Copper Branch

I went to copper branch twice. I was so happy to found out about this place that is vegan, organic and has gluten free options. I though to myself, wow I’m going to come here really often.
The first time I went, it was at Alexis Neon. I wanted to order the burger but the waiter argued with me for a whole 10 minutes that Kamut contained no gluten and tasted better than the GF bread option. I almost left, but then decided to order a power bowl with brown rice, the Aristotle. The food was great, I really enjoyed the bowl, I was quite impressed, until about 20 – 30 minutes later I got a reaction to gluten, and felt like crap for 2 days.
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
I decided to try copper branch a second time. I went the one located in the KMGP tower. It was lunch time and it was really packed. I asked for the Mushroom galaxy burger, which is what I wanted to order the first time I went. I said I wanted the gluten free option, but the waitress seemed to really not give a shit. Anyways, I got my burger, it was fantastic, loved the flavor and tasted really good. About 20−30minutes later, got a seriously heavy reaction to gluten, I even had trouble getting back home in the subway how brainfogged was, plush I had really bad stomach cramps. I even had trouble picking up my son from daycare how much my stomach hurt. I’m definitely never eating there again.
The food is great, the prices are great, but if you can’t eat gluten, don’t go there… The foods are contaminated.

Loved this place got one of the bowls and ate every bit of it. Lasted me for hours and I wasn’t hungry and I walked around Montréal for hours with the fuel this bowl gave me! Highly recommend you stop buy and get something anything to eat. The zucchini brownie is the bomb!

Amazing vegan vegetarian cuisine… delicious, fresh and healthy… what more can one ask for. We had the sweet potatoe and beet burger and the «chicken» sandwich with baked fries and everything was amazing

Delicious vegan food with a great selection. Mediterranean power bowl is out of sight and the quinoa chili was total yum!

I had the Sweet Potato and Black Bean burger. One of my favourite veggie burgers so far, but I find it quite expensive for its size, and I didn’t even take a drink. I give this place 4 stars for its quality, but be warned that eating here will cost you a pretty penny.

I decided to try this restaurant today despite some poor reviews online. The reviews were fairly consistent: OK food, pricy, and restaurant is dirty. Had to try for myself and my experience was exactly the same. The food was OK. I enjoyed the Copper Burger but the oven baked fries were soggy and way too salty. $ 45 for 2 burgers and drinks and a shared side order of fries.
The problem is that every free table in the restaurant hadn’t been wiped clean and crumbs and food residues from previous meals still covered them. You can’t put your hands — let alone your food on a table without cleaning it yourself. Dirty dishes and uneaten food covered the counters. (I noticed a lot of leftover fries. Maybe too salty for others?)
The restaurant wasn’t busy and there were two staff working so I find this pretty inexcusable. I’d love to eat their food again but the management needs to start taking these comments seriously to get my business again.

I am usually very constructive in my reviews but here it’s impossible.
The food is gross… Everything I tried was terrible… To the point it made me nauseous. The galaxy burger is a sloppy mess with raw eggplant and semi cooked mushroom and a very strong fake cheese. Sauce in the burger smells like melted plastic. Fries are baked but very greasy, soft and tasteless.
I am not vegan… But Montréal has delicious vegan restaurants.
Stay away

Awesome franchise.
That is coming from someone who avoids them like the plague.
Non-​GMO food at affordable prices. Much of it is GF. Aztec bowl had oodles of fresh ingredients. Asked for low sodium and cashier stated they don’t add additional salt to their food. Super impressed.
The icy smoothies could be better but they do the trick. Try the ghandi, it’s the most green, sub the oj with half water-​less sweet and calories.
Wish CB was in the states. Would choose this over all others.
This is going to be our go-​to for the rest of the trip. Very nice change in a meat-​centric Montréal.
For two: $ 21
Highly recommend.

Perfect «fast food» for vegans, and people who can’t eat gluten. Only complaint is that the food could have been less oily. The employee who served us was very accommodating, and made good recommendations. The brownie was absolutely amazing. Unfortunately, most of the employees just stood around and played on their phones, which I find extremely unprofessional.

I’ve been to 2 of their restaurants in Montréal and, compared to Fresh in Toronto, it is tastier, fresher and cheaper. Highly recommend. Nice staff and nice chilled place to eat.

