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IGA Les Marchés Louise Ménard
- Hours:
Mon-Wed 7 am - 8 pm
Thu-Fri 7 am - 9 pm
Sat-Sun 8 am - 8 pm
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
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8 reviews for IGA Les Marchés Louise Ménard
8 reviews in English
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Review from Caro M.
6/13/2011
Popped in for a quick "misc essentials" run during my visit to Montreal. Yes, it feels a bit strange writing a yelp review for a supermarket I visited during my vacation, but hey- they had some good stuff!
We were considering buying a bottle of liquor and some snacks to bring back to the hotel. I came across 70% Cacao Dark Chocolate Kit Kat (why have I never seen these before?!) and boxed cabernet sauv.... individually boxed. I thought it was pure genius. $8 for four boxes, I am sold.
As good as any super market you'll come across, it had a super selection of market-y things. Duh. But, the convenience of having such a store in the Downtown vicinity made our trip a lot easier to get our pre-boozage on.
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Review from Helena K.
12/28/2011 6 Check-ins Here
So, this is your standard grocery store, with a phenomenal bakery, decent prices, and a particularly convenient location in the Complexe Desjardins, just down from the Hyatt Regency.
My problem with this location is its incredibly limited hours of operation. It seems to close obscenely early (8:00 p.m. on weekdays), even on weekends (9:00 p.m.), which is incredibly frustrating, particularly when one is in town on business and just needs to pick up a few things. I couldn't find the hours posted on the store door like they are in the US, and there were no hours posted on Yelp (I've just confirmed the hours on http://IGA.net and posted them here). If this place had longer hours, I would easily rate it four stars.
At the aforementioned bakery, the crêpes are pretty fantastic. You can order them fresh or in a to-go cup, with custard and cream, and they are still fresh and delicious. I also tried some caramel-chocolate pastry confection that was pretty extraordinary.
They have a decent produce selection, although I did see several overripe avocados and bananas (completely with fruit flies). A minor complaint, since this seems to happen everywhere.
I was not impressed with their microbrew beer selection, particularly since on my last visit to Montréal, I distinctly recall waltzing into gas stations and delis and coming out with Unibroue bombers but, alas, there were no Unibroue beers here! There was plenty of Le Cheval Blanc beers, of which I sampled Loch Ness, Coup de Grisou, Rousse, among a few others, and did not particularly care for any of them. (What's a girl gotta do to get an IPA up in here??)
All told, yes, super convenient location, and a very clean store with lots of selections and reasonable prices, but incredibly inconvenient hours, and sub-par beer choices. -
Review from Don S.
10/20/2011
OMG, such a gift! Located in the lower level of Desjardins Complex and below the Hyatt this is the alternative to forever dining out at city prices. There's packages of a variety of FRESH cut up fruit and a container of yogert for breakfast. I had a prepared Seafood Lasagna that was delicious (even not heated) for lunch one day, fresh made Sushi the next, sanwiches and wraps to die for. Grab a bottle of wine, bagette and block of cheeze and have a great pre dinner party in your hotel room. LOADS of other prepared foods at reasonable prices. After work the store is crowded with locals doing their regular food shopping. It's a great way to 1) avoid fast food. 2) eat what you want.. 3) not overeat when away from home and 4) save your coin for a favorite four star meal.
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Review from Tim L.
8/22/2010
This location of IGA is conveniently located within the Complexe Desjardins, unfortunately on the weekend the only open entrance is inconveniently located within the mall. This wouldn't be so bad if they would label the doors better.
Nice thing is they're open later than the rest of the mall. SAQ included. So unfortunately if you're looking at stocking up on alcohol in the evening on a weekend, you're stuck shopping here. Surprisingly not bad for their mini SAQ in store carries a decent amount of beer and wine. Any other liquor and you're out of luck though. Staff was friendly with trying to assist however.
The produce here is relatively fresh, which was surprising and this location is a pretty large store with aisles and aisles of everything else you need. -
Review from Sarah A.
8/26/2010
I visited this store several times during my visit to Montreal because it was located in the same building as our hotel, Gouveneur Dupuis. This grocery store really impressed me with its selection and cleanliness. Last time I was in Montreal I frequented the Provigo near the intersection of Ave du Parc and Sherbrooke, and this IGA store is so, so much better. The store is very clean and new and the selection is far better. The cheese selection in particular is very worthy of five stars. They also had an extensive selection of baked goods and a small selection of wine and beer, including my personal favorite, wine in little juice box like containers. I was also really impressed by their selection of soaps, which included soaps from Provence we spotted in the Jean Talon Farmer's market for 3-4 times the price they were selling for at this IGA. I picked up a bunch of those.
I look forward to returning here on my next trip to Montreal. However, my only complaint is that this place closes a bit early, around 8 or 9 I think. It would be nice if it was open later. -
Review from Jessica M.
4/3/2011
A friend and I came here to grab lunch during our stay in Montreal and I was really pleased with the selection of ready made foods they had for us to choose from.
The staff here was very friendly, and I spent less than $15 for food that would have cost twice that in New Orleans.
I left with pineapple chicken, egg roll, macaroni salad, two boxes of cookies, and some other items I can't recall at the moment and they were all delicious.
I was pleased with our choices, I would recommend stopping in if you are in a rush and want a lot of options for lunch! -
Review from Tiffany C.
8/19/2010
This was one of the highlights of my trip to Montreal (similar to Angela C.). I love going to grocery stores in different areas to check out the different foods they have. Their dessert section looks amazing with all the fancy and yummy looking cakes. I purchased some grain cheese (curds) which I've never had until I came to Montreal. I also bought 4 mini Guadet pies as they were on sale and they were so delicious!! Looking back, I wish I bought the larger size as they were a better deal but I had no idea they would be that tasty. One thing I found odd was that they didn't have any chapstick. Oh well, no big deal.
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Review from Angela C.
6/25/2010
Great supermarket! The highlight of our trip to Montreal was picking up giant crunchies and sampling local pastries here. We picked up picnic stuff and ate at the boardwalk on the banks of the St. Lawrence River.
