Cacao 70

Mmm… chocolate fondue… I didn’t think there would be anything vegan here, but the dark chocolate fondue was safe for me. My friend had the waffle and brownie bites, and we shared the fruit. It was extremely rich, so I don’t know that I’d come here regularly, but it was a nice experience.

First of all the staff in this place are always smiling and welcoming. Service is fairly fast, however in you happen to visit in rush hours you may need to wait a bit. I tried the apple crêpe (with extra cinnamon!!) and I loved it. Delicious and healthy I say. The ambience is warm and inviting. I enjoy the woody design.

As a sweet lover and a chocolate lover I absolutely adore this place and have been their so many times. The chocolate fondue is my favorite but it can be a little too much for one. Waffles are just delicate with their ice cream but Their brownies are somehow dry and greasy. Last time I went the hot chocolate I ordered was just warm and not hot at all, and the servers were not very responsive… I’m disappointed

Sooo good! My first time trying this place because I’m currently visiting Montréal! I recommend this place to anyone who has a sweet tooth! If your don’t have a sweet tooth you should probably share a plate

Hubby and I were curious to try this place out, and shared a «sweet experience for two». Some were definitely bigger hits (marshmallow chocolate pizza) than others (vanilla ice cream — but mainly because you’re just not interesting enough when your neighbours on the dessert plate are chocolate brownie bites, chocolate wafers, and chocolate sauce) but I liked the variety.
Contrary to Juliette’s (where service is a bit inconsistent — some days I feel like that place is oozing snootiness), our server here was super helpful, friendly, and what I appreciated the most — she didn’t try to talk us into ordering more food than what we could finish. (We were considering getting the sampler AND a waffle, but she advised us to start with one and to see how we feel because she said it was common that people’s eyes were bigger than their stomachs when it came to the restaurant). We took her advice and boy was she right! We needed to be rolled out the door after that dessert sampler and would never have been able to take a few bites of anything else.
I feel like 4-​stars might be more appropriate for this place but the prices feel a smidge too high. I’ve only been here once, so I will dutifully go again to see if the service is as awesome as the first time to see about bumping this up to 4!

Went for brunch, surprisingly good. I had the frittata which came with fruit and chocolate. My girlfriend had the granola bowl and enjoyed it. The smoothies are are also good but expensive. 6 $ for a glass is a bit much. It is good for 2 – 4 people and there is wifi. The usual chocolate desserts are really good, it is always full so you might have to wait in line.

To my fellow chocoholics — Behold! Paradise!
((Just a tid bit — when I rate a place 5 stars it means that not only was the service, food, and prices excellent, but the place instills the meanest of mean cravings in me. It means that after I’m done eating I already want to go back and order something else.))
That is what Cacao 70 did to me.
I am a chocoholic — a cocoa Fiend. My phone is protected by a chocolate bar phone case — Just to give you an idea of my love for cocoa.
I acquainted our waitress with my addiction. I ordered Mexican Hot Chocolate (rich chocolate with cayenne pepper to add to the kick; absolutely divine), Nutella crêpe with bananas (very large portion, can be shared between two people — simply yes!), and a chocolate cake (the weakest link, but still delicious) — the waitress looked shocked and asked if all of that was for me to which I ecstatically replied «Yes!». She said she had to forewarn me that it’s a lot of food, but I told her I still wanted everything I ordered.
She was right about the portion sizes — I had my work cut out for me, but I demolished everything. I was in Cocoa heaven. She came back later to pick up my empty plates and saw my chocolate covered phone and said «Now it makes sense». She also apologized in case she offended me, but she hadn’t.
It’s probably a good I don’t have a Cacao 70 nearby, I’d honestly go broke and possibly gain 10 lbs a week.
Great for groups — especially like a ladies night or a date night. Just order dessert — it’s Cacao 70 — it says it in the name — stick with something chocolatey and I doubt you can go wrong!

