{"id":7482,"date":"2026-08-10T15:20:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montrealanka.com\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal"},"modified":"2026-08-11T06:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:09:24","slug":"osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montrealanka.com\/en\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal","title":{"rendered":"OSMO X MARUSAN Caf\u00e9-Terrasse \u26059.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-cafes\">\u2190 TOP 10 cafes in Montreal: a review-based pick 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Caf\u00e9<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>Montreal<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 9.1\/10 \u00b7 2608 reviews  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-08-10 15:33:12<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>51 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montr\u00e9al, QC H2X 1X2, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=45.5119132,-73.5700358\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p>You can walk past it for years without seeing it, and most Montrealers have. The entrance to <strong>OSMO X MARUSAN Caf\u00e9-Terrasse<\/strong> is set back from the pavement, half swallowed by a green roof, and you have to go down a short flight of steps before the place makes any sense: a concrete room slightly below street level, full of daylight, full of plants, furnished with long steel tables. It is a coffee bar in the morning, a Japanese lunch counter at midday, and a social club by nightfall \u2014 all of it tucked into the grounds of a nineteenth-century heritage house that spent the last fifteen years as a startup campus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a823a16b5e3c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #090909;color:#090909\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #090909;color:#090909\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" 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href=\"https:\/\/montrealanka.com\/en\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal\/#When_to_come\" >When to come<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/montrealanka.com\/en\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal\/#Getting_there\" >Getting there<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/montrealanka.com\/en\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal\/#Good_to_know\" >Good to know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/montrealanka.com\/en\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal\/#Questions_and_answers\" >Questions and answers<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/montrealanka.com\/en\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal\/#Opening_hours\" >Opening hours<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/montrealanka.com\/en\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/montrealanka.com\/en\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/montrealanka.com\/en\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal\/#Similar_places\" >Similar places<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It lives inside Notman House.<\/strong> The caf\u00e9 began as a project of the OSMO Foundation, the non-profit that rescued the heritage mansion and turned it into what is now a hub for the city&#8217;s tech community \u2014 the original brief was simply to give the people passing through those walls a reason to sit down together.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Since the spring of 2021 it has been a partnership.<\/strong> OSMO teamed up with Marusan, the Japanese counter co-founded by Hideyuki Imaizumi, and the lunch menu went from caf\u00e9 sandwiches to sando on crustless milk bread.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The beans come from Escape, a Montreal micro-roastery<\/strong>, and the house habitually rotates through several roasters rather than freezing one signature in place.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A hidden back terrace<\/strong> \u2014 a walled green pocket invisible from the road, regularly named among the most beautiful outdoor spaces in the city, and startling to people who work five minutes away and have never seen it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vinyl and a DJ booth<\/strong> at the far end of the room, with guests most weeks and an open-decks culture that lets almost anyone propose a set.<\/li>\n<li><strong>After dark at the end of the week it stops being a caf\u00e9<\/strong>: natural wine, p\u00e9t-nat, privately imported sake, cocktails and guest kitchens take over the same counter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_in_the_cup\"><\/span>What&#8217;s in the cup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The drinks programme is a real specialty operation, and it stands on two legs rather than one. The first is espresso. The beans come from Escape, a micro-roastery based in the city, and the house makes a point of working with more than one roaster instead of committing to a single house blend forever. That is the exact opposite of the Italian espresso bars this city is famous for: here, what is in the hopper can change, and the change is deliberate.<\/p>\n<p>The second leg is tea, and it is the one that makes the room unusual. Matcha here is not a grudging concession for people who do not drink coffee \u2014 it is ceremonial grade, bought through a specialist importer, and it is whisked with the same seriousness an espresso gets. Hojicha, the roasted Japanese green tea with its toasted-nut register, has full standing on the board rather than a footnote, and the kitchen allows itself a few brightly coloured preparations that turn heads and phones alike. For a meaningful share of the clientele, tea is the reason for the visit rather than the fallback.<\/p>\n<p>There is a third register that almost no caf\u00e9 anywhere carries: an actual drinks list. Natural wine and p\u00e9t-nat brought in through private import, sake \u2014 including the small pours served in a cup \u2014 and, at the end of the week, cocktails that wink at the coffee menu itself. Same counter, same steel furniture, but the room swings from one world to another as the day goes on, and that swing is the concept rather than an accident of licensing.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whos_behind_it\"><\/span>Who&#8217;s behind it<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Three names matter. David Schmidt is one of the most talked-about operators in Montreal hospitality, with a string of rooms behind him that shaped the last decade of the city&#8217;s going-out life. What sets him apart goes beyond the concepts: he has spent years arguing publicly for a different economic model in restaurants \u2014 shared tips, better pay, insurance, saner management. His own description of this place is the one everybody now uses: a big social club. S\u00e9bastien D. Langlois, his long-time partner on other projects, handles the private-import wine and sake side and rotates the list often enough that regulars treat it as a reason to come back.