My fiance and I visited Montreal for 4 days. We scoured the city for decent coffee. We tried Presse cafe, and I asked for an iced latte, I was given some sort of frozen icee coffee garbage. I don't even know what it was supposed to be. I was so disappointed. So we turned to yelp to help us find a third wave shop. We were considering trying the second cup when we walked by a few times and then figured out it was a local chain, but never got there since we found Pikolo. Pikolo should be called the first cup...
It is the only good coffee in Montreal you need to try. Don't waste your time anywhere else. Once you stop here, you won't need any other cafe. Ever changing espresso choices. The day we were there they had one espresso offering in the morning and by the afternoon (we had to go back for more after hiking up Montreal) they had another espresso offering.
The staff was friendly and knew what they were doing.
If you like a cafe that knows how to pull a smooth espresso then this is the place for you.