Might be great for dessert, but brunch is currently dragging. Never seen such frantic effort and movements by the servers an chefs with such minimal result. I have to believe they are simply not equipped for a brunch service, let alone one on Mother’s Day.
Seems like lots of well-​intentioned staff, but I saw a few things that were just amateurish. Green, unripe bananas served, they told me that my dish would take longer than my wife’s and daughter’s dishes, yet it came out first (the «Simple» took the longest, contrary to its name) and the overpriced waffle cut into 4 pieces died at the pass, so to speak. It was served cold, despite having to wait a really long time for it. Something’s wrong.
The table next to us was pushy (the wait was REALLY long) and the manager kept saying «I’m so sorry, it’s really hectic today.» A restaurant needs to have the capacity to be able to service the number of tables it chooses to have. This restaurant wants you to sit, but makes no promises as to what you’ll get.
When we left, having had the cold waffle removed from the bill (Happy Mother’s Day, wife…) the feeling was that I was freeing the table for other clients to be disappointed. Yikes.

I’ve been in there a few times already and it’s always been a great experience eating there. The place is quite small but the ambience is quite nice. The service there is really on point and always happy to receive customers.
Food wise, to my surprise, is really good. The portions were bigger than I expected. Ex: I ordered a cheesecake crêpe and I couldn’t even finish it (I’m the type of person to eat a lot). At least they have bigger portions than many other chocolate restaurants. Some stuffs are a little pricy but it’s worth the try.
Their menu is super organised and understandable. Its not overly exaggerated.

I love the décor. The atmosphere of eating chocolate and watching the snow storm outside its huge windows is 5 stars!!! The service we had that day was very good.
Here it is more American menu options than Juliet et Chocolat. Lots of ice cream!!!
So badly craved the Black and White after seeing the pictures and I was NOT disappointed. Super good! Two scoops of ice cream with hardened chocolate drizzle on top, plus crispy chocolate dots for dipping. The waffle was great but thick! I like.
Anyways it’s 3 stars because they refused to refund my friend’s $ 100 tip (this happened a while ago). Clearly a mistake! How dare they argue? It took 30 minutes to finally have them refund it. I think that’s ridiculous.

Not a huge chocolate sweets fan, but this place knocked it out of the park. Everything on the menu sound amazing and the waffles with chocolate and ice cream was the best thing I’ve had in a while. The flavours are perfect not to sweet just right.
Advice go with a few people this way you can all share each other’s dishes.

If you’re looking for a diabetic coma to fall in to, you have come to the right place! The smell of chocolate permeates the air of this crowded café. They somehow have managed to cram a large number of tables into their square footage while maintaining the navigability of the space. With a menu so overwhelmingly large, it’s a good thing the the staff is friendly and helpful and can help you navigate the sea of sweet that comprises their offerings.
In addition to chocolate and sweets, they also have a selection of savory menu items, such as crepes and paninis. I ordered the breakfast crêpe with spinach, feta, and egg. The spinach they used was fresh baby spinach and I was surprise to see the egg did not come inside my crêpe but in the format of two perfect sunny side up eggs next to my crêpe. As it turned out, I loved it that way! I got to dip my crêpe into the runny egg yokes as one would points of toast. My only complaint was that Cacao 70 does not offer be channel sauce with their crepes, and so, the crêpe was a bit dry.
All in all, a great place to go as long as you don’t mind leaving with a bit of a sweets induced tummy ache!

Food: Can’t help it, love this place even though I don’t like sweets that much! but the fondue is to die for! so good!

Thank you for the wonderful chocolatey experience Cacao 70! This cozy café reminded me of Max Brenners in NYC. Looked like there was a mix of tourists and natives dining here. I’d definitely come back again and again as a treat for myself x)
We ordered:
— Chocolate, marshmallow pizza (came with strawberries and bananas which can be dipped in a small dish of melted chocolate) the bread was slightly sweet and combined well with the chocolate spread and the lightly toasted marshmallows.
— American style hot cocoa (you can get this either with milk chocolate/​medium or dark chocolate) I got it with dark chocolate. Though delicious I couldn’t finish it: P
— raspberry parfait ice cream cup (loved the brownie bites in this one!)