<\/p>\n<p>Hideyuki Imaizumi is the co-founder of Marusan, a Japanese counter built around bowls and sandwiches that started in Old Montreal before moving into a downtown market hall. Japanese by birth and a Montrealer for more than two decades, he describes his cooking precisely: a rereading of Japan rather than a hundred-per-cent traditional reconstruction. The three men already knew each other well; when the idea of moving a Japanese kitchen into the caf\u00e9 was floated, it took very little time to close.<\/p>\n<p>The room itself was reworked in 2021 by a local steel-furniture workshop, which designed and built the long tables and the lighting to sit against the raw concrete. The result is a hybrid in one volume: caf\u00e9, bar, record shop and event space sharing the same floor.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_its_good_for\"><\/span>What it&#8217;s good for<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This is the strongest thing about the address, and it has two distinct halves. <strong>On weekdays, during daylight, it is one of the best working caf\u00e9s in the area<\/strong> \u2014 and not by accident: the room was built inside a startup campus specifically so that people would settle in, think, and talk to each other. The long communal steel tables take a laptop as comfortably as a five-person brainstorm. The crowd skews young \u2014 students, junior professionals, freelancers \u2014 and nobody gives you a look for staying two hours. You order at the counter and the team brings things over, which quietly solves the problem of holding your seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For talking<\/strong>, the back terrace is the trump card: cut off from traffic, ringed with greenery, one of the very few places this close to the centre where a long conversation does not require raising your voice. <strong>For coming alone<\/strong>, the room works unusually well, because a communal table makes sitting by yourself feel ordinary rather than conspicuous. <strong>For takeaway<\/strong>, it functions, but it misses the point \u2014 everything here is built to keep you in the chair.<\/p>\n<p>One warning, though: <strong>on weekend evenings this stops being a work space entirely.<\/strong> The doors stay open later, a DJ sets up, glasses replace cups, and a guest kitchen may be running the grill outside. If you want quiet, come in daylight; if you want the scene, come after dark. Turning up with a laptop at the wrong end of a Saturday is the single most common mistake people make here.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_space_and_the_atmosphere\"><\/span>The space and the atmosphere<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The room is a single volume built on a contrast that works: raw brutalist concrete on one side, plants and a wall of daylight on the other. The custom furniture is galvanized steel \u2014 long tables, light fittings \u2014 which gives the place the character of a workshop rather than a lounge. It reads as minimalist without reading as cold, and the layout pushes people to sit next to each other instead of staking out corners.<\/p>\n<p>At the back, two things change the nature of the place completely: a crate of records you are welcome to dig through, and a DJ booth with rotating guests. Outside there are two terraces, and the rear one is the treasure \u2014 a sheltered urban garden whose existence still surprises people who pass the building daily. The general tone is relaxed and unpretentious; the phrase everyone reaches for, starting with the owners, is social club, and the room genuinely behaves like one: strangers end up talking across the steel.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Beyond_the_coffee\"><\/span>Beyond the coffee<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Food here is not an afterthought on the counter \u2014 it is a working kitchen. The heart of the menu is the sando, the Japanese sandwich built on crustless milk bread of an almost disconcerting softness, offered in a handful of versions including egg and breaded pork. Alongside it sit a vegan curry with an unusual texture, where vegetables and tofu are blended into the sauce itself and win you over on the second spoonful, Japanese-style fried chicken, and pickles that shift with the market. The sweet side follows the same grammar, made in house by a pastry team whose training crosses France and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that there are guest kitchens. The place regularly hosts pop-ups, from charcoal grilling to wood-fired pizza on the terrace, and these collaborations rotate season by season. That is the nature of the venue rather than a bug \u2014 but it also means that if you are coming specifically for one of them, it is worth checking what is actually running before you set out.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_come\"><\/span>When to come<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The rhythm is sharply defined. On weekdays, morning and early afternoon belong to people working, and that is the calmest window for a first visit. Midday brings the lunch rush, with a noticeable peak around the sandos. On weekends the mood turns social from the middle of the day, and at the end of the week the house extends into the evening with DJs, cocktails and guest menus. The back terrace is strictly seasonal: it is the single biggest argument for the place from spring through autumn, and it vanishes from the equation entirely in winter, when the underground room takes over and feels, if anything, more like a bunker in the best sense.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_there\"><\/span>Getting there<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You are precisely on the fault line between downtown and the Plateau, in the Milton-Parc sector, at the foot of the slope that climbs toward the mountain. Saint-Laurent station on the green line is closest; Sherbrooke on the orange line and Place-des-Arts on the green are both comfortable walks. The area is very well covered by buses and heavily cycled. The only real trap is the entrance: it is discreet, set back, partly masked by planting, and it sits on the side of the building rather than facing the main artery. Look for the steps going down, not for a shopfront.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_to_know\"><\/span>Good to know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A few practical points. The official website is effectively dormant; everything real happens on social media, and that is where the events, guest kitchens and evening programmes are announced. The programming changes constantly, which is both the appeal and the constraint. Alcohol is served in the evening, which shifts the crowd and the volume compared with the daytime room. The terrace is seasonal and in high demand the moment the weather turns. And one thing that deserves saying plainly: despite sitting in the middle of the city, the place remains oddly unknown to people who walk past it every day \u2014 which, most of the time, works in your favour.