Dropped-​in literally, 1 min before closing (September 5’th), had no idea they closed at 10pm, offered to leave and come back the next day because I felt bad about making the staff work later than they have to. They totally refused to let me walk away :). Amazing service! THANK YOU!
I ordered a large poutine $ 11.95, «bacon» tofu sandwich $ 8.95 and drinks. Everything on the menu is vegan and Gluten-​Free.
The food was very flavourful, nothing was fried and all ingredients tasted very fresh. I’m so used to dealing with veg restaurants serving horribly bland food that I asked them for 2 servings of hot sauce on the side, totally didn’t expect a burst of flavour every time I took a bite, didn’t have to use the sauce at all.
I really wish this company would open a Toronto location, I’m sure they would do very well.

Awesome food! Quality is a must and they know how to serve deliciousness combination its a great vegan restaurant I love the flavor and after going 5 times i’m always satisfied so I will be investing my money again because I love places like that that care about health and cruelty free meal! so far I had the cooper branch burger awesome and the energized bowl are devine my favorite is the medditeraneo

Love love love this place. Can’t even count the number of times we’ve ordered delivery from copper branch. I’m tried everything from burgers to bowls, shakes and desserts. My favorite has got to be the «chicken» teriyaki sandwich (made with shiitake mushroom) and their chocolate zucchini brownie. The sandwich is amazing, the texture of shiitake mushroom taste just like, if not better than regular chicken. & the chocolate zucchini brownie, probably the best brownie I’ve ever had in my life. Its so rich but not overly sweet, and for $ 4 a piece, please just go try it.
The prices are also very reasonable, the sandwiches burgers are around $ 8-​$ 10 while bowls are $ 11-​$ 14 (also comes in mini).

Great food and the staff was so lovely, much more than at the green panther and other vegan places I’ve tried! Aztec bowl super delicious!

Good healthy food. The Asia fusion bowl is great. Service is pretty slow at the counter. But worth the wait

Finally… someone capitalized on the fact that vegetarians are NOT averse to fast food, just to meat! I had the poutine; it was entirely vegan and the chef was NOT stingy on the sauce, like other Montréal poutine hotspots tend to be. My friend had the Galaxie burger, which he enjoyed tremendously (and admitted he was expecting NOT to!) and fries, and these were well-​seasoned, golden and plentiful! We topped dinner off with a zucchini chocolate brownie that was seriously delicious… moist and rich… and coffees (Americano) that were flavourful and not at all watered-​down like some healthy food restaurant coffee tends to be. It was such a great experience to look at all the yummy items on the menu and realize we could select anything since everything is vegan! We’re going back… the healthy Bowls are calling!

Forever three stars:
It’s like I went to McDonalds but its shareholders converted to veganism and health foods.
It’s all reheated stuff from the freezer but it’s good reheated stuff from the freezer.
The beverages look fanciful and trendy. The tea was okay.
If I was hungry for fast, healthy, light and semi-​cheapish food for its category, this would be my top option.
Just don’t forget this is a healthy fast food joint and not a true restaurant and you will be fine.

Copper Branch offers a fast food formula for vegans on the go, akin to other bigger chains like Subway, with a focus on healthy foods.
The service is quick and the staff is polite. The location is strategic, right in the heart of downtown Montréal, and the interior design is fresh, minimalist and hipster with a touch of deliberate vintage.
During our visit, I had a sweet potato black bean burger, and my husband ordered the copper burger. Both tasted good, but if I may offer a critique, I would say the burgers would have benefited from some type of sauce or spices to enhance the taste. Prices were okay, right on the border of «I’m not sure if I should be paying this much for a burger… and yet I just did.»
Overall, I would still recommend Copper Branch; it might be fast food, but it’s vegan, it’s healthy and the taste is decent. And for that, in my book it deserves four stars. Although I am not in a rush to go back, I would certainly consider it if I were downtown and needed some quick fuel.

The restaurant is pretty okay, considering it’s vegan and almost all options on the menu come gluten free (for a celiac, this is amazing!) I was sort of unimpressed with the portobello mushroom burger as keeping it in the bun was pretty much impossible — it ended up all over my hands and I ended up having to eat it with a fork. Maybe not the best design. My boyfriend had a bowl and it looked pretty alright. I also want to add that while I’m no garlic fascist, your bean dip gave me the worst breathe imaginable. I don’t know how you managed to put that much garlic in there, but coming from a garlic lover you need to tone it down a little.
Either way, this place has some kinks it needs to work out, but it’ll get there. I’m proud to say we’ve got a vegan fast food joint in Montréal.