Perfect place for a date.
After a meal, I was looking for a place to have fruits. Had a craving for fruits on that day. haha
She suggested me Cacao70.
We ordered a chocolate fondue for 2: D
I asked for extra fruits.
Banana, strawberry, apple tastes good with chocolate.
It was fun to deep fruits into chocolate.
She was all excited about it.
The waffle drives her crazy haha
Staff was very kind. Water cup was always filled up.
The atmosphere was great.
Great experience. I’m not a crazy fan about chocolate, but the extra fruits was really nice.
Strongly recommend for date place.
Excite her with damn chocolate haha

Wanna get stuffed with chocolate (and/​or sugar in general)? This is the place! Just upon entering the sweet chocolate scent hits you in the face. Come early in the afternoon or morning, since it can get pretty busy in the evenings (the place is rather small and craving a sugar hit, you won’t want to wait).
The menu is long, actually a bit too long if you ask me. It’s very difficult to decide, unless you wanna come every day and try something different. Well, that was not the case here since we were in town only for a little while. If you are a party of at least two or three people, it’s worth ordering an assortment of several things — Sweet Chocolate Experience or Sharing for Two or More, that way you get to try more and share instead of getting too stuffed by yourself.
We ordered a Triple Chocolate Cake (kinda resembles Tiramisu), something we should have shared, cause it’s too much for one person — too much chocolate in one go (if there is such a thing, you’ll say… and there is!). Black and White Waffle — a huge portion of waffles, chocolate, ice cream and whipped cream (also a lot for one person), Hot Chocolate and a Strawberry White Chocolate Shake (a small one). A lot (too much) for one evening if you ask me. Everything was tasty, but tolling on our stomachs.
Next evening we tried Strawberry and Cheesecake Crêpe (the best decision I’ve made here), Tuna Sandwich with a side salad, Chicken Sandwich without sides and a Brazilian Coffee. Sandwiches were nothing special — too much bread and too little contents (in the end it’s a chocolate place, not a sandwich place, sometimes I forget about these things). The crêpe was a proper one and I would have ordered it again if ever in town.
All in all a good dessert place, but try to hold yourself back a bit when ordering. Even if you’re super hungry, you might get stuffed all too fast, so rather share and order twice, if needed. :)
Staff is super helpful and they speak English — also the menu comes in English as well.

This place is part of my top 5 places to go in Montréal!
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Absolutely amazing! I always recommend this place to all my friends who visit Montréal. This little restaurant is an absolute gem. The place is very well decorated and very unique. Definitely in my top 5 places to visit if you ever pass by this beautiful city.
I always get the «sweet chocolate experience for two.» This place is the perfect place to go on a romantic date or have a great time with friends. What is more hilarious than laughing at each other with chocolate stuck on everyone’s teeth? :)
I would also recommend the crepes as they are really tasty as well! To be honest, anything on this menu is good. Highly recommended and a solid 5 stars! Well worth it I promise you!

What a little piece of French Canadian Crêpe heaven! It’s a great little brunch and dessert spot located near McGill that seems to be a favorite amongst college students. On a Sunday morning around 10 AM we were seated without a wait.
Fickle as ever we opted for the 70 salad, the Italian sausage frittata and the illegal chocolate waffle.
The salad is a mixed green salad with feta and tomatoes topped off with a poppyseed dressing. It was quite good though I wished I had ordered the dressing on the side.
The frittata was hot, came in a cast iron skillet. It was savory and filling. I was barely able to put a dent into it.
The crown jewel of the meal was the illegal waffle. I will admit I like my waffle crispier than that but besides that it was a piece of heaven. The bananas were transformed into a «banana brûlée» with caramelized sugar. The order of operations was to then dip the banana or waffle in a chocolate sauce or whipped topping then top it off with these mini whopper balls. Unbelievable!
They also have a dessert menu. No doubt we’ll be back in the future. By the time we left it got quite busy so clearly this is no well kept secret.