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_and_answers\"><\/span>Questions and answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Is it a caf\u00e9 or a Japanese restaurant?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both, with a bar attached. It is a specialty coffee room that serves a short Japanese menu by day and turns into a going-out venue on certain evenings. The hybridity is the concept, not a compromise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you work there on a laptop?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, and it is one of the most natural addresses near the centre for it: long communal tables, a crowd of students and young professionals, and a room that was literally born inside a startup campus. Just avoid weekend evenings, when the space changes function completely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where does the coffee come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From Escape, a micro-roastery in the city, with the house working across several roasters rather than tying itself to one. The tea comes through a specialist importer, and the matcha is ceremonial grade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the terrace really worth it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes. The rear one is a sheltered garden, invisible from the road, and it is the single feature that most separates this address from a district where nearly every terrace faces traffic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do they serve alcohol?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, mainly in the evening: natural wine, p\u00e9t-nat, privately imported sake, and cocktails at the end of the week. During the day the offer stays centred on coffee, tea and the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you need to book?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For coffee or lunch, no \u2014 you order at the counter and find a seat. For evenings with special programming it is worth checking ahead, because how busy it gets depends entirely on what has been announced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it approachable if you know nothing about Japanese food?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Very. The menu is short and legible, the sando is an ideal way in, and the team explains things willingly. The kitchen describes its own cooking as a rereading of Japan rather than a reconstruction of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you find the entrance?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That is the main obstacle. The door is set back on the side of the building, partly hidden by a green roof, and you have to go down a few steps. If you walk along the main artery looking for a window display, you will miss it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opening_hours\"><\/span>Opening hours<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Day<\/th>\n<th>Hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<td>08:00\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday<\/td>\n<td>08:00\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday<\/td>\n<td>08:00\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thursday<\/td>\n<td>08:00\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<td>08:00\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saturday<\/td>\n<td>10:00\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunday<\/td>\n<td>10:00\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.montrealanka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/08\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal-1.jpg\" alt=\"OSMO X MARUSAN Caf\u00e9-Terrasse\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.montrealanka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/08\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal-2.png\" alt=\"OSMO X MARUSAN Caf\u00e9-Terrasse\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.montrealanka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/08\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal-3.jpg\" alt=\"OSMO X MARUSAN Caf\u00e9-Terrasse\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.montrealanka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/08\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal-4.jpg\" alt=\"OSMO X MARUSAN Caf\u00e9-Terrasse\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.montrealanka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/08\/osmo-x-marusan-cafe-terrasse-montreal-5.jpg\" alt=\"OSMO X MARUSAN Caf\u00e9-Terrasse\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Rachel Shen<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n25 July 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0426\u0435 \u043a\u0430\u0444\u0435 \u0431\u0443\u043b\u043e \u043f\u0440\u044f\u043c\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0440\u0443\u0447 \u0437 \u043c\u043e\u0457\u043c \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0432 \u041c\u043e\u043d\u0440\u0435\u0430\u043b\u0456, \u0442\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u044f \u043c\u0443\u0441\u0438\u0432 \u0439\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438. \u042f \u0431\u0443\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0454\u043c\u043d\u043e \u0437\u0434\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u2013 \u0442\u0430\u043c \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u043e\u0441\u043e\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0430 \u0430\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0430! \u0426\u0456\u043b\u043a\u043e\u043c \u043e\u0447\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0434\u043d\u043e, \u044f\u043a\u0456 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0439\u043f\u043e\u043f\u0443\u043b\u044f\u0440\u043d\u0456\u0448\u0456, \u0437\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0430 \u0441\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0432\u0456\u0447 \u0437 \u044f\u0439\u0446\u0435\u043c, \u044f\u043a\u0438\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Jos\u00e9e Roy<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n1 July 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Vibe vraiment cool! Vinyles \u00e0 vendre, \u00e9coute sur place. Matcha de tr\u00e8s bonne qualit\u00e9. Super sandwiches bien garnis et go\u00fbteux. Tr\u00e8s lumineux malgr\u00e9 le fait que c\u2019est dans un demi sous-sol. Rapport qualit\u00e9-prix excellent.