieter than most coffee shops.
Large windows and varied seats and a little isolated area is pretty cool.
I’m a Starbucks fan so the coffee is not my fave, but the price and selection are decent.

The food at these shops is terrible. It is like eating airplane food. Salty, bland, thoughtless. Do yourself a favor, spend your money somewhere that cares a little about quality.

Short changes Foreign Tourists. Beware
We bought a coffee here and the cashier shortchanged us $ 5. We were tired and not familiar with the money at a glance.

Loved the setting, the ambiance was inviting and the staff was great. Excellent coffee and cappuccino. The croissant was very good. The bagel with cream cheese was delicious …

Pour moi, un Van Houtte, c’est un peu comme un Starbucks, un Second Cup, un Java U, et compagnie. Il est difficile de les évaluer séparément parce qu’on dirait qu’ils se ressemblent tous tellement et parfois c’est bien alors qu’à d’autres moments un peu moins. Quand je cherche un bon latte avec des pâtisseries qui font saliver juste à les regarder, je trouve que Van Houtte n’est pas fort, fort. Mais quand je veux un bon café filtre, un endroit tranquille pour lire, travailler, jaser avec une amie pendant une pause, et que je né connais pas les cafés du coin, c’est un très bon endroit. L’adresse de celui-​ci est sur Stanley, mais la porte est plutôt sur Maisonneuve. Le décor est contemporains et bien confortable avec un style de chaise ou de table pour chacun et chacune (tables ordinaires, divans confos et tables «cocktail» avec chaises en hauteur). Le menu inclut de bonnes options pour le lunch (salades, sandwichs, quiches) et ils offrent des boissons de toutes sortes.

Stopped into this Van Houtte and tried to get an iced coffee.
I did not realize that an «iced coffee» in Montréal is in their terms a mixed frozen beverage similar to the frappucino/​frappé here in the states.
Either way, the «iced coffee» was pretty good, however, four dollars for a small was a bit high. The coffee was also put in separately from the blended ice and syrup so it was hot at the bottom but frozen/​cold on top when it was stirred. Kind of odd.
The tables and milk/​sugar bar were all clean and the desserts looked appetizing. One door in is through the entrance to the adjacent office building and the other is all the way in the back along the side of Avenue du President Kennedy.
Around the corner from Station McGill.