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| - It's hard to get excited about an airport, but I really have no problems with YUL. Personally, I prefer it to YYZ, which is the only other Canadian airport I've visited. Free wifi, which is more than I can say for most of the other airports I frequent.
I've been to Montréal on two business trips now, so I've spent approximately six hours chillin at YUL, allowing an hour for the two times I arrived, and two hours for both departures. The four or so hours I waited for departing flights to LGA or JFK were spent in the transborder area off the main terminal, and if I'm really being honest, they were all spent watching sports and drinking beer at Le Bar Sportif.
The beer selection here is not amazing by any stretch, but generally they'll have one or two local microbrews on tap. Score! The televisions here are huge and plentiful, showing basically all the sports games in the world that you can possibly imagine. This place smells a little like sour soap. Like maybe all the rags they use to wipe the bar and tabletops had gone bad. Or maybe it's something in the drains or the sink. Eh, they've got beer, though. What's truly amazeballs is that they'll pour you a beer or mixed drink in a to-go cup for you to take on your flight. I carried on a rum and coke on my last flight.
The food at Le Bar Sportif looks absolutely disgusting. Nothing at all vegetarian. However, there's a little sandwich cart just outside that sells pretty rock 'em sock 'em sandwiches, including the veg one I had with roasted red peppers, goat cheese, spinach, and pesto.
All of my trips through YUL have been smooth and easy. The signage is all accurate and straightforward, the place is clean, the WCs are plentiful, and the staff are friendlier than in some other airports up north (I'm from the southern US where we're known for our friendliness). And there's someone watching the luggage screening area, helping you put your stuff on the belt wrong-side up (I got yelled at at YYZ for putting my luggage zipper side up on the belt, although there were no signs or anyone helping, etc.). So, yeah, as far as airports go, this one is solid.
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