\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Sylvia Chang<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n22 June 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u041a\u043b\u0430\u0441\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0440 \u0442\u0430 \u0440\u043e\u0437\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0431\u043b\u044e\u044e\u0447\u0430 \u0430\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0430 (\u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044f \u043c\u0443\u0437\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u044f\u043a\u0443 \u0432\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u0433\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0438)! \u0421\u043c\u0430\u0447\u043d\u0456 \u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u043e\u0441! \u041f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0456\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b! \u041f\u0440\u0438\u0439\u0448\u043b\u0438 \u0432 \u043d\u0435\u0434\u0456\u043b\u044e \u0432\u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0437 \u0434\u0432\u043e\u043c\u0430 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0437\u044f\u043c\u0438, \u0431\u0435\u0437 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043c \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0439\u0448\u043b\u0438 \u0441\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0438\u043a. \u0427\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0448\u0438\u0439 \u0434\u043e\u0441\u0432\u0456\u0434 \u0456 \u0445\u043e\u0442\u0456\u043b\u0438 \u0431\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Jenna Kaplan<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n14 June 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0410\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0430 \u0442\u0443\u0442 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u0434\u043e\u0433\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0430, \u0456 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430\u043f\u043e\u0457 + \u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u043e! \u0422\u0430\u043a\u0435 \u043c\u0438\u043b\u0435 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0435 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0438 (\u0445\u043e\u0447\u0430 \u0431\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0442\u043e \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u043b\u0438\u0448\u0435 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0441\u043f\u0456\u043b\u043a\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f), \u0456 \u0432\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0446\u0456 \u0431\u0443\u043b\u043e \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u043a\u0456\u0439\u043d\u043e. \u041e 11-\u0439, \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0430\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043e\u0431\u0456\u0434\u043d\u0454 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044e, \u0442\u0443\u0442 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0454\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Hannah Amaral<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n6 April 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Osmo \u2013 \u0446\u0435 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0447\u043d\u043e \u043e\u0441\u043e\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0435 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0435 \u0432 \u041c\u043e\u043d\u0440\u0435\u0430\u043b\u0456, \u044f\u043a\u0435 \u0432\u0430\u0440\u0442\u043e \u0441\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0445\u043e\u0447\u0430 \u0431 \u0440\u0430\u0437. \u042f \u043d\u0456\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438 \u0440\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0448\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u0431\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0432 \u043a\u0430\u0432&#039;\u044f\u0440\u043d\u0456 \u0437 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u044e \u044f\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u044e \u0457\u0436\u0435\u044e, \u0442\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0446\u0435\u043f\u0446\u0456\u044f \u0437\u0440\u043e\u0431\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0446\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0454\u043c\u043d\u0438\u043c \u0434\u043e\u0441\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c.<\/p>\n<p>\u041c\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0432\u0441\u044f \u0441\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0432\u0456\u0447 \u0437\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Reviews last updated: 2026-08-10 15:33:12<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Data is refreshed monthly. Sources: montrealanka.com and editorial picks based on reviews.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<nav class=\"padrino-entity-related wp-block-group\" aria-label=\"Similar places\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Similar_places\"><\/span>Similar places<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/cafe-olimpico-montreal\"><span>Caf\u00e9 Olimpico<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/la-finca-cafe-cafe-marche-local-lunch-de-quartier-dans-la-region-de-montreal-montreal\"><span>La Finca Caf\u00e9 | Caf\u00e9, March\u00e9 Local Lunch De Quartier Dans La R\u00e9gion De Montr\u00e9al<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/cafe-lulu-montreal\"><span>Caf\u00e9 Lulu<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/pikolo-espresso-bar-montreal\"><span>Pikolo Espresso Bar<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/bar-caffettiera-montreal\"><span>Bar Caffettiera<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/cafe-alphabet-montreal\"><span>Caf\u00e9 Alphabet<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/clarke-cafe-psc-montreal\"><span>Clarke Caf\u00e9 (PSC)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/structure-roasters-structure-torrefacteurs-montreal\"><span>Structure Roasters &#8211; Structure Torr\u00e9facteurs<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/escape-lab-a-cafe-montreal\"><span>Escape &#8211; Lab \u00e0 Caf\u00e9<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<p><span class=\"padrino-publish-marker-sr\" data-padrino-marker=\"padrino_publish_marker:0:477:entity:2733:1786442929:1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><br \/>\n<!-- padrino_publish_marker:0:477:entity:2733:1786442929:1 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 TOP 10 cafes in Montreal: a review-based pick 2026 Caf\u00e9 \u00b7 Montreal \u00b7 \u2b50 9.1\/10 \u00b7 2608 reviews \u00b7 updated: 2026-08-10 15:33:12 Address: 51 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montr\u00e9al, QC H2X 1X2, Canada Get directions You can walk past it for years without seeing it, and most Montrealers have. 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