It seems that the folks here in Montréal love their chocolate. We were overwhelmed with the choices on the «sweets» menu, but finally decided that you can’t go wrong with chocolate fondue. The «single» Flaming Turtle was plenty for the two of us and included banana, strawberry, pineapple, waffles and brownie bites. The chocolate was a perfect consistency and the right amount for the items to dip. You could taste the mixed in rum sauce at the back of your throat… in a good way.
We also ordered a spicy hot chocolate with curry and pepper. I would have liked it to be spicier and a bit hotter in temperature, but it was still delicious. Other sections of the menu feature milkshakes, sundaes, chocolate for the purist, s’more’s, crepes and waffles and on and on and on.
It was slamming here on a Sunday night, but servers were friendly and unflustered. Seems like it would be a good choice for date night!

It opens at 10AM, and there was already a line up! This place is super cute with a wide selection of chocolate as well. I think I ate way too much chocolate during this trip! We ordered a pretty big brunch, the bananas, strawberries and pineapples comes with it as a little treat! How nice! oh and don’t forget about the melted chocolate dip! And brunch is served! That was such a nice little treat from the restaurant! I didn’t expect that.
My husband got the chicken egg sandwich. I got the egg, bacon, beans, bread, potatoes and sausages! They come in big big big portions!!! So make sure you go hungry!
I love the atmosphere of this place. Super cute! I would love to come back here for dessert!

Si vous avez envie de fondre tel un chocolat à chaques bouchées des délicieux desserts présents sur leur carte n’hésitez pas un seul instant. C’est la référence. Et en plus la deco est très sympa dans un style vintage et moderne. Miam !

Un bon endroit pour manger du chocolat! Nombreux choix de boissons froides ou chaudes au cacao. Chocolat de bonne qualité. Moults desserts. On a envie de tout manger! J’ai une preference pour la gauffre choco noisette. Un régal. Quantités très généreuses! Font aussi des plats salés pas mauvais du tout. Bien pour brunch, diner, collation ou souper. Seul, entre amis ou en famille!

Le lieu des chocophyles! Tout est là, l’ambiance, l’odeur du chocolat, la qualité, la longue liste de choix.

Excellent restaurant pour faire le plein de chocolat! Il y a énormément de choix pour les dessert afin de combler les envies de tous. Par contre, les repas salés né sont pas leur spécialité! En effet, j’ai commandé deux paninis qui ressemblent à ce que n’importe qui pourrait faire à la maison, c’est-à-dire du pain, de la mayonnaise, du jambon et du fromage. Je n’ai par contre rien à dire sur le service qui était excellent et assez rapide! Un arrêt nécessaire à faire à Montréal!

Pas mal sur plusieurs plans (service, plats et ambiance). Seule bémole, nous sommes un peu trop serré.
J’ai trouvé de la saleté dans le seau à baguettes…

Nous avons été servie une demi heure après avoir été arrivée et il n’y avait que 3 tables d’occuper dans la salle. Nous avons commander une fondue double, le plat était minuscule et il nous as coûté 15.00 $, il a pris 30 minutes a faire, et il contenait des cœurs d’ananas… Je né sais pas pour vous mais je n’ai pas trouver agréable de croquer a pleine dent dans un cœur d’ananas … Nous avons donc fait le commentaire a la serveuse qui nous as répondu tout bêtement que «il y a des gens qui aimes sa» … Des gens qui aime manger des cœur d’ananas? Bön, moi je n’y retournerais pas …
Le service est pourrie
Les assiettes sont minuscules
Il y as des cœur d’ananas dans les plats
What the fuck.
Heureusement le chocolat était bon.

J’adore cet endroit :) je le recommande aux amoureux du chocolat! Ambiance chaleureuse, service sympathique et biensur un grand choix de délicieux dessert.
Un excellent endroit pour passer un bon moment entre amis.

