Melk

The Starbucks blonde roast that I get at the office was good the first week but then it got old real quick. So my choices for an extra boost are either Melk or Myriade II.
Melk serves different roasts (2 espresso + 1 filter) daily and has a good variety of pricey pastries too that run out quickly. I’m quite pleased with the quality of both.
I live life on the edge so the usual for me is a large quadruple extra-​hot almond milk latté with the mellower variety of espresso beans. That’s $ 6.48. That’s a premium I’m willing to pay for a serious dose of life so close to the office.

Good latte, close to where I live, super nice décor, opens early.
However, their famous scone was so bland. I got the peach and pecan one, I couldn’t taste the peach at all, it’s like a piece of bread.
Maybe I will come by next timers have coffee and try their other pasties.

Petit café indépendant au centre-​ville. Je connaissais déjà son grand frère sur monkland et je dois dire que la qualité est la même. Personnel sympathique et décor charmant. J’ai pris un grand latte et une galette d’avoine et raison et je n’ai pas été déçu. J’y suis allée un jour de tempête a 14:00 et c’était presque désert. Pas de wifi êt pas de toilette. Parfait endroit pour une petite pause pendant le travail, le magasinage ou pour lire un peu avant de reprendre la route.

Amidst the towers of downtown Montréal, you will find this great little coffee bar. Full of charm, followed by a great espresso!
Great job on the branding an creating an atmosphere where you want to hang out in downtown Montréal.

Food: ⁴⁄₅
Service: ⁴⁄₅
Cleanliness: ⁴⁄₅
Price: 3.5÷5
I arrived at a good time; there was only one customer in front of me so I was served pretty quickly. After I took a seat, a huge storm of customers came in and lined up all the way to the front door! Don’t believe me? Go see it for yourself — the café at its busiest peak can have you waiting longer than your average café, but the line moves relatively fast and you will have your drink in no time.
The café serves 49^th Parallel coffee just like they do at the original location, so if you’re a fan of 49^th Parallel, you’d be glad to know that it’s here. I’m not the hugest fan, so I opted for a mochaccino and an apple scone to go along with it. MELK is known very much for their scones, and on a busy day, I’ve heard that they sell out very quickly! Indeed, I was the last person who grabbed the apple scone when I visited… there were so many delicious flavours that I really couldn’t decide (Strawberry, peach, apple, cheese, etc.) so I let my instincts do the deciding (the last one standing duh).
Anyway, if you’re a fan of light roast coffee, you’ll definitely like the coffee here. My mochaccino was great, but as I’m not the biggest fan of light roast coffee, it wasn’t my favourite. Next time, I’ll order their chai latte. The café has a great set of tea options as well if you’re a tea drinker like me!
My scone was very crispy on the outside but ever so soft on the inside. I really like how there were big chunks of apple inside my scone which added lots of texture and overall flavour to it. The scone was relatively big in size as well, similar to the size you find at Starbucks, but more delicious of course! I’d definitely come back to MELK and try a few more of their flavours.
I liked how I could help myself to water. It was convenient and it made my stay at MELK much better. It’s little things like this that I really appreciate! Overall, the café was very well kept — clean, tidy and very photo-​worthy. A quick search on Instagram and you’re bombarded with beautiful pictures of latte art from MELK #mtlcafecrawl.
Anyhow, if you’re the district for whatever reason, you should definitely check it out if you like being on top of your Montréal cafes. I’m not sure if they have wifi, as I didn’t see it appear on my laptop. I didn’t bother asking as I didn’t need it, but it’ll be great if they have it! Even though I don’t particularly like 49^th Parallel Coffee, MELK Bar à Café is still one of my go-​to cafes purely for their baked goods and its coffee vibes!
Nevertheless, it’s a great place to stop by for a quick caffeine fix, and it’s definitely a very nice and needed addition in the neighbourhood — Starbucks and Second Cup were pretty much the only options!

Lovely small space. Good soy latte. Very friendly staff. Cool art on the walls. Nicely designed tables.