Nous somme allés au Copper Branch un vendredi soir vers 20h. C’était presque plein, c’est-à-dire que les sept tables (plus ou moins) étaient presque toutes occupées. Comme c’est encore tout nouveau, la déco est très inspirée des dernières tendances: bois naturel, tuyauterie apparente, ampoules nues, rosaces sur les murs, plafond cuivré…
Au menu: sandwichs, burgers, soupes, bols (légumes, vinaigrette, etc. servi sur lit de riz ou de nouilles), desserts. Le tout sans viande ou sous-​produit animal. Pour notre part, nous avons jeté notre dévolu sur les bols «Aztec» (style tex-​mex avec guacamole, maïs, salsa, haricots noirs et tempeh) et «Méditerranéo» (style, vous l’avez deviné, méditerranéen avec aubergines, poivrons, tofu fumé, pois chiches et vinaigrette au basilic). Les deux étaient délicieux et très rassasiants. Du côté dessert, on a pris le brownie aux courgettes sans gluten qui était moelleux à souhait et absolument exquis et le muffin aux bananes et bleuets, sans gluten aussi, qui était aussi bon (mais j’ai préféré le brownie).
Côté service, ça se fait au comptoir, style cantine avec les traditionnels cabarets bruns. La préparation est assez rapide. Par contre, il n’y a pas d’ustensiles en métal, ni de verres en verre. C’est du plastique partout. Même les desserts étaient préemballés dans des coupes de plastique… Ça donne une drôle d’impression, surtout avec le beau décor tendance et la super bonne bouffe, de se faire servir dans du plastique.
Avec la prédominance du plastique, l’autre chose que je n’ai pas trop apprécié était le prix. Ça nous a coûté plus de 35 $ pour nos deux bols et les deux desserts. On n’a même pas pris de breuvages. On n’était pas servis à table et on mangeait avec des ustensiles de plastique! Heureusement, nous avions un coupon de Groupon qui nous avait coûté 20 $, avec les taxes, ça montait à environ 25 $, ce que je trouve beaucoup plus raisonnable.
Bref, j’ai beaucoup aimé mon expérience gustative, mais, au risqué de paraitre radine, je né pense pas y retourner s’ils né changent pas leurs prix ou leur concept cantine/​plastique, à moins d’avoir à nouveau un coupon!

New vegan restaurant opened just south of Ste Cat, on Bishop – it’s been open about a week and I’ve had 6 different people on Unilocal and Facebook ask me about it… So here’s the review.
The first thing that struck me was the menu — its gorgeous, full colour with excellent photography, but… entirely in French. This wasn’t a huge problem for me, but in Montréal this is a big no-​no, especially downtown and next to Concordia.
I decided on the sweet potato and black bean burger on kamut, with tofu bacon and daiya swiss. I got their fries instead of a salad and a Zevia ginger root beer.
First impression, the fries were amazing. I’m usually a reach for the condiments guy, but these were so well seasoned they didn’t need anything.
The burger had good flavour, but a couple of technical problems — the bun, being kamut, was a lot more firm than the patty. Physics played its part, but the end result was a the patty spreading beyond the bun each bite.
If they can find a way to firm it up I’d definitely try it again.
The tofu bacon was a bit disappointing, and mislabeled. Its smoked tofu, which is fine, but a very different texture than I’d expect from something labeled bacon.
I didn’t notice the daiya til the very end of the meal, I wouldn’t spend the extra .90 for it again.
The whole meal came to just under $ 16, which is way more than I’d be willing to spend on a burger and fries on a regular basis, but they are new and experimenting with their menu (which I imagine includes their prices) I worry that the area they’re in will buck at the idea of a $ 16 lunch.
I don’t recommend the Zevia sodas, they’re flavoured with stevia and its call I could taste.
After my meal I got to try one of their two deserts, and opted for the brownie. My brownie standards are quite high as there are some fantastic brownie destinations in Montréal. I’d rate theirs a solid 8. Possible ways it could improve? Serving it warm, or with some sort of custard or coulis. I’d ditch the quinoa sprinkled on top too — I could easily see it being a 9 or 10 then.
I also tried their quinoa chili, the kale was a great addition, but it lacked enough sweetness for me. If you like spicy chilli, you won’t be disappointed.
I’ll definitely be back to try them again.