Je sais pas si c’est vraiment légal d’appeler ça un déjeuner tellement c’est sucré, mais j’y suis allée 2 fois et les gaufres sont excellentes! Pas de lineup, une place calme, pas loin du centre-​ville où ça sent le chocolat… très appétissant. Pour ceux qui sont moins fan du sucré, les déjeuners salés sont moins nombreux, mais tout aussi bien. J’adore

Oh chocolat! J’aimerais tellement ça que le chocolat ait sa propre catégorie dans le guide alimentaire et qu’on me recommande d’en manger 3 à 4 fois par jour! Avec un charmant café comme Cacao 70, je pourrais même changer de sorte de chocolat des centaines de fois avant de reprendre la même chose! Suis-​je la seule à rêver comme ça?
Je suis allée au Cacao 70 à la suite d’une grande marche au froid dans le Parc Mont-​Royal avec Laura D qui avait écrit un avis qui me faisait saliver à en lire ses mots. C’est le stop parfait pour un des meilleurs chocolats chauds de votre vie pendant les journées froides d’hiver. La motivation parfaite pour prendre de l’air en plein janvier! J’y ai aussi pris une gaufre nature que j’ai eu le plaisir de tremper dans mon chocolat.
Ma seule critique était que parce qu’ils avaient 3 grands groupe vu que c’était en pleine heure du brunch, ils n’était pas bien coordonner pour nous emmener nos choses et le service était lent. 15 minutes pour passer notre commande, 15 minutes pour le chocolat chaud puis au moins 30 minutes si pas plus avant qu’on leur demande si nos plats viendraient. Et pour la facture, c’était un peu la même chose aussi. J’y retournerai donc, mais probablement à un autre moment comme en après-​midi ou en pleine semaine.

Découvert ce lieu grâce à Urbanspoon ! Vraiment bien, beaucoup de choix, crêpes délicieuses et surtout meilleur que Juliette & Chocolat !

Juliette et chocolat est trop plein?!? Qu’à cela né se tienne! Dirigez vous sur Ste-​Catherine pour essayer Cacao 70 à la place!
Personellement, je préfère le Cacao 70! Une des raisons, leur chocolat chaud: le serveur peut t’aider à choisir ton chocolat en t’apportant des pastilles pour gouter le chocolat lui même. Ensuite le chocolat est fondu dans un verre et dans l’autre, la base choisie (au lait, mi-​sucré, amer). Avec la base d’un bord et le chocolat fondu de l’autre, on peut choisir la consistance désirée de notre chocolat chaud! Ingénieux!
Ensuite, leur pizza au chocolat!!! Mmmmmm! La croûte ressemble réallement à celle d’une pizza mais légèrement sucrée. Servie sur une planche en marbre avec soit des fruits, des guimauves et d’autre chocolat fondu (!), la pizza est croquante sous la dent, et tendre à l’intérieur… J’ai essayé celle au chocolat et ricotta et celle à la guimauve grillée! Wow! Et si vous vous sentez coupable d’ingurgiter autant de calories, prenez la demi-​portion!
Les fondues sont accompagnées de brownies, gaufres et fruits dépendamment de la sorte que vous choisissez. Celle aux Turtles est folle! et pas trop sucrée étonnamment!
Bref, je vous conseille fortement de prendre soit le chocolat chaud OU un dessert. Sinon, je vous aurais averti ;) Vous serez prêt à roulez sur vous même à votre retour tellement vous allez être pleins… mais oh combien satisfait :)

Bouffe — La pizza dessert au nutella est complètement démente ! Servi avec des morceaux de banane et de fraise. La pâte est croustillante et penche légèrement vers le salé, ce qui donne un petit duo sucré salé. Leur sélection de chocolat est impressionnante et très bonne. On vous offre le choix des pastilles de chocolat et le liquide chaud à verser, soit amer, mi– amère, et au lait. Pour les indécis, l’option vous est offerte de choisir des chocolats chauds prédéterminés.
Service — charmant ! La serveuse était très charmante et serviable. Voyant qu’on hésitait dans nos choix de chocolat, elle nous a apporté plusieurs pastilles afin que l’on puisse y goûter.
Ambiance — Un mélange de rustique et de moderne. Très éclairé, parfait pour conclure une petite soirée ou se réchauffer quelques instants.