Discovered this tiny little café next to my hotel and it was love at first sip! The branding, the menu and the atmosphere are all very appealing, and the vanilla latte was likely one of the best I’ve ever had. I went back the same afternoon for a pick-​me up during what was a long work day, and the barista suggested adding a homemade marshmallow to my latte… it was like icing on the cake!
If I come back to Montréal, I’ll be sure to check out the original melk, as it sounds like it’s even better…

if you expect original melk quality coffee, you’ll be solely disappointed.
i had very low expectations going in as i got wind from fellow coffee drinkers that this location is sub-​par compared to the mothership. as it turned out, i, too, was disappointed despite keeping the hype in check.
while they do serve 49^th which the original does to perfection, they also use the awful detour coffee. yes, awful. detour is very similar to pilot coffee in term of taste and flavor profile which is not surprising as both come from the same neighborhood (pilot from toronto and detour from hamilton/​burlington). mind you, i’m no fan of pilot and anything remotely closed to it is awful to me (only good coffee in the GTA region is cut coffee and pig iron)
if you enjoy pilot coffee, you’ll be happy here. i am not. as for baked goods, they’re from the mothership but you don’t get the freshly baked aroma of it which lessen the whole awesome experience of what makes melk great.
is the place worth it? with barely any good coffee shops downtown, maybe. a big yes if they drop detour and stick to 49^th

Went in with an indie coffee passport my lady gave me.
Solid coffee drink, nice and comfortable décor, all great.
A nice find in otherwise depressing and to commercial area part of Montréal.

It is a hard one to rate, because the number of stars really depends on one’s purpose for visiting the café, and comparable options in the neighborhood. As for me, I went there to get a little work done on my laptop while enjoying a morning snack in a nice atmosphere. Because I happened to be downtown, it was a good option: the latte was OK (not the best in town for my taste), and I was really happy with the many options for snacks (i.e., fresh baked goods) especially given the limited space they have. I had a strawberry vanilla scone, and I enjoyed it. Friendly service, and nice décor. But when I set up to work, I decided not to sit by the front window because the view was not very nice. Then, the noise level both from the street and from the music was so high that I wondered if I could concentrate on my work. Later on, the noise went down but the AC was a bit too high (glad I had a sweater). I did not see any wifi but I did not enquire about it because I did not really needed it.
Overall, because this café is in a business district, with a clientele mostly made up of workers who grab their coffee and go, it might be the best option in the area for that purpose (certainly bettern than a generic Starbuck or Tim Horton’s). But I would not go out of my way to go work there; better options are available in the Plateau, Mile End, Rosemont, and Villeray.

My experience at Melk was more Meh. If only the coffee tasted as good or as strong as it smelled.
It’s a good place to get decent coffee. But the welcoming aroma gets washed away by a rather bland pull.

I’ve been to the NDG location of Melk and loved it but since that neighbourhood is out of my way I was very happy when a second Melk opened up downtown. In this part of Montréal Starbucks and Second Cups abound so an alternative is always welcome. It’s just south of Ste Catherine and the space is pretty small but its the same high quality product as their NDG location.
They have a small selection of baked goods but they are one of those places that goes for quality over quantity. My chocolate chip cookie was moist and fresh. It was as good as any home-​made product. I also enjoyed my iced latte which wasn’t bitter at all and was quite refreshing.
They don’t have wi-​fi which is really the only complaint I have. I was here to do some work so internet would have been nice. Apart from that though this is a an excellent option for coffee if you’re in the downtown core

Very good coffee spot for downtown working people. They also have excellent venoiseries.

So I was staying at the Sheraton around the corner and went around town every morning to find a new and amazing breakfast place. Thankfully, I finally decided to come by on my last day and I had only wish I had come here earlier.
I ordered a CHAI latte… oh I still miss you so much. I hate it when I get a chai latte that doesn’t have that «chai kick» to it, this chai latte had the right amount of kick and hit the right spot. I’ve tried many chai lattes in the last three years in various places with very few that are good, but this one was great!
If you don’t drink tea/​coffee, you still need to stop here to try the SCONES. There is no clotted cream and no it is not warm and toasty when you get it, but they must make the best cheddar scones ever. I will definitely come back in the future to try ALL their scones!
I’m beating myself up for forgetting my phone that morning and consuming everything before I could get back to it.

Best latte I have ever had! Holy smokes!!!
How can something I order all the time taste so much better here?!?
Plus they started off my day with classic DMX «B*^#h Get Out The Way» lol!!!
Definitely stop by!!!

Lovely, airy café with a delicious cold brew and homemade scones. The servers were polite and good with questions. My only minor complaint is just that a prominent photograph really clashes with the mood of the space. Otherwise, a great spot.

Nouveau petit café indépendant adjacent au stationnement AutoParc Stanley sur la rue Stanley entre Ste-​Catherine & René-​Lévesque, petit frère du MELK sur Monkland dans N.D.G. Enfin, un petit café sympa dans ce coin du centre-​ville qui sert du bon café. Clientèle d’affaires en quête de caféine. Ils servent du café 49^th parallel. Expresso de qualité (3,25 $). Ils ont seulement des viennoiseries (muffins & biscuits), mais n’ont pas de sandwichs, à venir, selon la barista. Déco, simple & moderne. À savoir, pas de wifi & pas de toilettes.
⁵⁄₅ visité en juin 2015.